Techno Ted may be a person who caused Chris incredible emotional pain & trepidation as well as moments of peace & happiness but now is removed and awaiting his fate. Darling may be a different person who is also free of him and can live her life free of Ted's tyranny. "In between all the laughing, and daydreams ... lies: a desert of truth" Lies are like a desert or the omission of Truth: Where there were Lies then Truth was absent. The song, "Techno Ted", may be a cathartic celebration of the downfall of this person.
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i neva knew this was originally wit royce
nor did i, are you sure this is the original and the jay version isn't the original?
The Jay Version is much much better because Jay has the skill to match with Em. Jay's flow is better and the song is fuckin great!
one of eminems best flowing songs. awesome
Royce rips this shit up.... Em should of made some new verse for the remix with jay... this song flows a lot better than the remix... Royce is amazing...
As in "Dead Wrong," when Eminem proved himself in the ranks of B.I.G, Eminem lines up with Jay-Z as a force that can't be stopped. Haven't heard the Royce version, but I bet it's incredible. Royce is the best rapper in the game right now. In my opinion, and keep in the mind this is coming from a white boy, Eminem reaches lyrical heights that Jay-Z can't even touch. That also could be suburbia talking.
There's a way with eminem that his word play almost becomes more important than the words, and I'm amazed that in this song he's able to integrate incredible poetic rhythms with meaning. This was Eminem at his best, pissed off, angry, on drugs, not singing nursery rhymes to his daughter.
mhutch47, i couldnt have said it better myself! you r tottaly right. see cuz most ppl dont see that em is a lyrical genius and the way his shit jus goes, and his flowin is so smooth. i love to get high and listen to him flow. he is my hero! --carnie--
What happened was, Eminem did this with Royce, then they had their beef, so Em dropped Royce and picked up Jay-Z. This song with Royce was then never released officially.
WTF??? I downloaded this song by bad meets evil, and i listen to it, and it's got this homosexual jay-z on it instead of royce. did they remove his vocals because the beef or is this just a remix?
lol thetaker1, Jay doesnt even come close to Eminem dude, Jay-Z is a fucking joke, im glad eminem rips him up on his own track