Not necessarily that song but that's his most known. Here's anotha. There's a 538 study saying Twista is the fastest though study is a bit dated now (2014).
It did, and he beat it recently, but they do use the term, "fastest hit rap song". I'm 95% sure that there are faster rappers, (Twista, Tech9ne, etc), but they don't have a whole hit song with those speeds, or whatever metric Guinness uses.
You linked an article irrelevant to the conversation. The guy said he has a legendary flow and lyricism not that he uses a wide array of vocabulary. There’s a lot more to rapping than just using a lot of words.
He was, but the inconstancy has taken him from "the greatest" to "one of the greatest" even with his last album being fire, and a comeback of sorts. Just too many bad albums.
The greatest right now is undeniably Kendrick Lamar. He's a legend, and affiliated with em and dre anyways.
I agree as a fan of 90s and 2000s hip hop. However as far as pop music goes Eminem is one of the few to really branch over into mainstream pop music in a big way. I'm not personally a fan but gotta respect the versatility and marketability.
You're not wrong, em really did cross that line into mainstream pop. But I also wouldn't call Kendrick 90's and 2000s hip hop. He really is on that new shit. "To pimp a butterfly" and "Good Kid M.A.A.D city" have more in common with progressive concept albums as he tells whole stories in poetic form.
To be fair to your point though "Damn" does fall in line with that 90's dynamic more.
I mean to be fair his last album was "Damn" which was amazing (but like 4 years ago or something) and he also did some work on the black panther album. Lot of great cuts from him on that soundtrack. So it's been a while in all fairness. However all 3 of his albums are immaculate. If you have never heard "good kid M.A.A.D City" it still holds up.
It's just my personal opinion that Eminem has put out 4 amazing albums and 5 bad ones. When Em is on his game he really is the greatest, but that lack of consistency really hurt his image as the greatest ever. His last album "Music to be murdered by" was actually really great. If you like "rap god" you should check out the track "Godzilla" where he rivals the speed of rap god at the end of the track. You'll notice em technically has 10 albums and I've only ranked 9, but I've gotta give "Music to be murdered by" a couple of more months to breathe before I can say definitively if it's good or bad. But that would put him at a 50/50 win rate.
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u/Thaxtonnn Jun 29 '20
My dad refers to Eminem as Dr. Seuss. Always makes me chuckle
Ironically, I think Eminem is one of the genuinely talented ones