Eminem Best Posts: Serious Discussion: was MMLP2 and the blonde hair just a publicity stunt?

  1. Goku187
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    After alienating different people for 3 albums straight, he probably wanted to please everyone and wasn't creative enough to come up with something new and fresh. Milking the nostalgia from his most popular album probably seemed like a great idea in theory, both commercially (because who doesn't love MMLP?) and artistically (because the concept could taken him back to a hungrier, more inventive mindset as a writer). Too bad he wasn't up to the challenge creatively and comparing the quality of the two albums feels like a bad joke
     
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  2. ImmortalTechnique
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    this is the decision that, more than just about any other, shows how much he's lost in terms of having integrity as an artist.

    this isn't the guy who gets mad at the label for trying to tell him what to do anymore, he's a guy who will do just about anything his handlers tell him to do
     
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  3. Charlie Work
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    He took Bruno's a--- to his face for publicity. That said, I don't think you can make an entire album for publicity. I think he just wants people to reconcile who he was with who he is. Naming his album that and dying his hair are provocative reminders of when critics still respected him as much as his fan base. Maybe this was a last ditch effort at recapturing that. Making Rap God, and a Stan sequel, and working with Rick Rubin certainly feel that way, no matter how short they fall in that regard. Eminem as of late has struck me as more deluded than cynical.
     
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  4. M Solo
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    M Solo Fresh Outta London

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    I love how you come in here and cape for your boyfriend @csw621 because he's too f---ing stupid to argue his own point. So Far s----d but I've seen you IRL and I'm not the least bit surprised you enjoy it. You're a frail, beta, sub human piece of dog s--- and that kind of taste is pretty much on par for who and what you are. Now hop off my d-ck you f---ing peasant.
     
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  5. Kon
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    I think he named it MMLP2 for 2 reasons, 1 he thought it would sell/increase hype and the other reason is he thought his fans would appreciate and want a sequel to MMLP. I guess both reasons tie back into $$ in the end.

    It was worth a try I guess, I don't hate the idea and it certainly made me look forward to the album more than I other wise would have. I'm not one of those people who thinks it 'ruins the legacy' of the original MMLP or anything. The original album's still the same to me.
     
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    reservoirGod reckless adventurer.

    Jan 7, 2015
    I'm not afraid... To ride this chick's coattails back to relevancy!
     
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  7. ImmortalTechnique
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    I can't even begin to describe the many ways in which this is pathetic.
     
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  8. Goku187
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    Your claim that Kanye and Snoop(?) only make "sonically pleasing music" because of f---ing...pills and weed :"(

    How old are you?
     
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    Midlife crisis
     
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  10. Oldboy
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    of all the bs things eminem did from 2004..to me this is the lowest...i dont hate marshall nor do i hate mmlp2...but now that everything is settled..why the f--- was mmlp2 named that? it embarrass me when i type the name..its like an african starved child compared to brock lesnar..both albums cannot be compared

    then there is the blonde hair

    do you think Eminem seriously thought this is at the level of mmlp? or do you think he did it to sell records? i mean he even mentioned it on bad guy which is the old classic lair tool..let me mention it before they do!!

    honest to god question, in your humble opinion...why did he dye his fair and call it mmlp2?
     
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