Time warping back to 2001, if I you could paid me a dollar for every stoic-faced, platinum blonde, middle-fingers-in-the-air-like-what poster that Eminem was on at Oneonta State, I would make Oprah jealous with my stack of ones. I mean, the guy was on top of the world and in a hip-hop game that never sniffed caucasian talent like his, you would think that he would stick around like a stain in the rug. Fast forward to 2009, and you could probably ask kids in high school that listen to Top 40 music who Marshall Mathers is and they'd give you one of those patented phrase words like, "Idunnoh".
I was actually paused in my daily yahoo.com headline searches when I read "Eminem takes shots at Palin, Simpson, Lohan and more!". Could it be? The mockery of celebrities that made Slim Shady so renowned and popular is back on the scene? Now I know that he's taken a hiatus from the spotlight the last 5 years because he wanted to produce music, probably invest in some real estate ventures or maybe take his beloved daughter to a Dora the Explorer tour show. Regardless, as rediculous as some of the celebrities are today, there's no way he couldn't get back in the studio like a dog drooling over a piece of meat. Have a looksee.
However, with his mimicking of Bret Michaels, Amy Winehouse, Sarah Palin and John Mayer to get some laughs, Eminem has always been about sticking it to everyone who thinks celebrities are out of bounds or that they get a free pass on their "horrible" problems like having an extra 15lbs after the holidays or trying to romantically please Brad Pitt's leftovers.
I guess in the long run of today's gnat-like-attention-spanned audience; good music, sharp putdowns and clean-cut white boys who can sing never go out of style. (Take note: I'm referring to Eminem... not Bret Michaels.)
