Dec 7, 2015

let's stop reminiscing and get back to reality

the reality where none of us talk anymore and drifted apart and slowly felt our souls fade away

 

Feb 18, 2017

percocet, molly, percocet.

 

Jun 30, 2017

Watching all the kids under appreciating this and callin it boring is embarassing .
Go k--- your motherfucking self

 

Jul 25, 2024

Page # and amount of reviews now updated along with the album score and the ranking on the main page!

 

Nov 7, 2015

 

Jun 30, 2017

 

Jul 23, 2024

Hermit & The Recluse- ORPHEUS VS. THE SIRENS

The production on this album is standout, Animoss keeps the album very cohesive sound wise, my favorite part about the production is it's busy with multiple sounds but not too busy. Also love how the production gives off a darker vibe throughout the album.

The production almost makes it seem like it's one big song broken Into different parts which I really enjoyed.

Id never heard Ka rap before but found it really cool throughout the album how he's using Greek mythology and comparing it to his own struggles in the streets. My only real complaint was having to use genius sometimes cause I had no f---ing clue what certain things were lol
Regardless Ka has tons of bars on this album. Every bar seems to be well thought out and not just thrown together.

Couple of my favorites are SIRENS, Fate and The Punishment of Sisyphus.

Gonna give this album a 7

This @AOTWClub is really awesome, getting albums like this that I'd never thought to check out, appreciate you guys for being so active and hoping we can keep it going for awhile. Has made this site way more enjoyable

Nice pick @Ordinary Joel

 

Jul 23, 2024

Standouts: “Habits,” “Evil,” “Lucifer,” “Fuel,” “Houdini,” “Temporary,” “Bad One,” “Somebody Save Me”
Skips: “Antichrist,” “Road Rage,” “Head Honcho”
Rating: 7/10
Overall Thoughts:
One of the first things I thought while listening to this album was, “this would’ve been a great conceptual album to release instead of Relapse.” He likely would’ve been able to capture earlier impressions of himself organically in 2008. And it’s not like voice modulation technology was non-existent back then, despite being limited.

It also possibly would’ve also set a better trajectory for his career over the following decade, rather than seeing him consistently selling out and bending over backwards to appeal to all fans.

Nevertheless, while there are songs on here I can thoroughly enjoy at this stage in my life, there’s no doubt in my mind that there are also great tracks I would’ve enjoyed far more when I was younger. Additionally, some of the AI voices could’ve used some refining, being especially noticeable on “Brand New Dance.” As well as when the ‘Slim Shady’ persona raps, I can’t help but notice it drift between his SSLP, MMLP and TES voices, which can take me out of the experience at times.

Regardless of my belief of this album’s concept working better earlier in his career. It makes me excited for what’s next, especially taking into consideration his ability to put out tracks like “Fuel”, the highlights from MTBMB Side A, as well as the fact he doesn’t need to rely on a the ‘Slim Shady’ persona to compensate for a lack of confidence, like he did in his early career.

Even though most of the album I won’t be returning to very often, it’s without a doubt his most consistent work since Relapse. And while there’s a lot more I could talk about, like the waste of the great Em verse on “Head Honcho”, I’m trying my best to not write a book.

@AOTWClub @Justin Trudeau

 

Jul 19, 2024

Eminem - The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce)

Best tracks: Brand New Dance, Evil, Lucifer, Antichrist, Fuel, Guilty Conscience 2

Worst tracks: Road Rage, Head Honcho

OVERALL SCORE: 8/10

Overall thoughts:

Let me just start off by saying I’m glad Eminem finally put out an album that I think is good, it’s been so long since that has happened. I know some of you remember me being an absolute Eminem hater on this site like last year. A lot of it was hyperbole/me overreacting, but some of it was because I knew Eminem was capable of something like this. That’s why I started being so positive about Eminem leading up to this album. I had such a good feeling about it when that normally doesn’t happen with his albums.

The fact that an Eminem album has people making so many theories about it is amazing. When was the last time that even happened? While the concept isn’t perfect all the way through, I think he did a great job at executing a concept album in his own Eminem way.

I’m not gonna say much about the concept or all of the individual tracks here as I feel like people have already beaten those topics to death. Of course the use of his old voice and that being mixed in with his new voice was really innovative. There’s some s--- on here that sounds like prime Eminem as many others have said.

Although if Eminem without Slim Shady sounds like “Bad One” then I’m ready for it. I feel like that’s an underrated b-----r on this album I don’t see a lot of people talking about. It’s a great modern Eminem song.

I feel like this review is already too long, so I’ll end it here. I am mostly satisfied with this album and I can’t wait to see where he goes from here. The journey during these last 2 years has been a wild ride. Thank you all for taking the journey with me!
@AOTWClub

 

Dec 29, 2014

Get off my d-ck

 

Sep 28, 2018

actually, i retract this statement

album starts mediocre, but gets better as it goes

mfers b talkin bout the 2nd half is weaker

 

Jul 15, 2024

The Death of Slim Shady
WARNING - LOTS OF RAMBLING AND s--- so forgive me if this post seems all over the place (I may add more to this or not, won't lie, I'm willing to answer s--- if you feel like discussing some of this schizophrenic verbal diary of diarrhea)

After a couple of listens, I love this s--- to death at some points though it's got its flaws of course but nowhere near as many as I expect from a modern Eminem album
I now believe that the main reason I was so confused by it is because I couldn't believe what I was hearing (in a good way) I never thought I'd get a concept album from Em (you probably saw me throw a fit when Tobey came out and I thought it f----- up my hopes of that happening on the main Em thread)

In order to get my thoughts in order let me separate what I liked and what I didn't:

WHAT I LIKED:
This seems like a big step in the right direction, flows, autistic lyricism a la MMLP2 without sacrificing the idk "musicality" of the songs? ("sonically pleasing" anyone?)

The production and hooks are such a big step up from what's been happening since Recovery/MMLP2 (granted, s---'s been steadily improving since Kami with some pitfalls here and there)

It's a concept album from Em, one of my dreams come true and it didn't become a nightmare

I've seen a large portion of people claiming this has no replayability, I'm on the complete oppossite side of that, I keep finding new s--- every time I listen to one of the songs

"Guilty Conscience 2" is one of the most self aware Eminem tracks we've gotten in a long time (far f---ing cry away from some of the s--- on Revival for example, where he makes it seem like he's being introspective but he was just making excuses for s--- or the s--- that came AFTER revival which was often pointing the finger at other people)

WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE:
I've said this before and feel like I'm on an island with it but I felt like the Slim Shady character was oversimplified in a way, he's always referred to as the guy that throws slurs around and says outrageous s--- for the sake of it (WHICH HE DEFINITELY IS, don't get me wrong) but that's PART of his character, he was also the guy that used this "IDGAF" act to hold up a mirror at society sometimes ("You want me to fix up lyrics while the president gets his d-ck s----d?") I hope I'm making myself clear here cause I don't want this to be seen as me pretending I know more about Shady than Em himself but imagine if someone asked you what "Walter White" was about and you responded with "Oh, it's a guy who sells drugs", sure it's true, but there's a lot more to the character than that no?
(I'd like to hear everyone's thoughts on this cause I'm totally open to the idea that this is me glorifying the character (nostalgia, idealization, whatever) rather than Em oversimplifying it)

I feel like as much as I LOVE GC2 (probably one of my favorite Em tracks post hiatus, not just from this album) that Slim went a little easy on Em tbh (never once mentioning he used him to get out of the possibly carreer ending move that was revival, right after releasing that pile of dogshit, he quickly turned around and said "YOU WANTED SHADY? YOU GOT IT") and I understand that Shady's portrayed as Em's demons and flaws too but Slim also never mentioned that whatever Em did, he did to himself? (drug addiction, divorce, being absent as a father)
Disregard all of this if what he meant by doing this is showing us how he uses Shady to deflect all criticism regarding his flaws, if this is the case tho, I feel like it could've been fleshed out a bit more and better executed

Some of the bait Shady uses is way too obvious and doesn't land the hit (somebody needs to explain to him what Gen Z is and the pronouns bit feels like it's idk almost a decade late, not because it's offensive cause that was the f---ing point anyway, but because it feels out of touch a bit) this point ain't a dealbreaker for me and it doesn't really take away MUCH from the album cause I can see what he was trying to do at the end of the day

I can't really do anything with the last quarter of the album, some of the songs grew on me no doubt (I GOT A BAD ONE) but it feels so out of place and if it was meant to show us what Em can do without Slim then it's some worrying s--- (in the short run at least) cause it ain't horrible at all (mostly) but it's some mid s--- that can't even compare to the first dozen or so tracks


Final Score as of today (monday after the album came out): 8/10 (Lyricism is top notch even if some of his bad habits are still shown here, and the concept is successful for the most part, production is such a f---ing step up from what we usually get with those bland a--- trap beats and it's one of his better projects in a while overall)

If it ages well I can see this one staying at a 7 or 8 and becoming part of my top 5 from his discography

If it ages badly It could sit at a comfortable 5 or 6/10 and would still be on the upper half of his discography for me (him trying something new is so important to me that even if I end up not liking it as much in the future, I'd still appreciate the fact that he tried a concept and did it in such a way)


@AOTWClub

 

Feb 16, 2017

 

Jul 13, 2024

The Death of Slim Shady- Eminem



@AOTWClub I've decided to start the week early, I'll tally The Offspring- Americana Thursday night to let late reviews trickle in since Eminem stole some of the albums thunder. Thursday night I will also be making a new album schedule for participating members only.

Post your reviews now

Lowkitz: 6.8/10
Justin Trudeau: 8.5/10
Gimp: 5/10
Wreckless: 6/10
Omar Little: 8/10
Michael Myers: 7.5/10
Ice cube: 8/10
Yeez: 7.5/10
Jankland: 8/10
RipperRoo: 8/10
Stepdad enjoyer: 8.5/10
Hargydon: 7/10
Evad: 7/10
Diggledogg69: 8.5/10

104.3/140 = 7.4

 

Jun 4, 2015

Cole's experimentation on FHD is subtle @Enigma. 2 Citiez outro is Cole doing Kendrick better than Kendrick, G.O.M.D song structure and production is different than anything he's ever done. Same with the production of Note To Self and Hello. (And Be Free...)

Not ever rapper has to be super experimental like Kendrick on TPAB. As long as your message is clear and relatable, and you move people with music then that's all that matters. Nas, Jay Z, Rakim, BIG, Pac never really experimented musically or "pushed boundaries" with their production. They all spit the truth and related to listeners...that's what Cole does.

I can see Cole "experimenting" a bit more on album four.

p.s. Cole's two verses on Knock the Hustle Remix are better than his verse on Temptations.

 

Feb 23, 2017

ok i lied

aoty

 

Nov 24, 2016

i got yall

 

Jan 7, 2015

GOMD the goat track lol