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  1. J630
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    J630

    Dec 19, 2020
    "They call me dog becaus I'm bar-king"

    Classic Em
    Makes me laugh everytime I think of it xd
     
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  2. TheResponderUno
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    TheResponderUno

    Dec 19, 2020
    None of my friends enjoy Em like I do, it’s so great to be on a forum with like minded folks. This album wouldn’t be as much fun without you guys.
     
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  3. Guma
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    Guma

    Dec 19, 2020
    He likes the album very much.
     
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  4. Ricky
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    Ricky

    Dec 19, 2020
    Yeah, I've heard a lot of dope albums, but this is it, Marshall delivered

    At least for me
     
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  5. Chuny
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    Chuny DuttyRock

    Dec 19, 2020
    Play Premonition after Black Magic.
    Hits a lot harder!
     
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  6. Immy
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    Immy yikes

    Dec 19, 2020
    The best part is, black magic works perfectly as the intro. Sets up the entire story
     
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  7. Intel
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    Intel

    Dec 19, 2020
    I feel like there's something on every song that makes me wanna go back to it.
    Album is def a grower.
     
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  8. Sandr0
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    Sandr0 fck paul rosenbald

    Dec 19, 2020
    Guys i think its time to say goodbye, i have to focus on my private life because some things happened. I wish yall all the best and dont forget the hamster, I'll be back soon
     
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  9. Jimelej
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    Jimelej Guest

    Dec 19, 2020
    Imagine calling Em uninspired on this LMAO
    he sounds everything BUT uninspired on this

    Plus he co produced like.. was it 80% of this album?
    Man put in work this time as well
     
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  10. RetiredAccount
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    RetiredAccount Big Time Stuntin Like My Daddy

    Dec 19, 2020
    This is the most cohesive mash I could come up with:
    1. Alfred (intro)
    2. Black Magic
    3. Premonition
    4. Alfred's Theme
    5. Alfred (interlude)
    6. You Gon Learn
    7. Book of Rhymes
    8. Yah Yah
    9. Gnat
    10. Godzilla
    11. Favorite b----
    12. Guns Blazing
    13. Never Love Again
    14. Killer
    15. Lock It Up
    16. Darkness
    17. These Demons
    18. No Regrets
    19. Zeus
    20. I Will
    21. Discombobulated
    22. Alfred (outro)
     
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  11. DontKnow
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    DontKnow

    Dec 18, 2020
    "This beat is crazy, this s---'s r-----ed: This instru's mental"

    This man is unbelievable
     
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  12. Immy
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    Immy yikes

    Dec 18, 2020
    Discombobulated is one of his best outros ever
     
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  13. andy.cooper
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    andy.cooper

    Dec 18, 2020
    Grades:
    • Side B: A-
    • Side A: B-
    Might be an overly-generous grade, but this wildly exceeded my realistic expectations for an Eminem album in 2020.

    I don't think I'll be writing a long review of this at any point, so here's a handful of my first impressions:
    • The way Eminem slides in and out of flows and rhyme schemes is technically breathtaking and largely sounds quite good. Even the start-stop, "choppy" flow we used to loathe has been tweaked to somehow work.
    • The album is genuinely funny, largely in a self-deprecating manner (e.g., leafing through his notebook for filler lines, what rhymes with "pariah"?, mockingly using the Relapse accent). This evokes some of the very best Slim Shady material.
    • The production (bespoke beats with beat-switches) and guest hooks (which were evidently commissioned with the song theme in mind) are fantastic. No more off-the-shelf beats and hooks, please.
    • Higher is what Walk on Water should have been. Book of Rhymes is what Rap God should have been.
    • The album is uneven — some tracks (e.g., Alfred's Theme, Tone Deaf) become quite tedious.
    • The "cringe-worthy" lyrics and eye-rolling puns (there are plenty) are mostly buried in the middle of verses instead of being delivered with emphasis at the very end. I found these lyrics largely palatable or — at least — easily ignored.
    • Discombobulated is a classic, top-10 Eminem hook.
    • I suspect Em and Dre's current chemistry is responsible for a not-insignificant proportion of what made this album work. I'd bet that whoever acted as the editor-in-chief (Dre?) deserves a f---ing medal. Please, no more passive executive producers.

    Far from a perfect album, but I consider it a massive artistic accomplishment. I suspect that I'll listen to many of these tracks for years to come.

    P.S. — I disagree with the central thesis (i.e., how dare you criticize my work?) of most songs on Side B and of most of his work since Kamikaze. In fact, Side B paradoxically demonstrates that criticism of Eminem's post-hiatus work was completely justified; since little of his content has changed in the last ~10 years, we now know that Em could have made songs like these, but instead chose to make (and release) what now sounds like a collection of amateurish knock-offs.
     
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  14. Ron Burgundy
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    Ron Burgundy Still a Grade-A prick.

    Dec 18, 2020
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  15. Worm
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    Worm Big Perm Big Worm

    Dec 18, 2020
    Never Love Again is my jam
     
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  16. Oldboy
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    Oldboy

    Dec 18, 2020
    not sure why @Donkey Kong Cuntry is wasting his time listening, i already told him he will love it...just consider my words fact and save your time
     
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  17. DKC
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    DKC shortygonletmecrush

    Dec 18, 2020
    Key skit - wtf lol. Feels like drugged out encore era em humor as @Captain Awesome AKA Papa said. good to see him having fun instead of being this static rap machine he was for many years in the 2010s

    next song She Loves Me even has a layered hook that feels like encore era—as far as made up relationship songs are this one isn't terrible, his voice sounds like classic em voice.
     
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  18. Nick
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    Nick (;

    Dec 18, 2020
    Rofl
     
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  19. KPD
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    KPD I feel incredible, is medicine edible?

    Dec 18, 2020
    Absolutely hyped for Em X Dre 2050
     
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  20. RecentEminemFan
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    RecentEminemFan

    Dec 18, 2020
    Eminem has finally realised Relapse is a classic:khaled2:
     
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