Allied to crisp beats and catchy hooks, with guest appearances from a galaxy of stars including Ed Sheeran, Q Tip, Anderson.Paak and the late rapper Juice WRLD, Eminen’s 11th album offers over an hour of the world’s greatest rapper blasting away on all cylinders. It is the first great album of 2020, so lethally brilliant it should be a crime.
Music To Be Murdered By is far from the star-studded, commercially sustainable album Recovery was, but that isn’t necessarily a bad thing. On this album, despite its handful of flaws, Em shows strong signs of adapting to the times through modern musical choices and smarter songwriting.
As a whole, Music to Be Murdered By is as hit-and-miss as anything Eminem has released this side of the millennium. But remove the skits, the relationship songs, the family songs, the morose gun control song, and the quirky Ed Sheeran club goof and you still have 36 solid minutes of the daffy, one-of-a-kind rap genius that keeps captivating true-school heads and longtime fans.
It could be argued that ‘Music To Be Murdered By’ is the album Eminem fans have been waiting for since ‘The Marshall Mathers LP2’ in 2013, one in which he truly shows how gifted he is lyrically.
If Music to Be Murdered By covers a lot of old ground, it does so in considerable style.
Music To Be Murdered By succumbs to temptation a few times, with a pop concession here and a lacklustre verse there, but it’s the clearest sign yet that there’s a future for Eminem as well as a legacy.
For what it's worth, we know Eminem is an incredible lyricist. We know he has punch lines that can pierce your mind and make you laugh. But what we don't know is whether or not he has anything real to say, and to his detriment, Music to Be Murdered By puts that in the spotlight.
It presents an accurate depiction of where Eminem is at in this weird stage of his career, one where his best work comes when he's able to step out of his own towering shadow.
I’m not saying he’s turned a new leaf, but at least he’s trying to make something cool and entertaining. If anything, Music to Be Murdered By proves that there’s still life for Marshall Mathers.
There’s so much here that no one else can do, from an artist whose wellspring lies in his ever more distant 20th century past, but hasn’t yet run dry.
It is not, strictly speaking, a good record—Eminem hasn’t made one of those in a decade—but his latest boasts enough technical command and generates just enough arresting ideas to hold your attention.
Thanks to some creative production decisions and Eminem sounding ever so slightly less stuck in his ways, Music to Be Murdered By is a step in the right direction following Revival and Kamikaze.
A semi-focused surprise album that emits indifference, if nothing else.
Fuck it,
Man I’m speechless, I’ve never just truly despised a project, to just realizing it’s everything I could have ever wanted from an artist. This album shows pretty much improvement on every single angle from Eminem, but without sacrificing who he is. That personality is what I was mad with at first but I swear this is probably one of his best projects in a while, and I couldn’t be happier that Eminem broke his mental slump he was in.
Production is incredible, I ... read more
I, I, HATEEEEEEEE MY STEPDAD LMFAOOOOOOOOOOO
"Call us Long John Silver's, cause we selfish."
"I'm talking euthanasia, like kids in Taiwan."
“I’m contemplating yelling bombs away on the game like I’m outside an Ariana Grande concert”
“Only way that you're ahead of me is alphabetically
'Cause if you diss me I'm coming after U like the letter V”
Feel free to comment more shitty lyrics/moments lmao
Actual Review:
Wow. His lyrical ... read more
This is a devastatingly pitiful excuse for a concept album. Everything about this just breathes self entitlement and arms since of immortality in that he can do no wrong. Sure the fucker can rap but that doesn’t make the songs good. This has absolutely no substance to it. Ems fan base has been reduced to essentially a bunch of entitled white pricks who are borderline racist and homophobic and just all around obnoxious. I would not be surprised if many of his hardcore fans ... read more
Non è assolutamente paragonabile ai suoi primi album, ma dall'altra parte è molto meglio rispetto ai suoi ultimi. Un CD che sta quindi a metà della sua discografia. Non eccelle particolarmente, se non per brani come Darkness o You gon' learn, e raggiunge punti davvero bassi (vero Ed Sheeran?!), ma tutto sommato rimane un disco apprezzabile e che può strappare un'oretta di divertimento
1 | Premonition 2:53 | 71 |
2 | Unaccommodating 3:36 feat. Young M.A | 71 |
3 | You Gon' Learn 3:54 feat. Royce da 5'9'', White Gold | 85 |
4 | Alfred 0:30 | 62 |
5 | Those Kinda Nights 2:57 feat. Ed Sheeran | 43 |
6 | In Too Deep 3:14 | 54 |
7 | Godzilla 3:30 feat. Juice WRLD | 78 |
8 | Darkness 5:37 | 88 |
9 | Leaving Heaven 4:25 feat. Skylar Grey | 66 |
10 | Yah Yah 4:46 | 79 |
11 | Stepdad (Intro) 0:15 | 45 |
12 | Stepdad 3:33 | 44 |
13 | Marsh 3:20 | 51 |
14 | Never Love Again 2:57 | 63 |
15 | Little Engine 2:57 | 65 |
16 | Lock It Up 2:50 feat. Anderson .Paak | 78 |
17 | Farewell 4:07 | 53 |
18 | No Regrets 3:20 feat. Don Toliver | 70 |
19 | I Will 5:03 | 74 |
20 | Alfred 0:39 | 65 |