Eminem Stepping Stone VS Castle

Started by Awfullyhotcoffeepot, Sep 2, 2018, in Eminem Add to Reading List

Which song belongs on TES

  1. Stepping stone

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  2. Castle

    40.3%
  1. Awfullyhotcoffeepot
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    Sep 2, 2018
    Both songs have old TES vibes, emotional and flows like old em
     
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  2. Michael Myers
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    Sep 2, 2018
    Stepping stone by far. Castle is cool though
     
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  3. Ids5621
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    Ids5621 R.I.P D12

    Sep 2, 2018
    Stepping stone is the best song on the album, but the sample is obnoxious and completely pointless. Eminems part of the chorus functions perfectly fine as a hook
     
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  4. Zebedee
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    Sep 2, 2018
    Both seriously lack replay value. The sampled chorus of Stepping Stone is just musically unpleasant. Not a fan of the way he mixes his singing vocals these days either. It’s like he just chucks it into melodyne and drags it a step or two up then layers it all.

    Honestly couldn’t care less about “the story of d12” either. Should have talked about something more interesting. I like the beat tho. Got those old skool em drums
     
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    U nailed it for castle. Bo replay value

    U way off for ss
     
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  8. Michael Myers
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    Intro of lucky u verse is the best part of the album just off the record
     
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  9. icecube
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    Voted Castle just because you couldn't have a song about D12 being over whilst also featuring a song from D12.

    Stepping Stone possibly my fave song since TES though. Hits me right in the feels.
     
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  10. Zebedee
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    Brah, I get you’re kinda emotionally attached to the story and s---. But i haven’t cared about D12 since 2006. I don’t wanna hear that s---. I feel like after I’ve heard the song once, I’m not really inclined to go listen again.

    People say it sounds like 05 em, but is that really a good thing. We’ve constantly criticised that era over the years. It’s like
    “finally he’s not the 2018 Eminem!!!”
    “He’s the slightly less s-----y 05 Eminem”
     
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  11. Zeugma
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    Sep 2, 2018
    i don't get it
     
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    lol you're absolutely right, but I believe 05-08 Em was leagues and leagues and leagues ahead of Revival Eminem. If you think he's just slightly less s-----y, SS and Good Guy obviously won't hit you like they hit some others (me included)
     
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  13. icecube
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    You deleted my explanation from the original post...
     
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  14. Zeugma
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    I didn't get your explanation - not that it's a big deal. you explained why you could like SS less than Castle, and then you say you prefer SS but you voted Castle... I genuinely meant I don't get it
     
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  15. icecube
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    The original question was "which song belongs on TES". Stepping Stone can't possibly belong on TES because D12 want over at that point.

    I'm just being stupidly logical. Ultimately Stepping Stone hits me in the heart so I prefer that song at the moment. Time will tell though, who knows how this will imbed in a few months time.
     
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    Castle/Arose are better than anything off Kamikaze so by default they are better
     
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    Castle/Arose is way better.
    But I really believe that Stepping Stone is a old vault record that he felt was fitting for this album - it has a totally different vibe, voice and production compared to the rest of the album.
     
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    Arose is EMBARRASING
     
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  19. Michael Myers
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    Arose is like headlights great concept average execution
     
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    I kinda get what you're trying to ask, but D-12 was still a thing when TES came out so why is this a thing lmao
     
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