by Man In The Mirror » Oct 30th, '13, 23:12
I feel it's a MMLP with the Recovery formula.
It has some recovery-ish beats and alot of singers on the hooks. But the lyrics are very, very impressive. I like this ten times more then Encore and Recovery. Not sure it beats Relapse tho. I have to give it a few more spins. I feel the album is very inconsistent because of the hooks and beats and some of the lyrics.
I'll break this albums down:
1. Bad Guy - Amazing song. Gives me tears in the eyes and goosebumps. Truly a worth sequel to Stan.
2. Parking Lot (skit) - Amazing skit. I wouldn't change it for anything and it really gives a MMLP vibe (obiously)
3. Rhyme Or Reason - Exillent. I love the sample and everything about it. Finally a song about his father and how he twists it his different personas is amazing.
4. So Much Better - Very funny song. I love the good ol' mysogonistic Shady. Nothing to dislike on this either.
5. Survival - This is where the album suffers. I like the lyrics on the second verse but the other verses and the hook is awful. I can't stand the song and it fucks up the flow of the album.
6. Legacy - I'm not a fan on the hook but other then that the song is a masterpice. Nice to hear a serious song about his childhood.
7. Asshole - Amazing verses but I'm not a huge fan of the beat but I guess it's ok. I hate the hook. But I can listen to this song because of the verses being really good.
8. Berzerk - This song is awful. Not superbad beat. But not my style. But the lyrics and hooks is soo boring. This song also fucks up the flow of the album for me.
9. Rap God - Not my type of beat but on this song it doesn't matter. I guess he had to choose a beat like this to flow in all these different speeds. He really shows he's the Rap God on this song.
10. Brainless - My favorite song of the album. AMAZING samples, beat, lyrics, flow. EVERYTHING. And a very funny, fitting hook is there to. Vintage slim, bitch!
11. Stronger Then I Was - A song for Kim, I guess. He can't sing. I like the production tho and the part where he's acually rapping is pretty good. But the singing parts is awful. Pretty good lyrics and you feel his pain but... he can't sing! Not my type of song either, even tho it's nice to hear a full song about Kim again, and a very honest one.
12. The Monster (feat. Rihanna) - Worst song of the album. I hate it with passion. The beat and hooks is just unlistenble. Even tho the lyrics touches on some interesting subjects I can't fully appriciate them because of the beat and hook. Fucks up the flow on the album again.
13. So Far... - This should be the first single. Funny and catchy. Everything Berzerk was supposed to be. I get The Real Slim Shady vibes from this. I like it alot.
14. Love Game (feat. Kendrick Lamar) - I feel the same with this one as with "So Far...". I don't really like Kendrick on this one but Em is doing really good. The only beef I have with this one is where it's placed on the album. It's too similar to So Far to be directly after it. But I like the song, indeed.
15. Headlights - Nice with an honest song to his mother. The lyrics are brilliant. I love them. But why the hell is there a faggot singing on it? Why bring in a popstar robot to sing on a song this personal? It really fucks the song up for me. Fuckin' up the flow again, only because of the hook. Could've been a classic.
16. Evil Twin - Amazing song again. Beat, hook and verses is amazing. He's so EVIL! Gives me goosebumps. Vintage slim shit right here. And he sums up the album nice at the end by saying he and his evil twin is the same person and as evil as the other. Really nice closure of the album.
So: If he did skip these songs: Survival, Berzerk and The Monster.
And rapped "Stronger The I Was" and made a new hook for "Headlights" I would have liked it more than Relapse. Maybe even The Eminem Show. Now I feel like it's very close behind Relapse and far, far away form Encore and Recovery. But it's inconsistency really hurst the album alot and the pop-star hooks.