Swizz2012 wrote:I'm one of the few people outside of koolo who has really heard these songs (thanks to him) and just thought I'd give my two cents...and yes I am Swizz from RB.
You guys honestly should just calm down about these songs. I know it's easy for me to say since I've actually heard them. But the level of hype and hysteria is ridiculous, these songs were never heard for a reason: because we weren't meant to hear them.
Cocaine is a solid song, could've been even better had he polished it up for an actual release, but it isn't anything that will blow your mind. I enjoy it, it's a cool throwaway track, but it doesn't rank with the best stuff he put on Recovery.
But more importantly..
Difficult...well Difficult can't even really be described in terms of 'good' or 'bad'. It's simply emotional, Em was clearly going through a rough time when he recorded it. But frankly I hope it NEVER leaks. As an artist Em has been extremely revealing and honest about his personal life to us, even willing to talk about this particular subject in many places on Recovery. But I'm pretty sure he wouldn't want us to hear THIS particular song about Proof, and as fans hopefully people respect that. That's not him withholding things with us, it's just the simple fact that he wasn't ready to share his thoughts on Proof's passing at the time of this song and it probably was little more than a therapeutic experience for him. Had I known the true nature of the song I wouldn't have minded never hearing it. Whether he leaks it or not is obviously koolo's decision, I know I certainly will not be sharing it with anyone else because it feels like a borderline invasion of privacy in MY personal opinion. I know it sounds selfish but it's only because I'm on the other side of things and can put it into perspective, you guys are all viewing it as 'a brand new incredible deep emotional Eminem song' to add to your iPods but that really isn't what it is at all. You're seeing as a 'song to bump in your car' while Eminem probably sees it as if Wikileaks got a hold of his personal diary.
So everyone ought to just calm the fuck down about these songs for now, chances are you might hear some of it eventually anyway (hopefully not Difficult), and if not I'm sure Em will have plenty more (and better) material for us come 2011.
This just now got posted but it's on the last page, didn't want it to get lost.
