>A knowledgeable hiphop lover’s list of the best rap artists would not include Eminem, the 30-year-old white rapper (born Marshall Mathers III) from Detroit. Lacking Scarface’s sonority, Chuck D’s vision, Biggie’s fluency, L.L. Cool J’s flair, Slick Rick’s humor, Jay Z’s brilliance, Ice Cube’s astuteness, Rakim’s flow, Ice-T’s roguishness, Flavor Flav’s ingenuity, Snoop Dogg’s slyness, Eminem’s critical acclaim is due not to vocal virtuosity or verbal mastery. Instead his endorsement by the mainstream media has everything to do with the spectacle of whiteness. Even some black rap fans participate in this adoration; they’re grateful for white attention to a black cultural form, even when the goal is to expropriate it. Eminem’s assertion of underdog status — imitating the black rapper’s stereotyped vitriol — actually works to reinforce racial myths that separate whites from blacks. That’s why Emimen — and not the rappers mentioned above — has been acclaimed a genius.
>>130154641>Name is Armond White>Is black
>>130154641He's right Eminem sucks.
No one can touch Eminem lyrically which is why the only thing they can do is talk shit.
>>130154641Armond White would ETHER fantano and fd signifier.
That's when Armond was still left wing, article is from 2002.
come on, he's funnier than Slick Rick at least
>>130154641Then how come other white rappers like Vanilla Ice have never been held in such high regard? If this was just about him being white, then wouldn't you expect to see the same amount of praise given to other white rappers?
>Armond Whiteholy shit that just reactivated part of my brain I forgot exist. wasnt this dudes entire thing just being a contrarian faggot?
>>130154641armond white is a racist retard. he's a religious boy that thinks he's a black panther but even they wouldn't want him and seethes over all kinds of ridiculous shit.>That’s why Emimen — and not the rappers mentioned above — has been acclaimed a genius.this faggot is so out of touch with the very thing he's rambling on about that it's unreal to witness.
>>130154641>Flavor Flav’s ingenuity
>>130157112Not really, he had plenty of "mainstream" opinions. It's just sometimes he wouldn't like something that was praised everywhere and normalgroids sperged out. But the people who sperged out more were the ones in the industrty. He was shitting on things he wasn't supposed to too many times and got blacklisted, which coincided with the begninning of the modern culture wars. Which left him only with an option to switch to right wing, specifically National Review. This crates a comedy situation where he is required by National Review to shit (or praise) whatever he reviews in a standardized manner always mentioning American politics. While National Review is required to give him freedom of what he actually reviews. Which is how you end up with him praising gay (literally) european arthouse movies while trying to tie that in with conservative American politics. It's hilarious, but also kinda sad cause both Armond and National Review are trapped in a loop where no one else will hire Armond but also National Review can't afford to lose him cause there's no one else of his status to write for their movie column.
>>130154641Eminem isnt competing with rappers any more hes like the 4th highest selling living artist of all time and the 8th highest selling music artist of all time.
>>130157112>wasnt this dudes entire thing just being a contrarian faggot?yeah mostly and an agitator. i think he liked to pander to black readers and get them mad about useless shit thinking that'll make almond look sane and in touch with the kids. white man bad etc! just made himself look like a dumb retard.
>>130156717Vanilla Ice's career was cut short because someone at the record label _really_ hated him for some reason and pulled the plug.
Would Armond White like Eminem better if Slim gave him a blowjob?
>>130154911Every other rapper he names bodies Eminem lyrically except for Flavor Flav. All Em has is gimmicks. Being fast and verbose does not automatically make you the best rapper, otherwise Twista and Bizzy Bone would be considered GOAT contenders.
>>130157153Always thought he was a fudge-dipped Oreo.
>>130157255No, it's because the style of rap that people wanted to hear changed and Ice couldn't keep up. It wasn't even a racial thing or a label thing, MC Hammer was on a different label and it happened to him too.
>>130157167it’s literally the opposite, his most scathing reviews are reserved for critically praised “black” movies like Precious, Straight Outta Compton, Black Panther etc. it’s like he takes the pandering personally.he’s a hell of a writer desu
>>130158746>it’s like he takes the pandering personally.I can relate. When such productions amount to little more than vanity projects and egos trips of the ally class, you're left feeling patronized to at best.
>white cultural appropriation badhe's toned down that rhetoric a long time ago lol
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>>130158746>he’s a hell of a writer desuno he's not lol he's babby's first contrarian. every review he does goes against the popular consensus. guy has never had an original thought in his life
