he changed the game in his music? Hmm thats a good question, I would say yes and no. Yes because he gives real stories of his life..yes i know NWA did that, PE did that, etc. I think he changed the game with his lyrics like 2pac did. No i am not comparing him to 2pac but look at pac's lyrics, about his mom, his time in prison, about wanting to commit suicide, death, etc. I think Eminem took what pac was saying and flipped it 180 degrees to the white side. He put you in his life by giving you the feeling of what he went through when he was growing up, what he is going through now his family, the beef, his music career, just like a 2pac or a Nas, etc. He didn't change the game with his lyrics he just made you look into what he was going through and what he has gone through on the white america side. I don't know how it is in other hoods but down here where i live there is probably 30% whites living in poverty like blacks are. I know i was on food stamps, etc. I lived just like Eminem did when he was growing up. I can relate to him. So did his music change the game, I would say yes and no to that. If your white and you grew up like he did then yes, if your non-white then maybe you can't understand the struggles of a white kid, i dunno cause i am white and went through the struggles like he did with his moms. I am just saying different cultures grow up different ways. But on the flip side is you got these rich white kids that buy eminem and don't know what hiphop is. Thats the state of hip hop now and might be the down fall of Hip Hop. Was it Eminems fault, no i doubt it. Was it white americas fault. No. I blame most of it on shows like TRL and others that don't know what true hip hop is, but the media portrays it as something its not. MTV, BET, Radio Stations, etc don't know what being hip hop is. Thats the downfall of hip hop.