Dre (and running over Jermaine Dupri along the way) to stomp out "Stanibus." The latter, on the other hand, is a deadly serious dissection of Benzino, Ja Rule, and Irv Gotti that contemplates the violent, and potentially deadly, outcome of rap beef: “If I get killed for this rap, I got a million in cash that says that I will get you back in Hailey’s name.” That’s a long way from threatening to peg Fred Durst with the bottle of dye that he bleached his head with. The former, recorded shortly after The Eminem Show, is a goofy cartoon takedown in which Em channels Slick Rick’s “ Children’s Story” and spins a ridiculous Looney Tune that involves him impersonating Canibus and driving to Canada with Dr. The dichotomy of “ Canibitch” and “ Bully,” the collection’s two diss records, really demonstrates the change in Eminem’s song writing that happened when he started hanging around 50 Cent. Even the collection’s twisted love/domestic violence ballad, “ Love You More,” barrels straight ahead-replacing the clever conceits of “Just The Two Of Us” and “Kim” with unflinching passion and honest, extremely honest, urgency: “You fuck other people and I fuck other people/You’re a slut but I’m equal, I’m a mut… So it’s off and on, usually more off than on/You’re the only one I fuck without a condom on.” (Yeeesh! TMI?) Similar in their dark tone to the production work he'd been providing for the likes of Jay Z, Nas and 50, songs like “ We As Americans” and “ Monkey See, Monkey Do” eschew the use metaphors and humor that accent most of his work in favor of declamation and explanation.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |