Satire wrote:Words Myth wrote:Idk why everybody loves Kill You...I like it..but dont celebrate so much
Literally, the first track of every album by Em (Besides My Name Is...) is praised as one of the best songs of the album.
Yeah that's because he always gets the opener spot-on. Opens with a bang, sledgehammer to the brain. And even though "My Name Is" wasn't that, it would of been madness and a mistake to not have that as the album opener, given its premise / lyrics.
@Words Myth - Because it sums up the genius of the album in itself. It's a fireball of lyricism and character, playing with perceptions, provoking, irony, just, wonderful. Not to mention its musical merit, that fantastic beat and the haunting structure of it. The use of the silences, the timing etc.
Anyway, my fave songs would be (in order of appearance)...
- Kill You
- Stan
- The Way I Am
- Drug Ballad
- Criminal
Five is tough though. I feel annoyed leaving "Kim" off as it's groundbreaking but at the same time, I like it more for its artistic merit and execution, I hardly listen to it a lot. Where as, "Drug Ballad" I used to play constantly.
"Stan" I didn't play that much after a while too due to me getting sick of it. But, can't leave that off a top five too, it's such an important song.