Album should of ended with Temporary and Bad One should of been replaced with the 2chains track right before the jelly roll song just feels like a repeat of Arose (which was one of like 3 decent songs on revival)
The 2 chainz song was a bonus song that was only up on his site for a week. Also brand new dance is a shelved encore song.
The purpose is that's the album he wanted to make, I don't think there needs to be a universal purpose for someone to make an album. It's art, the artist should make what they want and we can decide if we like it or not. I don't think this is the big statement people were expecting it to be, it's just a loosely conceptual album
My guy needs to stop referencing Christopher Reeve in his songs. Still doing it in 2024 feels dated and corny as hell
Yeah but they all center around that song being used and the fact that 'slim shady' has been gone for so long
agreed and art is left to interpretation of the audience, when released to the public it is subject to review which to me my review is the album lacks purpose. I don’t think albums need a universal purpose but if I’m told that it’s a concept album, to take it in as a whole then its a completely fair assessment to say I understood it but found it lacking in purpose. It’s a weak effort by a rapper who has maintained a goat status while delivering 20+ years of music failing to live up to the hype of his glory years - it’s actually sad. It’s not a surprise though - rap is a young persons game and there are dozens of artists putting out work that trounces Marshall’s
Boy. I didn't like this at all. GC2 (one of the few good songs) is like in She Hulk when they make fun of how every Marvel project ends, knowing full well they're going to keep doing the same thing forever lol. Feels like 75% of this album is about Christoper Reeves, Jenner and transgenders and little people. Lord lol Pretty sure Tobey is the only song on this I'll ever listen to regularly. Felt like the longest album I've ever listened to
Just reading lyrics alone I already know this shit is gonna be trash to me which isn’t shocking cus it’s Eminem in 2024
Not ranking this album since I’ve only listened through a couple times so far (don’t care much for it, though) MMLP SSLP MMLP2 The Eminem Show Recovery Relapse Revival Kamikaze MTBMB Encore
Gave this another listen with headphones. Definitely some good moments on here, but still a lot of these lyrics make me eye roll. The concept is supposedly him reckoning with his past lyricism and killing that once and for all, but really it just feels like he wanted to have an excuse to have that shock value persona again. Like he wants to have his cake and eat it too. The Jelly Roll song actually grew on me on second listen, but as someone already said it's kinda the same conceptually as "Arose" from Revival. Just with a better hook. Renaissance, Fuel, Head Honcho, Guilty Conscience 2, Somebody Save Me, Houdini and Tobey are the standouts for me.
best/only good songs: tobey, fuel (largely for JID), the intro, some of guilty conscience 2, head honcho, temporary, somebody save me, 2 chainz verse on kyrie & luka
Listened to TDOSS twice and it definitely has some of his best flows on display even if some lyrics are lazy and low hanging fruit edgelord shit. Overall the production is also a big step up from the last few albums. Will see how it pans out within his discography. The Eminem Show MMLP MMLP2 SSLP Recovery Kamikaze MTBMB Relapse Revival Encore
guess i'll get it over with too tes/mmlp sslp recovery mtbmb mm2 infinite encore kamikaze revival relapse tdoss is likely ahead of revival but behind kamikaze, not totally sure and would rather not think too much about that
Im so surprised to see how many people are ranking MMLP2 highly. Aside from a few standout tracks, I just hated that era of production choices where it was like 80s rock samples constantly.