I love Danny's music but this EP aged like milk. The amount of secondhand embarrassment I felt from 'The Tea' is insane. At least 'Bad Boy' is a classic though.
I've been wanting to get around to this album for a while now, so I decided to finally listen to it. It carries over many of the things that made the first two LP albums so great. Chester's versatility here is incredible. He can go from screaming his lungs out for 17 seconds on 'Given Up', to giving a beautiful singing performance on a song like 'Shadow of the Day'. I like the variety of very heavy songs alongside more heartfelt and emotional songs. It's a ... read more
This album is kind of strange. I went into it after hearing and enjoying the songs 'Fast Lane' and 'Lighters', and with me being a huge fan of Eminem, I expected to love this. Unfortunately, a lot of the songs fall flat here. The beats are almost all great, the verses are good, albeit with some... questionable lyrics. And I know Eminem is known for absurdity but I feel like he forces a lot of the "shock" lyrics on this album just to try to be funny. The main issue ... read more