Essay about Homophobic, I Think Not

Essay about Homophobic, I Think Not

We all know who Eminem is whether it be because we listen to his music or because of the huge controversy that seems to fallow his next billboard hit. Ever sense the release of his first album The Slim Shady LP in 1999 or the more predominate album under fire The Marshall Mathers LP released in 2000, and Encore in 2005 Eminem has been fighting off critics and gay and lesbian right activists because of his "lyrical content." People say that he is a homophobic gay basher with no respect for women. Encore is another brilliant work from eninem but the album that started the most controversy was The Marshall Mather LP. Eminem gave his foes plenty of ammunition. In "Criminal," he declared: "My words are like a dagger with a jagged ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...A lot of my sh*t was so blatantly comic, how could you take it seriously? With The Marshall Mathers LP I brought it to a different level: If this is how you perceive me, then this is what I'm gonna be." (VH1)



Also coming with the release of The Marshall Mathers LP in 2000, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation labeled his lyrics "offensive" and launched a furious campaign against Interscope Records. There is no question that he has benefited from the fierce debate over the gay content of his lyrics. If you want a good estement of how much it helped him count every picket sign, T.V. show bad mouthing him, and parent telling their kid they cant listen to him; now multiply it by 10,000 because that how many more albums they just sold for him. "I could understand if I just said all those things and just left it at that, but I was using irony and keeping my tongue in my cheek. Anybody with half a brain should be able to listen to it and understand that I'm pushing your buttons." (vh1) The biggest blow to critics and protesters came at the 2005 Grammies. Where Eminem performed his moving duet with Elton John; and the movie 8 Mile which his character heroically confronts a gay basher.



In 2005 Elton John wrote "Eminem has the balls to say what he feels and to make offensive things funny. That's very necessary today in America, with people being muzzled and irony becoming a lost art. Artists like Eminem who use their free speech to get a point across are

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