Eminem's too aware of himself. It's what made MMLP so good. The only redeeming thing about Recovery was him breaking down the shit he's gone through and how it's impacted him. Relapse was amazing, minus the accents. Yea, it was a little forced concept wise, but still dope. His verses on BME were terrible. His punchlines are hilariously bad. That's just a product of being too far removed from the battle scene, imo. He's too closed off. Em's a professed student of the game. It's said he used to listen to everything, and probably still does. Music then was better, and it influenced/challenged him. Music now is terrible, and he's a product of it. I could talk about Em all day, because I used to love her.
This album will suck. He isn't the same. He can still rhyme, but he has no concepts or direction besides trying to prove he hasn't lost it, but he has. He's trying so hard to be what he was, when his 40 year old ass needs to just move on.
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