Classic Magazines #3
This takes us back to the days when you could convince a now global megastar to do a cover shot for a tiny underground Rap title. Stress was a classic publication edited by Jessica Green. They gave a credible nod to the graffiti scene, repped New York to fullest and their contributing writers were largely unknown journalists, which guaranteed impartiality. It was honest and unaffected by industry pressures to place Ja Rule on the cover at the time. This particular cover story was a real coup, penned by Dee Tee, Eminem’s then Road Manager. Flipping Stanley Kubrick to great effect, they were spot on when they dubbed him the ‘great white hope’, whitey’s everywhere finally got their rap pass. Although this was probably one of the greatest rap magazine cover shots and certainly the best Eminem cover shot, yours truly, Fat Lace were actually the first to feature Em on a cover. We’re not detracting from Stress though, they take the crown for this one.
Eminem – Just The Two Of Us (Original EP Mix)
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8 Responses to "Classic Magazines #3"
Was this a not-so-subtle Cage jab?
Always found Eminem fairly intolerable other than “role model” but i can’t front – that is an ill cover.
Is that a speed dobber Slim has graced the cover with?
…with four bollocks obviously…
where are my friday titties!
Was he dissing cage or biting cage or what…and was cage really so original with his alex persona or was he biting silver bullet who had ‘the clockwork orange posse’ and was bigging up that film back in 88 in HHC???
Anyway, Cages tune was a classic, better than any eminem and radio head on the flip was dope too, I gave up on Em after that old EP with ‘just the 2 of us’ on it (which also appeared on greenpeace’s dope fatlace mixtape), I’d never part with that EP, and his verse on 5 star generals, but I prefered the cage track with the Shoguns assassin vocals cuts off GZA, dj Riz killed it on that. but then again Dj Riz is one of the most underated DJ’s after Rob Swift.
Eminem was so wack, I told a lot of die hard fans who don’t listen to him anymore, that he was an industry gimmick that would get old fast and people would soon get so sick of him, I was right, that last mixtape didn’t do that well did it?
he can rap and he does have skills but he turned into too much of a gimmick and made commercial records, his skills developed from his early recordings and he is rated by a lot of MC’s, but his music is too commercial for me, his ‘verse’ on the latest 50 LP was a joke.
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