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.
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.