Now kids are inundated with words and sexual content that is influencing them. You can see and hear how much things have changed. In fact, things have changed. And in that world, Eminem stands out as someone who doesn't just push the envelope of good taste, but folds, spindles and mutilates it. But there has been a trend in recent years where groups are being more explicit in their lyrics.
Nothing is left to the imagination.
Parents trying to censor, or at least monitor, their children's musical tastes are also fighting on a broader battlefield. This at a time when, thanks to tamer videos on Disney, CDs at McDonald's and the like, younger kids are being introduced to popular music. Atlanta fans get Eminem close-up, personal and uncensored tonight. Teaming up with his gangster mentor, Dr. Dre, the rapper is in the midst of a successful, multi-city Up In Smoke concert tour, which plays Lakewood Amphitheater at 8 p.m. Along with fellow performers Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg and Xzibit, Eminem is expected to perform hit songs, some of which praise violence and drug use and have been criticized for promoting hateful attitudes toward gays and women.