Albums Eminem - REVIVAL (Discussion Thread)

[winb83]

Kingdom Come and HHID are not great albums by any means, but both have bangers too. There are no bangers on Revival. Neither Jay nor Nas have ever spit any lines as cringe-worthy as the dozens of lines on Revival.

Both albums have skippers for sure, and even a few awkward songs (Hollywood on Kingdom Come for example) but nothing as cringey as at least a third (being generous too) of Revival.No matter how much you hate KC or HHID, you probably enjoy at least 5 joints on each unless you really hate Jay and Nas.There are not 5

Your booty is heavy duty like diarrhea? I gotta met her like a taxi? Twist it ma, like an air conditioner knob?

C'mon Em. So many other bad lines too. It reminds of of when Nelly said "You ain't from Russia, so bytch why you rushin'?"

The lines are supposed to be corny. It's a goofy song purposely full of corny and cheesy lines. It's like somebody tells a dad joke deliberately and you're seriously evaluating it on a critical level.

 

[Deltron]

The lines are supposed to be corny. It's a goofy song purposely full of corny and cheesy lines. It's like somebody tells a dad joke deliberately and you're seriously evaluating it on a critical level.

what about those other shytty punchlines?

 

[Jimmy Two-Times™]

This is the latest info I found on how much this album sold. 323K, Em tried to do a full commercial album, and still ended up not selling well

in the US alone. Worldwide artists usually do double that overseas combined.

In total Em's probably closer to platinum by now and definitely past gold status.

Look at his sales for Germany, Australia, Japan, UK and the Netherlands and you'll get a better indication of his sales as those are the largest music consumers outside the US

 

[winb83]

what about those other shytty punchlines?

I guess we see if differently. I see Eminem as a Weird Al Yankovic type parody rapper that occasionally tries to make serious music and wants to be taken seriously sometimes but is really in his best element when he's being corny and goofy and rapping about dumb shyt that's not to be taken seriously.

Are Nas and Jay-Z ever gonna make a track like Rain Man? Why would somebody compare an artist that makes a song like that to Nas or Jay?

 

[Deltron]

I guess we see if differently. I see Eminem as a Weird Al Yankovic type parody rapper that occasionally tries to make serious music and wants to be taken seriously sometimes but is really in his best element when he's being corny and goofy and rapping about dumb shyt that's not to be taken seriously.

Are Nas and Jay-Z ever gonna make a track like Rain Man? Why would somebody compare an artist that makes a song like that to Nas or Jay?

Em would with that comparison. His #1 priority was always to be taken seriously on the mic.

 

[GoldenGlove]

Why would anybody who posts on a hiphop message board continue to listen to this album months after release? You're supposed to be the demographic of hiphop fan that knows where to get good music at.

 

[Baka's Weird Case]

Kingdom Come and HHID are not great albums by any means, but both have bangers too. There are no bangers on Revival. Neither Jay nor Nas have ever spit any lines as cringe-worthy as the dozens of lines on Revival.

Both albums have skippers for sure, and even a few awkward songs (Hollywood on Kingdom Come for example) but nothing as cringey as at least a third (being generous too) of Revival.No matter how much you hate KC or HHID, you probably enjoy at least 5 joints on each unless you really hate Jay and Nas.There are not 5

Your booty is heavy duty like diarrhea? I gotta met her like a taxi? Twist it ma, like an air conditioner knob?

C'mon Em. So many other bad lines too. It reminds of of when Nelly said "You ain't from Russia, so bytch why you rushin'?"

holy shyt i forgot this one
reminds me of some of lil waynes worst work in the early 2010s
"smoke so much smokey the bear need to bear with us"

 

[swerve]

1. "The Prelude
2. "Oh My God"
3. "Kingdom Come"
4. "Show Me What You Got"
5. "Lost One" (featuring Chrisette Michele)
6. "Do U Wanna Ride" (featuring John Legend)
7. "30 Something"
8. "I Made It"
9. "Anything" (featuring Usher and Pharrell)
10. "Hollywood" (featuring Beyoncé)
11. "Trouble"
12. "Dig a Hole" (featuring Sterling Simms)
13. "Minority Report" (featuring Ne-Yo)
14. "Beach Chair" (featuring Chris Martin)

All songs above are MAX 2/5. I dont think I have bumped any of them in 12 years

1. "Money Over Bullshyt" L.E.S., Wyldfyer 4:16
2. "You Can't Kill Me" L.E.S., Al West 3:14
3. "Carry on Tradition" Scott Storch 3:49
4. "Where Are They Now" Nas, Salaam Remi 2:44
5. "Hip Hop Is Dead" (featuring will.i.am) will.i.am 3:45
6. "Who Killed It?" Salaam Remi, will.i.am 3:10
7. "Black Republican" (featuring Jay-Z) L.E.S., Wyldfyer 3:45
8. "Not Going Back" (featuring Kelis) Stargate 4:09
9. "Still Dreaming" (featuring Kanye West and Chrisette Michele) Kanye West 3:37
10. "Hold Down the Block" Mark Batson 3:58
11. "Blunt Ashes" Chris Webber 4:03
12. "Let There Be Light" (featuring Tre Williams) Kanye West, Devo Springsteen*, Paul Cho* 4:28
13. "Play on Playa" (featuring Snoop Dogg) Scott Storch 3:33
14. "Can't Forget About You" (featuring Chrisette Michele) will.i.am 4:34
15. "Hustlers" (featuring The Game and Marsha Ambrosius) Dr. Dre 4:06
16. "Hope" (featuring Chrisette Michele) L.E.S., Nas, Alexander "Spanador" Mosely 3:05

This is not as bad

Still Dreaming, Blunt ashes and Hope are 3/5. Rest is basura. Hearing Jay on Black Republican being happy about finally making a song with Nas is

 

[winb83]

Em would with that comparison. His #1 priority was always to be taken seriously on the mic.

Then he should have never went down the comedy lane with My Name Is. His fate was sealed when he first blew up. Casual rap fans who skim the music take him seriously but people who go deeper know even if he is talented at rhyming he’s not a serious artist and it gets awkward when he tries to go serious.

 

[Deltron]

Then he should have never went down the comedy lane with My Name Is. His fate was sealed when he first blew up. Casual rap fans who skim the music take him seriously but people who go deeper know even if he is talented at rhyming he’s not a serious artist and it gets awkward when he tries to go serious.

he didn't want to it was all interscope, still is all interscope, apparently.

 

[Mike the Executioner]

"Walk on Water"
Ed Sheeran's hook on "River"
The hook on "Untouchable" (I just like singing it)

Those are the only things that are redeemable about this album.

 

[Tetris v2.0]

After the smoke cleared, Castle is really the only moment of classic Em on here. The concept was smart and well executed. The beat worked and even though it was a sung chorus, it didn't feel overly forced or saccharine. It wasn't corny which is saying a lot!

 

[BK The Great]

he's back to making pop music again

 

[Slystallion]

he's back to making pop music again

Thought that was Chewbacca

 

[I love Latina women]

Listening to this album now

You can tell Eminem was trying to experiment with flows and rhyming over different beats but the thing is, he sounds like he's following trends with biting other rappers' flows