I have been listening to EM before his firl album ever came out. Have a majority of the underground free styles and all the b-side albums. Even he b-sides are great and are better than most rappers could imagine. I don't know about everyone else but there are a few BIG radio stations in the area that I listen to. One is pure hip hop, one is a alternative rock station, a clasic rock station. and the other is like a station a mother and daughter in a car will listen to. Now when eminem is played on all of those stations and is the top song(s) for them all, that means alot. I remember one day listening to the radio, someone called up and asked the DJ whey the hell he was playing that. He simply said just listen to the words man and you will understand.