Eminem - Survival (DL-link in OP) ! Poll Added

[slimsoxshady]

I mean if he has 15 songs better than this then ok maybe I understand why it didn't make the track list but I really doubt that so I'd like to see a track i already like be on the album

[Ku53v]

Nothing memorable but i like it, 3rd verse especially. I will be happy if this is the new album's WBD

[slimsoxshady]

WBD is a pile of shit compared to this

[Mathers]

Better than I thought it would be, he should open his shows with this song instead of WBD.

[JAGODA]

Better than I thought it would be, he should open his shows with this song instead of WBD.

No doubt!

[Whitefox]

But I want you to doubt me, I don't want you to buh-lieve
Cause this is something that I must use to suc-ceed
And if you don't like me then fuck you!
Self es-teem must be fucking shooting through-the-roof cause trust me
My skin is too thick and bul-let proof to touch me
I can see why the fuck I disgust you
I must be a-llergic to failure cause everytime I come close to it
I just sneeze, I just go atchoo then achieve!

His voice is orgasmic on this part.

[kpprasa]

His 2nd verse is fucking great- one of his best post Big Three verses. His flow has improved considerably since Recovery and he sounds COCKY and CONFIDENT and Menzo said... this album has the potential to be a classic.

- and Goddamnit when did my posts reset?

[JAGODA]

This is fucking dope:

[Evil Twin]

K.

[Squiggles123]

After listening again a few times I realise that it isn't recovery-esque but I still found a few parts a bit off. I like the flow and the rhyming is pretty good but It still doesn't have that casualness to it like in songs like Ridaz (I think that is possibly the best rhyming on Recovery).

I'll share the parts I found a bit awkward, the rest I liked!

First verse was fine!

"I'm so close to my goals I can almost pole vault over the goal post"- I get the sentiment but I hate the pause at the end of goal post, it draws so much more attention to the line as if it's awesome but to me it makes it a bit lame (eg "You're aready bi-polar"). I love the following lines though until:

"I'm not a rapper, I'm an adapter, I can adjust"- I like what he's saying but not how he says it here.

"my life's in a rut"- Once again for me it's the unnecessary emphasis on the last word that I don't like.

"This is it, it's what you eat, sleep, piss and shit
Live, breathe, your whole existence just consists of this
Refuse to quit, fuse is lit, can't diffuse the wick
I don't do this music shit, I lose my shit
Ain't got shit to lose, it's the moment of truth
It's all I know how to do, as soon as I get thrown in the booth, I spit"- Love this bit.

"so pull out your pliers and your screwdri-vers"- The screwdrivers bit is probably my least favourite in the entire song, just sounds off to me.

Like I said, I don't think it's the yelling I think it's how he emphasises the end of certain lines unnecessarily, like "I just sneeze, but I just go atchoo then achieve!", why couldn't he have started the line angry and ended it calmly, would have sounded better imo

My thoughts anyway....I just have Ridaz in my head though when it comes to how I want his current flow, also a fan of CLMR and HCTW. I like the vibe of this song though and it's definately growing on me. So it's definitely on the album but might be a bonus track?

[Squiggles123]

I think the best impression this has given me is that Em's as versatile as he's ever been. Why? Let's listen to his late 2011 verses til now:

- The Reunion
- A Kiss
- Cypher 2.0
- Richard
- Our House
- Here Comes The Weekend
- Numb
- C'mon Let Me Ride
- Survival

Listen to all of those and not one sounds even remotely similar to the next. Fucking awesome shit. If his album has that much vocal diversity, I'll jack off in public.

I would agree apart from CLMR, HCTW and even Numb vocally sounding quite a like (apart from the effects in Numb). Hope the album is not to diverse vocally in the sense that it doesn't have a cohesive feel.

[JAGODA]

Check this out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd6SgfwRRe0

This is funny as hell, especially Em's part.

[Amaranthine]

I just realized there's an intro clip in the OP. Em looks like he's gonna go rob a bank.

[Squiggles123]

Yeah I see what you mean about Numb but I still think the other two are similar enough to be grouped together. Man I hope the album has a lot of (or at least some) Em/Dre beats. He always sounds better on those.

Don't know what to expect now. What's the protocol here now that the ball is rolling!?

[Notalius]

Yeah I see what you mean about Numb but I still think the other two are similar enough to be grouped together. Man I hope the album has a lot of (or at least some) Em/Dre beats. He always sounds better on those.

Don't know what to expect now. What's the protocol here now that the ball is rolling!?

Dre doesn't produce that much anymore tho .. I mean he didn't even produce compton from GKMC .. like seriously wtf .. he's mastering nowadaysw