Eminem's Misunderstood MASTERPIECE
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- Опубліковано 31 сер 2023
- Cowritten by: Brin DeRouen
Edited by: Mitto ( / mittopotahis )
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Eminem is one of the truly legendary figures in hip-hop, and modern American music as a whole. With that being said, his reputation has suffered as the years have gone on. Where he was once at the top of the game, commercially and critically, now-a-days...it's just him and his core fanbase. Today's video is looking at a massive point in his career: Relapse. This 2009 album is arguably his darkest, most theatrical piece of work to date, but people don't see it for the masterpiece that I think it is. This is my time to try and show the world what I see in this project.
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W take this album is one of the most underrated of all time
Yeah, I remember when it came out, I loved it right from the moment I pressed play on track 1 and I appreciate it even more the more I listen, never understood why people said it was bad
Im glad I found a group of people that think the same
I just listened again to this album after a lot of years, brings me back to when i was little and bringing newspapers at 5am with headphones in
It’s bad because it was a caricature of himself. He was trying to be something he was only a taste of when he came out. It was clear. It wasn’t genuine.
My favorite Em album
I see Relapse as the Zelda: Wind Waker of the rap game. Not a lot of people liked it when it first came out, but as the years went on, people started to love and appreciate it more
Yeeaaa😊
Facts when I first heard crack a bottle I hated it and the accents but as I got old realized how amazing this album was
Loved all the shit that came out from this album, I tend to have the same kind of humor so to me it was a laugh of a album in a good way
From what I've heard, this is one of Tyler, the Creator's favorite albums.
True. "Stay Wide Awake" is one of his favorite song because of the amazing rhyme patterns of this song.
I feel like I can hear some Relapse influence on his Cash In Cash Out verse
@@smaaron_j_46His early Albums directly influenced by Relapse
Yeah,tyler was the biggest fan of this album.
The vinyl for it was in the tamale video as an Easter egg
Kind of agree with the conclusion that the response to albums like relapse and revival made Eminem shell up in terms of expressing his vulnerability with music. However, I think it's always sad when critics/people throw MMLP2 under the bus as if it wasn't one of the biggest albums of 2010s, and quite a complete project that looked back on certain themes & messages from MMLP in a more mature way. Also, I believe more people listen to Eminem than just his core fanbase, considering how many hits he has.
I haven't listened to an Eminem album since MMLP2.
Don’t forget his verse on Careful What You Wish For:
“The critics gave it a 3, and then 3 years later they go back rerate it, and call the Slim Shady LP the greatest
The Marshall Mathers was a classic
The Eminem Show was fantastic but Encore just didn’t have the calibre to match it, I guess enough just ain’t passed yet.”
He’s always ahead of his time, people don’t give the songs time to resonate
@@clouds-rb9xtyou're not missing anything
I remember when Relapse came out, I loved it right from the firsr moment that I pressed play on track 1 and I appreciate it even more the more I listen, I have never understood why people said it was a bad album
I mean compared to Revival it’s terrible, but everything is terrible compared to the MASTERPIECE that is revival
Lmfao@@somebody69 good joke bro 😂
To man y accents
My fav album of all time
@@somebody69We all know you 🧢
I'd say Relapse is my favorite album by Em. It has funny songs, like Insane and My Mom, crazy songs, like Same Song & Dance, and serious songs, like Beautiful. Really so underrated. And I really love how he used accents to rhyme words, too.
Encore is my favourite so far for the same reasons. Whiners really don't get it.
@@HipnikDragomir Encore is underrated. I like songs like Mockingbird because their serious, and songs like Just Lose It and Ass Like That because their so fun to listen with friends. So funny, don't get why people hate them.
and yellow brick road@@trqnsparentmc
Man I’ll never forget going into relapse thinking “damn this is gonna suck” but by the end was blown away by how good it was. For a while I was just convinced that when you have low expectations, you can be pleasantly surprised. But I now know that in this specific case, that was bullshit. Cuz the reality is, this is an incredible album, and people just weren’t ready for it yet. Hip hop was at a weird point in 2009. Artists like T-Pain and Black Eyed Peas had a chokehold on the overall sound of this era. But people just wanted to dance. They weren’t ready for vulnerability like we are today. Don’t forget that just a year prior to this, Kanye dropped 808s & Heartbreaks and people HATED that album. But now today? It’s considered by many to be one of his best projects, and the album that birthed the sound of modern hip hop today. I think both 808s and Relapse are albums that had to come out when they did, despite people not being ready for them. Otherwise music would have never evolved to where it is today for better or worse. Those albums may not have been appreciated then but in the grand scheme of things, those albums will be greatly remembered as classics. Even artists like Picasso, Beethoven, Shakespeare and many others were seen as mediocre artists during their times.
Well put
Why would you have low expectations at that time?
I had low expectations for revival and it still let me down 😂
I’ve been telling people for years, it’s a concept album, if you try to listen to it as a conventional album you are missing the point. The rhyme schemes on this record are insane and the production is maybe the best of any album of Ems
Relapse is Em’s last truly great album. “Medicine Ball” is a masterpiece.
How you gonna disrespect MMLP2 like that 🤦♂️
I’m not a huge fan of Eminem.. but Relapse has long been my favorite record of his. I’ve listened to it Cover to cover with no skips on numerous occasions💯
"Relapse" is Em's best album and I'll die on this hill.
I even brought my own shovel
@@user-zp1qp3b the accent made it lol
@@user-zp1qp3b you have zero taste
Relapse has the best production out of any Eminem album.
It's the first and probably last album of his we'll get where its 95% Dre beats. This was Eminem not trying to chase a hit song or trying to appeal to anyone but himself. It's a concept album which he never did before or after this one. Not to mention, the final track Underground is in a 5/4 time signature which is super rare in rap music. While the subject matter can turn away certain people, that was the point. His technical ability is also next-level. The flows he does on this are more creative than the super fast stuff he does now. His use of multi-syllabic rhyming is also perfectly balanced out with the substance in his lyrics. The only real issue is that the accents that take up most of the album can be jarring. I know Em has stated he used the accents to make the words rhyme better but I would argue that most of the rhymes wouldve worked without the accents. But also, if you need to bend a word to the point you switch nationalities, the rhyme wasn't meant to be. I mean, dude was able to rhyme 'toolboxes' with 'screwdrivers' flawlessly on Survival. The track Framed from the Revival album gives us a glimpse into what Relapse song couldve sounded like without the accents.
The fact that this was his first solo project in 5 years and getting completely sober and the whole concept is him being back on drugs and committing heinous acts on people is wild.
Agree sooo hard with everything you just said, except the take on the accents. They are an integral part of his creativity in this album.. of his choice to let go here. Without the accents, the storylines wouldn’t have hit as hard either. Also, it’s quite an ability. Who else can do that so naturally? I admire it in a way 😂
I would miss the characters he created in these songs though his accents deeply if they were to suddenly disappear. Relapse wouldn’t be relapse!
I think he was going through a psychotic break. He claims he didn’t realize he was doing the accents at the time. I’m all for it.
ok, I'm giving this a like before I even listen...Relapse IS a masterpiece
W, this is my third favorite Em album. It makes me sad that people don’t show it the respect it deserves. It’s such a great album
Relapse is what a grew up to teenage years . Favorite hip hop album of all time
I literally relistened to this album yesterday, u reading my mind dude 👀
Thank you I’m so happy that you made a video on one of the most under appreciated Rap Albums of the 2000’s 🙏
😂 Amanda him I said fine I have his 0 well I got his
My favorite Eminem album OAT. It’s a seminal concept horrorcore masterpiece that plays like the greatest of horror films in record form. Brilliance. Sheer brilliance.
i’m sooo happy that you made this video!!! i feel a lot of people write this album off because of Eminem’s use of the jafaican accent. but it’s an incredible project! 👏👏👏
Relapse is unique in that it's Eminem's one and maybe ONLY "concept album" that's ever been made by him, and that alone is what gives Relapse such a unique edge among his discography.
Though one thing I would like to see is how Relapse (2009) could potentially tie in with King Mathers (2007), his unreleased album and whatever tracks we know were made during his time away from the spotlight. Fun fact, "Careful What You Wish For", and "Beautiful" were originally made for King Mathers, his retirement album made between Late 2006, and very early 2008, and "My Darling" was made at the tail end transitioning into when he finally moved towards the Relapse concept in 2008. So... tracks carried over.
Relapse is my number 3 for his album
I've not heard of this artist before, must check them out.
Yeah he’s up and coming! I think he will get kinda big within the next year or so
Love the video, love the album! The graphics you put in every song are amazing.
I agree with your overall point but MMLP2 doesn't deserve to be in that category, spectacular album imo
Man... the video I been waiting to find.
Very underrated work
Loved this video. Thank you.
The song Beautiful speaks for itself by name, that song and Not Afraid are one of those Eminem songs that almost made me cry when I heard them as an adolescent
Cool video dude! This is probably the Eminem album I listen to the most. I feel it’s maybe the most conceptual album of his up to that point at least. Love the production on it (I believe it was mostly Dr. Dre) and it has my 2 favorite Eminem songs Beautiful and Deja Vu. Keep up the great work dude!
I've grown up listening to Relapse while growing up while I was in high school. I've always loved how he tells his story. It's fascinating, artistic, raw and truly an amazing experience as a whole listening throughout from start to finish. The first time I've heard Beautiful at that time was a masterpiece. Good video overall! Thank you for this review
I'm 14 and for the past year went thru all his albums, relapse is my fav
Great Video!
Finally among my people 😂 Relapse is my favourite album of his too!
A common criticism I see is that he overuses accents/voices but I really enjoyed that.
I think people were kinda soured on Eminem after the silly tracks from his previous LP Encore that ended up as singles, like "Just Lose It" and "Ass Like That", which made it hard to take Em seriously. He said a lot of that LP was rushed out to fill gaps caused by leaks, but most people (myself included) didn't know about that. So for us, the album was overshadowed or even defined by those few bad tracks.
It wasn't helped by Curtain Call, a collection of Eminem finest accomplishments, coming out with "FACK" as the first track. Personally I like FACK, it's pretty funny and the beat is good... but it felt like such a stark contrast to the tracks that follow it, especially with FACK being right before The Way I Am. Gone are the tracks that you grew up with, the stuff that got you to fall in love with Eminem. The Way I Am told us who he was *then*, FACK told us who he was *now*.
Then Relapse drops... and it's still full of Em putting on accents. And 3AM as a single was OK if you like horrorcore, but going so hard in that direction was kinda new and too out there for a lot of fans. He'd talked about dark and personal stuff before, but now he's rapping about drinking someone's bath water. Plus all the stuff referencing grape (with no G), and bars about sexualising child/teen stars, it was getting kinda stale for an audience that might have started to wonder if they ever really liked that, or just put up with it because the rest of Em's stuff was dope.
Relapse certainly has merits, but it's easy to see why it wasn't well received. If there really is an alternate history where we got a better Eminem discography (11:28), I'd say that's it's a timeline where the Encore leaks never happened, or Em and Dre decided to just ignore them, so it didn't get filled with stuff like "Big Weenie". But ultimately, it wasn't the public that decided Eminem's future, it was his own choices. Critical reception can make you better, but when you're on Eminem's level, only he could make himself fail.
I think you summed it up perfectly
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This is my fourth favorite ‘Em album, just behind the “classic” three.
Relapse is my favourite album
I always avoided relapse until this video. Now it’s my favorite em record
Love this. I think MMLP2 and MTBMB are great too
Underrated classic
I heavily agree, Relapse is disturbing and ridiculous to say the least, but Eminem's creativity and ability to take risks, really pays a lot, specially when you look at how amazingly written some of the songs are. Because you have incredibly vulnerable songs like "Deja Vu" and "Beautiful", tracks like "Crack a Bottle" and "We Made You" that are more easier to listen to, and insanely written tracks like the rhyme scheme in "Stay Wide Awake" or his flow in "Underground".
And if that wasn't enough, he even dropped Relapse: Refil (Deluxe) which contains amazing songs like "Buffalo Bill", "Drop the Bomb on 'Em" or even one of the best concept songs I've heard from Em called "My Darling".
It's great. And so on.
relapse has been one of my favourite eminem albums for years, i hated it at first but something, idk what, changed for me and now i can recognise it as a good an album as it is
This album needed some time to becoome as good as it was
Fire album, its top 3 for me and I prefer it over the SSLP. I don't think its nearly as underrated now but still it deserves as much love as it can get. Also Deja Vu is top 10 Em.
For me, this album is similar to The Shinning. The Shinning was panned when it first came out, and now it's regarded as one of the greatest horror movies ever made. I remember when this album first dropped, I didn't think much of it. I rarely listen to Eminem anymore, but for some reason this last year I went back and put it on. By the time I got to "Insane" I remember thinking "is this his most creative album that I somehow slept on?" I think the extra songs on Refill are just as brilliant. Now I'm obsessed and can't stop listening to it. His macabre story telling, flow and rhyming is impeccable. Pure creativity. What I think is most interesting is Eminem doesn't like this album and has said in an interview that he puts Encore and Relapse as his least favorite albums, with Relapse probably being below Encore. But he did say that this album was the first time he had fun rapping in a long time, and I think it shows. I hope it gets a cult resurgence, because it certainly deserves it.
This is shocking to hear from ppl as an Eminem fan I like legit all his albums except one but I always thought the general public despised relapse … good to see it’s starting to get a little love now we just need ppl to start playing encore again 😂
Half of encore is good, the other is mid to kinda bad imo
Relapse has been slept on since the day it dropped, MMLP2 is a forgotten masterpiece and i'm just now finding out Kamikaze is getting that treatment too as if he didn't fill that album with bangers from start to finish.
an interesting thing to add, I think when you talk on Relapse you have to mention "Framed" on Revival, one of the greatest Relapse tracks that came after as the sequel to 3.a.m
Relapse is like good wine
NAH when I was in middle school this dropped and I LOVED it it’s a strange but HARD album, BAGPIPES FROM BHAGDAD goes ham and it’s dumb af better than anything 69 can make nowadays
Tasting better than rotten eggs doesn't make you a chef
Bruh i swear the only rapper you oldheads love to dickride is 69😭💀
"Relapse" is one of the best albums I've ever heard. It's so damn playful with the sounds, yet so dark. It plays with the proposition of a better world, a better outcome to be had - while unfulfilled. "Deja Vu" is the greatest track on there. The level of insight Em shows there is beyond.
To even think that this album is not even mentioned among his all time best records is just simply baffling.
THANK YOU
GOATED VIDEO
On fuckin God bro
Relapse is my favorite Eminem album and I'm glad I'm seeing praise for it online. I don't think he executed the concept as well as he could, but I still love listening to this album except for the song My Mom. I don't expect you to talk about every song but Same Song & Dance is one of his best songs
its so good
Yooo!! Relapse is and always has been my favorite Em record I remember when it dropped I bought it at Walmart censored because I was like 9 lol
Relapse made me love Eminem more. We both have an inner darkness. No one understands.
My faaaaav Em album
Absolutely love relapse. 3 am, stay wide awake, and same song and dance are perfect.
Great to see someone that appreciates Relapse, I don’t understand the dislike for it, I personally really enjoy it
This album is absolutely a masterpiece. This is my 4th favorite Em's album after MMLP,The Em Show and Recovery .
Not to mention that despite it's dark eerie vibe, pretty much every song is a banger and can be thrown on at any parties, the glowd are amazing and the hooks are catchy as fuck
I'll be honest, I think Em is leagues better than he was, but the general sound he still uses is so comparatively stale around him(also the albums are way too long goddamn). I had no idea what to feel on first listen of Relapse, but man I am so glad so see where it's brought him. Hope he's eventually inspired to tap into some of the richer roots of hip-hop in the near future
relapse is one of my favorite albums ever to exist
Interesting. I didn’t expect this video from you, but I agree. I think this is his last good album
Chip is shitting himself right now
This video made me c*m 👍
I'm gonna stop you right there at 10:00, MMLP2 and Recovery were both fantastic albums that should not be mentioned in the same sentence as Revival or MTBMB. Recovery is almost all bangers from front to back. Almost Famous, 25 To Life, Cold Wind Blows, Space Bound, Not Afraid, LTWYL, Recovery is low key his most slept on album. Relapse has a cult following. And MMLP2 has great tracks as well. Bad Guy is lyrically one of the greatest Eminem tracks ever made, followed by the parking lot skit that's a sequel to the skit in Criminal. So Much Better, Survival, Legacy, Rap God, Head Lights, sure this was the album where you could see the decline start to happen, but it was still an extremely solid album. When Em dies guarantee people will look at MMLP2 as a masterpiece.
There’s other songs that I wish he out in the original album instead of the deluxe. If the original album he replaced We Made You, Hello, Medicine Ball with My Darling, Careful What You Wish For, and the amazing Elevator. People would be talking about this album in a different way. I out this album right after the The Eminem Show in my album ranking
I only listen to relapse: refill hahah 👐
i wanna point out that even if his albums arent as great after relapse, he made all of it worth it after to an extent revival, kamikaze completely and mtbmb for the most part imo
Easily his greatest album but people are nostalgia blind with Eminem Show, MMLP & SSLP
Relapse and Encore are getting a lot of critical reassessment these last few years and rightfully so.
I still belive if Encore didn’t have that 4 track middle section it would have been on part with the Eminem Show.
It is just a shame that by praising Encore and Relapse that were initially shat on, people are now turning and shitting on Recovery and MMLP2, which were initially welcomed, but now feel forgettable
It seems like Revival really dented his image 💀
@@smaaron_j_46 Yeah if not for Revival, his 2010’s output would have been remembered more favorably. Cause Recovery and MMLP2 were huge albums and were received well.
To be honest Revival is his only really shitty album. Everything else is okay to good to perfect
@@yusifvaliyev9748 I personally think Revival would’ve been better off as an EP with Walk On Water with lofi drums, Castle and Arose. Those are the only good songs that deserved better than to be put on that dookie ass album
@@smaaron_j_46I... agree
@@yusifvaliyev9748 MMLP2 was a mammoth. I think it's his most cohesive and mature album of the modern catalogue, both sonically and lyrically as it carries forward on many of the themes of MMLP in a more grown up way. It also blends technicality with musicality and his natural aggression than Recovery.
To me it's the best album he's ever put out ❤️
I think 'Stay Wide Awake' might be Em's best lyrical masterpiece.
The way he says "Fuck you with an umbrella then open it up while the shit's inside ya" is top level.
I still love relapse
I hope Em see this
Too bad we’ll never get a sequel to Relapse. “Framed” and “Discombobulated” gave me Relapse era Eminem vibes.
I love Metro Boomin’s production because he makes nice dark melodies, perfect for a shady type single and they ain’t too complex which would leave a lot of room for Eminem to rap on. Personally I like Eminem on simple beats more than complex ones that’s just my take though. The recent Eminem we have been getting with the more calmer flows would fit very good on a Metro Boomin beat. Really been liking that. Would love it but I doubt it will happen. At this point I can say Eminem would literally fit into any style, he can rap on g-funk on progressive style, on drill style on whatever, so I don’t see why not especially since Metro Boomin is really talented maybe a track with Metro Boomin, Eminem and 21 Savage would be a fucking banger. Modern day Eminem rapping on Savage Mode II beats. Not gonna lie a Eminem album produced by Metro Boomin would be dope as fuck. Obviously, I’d love Dr. Dre to produce the entire thing, but think about it. All the entries in the Re- series have mostly one producer you think about when they come to mind (Relapse had Dr. Dre, Recovery had Just Blaze, & Revival had Rick Rubin) So, it would be cool if Eminem stuck with this. Metro’s dark production would fit with the darker themes of Relapse, if it ever gets a sequel in the first place…
Yes this album it is a masterpiece
I want to add that certain types of addiction slurs your speech, so by twisting or contorting your voice, you gain a greater capability of speech; while under the influence. So, there's a certain reason for the accents. Even though he did this while sober - but it's a thought, for you. :)
Recovery MMLP2 and MTBMB are really good albums bro
I think if King Mathers would have been released in 2007 which was recorded during his drugged up and dark period, it would have been better off than Relapse because of the fact that you could still recognize the old Eminem that we all love there in that record. And his voice was powerful there too! I think it's strange that Em himself didn't like the songs on that album and thought Relapse would do better. Maybe he was in too much pain cause of Proof and everything and didn't wanna finish it cause of it...
I love relaps
Can you make a video on recovery?
i don't care what anybody says Relapse is my top 3 eminem album , it is a masterpiece in every regard from the concepts to the rhyme schemes , eminem was at it's peak of rhyming on relapse , relapse can be eaisly named Slim Shady Lp 2 if we added some ken kaniff skits
I loved this album. I'm a big fan of metal and horror and it was what I wanted from Eminem. I was really disappointed with recovery. My favourite song from the album is stay wide awake.
listned to all of his discography for the first time last year (no bias) and relapse is by far the album I most frequent and relisten. Its so fun. And I prefer albums with a story and focused on the artists psyche. That's also why Mr Morale and the Big Steppers is my fav Kendrick album. I've noticed that typically the albums people dont like as much are the ones I love or are my favorite from said artist. And i dont think its a coincidence that those albums are usually the most experimental the artist has ever been up to that point. That being said Lil Wayne's Rebirth is terrible lol Cant win them all. But Im VERY much looking forward to Dojas new album.
Since u listened to his whole catalogue, how would u rank EMs discography
Wouldn't call Recovery or MMLP2 forgettable...
Not bad but forgettable
i'd call them garbage
Recovery is trash, it was my favorite album when I was 13 but now I can’t listen to it
Exactly, and to me both are miles above relapse
@@commas1 Nah, you're just hating lmao. Neither of those albums are actually trash. They're above average, not amazing, but defos not trash.
Relapse is Eminems 808s
Relapse is my favorite album
I don’t get why it is so underrated and overhated
11:50, a huge supporter of this exact theory is Tyler the creator. Who in interviews says he wants em to just do what he wants and not try to rehash his classic slim shady persona. His favorite project by em? Relapse
Relapse was a masterpiece from the beginning. The ones hating were probably the ones who only ever listened to what played on MTV or the radio
The world not getting a fully completed finished Relapse album trilogy in my opinion is a crime to the world and humanity.
It’s like people wanna hear not afraid 2 than another we made you
This is you lil bro: “🤓”
Who Asked?
Never gotten that much into this album, always prefered recovery and mmlp2 over it and i still do. Some might think that i dislike horrocore or something, no, i love horrorcore and i love watching horror movies and serial killer documentaries and stuff, and i can understand the "life of a serial killer" concept or whatever that the album has, i just think it was poorly executed.
My major problem like for everyone are the accents. It wouldve been cool if he kept then for shock value on a few songs like it would've worked just for 3am for example, but listening to them for the whole album except for a few king mathers throwaway songs is very painful to my ears. Accents also ruin the lyrical aspect of the album for me, since he uses them to bend certain words, some might say that's genius or creative, but nah that's just like cheating to me.
Second major thing i don't like about this album are the lyrics. People will say that this album has the best storytelling or the best lyricism or something like that, but lyrics always start getting all over the place and the concept of the song gets lost somewhere midway in the song and blends with the concept of relapse as a whole in a way, or just goes completely out of context. Like for example 3am he starts painting a perfect picture, then at the end of 1st verse he says "wake up naked at McDonald's" and then his whole next verse is about masturbating and busting all over the walls and doing stuff you would be hearing him do while listening to fack. Why can't he focuse on horrorcore aspects and not on complete randomness? Some will say "well slim shady is all about randomness", well then go listen to slim shady lp, when i listen to it, i hear cohesive and consistent funny and weird stories about slim shady, but as much as they seem random, they are always perfectly in context, relapse just always either goes out of context, or lyrics just become so dumbed down and sometimes even on the same level of dumb as the songs on encore that replaced the leaked ones.
Also Eminem himself said that on the album he was saying stuff that might be like ha ha that's funny, but the jokes get you bored and annoyed really quickly, and he also said that he was getting out of writer's block so he was sometimes rhyming random shit that comes to his mind and has no correlation whatsoever, that's exactly how i feel about it too.
Third major thing i don't like about it is the inconsistency in the tracklist. You got some dope songs that tell the stories well like same song and dance, stay wide awake, deja vu, beautiful, etc. But then you got some songs that either don't speak about anything in particular, just shady being shady, like bagpipes from Baghdad (seriously, whenever i try to focuse on the lyrics of this song i just get carried away into randomness, it ain't even good at dissing Mariah if that was the main point of the song), or hello and we made you (reintroduction of shady and ig both were like party themed and joking around with women, but they both either just start getting random asf or cringe asf, no in between) or old time's sake (seriously, wtf is Eminem even talking about on the song) or songs that were supposed to have a concept but failed like must be the ganja (the whole concept revolving around drugs and then he starts spitting random serial killer bars which fade into the concept of relapse as a whole, not of this individual song, or it just has the random ass lyrics like i'm so la di da so like wtf), or medicine ball (which is like him being offensive but then again it either just has some random ass shit with gross imaginery which brings back the fack vibes for me, or it just goes really too far like with Chris Reeves, i mean ik it was supposed to be offensive but damn) or insane and my mom which were supposed to represent a serial killer's childhood, but both fail in a way like my mom is just terribly annoying and becomes less funny whenever i hear it, and insane also starts going into randomness a bit, like i mean it follows the "child molestation" theme, but i wished it just focused on that one child from the first verse the whole time)
Overall i just wish relapse had more songs with a concept like stay wide awake, same song and dance and music box, and delivery more like underground or the king mathers leftover tracks.
Damn bro, you really missed the point of this album. A lot of your criticisms show that.
The concept isn’t supposed to be the life of a serial killer, it’s supposed to be representative of Eminem’s life…but specifically his addiction. This entire album is like a diary of his addiction
@@Kiki-xx3fj it was supposed to be the paralel between the life of slim shady and the story of an average serial killer, i mean you can say slim shady himself is a serial killer in a way so you don't even have to include the serial killer part, It's slim shady's life story from birth, to addiction, and eventually to death, the album just doesn't do that right to me
1. The Eminem Show
2. The Marshall Mathers LP
3. Recovery
4. Relapse
5. The Slim Shady LP
6.Kamikaze
7.The Marshall Mathers LP 2
8. Music To Be Murder By
9.Encore
10.Revival
Anyone excited for The Death of Slim Shady?
Man I miss 2010 and younger Eminem. Dude hasn’t put out a good album since recovery
In Recovery he said "F my last CD, that shit's in my trash"
I think The Marshall Mathers LP 2 was his last great album.
@@user-zp1qp3b No it was an amazing album, what disapointed you lmfao, every song is great including don't front
I think Relapse would be better received if Recovery came first. He went through terrible things and he should have acknowledged that head on.
I know there are those Eminem fans that only likes the loseyoursel, till i colapse, the way i am type of songs but the real Eminem fans know he IS much more than that
wait theres no way you didn't talk about bagpipes from Baghdad OR medicine ball