Mar 7, 2017TES marked a moment where Em embraced Serious Artist status. MMLP was like a 75-minute "f--- you" to anyone and everyone, mostly unconcerned with what critics had to say. TES on the other hand has a lot of that same anger, but it's far more interested in artistic credibility than anything before it (like, take a look at the Aerosmith sample for example, and something like Hailie's Song as well). Em got a taste of being taken seriously and liked how it felt. For that reason I think a lot of his fanbase elevated it despite obvious flaws (myself included, at the time!) - it felt like he was operating on a different playing field. That doesn't mean it's necessarily better than what came before it, though - I would argue that is isn't, and ambition aside, it falls short in different ways
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honestly.
SSLP was funny, witty, and well written
MMLP was more angry, was a better reflection of his current reality, and still had some of the wit from his previous offering
TES was disjointed, unfunny, and borderline cringe but was a display of the pop elements in eminem's music at its best
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see the thing is..........it isn'tOrdinary Joel, Radeem, Goku187 and 2 others like this.Dec 18, 2025(This ad goes away when signing up) -
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bro how are you a fan of young thug when you have shown in this thread you have absolutely 0 grasp of his music lol.
you're like the kid who get's go go a lakers game because his dad got free tickets, and then claims he's a fan even though the only player he can name on the team retired last year.Ordinary Joel, Soldier, dkdnfbdjdkdddjdjfvcgfl and 2 others like this. -
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i'm a fan of cinema guys
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if you were a young thug fan you would have, at the very least, a slight grasp on this conversation.
instead you're in this thread running around like a chicken with his head cut off with no posts that hold any water. throwing around buzz words and cop outs like "subjective" and "impact" do not help your case.
it's easy to say you're a thug fan to try and add some credibility to your argument, but you're not.Ordinary Joel, dkdnfbdjdkdddjdjfvcgfl, bet and 2 others like this. -
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ya i mean who doesnt like fantasizing about stabbing their wife for over an hour
thug: switches between different time signatures and tempos like its nothing
mnm: boring duplets or unintelligable double time in annoying south park esque voice as usual
thug: blossoming out of the harsh environments depicted in b6, accepting his born name, paying homage
mnm: took the album cover on a stage and called it the em show
em: edgy violent murder for school shooters
thug: love and family values
thug: paved the way between the blurred lines of singing and rapping, introducing cadences and soundscapes now used by every mainstream hip hop artist
tes: inspired white suburban kids to get guns and s---t up schools
u had 2 be sleeping to not feel the earthquake that jeff left
impact of tes is it made dre insanely senileOrdinary Joel, bet, Guma and 2 others like this. -
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all of which jeffery wins inOrdinary Joel, Caslon, Deadpool and 2 others like this. -
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radical use of a wide range of vocal techniquesOrdinary Joel, bet, Guma and 2 others like this. -
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Did TES even have a Quavo feature? All Eminem could afford was Obie Trice on a song about getting aids rofl. Shoutout Perry the platypuss, dude paid money to see Obie Trice
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"Isn't even an album?
What does this even mean? Mixtapes are pretty much albums these days.Ordinary Joel, bet, Guma and 2 others like this. -
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Don't do this to yourself lmaoOrdinary Joel, SHUDEYE, bet and 2 others like this. -
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Nothing gets the ladies in the mood like pubic hair lookin like some sour cream dip (without the nacho) and Eminem talking about getting aidsOrdinary Joel, Poohdini, Guma and 2 others like this.Dec 18, 2025(This ad goes away when signing up) -
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not sure why people try to play this card lol. i signed up on SL when I was 13 years old and the only rap music I knew at the time was Eminem and a few other big artists. So not really sure what you're trying to do here with saying that.Ordinary Joel, Poohdini, Mike Tyson and 2 others like this. -
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acting like people getting laid with eminem albumsStarski, Ordinary Joel, bet and 2 others like this. -
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Not too late to delete thread and pretend it never happened bro
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TES f---in sucks, Jeffery is a classicOrdinary Joel, Poohdini, Deadpool and 2 others like this.Dec 18, 2025(This ad goes away when signing up) -
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not really
if TES is really eminem's best project, then it's just a marker of whether or not the forum feels like current thug is better than prime eminem.
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