Sep 13, 2016This popped in my head yesterday after class and I started to connect the dots and found out that my claim has potential to be at least partially factual
Lets get the obvious connection out the way
There were an albums worth of Slim Shady shock raps. The only problem was they lacked the subtlety and cartoonish punch of SSLPs which was replaced with a wild jamaican serial killer and raps more akin to horrorcore
Ok so here are other connections yall may not have caught initially:
Dr West skit makes a reference to the SSEP skit, reintroducing Slim Shady to Em's psyche by showing him as a rehab doctor in disguise in his dreams
My Mom fufills a prophecy Eminem made on SSLP
"My mom does more dope than I do, I told her i'd grow up and be a famous rapper, make a record about doing drugs and name it after her
Insane is another one of those "my brain is f-----" songs so it could be seen as a continuation of Brain Damage (sounds like a reach i know)
Hello shares the same sentiment of My Name Is, a song introducing (reintroducing in this case) Slim Shady to the masses
We Made You sounds like at an attempt at another dance song with Dina Rae (c-m On Everybody anyone?)
The Paul skit although one has appeared in every solo before this record
Em and Dre return on Old Times Sake. It isn't the same concept as Guilty Conscience as both parties are now on the "evil side"
If I Had and Rock Bottom mirror Deja Vu and Beautiful. If I Had has Em lamenting about his poverty struggles, Deja Vu has him telling the somber lamentful story of his near death experience due to his struggles with wealth and traumas. Both Rock Bottom and Beautiful speak on his very heavy depression
Underground is basically Still Don't Give A f--- 2. He raps about how he doesn't give a f--- about anyone from Michael Myers to a crippled lesbian. Its The signature Eminem outro that doesn't hold anything back and rounds the album out with shock raps and evil sentiments. Plus...
"A lot of people ask me....."
If only there was no accents, serial killer obsessions, more wit, and more comic relief with the shock raps then maybe the album wouldnt be a waste of Dres beats and would be worthy to be mentioned along SSLP quality wise.
There could be more connections that I haven't touched on or most of these could be just reaches. I just wanted to write my thoughts out.
Discuss my fellow stanleys
