I hope this is the end of the "Recovery" theme era

[MikeNUFC]

Please read this topic before making angry comments....

I'd like to see the end of this, not becuase I hated it, but becuase, similarly with how he ended the Relapse/serial killing era at the right time - I enjoyed his stuff then but he chose the right time to stop it - enough to keep me entertained but not too much to bore me.

I'd say the 'Recovery' theme started with Forever, up until the release of Recovery and I think all loose ends have been tied and there's nothing really more to say. We get that he's back, we get that he didnt like his last 2 CD's, we get he's fully recovered from drugs and into the rap game. We get that he doesnt like da haters.

Anything he says on the topic now will be pretty boring, as there's nothing more he can really say.

I think the same can be said about personal issues. I think the last verse of Going Through Changes pretty much draw his personal life from 2004 to 2010 to a close. It was a perfect way to end it, and that's enough.

Unless something major happens in his personal life, anything he says from now on, about his addiction or his family will be boring, to be honest, if it's delivered in a serious way.

Dunno where he can go from here on his next CD, in terms of content, but I'm pretty certain he WILL try something different. His next album is MAJOR becuase we can really see what he has to say, when everything in his life seems settled.

Thoughts?

[Alaine]

yeah I agreed, I think he made his points clear about his struggles during the hiatus, his "comeback" to the game and stuff and now the majority already accepted his comeback as long as mainstream so there's no point of keep talking about that. Recovery is the end of his "comeback" era, the next album will be a new era. He tends to make albums in pair (SSLP/MMLP, TES/Encore, Relapse/Recovery) so it will be interesting to see what will he continue to rap about now that his personal issues seem to come to an end.

[Kez]

I agree, but it raises the question of if he's got anything to even say anymore for his next album.

[SajN]

I agree. I like it when he is personal though.


I'd like it if he does something like he did on Sing For The Moment (Mainly 3rd verse), I would like to him talk about the new society, and also pull out some new dope concepts.



And I want a 8 Mile Road pt 2 lol.

[ThomasJ]

Please read this topic before making angry comments....

I'd like to see the end of this, not becuase I hated it, but becuase, similarly with how he ended the Relapse/serial killing era at the right time - I enjoyed his stuff then but he chose the right time to stop it - enough to keep me entertained but not too much to bore me.

I'd say the 'Recovery' theme started with Forever, up until the release of Recovery and I think all loose ends have been tied and there's nothing really more to say. We get that he's back, we get that he didnt like his last 2 CD's, we get he's fully recovered from drugs and into the rap game. We get that he doesnt like da haters.

Anything he says on the topic now will be pretty boring, as there's nothing more he can really say.

I think the same can be said about personal issues. I think the last verse of Going Through Changes pretty much draw his personal life from 2004 to 2010 to a close. It was a perfect way to end it, and that's enough.

Unless something major happens in his personal life, anything he says from now on, about his addiction or his family will be boring, to be honest, if it's delivered in a serious way.

Dunno where he can go from here on his next CD, in terms of content, but I'm pretty certain he WILL try something different. His next album is MAJOR becuase we can really see what he has to say, when everything in his life seems settled.

Thoughts?

You pretty much summed up everything,I think.
I agree with the family/addiction thing,it's getting really boring.
As for his next album,I think he'll experiment a lot more,possibly even a collabo album?
Whatever it is,I'm looking forward to it.

[MikeNUFC]

I'd like it if he does something like he did on Sing For The Moment (Mainly 3rd verse), I would like to him talk about the new society, and also pull out some new dope concepts.

Yeah I'd like something about society. Who Knew, White America, SFTM - some of his best stuff. Knows what he's talking about it and sounds passionate about it, which is important.

I dunno about conceptionally. Lately his concepts have lacked some really great rhyming and dont seem as unique as his old concepts.

[Alaine]

I think the next album will show if he really grew as an artist as Recovery showed his grow as a person

[Slill_Slim_Shady]

C'mon Em know best what subject his next matterial has to be!!!!

[Kez]

Yeah I'd like something about society. Who Knew, White America, SFTM - some of his best stuff. Knows what he's talking about it and sounds passionate about it, which is important.

Aye but thing is he's a proper recluse now aint he, who's to say he really knows that much about society these days? You can't learn about the world by watching TV and reading the Internet, and he's not really out there as much anymore.

[dR3]

I agree. I want to see what he can come up with for his next album.

[Arrinef]

he's gonna act cocky, and gloat about his greatness, with a whole album comprised of shit like "yeah im kind of a big deal", kinda shit

[Rindain]

I think LTWYL and Space Bound are examples of what we might see more of in the next album -- emotional songs that are about specific topics, or that tell stories that aren't exact recounts of stuff from his life. And more concept songs like Stan.

[Hiphopdane]

I thought the album in general was quite immature. Making fun of no names because they suffer from a "funny" disease is just childish and unnecessary.

It kindda ruins the longevity of the album too. In 10 years only very few will know who the hell Hogan's daughter and Michael Fox are. It makes the lyrics so difficult to understand because it's all something that's going around in his own head (it already is).

The whole "Eminem concept" needs to be reinvented dramastically.

[Epidemik]

i definitely agree with the family issues and the addiction getting old...
but he's reconciled with Royce... hopefully that brings the best out of him for his next album.

lol dramastically

[Jimmy Conway]

I think the tank is running on empty. If he makes one more good album in his career I will be impressed. I mean what is he really going to say that he hasn't already said in the last 15 years. He's made a lot of material. It's hard to be original when you already he seven studio albums and enough material floating around to make three or four more albums.