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Eminem, "Not Afraid"
The video for Eminem's new song came out over the weekend. The song is good. The rat-a-tat marching band snare seems to be a natural fit, and Em's rapping sounds more honestly engaged than it has for a long time. The singing? I… don't know. The melody is catchy, I find myself humming it a lot. But I'm not completely sold on his voice. Like, maybe he should have asked Dido or Stephen Tyler or Martika to hit the high notes for him. Also: he seems so very, very serious right now. His face is so tight. The song is about his recovery from drug addiction, so it makes sense; and, again, it's good to hear him sounding focused. But here's hoping his future material finds some room for levity, too.
nice
sinkholepiping feature!i thought you were talking about m&m.
"fuck the world and feed it beans" has become my new warcry
I FUCKS WITH THIS. Agreed on the breakdown high notes.
I am old. I like the kid. This here single gives me hope that his life and career are back on track.
He looks like a young Ben Linus in that screencap.
Yes. Good call.
Glad I'm not the only one who thought so. Now I'm going to imagine Eminem getting the crap beat out of him by various Losties.
I am OK with him doing his own singing. I would rather let it sound a little rougher and cut down on the multitracking, though.
Also, it's good to see his puns haven't gotten any better, with the demons doing the jumping jacks, etc.
I can't understand music that isn't autotuned anymore.
"Fuck the world / feed it beans" is not funny enough for you!?
I'm not a rap fan but I'm feeling this. It may have to do with him not rapping about bullshit.
The NBA tie-in blew it for me: watching Jameer Nelson style to it in ABC montages in the Eastern Conference Finals shortened this song's airplay in my brain.
But, naturally, I applaud anyone trying to conquer any kind of demon