Desperate Marshall Mathers

It's a sad day in hip-hop when big bad ass Eminem, arguably one of the most beautiful rappers/poets of the last decade turns to acts of desperation to sell his album.

His most recent single is clearly a phoned-in attempt at ATM-ing his talent because his on-again, off-again distortion of a marriage had probably tapped his finances.

But to take a man's ass in your face on international television, on the wholly-irrelevant MTV Networks group of channels is one classic act of sales desperation, proving that Eminem can now, not only be called a sell-out, but can command clearly no respect anywhere in the hip-hop community. His artistic prowess is now completely overshadowed by the fact that he clearly, clearly was in on the joke.

Howard Stern pointed out on his radio show on Sirius XM that the shots were all properly blocked, the pathway exit was cleared, and that he sat just long enough for the cameras to get a clear shot of him, he sat with his head right on Sasha Baron Cohen's taint for more than five seconds and, only then, did he say "Get the fuck off of me" with his ignorant bodyguards playing a clearly rehearsed game of badminton with Cohen's body.

This is why I don't like the modern music industry. This is why the music industry needs to re-examine itself. These desperate acts of "punk rock" rebellion serve only to underscore how lame and out-of-touch the producers are, especially when they let these dipshit over thirty college graduates do the writing for the show.

Eminem doesn't really deserve the respect due an artist any longer, for taking such a cheap and desperate attempt to sell his music.

There was once a day when it was only about the music and the artistic expression which enveloped the music.

Now, it's about cheap thrills, bad jokes, lame showmanship, and talentless writing.

What's next, Eminem takes a shot in the mouth to sell a single? Bukake's his face to bank a buck?

Lame.