Envisioning Eminem’s Recovery

[Almostlity]

I was psyched yesterday when news broke of all the different producers Eminem has on his new album, Recovery. While known for his experimentation with the latest pharmaceuticals, hip-hop’s favorite White boy isn’t exactly heralded for trying out other beatmakers’ instrumentals besides Dr. Dre and, of course, his own (questionable) lab creations.

Well, fellow Eminem stans, now’s our chance. This is what we’ve been waiting for, right? Slim Shady over a Just Blaze beat! The thought alone conjures up awesomeness of dramatic proportions.

Problem is when I tried to imagine Mr. Mathers rhyming about his crazy mom or killing his ex-wife over one of Blaze’s signature, soulful productions, it didn’t make any sense. So I started going through my catalog of JB joints until I got to something that did. Which brought me to my concept for today’s blog: what type of songs can we actually look forward to now that we know who Em’s working with?

Let’s start off with Blaze: The Detroit Lyricist is too disturbed to sound at home over one of JB’s upbeat, horn heavy productions like “Touch the Sky” or “Show Me What You Got.” He’s too White to flow over the blaxploitation movie inspired “King Back.” But what about Justin’s sparse, menacing beat for Memphis Bleek’s “‘Round Here.” Bingo! Tell me you couldn’t hear Marshall killin’ this shit?



How ‘bout DJ Khalil? When The Alchemist told me back in February that the West Coast beatsmith was submitting tracks, I couldn’t have been happier. Acknowledged for his dark, drum heavy sounds, I immediately thought of “Cuckoo,” Khalil’s paranoid track for Slaughterhouse. Perfect fit!



As far as Boi-1da is concerned, we’ve already heard the magic Em’s done with Toronto native on “Forever.” While that joint is still bonkers—even after the millionth listen—imagine what Shady could do to something like this…



That leads me to Jim Jonsin. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a fan—“Armada Latina” is my joint—but seeing his name on the Recovery press release definitely threw me for a loop, especially since Jonsin is so closely associated with a more Southern sound. Yet, at the same time, I always thought if anyone should have redone that Ozzy Osbourne classic, “Crazy Train,” it should have been Eminem. Come on, when you think psycho who comes to mind first Trick Daddy or Slim Shady.



Now it’s your turn. What Eminem collabo are you most excited for? Do you think he should have reached out to any other producers? Speak on it.

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[ShadyVsEminem]

That Cuckoo beat is terrible a didnt like the Forever beat either so im worried about some of these producers but he must of chose there beats for a reason i suppose.

Eminem needs to produce beats himself,id rather him do the beats than any of these including Dre and Just Blaze.

[KieranLewisEM]

all the producers on it am concerned about on recovery tbh part from mr porter and alchemist.but am sure it will fit ems style i guess.and i would like to see premo on it

[Dohc-Nyne]

I think the songs with him a Khalil are gonna be the best for some reason...but the JB ones will be solid as well...Eminem can adapt to any beat.

[dR3]

I think the songs with him a Khalil are gonna be the best for some reason...but the JB ones will be solid as well...Eminem can adapt to any beat.

Beats can adapt to Eminem.

[Wic Kid]

Round Here - Not bad, but I dont see Em killin it at all
Cuckoo - I dont like that beat at all.
Ransom - Well, I could imagine Em spittin some real fire on this one
Lets Go - Great beat, but completely non-Emish.

[S.T.A.N.]

the beats will suck a lot.

[ShadyVsEminem]

He has really been riding the beats since he came back,his flow matches nearly all the beats (Microphone>>>>>>>)perfectly and it sounds like Airplane will be the same.

[AbramIsaac]

the beats will suck a lot.

You're really...really...retarded.

Anyway.


I'm sure the beats will bring out a new side of Em. Change can be a good thing, and I believe it will be for Recovery.

[Dohc-Nyne]

Too bad Em didn't get that Microphone beat from Alchemist for Recovery...He absolutley kills that beat on Westwoods show...

[Alaine]

The different type of beats must be the best part. Em FINALLY wants to challenge himself over different type of beats, not just crawling in his safe zone like Relapse. He finally stepping out Again, this could turn out to be a big success or a big fail, but him wanting to challenge himself again makes me believe that he's totally in full-mode this time

[Scrawl]

I was psyched yesterday when news broke of all the different producers Eminem has on his new album, Recovery. While known for his experimentation with the latest pharmaceuticals, hip-hop’s favorite White boy isn’t exactly heralded for trying out other beatmakers’ instrumentals besides Dr. Dre and, of course, his own (questionable) lab creations.

Well, fellow Eminem stans, now’s our chance. This is what we’ve been waiting for, right? Slim Shady over a Just Blaze beat! The thought alone conjures up awesomeness of dramatic proportions.

This is a very poorly written article for something like XXL. At times it seems like it's written by an amateur fan with little journalistic experience and at others it seems like the person doesn't actually know the star their talking about. The thing that bothers me most is the insertion of the word questionable. How the hell are his lab creations questionable?

[DƎRDYPK]

The different type of beats must be the best part. Em FINALLY wants to challenge himself over different type of beats, not just crawling in his safe zone like Relapse. He finally stepping out Again, this could turn out to be a big success or a big fail, but him wanting to challenge himself again makes me believe that he's totally in full-mode this time

YESSSSSS

[AbramIsaac]

I was psyched yesterday when news broke of all the different producers Eminem has on his new album, Recovery. While known for his experimentation with the latest pharmaceuticals, hip-hop’s favorite White boy isn’t exactly heralded for trying out other beatmakers’ instrumentals besides Dr. Dre and, of course, his own (questionable) lab creations.

Well, fellow Eminem stans, now’s our chance. This is what we’ve been waiting for, right? Slim Shady over a Just Blaze beat! The thought alone conjures up awesomeness of dramatic proportions.

This is a very poorly written article for something like XXL. At times it seems like it's written by an amateur fan with little journalistic experience and at others it seems like the person doesn't actually know the star their talking about. The thing that bothers me most is the insertion of the word questionable. How the hell are his lab creations questionable?

It's a blogger.

[S.T.A.N.]

i bet theres going to be a of of autotuning.