On Recovery, Eminem continuously asserts his love of hip-hop and raps about finding out who he really is. Marshall Mathers has always been known and listened to for his outrageous personality - a gimmick that continues to work on precedent. He takes himself more seriously, and perhaps tries to make himself more believable, but the element of spectacle still remains. Eminem rapping in a field of wheat is too ridiculous to not watch for at least a few minutes. The music video for the single “Love The Way You Lie” was a spectacle of celebrity, featuring Megan Fox and Dominic Monaghan. On the new album, the feuds are fewer but the drama still remains. Eminem is always in a feud or picking a fight. Whether the voice really is Carey’s doesn’t matter. On “The Eminem Show,” his third album, Eminem included private voicemails from his (alleged) girlfriend Mariah Carey. On Relapse, his sixth album, released prior to Recovery, Eminem rapped about jacking off to Hannah Montana and imitated Christopher Reeve. The kids don’t want to look at themselves they want to watch Eminem fume about personal issues and make drama. The Suburbs wants us to tap into our own culture, but the suburbanites who influence Billboard rankings prefer Eminem’s tendency towards self-exposure to Arcade Fire’s call for self-examination. In short, each song addresses part of the life that every kid in suburbia has known at one point or another. The songs address family life, wasted youth and philosophical meditations during car drives to nowhere. As a concept album evoking the bitterness of growing up in suburban America, it seems as though the album should be more conducive to the American psyche than Eminem’s. The whopping 16 tracks feature interludes and multi-part songs. The Suburbs follows the pattern of large-scale arrangements set out by Arcade Fire’s two prior albums. Yet, Eminem’s epic rants are more successful with the popular audience than Arcade Fire’s epic arrangements because Eminem’s are relatable. He continues his reign over pop charts.īoth Eminem and Arcade Fire verge on the overblown. No matter how much he claims to grow, his anger and insults draw a crowd. When he attempts to present a more mature image - as he does on Recovery - people listen anyway. Taking into account his bashing of celebrities like Nick Lachey and Mariah Carey, people have learned not to take him seriously.
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And people love him because his lyrics are full of a combination of inner turmoil and parody.
Because he’s such a loudmouth, even those who hate him are usually forced to listen. People listen to Eminem less for his beats than for his ability to create controversy. Naming them on his album hardly associates him with their music, but successfully connotes a feeling of celebrity. It’s hard to believe that Eminem is in the same league as those guys. In the song “Talkin’ 2 Myself” on Recovery, for example, Eminem lends a shout out to Kanye West, Lil Wayne and T.I. As the black sheep of rap music, it seems arbitrary when Eminem addresses other rappers in his songs. Those who follow rap closely would never include Slim on a list with Lil Wayne or Jay-Z. It’s believable that people who listen to Arcade Fire are also familiar with Eminem’s music, even if that familiarity might be ironic. The people crave sensationalism, and Eminem is always willing to fill the order. This signified a restoration of balance in the natural laws of the pop universe. After a brief upset by Arcade Fire’s The Suburbs, Eminem’s Recovery album… After a brief upset by Arcade Fire’s The Suburbs, Eminem’s Recovery album returned to the top of the Billboard Chart last week.
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