Eminem The 'Underground' Appreciation thread

Started by RetiredAccount, Jan 11, 2015, in Eminem Add to Reading List

  1. RetiredAccount
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    RetiredAccount Big Time Stuntin Like My Daddy

    Jan 11, 2015
    Underground, as far as a song on an Eminem comeback album, was everything it should have been. It gets so much unneeded hate because of the album it's on. Song contains his best flow since TES. Classic beat, and great hook. Some of his best punchlines are in this song. It has a couple of filler lines, but if you look at (almost) any Eminem album, they close with a song full of random punchlines with fillers ('Still Don't Give a f---', 'Criminal', 'My Dad's Gone Crazy', 'Evil Twin'.

    Great lines:
    "Dre, I'm down here, under the ground, dig me up
    broken tibias, fibias, yeah, fix me up"

    "Dixie cups, toxins, boxes of Oxy pads
    enough Oxycontin to send a f---in Ox to rehab"

    "This is amityville calamity, goddamnit
    insanity pills, fanny pack filled with Xanies
    Through every nook and cranny lookin' for trannys"

    This part was gold:
    "yeah glad to be back
    cause last year was a tragedy that landed me smack dab in rehab
    f---in' doctor, I ain't understand a d--- word he said
    I planned to relapse the second I walked out of that b----
    Two weeks in Brighton, I ain't enlightened
    Biting into a f---ing Vicodin, like I'm a Viking"

    "Tell the critics I'm back and I'm coming to spit it back in abundance"
    "Mad at me? understandable, cannibal, s---t an animal"

    "Captain of a cult with an elite following
    To turn Halloween back to a trick-or-treat holiday"

    Classic Eminem line right here:
    "Walked up Elm Street with a whiffle bat drew
    Fought Freddie Krueger and Edward Scissorhands too
    Came out with a little scratch, ooh"

    and here:
    "Straight jacket with a hundred eight brackets
    with a strap that wraps twice around my back, then they latch it"

    great song all in all
     
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  2. pluto✰
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    pluto✰ where the opioids?

    Jan 11, 2015
    never understood the hate for underground :manny:
     
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  3. joeyp363
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    Jan 11, 2015
    Agreed.
     
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  4. rapmusik
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    Jan 11, 2015
    it's got some s--- lines sprinkled through out the song, but most of the lines you quoted are great... especially the "biting into a f---ing Vicodin like I'm a viking"
     
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  5. MPic
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    Jan 11, 2015
    Love the flow, beat, and his voice on it -- all among the very best we've heard from in a decade. There were just too many cringe-worthy lyrics. Overall I think it's good but it could have been much better.
     
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  6. Ron Burgundy
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    Ron Burgundy Still a Grade-A prick.

    Dec 16, 2017
    :rejoice:
     
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  7. joeyp363
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    Dec 16, 2017
    Certified classic
     
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  8. TimmyT
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    TimmyT Self-Taught

    Dec 16, 2017
    his voice on this track is nice because he sounds normal. But for the most part, the lyrics are just really poor

    Not a good track. This song is like his attempt at a I just don’t give a f--- or still don’t give a f---. It’s that type of track, but it’s not nearly as good as the old Eminem
     
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  9. ComfortablyNumb
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    I never liked the odd timing of the beat.
     
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  10. Spatula
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    Spatula Relapse is a masterpiece

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    I just don't understand what powers does Michael Myers have that he "swiped them"
     
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  11. RecentEminemFan
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    Dec 16, 2017
    This song had so much potential but even for a Relapse song the lyrical content was so awfull. I just don't enjoy listening to this song as much as the rest of the album. One of the worst songs on the album imo.
     
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  12. Ron Burgundy
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    Ron Burgundy Still a Grade-A prick.

    Dec 16, 2017
    ability to comeback...
     
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  13. Hard Klyntar
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    great track, love it.
     
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  14. TheReturn
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    Dec 16, 2017
    Song is carried because of the beat
     
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  15. Groovy Tony
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    f---in lesbian shouldn't have had her legs in the way, now shes pregnant and gay, missin both legs, and begging to stay
    :eminem2:
     
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  16. lyricsmode
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    lyricsmode heavy duty like diarrhea

    Dec 16, 2017
    A few bad lines does not equate to a terrible song

    If so, any rapper not named Kendrick that’s out right now is just as bad as Em with this on some of their songs. People just nitpick his s--- smh
     
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  17. Groovy Tony
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    Dec 16, 2017
    I actually love the line lmao
     
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  18. lyricsmode
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    lyricsmode heavy duty like diarrhea

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    I don’t, I think it’s s--- myself, but the song is so good I don’t mind it. But my point still stands even if you weren’t doing it right then.
     
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  19. Groovy Tony
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    Groovy Tony Grandma's baby Eddie Kane

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    Its something he would say on SSLP thats why I like it
     
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  20. RetiredAccount
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    RetiredAccount Big Time Stuntin Like My Daddy

    Jan 9, 2018
    d--- my old threads getting bumped but yeah this song is still way better than people say it is.
     
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