Subject: Eminem

• Turning The Screw: Crew54, DJ AM & Travis Barker, G- Unit, Pharrell, Eminem, Nate Dogg, Kanye, Wu-Tang vs. UFC and More

  September 22, 2008

• Turning the Screw: Bun B and Q-Tip Team Up, Jennifer Hudson, Ludacris, T-Pain, G-Unit, MF Doom, Cypress Hill and More

  October 27, 2008

• Beyonce and Luke the Drifter

  Because her public appearances are stage-managed to the hilt, and otherwise she generally stays out of trouble (or out of sight altogether), Beyonce is of constant interest but limited use to gotcha!-media outlets like TMZ. "It's hard to imagine Beyonce scratching an itch without undergoing a little media training first," Blender senior editor Jonah Weiner writes in "Pop Dopplegangers," an interesting article Rocks Off ran across today on Slate.com. Playing off Beyonce's decision to reco

  November 26, 2008

• Houston, Texas, America, Meet Huntzville...and Watch the Eff Out

  Hard to believe it's been 20 years since gangsta rap went overground with N.W.A.'s Straight Outta Compton. Through Dr Dre and Snoop Dogg to Tupac and Eminem, it launched most of hip-hop's biggest stars for a good decade, but these days even artists like T.I. and Lil Wayne have sacrificed serious street knowledge for bizarre metaphysical narratives and crossover-friendly celebrations of the high life (both kinds). Which makes sense. People just aren't as easy to shock as they were in 1989.

  December 23, 2008

• Five Spot: Eminem Is Clever, But K-Rino Is Just Sick

  Welcome back to Five Spot. Every Friday, we'll examine a recent bit of music news and list five reasons why it's either brilliant or dumb-assed. Send tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. So the expected hip-hop sites recently all went crazy for "Crack A Bottle" (above), an annoyingly catchy Eminem track that's sure to drive everybody with a sense of taste bonkers two days after it hits The Boxx. And while it's cool and all - any time Dr. Dre works his way onto a song it's a noteworthy

  January 9, 2009

• A Few Rejected Inaugural Ball Theme Songs

  Eminem feat. Dr. Dre & 50 Cent, "Crack A Bottle" The Good: Many bottles will be popped during tonight's festivities, we imagine, if not quite as many models. Also, the ongoing partnerships between this trio of rap titans says something about the present state of race relations in this country, right? Or about how while people are no longer the sole exploiters of assorted cultural traditions? The Bad: Fitty's already got a head as fat as Epcot Center; no need to inflate it any further. The

  January 20, 2009

• Best Newsstand

  September 21, 2000

• Eminem's Comeback: Yay or Nay?

  So Eminem is back. Eminem. A man who is a paradox wrapped inside an enigma and served with two joints and a beer. The man has totally homophobic and misogynistic lyrics, yet he has performed with Elton John and is, by all accounts, a loving single dad to his little girl. He seems dumb as dirt in some interviews, but his lyrics are sharp and way witty. I hate him, but I love him. You know.He's been under the radar for several years...pretty much since 2004. Now he's got a new album out, Relapse,

  April 14, 2009

• Huntzville's School-Shooting Song Raises an Even More Disturbing Issue

  January 8, 2009

• Beyoncé: I Am...Sasha Fierce

  December 11, 2008

• T.I.: Paper Trail

  November 27, 2008

• Bacliff Wiggers

  September 11, 2008

• Motor City Mellow Men

  Slum Village plays catch-up to the White Stripes and Eminem

  November 14, 2002

• Glazed Tracks

  This sweet party is Dee place to be

  February 2, 2006

• Song Title Scrabble

  Mixed-up monikers

  March 1, 2007

• Obie Trice

  Second Round's on Me

  July 6, 2006

• Murder by Numbers

  Mourning the latest hip-hop casualty in two easy steps

  April 27, 2006

• Clan Ferdinand

  It takes a true Scotsman to get to the bottom of this whole Franz Ferdinand thing

  March 30, 2006

• Bum Rap

  50 Cent wants to be an actor...but he's not

  November 10, 2005

• Moby

  Hotel

  April 21, 2005

• Where's the Beef? Right here in H-town

  T.I. and Lil' Flip rumble in Cloverland, bringing one of the great rap feuds of recent years to a head

  April 7, 2005

• Whitey on the Mike

  The all-time greatest white-boy rhymes

  March 10, 2005

• Eminem

  Encore (Interscope)

  November 25, 2004

• Bumblebeez 81

  The Printz (Modular Recordings/Geffen)

  July 22, 2004

• Emvisible

  D12 looks to get out from underneath Eminem's shadow

  July 8, 2004

• Take This Love and Shove It

  The best X-rated breakup songs

  July 1, 2004

• So You Wanna Be an Actor?

  Here's a chance for your big break

  January 29, 2004

• G Unit

  Beg for Mercy (Interscope)

  January 22, 2004

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  November 27, 2003

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  August 7, 2003

• The Year of Living Dangerously

  Cinema 2002 counterbalanced a treacherous world

  January 2, 2003

• Black Gold

  A gusher lay beneath the surface, but you had to drill deep

  December 26, 2002

• Lyricist Lounge Tour

  Sunday, December 22

  December 19, 2002

• Cex

  November 9

  November 7, 2002

• Ugly Kid Slug

  Atmosphere MC Sean Daley saves the world by saving his circle of friends

  October 3, 2002

• Eminem

  The Eminem Show (Aftermath/Interscope)

  July 4, 2002

• D12

  Thursday, November 1

  November 1, 2001

• Coldplay

  Parachutes
  (Parlophone)

  February 22, 2001

• Limp Bizkit

  Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water (Interscope)

  November 23, 2000

• Lil' Bow Wow

  Beware of Dog (So So Def/Columbia)

  October 26, 2000

• Turning the Screw: Slim Thug, Bun B, H.I.S.D., The Kanye, C-Murder, Jim Jones, Hot Boyz, Jaime Foxx/Miley Cyrus, Trae and More

  Welcome back to Turning the Screw, Rocks Off's weekly rap post. It probably won't rhyme, at least most of the time. E-mail tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Thanks, homies. Single of the Week: "I'm Back," Slim Thug feat. Devin The Dude Wire To Wire Bun B spoke with The Source TV recently. And some guy rumored to have broken a bear's neck with his bare hands wrote a spot-on review of UGK's new album. Word up H.I.S.D., who made the front page of www.hiphopdx.com last week. Hide your camer

  April 20, 2009

• Turning the Screw: Dead End Alliance, Bun B, DMX, Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, Eminem, The Kanye, Beyonce and More

  Welcome back to Turning the Screw, Rocks Off's weekly rap post. It probably won't rhyme, at least most of the time. E-mail tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Thanks, homies. Single of the Week: "Heart of a Hustler," Dead End Alliance feat. Lil Keke and Mike D Wire To WireHow bad-ass is Bun B that he can endorse a book called The Year of Magical Thinking and not get killed by snarky music blogs? Jesus must really, really love us: DMX to appear on VH-1's Celebrity Rehab. Then again, maybe n

  April 27, 2009

• Cornbreadd Weighs In On 50 Cent/Rick Ross Feud

  How bad off is hip-hop right now? Sales are still in the toilet - only one rap record, Jadakiss' The Last Kiss, is in the current Billboard Top 20 - and even Kanye West shooting his mouth off isn't that interesting anymore. About the only thing with legs these days is the 50 Cent/Rick Ross feud, which started back in January and, despite being a blatant publicity grab on both sides, is still pretty damn entertaining - lots of name-calling, baby-mama drama and, best of all, cartoons. Most recent

  April 28, 2009

• Turning the Screw: J-Dawg, DMX, Birdman/Weezy, Kelis/Nas, Weezy/Obama, Snoop Dogg, LL Cool J, Geto Boys and More

  Welcome back to Turning the Screw, Rocks Off's weekly rap post. It probably won't rhyme, at least most of the time. E-mail tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Thanks, homies. Single of the Week: J-Dawg, "Never" Wire To Wire Did you know that it costs $240,000 to impersonate an FBI agent? DMX does. Birdman says he will totally kiss Weezy on the mouth again. Adds, "Big whoop, wanna fight about it?" The real Ricky Ross is getting released from prison. Somewhere, the fake Rick Ross is crapping him

  May 4, 2009

• Turning the Screw: Bun B, Trae & Lil Keke, Rihanna, Snoop, Eminem vs. Nick Cannon, Jay-Z, T.I., E-40, South Park Mexican and More

  Welcome back to Turning the Screw, Rocks Off's weekly rap post. It probably won't rhyme, at least most of the time. E-mail tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Thanks, homies. Single of the Week: "Grey Cassette," Trae feat Bun B and Lil Keke Wire To Wire Ummm, we're not going to link to them, but should you be curious to see some pictures of Rihanna sans clothes, you presumably know how Google works. (And, wow.) All is not well in the house that Run built: Jo-Jo arrested. Snoop Dogg does not ha

  May 11, 2009

• Turning the Screw: Flatline & Trae, Eminem, T.I., Jay-Z, Nas & Kelis, The Kanye, Danger Mouse, Devin the Dude and More

  Welcome back to Turning the Screw, Rocks Off's weekly rap post. It probably won't rhyme, at least most of the time. E-mail tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Thanks, homies. Single of the Week: Flatline feat. Trae, "Fuckin' With Texas" Wire To Wire Eminem says he's the reason for the Chinese Democracy-ness of Dr. Dre's long-awaited Detox. Slaughterhouse, an MC group made up of Crooked I, Joe Budden, Joell Ortiz and Royce Da' 5'9", will release its album soon. One possible title: Three Guys Wh

  May 26, 2009

• Local Motion: Top Sellers at Cactus Music, Sound Exchange, Soundwaves, Sig's Lagoon and Vinal Edge

  Cactus Music 2110 Portsmouth, 713-526-9272 www.myspace.com/cactusmv1. Ryan Bingham, Roadhouse Sun 2. Dave Matthews Band, Big Whiskey & the Groo-Grux King 3. Steve Earle, Townes 4. Grizzly Bear, Veckatimest 5. Elvis Costello, Secret, Profane & Sugarcane 6. Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood, Live at Madison Square Garden 7. Neil Young, Archives vol. 1 8. Crosby, Stills & Nash, Demos 9. Bob Dylan, Together Through Life 10. The Flatlanders, Hills & Valleys Sound Exchange 1836 Richmond, 713-666-5555 www.

  June 11, 2009

• Eminem: Relapse

  June 18, 2009

• Asher Roth

  July 30, 2009

• Turning the Screw: Surreall, Asher & Cudi, Eminem vs. Mariah, Slum Village, Young Jeezy, Ghostface, Nas, DJ Hero, Guerilla Maab, etc.

  Welcome back to Turning the Screw, Rocks Off's weekly rap post. It probably won't rhyme, at least most of the time. E-mail tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Thanks, homies. Single of the Week: "#1 Dame in the Game," Surreall Wire To Wire Kid Cudi continues his rapid ascension to stardom, scores gig acting on an HBO sitcom. Saw him in concert this weekend. That's a bad boy fa sure. And Bun B cosigned Asher's performance, which makes Asher good in our book. And the award for the best example o

  August 3, 2009