Dec 9, 2017

Do the majority of Em's songs need to be political? No. No. Please don't make a Nas Untitled album. However, if 3-4 of his songs are political out of his ~18 song tracklist, and it's spread amongst a variety of other topics, I think it would be refreshing overall.

 

Dec 9, 2017

I think Em genuinely feels the things hes rapping. People forget that even though he is a rich white boy now that he was once poor as dirt. He went to majorily black schools, grew up amongst african americans. His best friend was black. His life experiences in the first half of his life mirror those of many african americans. I think he genuinely thinks all the things he has said. He was strongly anti bush administration also. I dont find the move ti more political themes and lyrics surprising but it is a bit ballsy on his part more so than other rappers/celebs cause a lot of his fanbase are white republicans. Being anti-republican and racism doesn't make you an SJW, once em starts protesting for transgender, womens rights and safe spaces then ill consider him sjw. He dipped in politics on the eminem show but never full on dived in like it looks like he about to do.

 

Dec 9, 2017

He strongly protested Bush and his policies. In a Recovery-era interview, he mentioned once he totally loved Obama (although he didn't talk about it much to avoid alienating fans who dislike him). I don't see how his recent political verses are a surprise. And I don't see the point of him not expressing his opinion. It would make more sense for him to express what he's actually angry about now than what he was angry at a few years ago.