Simultaneously, that XKCD calling him “dad music” is damningly accurate, because half his hits were up-to-the-second pop-culture references. Even moreso than Weird Al. You still hear a lot of the hits that Al parodied - he swung high at musical royalty and they laughed with him. But nowadays “The Real Slim Shady” has more dated name-drops and callbacks than Mystery Science Theater. The annotations on Genius must be six Wikipedia articles.
The music teacher at my high school always said that Eminem is a musical genius.
I mean he is whatever you say he is (if he isn’t than why would he say he is?)
Also: Timbaland
Certainly a lyrical genius.
Simultaneously, that XKCD calling him “dad music” is damningly accurate, because half his hits were up-to-the-second pop-culture references. Even moreso than Weird Al. You still hear a lot of the hits that Al parodied - he swung high at musical royalty and they laughed with him. But nowadays “The Real Slim Shady” has more dated name-drops and callbacks than Mystery Science Theater. The annotations on Genius must be six Wikipedia articles.