Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2 ALBUM REVIEW
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- Опубліковано 10 лис 2013
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It's actually not that bad...
What did you think of this album? Love it? Hate it? Why? What should I review next, eh?
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FAV TRACKS: BAD GUY, ASSHOLE, BERZERK, BRAINLESS, SO FAR..., LOVE GAME FT. KENDRICK LAMAR, HEADLIGHTS FT. NATE RUESS, EVIL TWIN
LEAST FAV TRACK: STRONGER THAN I WAS
EMINEM - THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP 2 / 2013 / HARDCORE HIP HOP, POP RAP / SHADY RECORDS
7/10
Y'all know this is just my opinion, right?
SHOUTOUTS!
BURPS: • Video
I tripped on LSD a couple of nights ago and I saw you reviewing my life. You gave it a strong 6
💀
You had a better life than mbdtf so congrats
Lmfao this 8 year old comment
@@aqua5306 classic
💀💀💀
Melon: "I cringe at people calling other people faggots"
Also Melon: Has The Chronic prominently displayed in the background
"in public forums"
Hecking Bamboozled The Chronic was a public forum, Suge Knight let all of us into Death Row Records just to yell slurs for some reason
for credibility to show that he “knows hip hop”
@@capalottyslimalini2878 Boy, you are something else.
you can't respect good music while also disliking when the artist is openly hateful? someone tell the black metal crowd
I don't know why people are complaining about the score, a 7 is pretty high for Anthony's standards.
I know people are complaining that this got such of a high score.
Lmfao yes
bc he gives lil pump a 7 too
@@love_amiguel4129 damn people still upset about that?
@Obsidian YT the two 7's aren't comparable though. Pump received a seven for making a satisfyingly fun trap rap record, Eminem received a seven for creating a record that did rather well to recapture what made his first couple of albums so fantastic. It doesn't mean he thinks Lil Pump can rap better or anything like that, it just means that both albums did a relatively good job at what they were trying to accomplish. Different standards
Bad Guy is Eminem in beast mode
I like how it was a sequel to one of his greatest hits, Stan
+Jules Winfield same. I was really surprised he actually makes a good follow up to a thought provoking track.
i could only shake my head when he said he was struggling to assimilate and get into the character, personally i did completely, it took me as soon as i heard it, still love it to the day.
The last verse on Bad Guy was one of the best verses he's spit in a while
No not beast mode, regular-human mode.
"Legacy has a very basic rhyme scheme"
Eminem literally kept the same triple rhyme scheme throughout all 3 verses. Every line rhymes with each other.
True
My thought exactly! It was one of the better songs on the album too.
I think Fantano was talking about the chorus in particular. In which case he's right.
this is why this man's opinion over hip hop and music in general is personnally taken as seriously as my dog's barkings at his tail.
Ghali Farouk Sekkat racist
grabthony nutstano here.
EdFTWin h
Michael Watson already commented that
EdFTWin Stealing comments, wow.
When I first listened to MMLP2 I thought it was just "mehh.."
But the more I listen to it, the more I enjoy it. I think it's a solid 8/10.
A R solid 8
It definitely is a solid 8
A light 9
Dude i give it 10/10 the 8 is for rap god alone
i give it a 9/10
Headlights was probably one of Eminems BEST songs ever. It does what it wanted to do. Stayed true.
Bad guy also
And so does nathan yo!
@@sanatoriumnugget6598
Cuz now I know its not your fault, and I'm not making Jokes...
Melon: "Legacy has such basic rhymes..."
Eminem in legacy: "Diabolical - Die a ball licker"
Ok.????
@@yeatsugi that's not the only good thing tho. He keeps the same rhyme scheme throughout the whole song.
@@MuhammadSalman7236 great
Wolftank 😂
@@isaiahbray9312 he is just a clown
When a guy raises the bar so high in lyricism that a critic will completely discredit a whole song simply because of 1 line he/she didn't like...
which song
It is a very reptitive chorus. You hear those bad lines over & over
Shiran Turgeman 99.9% of all choruses are repetitive. Hence the term
il100374 But this is extreme
Shiran Turgeman Not really lol but okay
Back when Anthony thought Kanye was done
And when he liked Eminem. Different times.
He's still done lol
Look at melon, all that joy and excitement in his eyes, if only he were to know what came next.
Top ten worst foreshadows of all time
Lol his revival review is amazing 😂
Tbf Eminem seemingly was onto a strong recovery in MMLP2 and he just dropped the ball hard. Like, sure MTBMB was better than revival and kamikaze but like - it’s still not close for MMLP2, let alone his original trilogy.
Bad Guy is the best song on this album IMO
Ed win Brainless
Groundhog Day
No bad guy for me
Lol why is this even a debate lol , only legacy might stand a chance
I like Bad Guy and Legacy for the songs themselves, Asshole and Rap God for technical abilities. Such an underrated album though, almost every track is fire
"I sit in front of my computer all day and comment on everything. I'm an expert on everything, everything sucks, play the next song"
lul best reference ever
OH MY FUCKING GOD!!! HAHAHAHAHA
Stazi Gram LOL Em fans like are the worst. If you don't like Eminem, you automatically like Drake or Lil Wayne. You guys are the reason why Em is so shitty nowadays because you keep liking all the bullshit he makes no matter how deeply awful it is
It's called a generalization. I'm not talking about every single one you 15 year old.
Amazing come back
I personally think Relapse was really good.
It's Vitrify Same here.
Noah Bin Ladin whiney?
Noah Bin Ladin you referring to his accents?
It's Vitrify it is very good
It's Vitrify I liked it somewhat, way better than recovery and mmlp2
This is his most slept on album its my favorite
Mine too
It's my favorite too lol
3rd favorite for me, after TES and the original MMLP. It's really good, and like you said, it's extremely slept on, but I can't see why. This album is loaded!
@@Dolorosakil Relapse is conceptually his best album to me because it sticks to a concept throughout
@@matthewdowling6549 I share the same opinion. For me it’s TES show and MMLP 1 and 2 tied for second place. This album is amazing.
This album lyrically was amazing. The bonus tracks alone just show that Em is still hungrt and still a force to be wreckin' with.
Best bonus track of any album
Groundhog Day best song on the album.
Reckoned *
It's sad to see where we are now tho
@@ivancaceres5371 mmlp2 was his last good album
-Fruit Loops (7/10)
-Cookie Crisp (10/10)
-Cinnamon Toast Crunch (8/10)
IT'S MY OPINION DON'T HATE
I agreeeeee
Strictly Music Nah, Fruit Loops 7/10, Cookie Crisp 6/10, Cinnamon Toast Crunch 10/10
x7ekz NO IT IS NOT YOU LIAR
CINNAMON TOAST CRUNCH IS GOAT
+Strictly Music WTF!!!! COOKIE CRISP HIGHER THAN CINAMON TOAST CRUNCH???? WTF U DIDNT TAKE IN THE TEXTURE
04:17 - Bad Guy
Parking Lot (skit)
08:03 - Rhyme or Reason
07:42 - So Much Better
05:49 - Survival
06:32 - Legacy
06:22 - Asshole
09:37 - Berzerk
09:37 - Rap God
Brainless
08:31 - Stronger Than I Was
The Monster
10:26 - So Far...
10:56 - Love Game
08:56 - Headlights
11:19 - Evil Twin
THANK YOU
Just didn’t mention Brainless 🥲
Why is infinite so underrated? Its great.
@Nuno Herdeiro revival is a god damn masterpiece
Bob Adness Definitely not
@@bobadness9964 thank you!
Bob Adness is not a master piece but it is underrated and slept on
It's very difficult to listen to the album, but infinite the song is one of Eminem's best
I personally love all of Eminem's albums.
I'm just a Stan.
Jordan Mamba same exept encore,i just can't like it😧😧😧
Jordan Mamba I almost like all of them except for relapse
Carmine Vinepal and now except for revival :(
I can't believe that Recovery got shit I really liked Recovery
Jordan Mamba
Even encore?
if you think it's shit you ain't really listened to it
I listened to it its shit.
Silly haters
Sameh M Just because we pointed out its shit doesnt mean we are haters. stop being a fuck boy
^Exactly. Dude got us all excited for nothing, just more commercial bullshit for the radio. Fucking sellout.
I listened to it twice. Its SHIT. I listen to a lot of music. This was one of the most disappointing albums of the year. LISTEN TO IT YOURSELF. Just because someone else said it was good doesn't mean it's good. Most people in the world are ignorant anyway.
1:58 proof Anthony doesn't wear pants in his videos
I never knew lots of people didn't enjoy recovery. I loved the album so much , the depressing tone to his life, and then the hard songs put together. I thought it was an amazing album.
Grabthony Nutstano
Michael Watson ohthony fucktano here
Grabthony Sacktano
Evil twin = track of the year
I gotta give it to Wicked Ways, personally.
third verse on bad guy though?
Right on
2nd verse of Evil Twin is the best verse I've heard in many years
Best song of the year? 2013 was jam packed for hip hop. You must not listen to a lot of hip hop music.
It's weird seeing him being excited for an eminem album
What hurts me is that he calls recovery bad
Recovery's the 3rd worst on average among people, below encore and revival. Three or four good songs in there though
@@EVO6- nopeee
E
@RiceGum 2 You unironically like Ricegum. Your opinion doesn't count.
@@heckingbamboozled8097 Well recovery is pretty good tho
Hecking Bamboozled tru tru
You seemed to not like the song Legacy because of the rhyming scheme. Here is a quote from Eminem
"I don’t know if anyone will get this, like this is super-nerdy, but the rhyming words in that song never change. And that’s just one of the things that I do to try to challenge myself. I wanted to try to make a whole song where the rhyming words never changed."
Are you related to Mathew Santoro?
mrrison98 ?
omg lmao
No he's related to Vsauce
Interesting (sincerely) how Fantano actually praises Em for his “unapologetically corny bars” in this review, yet condemns him for it in 2021. I guess he’s just fed up by the corn at this point, which is understandable. I personally enjoy some silly similes as long as they come from my good friend Marshall
I feel like Eminem never released Revival and Kamikaze, he’d appreciate MTBMB a lot more
Same I love em
Some people just have different tolerances for what they consider to be cringey, and go in and out of albums with certain expectations. Sometimes to make a point and discourage a trend, he'll lower certain album's cores when others who are less musically literate wouldn't have found an issue with them.
That’s because it’s just getting embarrassing now. Em is bad now. No substance, no point to his lyrics. Darkness” was a glimpse of genius that we all love from Em, but as a fan I have to be honest and honestly his flow and lyrics is tiresome anymore
“FED UP”?? By the “CORN”??? Bro is that a double?!
This comment section is cancer
RIP Harambe We're in Stan country down here.
Your username is cancer. Foh dead meme.
-This- every comment section is cancer.
Zack Snyder truly
Eminem is a better rapper in the technical sense but Kanye makes better albums, is a much better producer and overall just a more creative and diverse musician, I know Fantano doesn't like Kanye but he's right about how Eminem has trouble with being immature.
Yeezus was a much better album because it wasn't filled with cringe-worthy poppy singing choruses and beats that sound like they were made by a 14-year-old in FL Studio.
Yeezus was terrible. It had maybe 3 good songs on it.Don't even give me that bullshit that it was "innovative" either. He done the same thing deathgrips has been doing.
"I got a problem yo, I was ecstatic to buy Yeezus, but I burned it first, heard it, and snapped it into 5 pieces, man Kanye's on that bullshit."
***** The comparisons are valid, one is a better rapper (Eminem) and one is an overall better artist (Kanye). People forget that Eminem also produces and mixes but it is not to the quality of Kanye at his best (MBDTF, Late Registration etc). So I don't see the problem with comparing them.
Yeezus was pretty bad, and while Eminem still has a kiddish personality (something I don't have problem with) which was highlighted in this review, so does Kanye. With his "Eating asian pussy with soy sauce" or whatever that BS was.
FlowArts I disliked tyler the creator well before Hopsin released Ill Mind 4. Some dick head at school who was a huge tyler fan, which thought Hopsin (all of FV), 2Pac, Biggie, Big L, and Eminem were garbage. But Tyler was his favorite? So I gave him a listen, he's garbage. one of the shittiest, most basic, boring flows I've ever heard as well.
I like this comment section.
Its not trolls and horse shit, its just people giving there honest opinions.
I think its a pretty good album, but ive definitely heard better. And at the end of the day, Eminem is pretty monstrous on the mic.
This didn’t age too good
@@gamestation130 lmao
I honestly liked Recovery very much. It was Em at his most fragile state with a lot of emotional songs that really struck a cord with me and made me relate with him. Plus the technical rapping on that album was pretty dang great.
MMLP2 is album that made me fall in love with eminems music and I remember in elementary in the computer lab being on youtube trying to hide the tab listening to rap god what a great music video to this day
This is an album for people who know Eminem through his music. It's a solid album and I know people are quick to say it sucked but they just don't get it.
"But they just don't get it" is hipster talk.
UnderwhelmingPlywood I'm not sure you know what hipster means. He made a video on it actually if you want help with that.
It's an crazy album
no it sucked and ive listened to every song he ever dropped even his shit when he was a teen this shit is ass this man gving his review is gay and loves white men
Jose Velazquez MMLP2? It didn't suck, I liked more than a few tracks on it....Revival? That's fucking garbage.
This is the album that everyone thought was trash until Revival came out... thank God MMLP2 was great
Love game is the most underrated song on the album
This
Groundhog Day
What?! Legacy is one of the best songs on the album. Other than that though, I agree with most of your review.
you dont like legacy :(
Hook ruins the sound but no denying the lyrics...makes it worth dealing with.
He just rhymed the sky is falling all verses Although the lyrics were nice they could've been written better knowing Ems pen
Green that’s the point... rhyming the same scheme the entire song is more challenging, and subsequently more impressive when pulled off as nicely as it was on this. It was also used amazingly by him on the Slaughterhouse track Psychopath Killer and Guts Over Fear, both appearing on SHADYXV, but this song was able to use it in a narrative style track and for the most part it was a very well written track. The production isn’t that bad but it’s not great, and admittedly the female singing (I think it was by Paulina something I’m not sure) was mediocre, but his lyricism was well crafted. Also the way his voice is somewhat faded during the first half of the song before he finds his confidence when it stabilizes more is pretty creative and gives the track a whole new feel once you realize it. One of the best tracks on the album easily
@@dystress2856 that and the song with Kendrick are my favorite songs on this album
Narrow Waif em takes time bro,its not like the average rapper
he is way more lyrical than any rapper atm his wordplay is so good
Fantano said that Berzerk's second verse was cringe-worthy and that it was just terrible. Now it's on his favorite tracks. Credibility lost.
LOL were you even listening? He said Bezerk grew on him because of how CATCHY it is, and he didn't say it was one of his favorite tracks.
***** Look in the description.
Talking about his credibility while yours is flawed? He said he changed his opinion about Berzerk and it grew on him but his opinion on Rap God was still the same. More hearing less hating please ;)
Sameh M Excactly. He's learned from the criticism he got from after the Yeezus review, which he posted the day it was released. He now waits several days to thoroughly listen to an album and see if initial impressions change.
YoDawgoneeleven Yeexus leaked four days before it was released though.
This was before Em murdered Melon's family and he still liked him
i know this video old but relapse was far from lackluster, thats a cult classic
fr
Relapse sucks bruh
Edit: I actually like Relapse I was just saying it sucks sarcastically cause Em said it sucks
@A A not his best beats, that's the Eminem show. Not the best rhymes, that's mmlp. Not the best flows, that's either mmlp2 or the Eminem show. I can agree with best atmosphere though.
@mysteriousgamer89 dude ever heard of an opinion? Some people don't like songs with the most weird and bad voices. I like relapse but it has trash songs and the accents ruin it.
@mysteriousgamer89 I really tried to give it a shot but I just can't bear the accents. Also some of the tracks would have been bad without the accents: I hate the beat on old time's sake, and on my mom and bagpipes from Baghdad, he sounds like he was forced to rap on must be the ganja, I liked 3 am until the he starts getting off topic (and the accent became worse with time), I only like the hook on insane, I hate the hook on medicine ball and we made you. The remaining 7 songs (hello, same song & dance, stay wide awake, deja Vu, crack a bottle, beautiful and underground (which is how the album should have sound and is amazing)) are great tracks which I love. It's probably my 7/8th favorite album by em.
1. Tes
2. Mmlp
3. Mmlp 2
4. Sslp
5. Mtbmb
6. Recovery
7. Kamikaze
8. Relapse
9. Encore
10. Revival
Never heard infinite because it's not on Spotify. The first 4 are amazing, 5-7 are good, 8-9 are ok, 10 is bad.
I personally like the album it's probably his most lyrically complex albums the only song I couldn't listen to was stronger than I was
Really? "Stronger Than I Was" is a really ingenious song.. The first two verses are Kim's response to "97' Bonnie & Clyde", "Kim" and "Puke".. and last verse is a mixture between both perspectives..
i liked the verse but i think he was singing for too long into the song
Efreezy Too Breezy
just like hailie's song . he sings for two verses then rap
his most lyrically complex? ever listened to SSLP? MMLP? TES?
No I've never heard of eminem before. This is the first album I've heard from him. But in all seriousness it depends on what you take as "lyrical". Being lyrical can have different meanings. In most songs being lyrical means have meaning in songs. In rap being lyrical can mean having different flows and showing off technicality in verses. I'm using the second meaning. So yes, using the second meaning I believe this is his most lyrical or technically complex album
ANTHONY GODDAMMIT STOP TROLLING ME THIS WAS AT MOST A 3-4/10
Isaiah Montelongo
HAHAHA
1. the eminem show (9.5/10)
2. the slim shady LP (9.5/10)
3. the Marshall Mathers LP (9/10)
4. relapse & refill (8.5/10)
5. Marshall Mathers LP 2 (8/10)
6. encore (6.5/10)
7. recovery (6.5/10)
That's a pretty solid review.
Infinite
+Greeneye 450
6/10
Your opinion is trash.
+halen98 me?
i just came here to seee you say the slur don't mind me
Do I think MMLP2 is Eminem's best? No but it's definitely much better then his last 2 albums
better than his last 3! definitely deserved the 7
No, stop it. Relapse was better, seriously........
I enjoyed Relapse, not fucking with Recovery tough. MMLP1 is his best next to The Eminem Show.
***** Relapse was alright. If you include Refill as part of relapse, it was AMAZING. Seriuosly, why does no one mention Refill? It's fucking incredible.
and you gave mbdtf 6 ?????????
yes, i did. can you deal with it?
+theneedledrop
Mbdtf isn't pretty shit, you made the right decision.
lol you're not biased at all totally not
Welcome to the needle drop
6 is generous.
I really like this guy's Eminem reviews. Most people just brainlessly suck Eminem off so this objective, rational review is great - I'm a massive Eminem fan but UA-cam comment sections are infested with 14 year old who blindly declare everything Eminem does as pure genius
Why are you commenting the same thing over and over again ?
This dub
Not sure how I feel about him saying recovery was lackluster
On god I see this comment in every fantano eminem review
You're literally copying this comment over and over again lmao. Are you a bot?
1:13 imma pretend I didn't hear that
Bad Guy(Stan part 2) was the best song in the alblum, hands down! ;D
yea, i completely agree, by far the best song... i did like the album quite a bit actually though.
'Stood next to the window, I peaked' Yeah I'm sure that's the best track
Zecariah Aden he said that in the perspective of Matthew Mitchell saying he had peeked on his hatred for Em and was ready to murder him, and on top of that he laughed after he said the line he was being corny on purpose
Groundhog Day.
The last verse was badass
Did he really call Recovery a lackluster LP? WHAT?
Cant believe that. One of the best Eminem albums in my opinion.
snakedoctor2111 its obviously terrible. He only wrote it and put it out because Relapse was total shit.
terry Chapman Recovery was his fourth best. It was something different. Encore, Relapse and MMLP2 are just him being a parody of his former self.
Mark Fraser His best in order are, Slim Shady LP, Marshall Mathers LP, The Eminem Show, Marshall Mathers LP 2, Relapse, Encore, Recovery and Infinite.
We are all entitled to our opinion I guess. My list:
1) Eminem Show
2) MMLP
3) SSLP
4) Recovery
5) MMLP2
6) Encore
7) Relapse
8) Infinite
"Not another Rihanna chorus"
Thank You
"Hooks have never been Eminem's strongest point"
That's a lie. He used to have some of the best hooks - I mean, three standout rap hooks ever = "The Way I Am", "Lose Yourself" and "Without Me". How can you say the guy who made those hooks isn't good at hooks.
no, eminem is pretty bad at hooks, hes more of a freestyle guy. Also THE WAY I AM hook is sampled....
@@_bofu No he isn't lol. It's an interpolation yeah but he totally changed the delivery of it - what about Lose Yourself? he literally wrote one of the biggest hooks in hip-hop history. Also let's look at - White America, Cleanin' Out My Closet, Criminal, Kill You, Mosh, 8 Mile Road, The Real Slim Shady, Business... you think these are bad hooks? He isn't a freestyle guy, he used to be a brilliant songwriter. Still is, just not as good.
How can you mention Without Me without mentioning it’s two parents: My Name Is and The Real Slim Shady
@@chaoticprogress you are correct but he definitely isn't as good as he used to at hooks like if we talk about verses he honestly sometimes still delivers but with hooks at this point of his carrer are his worst quality
@@_bofu The Way I am isn't sampled tho
The thing about Eminem is that he WAS one of the best at hooks just take a look at these
My Name Is
The Real Slim Shady
Without Me
Lose Yourself
Now it's his worst quality
I mean he obviously isn't as good as he was in his prime because he is older obviously
Infinite - 6/10
SSLP - 9/10
MMLP - 10/10
Eminem Show - 10/10
Encore - 4/10
Relapse - 8.5/10
Recovery - 5/10
MMLP2 - 8/10
Revival - 4/10
Charlie Thurston why recovery rated so bad?
Encore is a tad better than revival
Encore 4.5/10 lmao
Encore>revival.
Recovery was the best rap album of the year.
This is my favorite album by Shady. May not speak to everyone the same but the way he confronts himself and is able to keep his signature style at the same time makes it his masterpiece to me. It marks the era between Slim Shady and Eminem.
Yeah it's my second favorite behind the Eminem show, it is very underrated
did you just describe Recovery as lackluster? I couldn't disagree more
I thought relapse was great, but recovery. eh.
EpicKnuxYT
Really? I think the opposite haha
I think they're both pretty shitty, but the good songs on relapse were better than the good songs on recovery.
Colton Rogers I love loads of the songs on Recovery. Like "No Love" or "You're never Over"
What is it about "No Love" that you like? Frankly, I think it's one of Eminem's worst where neither rapper knew what they were even rapping about.
Came back to this review to realise how legitemately hurt and frustrated melon sounds about him now lmao. The negative reaction is fully warranted obviously but he talks about Eminem in such an appreciative and enthusiastic manner here lmao it's like Eminem broke his heart, the way he talks about him now in comparison
He claims to be a huge fan of "classic" Eminem. I think the album title gave him hope that his old idol would come back. This clearly not as good as the first one, but he still had a positive attitude because he thought this was just a "warm up" for what would come after, which would be Em back to his 1997-2003 form., When the awful bad and atrocious sounding Revival came out, he was clearly shocked. Then the mediocre and angry Kamikaze and MTBMB. You are right that he sounds extremely bitter. It's almost like he is heart-broken on a personal level that Em is not giving him another SSLP or MMLP. If you look at the anger of his Kamikaze review, when he talks about SSLP and MMLP, yoiu can clearly see in his eyes that it is more than just an album review. You can see in his eyes the look of betrayal. But we all need to let things go. Everyone ages and declines. It's the way it works. I still like Em for his flows, though.
@@petercoderch589 melon x eminem fanfiction
@@petercoderch589 Eminem has rapped about everything he can rap about, his flows are great, but his themes aren't. I miss when he used to rap and have passion, Darkness, although a song I won't listen to, is highly conceptual and I think he should make songs like that
Nigga wearin his gramma's clothes
Blake Granados lmfao
If you actually listen to it youll realize what masterpiece mmlp2 was
ProVision3187 Well what the hell was he doing with it before?
Especially when being compared to Revival, lol
Is this to Fantano? If so, I don't think that he actually listens to Em's music, he just goes off popular opinion.
SSLP 9/10
MMLP 10/10
TES 10/10
Encore 6/10
Relapse 7.5/10
Recovery 7/10
MMLP2 8/10
SHADYXV 6.5/10
Nico Patella you're saying relapse was better than recovery? lol you're funny
i like relapse better, idk
Nico Patella Damn dude those are some solid ratings. Very nice
wtf dude going through changes is one of his deepest songs man, go back and listen to it
Nico Patella what about infinite?
Looking back now I know Em is blessed he gave Phife a shout out at that time, always need to give the roses to the greats while they can smell them, RIP
KRiS interesting way of wording
KRiS is that line from kanye?
KRiS big brother
This album lyrically speaking was absolutely amazing. The Wicked Ways bonus track is my favorite on the album, it is absolutely insane.
Best song on the album. Don't understand why he made it a bonus track
This is actually my favorite Eminem album. All time. Yes. It makes you laugh, it makes you think, it makes you cry, it captures you with clever wordplay and speed. It has everything.
Bad Guy, Legacy and Headlights all brought me to tears. I don't think any other album has 3 songs that have that effect on me.
Bad Guy because of the epic final verse where he squares off against his own regrets and you realize just how aware he is of everything he's done wrong in his life
Legacy because I was bullied as a kid too and I've felt helpless like that, the female voice in the chorus was incredibly powerful. In the second and third verses he turns around his misfortune and turns his anger on his tormentors in a way that was so incredibly cathartic
Headlights because I never imagined he would pen a track about his mom in which he forgave her after so many negative songs about her throughout his career. Incredibly poignant.
Rap God was mindblowing in its talent and different flows and it's incredible fast pace for much of the 3rd verse.
Love Game was probably the funniest track when he talks about a dream within a dream within a dream where he's battling his gf all the way through and gets her to crash her car and the battle doesn't end there. His cartoonish description and punch lines reminds me of Brain Damage from Slim Shady LP and that's a good thing. Kendrick Lamar also taught me what it means for a guy to be a "Ferris Wheel" in his verse. This was my introduction to Kendrick. I enjoyed him here, def not my favorite sounding voice though.
So Far and Rhyme or Reason both sample classic rock tracks with Eminem singing his own variation on the classic hook. I liked the fusion between his rap and the original sample and thought the songs were very fun, clever and engaging.
I enjoyed Asshole and Brainless for being sharp, fun, clever, and very self-aware, classic Eminem to me.
Evil Twin was allright. Not my favorite but all right.
So Much Better was enjoyable to hear him be pissed at a woman again and just be straight mean-spirited again. That part of you that secretly likes to hear Eminem say kind of fucked up shit gets off on this one.
Survival is fiery and inspirational. That one gets me mega hyped.
I know there's stuff I missed too. But its like every track here is so hard hitting. That's why I actually believe it's his best. I loved his old stuff to death too but this album is just smarter and more complex and more versatile on so many levels. And it feels more complete to me than MMLP1 where the only track that can resonate with you emotionally might be Stan. MMLP1 to me was somewhat of a dirty, guilty pleasure. He was very technically sound and his rhymes, flows and the way the stuff was produced was on point, great cameos from a lot of other rappers. But also, still very immature and unapologetic and kind of adolescent. I loved it for what it was but didn't think of it as high art by any means (just listen to the chorus of "under the influence" and you'll see what I mean) I thought the Eminem Show was the first time he nailed it 100% where I was like "He did it! He got a perfect album!" This MMLP2 felt like he did it again.
billny33 Tbh only The Eminem Show is better. I agree that it's better than MMLP1 tho.
how did u read my mind?
I’ve never agreed with someone so much in my life. MMLP2 is probably my favorite album of all time. It’s one of the first albums that I listened to beginning to end, and I have so many memories and emotions tied into the track list. I absolutely love it.
@@grawlixis THE MMLP2, is to me at least, the best rap album of the 2010's.
i am not reading this essay. Pls summarise
I just have on question about this album
What the fuck was stronger than I was
Yo stfu! It was to his ex wife. Dont judge something that you dont know!!!!😡😡😡😡😡
+ThisIsNotMyID withJaveable I honestly don't think it's that bad of a song...
***** Lol. I hope all these pointless insults make you feel better about yourself
***** It's all good, at least you admitted your mistake. I'm not a fan of the song either, I just don't think it's as awful as most people think
He had a corn dog in his butteh
I notice this guy is a lot easier on certain artists. Like this dude didn't like the Eminem Show... He gave the MMLP2 a 7.. but he gave Drake's mixtape an 8... Drake's mixtape. An 8. I get it. Anthony's pretentious and Eminem isn't cool anymore. It's the popular thing to call Em corny and hate on his production. Anthony always compliments Em on his rapping skills yet.. I think Anthony forgets that rapping is THE most important part about Being a Rapper. So Drake's basic rhymes and similar sounding beats get praise yet Em's wide variety of sounds and technical lyricism is frowned upon?
Yeah he also gave the life of Pablo like 5 and fricking evol a 6
+il100374
Keep crying.
+il100374 Eminem isn't getting frowned upon in this review, Anthony liked the album. You are literally complaining that Drake got an 8 and Eminem got 1 point less. Seriously wtf.
+FiRE MANiC Because Drake excels at nothing. All he knows is how to shit out a radio song. He is average at every other skill within the genre
Word. Respect homie
People nowadays judge too quickly, you need to listen to this album more than once and actually listen to what he is saying. This is why Hip-Hop is at a very low point at the moment.
THIS IS WHY EMINEM AND HIS FANS GET SO MUCH SHIT. JUST STOP.
Hip hop was at a very low point last decade but if you heard some of the underground movements you would see it is slowly reviving again.
How is hip hop at a low point exactly? Run The Jewels, Danny Brown, A$AP, Chance the Rapper, Kendrick friggin Lamar, Death Grips, Flatbush Zombies, Young Fathers etc are all doing really exciting things for Hip Hop right now!
Stephen Butchard
Kendrick Lamar is so fucking over rated
ll-nerv-ll goddamn i seriously thought i was the only one, we are an endangered species brotha
This album is actually an 8 to 9...let's be honest
@@jmanz1232 The Eminem Show is easily better than mmlp 2
I think 7.5 is a good enough score , same for MTBMB (which I find better than the former)
@@archdukefranzferdinand567 WRONG!
I'd give it a low to decent 8 I agree. This has eminem's best lyricism and production to date out of all of his records in the 2010s-2020
@@xbenci you're wrong
I love when Fantano talks about "Lose Yourself" and he spazes like a 13 year-old fangirl "Oh my God!"
Recovery as lackluster? That shit was awesome
I don't know what album you listened to, but it couldn't have been Recovery, because that shit sucked
+Mickey Rosario I've already seen you bitchin that you didn't like that album, we know already, so fuck off no one fucking cares
+1st Up Relapse and Recovery were not shit at all.
that shit was trash
+Jeeezsus nuts HOLD THIS L
As far as this album goes, Bad Guy, Headlights & Evil Twin are the true jewels of MMLP2 & what make it out to be an amazing album.
Bad Guy involved all of his past fears coming back to kill him, no matter how much he tried "Recovering" from them in 2010. These fears are his inevitable career ending, empathy for those he offended as King of Controversy, death, & most importantly, Matthew (Stan's brother), who is arguably possessed by Stan himself & Slim Shady, Eminem's alter ego he tried killing after Encore & the drug overdose (not to mention many songs/skits/interludes Em made trying to kill this character). Eminem, knowing he's powerless against these Monsters he has created, chooses his limited time of life left in Matthew's trunk to show remorse for the sins he's committed throughout his career & give value to his legacy with the rest of the songs on the album.
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Headlights, with this song being the hardest for him to make involving apologizing to his mom, he ties the final loose end he’s had in his career before dying in the back of Matthew’s trunk in "Bad Guy". Instead of resisting, trying to fight his way through the trunk & save himself, he lets go of all insecurities knowing his final words were of kindness to his mother.
"And if the plane goes down, & the crew can't wake me up,
Just know that I'm alright, I AM NOT AFRAID TO DIE."
The drugs, the crazy behavior, the crude lyrics, his legal troubles, shitty relationships with ex & most of all, his mom, Eminem now no longer puts blame on Slim Shady for these mishaps. He finally takes responsibility for everything. With time running out before drowning, he accepts his fate & embraces death as if this were the last song he’s gonna end the album & his life with,….
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…until Slim Shady saves his life for Evil Twin. His remorse for the biggest sin on his conscience not only serves as a sacrifice, but allows Slim Shady, the presumably devilish side of Em that possesses him to be a “Bad Guy”, to change face & give him a second chance at life.
"Evil Twin, please come in. What was your name again?"
He says “please come in” to Slim, allowing him to take control, who in the 1st Slim Shady EP intro made his appearance quite forefully/violently in possessing Marshall’s body. This new acceptance shows that the bond Eminem & Shady have is no longer violent.
"Still Shady inside; hair every bit as dyed,
as it used to be, when I first introduced y'all to my skittish side,
& blamed it on him when they tried to criticize. CUZ WE ARE THE SAME."
He embraces his crazy side instead of just using Slim as a scapegoat for wild behavior. In conclusion, Eminem's demons no longer haunt him and he & Slim Shady are at peace for the first time.
afropick93 nah love game is the best song on the album, rhyme or reason is a close second
k
Beautiful
@@ethanashford1 'preciate it
This is J Cole deep 🙏🏼
i like that the song is true to the name and is all Marshall Mathers. The eminem persona gets killed in Bad Guy, then Slim Shady gets killed in the skit, and then it's all Marshall...
I hope hip hop's done with multiple personalities though. Tyler, the Creator kind of drove it into the ground.
do you think hopsin does the multiple personalities thing justice?
Never really thought about that, but that's actually a really cool and accurate way of putting it
Kendrick, J Dilla, MF Doom, Dabrye, GhostfaceKillah, and OH no also have multiple personalities as rappers and or producers.
Hey! Fuck you! You see my fucking profile picture? That is Tyler the fucking goat! Tyler is number fucking one and above... now that I thought of wolf Haley you may be correct
Flower Boy stfu
Not even trying to troll, but I don't... really see what all of the Eminem hype is about. Lyrically, he's a dragon slayer, flow wise as well, and he's definitely earned his place in the game. But people will automatically just hold him above ALL other rappers, not even considering their skill.
In terms of this album? Personally, I disliked it. Sounded... kind of weird to me. Maybe I'll give a few listens later... but idk, it just seemed kind of lackluster to me. Not full Eminem.
Okay, forget the "not full Eminem" part. Just felt lackluster. Had to clear that up 😁
Yes, I don't like the album. Should have been more specific, I didn't like the ENTIRE album mostly because of the beats and a few of the collaborations. Sorry about that.
Ashton Hepburn people do the same thing with 2pac who I think is one of the most overrated rappers of all time
TheAz943 For sure.
Watching the Revival review, this review feels like Anthongy gave Em a 10.
Eminem albums in order of greatness
1. The Marshall Mathers LP
2. The Slim Shady LP
3. The Eminem Show (could be 2)
4. The Marshall Mathers LP 2
5. Relapse
6. Encore
7. Infinite
8. Recovery
anyone thinking recovery is better than relapse needs to really re-evaluate their choice of genre
I would consider Infinite to be his best work, because it was easily his most genuine work. Anything after The Marshall Mathers LP is pretty mediocre if you ask me (including MM LP 2).
all because tyler the creator says relapse was good, doesnt mean its the truth for everyone. Fuck relapse, Recovery is better. IMO Recovery is even better than this. In recovery, he wasnt trying to re-invent his old shit, he raps of shit thats going on. In MMLP2 he keeps trying to recreate his magic.
Relapse is no. 1
Wow, very close to my list! I would put Relapse over MMLP2, but that's pretty much it :)
orr971 Relapse is incredible, fuck yes! :)
MMLP2 is a classic imo. It's a solid 8-9.
Yes Recovery and MMLP2 are modern Eminem classics. They are very overhated
@@NikhilSingh-oe6iq MMLP2 definitely a 8
@@NikhilSingh-oe6iq an overhated album can't be a classic
Y'all gotta stop vulgarizing the word "classic". A classic is a widely praised album, being high regarded both by the critics and the fans, almost consensually. Also, it has to be impactful and influence a significant number of artists within the culture. College dropout, MMLP, Only God Can Judge Me, To Pimp a Butterfly, Reasonable Doubt etc. are some examples of classics. MMLP2 is a good record but it doesn't fall into the category of a classic, imo.
It's a 6 at most and in my honest opinion I give it a 4 to light 5
MMLP2 has aged like a fine wine
I cant understand how you cant love „Legacy“
i would have replaced stronger than i was and asshole with groundhog day and baby. then i would have made survival as the bonus track (call of duty single) and added don't front in its place.
Anthony Fantano, you need to stop giving shitty reviews. I respect you, you are the greatest reviewer on youtube in my opinion, your reviews are very credible and articulate, but when you put down Rap God for its lack of meaningful content, you miss the point of the song. He is claiming to be Rap God because of his flow, not because of his lyrics on that particular track. He was showing his skill with words, not what the words mean. Not every fucking album and song has to have a story of personal experience and expression in it. Some of it is just for show and just for fun. You need to be more conscious of all of this when reviewing Hip-Hop, because you know damn well that this album deserves at least a 9, and I know most people would agree with me. Once again, I love your reviews and I'm addicted to your videos, but treat Hip-Hop differently than other genres. By the way, review Mellowhigh's new album before I buy it. Like if he should take my advice.
Bad guy has eminems best verse hes ever made
I loved the album, his flows were crazy, he brought some different rhyme schemes (the one on Legacy was crazy cause he carried it through three verses), and his bars were on another level. The deluxe edition added to the craziness, songs like Baby, Groundhog Day and Wicked Ways were just off the chain. I'd give it an 8.5, maybe 9.
and how the fuck can you say that Jay z and kanye are putting out music that is lazy or no one cares about?
Karanastic So no one cares, yet they drop the best selling and most acclaimed albums of the year?
Cyril James Yeezus received rave reviews. an 85 on metacritic (universal acclaim) so regardless of your little internet hipster opinion that it sucks, they are still best selling critically acclaiimed albums that people care about. Can't argue with that fact. sorry bud
Cyril James Yeezus=critically acclaimed
MGHG= Best selling
moron
Yeezus was critically acclaimed, I'll agree there but MCHG was not the bestselling. MMLP2 was.
Cyril James Ugh...I said it was "a bestelling album" meaning it was near the top in the sales. the MMLP2 was the second best selling album of the year .If you are stupid enough to think that eminem is good and all other rappers are lazy then this conversation is dumb and pointless.
i imagine if pitchfork gave this album like an 8 then everyone would be complaining that he didn't give it a high enough score hehe
Coming back to this review. MMLP 2 was his last great album, I love this album so much haha
What did u think bout side b?
@@user-iy1go8tr7i probably the best batch of music he’s released since MMLP2 imo. He sounds like he’s enjoying his music a lot more than Revival & Kamikaze, and MtbMB Side A had a few really weak songs but is def an improvement.
@@user-iy1go8tr7i I actually liked it, had some good songs on there (Zeus, Gnat, Alfred's Theme, Discombobulated etc..) Sounds like he's having more fun on it.
@@user-iy1go8tr7i here the songs i skip from mtbmb both sides: those kinda nights, in too deep, stepdad, yah yah, farewell, black magic, she loves me. Everything else i like or love it
@@Marco-lr6yd how is Yah Yah a skip?!
Infinite: 7/10 - Very lyrical and well thought out album, but lacked character.
SSLP - 9.5/10 - A true classic. Each song is perfectly crafted and never gets old to listen to.
MMLP - 9.5/10 - Another amazing album. Much more grittier than SSLP but equally as good.
The Eminem Show - 9/10 - Great Album with elements from both SSLP and MMLP.
Encore - 5/10 - Had a few good songs, but most of the tracks were terrible.
Relapse - 8/10 - Eminem's return to the game. Very underrated album. Reminded me a lot of SSLP.
Recovery - 8/10 - Another underrated album. Much more emotional than Relapse, but equally as good.
MMLP2 - 7/10 - Good Album but was left disappointed. There were some good songs but I just expected a little more from Em.
+Anoush R "Most of the tracks were terrible" How doesn that make it an average album? Shouldn't it be like a 2 or 3?
@@surroundgatari
Toy Soldiers
That track is so good that we forget that this album sucks so much.
Mmlp is easily 10 and Eminem show and and sslp is 9.8
I think you're just a tiny bit too generous with your scores lol
@@xbenci *he is regarding as Eminem Albums maybe
Just how each albums rank as being Eminem album
The Slim Shady LP 10/10
The Marshall Mathers LP 10/10
The Eminem Show 10/10
Encore 6/10
Relapse 8/10
Recovery 7/10
The Marshall Mathers LP 2 9/10
IMO
Spot on apart from recovery, that's a 3 at best
Infinite: 4/10. In terms of skill he was able to provide to a decent extent, but the sound quality was horrible and his style was bitten.
SSLP: 9/10. His major label debut, it really put him on the scene and the shock value gives it lots of replay value, however his nasally voice makes it hard to listen to at times.
MMLP: 8/10. While still good, it’s just an exaggerated version of the previous album, and while this does make the good aspects seem better it also draws out the issues with the last album. There’s too much shock value for my taste, and some of the songs for me were just unlistenable, especially Amityville.
TES: 10/10. He dialed down the shock value to the disappointment of some, however there are no real bad aspects to this. His flow was satisfying to listen to, his lyricism has once again improved, the topical tracks are all amazing, and every track that’s not still played is underrated. This was truly his prime, his best album.
Encore: 4/10. This is the first album where none of his qualities showed any improvement or even consistency. Like he said, he was tired out from all the beefs, and that combined with his drug problem becoming a rising issue waters down the project. While some of the tracks are underrated, the full project doesn’t do much for him or for the listeners.
Relapse: 3/10. Lyrically he’s back on par with The Eminem Show, perhaps even above it, but sonically this album is awful. It’s once again an over exaggerated version of SSLP and MMLP, where the issues finally make it unlistenable for a much larger amount of people than before.
Recovery: 6/10. I think this album, though the lyrical abilities were watered down, was a large improvement over the past two albums. Despite being a clear attempt at grasping to mainstream appeal, he does deliver a somewhat consistent project, where he is able to find a style that despite gaining mixed reviews from longtime fans really did work for him. However, this was the worst album he produced with this style.
MMLP2: 9/10. Like Anthony said, living up to the title was difficult, as MMLP was his most critically acclaimed project. However, he does this and more. For me his flow was much more tolerable than the first one, his lyricism is on par with that we hear on The Eminem Show, the hunger he once had returned on a lot of the tracks, and there are about the same number of tracks I’d skip on this album and its predecessor. It’s a surprising feat but he managed to live up to the hype and go beyond my expectations.
Revival: 0/10. This is just my personal opinion, but this was one of the most disappointing albums of all time. The lyrics were corny, his flow was so annoying and monotonous, and the beats were vile. While I don’t think beats are the most important part, Eminem always makes his song concepts and cadences centered around the beat so a bad Eminem instrumental makes for a bad Eminem song typically. Obviously there are exceptions but not many, and Revival is the prime example of how bad production ruins Eminem.
Kamikaze: 6/10. This album shows the first return to early 2000s style Eminem we’ve seen since his overdose and it was a nice breath of fresh air. He lit a fire under his ass, found some targets, and fired shot after shot after shot. However, this album didn’t do much to progress his image as an artist, if anything at all. The songs with some sort of concept or message were all either him continuing to talk about domestic violence with the exception of Stepping Stone which simply confirmed what we all were thinking. Additionally, the two main features of the album, Joyner and Royce, both washed him on the songs they were featured on. Royce had the WAY better verse on Not Alike, and Joyner and Em were on the same level in Lucky You. The individual songs are mostly good, but they didn’t come together well as an album.
Revival 1/10
Production om relapse was dope. I don't agree with u at all. Dr dre killed it.
Whats your thoughts on revival and kamakazi
At first i was kind of sceptical about the LP since the singles werent that great... but looking back at Eminems output, he usually tends to release the great songs on the album instead of showing the best as his lead singles.. and mMLP2 hit me like a bomb.. personally stronger than I was blew me away, not because of the singing.. but this track and headlights really point out the way he has grown since MMLP1, he managed to put out an album which gave not a single shit about the current hip hop game, took it back to his prime, plus experimenting with different genres.... I am impressed ...
Eminem's flow is consistently good on all of his albums. I call it this way:
SSLP: 8/10 (banging commercial debut)
MMLP: 9/10 (amazing stories)
The Eminem Show: 9.5/10 (tracks like Drips prevented its 10)
Encore: 4/10 (what the fuck? Big Weenie lol)
Relapse: 6/10 (aight better than Encode by a lot)
Recovery: 8/10 (evolved Eminem shows here beyond his pop sound)
MMLP2: 8/10 (underestimated by some, great flows and cohesive)
I agree. but I'd give MMLP and SSLP higher ratings by 1
+Covert Gummy I still really do think The Eminem Show is Eminem's best work and the MMLP, while great, just doesn't do it for me compared to TES. SSLP isn't as cohesive as I'd like for it to have been.
Eron Constante I personally felt like TES had too many corny bars, and songs like Drips and Say What You Say (Had terrible Hooks) Just made it worse. But White America, Square Dance, and Business held it up for me. TES was in my opinion the greatest rap/rock album to ever be released, but didn't feel as clever and smooth as MMLP
I agree with you on White America, Square Dance, and Business to be great tracks. Til I Collapse in my mind is undoubtedly his best banger track. Ever. Period.
Drips just killed the 10 potential for the album though I agree with that.
+Eron Constante Why do people hate Drips?
Maybe you did and i have yet to see it, but you should review the tracks from the Deluxe Edition.
Eric Hardeman he makes country sound good
Poop Cold what
To many guest on the album and women singing his choruses. Also what a wasted use of Kendrick Lamar. Asshole, Legacy, Survival all have a chorus that makes me cringe, but the lyrics are still genius. Someone should edit the album and cut out all the shitty chouses
too many guest on the album? Yo ya man is spitting 87 million bars on most tracks with not a single feature outside of the hook. Only other person who raps on ANY track with him is Kendric Lamar if im not mistaken. No slaughter house or D12. So how are there too many guest on the album?
Dorian Stark Yeah i shouldn't of said guest, but still too many songs where women are on the chorus i kinda just included them as guest..i guess
I guess but I dont mind. eminem has always done that since slim shady LP on. sings like cum on everybody or superman or shit like that. But I do understand where u coming from. Its like he cant go an album without a skylar gray feature lol
youre just copying what dead end hip hop said
Dear Needledrop, considering you say at the start that this album pretty much stands up to the hype, I'm 10 minutes through and all I've heard is an awful lot of criticism. Draw out some of the positives dude. It's a sick album and in my opinion his best since the Eminem Show.
It's so weird watching Anthony compliment Eminem
The last verse of Bad guy is amazing. I didn't really care for So much better, Stronger than i was or The Monster but the rest is really good. Can't believe this album is 7 years old!
I love that this album has a lot of rap nerd references. Eminem mentions or pays homage to Pharaoh Monch, A Tribe Called Quest, Third Bass, Leaders Of The New School, Black Moon, Lakim Shabazz... etc. You gotta respect the fact that Em is still passionate and cares about the craft of emceeing. Tracks like Bad Guy, Rhyme Or Reason, Rap God, Brainless, Evil Twin, and the bonus track Don't Front are examples of that. Mainstream albums that have all this are far and few these days. Lil Wayne has gone retarded
Kanye is making weird music that doesn't sound like hip hop
DMX has become a crack head
Jay Z has become lazy
Drake is a soft singer.
Eminem is still a true emcee whether you like his music or not
andrew flores this aged well, Jay z and kanye putting out great albums still
j c I’m not a huge of jay z rn tbh and Kanye released some pretty trash (but funny) songs in the last few years. However, ‘ye’ and ‘kids see ghost’ were pretty good
Kanye is still real good
And then 4.44 came out.
New lil wayne album had pretty solid tracks on it
Strong tracks: Rhyme or Reason, Bad guy, So far, Love game, Evil twin.
Weak tracks: Berzerk, Survival.
But the funny thing is I disliked this album at first and thought it was his worst album, but after carefully listening to it I realise it's a masterpiece.
Excellent review once again. I've watched loads of your reviews man you're hilarious! As of this I wonder what eminent clone sang on this album? I'm serious all illuminatti I hope he gets out of it and lives long...
Honestly.......this was honestly the last great album Em put out. The flows, and wordplay still hit so hard almost 10 years later.
Hard agree. If his 2014-2023 run is strick from the record, he'd be top 5
@@egagnardbro alot of people be sayin that shit cuz of revival, from 2014-2016 Em's features were all dope asf, yea revival was bad with some good tracks, then u have kamikaze which has bangers, but as a whole album it would be like a 6 for me, then mtbmb both sides which were dope asf and I'll guarantee u it'll have the same relapse treatment and it'll be a cult classic, so having one bad album in those 10 years got him out of ur top 5 lol
@@taha2472 people will never recognize him as the goat til he is gone.
@@taha2472mtbmb will never be recieved like relapse lol, relapse isnt that good in the first place but theres genuinely some really creative ideas em tried on there that give it a huge charm. it was also his last great album in terms of production. mtbmb (just side a, side b sucks) has none of these even tho i do think its a little better as an album. kamikaze is also pretty mid, and most of the stuff em dropped in that 2014-2016 run (which was a pretty dry era for him so not much) was mid