Complex Top 100 Eminem Songs List

[Shady50]

Us Stans are a crazy bunch haha.

2009: OMG Beautiful is one of his best songs ever, but Relapse was meh.

2010: OMG Recovery is so awesome, it's like the next Eminem Show!

2011: Relapse is a masterpiece and Recovery sucks.

lol gotta love this place.

[therapist]

Recovery didn't have an instant unanimous decision from all the fans that it was the best since TES though. MMLP2 hit much harder and it is going to stay relevant much longer. Or not.

[4Corners]

Beautiful is dope. It's a GREAT song.

You can feel his pain, he wasn't over complicating anything with his bars, which lets the listener just feel every word he's saying. I love that song, I've always though it was one of the best songs on Relapse.

[Shady50]

Recovery didn't have an instant unanimous decision from all the fans that it was the best since TES though. MMLP2 hit much harder and it is going to stay relevant much longer. Or not.

Lol last part made me chuckle.

Beautiful is dope. It's a GREAT song.

You can feel his pain, he wasn't over complicating anything with his bars, which lets the listener just feel every word he's saying. I love that song, I've always though it was one of the best songs on Relapse.

Thank you. That's exactly how I feel.

[Shady50]

GTC might have meant more for us than Headlights because he was talking about himself rather than his mom.

I still think Headlights is better. Keep in mind I think GTC is on par with Deja Vu and those two beat the shit out of his previous emotional songs (excluding Rock Bottom and Hailie's Song).

Us Stans are a crazy bunch haha.

2009: OMG Beautiful is one of his best songs ever, but Relapse was meh.

2010: OMG Recovery is so awesome, it's like the next Eminem Show!

2011: Relapse is a masterpiece and Recovery sucks.

lol gotta love this place.

Never said this tbh. I loved Recovery a lot at first but it didn't get me to say "WOW" like MMLP2 did.
And Relapse was and will forever be an amazing album to me.

I think this pretty much sums up the general Stan population though, even though many will deny it now. Hell I was one of them.

[4Corners]

Recovery didn't have an instant unanimous decision from all the fans that it was the best since TES though. MMLP2 hit much harder and it is going to stay relevant much longer. Or not.

I think each release keeps getting better and better since Encore.

Encore was his lowest point probably, than came Relapse. Relapse wasn't nearly as good as his first three, not even remotely close IMO, but it was better than Encore. Yeah it felt like there was filler there, the accents were strange and too damn much too often, but the lows weren't nearly as low as Encore and there was still some very dope shit on there.

Than came Recovery, which I've always felt is better than Relapse. I felt that way initially and I've stayed that way. I do feel this forum is the only place where the majority like Relapse more than Recovery, from what I've seen. But Recovery his meaningfulness was back, he still had those raw records with Shady though. The only thing was the production was probably the worst it'd ever been. Still there were enough high's, the lows weren't too terrible like Encore, and he was back on a more normal flow.

Then came Hell the Sequel where I really felt his passion was back almost at 100%. Royce really brought out the best in him at that moment, and I think the bars were an improvement from Recovery IMO.

Then it's MMLP2, which has a more calmed flow compared to the very very loud HTS and REC flows, and he's the funniest he's been in years. Everything with the concept Bad Guy song, to the raw records, to the meaningful records, to the fun records, its his best since TES.

[4Corners]

The only time I listened firs titme through an Em album and felt disappointed were Encore and Relapse. Encore because it followed three classics, and was a huge let down after those amazing albums and because of the 4 TERRIBLE songs on there. Relapse because it was the firs time hearing him do an actual album in over 4 years, and it just wasn't as good as I was hoping for with the "Slim Shady is coming back on this album" hype going in, and because of the accents he ran straight into the ground.

I still main Encore is a decent album, with some GREAT songs and some TERRIBLE ones, and some solid ones. And Relapse is a solid album, with some great songs, a few really bad ones, some good songs and some filler songs, and whole lot of weird accents that only worked well on about 3 songs or so.

I still rate Encore a 3/5 and Relapse a 3.5/5

[SliK]

The only time I listened firs titme through an Em album and felt disappointed were Encore and Relapse. Encore because it followed three classics, and was a huge let down after those amazing albums and because of the 4 TERRIBLE songs on there. Relapse because it was the firs time hearing him do an actual album in over 4 years, and it just wasn't as good as I was hoping for with the "Slim Shady is coming back on this album" hype going in, and because of the accents he ran straight into the ground.

I still main Encore is a decent album, with some GREAT songs and some TERRIBLE ones, and some solid ones. And Relapse is a solid album, with some great songs, a few really bad ones, some good songs and some filler songs, and whole lot of weird accents that only worked well on about 3 songs or so.

I still rate Encore a 3/5 and Relapse a 3.5/5

This is almost exactly how I feel.

Oh, and MMLP2.

[Shady50]

The only time I listened firs titme through an Em album and felt disappointed were Encore and Relapse. Encore because it followed three classics, and was a huge let down after those amazing albums and because of the 4 TERRIBLE songs on there. Relapse because it was the firs time hearing him do an actual album in over 4 years, and it just wasn't as good as I was hoping for with the "Slim Shady is coming back on this album" hype going in, and because of the accents he ran straight into the ground.

I still main Encore is a decent album, with some GREAT songs and some TERRIBLE ones, and some solid ones. And Relapse is a solid album, with some great songs, a few really bad ones, some good songs and some filler songs, and whole lot of weird accents that only worked well on about 3 songs or so.

I still rate Encore a 3/5 and Relapse a 3.5/5

Haha seriously though, we share a lot of the same opinions.

[4Corners]

The only time I listened firs titme through an Em album and felt disappointed were Encore and Relapse. Encore because it followed three classics, and was a huge let down after those amazing albums and because of the 4 TERRIBLE songs on there. Relapse because it was the firs time hearing him do an actual album in over 4 years, and it just wasn't as good as I was hoping for with the "Slim Shady is coming back on this album" hype going in, and because of the accents he ran straight into the ground.

I still main Encore is a decent album, with some GREAT songs and some TERRIBLE ones, and some solid ones. And Relapse is a solid album, with some great songs, a few really bad ones, some good songs and some filler songs, and whole lot of weird accents that only worked well on about 3 songs or so.

I still rate Encore a 3/5 and Relapse a 3.5/5

This is almost exactly how I feel.

Oh, and MMLP2.

I disagree. I feel MMLP2 is a very good album, with only a couple weak songs, a couple filler, and the rest is either GREAT, really good, or good IMO. Especially if you take into account the bonus shit.

[Shady50]

I love Relapse, I love the accents.

First album I listened to and was disappointed was Encore and then Recovery after 1 week of the leak.

Tbh I loved Encore when it first came out. It wasn't as good as his first 3 albums, but I really did like it. Back then I was 12 and I thought shit like Rain Man and Big Weenie was hilarious. Now not so much lol. When Relapse came out I liked it a great deal, but the accents were killing it for me. I was very impressed with Recovery and I still think it's a great album for its emotional value. Not as good as MMLP2, but still a great album.

[4Corners]

The only time I listened firs titme through an Em album and felt disappointed were Encore and Relapse. Encore because it followed three classics, and was a huge let down after those amazing albums and because of the 4 TERRIBLE songs on there. Relapse because it was the firs time hearing him do an actual album in over 4 years, and it just wasn't as good as I was hoping for with the "Slim Shady is coming back on this album" hype going in, and because of the accents he ran straight into the ground.

I still main Encore is a decent album, with some GREAT songs and some TERRIBLE ones, and some solid ones. And Relapse is a solid album, with some great songs, a few really bad ones, some good songs and some filler songs, and whole lot of weird accents that only worked well on about 3 songs or so.

I still rate Encore a 3/5 and Relapse a 3.5/5

Haha seriously though, we share a lot of the same opinions.

My nigga....haha

For real though, I know I catch shit on here for this, but I do feel Recovery is better than Relapse. And I have since day 1 of hearing Recovery.

And before coming on here, I always felt Em fans thought Beautiful and Underground were two high points on Relapse, not here though. They are for me though. Beautiful, like I said earlier, and Undergrounds flow was undeniable. May not have been too great for lyrical content, but his flow was epic on that one.

I wouldn't be surprised if Rap God becomes an Underground type of complaint on here. A song with amazing flows, but lacking content.

[4Corners]

I love Relapse, I love the accents.

First album I listened to and was disappointed was Encore and then Recovery after 1 week of the leak.

Tbh I loved Encore when it first came out. It wasn't as good as his first 3 albums, but I really did like it. Back then I was 12 and I thought shit like Rain Man and Big Weenie was hilarious. Now not so much lol. When Relapse came out I liked it a great deal, but the accents were killing it for me. I was very impressed with Recovery and I still think it's a great album for its emotional value. Not as good as MMLP2, but still a great album.

The accents made the album drop about half a point for me at least. Had he only done it on 3AM, SSD, SWA, MBTG, and maybe Hello or something, it wouldn't have been nearly as bad. But he did it like 90% of the album.

I dug the accents on Drop the Bomb On Em though, love that song. And I dug the half accent, half normal style on Elevator, Music Box, Deja Vu though.

[Shady50]

I love Relapse, I love the accents.

First album I listened to and was disappointed was Encore and then Recovery after 1 week of the leak.

Tbh I loved Encore when it first came out. It wasn't as good as his first 3 albums, but I really did like it. Back then I was 12 and I thought shit like Rain Man and Big Weenie was hilarious. Now not so much lol. When Relapse came out I liked it a great deal, but the accents were killing it for me. I was very impressed with Recovery and I still think it's a great album for its emotional value. Not as good as MMLP2, but still a great album.

The accents made the album drop about half a point for me at least. Had he only done it on 3AM, SSD, SWA, MBTG, and maybe Hello or something, it wouldn't have been nearly as bad. But he did it like 90% of the album.

I dug the accents on Drop the Bomb On Em though, love that song. And I dug the half accent, half normal style on Elevator, Music Box, Deja Vu though.

Yeah I can tolerate the accents now, and Relapse is a very solid album. He just overdid the accents. I actually think the wordplay on Relapse may be better than Recovery, but like I said in my above post, I really appreciate the emotional value that Recovery had to offer.

[4Corners]

Side note.....

next Eminem album I want a song produced by Rick Rubin called FUCK CRITICS, sampling Jay Z on 99 Problems "Fuck critics, you can kiss my whole asshole".