OFFICAL **RELAPSE THREAD**

[voice23]

the record is sick//and let me say this..the lyrics are so well constructed and we hear the tone of a VET strait up but alot of the material didnt make me really say 'man how did he think of that'..some did though... I think Relapse 2 will have the real goods on it...think of Rabbit Run..Sing For The Moment//Stimulate//8 Mile Road//When I'm Gone//Lose Yourself//The Sauce//Nail in The Coffin// Em has made songs that give chills...I believe this is jus a warm up...an incredible 'look I can still compose lyrics intensely' warm up---Relapse 2 is gonna be the one--50 said Relapse is great..but Relapse to is Exciting--Swifty said its an atomic bomb...jus wait and see..Relapse 2 will blow our minds

[voice23]

I meant to type '50 said Relapse 2 is exciting'

[voice23]

jus think Relapse 2 might possibly have -Proof song--Elton John feature-DJ Premiere production and atomicbombness

[Ella]

dunno where to put this so im posting here...... im not making a new topic

We Made You is officialy no.1 in AUS.. that mofo better come here
&i saw a commercial of Relape on TV.. its still being released on May19...... damn

[slimsoxshady]

I meant to type '50 said Relapse 2 is exciting'

link?

[LegoArmo]

I'm on my 8th full listen through.

I've got to say this album is amazing, the lyrics, beats and flow are incredible.

It's grown from a 7/10 on first listen to close to a 9 now.

[dark456]

RELAPSE 2 WILL BE BETTER HE SAYS IT IN HIS LAST SONG!!!

"dre dig me up im down here....and he says to rebuild him n shit...." he was buried alive so dre dug him out and he started underground which will lead into relapse 2 100% no question about it

[Eckoo]

i dont know if anyone posted this but...here i go

Is it just me that em should freestyle more, becouse of that we got porbobly all the first 3 CD's....but now the only real thing was relaps freestyle, real rap, even that can't compare with older freestyles. I think now he's writing more so he gets realy good with Chrous i mean My Mom, Beautiful, Must be The Ganja, Underground is like Carmina Burana god damn...And don't get me wrong i still think he's the best that happend to rap even with Encore and Relapse.

Relaps
1.very cool skit and scary the best way he could do to go on 3am
2.3,4,5,6,7,7,8,89,-....
to all i can say are okey
the only ones that step out in my opinion are(i didn't wrote the numbers like the first is the best)
1. My Mom
2.Must Be The Ganja
3.Hello
4./songs that were relesed before relaps leaked
5.Beautiful
6.underground


Zucker im Kaffe is the best freestlye i ever heard, but that host could let him do his thing for i don't know 5 min?

[313]

1-Sobriety Test
2-Above The Influence
3-Vortex
4-Energetic E.
5-All Day Long
6-Revive Live
7-Keys To The City
8-The Clock skit
9-Give Me One Minute
10-Who Fell Off?!?
11-Cyanide
12-Symptoms
13-My Syllielable
14-Paul skit
15-Rakiminism
16-Released
17-War of The Words
18-Steve Berman skit
19-Atoms
20-Relapse Reaction
21-Expect This Forever

This is just rumor!

[Acid_M]

y'know what?

I've been listening to this shit for 4 days straight now and its already beginning to wear thin already (unlike the 1st three albums which i can still easily bump front to back today). I still think its a great album, but just by looking at some of the comments on this thread, I'm pretty sure some of you are overreacting to the fact that there's some new Em material to bump (but i guess its your opinion so whatever).

I've somewhat changed my opinion a bit, I'm thinking now that Relapse is actually just above average. Not bad by any means, but not as great as some of y'all are making it out to be.

The best thing about it is that its a CONCEPT album, basically just covering the whole drug problem/relapse/rehab/last 5 year shit for him BUT i think its deeply lacking in subject matter. Lyrically it is pretty ill, but there is some really dumb rhymes ("Locked in Mariah's wine cellar, all i had for lunch...." - that shits just stupid) plus i know its been mentioned plenty but the accent does fuck a lot of shit up. Same Song & Dance, Hello, 3 AM, Bagpipes and Old Times' Sake could really do without the accent, it would have been a drastic improvement.

There is no question that Dre's beats are all plain FIRE non-stop, besides Old Time's Sake i think every beat is damn-near perfect.

Here's whats been confusing me though: some of you have been rating this shit above SSLP and Infinite? Are you shitting me???? I usually dont include Infinite in Em's studio albums (coz it was just an EP but lyrically, there are very few albums that can touch that shit)

1. The Eminem Show
2. Marshall Mathers LP
3. Slim Shady LP
4. Infinite
(these 4 are all basically on the same level, there is a very small gap between them all)

5. Relapse
6. Encore
(big big big big gap between these 2)

Think about this - I would say that TES, MMLP and SSLP were pretty FULL of classics from start to finish.
Encore had 2 classics - Mockingbird and Toy Soldiers.
Relapse has 3 classics - Underground, Beautiful and Deja Vu.

Dont get me wrong I still think Relapse is miles ahead of Encore, it just doesnt touch his earlier shit.

Re-review:

01. Dr. West (Skit)
02. 3 AM (3 Stars)
accent kills it, otherwise it would have been incredible
03. My Mom (3 Stars)
heard it all before. Hook is terrible.
04. Insane (4 Stars)
Honestly, this shit is pretty immature. Sounds like something bizarre would do, but it still is funny as fuck
05. Bagpipes from Baghdad (2 Stars)
dont know what the hype is about. I like the beat, thats about it
06. Hello (3 Stars)
accent, accent, accent. Otherwise its pretty tight
07. Tonya (Skit)
08. Same Song & Dance (3.5 Stars)
In terms of subject matter Stay Wide Awake is basically the same song except done a lot better. Beat is off the wall on this tho.
09. We Made You (3 Stars)
Y'all already know
10. Medicine Ball (3 Stars)
That first verse is FLAMES, the rest is meh.
11. Paul (Skit)
12. Stay Wide Awake (5 Stars)
Fuckin love it. Wish there was no accent but technically, this song is pretty much perfect. The beat sounds like something Vakill would spit over.
13. Old Times Sake (2 Stars)
leftover shit.
14. Must be the Ganja (4.5 Stars)
Why all the hate?? Theres no accent on here as far as i can tell. This is fuckin raw imo. One of the best songs on the album. That 2nd verse? ridiculous isht
15. Mr. Mathers (Skit)
16. Deja Vu (5 Stars)
classic
17. Beautiful (5 Stars)
classic.
18. Crack A Bottle (3 Stars)
19. Steve Berman (Skit)
20. Underground (5 Stars)
classic.

Overall: 3.5 Stars

/end rant

[Epidemik]

lol u guys are helarious..
anyway.. album is dope.. it seems like everyone has a different favortie song than the next guy... which is a good thing btw, lots of variety to please the masses

[LegoArmo]

I think it's a very consistent album, which is a good thing. I struggled to pick my favourites.

[mcZu]

lmao well Xray you're pretty much alone in your feelings about the album.

Even on hardcore rap forums who normally hate on em, 95% of them are praising nearly every track as genius.

If you don't like the album... Well, you don't - You've said so. So why keep coming back into the thread.

He's not alone, imo Relapse could have been way better. It isn't an album I'll be bumping for months, more like for weeks. Where as Beautiful and Underground will be on my playlist for along time, imo those two songs are the only good ones on the whole album. The rest is decent, lyrically written very well, however the content is what this album is lacking (except for the songs mentioned above).

And about the hardcore rap forums you are visiting, the ones who are praising Em's album are Em fans themselfs. I've read alot of reviews on Relapse and pretty much alot of people agree with me.

Not that it's trash, it aint, however it isn't that special you people make it ought to be.
I just hope Relapse 2 will be much better.

[achipe]

-great songs : Underground, Stay wide awake, Déja vu, Beautiful, Insane, 3 am.
-good songs : Bagpipes from Baghdad, Hello, Same song and dance, my mom, medecine ball, old time's sake
-average songs : Crack a bottle, we made you, must be the ganja.

Slim shady's back and he's on top.

Relapse is a great album

[AbramIsaac]

I can't say much but that I loved the album.

And, like I posted in the Underground thread, I think he disses Haystak subliminally, and that's just the way to do it. Keep that bastard from getting any more undue attention, and STILL disrespect him.

And Dr. West was the greatest album intro since the Slim Shady EP.