Not really, Eminem is a pop musician, not a hiphop act, no matter how much he would try to defend it. Eminem even has a song on the album about breaking up with the "hip-hop game".
This is stupid, Preach. As Pittsey points out, the two are not mutually exclusive. While I agree that Eminem is a "pop" musician simply because of his celebrity status and album sales, he is still, down in the core, a bad-ass fucking MC. That is extremely evident on this album where he rips beats to shreds and raps just for the sake/love of rapping. So fuck your "he is this, he isn't this" stuff. It's not necessary.
The simple fact of the matter is, Eminem is a rapper who everyone pays attention to, haters and fans alike. On this forum, we have a lot of people who signed up when Eminem was on top of the world and we also have a lot of white people. And, most obviously, he's just fucking talented enough to warrant the discussion. It is not hard to figure out why this thread gets replies and others don't.
Also, it's important to note, for the sake of the overall discussion, that Eminem is versatile enough that he's attained fans for different reasons. I think that distinction is most evident in how people choose to rate this album relative to his others. While I still maintain that this album doesn't beat SSLP, MMLP, and TES, I'll understand when others like Skittle make that assertion. Five days ago, for example, I'd have refused a discussion on it.