I Need To Be Honest

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reremus

Eminem is the most overrated rapper in the entire world. I might get hated for this since he has a huge fan base but I never understood the appeal. His first 3-4 albums are undeniably goated. I understand that. He's had a few good hits here and there the past decade but its mostly been more pop style songs.

The man has not released a good full studio album since like 2004-2005. Why is he so popular?

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kaninv

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same with kanye sorry not sorry man

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kfan4238173

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yo..

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this is interesting

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kaninv

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past 2007 he fell off hard, he was a genius and then just over time released worse and worse music and become more and more bigoted

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EzWinz

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2010 was fire to be fair
Probably after mbdtf

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kfan4238173

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graduation wasnt even all that, he released masterpieces like the life of pablo and yeezus after grad so i wouldnt say he fell off hard after '07.

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kaninv

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life of pablo and yeezus were solid but nothing groundbreaking. I think they're fun/good albums to listen to but if you compare them to college dropout, late registration and graduation they aren't all that. This is especially considering people label Kanye as a "musical genius" still to this day.

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kfan4238173

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if you want groundbreaking then 808s and heartbreak is way more groundbreaking than graduation and released after. i will not stand to see one of his more inconsistent and pedestrian LPs (graduation) be propelled as him at his best

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kaninv

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agree to disagree, I think 808s and heartbreak is solid but I still think it's a step down. I'd definitely say 808s and heartbreak is one of his better pieces and maybe mbdtf but past that it really keeps going downhill

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reremus

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TLOP, Donda, Ye, Yeezus are all classics. Jesus is King and Vultures are the only flops in my books fr. But I am super biased. I've been in the .01% of Kanye listeners for like 4 years LMFAO.

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EzWinz

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some dude put jesus is king and kids see the ghosts as the best albums when i was asking them

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laifu

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you obviously haven't heard of ye, kids see ghosts, and yeezus actual old head music taste

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kaninv

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maybe, I don't listen to recent rap too much honestly. I am a big old head so I'm pretty biased, but I'm pretty strong in my beliefs that Kanye fell off pretty hard and still labeling him a musical genius and saying he's one of the best artists is pretty crazy.

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reremus

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You go and ask 100 rappers what they'd do for a beat from Kanye or a verse on a Kanye album. See what they say. Regardless of his opinions, the man is just good at music.

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kaninv

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yes because Kanye is still extremely popular and respected within the community. Doesn't mean I can't think he's overrated. It's not just about quality, music has a lot of politics. If I was a rapper even if I thought Kanye's music was mid I'd still want a feature from him because it's an easy $$$ generator. It'd be stupid to not take that.

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reremus

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See now that's crazy. The only misses he's had was Jesus is King and Vultures.

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cus he looks like gekko

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Diebs

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nostalgia merchants

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DSGFan

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this

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kfan4238173

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eminem has never released a good album ever

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EzWinz

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womp womp

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DSGFan

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to answer your question: people remember his goated albums/songs and view the rest of his work through that lens.

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dapada

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same situation as yay, clinging to the past

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DuD5K1S

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I mean its the same with any "older" artists, people just live off their past good music