Worst fears about MMLP2???

[CallMeBDB]

My worst fear is that people with dumb expectations won't be able to accept the music for what it is, and an otherwise high quality album will be criticized because it doesn't sound like what they personally thought it should have.

*This is likely to occur.

[Kmahrle83]

Somebody is horny for Ellen Page.

Yeah, too bad for Ellen-Page Mathers that ....

[4Corners]

I agree with the random lyrics stuff. That's my fear. His recent features he's been rapping about nothing at all. I hope he still has something to say.I don't mind songs about crazy shit or random stuff that's lyrical and what not, or songs about how he's better than everyone else, but it better not be the whole album.

[EminemInsider]

Not really a fear, because I expect this:

Eminem has nothing left to rap about, it'll just be a bunch of forced tracks. Any actual song writing he attempts will still come across as forced and corny.

[TƎch n9nƎ]

I honestly fear he will try and overcompensate for his music like he did with Recovery, in terms of Relapse and even Encore.

Obviously he'll have fans who will love whatever he puts out, even if it's a CD with 20 blank tracks of static. And some fans are going to hate what he puts out no matter what. He's probably getting really stressed trying to please every single god damn fan out there. I'm sure he surfs the internet and reads a lot, maybe he even goes on this forum?

[speckzo]

My worst fear is that it won't contain the same amount of rawness of the original one. He's too 'mature' or whatever and I can understand that he wants to recapture the essence of the original but I'm afraid that he can't. I'm afraid that even if it's an awesome album, it won't be what it's trying to be. In order for it to truly be worthy of the the title it has, it would have to have an extreme amount of emotion, shock, and controversy. The Marshall Mathers LP got so much attention from the gay community, as well as other groups and even politicians. He's going to have to release something that will shock the world again in order to bring him back to that time. Even though I like Berzerk, it's not nearly as raw as "The Real Slim Shady." And maybe raw's not the word but let's compare "ugly Kardashian" to "hear them argue over who she gave head to first." I don't know if I'm getting my point across, but that's my worst fear. And somebody mentioned previously that perhaps his intention isn't supposed to be like the original but just supposed to be more emotional or where he's at in his life now, which is fine but would not be worthy of the title IMO. Plus he said in the interview it was revisiting the original. I just want a good album, but him making this the title is an extremely bold move and I really really hope he doesn't fuck this up.

[Whitefox]

I dont know if it's been said but I fear that it will be just the album full of "relapse without accents songs". MMLP had a strong concept, it was answer to critics. But Im afraid that Em might have misunderstood things, when Rick Rubin (told him to listen to his old material?). This fucking album title is the only thing that bugs me.

[Hadez]

Poor mixing/mastering is one.

The difference between "The Way I Am" "yelling" and all of Recovery's yelling is the mixing, I think. With "The Way I Am" you can tell he's "yelling" but he's not actually louder. All the volume levels are the same as other tracks, but you get the feel that he's yelling and angry. Very easy on the ears. On Recovery his voice volume was increased to "enhance" the yell to be like "HEY I'M YELLING." It's jarring and gets annoying fast, in my opinion.

Not to mention almost every beat on Recovery (if not every beat period) sounded like shit because it sounded like he downloaded the lo-fi off soundclick. Kicks were mushy, snares were either weak or so high on the treble (like his elevated voice volume) that your ears bled. Plus here lately he's been favoring beats that sound busy as hell with way to much going on.

Second fear... him explaining himself all the time. seriously it's not necessary. you're not even that complex anymore. "just tryna get you alone (car note)" would have been great, actually, if he hadn't explained the joke buy adding "car note" to the line. That's the shit that Cash Money does and it needs to stop. I get that it just happened to rhyme in this case, but my point still stands. Then on "Welcome To Hell" he goes on for several lines describing his Die Hard joke, only to tell you what he meant at the end, which you already knew. I think the only time his explaining actually worked in his benefit was in his "no heir to the throne" line from "Despicable"

[EllenPage-Mathers]

Somebody is horny for Ellen Page.

Yeah, too bad for Ellen-Page Mathers that ....

Right in the feels

[Emadyville]

I fear it won't be worth the title mmlp2, and will simply be a new album, good or not. I just feel the expectations are high and sequels are usually meh. I just hope its a fitting sequel.

[detox2030]

I fear the album will be full of songs similar to Survival and Berzerk, or it won't be like the original MMLP at all and it will sound more like Relapse 2.

[Edwin88]

I fear the album will be full of songs similar to Survival and Berzerk, or it won't be like the original MMLP at all and it will sound more like Relapse 2.

I hope the album wont be full with songs like survival and berzerk, i think berzerk is dope, survival ehhh. But if it is going to sounds like Relapse 2 i would say BRING IT ON!!

[Kill You]

If it sounded like Relapse 2 only with a normal Eminem voice then that would be dope as fuck.

[EllenPage-Mathers]

If it sounded like Relapse 2 only with a normal Eminem voice then that would be dope as fuck.

But can you imagine Stay Wide Awake with the HCTW voice?

[Edwin88]

If it sounded like Relapse 2 only with a normal Eminem voice then that would be dope as fuck.

Without the accents you mean?