Eminem is simply amazing, his lyrics and the way he makes words work for him is like no other in the business.
Jay-Z has some good stuff but Eminem is street ahead.
Slightly off topic don't know if its the place to put it but do you think that the Hip-hop/Rap genre is dead or if not a shadow of its former self? I think recent hip-hop/rap can't compete with some of the older stuff.
I think the genre has changed beyond recognition. When i think of hip hop it's big daddy kane, beastie boys, dj cash money, dj spinbad, dj rectangle, ll cool j, nwa, naughy by nature, eric b & rakim, public enemy, paris, kool g rap, 3rd bass, 3 x dope, blade, gunshot, brand nubian, cypress hill, epmd, gangstarr, hijack, run dmc, geto boys, krs1.......
.....but these days when someone says they like hiphop they're usually talking about justin timberlake, chipmunk or god forbid....ndubz and dizzee rascal!!!!
For me, there was a golden age of hip hop which finished in the early-mid nineties with hardly anything of note being produced since.
Thoughts...?
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