EminemBase wrote:Geno wrote:Just because Em scrapped Relapse 2 doesn't mean Relapse should be considered worse though. That logic's kinda weird. You know me man, I woulda loved to hear it as well. Em said himself that he felt like Relapse had some good jokes, but they weren't funny anymore, so maybe he looked at Relapse 2 and thought it was good, but it wasn't memorable or he just wasn't happy with it anymore. Can't blame him for not wanting to put out a project he isn't 100% happy with. I appreciate that a lot more than "eh whatever, just put it out, I need the money". You know?
But I think there's more evidence that the real reason he scrapped it was because of fans not liking the
Relapse style, not him. Prior to
Relapse, 50 said Em isn't coming out with music until it's his 'favourite shit ever', and I believe Em fucking loved that style, and don't believe he thought that hard about it, and worked that hard on the lyricism and flows and songs and suddenly hated it right after. He was so in to it, the writing was so dense and detailed, he was clearly immersed in it. And then ever since then, he's dropped giveaways that he still likes it, like on the BME EP.
I think he was very confident in that music but when fans didn't react well he feared he would slip in to total irrelevance with
Relapse 2, so he listened to modern rap more and adapted his style and production to modern trends (puns, love songs and bragging).
And I think it is good logic
Relapse 2 would be better, or at least that HE thought it was better. Why would you put the weaker album out last? who intends to make a sequel worse than the original. He intended
Relapse 2 to mimic
The Marshall Mathers LP, those two
Relapse albums were homages to those first two; now which is better -
The Slim Shady LP, or
The Marshall Mathers LP? I know some think 'sslp', but most would say 'mmlp' is a brain-fucking piece of art. It's powerful.
And you can tell with songs like "Music Box" that the material would be more extreme, and the flow and intensity of "Buffalo Bill". And even 50 said, from the beginning, that the 2nd one was 'exciting'. I bet it was. Em scrapped it to appease fans, not himself. When he came back, despite him stating, and wanting to not give a fuck what anybody thought but himself (the right attitude. The attitude that results in classics), he can't help himself but care now. He's come too far and has too much of a history and legacy riding on reactions, he cares too much what fans think. Such a shame.