Dec 6, 2015 LTS is a good song with a message where Em actually had something to say. Granted, following the mixtape songs that had preceded Encore in 2003, that gave us such tracks as Bump Heads, Hail Mary remix, Doe Rae Me, etc. and then hearing Bully and Monkey See Monkey Do from the leaked Straight from the Lab, I don't think anyone was anticipating a song with a message of Toy Soldiers to be what Em was going to come with. Especially when, on Monkey See Monkey Do, Em rapped "there's a lot of rappers on my list, it just ain't Ja/ and I'ma read that MFer off come April"....now I can't speak for anybody else but I took that to mean that Em was going to come with something on his next release to go at a few heads. Yes I know that Encore did not release until the following fall, but who knows what project he may have been referring to for April. Even leading up to Encore's release, I remember reading how people in his circle said that Em was going to address all the beefs on Encore. Plus with coming off the heels of 8 Mile, I think many just anticipated Em dropping a bomb of some sort on Encore. But then he gave us Toy Soldiers... Interestingly enough, he included Ricky Ticky Toc on the bonus disc which, although easily the most fire track he spit on all of Encore, basically contradicts a lot of what he said in Toy Soldiers. I wonder when both songs were recorded. Toy Solders: I'll walk away from it all before I let it go any further.... Ricky Ticky Toc: I'm waiting for that next beef, I'm cocked, locked, and loaded....
Dec 6, 2015 @twd98j Finally someone understands, and appreciates Ricky Ticky Toc. BTW, is your avy Eminem before he's turning into fossil fuel ?
Dec 6, 2015 It's good. Liked it a lot more at the time, but it (and the 'soldier' phase) has aged poorly.
Dec 6, 2015 I don't have anything against it, but i don't consider it as a classic song, for me is another great song fom Em.
Dec 6, 2015 excellent production and hook but the mixing on the verses are really average. his vocals sound really "muddy" it's almost parallel to "talkin 2 myself". good idea, bad execution
Dec 6, 2015 How to derail a thread I wont't list all the songs, but i'll just mention these two. Sing For The Moment and Till I Collapse, really? White America, Soldier, Say Goodbye To Hollywood, Hailie's Song etc... d--- wtf is wrong with you
