Eminem Is Eminem a genius or regular writer?

Started by Spatula, Nov 12, 2025, in Eminem Add to Reading List

Is Eminem a genius?

  1. Genius / Brilliant

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  2. Average level writer

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  1. Crookedeye
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    Nov 13, 2025
    He was one of the first to rap that way so yes, id say he is a genius
     
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  2. Bigfoot1
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    Nov 13, 2025
    Rap which way?
     
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  3. Ripper Roo
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    Nov 13, 2025
    This way
     
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  4. Disorderly Progress
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    Nov 13, 2025
    A genius writer, in many ways as well.

    Some of his funniest lines are as witty and clever as the best comedians, he's an amazing storyteller; he can describe his own and other people's perspectives very well, with beautifully select detail, when on point - his phrasing is unique; I mean, just look at the way 'Lose Yourself' is written - a mixture of brilliant rhyming, phrasing, metaphors, it's cinematic yet personal...



    We just take it all for granted at this point.
     
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  5. Crookedeye
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    New kids on the block, s--- a lot of d-ck
     
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  6. Big Monkey
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    This is true. Particularly in the late 90s Eminem was funnier than most comedians I've heard. The closest he's gotten to recapturing that level of funniness was during the Relapse era but it's not even close, really.
     
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  7. Bigfoot1
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    I dont understand. if you mean he was the first to use profanity in his raps then that isn't true, or do you mean he was the first to diss pop stars?
     
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  8. Crookedeye
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    Bruh
     
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  9. froboy6942
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    Darkness is decent at best. It does NOT equal genius/brilliant writing. People who think that have no clue what genius and expert writing is. It is good writing. It is in no way shi--ing on the song but it doesn't deserve the credit that some losers like to give it.
     
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    Well said. You hear that @shady389 ? Loser
     
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  11. Spatula
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    Finding a connection between himself and the Vegas shooter is brilliant.
    Having the whole song seem as if he is talking about himself to then pull the rug at the end is brilliant.
    Demonstrating that two individuals with similar background and substance abuse can have two different outcomes is brilliant.

    Every line in the song fits.

    What would be an example of expert writing to you please?
     
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  12. Zeb Knight
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    It had already been done a million times before (even by himself). He just changed the theme to the Las Vegas shooter instead of it being a gun or it being “hip hop”. Using a tried and tested formula that has already been done multiple times in multiple different ways is far from genius. Quite the opposite
     
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  13. Spatula
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    Nov 14, 2025
    And Shakespeare wrote a play about a king, which was done a thousand times before.
     
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  14. Big Monkey
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    Alcohol on my breath as I reach for the scope

    lol. How are people still blown away by this? And the part where he massacres the crowd isn't shocking or new at all. He already did that on Encore and it wasn't interesting even then.
     
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  15. Spatula
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    Nov 14, 2025
    Whats wrong with that line?
    And the massacre is shocking because its a real event, even includes the audio from there, and the beat nicely creshendos into it
     
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  16. Big Monkey
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    There's just something about it all that feels really forced to me. Could never get into it.
     
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    This man wrote FACK. Genius
     
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