Eminem Best Posts: Koolo Presents: Initial Revival Review

  1. Oldboy
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    Dec 14, 2017
    Lets get s--- outta the way
    Note: the album is played backward, castle and arose happens, then walk on water begins into the different sounds


    i said this is the worst em album of all time, and rated it 3...i was very wrong to do so, i have listened to the album in full about 30 times since then, though this is very early...but heres my actual thoughts after everything has sunk in

    i think this album is gonna be received very very very badly at first, but will be very strong in the long run

    This is a very great album

    Cons:
    - His stop and go flow at an all time low, its unbearable at some parts
    - remind me/need me/offended cant be defended, they are three of the worst eminem songs of all time, no way to defend that
    - too many poppy songs



    Pros:
    - CONCEPTS!!, every song in this album has a concept and a story (almost), this is the FIRST album of eminem that does this...this strengthen the album in the long run..the concept behind river, believe, castle and arose are so good
    - Castle, its very early, but this might be the best eminem song post hiatus, the absolute best
    - the rewind part into castle is the best eminem concept of all time, better than stan
    - SOUNDS!!!. this has more different eminem sounds then all the other 8 albums combined, walk on water is poetry, believe is inspirational, chloraseptic is trap, untouchable is rock star, river is pop, remind me is rock, like home ...etc
    - every song happens after arose, and ithink thats on purpose, how he apologize to kim, how he is trying many different sounds, this is the revived Eminem

    usually i overrate the f--- outta eminem albums then went back at it, this time im doing a 180, i thought this album is trash, but its amazing imo...as long as every song has a strong msg and concept, i will be able to come to them years from now (i think).

    if this album was 13-14 songs, this woulda been f---ing amazing

    look, its easy to s--- on him, at first glance, this is very easy album to s--- on..VERY...but i decided to give it a shot and rly listen...bad husband sounded laughable at first, but then i realized the emotions and drive behind it...Chloraseptic sounded like a bad thug song, then i realized Em can do trap rly well..River sounded like another love song, but hey it actually has the strongest love msg he ever created..like home sounded cliche mosh song, but actually he rapped his a--- off using a poppy beat...tragic endings sounded like yet another love sky/em song, but its not random this time around, he has a msg he is holding through out the song..framed is actually funny...rly funny in fact..nowhere fast is great...heat IS CRAZYYYYYY, yes content is trash, but beat is crazy..in your head is amazing

    now, into castle/arose..... eminem rewrote his story at arose and went back to castle and changed the outcome, dont get it twisted, this is the best concept eminem ever came with

    now look, need me, remind me, offended will go down in history as embarassement, and its sad, no one can ever defend how bad they are, but i will learn to live with it

    i love this album, its amazing, you say its all over the place, i say all these sounds are on purpose

    thank you Eminem

    @EminemSXN
     
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  2. Ezio926
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    Ezio926 EMINEM SUCKS

    Dec 14, 2017
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  3. Loyalty
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    Loyalty we go hard on earth

    Dec 14, 2017
    I’m gonna listen to it for the first time on a long run tomorrow, since I have the day off. This review got me hyped

    Edit: just saw that the album is about 78 minutes long which means my run will have to be roughly a... 8 Mile run :stan:
     
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  4. Oldboy
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    Dec 14, 2017
    i hope i dont pull a koolo and go back on my review later on

    i hope so
     
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  5. Oldboy
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    Dec 14, 2017
    btw, the following songs are being slept on SO HARD

    Chloraseptic
    like home
    bad husband
    nowhere fast
    heat
    in your head
     
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  6. Oldboy
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    Dec 14, 2017
    like @Swizz and @M Solo , i couldnt finish the album at first listen, it rly sounded different than any eminem album, it shocked me

    but its amazing
     
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  7. Oldboy
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    i did the same, the first 3-4 times i listened, but then i actually decided to pay attention to what the f--- he says, and i got floored

    each song has a purpose, go listen to for example, nwhere fast...i thought its trash and has no reason to exist, but re-listen

    i used a bad example on purpose btw
     
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  8. Ezio926
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    Ezio926 EMINEM SUCKS

    Dec 14, 2017
    We can all agree on one thing.

    The single choices were f---ing r-----ed
     
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  9. rapmusik
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    Dec 14, 2017
    I'm god like
    so me and you are not alike
    b----, I wrote stan
    and I

    started

    from the

    bottom

    :bigquint:
     
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  10. Goldy
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    Dec 14, 2017
    REVIVAL
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    1. Castle
    2. Believe
    3. Framed
    4. Heat
    5. In Your Head
    6. Revival (Interlude)
    7. Like Home
    8. River
    9. Nowhere Fast
    10. Arose

    People would go insane
     
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  11. Oldboy
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    Dec 14, 2017
    first sign this album is great, is stans hating it...this is eminem's yeezus
     
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  12. rapmusik
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    Dec 14, 2017
    the "Koolo Presents" tag has a history... goes way back.

    same with M Solo's OFFICIAL
     
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  13. Oldboy
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    Dec 14, 2017
    i think, the three songs i listed are so bad beyond belief, its kinda clouding our judgement, theres s--- ton of gems
     
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  14. SaintsNL
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    Dec 14, 2017
    The 'my dads gone crazy' sample on Bad Husband will forever give me chills
     
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  15. Oldboy
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    Dec 14, 2017
    i dont know why he insist on making long albums, he is the only one that does it, an album with 13 songs woulda been amazing
     
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  16. Goku187
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    Dec 14, 2017
    couldn't finish this album last night, trying again now
     
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  17. dester23
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    dester23 DonChapagneson

    Dec 14, 2017
    Lol
     
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  18. Loyalty
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    Loyalty we go hard on earth

    Dec 15, 2017
    Just went on a 78 minute run and listened to it start to finish. Honesty I loved it and there was only one song I really disliked - Framed seemed like some garbage relapse leftover and didn’t fit at all. The rest of it was really good and I’m really excited to listen again

    This is exactly what I wanted from a new Em album tbh
     
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  19. Mikey
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    Dec 14, 2017
    Koolo isnt trolling.

    The album is growin on me as well. Better than MMLP2. Not as good as Recovery though.
     
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  20. rapmusik
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    Dec 14, 2017
    Why do I feel like koolo is trollin

    Testing the waters to see how big his influence on the stans are...
     
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