If Eminem was black...

[DPGC2003]

He'd just be another dope rapper...He's about equal to Redman who never had an album over platinum...Shit what was Ice Cube's best selling album 2xplat?...I guess it pays to be white in america...

[.:Hercy Buggz:.]

Its kinda True who would be down with a Black boy who's dissin his momma

[The Watcher]

and if the sky fell down tomorrow.. or the world blew up the day after.. he's white, not black. dude has been around for years now & people still can't deal with it

[AxleF]

Its kinda True who would be down with a Black boy who's dissin his momma

Wow thats a deep statement.  I dont know many brothaz who have balls big enough to diss they momma.  Im tellin you.. sistaz just aint havin it!


Ax

[SICK DOG]

THATS EASY, HE WOULD BE A NOBODY...HE JUST BE ANOTHER CANIBUS OR CHINO XL...NOT HATING ON DUDE,BUT ITS JUST THE TRUTH...ITS JUST LIKE IF BRITNEY SPEARS WAS BLACK,SHE WOULD SUCK CAUSE SHE HAS NO TALENT....

[PETER ZOO]

if he was black,he could be a different rapper all together,......if hes black is it not fairer to say that despite the fact  he grew up poor,in a dysfunctional home,......as a young black man would he not have(as i suspect) encountered problems of a differing degree???
rather than just prob's with his mother,..............
he supposedly grew up in a predominateley black impoverished neighborhood,.....yet surely still his social circumstances would have have differed as regards his family life.........
its my opinion that black(in fact ANY/MOST/ALL non-white) familys throughout the world have a better idea of the family then most white and/or those with 'traditionally better family-structures' peoples,........
just my op'...may not have even made sense but yeah,..........
i guess the bottom line of what im saying here is that,....
if he was black,........he wouldnt have as much as an appeal,............not just because hes white,.....
but becuase he different from alot of other rapperz,........
he not spittin about the same shit all the time,.




just to vent,................i dont get why their is constant discussion about his colour,........he's white,....
why bother wondering how he would be if he was black,......??
'cause as i have explained i think its obvious he would be a differnet artist all together,.

[infinite59]

HATERS!!!

1.  Dre doesn't produce for Redman.

2.  Redman ain't as tight as Eminem.  You think Redman could write a song like Stan?  

LOL!!!

[Twentytwofifty]

Redman who never had an album over platinum...

Doc's Da Name went platinum


How come Bubba Sparxxx didn't go 6x plainum then?  He's white, on a major, got a commercially sucessful producer behind him, had hot videos & had promotion.

[PETER ZOO]

in my opinion,...........Bubba Sparxx just aint that good,.
thats a preference though i guesss,.........

[DPGC2003]

Redman who never had an album over platinum...

Doc's Da Name went platinum


How come Bubba Sparxxx didn't go 6x plainum then?  He's white, on a major, got a commercially sucessful producer behind him, had hot videos & had promotion.

Bubba Sparxx is wack...I never said Em didn't have skills...I'm just saying he's no better than Red, Gza, Nas....

[West Coast Veteran]

Taken from SOHH:

To me, there's Eminem the artist and what I call the Eminem Phenomenon.

I respect Eminem

I hate the Eminem Phenomenon

Eminem: Talented rapper. One of the best in the game today (though I don't care for his subject matter and production much of the time). Shows more respect for hip hop than most mainstream emcees today because you can tell that even if he's making a crossover song, a lot of thought goes into his words/flow

The Eminem Phenomenon: Consists of the media and a lot of white folks who want to place Em on a pedestal and declare him the King of Rap, best emcee ever, etc. etc. They ignore black rappers who are just as or more talented/charismatic than Em and give him all kinds of prestige that a black rapper with similar content would NEVER get. Many of us have seen the same phenomenon repeated with rock and jazz. Now I'm not going to generalize ALL white people because many have appreciated the music for a loooong time and see through the hype, but a lot of them who think Eminem is the end all, be all of hip hop are casual rap fans who have an agenda.

Thing is, I'm sure Eminem would agree with me to a certain extent.

[LIL GUY]

Well black or white this shit ain't west coast, so it has no business here in the west cosat forum!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just cuz Eminem is on Dr.Dre's label dont make him West Coast.  He's from 8 MILE so talk about this shit at the 8 MILE forum.

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

Haters...And if Jay-Z was white, people would be saying the same thing...

[The Watcher]

Haters...And if Jay-Z was white, people would be saying the same thing...

[Sikotic™]

Haters? It's just truth. I don't get why some of you get so upset and try to deny that the reason he sells so much is because his skin color appeals to other white kids which makes them buy his albums and boost his sales through the roof. It's not a big deal, its just facts.

I don't know about some people but I'm not bitter about it. And the reason he is selling so much isn't just because of his skin, but cause he's got skill. And if some people that are of a minority are bitter than I can't blame them. It's the way the world is period. Ya gotta live with it though.

But seriously don't act like his skin has absolutely nothing to do with his popularity because your lying to yourself and you know it.