viper50 wrote:haha this is exactly what I thought would happen, a bunch of people in groupthink, all dissing the album because everyone else does. These are the same people who last year were saying shit like "fuck lil gayne, the dude is trash. he ain't real rap." Now they're saying "Oh Em likes Wayne? They're on each other's albums? Oh damn I guess Wayne's kinda dope."
I love Recovery, I've listened to it straight since it leaked. However, I think Encore is crazy underrated. It followed 3 of the top rap albums ever released, that's a lot of pressure. We're you all saying "man, these drugs are really fucking up his music" when Encore dropped? Nah, you didn't know about his drug abuse (the extent at least). And the whole "drugs made my music bad" is a lame excuse. Just ask Jimi, Kurt, and John.
Did you ever consider the possibility that you may, in fact, be an idiot who knows nothing about lyricism or rap music in general?
Because that's the reality here. You're unbelievably ignorant and have no idea just how ridiculous your posts are.
What's amazing is...even people who don't really listen to rap music can tell that Encore was terrible and nothing like his first 3 albums.
Fetou pretty much summed it up, but he was being generous with the three "solid" efforts he listed.
On "Like Toy Soldiers," he can't buy a multi to save his life, his flow is stale and predictable ("look at me, I'm landing a syllable on each drum!"), and the song can best be summarized as Eminem over-dramatizing his beefs with Ja Rule/Benzino. He tried to make those out to be the next Tupac/Biggie when really they were pussy feuds. "Way beyond some Jay-Z and Nas shit"...LOL, give me a fucking break. Pillinem was paranoid and thought he was a gangsta...the bullet proof vest in the video says it all.
Never Enough features Eminem rhyming "crazy" with "Jay-Z" and "AZ" and "save me" and "gave me" and "hates me" throughout the entire verse. That rhyme scheme has been done about 982937473737344 times...and Eminem isn't saying anything interesting. Nate Dogg's chorus is terrible. Top it off with 50 Cent, the worst rapper in history...and you have a complete throwaway track.
Spend Some Time...Eminem's best verse on the album (which is like being the valedictorian of summer school), but terrible verses from Obie, Stat Quo, and 50 Cent make it unlistenable overall.
