In a sense, I think Eminem is a lot like Aleister Crowley. Both had a body of work that hid substantially liberative ideologies, but both are deeply marred human beings.
I sort of assumed you would just say he was another tool of the recording industry. This is a lot more interesting.
I won't claim I like every song he's done either, or every theme he has put in there.
But thinking of it in terms of him hiding liberative themes in there makes me realize how to say how I feel about this one. His work used to be so complex, and that's one of the things that made it interesting. And this one is a lot simpler and more boring... however, it's inspiring and amazing to me to see that he feels like he doesn't have to hide behind all of the twisted jokes and sarcasm and bullshit any more. I can't quite tell for sure whether this is his most or least sincere work... although I lean towards thinking that it is his most sincere.
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Date: 2010-06-14 12:31 am (UTC)In a sense, I think Eminem is a lot like Aleister Crowley. Both had a body of work that hid substantially liberative ideologies, but both are deeply marred human beings.
I sort of assumed you would just say he was another tool of the recording industry. This is a lot more interesting.
I won't claim I like every song he's done either, or every theme he has put in there.
But thinking of it in terms of him hiding liberative themes in there makes me realize how to say how I feel about this one. His work used to be so complex, and that's one of the things that made it interesting. And this one is a lot simpler and more boring... however, it's inspiring and amazing to me to see that he feels like he doesn't have to hide behind all of the twisted jokes and sarcasm and bullshit any more. I can't quite tell for sure whether this is his most or least sincere work... although I lean towards thinking that it is his most sincere.