Thank you, Carly. While Eminem definitely didn't invent such sentiments, he has certainly given them a coolness and presentability they didn't have a few years ago, which is a pretty shitty thing to have on your r sum . At this point, many fans blow off extramusical moralizing, assuming that hip-hop's streety, volatile lyricism will always defy polite society and that that's sort of the point. With Eminem, that attitude has truly gone mainstream. I think his success represents in a way the decline of the whole p.c.
People are just tired of being told what they can say, what they can listen to.
Whether or not you like what he's saying, what he's saying really is him, and he's not tailoring it for any particular audience. I think the reality of it is what's so appealing. He's saying what's on his mind. And surely a lot of people are not going to like what's on his mind. Or, goes the argument as Eminem well knows they'll like it all too much.