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EMINEM - RELAPSE (Official Discussion)
akcranker - The Dangerous Crew Movement:
--- Quote from: Makaveli's Food & Liquor on May 11, 2009, 06:36:58 PM ---Ive listened to this a few times through and i was pleasantly surprised the first listen, bare in miind i was expecting it to be trash, and well its really not that bad, its average at best but not atall wack, Dres beats are fucking krazy 8) Em can still flow his ass off and tbh the accent doesnt really bother me anymore but the problem with this album is surprisingly Ems lyrics which are fucking awful, so much has gone on in the past few years of his life and yet hes still spitting the same lyrics offa SSLP, which is so cheesy now and kinda pathetic, theres no growth or nothin, if the whole album was like 'Deja Vu' then it'd be insane instead its not bad just really average
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I think you have to look at alot of other people's theories that the fans wanted Slim Shady/Marshell Mathers back and that's what they got. Relapse is supposed to be like SSLP cause that's what the fans wanted... and with that.. Relapse 2 should be like MMLP.
LyRiCaL_G:
The production on this imo is much better than encore and it IS a better album imo which aint saying much but i do think this is better than that album.
However to compare relapse to MMLP or the eminem show (which im not the biggest fan of) is a lil extreme imo.
pz!
Mo-D:
I have listened to album start to finish 4 times.
Im not going to give an opinion based on liostening to 30 seconds of each track like SO MANY people have.
This album is SOLID. Its nothing groundbreaking but i think its better than Eminem Show.
The songs which I find myself singing long after my headphones are off are:
- My Mom (everyone I showed this track to likes it)
- Insane
- Bagpipes from Baghdad
- Old Times Sake
- Must be The Ganja
- Deja Vu
6 very good songs in my opinion. But I agree that it hasnt got that ONE SONG which would make it go quadruple platinum quickly. I.e. wayne - lollipop, t.i - whatever you like, kanye - stronger
but lots of good songs. enjoy it and stop bagging it so much!
Mo-D:
--- Quote from: Meho on May 11, 2009, 04:12:28 PM ---You know I've said this 2 or 3 times in the past 2 days but you really need to get through the initial "first impression" experience because I was dissapointed with accent and thatr he showed no growth. Once you get past that phase try listening to it with an open mind, no overanalysing every single word, good music is good music. I also gave him a pass on the growth things, since he was on drugs for the past 7 years so it's understandable that he raps about it. Relapse 2 better be more serious and adress Proof, Interscope, Shady records politics....
I suggest everybody to read that breakdown of the cd Action posted. And the replay value on this cd is impressive people are gonna call me crazy for this but it's better than Marshall Mathers (the replay value that is) for me. MM is obviously a better cd but the replay value was always fishy to me, like with all Eminem material except Slim Shady LP.
Basically Slim Shady LP verses + Relapse production= classic
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Well said, man. I agree with all of that.
pootypooty:
--- Quote from: Meho on May 11, 2009, 04:12:28 PM ---You know I've said this 2 or 3 times in the past 2 days but you really need to get through the initial "first impression" experience because I was dissapointed with accent and thatr he showed no growth. Once you get past that phase try listening to it with an open mind, no overanalysing every single word, good music is good music. I also gave him a pass on the growth things, since he was on drugs for the past 7 years so it's understandable that he raps about it. Relapse 2 better be more serious and adress Proof, Interscope, Shady records politics....
I suggest everybody to read that breakdown of the cd Action posted. And the replay value on this cd is impressive people are gonna call me crazy for this but it's better than Marshall Mathers (the replay value that is) for me. MM is obviously a better cd but the replay value was always fishy to me, like with all Eminem material except Slim Shady LP.
Basically Slim Shady LP verses + Relapse production= classic
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Personally, I liked the album from the get-go. I've probably played the whole album a dozen times now and it does get better. However, it wasn't until after the 3rd listen that I came across this statement when I began to really appreciate where he was going with this album, bearing in mind that Relapse is loosely a concept album:
The main theme of the record is a lot to do with me getting sober. Like giving up drugs and also kinda relapsing back into the first two albums, it's like relapsing back to the first two albums. The Slim Shady LP and The Marshall Mathers LP. It kinda feels like, the way these records feel it's like, to me, they kinda feel like those two records." (Skyrock)
So for those who felt like his content was lacking, it's basically part of the concept, because he keeps relapsing back to SSLP & MMLP personas.
It's brilliant, imo.
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