Brian M. Cusworth ’06 loves Eminem
Yo, Eminem is the man! Off the hook! I love him. I give mad props to the lone talented white rapper at the top of the charts. He is up there with the best. I know that many people have hatin’ and discriminatin’ views of his lyrical content, but for real, no one can flow like Em. He is a modern-day Shakespeare, to say the least. Listen to what this kid has been through. Listen to what he has been up against. Yeah, he has thrown out some derogatory comments in the mix every now and then, but Eminem has fought his way to the top, and deserves all the credit. Y’all best recognize that the real Slim has talent and knows how to use it!
Alexander S. Captain ’06 hates Eminem
When we judge Eminem, we’ve got to think of America’s children, its young ones, its minors, its youthful, innocent, virgin school kids, the ones that smile at you as you pass bus stops all over this country. What has Eminem done for them? He’s turned them into a bunch of gun-toting, pot-smoking, crack-snacking lunatics. Frankly, a man (or an overgrown adolescent) who can’t win over his mother’s love definitely doesn’t deserve my support. This guy needs a bit of Ritalin and a whole bunch of Prozac, not another glowing review from some crackpot critic who can’t tell the difference between art and tasteless garbage, who’d tell you the Mona Lisa would be greatly improved if she were covered in horseshit. Eminem represents corrupt and demented form of “art.” His success is the by-product of a troubled generation’s lack of taste.
