TIIMMY BURNER

3y

Sing About Me>>>

VizeGuy

3y

Stan is absolutely a classic and one of Em’s best songs

littlexaliens

3y

I mean Stan probably is one of the best rap songs ever but he has not done a good job the past 5 years of making us want to defend his legacy.

babylon sherm

3y

Please do, I’d be interested to read it good sir 🤝

rx friendly ghost

3y

also i'm pretty sure i listened to teenage love like 90 times after my first 'real' breakup as a teen but then only thing that cheered me up was that

anyway, dead outta order
came in with a sheepskin her ex-lover bought her
who gave you that? “my ex” i said “who?”
believe she had the nerve to say “you can wear it too”

line

SlimeeDice

3y

The beat, the spooky emotional hook, the rain/ thunder in the back that sets dreary mood, the pencil scratches as he writes the letters

How vividly he depicts dudes moods / mental instability and increasingly irritated tone til he’s actually irrate and suicidal on top of the scene where he actually does commit that.

The depiction of his drunken state of mind at the end, and his interaction with the girl in the suicide scene

Em’s point of view and twist ending.

I don’t think there’s ever been a song that so succinctly illustrated a situation that was funny, weird, sad, and intense all at the same time.
Multiple characters come to life and one dies by the end of it which leaves you with a weird gut feeling.

S*** was so skillfully done. There’s really no weaknesses whatsoever and I dont think any other rapper would’ve ever been capable of creating a song of this much expertise and graciousness. 20 years later it’s just as fresh as the day it came out.

SlimeeDice

3y

The beat, the spooky emotional hook, the rain/ thunder in the back that sets dreary mood, the pencil scratches as he writes the letters

How vividly he depicts dudes moods / mental instability and increasingly irritated tone til he’s actually irrate and suicidal on top of the scene where he actually does commit that.

The depiction of his drunken state of mind at the end, and his interaction with the girl in the suicide scene

Em’s point of view and twist ending.

I don’t think there’s ever been a song that so succinctly illustrated a situation that was funny, weird, sad, and intense all at the same time.
Multiple characters come to life and one dies by the end of it which leaves you with a weird gut feeling.

S*** was so skillfully done. There’s really no weaknesses whatsoever and I dont think any other rapper would’ve ever been capable of creating a song of this much expertise and graciousness. 20 years later it’s just as fresh as the day it came out.

rx friendly ghost

3y

shout out to the full pdf on google search

this was it - still think it's an all time a***ysis of a man who doesn't really get enough of em beyond the standard

babylon sherm

3y

If I’m a corporate suit at Fox I’m greenlighting a Victorian-era comedy of manners written and starring Eddie Murphy Slick Rick right around 1989

It ends up making a post-Trading Places fortune and eventually birthing a jukebox musical by Lin Maneul called Teenage Love thirty years later that imagines the characters in the song are real

SlimeeDice

3y

Still mad

This Happpens every time you son a trolll too hard

They start following you around thread to thread lol

Look bruh I’m sure you’re a cool dude, Pharrell has swag and drakes a great artist Okay.

Have a great day g

babylon sherm

3y

Very well put, I think he’s well due for a critical reappraisal any time someone with a byline wants to explore the nebuluous zone between his Great Adventures and Art of Storytelling 4. Really a foundational, deep-impacting talent in ways he’s not currently recognized for

Idk if I’m imagining a Passionweiss long-form on his deportation saga or not but we need another holistic examination, couldn’t hurt

VizeGuy

3y

Stan is absolutely a classic and one of Em’s best songs

Bobby_96

3y

If you're into that style of rap, you should check out Scarface.

This song conveys a lot of the emotions you described.