i have eminems first three albums and D12, but i think he way to mainstream now, i listened to encore at my mates and the whole album is childish with the ONLY good song toy soldiers. As for listening to hip hop to look cool. u know im a big fan of hip hop, 2pac and yeah if im in my car i have it blasting all da time, most my mates aren't into it like me so the only other CD i got in my car is metallica "black", which they make jokes about (black being the title, i listen to only black music so they reckon), anyway yeah to look cool id have some crazy beats poppin out the system with the huge bass, but it also keeps me sain