I like Eminem

[dull boy]

Everything he’s saying is a coherent thought, and many of the stanzas build narratives relevant to what he’s trying to get across. It doesn’t get any less ‘just rhyming words’ than that lol

I saw some review trashing Not Alike because he used the flow from that Cash Me Ouside girl’s track. The whole point of the track is how dumb new music is. It’s why he’s saying random, meaningless shit that rhymes as the chorus.

When Em said, ‘New Kids on the Block sucked a lot of dick. Boy girl groups make me sick...’ Nobody was accusing him of stealing LFO’s melody, because that was the fucking point lol

I don't know who the fuck y'all are
To give a sub-par bar, or even have an opinion of you
You mention me, millions of views
Attention in news, I mention you
Lose-lose for me, win-win for you
Billions of views, your ten cents are two
Skim through the music to give shit reviews
To get clicks, but bitch, you just lit the fuse
Don't get misconstrued, business as us'
Shit-list renewed, so get shit to do
Or get dissed, 'cause I just don't get
What the fuck half the shit is that you're listenin' to, do
You have any idea how much I hate this choppy flow
Everyone copies though? Probably no
Get this fuckin' audio out my Audi, yo, adiós

Is it Canibus talking about planets aligning and energy fields? With a crazy fucking flow and delivery, he’s spitting constant multiple syllable rhymes, and what he’s saying content wise is pretty straight forward. The audio/Audi, yo/adios shit is just dope penmanship.

I can see why people like Lil Yachty, but not me though
Not even dissin', it just ain't for me
All I am simply is just an MC
Maybe, "Stan" just isn't your cup of tea
Maybe, your cup's full of syrup and lean

Here he comes out and says what he’s been saying about stupid ass music since he came out. Em did turn into a label owner and business commodity. Em went from underground, antiestablishment on his first 3-4 records, to being the establishment. Relapse is full of references to struggling with that concept. He was sloppy on that album. MMLP2 he really started refining the style he has now. Wordplay heavy with insane schemes and flow. I remember reading somewhere that after the hiatus between Encore and Relapse that he had to reteach himself how to write. The last track of Relapse is Underground and the narrative was, ‘this record sucks, except for Underground.’ Relapse is a guilty pleasure because he’s just spazzing the fuck out on schemes and weird shit. Recovery is like your fun uncle who grew up. The wordplay on there is the worst. MMLP2 is fucking dope. Revival is fucking dope and Kamikaze is Em back to being antiestablishment and unapologetic. I hope he keeps the throttle to the floor in this direction. It’s almost back where he started, only now he’s being unabashedly lyrically complex... over trap beats with modern cadences. It’s scathing criticism hidden in (apparently subtle) satire.

Maybe ‘Stan’ just isn’t your cup of tea
Maybe your cup’s full’a syrup and lean.

Old me killed the new me, watch him bleed to death
I breathe on the mirror, I don't see my breath
Possibly, I'm dead, I must be possessed
Like an evil spell, I'm E-V-I-L

Just rhyme like an evil spell with the spelling of evil. How is that JUST rhyming words? The meaning behind the line ties into the rest of the stanza topically and it’s lyrcism at its purest.

If you understand it then I can’t explain it.