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HornsManiac
03-24-2003, 11:50 AM
Well, I have wondered before who this board would choose. Two Detroit City players with similar (not exact) styles on some of their songs.

Some of you won't like either of them and that is fine, but for the sake of this poll humor it and vote. Pretend all other music no longer exists and you must pick one of these to listen to. Who would you choose?

Me, I like all kinds of music including both of these guys. If I had to make this same choice I would DEFINITELY pick Kid Rock for two reasons. KR can actually sing as well as rap. Plus, KR has a deep love and appreciation for all kinds of music (including country) and I think that is important.

HornsManiac
Travis
03-24-2003, 11:57 AM
Agreed, watching him jam with Hank Williams was damn cool.
Bishop
03-24-2003, 12:12 PM
Don't you have to actually be from detroit to be a 'detroit player' ?


Kid Rock is from michigan, but not detroit --- and eminem is from like kansas.

Regardless, Kid Rock... as eminem gets repetitive after a while, I can only hear about him wanting to kill his mom and girlfriend for so long before it gets old.
HornsManiac
03-24-2003, 12:12 PM
Originally posted by Travis
Agreed, watching him jam with Hank Williams was damn cool.

I have not seen it, but I know he has jammed with George Jones as well and that is awesome.

HornsManiac
HornsManiac
03-24-2003, 12:13 PM
Originally posted by Bishop
Don't you have to actually be from detroit to be a 'detroit player' ?


Kid Rock is from michigan, but not detroit --- and eminem is from like kansas.

Regardless, Kid Rock... as eminem gets repetitive after a while, I can only hear about him wanting to kill his mom and girlfriend for so long before it gets old.

They both claim Detroit, but I have not verified what school district they grew up in. ;)

HornsManiac
JonInMiddleGA
03-24-2003, 12:29 PM
Kid Rock, that one isn't even close.
HornsManiac
03-24-2003, 12:56 PM
All of the replies are people who chose KR, but there are more Eminem votes. Interesting that the Eminem guys just vote, but don't give reasons why.

HornsManiac
MrBug708
03-24-2003, 01:03 PM
That can't type too well?
Havok
03-24-2003, 01:05 PM
I love them both... but Kid Rocks last album was no where near as good as his first. So i went with Eminem.
SplitPersonality1
03-24-2003, 01:11 PM
Pretend all other music no longer exists and you must pick one of these to listen to. Who would you choose?

Good grief. I can't listen to either one of these guys.

Voting in this poll was like having to choose to sleep with either Dame Edna or RuPaul.

FWIW, I picked Kid Rock as the lesser of two evils.
Craptacular
03-24-2003, 01:14 PM
So who would you sleep with SP??

Sorry, I can't vote in this poll. I would rather have no music than either of these two.
SplitPersonality1
03-24-2003, 01:17 PM
I really hadn't thought it through that far, Crappie.

And I really don't want to. :D

I, too, would choose no music over the two of these guys, but HM didn't give us that option.
sachmo71
03-24-2003, 01:20 PM
I voted for the wrong one. :(
EagleFan
03-24-2003, 03:00 PM
Kid Rock actually seems to have some talent to go along with the made for hype image. Plus as stated earlier, he seems to appreciate other styles of music.

Plus there are some degrees of coolness there. Kid Rock seems to have it, where Eminem has to create it by talking crap about others and acting like an ass all the time.

I can listen to some Kid Rock stuff, but not for a long period of time. Eminem I can't even take for the shortest amount of time without wanting to laugh hysterically at him.
tucker342
03-24-2003, 04:53 PM
Eminem easily
korme
03-24-2003, 05:49 PM
Originally posted by HornsManiac
KR has a deep love and appreciation for all kinds of music (including country) and I think that is important.

HornsManiac

Eminem and Elton John got their groove on.
Airhog
03-24-2003, 06:02 PM
Im not much into rap, and eminem is all about rap.

Kid rock does rap, but his is more rockish...
Abe Sargent
03-24-2003, 07:54 PM
Both have written songs about themselves...

Both have acted in movies this year...

Both use the f word in their songs...

Both claim to hail from the same city...

Both appear to be arrogant pricks...

So yeah, I guess you can argue they are very similar. However, if I had to chose (and I did) I'd go with Eminem. I loathe rap, but, for some reason, his music sounds a bit better - listenable. And Eminem is much more soulful in his lyrics. I'd dare Kid Rock to put out a song as touching, emotional and obviously personal as "Cleaning Out My Closet." Gotta respect a guy for putting it all out there.

-Anxiety
Ksyrup
03-24-2003, 08:18 PM
Sorry, I can't vote for either. If they were the only two left in music, I'd just give up music and/or stab my ears until they bled out.
KWhit
03-24-2003, 08:20 PM
They both suck ass.

Edit: But I didn't see a place to vote for that.
ice4277
03-24-2003, 08:20 PM
As someone from the Detroit area, I can tell you that Em is the much more popular person in the Motor City right now. Kid Rock barely registers on the radar.
Iceberg
03-24-2003, 08:55 PM
I cant stand kid rock. As far as rap goes i think Eminem is about as as good as it gets. He easily wins my vote.
Balldog
03-24-2003, 08:59 PM
I'll take Eminem, just because I am best friends with a guy that went to HS with Kid Rock. He sings about living in a trailer but his family was very wealthy.

Plus Eminem just says whats on his mind and he don't care if he pisses people off, something I wish I could do sometimes.
AgPete
03-24-2003, 10:12 PM
Battle of the two angry white boys, eh? :D

I pick Eminem because they're both shitty singers but Eminem could rap in circles around Kid Rock. :p
HornsManiac
03-25-2003, 09:19 AM
Originally posted by AgPete
I pick Eminem because they're both shitty singers but Eminem could rap in circles around Kid Rock. :p

I would not agree that Kid Rock is a "shitty" singer. He doesn't sing often enough for me. Only God Knows Why and Pictures are both killer songs and he does a very good job singing them.

HornsManiac