Advice for Eminem on his birthday
Adam Graham of the Detroit News explores different ways for Eminem to successfully return to the spotlight.
Among them is “Innovate, not renovate”, with Guilty Simpson chiming in.
Innovate, not renovate: Instead of following or kowtowing to current hip-hop trends (still smarting from Em’s urging to “get it crunk” on “Encore’s” closing track?), Eminem should follow his own muse. In other words, let’s not release a ringtone-ready single with a hot YouTube-able dance craze, mmmkay? “I don’t think he has to change according to the game, he can change the game,” says Detroit rapper Guilty Simpson. “I think that’s where a lot of artists go wrong: They try to capture a certain element of the temperature of the game. But if you’re not a new artist trying to break in, what excuse do you really have following trends and not setting them?”
Read the full article here.
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