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It’s Friday now and that means it’s been almost a week since ODB died of presumed heart failure in a Brooklyn recording studio. Which is absolutely horrible, because as great as Eminem is, ODB was greater—wilder, looser, more natural and generally less packed with baggage. There’s some rot in Eminem, some ugly bitterness and insecurity that has not gone away despite his enormous popularity. He wasn’t cool in high school, in other words (see “Oh Foolish Pride” a.k.a...
...middle of the bar was a mirage—half of a basketball court, bowling lanes, pool tables, and air hockey. After a heated basketball game, the lights came down to create a dance club complete with Russian techno music, Eminem, Will Smith and other relics of the early 90?...
...fact that Eminem has released a politically motivated video is evidence of the fact that more Americans are interested in the results of this election. If you disagree with his opinions, that’s fine. As Americans, we all have the right to do that, it is called the First Amendment. But to question whether people who are encouraged to vote because they see “Mosh” on MTV are “the kind of people we want voting?” is ludicrous. While I don’t think that question...
...images in the video itself, if it is possible, are even more senseless and idiotic. Eminem seems to think that Bush is to blame for everything from the Ku Klux Klan, to eviction notices, to Osama Bin Laden. The most troubling image in the entire video is actually of Bin Laden, who is revealed to be a paper tiger on a soundstage along with Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld. This attitude, conflating one of the most dangerous and determined enemies we have ever faced with a harmless fabrication, is precisely the kind of dangerous naiveté that allowed September 11th...