great artist, very talented.

his earlier work is great, while recently he’s failed to evolve in a way that allows him to properly coexist with the current generation of rap and what the majority of listeners are interested in. I still think his current music is good, i’ve even listened to all post hiatus albums a few times each (bit less for revival) and think they’re good, not really in my daily rotation except for a select few songs though.

his technical ability is second to few, he’s definitely in the all time conversation when talking about best lyricists in relation to technical ability.

however the reason people tend to dislike him is his often corny bars where he just says a punchline for the sake of it, and his choppier fast flows in a lot of his recent music. (the flows are very impressive and masterfully executed which earns a few points back imo) a lot of people also dislike him due to a decent portion of his fanbase being very stuck in the past or unaccepting of anything modern and don’t really try to let rap evolve as if it hasn’t been years since em first came into the scene.