Plus 50 Cent of Eurodance
Don't call it an evolution: Eminem simply a brown-haired women hater now who'sgraduated to arson
Eminem and 50 Cent are making comebacks, you say?
They've taken some time off, reevaluated and reinvented themselves, and are making music that reflects the nuances and complexities of their characters, that's testament to their evolution?
That's peculiar, it seems to me from my mornings of blaring rap instead of NPR that they have reappeared — but just as they left us. If I've heard any new tracks from Fiddy (featuring him doesn't count) it wasn't remarkable enough to stick with me. Quite possibly because he's apparently into Eurodance now, which I am not. I did notice he lost some weight, though.
As for Eminem, whose women-hating nasal-voiced train I never hopped aboard, I keep hearing about this reinvention. His new album, the single of which, "Love the Way You Lie," is snow ubiquitous on pop radio, is even shrewdly titled Recovery. His hair is brown now (giving him an eerie resemblance to Pee Wee Herman, I think) but I don't see the change.
Am I alone?
The same bleached-out kid with a chip on his shoulder who rapped about violently killing his ex-wife has followed up by supposedly getting clean and writing a song about — wait for it — hitting a woman and then handcuffing her to the bed to die in an arson. Evolved.
Rihanna, whose involvement in such a violent track is somewhat inexplicable (though she does try) defends the content, saying the song breaks down the cycle of domestic violence — something many people don't have insight into. That sounds reasonable enough, but I've heard the song.
This is how Eminem's vocals conclude:
Next time I'm pissed
I'll aim my fist
At the dry wall
Next time
There will be no next time
I apologize
Even though I know it's lies
I'm tired of the games
I just want her back
I know I'm a liar
If she ever tries to fucking leave again
I'mma tie her to the bed
And set the house on fire
Waiting for the video with bated breath.