Not Affraid = Drug Phase Flow + Great Lyrics

[Pllumi]

serious songs don't have to be lyrical slaughters

[Berry]

Sounds nothing like his drug phase, he was pradically shouting in the mic on the Re-up. Actually on the freestyle he sounded slightly similar

This is just stronger deeper flow than usual. Like no apologizes.

[xxTrigger1989xx]

Whenever Em is in character, he tends to rap the way you all want him to. Slim Shady LP he was Slim Shady, MMLP he was a combination of Em and Shady. The Eminem Show was mainly Marshall. Not Afraid has somewhat of a TES/Encore tone because this is a "Marshall" song, where he's true to himself. Relapse, he was a serial killer reincarnation of Shady, so he was rapping in character. When he's in character, he tells stories. I hope Recovery has some personal tracks as well as storytelling tracks. Like someone said above, Lose Yourself is a kind of personal track, but he's in the Jimmy Smith character, which is why it's not only one of his best songs but his popular songs too. He's the "serious" Em that everyone likes, while having amazing word play and verses, because he's switching between himself and Jimmy throughout the song

[Edge]

It's a great song for what it is. Only bad aspect is the production. But Em has some clever as fuck lyricism in there like the "king / teeth / feelings / fillings / crowned / capped" thing and the bit about his demons doing jumping jacks.

Yeah, the lyricism is really great.. but man, can you explain me the thing about demons doing jumpin jack and also what means "feed it beans"? I'm tryin' to translate the lyrics to portuguese and i'm kinda confused about those ones

eating beans gets you gassy... gassed up