Originally Posted by gblowfish:
I have a theory about rappers. I believe they are the natural evolution of the late 1950's and early 1960's Vegas "Rat Pack." I'm talking Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. Look at the themes of their music. Hedonism, fast living, fast women, materialism, etc. The two generations just express it in different musical fashions. I will say, the musicianship of the Rat Pack was much better, but otherwise pretty much the same thematically. Oh, and Sinatra didn't say F**K, at least not publicly.
From dressing in suits, playing pool with a high ball and a smoke to crooked hats with their asses hanging out shootin cops and doin drugs.
Originally Posted by Detoxing:
While the conversation in here has been all about Snoop/Eminem/Dre, the real headliner here is Kendrick Lamar, at least as far as the younger generation goes.
Adding him to the lineup was a stroke of genius imo.
As an older Millennial I don't really know who Kendrick Lamar is lol. Do love me some Em and Snoop though. [Reply]
I can't remember the last time I saw a halftime show during the Super Bowl. I always had intercourse with my girlfriends during the break. So much better. :-) [Reply]
Originally Posted by ptlyon:
From dressing in suits, playing pool with a high ball and a smoke to crooked hats with their asses hanging out shootin cops and doin drugs.
I think we all can agree this will be much better than "The Weekn'd". In fact, I think we can agree that anything is probably better than last years. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Detoxing:
You don't think Dre, Snoop and Em have collectively more hits than the combo of Prince and U2?
I don't know how many "hits" anybody has had, but I'd be willing to bet that U2 has sold more records than those three guys combined. They've been around a long long time. I'm sure Prince has sold a heck of a lot of records too.
Just to be clear, I don't care who gets picked to play the half time show. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Mennonite:
I don't know how many "hits" anybody has had, but I'd be willing to bet that U2 has sold more records than those three guys combined. They've been around a long long time. I'm sure Prince has sold a heck of a lot of records too.
Just to be clear, I don't care who gets picked to play the half time show.
just doing a cursory search, Eminem is credited with 220 million albums sold globally(with potentially as high as 250 million), U2 is credited with about 150 million sold globally.
Edit: Prince is way further down the list, with about 100 million. [Reply]
Originally Posted by backinblack:
just doing a cursory search, Eminem is credited with 220 million albums sold globally(with potentially as high as 250 million), U2 is credited with about 150 million sold globally.
Edit: Prince is way further down the list, with about 100 million.
Eminem has achieved ten number-one albums on the Billboard 200. He has sold more than 42 million tracks and 49.1 million albums in the United States, and 100 million albums worldwide.
Why the hell did I even bother googling that? God damn internet is just full of pointless shit to argue about.
