College Wolf wrote:I'm not gonna lie, I am really liking the new Eminem cd. Anyone else?
It gets back to his awesome raps and rhymes, rather than some of the "pop" rap that he has made in the past.
Good stuff, imo.
Overall I like Relapse. I hate songs like "We Made You" and "Crack A Bottle," he just writes those to market to the stupid people. It's so annoying when he goes into his "wierd al yankovic" voice and makes pop culture references that are easily 4 or 5 years old.....just plain garbage.
Other songs on the album like "3am" and "Insane" are good as far as flow and beats go, but I just think that he's trying way too hard to convince us that he's crazy or hard. On "Insane" he talks very lightly almost in a humorous way of how he was molested by his stepfather as a child. A bit or a case of too much information.
However, the last half of the album is pretty damn good. I think the best songs are "Deja Vu" and "Beautiful." On these tracks he loses the phony sarcastic voice and actually has some pretty deep/meaningful lyrics. My favorite track is Deja Vu...I wish Em would make most of his album like this rather than just a couple songs. Deja Vu really tackles the subject of his addiction and when his friend proof was murdered. ---
Wouldn't even be takin' this shit if DeShaun didn't die
Oh yeah, there's an excuse you lose Proof so you use
There's new rules, it cool if it's helpin' you to get through
It's twelve noon, ain't no harm in self-inducin' a snooze
What else is new? Fuck it what would Elvis do in your shoes?
I'd give the album an 8 out of 10. This is way better than his lat album, Encore, but I just wish he didn't dilute his stuff with the handful of garbage tracks like "we made you."
Excellent, excellent analysis! A major Howl to you. I'd also tend to agree with most of what you said. When I first saw the "3AM" music video, I was like "wtf is this???" But now when just listening to the song, the beats and production is actually quite great. That video is still freakin whack though. It's definitely the "Saw" of music videos. Crazy. I didn't know what to think about "Insane" either. Definitely a case of TMI, but still a solid song production-wise.
"We Made You" is just garbage and by far the worst song on the album. I listened to it twice (had to give it a second chance) and haven't listened since then. I always just skip it.
As you said, the second half of the album is great though. I think "Beautiful" is my favorite song, followed closely by "Deja Vu" and another one that I can't remember the title right this second.
Overall it's solid though. It will be interesting to see what the "Relapse II" or whatever he calls it is like that is supposedly coming out this fall? One thing about Relapse though is that I wish there would have been more Dre appearances...
