People mostly focused on his violent views toward his wife and mother and the whole Mariah Carey beef. Like. Eminem is a good lyricist but no one actually focused on that or took him seriously until later into his career.
Rappers are actually modeling themselves after him and if they don't try to model themselves after him then they are definitely praising him and talking about how he inspires them. Both mainstream and under the radar lyricist. When is the last time any of you have even seen an Eminem headline?
