BAO (tunde@arches.uga.edu)
Mon, 15 Nov 1999 18:26:09 -0500 (EST)
whats the point of this message? some critics crap opinions again?
On Mon, 15 Nov 1999, chris Golya wrote:
> Sloppy and unpopular.
> That's
> trailer trash for you
>
> Barbara
> Ellen
> Sunday
> November 14, 1999
>
> Eminem,
> London Astoria
>
> Like many
> American hip hop artists,
>
> 25-year-old Eminem, aka Slim Shady, aka
> Marshall
> Mathers, seems to place England about
> level
> with Finland on his list of priority
>
> territories. At Monday's show, he lurches on stage
> late and
> proceeds to conduct a masterclass in
> murdering
> one's own material. Forty unmusical
> minutes
> later, he ends the show, racing for the
> wings to
> a chorus of loud booing from the crowd.
> Well, at
> least no one could ever accuse him of
>
> outstaying his welcome.
>
> Eminem
> built his reputation on being white
> trailer
> trash, America's second worst nightmare
> after
> black ghetto trash. His music invades the
> homes of
> white suburban teenagers and corrupts
> them in a
> way that only black gangsta rappers
> have ever
> managed before. Bearing that in mind,
> it's no
> real surprise that his stage act is so
>
> lavatorial and shambolic. As can be heard on The
> Slim
> Shady LP, Eminem is lavatorial and
>
> shambolic. He also describes himself as sexist, a
> violent
> fantasist, ill-educated, druggy, vengeful
> scum, but
> apart from that he's a nice young man
> who
> thinks the world of his mum.
>
> Well, OK,
> maybe he isn't and maybe he doesn't
> (his
> mother is suing for millions for defamation,
> following
> his depiction of her as a junkie).
> Eminem
> definitely is the most original, vital,
> hilarious
> artist to hit hip hop in years. His style
> is Jerry
> Springer Uncut with breakbeats. A true
> scream
> from the dysfunctional heartland, he talks
> about
> impregnating Spice Girls, dumping lovers'
> bodies in
> oceans and hating just about everybody.
> He is at
> once the real McCoy, a cultural belch to
> be
> ignored at your peril and a very funny,
> throwaway
> cartoon. Carping about Eminem is an
>
> understandable reaction, but about as pointless as
> phoning
> the RSPCA to complain that Tom is
> chasing
> Jerry.
>
> I wish
> Eminem had been even half as good at the
> Astoria
> as he is on record. As it is, he's so sloppy,
> so
> disengaged, that I can hardly make out which
> songs
> he's playing ('Role Model', 'My Fault', 'Just
> Don't
> Give A Fuck'). There's a DJ behind him, who
> couldn't
> scratch his way out of a tray of cat litter.
> Another
> sidekick is plodding about, dressed as a
> magic
> mushroom, but it really isn't funny.
> Eminem
> just stands there, rummaging about in
> his
> sweatsuit pants and ranting yobbishly. After
> the crowd
> boo him, he trudges back onstage,
>
> indignant, and bellows his way through his biggest
> hit,
> 'Guilty Conscience'.
>
> On
> record, this is a droll t tete-a-tete with his
> mentor,
> ex-NWA member and mythical producer
> Dr Dre.
> Tonight, it's reduced to Eminem and his
> MC Proof
> yomping about, shouting at each other,
> like
> demented fishwives. The Eminem Live
>
> Experience is without doubt the most pointless
> débcle
> I've seen all year.
>
> But then,
> what did I expect from Detroit trailer
> trash -
> Vegas-style professionalism? A
>
> housetrained polecat? Maybe not, but after the
> white
> noise, belly laughs and inspired psychosis
> of his
> album, I really didn't expect to leave an
> Eminem
> show disappointed, yawning and heartily
> grateful
> that I hadn't actually paid.
>
> --
> Time is precious. Waste it wisely.
>
>
> Chris Golya
> Centre for New Media Research
> School of Art Design & Media
> University of Portsmouth
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> Portsmouth
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>
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>
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