Disrespectful views at Tha Kang, T.I.? Nah, Ms. Banks you're out of line. Yeah Harris' Aussie ain't that dope but neither are you. I just saw you at Coachella and I wasn't impressed. You got the look, the swag, the tough talk but where are the tunes? "212" is alright but that's where it stops. According to Jay-Z's old board rules: You have no right to diss Tip. Look in the mirror and ask yourself: How many classic albums have you created? Are you on anyone's top 10 MCs list? Do you have any hardware on your walls, ma? Cliff is right. Keep him out of the girlfight. You're heavy in these tweets, but I hope you're finding time to create music that backs up your buzz. Or you'll soon be begone like Kreayshawn. You young ladies today bore me. *Turns up Mia X CD* No Limit forever!
The best things in life are free, but hopping on Hov's press conference stage uninvited is gon cost cha. Whatcha did was wrong! ⎯B.DotEminem Covers Billboard
Friday, June 25 2010 10:42 AM EST | Posted by: B.Dot | Posted in: Blog, Newsstand Stan
For the first time, the Artist of the Decade covers this week’s edition of Billboard. Peep a couple of quotes below.
On being the best-selling artist of the last decade
“I don’t think I’ve actually stopped to think about it,” Eminem says by phone from his home in Detroit, while on a brief break between trips to promote Recovery. “I never thought that my life would amount to this. But to be able to sit back and digest it is so strange to me, because I still feel so regular. I don’t understand what people think the big deal is about me. It’s a very strange relationship that I have with fame.”On his approach to “Recovery”:
“I would go back and listen to songs off The Marshall Mathers LP, The Eminem Show and some of Encore and ask, ‘Why don’t my music feel like this anymore?’ ” Eminem recalls. ” ‘The Way I Am,’ ‘Criminal’ and ‘Toy Soldiers’ were songs that meant something. I wanted there to be a reason why I was making each song, instead of making it just to make it.”On taking his time before touring:
“I’ll do these shows and see how I feel afterward, then set up a couple more,” Eminem says. “I’ve had to relearn to do shows sober, because there were so many years that I didn’t know how to do it. Alcohol, Valium — all these things were crutches for me so that I didn’t have to feel anything when I went onstage. Everything right now is a step at a time, a day at a time.”
On caring more about critical reception than sales:
“Honestly, as long as people enjoy the music, that means the most to me,” Eminem says with unabashed sincerity. “I could sell 80 million records in the first week, and if my peers or fans of real hip-hop didn’t like it, it really wouldn’t mean anything.”
More on the quality of his past albums:
“I was pretty much in full-blown addiction while I was creating ["Encore"],” he says, “and as far as Relapse, when I first got sober I got really happy because I was not a prisoner of addiction anymore, so life was brand-new to me. I was like, ‘Shit, man, trees are beautiful again. What a nice day it is.’ I don’t think I was paying attention to what the average listener might like or not like.”
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about time..
Dope cover
Illuminati?????
how come he never smiles?! what the fuck is up with you em?!
best rapper alive! and ever…
[...] Check out Eminem on the cover of the latest edition of Billboard magazine. The rapper’s latest LP, ‘Recovery’, is set to top the charts next week. Thanks RapRadar! [...]
In this black man game, he’s the one chosen
hip hops back kings back recovery all day do ur thing shadyy tht nigggggaaaa
[...] copies of his Recovery album, graces the new issue of Billboard’s weekly magazine. Spotted at RapRadar. Share and [...]
Its fucking cool taht he doesnt smile. He doesnt try to cozy up to the public aka Madonna or even Jay who feels the need to show his teeth to get some love .
Shadyyyyyyyy!!24/7 365!G.O.A.T!!!!!
Damn Em got hot <33
also congratulations on the huge sale first week, heard it's estimated to sell 675k now.
^ I guess you don’t smile either huh? Sometimes a smile just shows you have a personality, Em just looks sad and tortured sometimes. I bet his therapist tells him to try and smile some more, this ish is NOT HEALTHY.
lol i dunno who cares if he dont smile maybe he actually thinks his smile looks gay or somethin i dont like smilin personally unless its a real smile i cant smile n shit to fit in with everyone else
congrats, been bumpin nuttin but recovery for over 2 weeks now
Tizzight.
it’s about time they get the artist of the decade on the cover
Cool picture
I don’t remember eminem ever. Smiling that much. Some people don’t smile much, we all know em has a dry personality. It’s not a big deal.
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[...] Eminem covers the latest issue of Billboard with his usual mean mugging look. I feel like he smiled a lot more back in the day when he wasn’t in “recovery” mode and Slim Shady was still a part of him. See what recovery does? It makes you dull and do collaborations with Pink. I’m semi kidding of course. Recovery is in stores now and according to the numbers, is projected to sell over 650,000 copies in the first week. What are your thoughts on the album? Spotted at RR. [...]
standing ovat(ion) – Jay Z
http://99problemsofjayz.wordpress.com
D-manded
I get you, you don’t have to be all smiley with everybody/everytime but you can atleast smile with a fan every now and then.
[...] Eminem covers this week’s edition of Billboard. Recovery in stores now. Spotted at RapRadar. [...]
^ Remeber he is still constrained by some of his lyrics. Like from MMLP:
“All I see is sissies in magazines smiling, what ever happened to wilding out and being violent”
LOL fuck it he can have a face like this http://img.metro.co.uk/i/pix/2009/05/prescottyorkPRY_450x499.jpg and i wont care long as he gonna put out dope music
Wow !!! Really cool!
y the fck do u all care if he smiles or not… lmaoo says a lot about u
@John Macabee Are you making that Illuminati statement based on this cover?
@meezy To continue to refer to Hip Hop as a “Black Man’s Game” in the second decade of the new Millennium and 30+ years into the game, is not only ridiculously inaccurate, its demonstrates the same antiquated prejudice and racism that the Movie and TV industry exploits against their non-white population. tsk,tsk,tsk.
Where can i download it?
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Emine showin his love to “Satan”….because he not afraid…..
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LOL. You Americans and your obsession with public smiles. This is a serious, heartfelt look (notice the hand on his chest?). I don’t see any negativity in this pic. I like its seriousness.
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@So Icy Boi
Satan isn’t real. Now shut up.
Lol at Em putting his hand over his heart, and people go crazy. Anything to call out Illuminati.
is that this month or next month? because im not walking until i know.
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Best Rapper Alive
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Eminem the artist of the decade??? How?
lol@ the interviews
‘Shit, man, trees are beautiful again. What a nice day it is.’ LMFAO
yo this is the man. i went on youtube and just threw all his old diss tracks all his old features and serious songs like soldier and wow that took me bak. no wonder y he has been my favorite for such long time.
PS. he should do another song with xzibit they were a tight ass dual
criminal = one of eminems best songs ever. the flow is ridonkulous
Just finished reading the article on Billboard’s website. Very nice. I would like to see who else besides Slaughterhouse has caught Em’s attention.
I don’t get the smile comments. Some peoeple just aren’t smilers. It doesn’t mean he isn’t happy.
EMINEM SAVE MUSIC INDUSTRY
RECOVERY #1 WORLD WIDE
Even if you don’t like his music….how can you not respect this? smh
Recovery was good not great! Don’t like that he is singing on most of the tracks. And why he always raps likes he’s mad. A smile wouldn’t kill him. He just has to keep his persona of a tough guy that way he doesn’t lose his fan base.’
@Mr. G
What are you talking about? Lose his fan base because he cracks a smile? Uh, no. Back in the day when he was considered more of a bad ass than now, he was crackin smiles and laughing all the time. Shit even nowadays on radio interviews he’s always cracking jokes and laughing. He’s probably like that nowadays only around his friends and family. Not much makes him happy these days probably. But it’s whatever. If he doesn’t want to smile, it shouldn’t be that big of a deal.
I just think he dosent smile in pictures and on camera cuz im the same way, when someone pulls out a camera or something my Face just gets all serious all of a sudden and i dont smile for shit….and also thats the only way we the fans can see him, through pictures and video..We cant see him 24/7 or when he’s just chilling at his house with ppl he’s comfortable with..I Bet you he tells jokes and always luaghs up the ass..
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