“My words are like a dagger with a jagged edge / That’ll stab you in the head, whether you’re a fag or lez / Or the homosex, hermaph or a trans-a-vest Pants or dress, hate fags? / The answer’s ‘yes’”Įminem has often explored horrific storylines in his music, whether it’s pulling from real life experiences or his (f*cked up) imagination. Not only that, it found him altering his words in order to make both his rhyme scheme and flow work: In other instances, Eminem would veer off into much darker territory, with a flow to match: “Mockingbird” found Eminem sobering up his flow to match the piano-laden beat and heavy subject matter, whereas “Criminal” found him hardening up his flow, sharpening his words to keep pace with the edgy beat. With Infinite, he was still a bit more grounded in an old school hip-hop style (“3:13”), however, that would evolve as he became more and more comfortable with reaching into the darkest corners of his mind (and traces of this were evidenced on Infinite’s “Backstabber”), and, as well, inducing squirmish behavior in the listener.Įminem didn’t fully arrive until everyone knew his name thanks to the aptly-titled “My Name Is…” Part of the allure with Eminem that transcends, and lifts up his flow is his unique animation and cartoon-ish behavior, as evidence on the aforementioned song as well as songs that would follow: “The Real Slim Shady,” “Ass Like That.” Whatever differences have affected his vocal cords with age and, well, life, at the outset, he was known for his slightly pitched-up cadence. As far back as Infinite, Eminem has been clearly cultivating and working on both his cadence and flow. While Eminem is often the source of both fan and critic’s disparagement when he releases any hint of music in 2019, we can’t forget the zany and explosive flows he brought to the scene during his humble beginnings. In the section dedicated to Eminem, they wrote:
That was a collective effort and writers paid attention to “the most innovative, adept, genre-pushing, evolving, malleable, versatile flows of all time”, trying to establish who contributed to the genre the most, whose verses slid right into golden standards. HotNewHipHop published a big editorial piece ranking the top 50 best rappers exclusively on their flow.
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