This type of rapping isn't about staying true to yourself and progression as an artist/person. Em's Slim Shady style when it was good was humor laced with his amazing knack for lyricism and cartoonish demeanor. On Eminem Show when Marshall went somewhat ghetto, and onward where he got weird, he lost that easy going style and when he snapped out of his funk he tried to recreate it, and forced things. Bad Meets Evil was a step in the right direction. Relapse was like listening to old drunk forced freestyles of lazy multis. Recovery had some tracks like On Fire that were somewhat like his old self. Recently he seems to be delving back into the battle scene, and that's where the roots of The Slim Shady EP were.
This was really good, and entertaining. His way of wording and humor, when he's on is just more entertaining than other rappers.
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