Dec 17, 2014 Yes, thats why I did a review on what I personally think is the best. MMLP2 had his high points but it lacked a theme and some songs which were executed perfectly on Recovery wasn't executed well on MMPP2 for example if Headlights was as executed as well as G.T.C it could of been a very big highlight of MMLP2
Dec 17, 2014 the albums all have a clear theme i can list them for you if you'd like, citing interviews or lyrics to the best of my memory
Dec 17, 2014 no one knows everything pal sslp, mmlp and tes are pretty obviously portraying (two fictional) characters. by 2004 he knew he was starting to get writer's block after shooting (an oscar winning) movie so encore was supposed to be literally just that an encore to the first three cds. tbh by the time curtain call came out he was probably surprised he was still alive. relapse was as i've stated before him practicing alignment etc and him in the mindset of being a serial killer, likely because he almost died himself. recovery's theme is the delivery at the very least but it's arguably his most cohesive comeback album at the most. mmlp2 is again from marshall's point of view there will always be people who will never care to appreciate any of this but they'll always be in the minority of soundscan sales when he stops selling he'll quit so stop dwelling iggy 11k lol i got a riddle, how many rick ross fans does it take to equal one eminem fan to a record company? makes my d-ck harder than arithmetic
Dec 17, 2014 Lol I was typing an answer but clearly you're drunk. There's not a single scrobble of azalea in my last.fm but for some reason you brought her sales up. What do you mean by saying that 'Recovery's theme is the delivery'? I don't recall that many pizza lines
Dec 17, 2014 With the emotional tracks on MMLP2 showed signs of poor delivery, flow and execution (Except Beautiful Pain) and XV was even worse (Fine Line, Die Alone) Guts Over Fear showed us a glimpse of the greatness he puts into his emotional songs. Recovery was the real last Album we got when he used the majority of the best elements of the Artist. I know there is the Slim Shady half which he still executes quite well but lacked on Recovery but that seemed to work well with the whole theme of the project.
Dec 17, 2014 I think a problem with Eminem's flow is that he doesn't sound black like he used to along with having no arrogance like he used to. His flow on MMLP2 is terrible.
Dec 17, 2014 Ok a few thoughts about em's work in general, then I'm done with this thread because, stupidity lvl went over 9k. I think it's pretty obvious that Eminem started his career and tried to rap in the same manners he did in his previous (underground/battle) freestyles. He tried to sound the craziest he could, and managed to do so with undeniable wit and skill. Having said that, despite the story-telling that was done very well and with humour (As The World turns for example), there wasn't something more to the album, there wasn't a clear theme, and maybe you can say that this was the point of his first two albums: to show his skills, along with a few more personal tracks that let the masses take a look at marshall instead of slim. The lack of direction, the raw feel of these albums made them what it was. They actually sounded like freestyles and wordplays from a man that could rap for days about anything, and he even said that he made some of the hooks later, to make the songs sound complete, and not like they were just freestyles. It turned out great, but he didn't have a direction/narrative, and he didn't need to. TES was a bit more polished, he touched a few subjects like he did previously, but there are again some tracks that feel random; you can put it on shuffle and it still feels the same album. That's why I talked about 'collection of tracks' instead of 'a clear concept'. To be fair though, you could say that there were a few themes that appeared constantly throughout the album; still, you can put it on shuffle and, well, you'll get pretty much the same thing (apart from the skits): there's no narrative to be broken, because they are not concept albums. I won't talk about the rest of the albums because they range from bad to mediocre imo. But: 'encore was supposed to be literally just that an encore to the first three cds' Seriously, how can you say that @csw621. Is big weenie an encore of TES? Is a--- like that even a glimpse at the genius that made MMLP? Are you that stupid ffs? Do you d/l instrumental versions of em's albums and then listen/read his interviews? Because he may have said that encore was, well, an encore of his first 3 cd's, but to say this, based on the music we got is laughable. Can't you see how flawed is that 'logic'? How can you even support an argument like that. How is encore an encore lol One last thing, I voted for MMLP2; the lows weren't as low as on the other albums, and Bad Guy is almost as good as Deja Vu. Recovery was a mess with some good moments, and Relapse was bad; it had amazing production and Deja Vu/My Mom which are great. Having said that, I haven't listened to any of them as a whole in a long time, and I don't desire to do so. The songs that I liked (and actually think that some of them are very good) are: Deja Vu, My Mom, GTC, Seduction, T2M, No Love, Bad Guy, Rhyme Or Reason, Berzerk, Love Game, pretty much.
Dec 17, 2014 didn't read it all yet but you don't need to call anyone stupid and the encore songs you mentioned are satire http://genius.com/Eminem-encore-album-art-lyrics#note-3627261
Dec 17, 2014 It's not satire, it's just bad I didn't mean to hurt you, I said that in the heat of the moment. But yeah, what you said makes no sense
Dec 17, 2014 you think people are hurt on the internet, that's cute it makes sense if you know how to read http://genius.com/Eminem-encore-album-art-lyrics#note-3627261 #encorefam obviously you're going to believe the songs are bad if you walk away from big weenie thinking it's about em's penis and not his skills and a--- like that thinking it's about some woman's low end and not the allure of hiphop and fame
