The Death of Slim Shady
Eminem is a white rapper from Detroit who was the best selling music artist in the U.S. in the 2000s. He was a phenomenon during this time. His lyrics were always controversial. This month he dropped a new album.
Now, I haven’t heard Eminem’s new album, “The Death of Slim Shady,” but I don’t need to because I’ve read some of the lyrics. Where do I start?
He makes light of Halyna Hutchins who was shot and killed on the movie set of the film “Rust.” “Fuck around and get popped like Halyna Hutchins,” he raps. Classy.
“And as far as what I just stated, regarding midgets/You’ll probably think I’ll just say that I’m playin’, I’m not, I meant it/Swear to God I see one of them little f***ers come at me/I’ll pick it up by it’s legs and drop it and kick it.” Huh?
“Fuck blind people, and deaf people suck/so do cripples, dumb quadriplegic fucks/with Christopher Reeves luck.”
He made light of Cassie’s assault by Diddy. He made light of the time Megan Thee Stallion got shot, and so on and so forth.
No, I’m not a “woke” critic who doesn’t understand free speech. No, I don’t care if he gets cancelled or not. I’m not outraged. I will sleep fine tonight.
My problem is this- you, Eminem, are fifty-one years old. You have aged out of this juvenile nonsense.
I’m roughly his age. If I put out a rap album now, I would rap about getting my prescription meds. I would rap about sometimes forgetting to take my meds. Fun for me these days is kicking my feet up and watching tv while nobody bothers me. That’s something I could rap about. I would rap about going to my doctor appointments. I would rap about getting frustrated at some technology problem I can’t figure out, etc. My rap name could be Lil’ Boomer Cha Cha.
Long gone are the days when Eminem ruled the pop charts along with N’Sync, Backstreet Boys, Limp Bizkit, etc. That was a quarter of a century ago. You’re no longer edgy.
Eminem declared long ago that “Slim Shady” was his alter ego. Well, this alter ego should have never named his new album, “The Death of Slim Shady” because Slim Shady’s antics died a long time ago. It’s time to take your act to casinos and cruise ships.
