Busta Rhymes Ft. Eminem - Calm Down (YOUTUBE LINK)

[Him Shadow]

Let's be honest. If this would've came out in 2010/2011 you guys would hate it

Why?

Because it sounds like a verse from that time period (at least to me) that most people around here shit on. (Throw It Up, Richard, Numb, Roman's Revenge, etc)

lol it sounds nothin' like 2010/2011 and if he released a verse like this back than we would actually lose our minds

[College Dropout]

Disappointed. Horrible beat and boring song overall.
Em>Busta though, but the latter is washed up anyway so...

[csw621]

i wish em would just read his lines instead of trying to rap every bar in a different fucking character

[Kahleb]

ITT: People who overhyped this song and can't deal with their expectations being crushed.

I liked this song a lot. I think this song will be a grower for most people. If you don't like it, I respect that. But you can't tell me Busta and Em didn't go hard on this shit.

[slims]

This sucked. I had way too many expectations because of all the hype. The beat was mediocre and, like someone else said, the production seems unfinished.

I was expecting them to, literally, rap battle it out--not this wack ish.

The key is to never let rappers and producers get to you. They all talk up their shit. And don't let yourself get fooled...

this, tbh.

[Shuttle Destroyer]

PLS READ THE FOLLOWING

The Youtube link is not up anymore, at least to me
I don't wanna read the posts cause I don't want no spoilers lol
Can someone PM me a link to at least listen to it, please?
Thanks in advance

[slims]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cklwGaNKMCo

[Emperor]

The Abraham Lincoln part really reminds me of the "Prostitute and a brand new car" part of Criminal. Anyone complaining about his use of different voices seems to be forgetting he's always done that

[James Deuce]

Told everyone multiple times that this would be trash, got bashed for my thought.

When will you slobs learn? Current Eminem is generally pretty awful.

[The Shady Virus]

People, leave your expectations out.

Reading comments on all the hiphop\rap sites to see what people think and how they feel about it. I have determined that everything Marshall releases is put under a microscope and the feedback is always the same. 50/50 or close to it.

I feel like Em is always experimenting. His whole career has been a big experiment for the most part. Without experimentation, you cannot grow. His music is always different from what everyone else is doing, and rarely sounds like anything before it from him.

We set expectations, but how can they be met when we don't really know what to expect?

The internet hypes everything up way more than it should be, resulting in fueling unrealistic expectations. In the early 2000's, music was marketed very differently, and a lot of music came from nowhere. No expectations were set, and you interpreted the music differently. Now, they hype up a song for 7-8 months before it comes out. Years for an album.

Detox is dead. Yes, it's true. The internet killed Detox. Blame Al Gore. If he didn't single handily invent the internet, Detox would exist.

Not like I have a real argument or flow here, I'm just pretty high and stating my observations.

The same thing that helped Marshall rise to fame, is now hurting him. Multiple personalities and a wide range of sound. People generally only like certain parts of his catalogue. Certain styles, certain content, certain flows, deliveries, etc. Slim Shady Vs Marshall Vs Eminem. No matter what he put's out, Only a certain amount of his fan base will like it. It's either too commercial, or too choppy, or too many fast food references, etc. It is impossible to make a song that will be loved by everyone, especially when you are sitting on multiple classic albums, touched on just about everything you can, and experimented musically in every way imaginable.

Eminem is one of those artists that you cannot put expectations on.

I like to bring up young Hov with this subject. His approach is a little different. Usually he delivers what we expect. Hot trendy beats with the same flows\deliveries we are used to. Never strays too far from the formula, but does change his content up by adding art references and other cool grown up shit. Whatever. I dig the shit out of it the first couple listens, but then it looses it's replay value pretty quickly. Not trying to take anything away from Mr. Carter, but he's not putting out anything worth writing home about. He's got one hell of a Marketing team though. Oh, and he rarely hypes his shit up. If it's hyped up, it's because Rick Ross and his other half DJ Khaled have him featured on some bull shit. MCHG came from nowhere. MMLP2 was a pretty quick rollout and surprise as well. Element of surprise should be more popular. I'm tired of hearing rappers talk about how "classic" their album is 8 months before the shit even drops.

I have basically forgot what the fuck my point was or where I was going with this so I'm done typing.

[Mr Evil]

Told everyone multiple times that this would be trash, got bashed for my thought.

When will you slobs learn? Current Eminem is generally pretty awful.

No, he's not

[yoda you can call me]

Listened to it for the first time in a few hours, I love both verses

Completely agree. They both go hard. The track is fire

[xYnDart]

Good track, they both went in.

[rapaddict92]

im liking the track. i had my expectations really low. so i can see why some ppl dont like it. the verses were dope imo. the beat grew on me the second listen.

[HeySamantha]

lmfao some lines of Em's cracked me up. I love when he does mock-voices. He sounds very.. Shady.