i like the taking it back to the old house, I just hope it musically it delivers in that vein
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Rapmastermind
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Also Em just isn't in the same place. During that time he was still trying to get respect though SSLP was a success, people felt he was too "MTV" at the time. "MMLP" 1st single didn't help matters but the rest of the album he really got props from Hip Hop heads cause of his lyricism. He's just a different person now. I don't get the point of this MMLP gimmick he's doing but I hope the album is good.
the gimmick is working, breh, after recovery there really wasnt any buzz surrounding this dude. Naming it MMLP2 has definitely changed that.
shyt, its working on me
this is probably the only thing he could have done to get me to anticipate his next drop
My interpretation of the whole return to the MMLP concept really stems from the fact that he has the 3 personas within his music.
Slim shady is his "shadow" if you wanna take it to philosphy, that's who he created to give voice to his darkness, eminem is the RAPPER/ARTIST...Marshall is the actual person pulling the strings on the whole dance between the two.
The original MMLP was him revealing himself beyond the shock value and MTV appeal that the slim shady persona had managed to cultivate. When he was JUST rapping (infinite is an "eminem" album) nobody was really interested, hence the song "marshall mathers". The person that sat and watched all of this unfold finally spoke up and gave his perspective on all of it.
The whole "comeback" process after encore kind of mirrors that whole confusion of who he was and where he wanted to go with his sound. Shady showed back up and spazzed out on relapse...eminem came through on recovery to do the "just rapping" thing and now that he's allowed himself some time to grieve I think he's ready to speak for HIMSELF again.
It's why the theme to berserk, however you feel about it's execution is really centered around his influences, the beasties in particular really put that spark in him to do this, LL is a huge influence on him as well. This album is about him feeling at home again.
I could just be talking out my ass, but it sound good
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Saysumthinfunnymike
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I see no issue with having a loyal fanbase though. There are a million white people who will buy Em and nothing else hip-hop related. Been that way for years. I'd be shocked if this album doesn't go at least 2x plat.What did Recovery end up doing?
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My interpretation of the whole return to the MMLP concept really stems from the fact that he has the 3 personas within his music.
Slim shady is his "shadow" if you wanna take it to philosphy, that's who he created to give voice to his darkness, eminem is the RAPPER/ARTIST...Marshall is the actual person pulling the strings on the whole dance between the two.
The original MMLP was him revealing himself beyond the shock value and MTV appeal that the slim shady persona had managed to cultivate. When he was JUST rapping (infinite is an "eminem" album) nobody was really interested, hence the song "marshall mathers". The person that sat and watched all of this unfold finally spoke up and gave his perspective on all of it.
The whole "comeback" process after encore kind of mirrors that whole confusion of who he was and where he wanted to go with his sound. Shady showed back up and spazzed out on relapse...eminem came through on recovery to do the "just rapping" thing and now that he's allowed himself some time to grieve I think he's ready to speak for HIMSELF again.
It's why the theme to berserk, however you feel about it's execution is really centered around his influences, the beasties in particular really put that spark in him to do this, LL is a huge influence on him as well. This album is about him feeling at home again.
I could just be talking out my ass, but it sound good
Knaw that's a good breakdown. I did kinda feel he was re-doing what he did on his 1st 3 albums with these last 3 but in reverse ordering.
Relapse = SSLP
Recovery = TES
MMLP2 = MMLP
Yea definitely a solid description. IDK what I would classify Encore as though, maybe Eminem persona but idk lol.
I look at encore as a collision of all 3 trying to fight for space which in the end just burned him out. You got him still trying to work that aftermath formula with the goofy shyt and seemingly being fed up with it, yet all people want is MORE.
After the curtains come up Evil Deeds comes on, and right away the album is tense and desperate, he want's to chill out, TES was kind of a play on the truman show so what's the aftermath of all that? It's back to confusion/distortion. I honestly don't think he wanted to put that album out, which is why some of the tracks, especially the slim shady oriented ones were just him goofing off.
I'm not saying that he wasn't tapped/tired or that he couldn't have put out a better album but the problem wasn't lack of skill, it was lack of interest, his heart wasn't in it and he says so on the first track.
I think he started to understand how much he was being used, 50 even hinted at how people at the label would talk shyt about him behind his back while he was feeding everybody with his presence...curtain call comes out and he "kills shady" in video...and then he just up's and disappears?
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CapitalOne
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4x plat
What did Recovery end up doing?
10 million worldwide
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Well I think there's no doubt he can still hit on that crazy/dark content (see Relapse), but IDK that that's necessary. He wasn't rapping about "crazy shyt" on TES and there were some amazing songs on there. But I think the voice absolutely needs to be more normal in order to have any chance of being great, I can't stand all the annoying things he has been doing with his voice the last 2 albums. I'm not getting my hopes up at all though.
i wasn't worried about the album until he named it MMLP2, he knows he gotta bring it though...hopefully it's completely different than Recovery which i enjoyed. but i want it to be harder and way more hip hop