I've been listening to this album a lot recently and I've been loving it more and more with each listen. I was really into it when it came out, but I've been going through a lot recently and I Didn't Mean To Haunt You has been perfect catharsis. I'm still not the biggest fan of "cassini's division" (although I do think it works fairly well for what it is), but every other track is incredible and the story being told is beautiful. Absolutely fantastic ... read more
Very solid, probably one of Vince's best albums to date. I love the personal lyrics that, while very dark at times, are very poetic throughout the album. The beats are also incredibly solid and the hook on Étouffée goes insane.
The first half of The Death of Slim Shady sees Eminem rebooting the Slim Shady character to be a transphobic hack whose main mission is to get Eminem cancelled by making fun of Caitlyn Jenner, complaining about Gen Z and pronouns, and using slurs for little people. Then on Guilty Conscience 2, he locks tf in and kills Slim Shady (I think?), and then the album moves on with no sense of direction like the first half didn't happen. It's overall just a mildly interesting concept with a ... read more
Damn this shit sucks ass. It's like all the worst parts of the original with none of the fun zany stuff that made it enjoyable. Maybe I just don't like how Eminem sounds over trap beats. Either way, for the most part, I think the songs here are corny, unfocused, and badly written. I do like Alfred's Theme and Discombobulated a decent bit, and Tone Deaf is very overhated (it's not good, but it's very stupid in a way I find to be pretty funny).
It's definitely a mixed bag, but most of the tracks are pretty fun. My main issues with the album overall are the concept and the sequencing of the tracklist. The Alfred Hitchcock skits are cool, but the concept reads as a little half-baked when songs like Darkness are accompanied by goofy club songs with Ed Sheeran and In Too Deep. And, as far as the sequencing goes, Godzilla straight into Darkness is the hardest whiplash I've ever experienced in the comfort of my own home. That ... read more
Revival is a very painful listen. The production is terrible, the beats are ass, the hooks are unlistenable, the songwriting is awful, and even just the rapping is pretty rough. To give it some credit though, I do like Walk On Water a decent bit as an intro and Framed is a pretty cool throwback to Relapse as well as a much needed break from all the shitty pop songs in the middle of the album. I also really like Castle and Arose, but apart from that, this is easily Eminem's worst album.
The Marshall Mathers LP2 is actually pretty good. I think a lot of Eminem's corniness on this album kind of has a charm to it. Most of the tracks here are pretty solid as well, and a few are even exceptional. Bad Guy is a brilliant sequel to Stan, So Far is absolutely hilarious, and Headlights is a beautiful and heartfelt song about Eminem's relationship with his mom after all these years. With that being said, the MMLP2 also has a handful of weak moments. Stronger Than I Was is a ... read more
Simon and Garfunkel might be the greatest to ever do it
I found 2014 Forest Hills Drive in 2019 when I was a freshman in high school and it had a very positive impact on me at the time. Some of my thoughts on this album have changed since then; I don't find it to be quite as profound as I used to, but I still have a lot of nostalgia for it as a whole. I also think most of the tracks still go pretty hard, especially January 28th and the run from 03' Adolescence to No Role Modelz.
J. Cole's least interesting work by a mile. There are a few solid tracks like Crocodile Tearz and 3001, but it's mostly mediocre with a few pieces of garbage mixed in. Also, I found the transphobic bars on Pi very disappointing from an artist who I always assumed to be more thoughtful and empathetic towards people with different experiences.
In hindsight, Recovery was the first step down the path towards the "new Eminem" that we know today, but I honestly still kinda like this album. It feels genuine. The more pop sound definitely holds Recovery back from the heights of Eminem's previous output, but I think the introspective and personal lyrics give the record some legs to stand on.
As an Eminem fan, I come back to this album once every couple of years just to see if it's as bad as I remember and it's worse every single time. The 8 track run in the middle from Puke to Ass Like That is genuinely painful to sit through and feels like watching the 1986 Challenger Disaster happen over and over again for 29 minutes. Outside of that, Evil Deeds and Crazy In Love are also unlistenable, especially Evil Deeds with that horribly song chorus and fuck ass repetitive flow. ... read more