Irony and Eminem

I finally got around to checking out Eminen's latest and was a bit surprised to see how he has embraced a more ironic mode of storytelling. Songs like "Talking 2 Myself" & "Going Through Changes" seem like the complete opposite of some his earlier boasting and bragging. I do think it is interesting to see that Eminem has moved almost completely away from his earlier personas to reveal them as a mask or mere artifice. "Talking 2 Myself" really helps lift up the mask and show the limitations with his earlier form of presentation. It is an interesting turn of events! Along with the changes in Jay Z's lyrics, I think somebody needs to write a book about the lifecycle of rappers and how their rhymes change over time!

RS