MMLP2 General Discussion

[ProdigalGe0]

Completely different vibes and sounds right there when you compare those sequences.

That...so its only a matter of personal taste both are great though

[Shuttle Destroyer]

Wicked Ways is awesome... it's not one of my favorites but it's definitely awesome.

It was getting a lot of hate earlier on

I think that Bad Guy-Parking Lot(skit)-Rhyme or Reason-So Much Better is Em's best opening sequence since The Eminem Show.

I fail to fully enjoy So Much Better
The lack of a bassline kills me
Funny verses and great hook though

[Never_Enough]

Em has always had classic openings.
The weakest opening was on Recovery, because of Talkin To Myself, but Cold Wind Blows and On Fire are some of my favorites Em tracks.
Even Encore has a sick opening.

[Notalius]

Cleaning out my closet is overrated. The last verse is what makes the song good.

and @N_E .. lol at Encore having a sick opening

[Satan]

Cleaning out my closet is overrated. The last verse is what makes the song good.

and @N_E .. lol at Encore having a sick opening

hav u eva been hayted or diskwiminated against

[Never_Enough]

Cleaning out my closet is overrated. The last verse is what makes the song good.

and @N_E .. lol at Encore having a sick opening

Evil Deeds, Never Enough, Yellow Brick Road and Like Toy Soldiers is a sick opening, if you ask me.

[shadyblogger]

Cleaning out my closet is overrated. The last verse is what makes the song good.

and @N_E .. lol at Encore having a sick opening

Evil Deeds, Never Enough, Yellow Brick Road and Like Toy Soldiers is a sick opening, if you ask me.

True. All of Eminem's albums have had great opening sequences. Might I add I love SSLP's opening songs.

[Notalius]

Cleaning out my closet is overrated. The last verse is what makes the song good.

and @N_E .. lol at Encore having a sick opening

Evil Deeds, Never Enough, Yellow Brick Road and Like Toy Soldiers is a sick opening, if you ask me.

god no .. evil deeds ? .. YBR still has his worst delivery and never enough is really nothing special

[Mr Change]

Cleaning out my closet is overrated. The last verse is what makes the song good.

and @N_E .. lol at Encore having a sick opening

Evil Deeds, Never Enough, Yellow Brick Road and Like Toy Soldiers is a sick opening, if you ask me.

god no .. evil deeds ? .. YBR still has his worst delivery and never enough is really nothing special

It's still a collection of some of the strongest on the album though

[Notalius]

Evil Deeds, Never Enough, Yellow Brick Road and Like Toy Soldiers is a sick opening, if you ask me.

god no .. evil deeds ? .. YBR still has his worst delivery and never enough is really nothing special

It's still a collection of some of the strongest on the album though

So you call evil deeds strong ? Even in comaprison with the other shit, it's still not good.

[Satan]

It's still a collection of some of the strongest on the album though

No, it's a collection of the easiest to listen to on the album.

[Never_Enough]

Cleaning out my closet is overrated. The last verse is what makes the song good.

and @N_E .. lol at Encore having a sick opening

Evil Deeds, Never Enough, Yellow Brick Road and Like Toy Soldiers is a sick opening, if you ask me.

god no .. evil deeds ? .. YBR still has his worst delivery and never enough is really nothing special

Evil Deeds has Em reflecting on fame, and the third verse has some of the realest lines he has ever written in his career:
"But life ain't a fairytale, I'm about to be hoisted up in the air
Forty feet below me, there's people everywhere
I don't even know why they feel like they know me cause I'm in this ferris wheel
And all I wanna do is go to the mall and take Hailie on the carousel
Without this crowd everywhere I go, but life is like a merry-go-round
Here we go now, doe-se-doe now, curtains up, the show must go
Now ring around the rosie, the show's over, you can all go home now
But the curtain just don't close for me, this ain't how fame is supposed to be
Where's the switch I could just turn off and on, this ain't what I chose to be
So please God, give me the strength to have what it takes to carry on
'til I pass 50 back the baton, the camera's on, my soul is gone"

Everything about that feels so true. That's really how Em felt at that time, and that's perfect for an opening.
Later in the track he makes it even more clear that he feels trapped in a character, that he has no soul, and that he isn't able to distinguish reality from fame anymore.
That's why, after that third verse, after we understood how he hates being famous and all that, he just screams "Detroit!" and goes on with the show, and just acts like nothing happened.
That's an amazing metaphor.

Then you got Never Enough, which is a good song. Not his best of course, but a good song, and it's the usual "Hey I'm back, did y'all miss me" track Em puts in every album he makes (I'm Back, Business/Square Dance, Hello, On Fire, Rhyme Or Reason). It's executed very well, it has a dope beat, and two really solid verses from Em and Fifty, plus an incredible hook by Nate Dogg.

Last but not least Yellow Brick Road:
I don't have any problems with its delivery. Aside from that, even if you don't like it, you have to consider the context in which that song was released. Em was accused of being racist and with that track he cleared everything up, while crafting a good piece of art at the same time.

I don't think I need to speak about Like Toy Soldiers. I believe pretty much every Em fan likes that song.



That's a pretty sick opening.

[Mr Change]

It's still a collection of some of the strongest on the album though

So you call evil deeds strong ? Even in comaprison with the other shit, it's still not good.

No I didn't. I said it's one of the strongest on the album.

[Satan]

Evil Deeds has Em reflecting on fame, and the third verse has some of the realest lines he has ever written in his career:
"But life ain't a fairytale, I'm about to be hoisted up in the air
Forty feet below me, there's people everywhere
I don't even know why they feel like they know me cause I'm in this ferris wheel
And all I wanna do is go to the mall and take Hailie on the carousel
Without this crowd everywhere I go, but life is like a merry-go-round
Here we go now, doe-se-doe now, curtains up, the show must go
Now ring around the rosie, the show's over, you can all go home now
But the curtain just don't close for me, this ain't how fame is supposed to be
Where's the switch I could just turn off and on, this ain't what I chose to be
So please God, give me the strength to have what it takes to carry on
'til I pass 50 back the baton, the camera's on, my soul is gone"

That has to be the most simplistic "I hate fame" verse ever. Anyone can write a verse like that. Anyone.

[slims]

"But life ain't a fairytale, I'm about to be hoisted up in the air
Forty feet below me, there's people everywhere
I don't even know why they feel like they know me cause I'm in this ferris wheel
And all I wanna do is go to the mall and take Hailie on the carousel
Without this crowd everywhere I go, but life is like a merry-go-round
Here we go now, doe-se-doe now, curtains up, the show must go
Now ring around the rosie, the show's over, you can all go home now
But the curtain just don't close for me, this ain't how fame is supposed to be
Where's the switch I could just turn off and on, this ain't what I chose to be
So please God, give me the strength to have what it takes to carry on
'til I pass 50 back the baton, the camera's on, my soul is gone"

Thats actually a pretty bad verse

I've been noticing how bad a lot of verses are on encore, I guess I never paid attention because I was so used to just listening to it.