Jul 27, 2016

Listened to The Eminem Show at work and was reminded of how amazing of an album it was. From the jump AMEERICAAAAAAA he takes you in for a ride. The america metaphor goes into the next track with a rap game metaphor and then the Eminem Show is on full display after.

All the beats were fantastic and he really held his own self producing most of this. The ONLY low is Drips and even that song isnt that bad. Compare Drips to the Ken Kaniff MMLP skit or Amityville. I'd take Drips.

This album is Eminem at his best. His pen game is impeccable, he shows immense growth from MMLP, he is more transparent than ever, and the shock value is toned down a bit to show his artistry and s--- on his critics. Yes MMLP is a classic and SSLP is his grand introduction to the world but TES was his showing of why he one of the best rappers to ever grace a mic. TES is his best project. What you hear in this album is a genius at work

 

Jul 27, 2016

agreed.

 

Jul 27, 2016

its not his best album though. MMLP is

 

Jul 27, 2016

yes

 

Jul 27, 2016

Great album.

But MMLP probably takes the upper hand by a very small margin imo.

 

Jul 27, 2016

Also, Drips is alright, but nowhere near as pointless as the nonsensical Say What U Say.

Basically Dre dragging Eminem into a beef with Jermaine Dupri that nobody gave a s--- about in the first place and that only resulted in an aged song.

How they thought it was album material is beyond me. He should have replaced it with Stimulate instead. It would have made more sense to the album, sonically.

 

Jul 27, 2016

^ agreed I'm happily Say Goodbye to Hollywood was added last minute but if they were going to make changes that late, why not get rid of SWYS? Maybe they just needed that Dre co sign and getting another track between the 2 wouldn't delayed it by 6 months.

IMO TES is the best put together album from production to mixing and everything inbetween. I just personally prefer MMLP. Although would prob change that if SWYS wasn't on there.

 

Jul 27, 2016

Yes.

 

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Jul 27, 2016

Encore

 

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Jul 27, 2016

Devil's Night was Eminem at his peak, too bad he wasted that time with those losers from D12

 

Jul 27, 2016

seriously the bizarre-less version is a classic I can't even imagine what we would've gotten from a solo album from DN or 8 mile era

 

Jul 27, 2016

Lmao the only way Devil's Night could ever be a classic is if all the other D12 members were removed.

I agree with @Soldier though, it seemed his rapping ability and charisma had formed a perfect marriage in 2001, and his performances on DN were flawless.

 

Jul 27, 2016

If he made a solo album during that period instead of an album with D12, it would easily be his best album.

 

Jul 27, 2016

8Mile is flawless as well

 

Jul 27, 2016

If you're talking about Eminem's performance on the album, yes. The rest of the album is not however. He only appears on less than 1/3 of it, and most of the other material on there was lukewarm. I've never heard a song as bad as That's My n----- fo' Real.

Also, the first three tracks on the bonus disk were better than half the album.

 

Jul 27, 2016

i was talking about eminem only version

 

Jul 27, 2016

lol ofc