The Marshall Mathers LP is 22 years old

I often find myself contemplating the nature of great people in history. The question that I keep asking myself is if history necessitates the emergence of great people or if great people change history? In the case of Eminem—one of the most influential and pivotal figures in the history of American music—I wonder if he was simply the right guy in the right place at the right time or if it was his idiosyncratic brilliance that changed rap around him.  — Read the rest