DMTxCannabis;2638501 said:LMFAO GTFOH, Talented as Em may be, even Em knows he sells all of those units because he is White.
You must be a female if you think the way Rick Ross looks should disable him from winning the Best Rap Album Award
If skin color was the only determination for record sales, Asher Roth and Lil Whyte would have diamond albums. Vanilla Ice would have had two albums at the 7 million plus mark. Bubba Sparxxx would be 10x platinum by now as well.
Eminem represents the ultimate rags to riches story. Hip Hop started in the streets, and so did Eminem. Hip Hop was a competition and Marshall got his start BATTLING in the Rap Olympics and taken on all comers. Nothing was handed to him, he had to earn his deal. He didn't have a friend in the industry that just put him on. He worked his behind off to make sure someone on the level of a Dr. Dre heard his tape.
Even when he's the highest selling rapper ever, he's still doing cyphers with credible emcees like Black Thought and Mos Def. Even after the success of Recovery, he's still making an EP with an "underground" rapper in Royce da 5'9.
Every rapper wants to be mainstream. Every rapper wants to make money off his craft. It's why Nas made Ooochie Wally and it's why Jay does songs with people outside the genre. Eminem just does it better than most.
Eminem is a "pop" act because he's popular. But ask any of his peers and they'll tell you he;s one of the most respected lyricists of all-time.
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