the waiting room

I have a love/hate relationship with Eminem, well, more accurately, Eminem’s music. Don’t get me wrong, I am not an Eminem hater. I have no problem saying Eminem is a great writer, when he wants to be – one of the few actual lyrical emcees pushing units today. But his gimmicky first singles always turn me off. I usually have to get into the album cuts to fully appreciate his projects. Upon hearing leaked tracks like “Crack a Bottle” and new single “We Made You”, I wasn’t impressed or excited about the new album, ‘Relapse‘. When I heard the 30-second sample of “Beautiful” on iTunes, off his new album, I was instantly intrigued. The song is the Eminem I prefer – deeper, introspective, and above all else, honest.

Eminem – “Beautiful”

PS: It’s amusing to me how Em was beefing with Christina Aguilera years ago, and now they both have great songs in their repertoires titled “Beautiful”.