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Which producers must Eminem work with ???

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Elevz:

--- Quote from: Mauzip a.k.a. The Legal Alien on February 08, 2005, 03:14:53 AM ---i really don't give a shit as long as he gets his old flow back

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Eminem in the jan/feb issue of XXL:

XXL: With your more recent records, it seems like your producing is influencing your vocals. You're experimenting with different cadences, rhyming in melody more than ever. Is that something you're doing consciously?
Eminem: Um, well it kind of goes back to just my ear. I seen a quote recently from Nelly where he said that there's rappers that stay on top of the beat, there's rappers that stay behind the beat and he wants to be inside the beat. And that would be the best way to describe it. I mean, I don't think me and Nelly, stylistically, are similar at all. But I would definitely agree with that quote that he gave, because that's the same way I feel as far as just wanting to be inside the beat, just hearing the melody and locking into the rhythm. Whatever the bass line is doing, whatever the drums are doing, I want to sink right into that. On TheMarshall Mathers LP I got a little better at riding beats, like staying on top of them. But on The Eminem Show I started riding the hi-hat instead of the snare or the bass drum, like with "Cleanin' Out My Closet." Every time I do a new song, it's like I'm learning a new trick.

There are certain songs on this album where you seem to be more intent on having fun with flows and placing less emphasis on content. Does it ever concern you that this could come at the expense of your lyrics?
I always concentrate on lyricism, whether I'm trying to make a point or I'm just buggin' out. A song like "Toy Soldiers" has an eight-bar drum loop that sounds like marching-band drums. I took it home and I studied the pattern that it was doing. I wrote the rhyme right to it. Just memorized the pattern and learned it by heart. I tried to make every word hit on the kicks and the snares.

http://xxlmag.com/Features/2005/0105.eminem/index.html

So... Blame Eminem for willing to 'learn a new trick' every time. And yes, get his ankles a nice bracelet to keep him away from the producer board lol

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