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Originally posted by Blackwatch
Eminem is the best selling rapper today. He by far isn't the best, but white folks say he is, because we gave rap to white record execs who now tell us what is acceptable in the rap game (a rap aesthetic). In 20 years, Rap will be like Rock and Roll, Jazz, and Blues with Eminiem going down as the best rapper of all time  .
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Actually, don't let Eminem's whiteness fool you. He is a great lyricist, despite his boy-next-door physical appeal. I doubt he will go down as the "greatest" when it is all said and done. I do agree that there are far better socially conscious MC's than Em, but that just depends on what the topic of the verse or song is.
As far as a double standard, I don't think there is one. Pepsi pulled Madonna from their advertisements for the same reason as they are pulling Ludacris. I think it hurts efforts to eradicate TRUE double-standards in our society when we cry foul at EVERYthing.