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  1. Michael Myers
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    Aug 6, 2021
    Except when its on a Dre album ofc
     
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  2. joeyp363
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    Aug 7, 2021
    f---ing classic. That beat switch part with the lyrics/flow will go down as some classic bars.
     
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  3. JohnMarston02
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    Aug 7, 2021
    listened to this once shook my head in disbelief and then went and kicked my dads heed in. thanks Marshall
     
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  4. LasiK
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    LasiK d-mn fine coffee

    Aug 7, 2021
    it was so offbeat and ended abruptly

    just weird
     
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  5. Whitefox
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    Whitefox

    Aug 7, 2021
    I'd add his verse on Majesty also. He has a bit of a fast flow there, but it's ok, and the rest of the verse is rhymes heavy, but he has a good flow at the same time
     
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  6. hargydon
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    hargydon No investigation, no right to speak

    Aug 6, 2021
    Em’s Medicine Man’s verse is mixed pretty badly tbhhhh
     
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  7. Marsh
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    Marsh Rosi Season #BringBackSupsuck

    Aug 6, 2021
    I'm going with "Meh" :emoji_pensive: and hope there will be another one. It's just too forgettable and not pleasing enough to listen to.
     
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  8. SHUDEYE
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    SHUDEYE Kerser is the sickest.

    Aug 6, 2021
    I quite enjoyed it tbh, but I know it's a song I won't be listening to in a week.
     
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  9. Michael Myers
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    Aug 6, 2021
    Also I dont think he did that for lord above and moon man either. They are dope.

    Mixing on this is also terrible lol. We can all blame em but Nas and his mixing team f----- up here too. Other songs dont have this problem
     
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  10. Rodamon
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    Rodamon

    Aug 6, 2021
    song is a mess, epmd barley appear, it has bad structure overall, the track finished and i was like.... ok?
    and yes, Em is not good in it, last bars flowed like a---,

    . it is a shame to see that two legends dont take seriously the crafting of a song together.
     
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  11. Michael Myers
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    Aug 6, 2021
    People who say 'its not 2003 anymore'... f--- off lol.

    From 2011- 2018 I understood; he barely did anything remotely good. But he proved, on Stepping Stone, Fall, and more recently on Zeus, Premonition, Tone Deaf, Discombombulated, Gnat etc and even guest verses (Moon Man, Lord Above) he can definitely make great verses without sounding like s--- lol.

    This was not it , neither of them imo
     
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  12. SubwaySam
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    SubwaySam

    Aug 6, 2021
    This seems to be what we all say about all of his verses recently. The majority of the verse sucks (usually the start) but it get’s good/bearable towards the end. We have to try and justify part of it by saying ‘it got better towards the end’ or ‘the middle portion saved it’.

    What happened to this guy. He used to have nothing to rap about. Now he just straight up cannot rap properly any more. His current stuff makes Relapse look like some of his prime stuff. He wasn’t rapping about anything (apart from Deja Vu), but at least what he was saying flowed like magic. I’ll take great flowing rhymes about nothing over stop/start, broken flows that are “technically” great.
     
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  13. Mudkip
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    Mudkip RIP 3PAC

    Aug 6, 2021
    Copied them from genius, certainly did not waste my time writing them myself lol
     
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  14. Michael Myers
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    Michael Myers Moderator

    Aug 6, 2021
    Nas probably thought em is gonna come hard and forced a fast flow too..

    Eminem verse is all over the place. But the worst part is u can hear its phoned in.

    Some cool parts but the fast rap, cringy lines and bad quality is a huge step back again after he took a few forward w mtbmb.

    Dissappointed in both of them (this song) tbh they didn't take this serious. Some phoned in, rushed bs. Probably a Meh but going w bad because how much they f----- this up.
     
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  15. hargydon
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    hargydon No investigation, no right to speak

    Aug 6, 2021
    Meh definitely. Forgettable performances & mixed horrendously, but not offensive enough for me to label it bad.
     
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  16. GawDEDEDE
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    Aug 13, 2021
    Relapse aged so well particularly because the vast majority of rap roday is great flowing about nothing
     
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  17. Boos
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    Boos Nova Nation

    Aug 6, 2021
    Yeah I was just watching some video by The Weeknd’s engineer on YouTube and he was flipping through UAD and it had a ton of preamps and s--- on it.
     
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  18. MichaelsMad
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    MichaelsMad

    Aug 6, 2021
    You and me both lol. I got a presonus studio channel strip box now but the tubes in it arent anywhere near an avalon. Ima try to get one next year tho. They have the plug in version through UAD, but I dont really wanna buy an apollo for it lol
     
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  19. MichaelsMad
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    MichaelsMad

    Aug 6, 2021
    So do you lol. I know alot of people dont like the heavy saturation hes using but I love it. Ever since I found out he uses an avalon I always wondered why he wasnt utilizing that mid range on the EQ. But now he does lol.
     
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  20. Boos
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    Boos Nova Nation

    Aug 6, 2021
    You really know your s--- bro
     
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