Eminem, the undisputed authority on black culture second-rate Vanilla Ice wannabe, to sing at Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday

/ice, ice baby

Yeah, comparing Eminem to Vanilla Ice is like comparing Wu Tang to Milli Vanilli.

I don't know. The song he wrote for the occasion was a little catchy...

Alright stop, corroborate and struggle
Eminemn's working magic on the muggles
praying hard for the power of the black man
rising up in the shadow of oppression
are you ready to do battle with the system?
go to prison on the strength of your conviction
I'm a gangsta in the likeness of mandela
brothers fightin' for our rights in our endeavors
to pave the way for all our nighted little brothers
be slippin' chains and runnin' north like a mother
i spray my words into the night like i'm an AK
my brothers hearken close to hear all that I might say
we spreadin' freedom like an AIDS epidemic
'cept it ain't no big shiat if you infected
So come on homies do the grind on my mandela
biatches grab on tight and hold to yo fella
we're taking this fight out to the streets, yo
gonna make them whities put out like a slapped ho
Whip it out, whip it out, whip it out yo
eminem and mandela in the house, yo
be frontin' freedom with our dicks in the house, yo.

He's blacker than our "first black president" ever was.

Eminem can sing?

Just what Nelson Mandela wanted...

another bad rap.

QU!RK1019: Eminem can sing?

They keep using that word. I do not think it means what they think it means.

Maybe he will sing a collection of Sinatra hits.

Eminem said himself, "I can't sing," in one of his songs where he tried. He's not very good. Singing and rapping are very different skills, IMO.

Eminem is, however, a good pop rapper. WAY better than Vanilla Ice ever was.

nobozo: Just what Nelson Mandela wanted...

another bad rap.

clap clap clap

/+1

Mandela...the father of AIDS in South Africa. Rejoice!

Looks like he is down with black power...

BobtheFascist: He's blacker than our "first black president" ever was.

He seem to have less melanin to me.

Why would one need to be an authority on black culture to sing for Nelson Mandela?

Does Mandela like him? It's his birthday he can have em if he wants him, have em if he wants him, have em if he wants him...you would have em if it happened to you.

/sorry
//I'm so hepped up on goofballs right now
///80 years old, wow
////blushing slashies

qstnmrk: Yeah, comparing Eminem to Vanilla Ice is like comparing Wu Tang to Milli Vanilli.

Vanilla Ice ain't nothin' to fark with.

QU!RK1019
Eminem can sing?

This so many times my abacus will not go that high.

RemyDuron: Eminem said himself, "I can't sing," in one of his songs where he tried. He's not very good. Singing and rapping are very different skills, IMO.

Eminem is, however, a good pop rapper. WAY better than Vanilla Ice ever was.

Oh and before it's too late, we get it. Many of you think rap is crap. Now think of something original to say.

qstnmrk: Yeah, comparing Eminem to Vanilla Ice is like comparing Wu Tang to Milli Vanilli.

Yea i dont understand what people are talking about. Eminem is not only a good "pop rapper" he is a great rapper.

QU!RK1019: Eminem can sing?

THIS

RemyDuron: Eminem is, however, a good pop rapper. WAY better than Vanilla Ice ever was.

That's like saying so-and-so farts better than somebody else.

nobozo: Just what Nelson Mandela wanted...

another bad rap.

WIN.

HA HA

/wrong Nelson

So all the performers must be "undisputed authorities on black culture"?

I hope he doesn't miss his chance to blow.

Gunny Highway: Yea i dont understand what people are talking about. Eminem is not only a good "pop rapper" he is a great rapper.

Yeah, I threw in "pop" mainly for his subject matter. He good at rapping and writing, but focuses almost entirely on the sex, violence, drugs, and crude humor. That's not a bad thing, but "pop" has bad connotation and I should have just said good rapper.

/I'm just a pasty white nerdis
//Who happens to like every kind of music

KevinJD: So all the performers must be "undisputed authorities on black culture"?

Well, I'll be damned if at my birthday they bring some damn ni-

/Seriously though, white people can't go to black birthdays?
//The cake is a racist

Is anyone going to sing at al Zarquawi's birthday? How about Bin Laden? Or Carlos? A terrorist is a terrorist. Maybe Nelson can get Winnie to necklace eminem.

phlegmmo: RemyDuron: Eminem is, however, a good pop rapper. WAY better than Vanilla Ice ever was.

That's like saying so-and-so farts better than somebody else.

You win.

Daggumit.

I fail at HTMLz

Captain Darling:

Why would one need to be an authority on black culture to sing for Nelson Mandela?

My wife belongs to an a capella vocal jazz group that sang at an MLK Day event. It was a little disconcerting. They were introduced to cheers and applause... which died as they walked onto the stage: 3 white women! OMG! White people!

Thankfully, they won the crowd over instantly. But still, that burst of horrified silence was sad.

beve: second-rate Vanilla Ice wannabe

I do not think those words mean what you think they mean, unless by "second-rate Vanilla Ice wannabe" you mean "highly successful, multiple multi-platinum record selling rapper whose career has spanned three times the length of that of Vanilla Ice". Is that what you mean?

Y'all betta' recognize

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RemyDuron:

Yea same here. Listen to the song "Nail in the Coffin" and tell me the guy isnt talented. If you can do that then you obviously dont like rap so your opinion doesnt matter much to me.

Well if there's gonna be criticism of Eminem, at least let it be effective. His biggest weakness appears to be that he can't seem to take criticism well, evidenced most clearly when Triumph the Insult Comic Dog went after him at an awards show.

That said, he is generally regarded by critics as one of the most talented rap artists (if not the most) of his generation. And the fact that he's chosen to talk about more than just big screen tv's, blunts, 40s, and biatches speaks pretty strongly to his being more than just another Vanilla Ice.

He's pretty fly for a white guy ...

/nothin'

kmt11: Is anyone going to sing at al Zarquawi's birthday? How about Bin Laden? Or Carlos? A terrorist is a terrorist. Maybe Nelson can get Winnie to necklace eminem.

You're comparing Nelson Mandela to Osama Bin Laden?

1/10

Subby seems to imply that American black culture and African culture are one in the same.

Keep it real y'all!

phlegmmo: That's like saying so-and-so farts better than somebody else.

No way. I'd rather listen to anybody farting more than I'd want to hear Vanilla Ice or Eminem.

While Geri was there she famously cuddled up to the then-world leader and told him he was "only as old as the girl you feel - and I'm 25".

I know how i'm going to stay young!

Nelson Mandela's whole deal was living in an equal society, free from both white and black oppression. I think he'd be a little peeved if only black people were selected for his 90th birthday celebration.

hard2bnice: kmt11: Is anyone going to sing at al Zarquawi's birthday? How about Bin Laden? Or Carlos? A terrorist is a terrorist. Maybe Nelson can get Winnie to necklace eminem.

You're comparing Nelson Mandela to Osama Bin Laden?

1/10

Insomuch as he was a terrorist and was responsible for a great many deaths, yes.

tortilla burger: Nelson Mandela's whole deal was living in an equal society, free from both white and black oppression. I think he'd be a little peeved if only black people were selected for his 90th birthday celebration.

Don't worry, Bono'll be there.

Prank Call of Cthulhu: No way. I'd rather listen to anybody farting more than I'd want to hear Vanilla Ice or Eminem.

Point taken. :)

Prank Call of Cthulhu:

No way. I'd rather listen to anybody farting more than I'd want to hear Vanilla Ice or Eminem.


that's cause your an idiot

/m's got mad skillz

Eminem can sing?