The FansDown Movement was created on November 15th, 2011 with the
direct purpose of reaching out to Eminem about his recent music.
Founded by Studioleaks.info, one of the biggest hip hop forums, it
was an attempt at voicing their frustrations along with plenty
others who were disappointed in Eminem’s recent offerings.
Starting with Encore, Eminem went from unprecedented heights to
unprecedented lows in a flash. At one point, Eminem was regarded as
one of if not the best rapper alive. That all changed in 2004. From
2004-2009, with exception of a few songs, Eminem dropped music of
low quality and no doubt disappointed fans everywhere. In 2010,
Eminem somewhat regained at least a portion of his former glory with
Recovery and definitely made a step in the right direction
lyrically.
However, as fast as he gained his fans’ appreciation back, it
disappeared with the release of the collaboration EP, Hell: The
Sequel. It didn’t stop there as punch lines about Walmart, K-Mart,
fast food restaurants, piss, penises, and diarrhea were littered all
over his guest features. Not only was this a direct insult to his
fans after promising that he was back in full force, it was almost
as if he didn’t care anymore. It was 2004 all over again. Only this
time, it wasn’t because of drugs, which made it even harder for fans
to comprehend.
Ever since the movement started, there have been particularly
negative responses towards us as people called his haters and
refused to believe that we were real fans. This is a statement from
the FansDown Movement to tell everyone that we are indeed fans. We
are not here to hate on Eminem. We don’t like hating Eminem’s music.
We want to see him do well. We believe that the music he’s dropped
lately doesn’t reflect the amount of talent and skill he has. Eminem
has so much freedom of creativity that most artists would love to
have. Eminem could make the worst album ever made and it would still
sell so much because he has such a following of devoted fans that
will listen and buy anything he releases. Eminem is possibly the
only artist that his label doesn’t have to worry about because of
that fact. He should be dropping gems and genius masterpieces of
music but instead he decides to give his fans lackluster punch line
raps that don’t resonate anywhere near as much as his older
classics.
That’s not to say he’s failed 100 percent because he hasn’t. He’s
given us creative material like Déjà vu, Seduction, Almost Famous,
Cinderella Man, and a few others. However, it’s few and far in
between. Especially in 2011 where he hasn’t dropped one great song.
So this is our way of trying to communicate to Eminem. We don’t
necessarily want him to capture that 2000 feeling as he’s older now
but he can find a new sound. Something that will blow us away. He
has the talent and skill to do so. When Eminem is creative, he can
be the greatest hip hop artist the human race has ever seen. When
Eminem isn’t taking his music seriously enough though, we get some
of the worst music we’ve ever heard.
We want to speak to Eminem. Whether it’s directly or indirectly,
that doesn’t matter. We want him to know that he can do so much
better and that his real fans won’t support his recent offerings.
We’re not criticizing his music because we’re haters. We criticize
because we care. To the people who think we’re good for nothing
haters, we hope this clears everything up for you. We want you to
understand why we’re doing this. Maybe you’ll join the FansDown
Movement because of this. Maybe you won’t. Either way though, we
hope you understand us a bit better now.
Eminem, if you’re reading this, you’re one of our favorite artists
of all time. To some of us, you’re THE favorite. Don’t ruin that by
dropping more material like the Throw It Up verse and Hell: The
Sequel. You can do better. You know it too.
