I've never given Eminem a second thought. I am more into

[Ferrets are Cool]

Jazz and Progressive Rock than his style of music.
I changed my mind yesterday with ONE song. His new album/collection dropped this week and Darkness is one of the songs on it. It is very controversial, which is wonderful because it draws more attention.
Please watch even if you don't like.

[Croney]

1. Wow. I'm glad I watched to the very end.

Good for him.

[PatrickforO]

2. Wow.

That was dark. I'm glad I watched to the end. Wonder how many people will register and vote because of this video? Hopefully a lot.

Because as he says, this will end when enough people care.

[MicaelS]

3. Holy shit that is tough. n/t

[dchill]

4. K&R.

[FM123]

5. Very powerful video. Thank you so much for sharing.

Reminds me of what President Lincoln said: ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors to bullets.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

6. Thank you. That was brilliant.

I'm not a fan of his music, it's just not what I enjoy listening to. But this song and video make such an indelible impression that they supersede musical preferences.

I was reminded of this video he released before the 2004 election:

[JudyM]

15. Was just about to post this, thanks for doing it! This was a fantastic statement back then.

I’d been wishing he’d do something this time around, good to see, though not as powerful as mosh.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

16. :)

[lettucebe]

7. I've got chills

That was powerful. Thanks for sharing!

[tulipsandroses]

8. I'm a big Eminem Fan. I saw this a few days ago, loved it.

Eminem talks openly in his music about his life, his relapses, recovery, his mental health, his failures as a father, as a friend. I've always appreciated that in his music. He's never one to shy away from controversy for sure. So I'm not surprised he did this.

[Ferrets are Cool]

9. I am happy to see all the positive responses. This is how the young people are

reached and how to get them to vote.

[Leith]

10. That brought back that horrible night back to memory

For some reason, the 11:00 local news was on TV that night. It's rare that our TV is on and we never let it just go in the background. But it was on that night.

I was just about to go to bed when the reports of the mass shooting started coming in. It was bad enough, but they reported all sorts of unconfirmed nonsense along with it: people were hiding behind the bar in the Tropicana, there was a gunman seen coming down the elevator at New York New York, people were running from a shooter at the MGM Grand (all are withing walking distance of the horror). It felt like a major terror attack or invasion.

I live miles away from Mandalay Bay, but it was terrifying. I was crying as typed that.

Thanks for posting it.

[Ferrets are Cool]

11. Sorry for bringing back bad memories

It is a very strong video

[Leith]

12. No apology necessary!

From you, anyway. Of course not.

It's the terrorists who gathered in Richmond yesterday. It's the fiends who follow Alex Jones and harass families of murdered children. It's the "you can have my gun when you take it from my cold dead fingers" mob. THEY are the ones who should apologize, but we'll never see or hear anything but BS from them.

[Ferrets are Cool]

13. So very correct.

[malthaussen]

14. Yes, very good.

Any popular artist who uses his work as a platform for occasional social awareness is to be commended, since the bad guys have all the other pulpits sewed up.

-- Mal

[backtoblue]

17. .

Thats a powerful song. It hurts.

[Ferrets are Cool]

18. ...

[MissMillie]

19. back when I used to jog

I found that the cadence to his music was perfect for my pace.

[UniteFightBack]

20. Eminem has always had something to say worth listening to. nt