btw for people who are slow he is not taking shots at anyone but the haters all i see is a bunch of complainers and then saying everything the haters said about kdot wayne himself etc and then saying “this is what they do to the greats” make up excuses to hate” no shots thrown at anyone but the haters
I love how in this album he says the wildest shit ever, but then hits your soul with beautiful songs like "Temporary" and "Somebody Save Me". Also damn... "Fuel" was FIRE! 🔥
I hate when people say they want Eminem to "rap his age." He did that on Revival & people hated it! He said it on this album. "Everytime I drop people expect me to reinvent the wheel"
This isn’t Eminem last album.. This was a concept album.. Eminem is still talking his ass off and isn’t going anywhere.. If he ever does decide to make a last album and retire they’ll promote the hell out of the album sayin it’s his final goodbye.. It wouldn’t be all subliminal with the Death of Slim Shady.. I mean shit y the hell would he leave? This was his best album in quite a long time.. He’s the GOAT
Specifically to the final line, I think MTBMB was quite good, Kamikaze was too. I mean if you mean in comparison to like the Eminem Show then that's a bit more understandable but both of his prior albums to this one had good songs. Some of strongest bar-smithing he had.
It was a solid 8.5/10 album for me, especially on the second listen. I loved how it wasn't Em vs Slim but Em(Slim) sending a message to the fans that the slim shady they want just won't work in today's world. Also slim came back from the dead at the end which is sending mixed signals, he doesn't want to do slim but he can't really get rid of slim
Eminem got loose and shot slim 3 times (im guessing in the left hand becUse he uses that one to write) then he shot him in the dick (killshot through your cock, cock sucker). Slim then went to the nut house (haha) and they pumped him full of medicine where he just sits there and says random things. Slim never died. I do think there is a deluxe or side B of the album though. I think Slim gets loose and goes after Marshall again. There was too many features that weren't on this album. J Cole, 50 cent, etc.
@@dabigcheeze and say something like “DagNABBIT MARSHALL, how DARE you attack Megan The STALLION and Caitlyn JENNER and Christopher REEVE and Kendrick LAMAR-“
@@loading. Encore was fucked because of the tracks that leaked which were supposed to be intro and glue tracks so he had to do on spot change which is usually hard to have and because of it he put those songs as bonus
I felt like the last few albums were Em trying to prove to everyone he can still rap instead to trying to create a body of work so the fact that he was more focused on trying to create a body work on this project made me appreciate it more on the first listen
You didn’t like Kamikaze!?!?? That was the best Em we got in the past decade. This album and MTBMB were alright, but Kamikaze was crazy I guess if you liked relapse, then you probably prefer Em’s more fun slim shady style songs. So I guess I can understand that. But to not like Kamikaze at all is crazy to me.
@@filthykallahan6399I hated these albums, as I prefer Eminem from early 2000’s. But the death of slim shady is fire. Definitely his best album since Relapse
Idk why but it didn’t feel like 19 songs, when I finished it I thought my music might of paused itself and I kept looking for it but t said I listened to it all 😭
Guys I’m sorry, I didn’t know there was skits I just finished it and it said 19 songs so I searched to see if it was true and it said it was, but lowkey it felt like it was 8 songs- sorry if yall got a little pressed but I did listen to it this morning and I don’t wanna listen to it again.
The album was really enjoyable. I didn’t dislike any of the songs. It felt like almost a movie. Not phenomenal, but fun. 7/10 casual 9-10/10 for fans. I could easily see it winning best rap album this year.
Frankly, I like it. The first half being Slim trying to get Em cancelled by taking shots at every minority and even his mother again. And then Guilty Conscience 2 Em saying "hey, you're lame as fuck for picking on people like this", asking everyone he dissed to accompany him and killing Shady once and for all And I say it as a part of one of the minorities he first dissed. I don't get offended by it. I like the whole "one last ride for a character that was a product of it's era" and sending him off with a bang All in all, i'd give it an 8.5. Maybe just too many bars at the same people started to feel repeating by the time Braking News rolled around. But besides that, great album
This is a prime example of a song that you shouldn’t skip to first listen💀 favorite song in the album but if you had zero context, this be the craziest diss song I’ve ever heard lol
I knew all along more or less what the album was going to be like/be about, and it didn't disappoint. First of all, the lettering of the album is reminiscent of The Slim Shady LP with it's style and alternating colors, which we have not seen since that one album. Then on top of it, Houdini had that version of Slim Shady's voice in the song for a few seconds (and the video itself shows him). I knew that there was no way the ability to have his old voice back would just be left to a few seconds of a single...this was going to be Eminem duking it out about how he really feels and how Slim Shady would feel today. We saw a glimpse of that concept in the Houdini video itself. How did people NOT expect this?
Ima just say this is Em 4:44 or mm&bs type album, this is probably what em was attempting to make when he did revival but the concept didn’t stick and nobody was ready for that, now the world and the fans are more mature and like em they are ready to embrace this idea, side note I’m confused how a lot aren’t sees the concept and how masterful it was for em to do it in the most em way and not in another way, maybe I just appreciate the art too much because I haven’t heard a really good em project since kamikaze, personally, and before that recovery, relapse, and his first 3 run, encore I’m not a fan of, anyways that’s my thoughts
I'll be honest. When I first heard Relapse and the crazy serial killer vibe, I was like wtf? Because I didn't understand what he was going for. But, when I started to listen to it as if he was a script writer or a writer like Stephen King, that shit blew my mind. There's literally nothing this dude can't do. You want bars, check ☒, storytelling ☒, wordplay ☒ ☒ ☒,flows ☒ rhyme schemes ☒ he can do everything other artist can do and do it better. But no one can do what he does. It's crazy.
Exactly, like even in this video dude is hoping for him to make more conscious albums in the future, when he’s missing the point is that Em isn’t even TRYING to do that. He’s trying to do it how EMINEM does it when discussing a concept or rapping about world issues!
@@DerickBlackmon-eb8ki That's a pretty neat way to look at Relapse. I think Relapse still felt a little weird because while Slim Shady's character was a serial killer, the beats and writing always felt more dark comedy (Kill You, As the World Turns) or personal drama (Kim, Bonnie & Clyde) than horror, while Relapse definitely leans towards the latter (3am, Same Song and Dance, Stay Wide Awake). But Marshall framing Relapse as a 40% horror, 40% party, and 20% self-reflection makes sense since his addiction was his monster and supposed bread and butter.
This album is a 7/10 for me, that first half is a lil bloated but DAMN the second half was such a good it was great. I would’ve cut Houdini and like 2 other songs (not sure which one rn) I felt it was a little repetitive. Second half was peak Eminem. The point of the album is to prove why slim shady doesn’t work anymore and why it’s time to move on. Just shock value for shock value, no substance.
I agree wit u strongly bro. the first half feels like old eminem but falls flat of wat u jst said it doesn't land cause it's shock value wit no slubstance and why that stuff can't work today. id did feel hella repetitive in some songs where he was just talking about the same thing. but I guess that is the point em is making. his old stuff doesn't to today's standards and that we have to move on.
I also feel like this album isn't just for some easy praise from fans like how other people are saying but more of a final goodbye to the slim shady alter ego. An encore before the curtains are drawn and the show is over
Eminem isnt done bro the death of slim shady is him killing off that part of his life. hes more then the crazy blonde headed junkie, hes now just eminem and marshal the father rap pioneer.
I wish he would remix Renaissance and make it longer. I wish he rapped like that more often. He does have to make every song with his older flow but man that’s what I fell in love with as a kid.
You suck at listening to music if this is that great to you. 20 years ago Eminem dropped Encore and was the most horrific shit you could ever hear by what Eminem was building for himself. This wasn't terrible, but its still not that good. 15/10 means you have no business rating anything involving music.
No, the album was to kill off his persona, not to end his career, he’s still gonna do some albums (most likely not) but he will definitely do appearances on other songs (like he’s been doing for years) but I don’t think he’s quitting
This is a concept album in which Slim Shady has been locked away since the early 2000s & escaped or time traveled to 2024 & is like wtf! It's actually kinda genius & exactly what the fans wanted. For Eminem to put this project out at this stage in his career is impressive. After almost 30 years in the game & releasing his 3rd best project (MM LP & E Show are better) is crazy!
Good album. This is what happens when Em is rapping with purpose instead of just putting things out to stay relevant. Context matters on the album, it’s conceptual, and cause of that, he sounds focused. Even the song with Skyler I enjoy, and I hate their collabs normally. But because the song was made with calculation and purpose, it’s really fitting. Glad to hear him again.
I know the whole thing is hes canceling himself but like...I cant hear the canceling. Maybe thats just my old Gen Z brain not giving a fuck but idk how people gettin pissed.
Here's my view and ill try to make it short I would say this album is high b teir, and had some high points that we haven't seen for a loooong time. Listening to Renaissance and some other tracks made me realize why he is one of the GOATS This Generation of music and listeners dont like Eminem, so they think he is bad rather than realizing how good he was and still is.
I can definitely admit some of the tracks are good, but in a lot of them it's obvious Marshall is just trying way too hard to be 'edgy' and 'offensive', but not in the way the old Shady was. It's more about trying to piss off people who don't even exist, but it comes off as corny and annoying to me
That was pretty much the point though. Shady said offensive things to get em cancelled. I’m curious as to what you mean by offending people who don’t even exist.
Album is definitely amusing and I think it's the most self-aware he's sounded in a good awhile, even if Eminem won his culture war and the album's concept is a little flawed as he isn't really going that hard or controversial on anyone or anything. When he was writing about music's impact on youth, freedom of absurdity, musical gangster egos, and the hypocritical government (take your pick off of the Eminem Show), he felt very confident and the bars were fresh from song to song. The Death of Slim Shady feels like it's kind of using the same three to four jokes over and over again without really saying anything other than "Don't get mad at me if I use a mild slur to market my album." At least with The Slim Shady and Marshall Mathers LP, he was more openly challenging context and appearances.
The full album played in reverse the song listing order, it actually changes the context of the to a role reversal of slim killing off em It’s very clever showing that no matter what em will never fully be able to stop having slim involved as they have (like with Houdini) become one in the same
Even though I'm a big Eminem fan, I think most of the songs are just almost good, but not quite. For example, in 'Somebody Save me' the rythym is good, but some of the lines Jelly Roll has just kind of ruin it.
I've only given it one full active listen up to now, but my initial impression is although not as good as his best albums it is still one of his best. I'm thinking his 5th best album. I'll reserve proper judgement until I've listened to it many more times though.
I shared some stories in my Growing Uo In Rock N Rap section, cuz a now deceased childhood friend may have contributed some material. It’s not cus of this, it’s that we grew up in the wrong lives, and idk how long I have. This kid was trying to share some stories of what he went thru, our lives, and other kids experiences. Some aren’t here now. He contributed material to a lot of artists and sometimes new stuff comes out. And cuz it’s important for some other stuff I discussed how me and my cat got dissed over Tobey, a total childhood couple misunderstanding, he came back from a trip heard me talking about Tobey, and freaked thinking the worst. My cat was part Siamese. But I expected it one day cuz they cleared the jokes with me long ago just in case. And since I may not have long and some hopeful justice is needed, I’m hoping fans will care to hear these stories. Or else the world might not know what happened to us. My friend was a talented songwriter and dj. But had a hard hard life. Didn’t make it. So there’s tons more stories. Lots of songs and movies. And remember, biscuits eventually replaced English muffins after crumpets did, and gaps in Levi’s were cuz kids weren’t getting enough food, and Em isn’t the actual antichrist. Just to catch peeps up on stuff in songs. It’s biscuits now.
I have listen to this album three times and each time it's gotten better and better. I really think Eminem is the best lyricists in the game. He didn't dumb down his ability to rap to make catchy songs like everyone else. This really takes time to soak in and I think people will catch bars even months later they missed. This is a solid constructed album that ideas will be fleshed out in music videos. I really think people react so quickly because they didn't have enough time to soak it in. This isn't because it's new it's because it's one of the best rap albums created. As time goes on people will easily put this in top 5 albums of all time from him. It's about the album not one off songs. That is why I appreciate it so much. It's work of art that only make sense when you listen to it as a whole. This is like listen to screaming bloody murder by sum 41. Where all the energy and creation is flowing from all points.
I feel after listening to the album 3 times so far I feel that slim shady is not dead. He may have “killed him” in his dream but it was only a dream it wasn’t real. Slim is always apart of Eminem and depending on how he raps slim could be rapping, marshal, or em honestly I loved the album but I hope it’s not the end either but if it is then I can’t complain 🩵
Honestly, it was better than most of his other albums in general. Most albums only have one or two hits and the rest is pretty bad, but this album is overall pretty good
90's Gen-Z getting a crossfire because of the younger Gen-Z cancelling Eminem.. yall...not every Gen Z wants to cancel Eminem 😭.. EZ Mil is that example.
Honestly it really did feel like old Em was put into a time machine and transported to the modern day on this album. Flows, writing, dre beats, this album was really solid and definitely better than I expected
Exactly how it was supposed to sound, like if there was ever a response from a critique it would probably be this, old em being transported in a time machinie and being brought to 2024, type of thing the album should've lived up too, and it did in my opinion, minus maybe the energy overall isn't the same way it was but it has a great simulation type feel of it.
Thing is… I don’t think this is the last of Slim Shady. The whole thing with slim is that he can’t die. No matter how hard marshal tries he will never truly get rid of him. Whether he likes it or not. “I don’t even exist, I get a clean shave, bathe, go to a rave, die from an overdose and dig myself out of my grave” time and time again Slim has come back. After all Marshal is Slim Shady’s darling. He possesses his soul, heart, mind and body.
After listening to it, I'd give it a 3.7 out of 5. But then again I always preferred it when Em is in pure hip-hop mode (if that makes sense) and just shows off his lyricism over a dope beat.
encore was the last eminem concept album. the album is a concert, & at the end he retires by offing the crowd & then himself. the eminem show is obviously also a concept album.
I think overall the album is pretty solid. To me personally, some of the choruses on certain songs are not what I would stylistically like and thus bring me out of the song quite a bit. But I liked most of the songs on there and I like the overall narrative because it is something we can all relate to. We all have that voice in our heads that, sometimes, thinks of the most awful stuff. Most of us just keep that to ourselfs and ignore them, Eminem just embraced that voice and let him run wild with it back in the day, which created Slim Shady. That Slim took off like he did and what consequences it would have later on surely wasn't really thought about, but society is moving so fast anyway, unless it comes to Eminem. Like, think about it, people don't even really talk about the Ukraine situation as much as before. Topics get hot and die down within a week or sometimes they take a little longer. Slim said some really messed up stuff, what, 20 years ago? And it still haunts him to this day. Especially when fans still want him to go back to the Slim Shady days. Well, now he did. He gave the fans what they wanted, the Slim Shady of old one final time before laying him down to rest forever and move on. Slim will always be a part of his career, but I think, since this album was purely around the concept of "The Death of Slim Shady" that this will be the last time. I can't think that Eminem would make a whole project like this and then not follow through with "killing his alter ego" and it staying like that, because I think he realized a long time ago that a character like Slim fits this world and society anymore, which is also why we haven't had much of Slim Shady in a long time. And even though "Kamikaze" was lining up shots at everyone, it was still Eminem rapping, not Slim. But you could say it was a Slim inspired diss album, but he didn't tap into Slim there completely like he did now.
I DONT FIVE A FUCK ABOUT 90% OF THE ALBUM!!! Trouble was cool making my jaw drop so much on a 40 second track, Brand New Dance really sounds like Slim Shady era… but Somebody Save Me. Jelly Roll performed with Em in Detroit and since that day I said “I think Jelly’s gonna be on the new album” and it may not be a full feature but Eminem took a Jelly Roll sample of Save Me for his song to Hailie and Lainey
The character of slim shady is related to a lot of depressing history for em. His drug abuse his alcoholism. The legal battles with his mom and other artist His battle with depression because of the drugs and the fight to sober up and be a dad. I don’t think he’s giving the character up entirely. But if he is officially stepping away / distancing himself from slim. That’s fine.
My mom threw my eminem cd out the window when i was in hischool. Now fuck. 20 years later theyre bumpin his new cd on a road trip laughing. The guy has mad skills.
10 years before that album dropped, he was actually considered one of the best. This is straight garbage. This was NOT good and will never be remembered just like Dres Compton album. Just awful. If this is what the standards are, its a bleak look into the future for rap music.
6:21 for some reason i feel like this isnt the end of shady i think its more of a "i can leave when i want but youll never kill me" proven how how much he is in the album so the way i see it is slim is tryna take back over the body
If he wants to retire I respect that, iv been following him sinse 99 he's worked for everything so he should enjoy that and his family and sobriety. Jmo
btw for people who are slow he is not taking shots at anyone but the haters
all i see is a bunch of complainers
and then saying everything the haters said about kdot wayne himself etc
and then saying “this is what they do to the greats” make up excuses to hate”
no shots thrown at anyone but the haters
@@idkhonesty-78 💯 a lot of low comprehension listeners already running to twitter(x) is funny to me hahahah
@@idkhonesty-78 he definitely fired shots to diddy on fuel tho
@@perfect.D-p3k im talking about the first track
@@perfect.D-p3k Christopher caught some strays to
He did take shots at kendrick, because kendrick is THE BIGGEST HATER
Billboard says that Houdini actually beat Not Like Us for the record for the most streams in one week. Which is just crazy if you ask me.
I think "Houdini" is more relatable to more casual hip-hop fans than "Not Like Us."
@@Sacto1654To White people
Me, a huge fan of both songs and listened to each atleast 100 times: 🤔
Not that crazy really... It's Eminem.
@@Sacto1654no just to the white suburban kids
I love how in this album he says the wildest shit ever, but then hits your soul with beautiful songs like "Temporary" and "Somebody Save Me". Also damn... "Fuel" was FIRE! 🔥
JID washed eminem bad
Said no one ever
@@Randomshistuff2except OP did lol
@@KingBennyFr. Fr
Temporary is not even that good but besides that, fire album.
I hate when people say they want Eminem to "rap his age." He did that on Revival & people hated it! He said it on this album. "Everytime I drop people expect me to reinvent the wheel"
This isn’t Eminem last album.. This was a concept album.. Eminem is still talking his ass off and isn’t going anywhere.. If he ever does decide to make a last album and retire they’ll promote the hell out of the album sayin it’s his final goodbye.. It wouldn’t be all subliminal with the Death of Slim Shady.. I mean shit y the hell would he leave? This was his best album in quite a long time.. He’s the GOAT
He must've been bit by one
I think he’s making a crack at cancel culture. Say crazy ass shit people try cancel him he make another album to say “ha no you don’t”
Specifically to the final line, I think MTBMB was quite good, Kamikaze was too. I mean if you mean in comparison to like the Eminem Show then that's a bit more understandable but both of his prior albums to this one had good songs. Some of strongest bar-smithing he had.
It was a solid 8.5/10 album for me, especially on the second listen. I loved how it wasn't Em vs Slim but Em(Slim) sending a message to the fans that the slim shady they want just won't work in today's world. Also slim came back from the dead at the end which is sending mixed signals, he doesn't want to do slim but he can't really get rid of slim
Eminem got loose and shot slim 3 times (im guessing in the left hand becUse he uses that one to write) then he shot him in the dick (killshot through your cock, cock sucker). Slim then went to the nut house (haha) and they pumped him full of medicine where he just sits there and says random things. Slim never died. I do think there is a deluxe or side B of the album though. I think Slim gets loose and goes after Marshall again. There was too many features that weren't on this album. J Cole, 50 cent, etc.
I thought the same thing, that he never will be able to get rid of Slim shady is evident in just this comment section
I already know Fantano’s gonna have a field day with this album 😭
Bruh, you know him 😭
@@dabigcheeze and say something like “DagNABBIT MARSHALL, how DARE you attack Megan The STALLION and Caitlyn JENNER and Christopher REEVE and Kendrick LAMAR-“
I predict he is gonna give it a 5 or a light 7
Fantano reviews albums based on his political views. Such a shame
crazy how unreviewable 2 will be about Eminem lmfao
This is The Slim Shady LP 3. 1. SLIM SHADY LP,
2. Relapse
3. The Death of Slim Shady
the fuck , Slim Shady LP Eminem Show and DOSS
@@Karloplusminus the Eminem show & Encore go together. The Eminem show is Eminem album.
Valid, I feel like parts on encore are slim shady but def not the whole thing
That explains the “shady returns for the trilogy” merch he dropped fall last year
@@loading. Encore was fucked because of the tracks that leaked which were supposed to be intro and glue tracks so he had to do on spot change which is usually hard to have and because of it he put those songs as bonus
Slim Shady is not gonna die until My Salsa!
THATS WHAT IM SAYING IM STILL WAITING 🔥🔥🔥😂🤣🤣
Isn't salsa a meal
@@dogplaysgames2013my band????
My band my band my band my baAaAAaannnnd
@@jdbb3gotskills lol
I felt like the last few albums were Em trying to prove to everyone he can still rap instead to trying to create a body of work so the fact that he was more focused on trying to create a body work on this project made me appreciate it more on the first listen
Relapse was the last conceptual album he did, and it's one of my favorites based on his cadences
As someone who hasnt liked an Eminem album since 2009...i LOVE THIS ALBUM. This a return to form for him
You didn't like Kamikaze or Music To Be Murdered By?
@@filthykallahan6399 thats what im sayin
You didn’t like Kamikaze!?!?? That was the best Em we got in the past decade.
This album and MTBMB were alright, but Kamikaze was crazy
I guess if you liked relapse, then you probably prefer Em’s more fun slim shady style songs. So I guess I can understand that.
But to not like Kamikaze at all is crazy to me.
@@filthykallahan6399 they were okay but not great. This album is great
@@filthykallahan6399I hated these albums, as I prefer Eminem from early 2000’s. But the death of slim shady is fire. Definitely his best album since Relapse
Trouble was too short that was pure raw 90's slim we need a full length version of that
This would of been the best song of the album if it wasn't so damn short 😡
Trouble was straight fire, even if it was short
lmfao no it wasn’t
It was fire
Guilty Conscience 2 is the similar or maybe a continuation of Trouble track.
Idk why but it didn’t feel like 19 songs, when I finished it I thought my music might of paused itself and I kept looking for it but t said I listened to it all 😭
Listen to the album again. You clearly did not listen.
it has 3 skits and a song thats like 40 secs long🤦♂
Fr
Agreed
Guys I’m sorry, I didn’t know there was skits I just finished it and it said 19 songs so I searched to see if it was true and it said it was, but lowkey it felt like it was 8 songs- sorry if yall got a little pressed but I did listen to it this morning and I don’t wanna listen to it again.
The album was really enjoyable. I didn’t dislike any of the songs. It felt like almost a movie. Not phenomenal, but fun. 7/10 casual 9-10/10 for fans. I could easily see it winning best rap album this year.
Frankly, I like it. The first half being Slim trying to get Em cancelled by taking shots at every minority and even his mother again. And then Guilty Conscience 2 Em saying "hey, you're lame as fuck for picking on people like this", asking everyone he dissed to accompany him and killing Shady once and for all
And I say it as a part of one of the minorities he first dissed. I don't get offended by it. I like the whole "one last ride for a character that was a product of it's era" and sending him off with a bang
All in all, i'd give it an 8.5. Maybe just too many bars at the same people started to feel repeating by the time Braking News rolled around. But besides that, great album
Bro you just summed up what i wasn't able to put into words when talkin to my brother. THANK YOU 😭
@@shaggyssandwich lol. You're welcome, dude
I agree. I honestly thought this album was so incredible and the concept worked very well.
Holy I loved the album so much
He used his old recording which genius to give the old him
Everybody listen to Brand New Dance, best song on album
This is a prime example of a song that you shouldn’t skip to first listen💀 favorite song in the album but if you had zero context, this be the craziest diss song I’ve ever heard lol
@@parris98457its recycled from encore
Brand new dance is a reworked song from Encore era that was never released
Fuel is by far the best track of that album.
@@mattdoffing6603 i know
I knew all along more or less what the album was going to be like/be about, and it didn't disappoint. First of all, the lettering of the album is reminiscent of The Slim Shady LP with it's style and alternating colors, which we have not seen since that one album. Then on top of it, Houdini had that version of Slim Shady's voice in the song for a few seconds (and the video itself shows him). I knew that there was no way the ability to have his old voice back would just be left to a few seconds of a single...this was going to be Eminem duking it out about how he really feels and how Slim Shady would feel today. We saw a glimpse of that concept in the Houdini video itself. How did people NOT expect this?
Ima just say this is Em 4:44 or mm&bs type album, this is probably what em was attempting to make when he did revival but the concept didn’t stick and nobody was ready for that, now the world and the fans are more mature and like em they are ready to embrace this idea, side note I’m confused how a lot aren’t sees the concept and how masterful it was for em to do it in the most em way and not in another way, maybe I just appreciate the art too much because I haven’t heard a really good em project since kamikaze, personally, and before that recovery, relapse, and his first 3 run, encore I’m not a fan of, anyways that’s my thoughts
Yeah it's WILD how many people completely are missing the point of the concept.
I'll be honest. When I first heard Relapse and the crazy serial killer vibe, I was like wtf? Because I didn't understand what he was going for. But, when I started to listen to it as if he was a script writer or a writer like Stephen King, that shit blew my mind. There's literally nothing this dude can't do. You want bars, check ☒, storytelling ☒, wordplay ☒ ☒ ☒,flows ☒ rhyme schemes ☒ he can do everything other artist can do and do it better. But no one can do what he does. It's crazy.
Exactly, like even in this video dude is hoping for him to make more conscious albums in the future, when he’s missing the point is that Em isn’t even TRYING to do that. He’s trying to do it how EMINEM does it when discussing a concept or rapping about world issues!
@@DerickBlackmon-eb8ki That's a pretty neat way to look at Relapse. I think Relapse still felt a little weird because while Slim Shady's character was a serial killer, the beats and writing always felt more dark comedy (Kill You, As the World Turns) or personal drama (Kim, Bonnie & Clyde) than horror, while Relapse definitely leans towards the latter (3am, Same Song and Dance, Stay Wide Awake). But Marshall framing Relapse as a 40% horror, 40% party, and 20% self-reflection makes sense since his addiction was his monster and supposed bread and butter.
This album is a 7/10 for me, that first half is a lil bloated but DAMN the second half was such a good it was great. I would’ve cut Houdini and like 2 other songs (not sure which one rn) I felt it was a little repetitive.
Second half was peak Eminem.
The point of the album is to prove why slim shady doesn’t work anymore and why it’s time to move on. Just shock value for shock value, no substance.
I agree wit u strongly bro. the first half feels like old eminem but falls flat of wat u jst said it doesn't land cause it's shock value wit no slubstance and why that stuff can't work today. id did feel hella repetitive in some songs where he was just talking about the same thing. but I guess that is the point em is making. his old stuff doesn't to today's standards and that we have to move on.
I also feel like this album isn't just for some easy praise from fans like how other people are saying but more of a final goodbye to the slim shady alter ego. An encore before the curtains are drawn and the show is over
You cant just listen once and then rate it allready
@@heideroosje12 true but everyone else is doing that so who cares
Complete opposite. First half was fire, second half was too emotional and lame.
Eminem isnt done bro the death of slim shady is him killing off that part of his life. hes more then the crazy blonde headed junkie, hes now just eminem and marshal the father rap pioneer.
I do believe that we could get a side b of sorts. I personally love the album. It’s shady for sure. Makes me really think back to my childhood.
I wish he would remix Renaissance and make it longer. I wish he rapped like that more often. He does have to make every song with his older flow but man that’s what I fell in love with as a kid.
he ain't gonna stop he's gonna drop till he dies, he said that himself
damn you are fast with this video! great video aswel
He's never quitting he's stated that he's going to rap until he dies
A really good album. We finally got slim back after more than a decade. I hope he keeps releasing
15/10 album
You suck at listening to music if this is that great to you. 20 years ago Eminem dropped Encore and was the most horrific shit you could ever hear by what Eminem was building for himself. This wasn't terrible, but its still not that good. 15/10 means you have no business rating anything involving music.
I love this album
No, the album was to kill off his persona, not to end his career, he’s still gonna do some albums (most likely not) but he will definitely do appearances on other songs (like he’s been doing for years) but I don’t think he’s quitting
This is a concept album in which Slim Shady has been locked away since the early 2000s & escaped or time traveled to 2024 & is like wtf! It's actually kinda genius & exactly what the fans wanted. For Eminem to put this project out at this stage in his career is impressive. After almost 30 years in the game & releasing his 3rd best project (MM LP & E Show are better) is crazy!
As a 38 year old life long eminem fan, this Is #4 on his best albums ranking, in my opinion
Good album. This is what happens when Em is rapping with purpose instead of just putting things out to stay relevant. Context matters on the album, it’s conceptual, and cause of that, he sounds focused. Even the song with Skyler I enjoy, and I hate their collabs normally. But because the song was made with calculation and purpose, it’s really fitting. Glad to hear him again.
I think if he has created the perfect opportunity to follow this album up with The Marshall Mathers LP 3
Jid slid but can't say it's in my top 5 oty, still cool album tho , big flaw of this album is it gon make millenials think they hot shit
Salty opinion
😂
As a gen z noones gonna care
Nah we think we hot shit cuz of Kendrick, the premiere millennial 😂
@@SalamanderLightsEminem is gen x but his music influenced the millennial generation the most.
I know the whole thing is hes canceling himself but like...I cant hear the canceling. Maybe thats just my old Gen Z brain not giving a fuck but idk how people gettin pissed.
Here's my view and ill try to make it short
I would say this album is high b teir, and had some high points that we haven't seen for a loooong time.
Listening to Renaissance and some other tracks made me realize why he is one of the GOATS
This Generation of music and listeners dont like Eminem, so they think he is bad rather than realizing how good he was and still is.
2 Gen-Z people want to cancel eminem ❌
2 Gen-z people want to cancel eminem and the entire generation get's blamed for it ✅✅✅✅✅✅✅
wasnt too hyped for the album until it dropped. OH MY GOD! Absolute beast of a release!
Temporary and Somebody Save Me hit hard A.F.. lost for words.
Those were beautiful tracks
Me personally, I interpreted the album as Shady taking Eminem hostage, before Em breaks out of the chair he was tied to and fatally shooting Slim.
I can definitely admit some of the tracks are good, but in a lot of them it's obvious Marshall is just trying way too hard to be 'edgy' and 'offensive', but not in the way the old Shady was. It's more about trying to piss off people who don't even exist, but it comes off as corny and annoying to me
That was pretty much the point though. Shady said offensive things to get em cancelled. I’m curious as to what you mean by offending people who don’t even exist.
Imo this album was a 10/10! there's 0 skips
Album is definitely amusing and I think it's the most self-aware he's sounded in a good awhile, even if Eminem won his culture war and the album's concept is a little flawed as he isn't really going that hard or controversial on anyone or anything. When he was writing about music's impact on youth, freedom of absurdity, musical gangster egos, and the hypocritical government (take your pick off of the Eminem Show), he felt very confident and the bars were fresh from song to song.
The Death of Slim Shady feels like it's kind of using the same three to four jokes over and over again without really saying anything other than "Don't get mad at me if I use a mild slur to market my album." At least with The Slim Shady and Marshall Mathers LP, he was more openly challenging context and appearances.
The full album played in reverse the song listing order, it actually changes the context of the to a role reversal of slim killing off em
It’s very clever showing that no matter what em will never fully be able to stop having slim involved as they have (like with Houdini) become one in the same
I say it EVERY DAMN TIME Eminem had done more for the African American community than the JERRY CURL 🤣
Even though I'm a big Eminem fan, I think most of the songs are just almost good, but not quite. For example, in 'Somebody Save me' the rythym is good, but some of the lines Jelly Roll has just kind of ruin it.
I've only given it one full active listen up to now, but my initial impression is although not as good as his best albums it is still one of his best. I'm thinking his 5th best album. I'll reserve proper judgement until I've listened to it many more times though.
I’m calling it right now, RESSURECTION OF SLIM!
Great video as always! I used to be a huge Eminem fan but over time I’ve been rocking with him less and less. Hopefully this album changes that
I shared some stories in my Growing Uo In Rock N Rap section, cuz a now deceased childhood friend may have contributed some material. It’s not cus of this, it’s that we grew up in the wrong lives, and idk how long I have. This kid was trying to share some stories of what he went thru, our lives, and other kids experiences. Some aren’t here now. He contributed material to a lot of artists and sometimes new stuff comes out. And cuz it’s important for some other stuff I discussed how me and my cat got dissed over Tobey, a total childhood couple misunderstanding, he came back from a trip heard me talking about Tobey, and freaked thinking the worst. My cat was part Siamese. But I expected it one day cuz they cleared the jokes with me long ago just in case. And since I may not have long and some hopeful justice is needed, I’m hoping fans will care to hear these stories. Or else the world might not know what happened to us. My friend was a talented songwriter and dj. But had a hard hard life. Didn’t make it. So there’s tons more stories. Lots of songs and movies.
And remember, biscuits eventually replaced English muffins after crumpets did, and gaps in Levi’s were cuz kids weren’t getting enough food, and Em isn’t the actual antichrist. Just to catch peeps up on stuff in songs. It’s biscuits now.
I have listen to this album three times and each time it's gotten better and better. I really think Eminem is the best lyricists in the game. He didn't dumb down his ability to rap to make catchy songs like everyone else. This really takes time to soak in and I think people will catch bars even months later they missed. This is a solid constructed album that ideas will be fleshed out in music videos. I really think people react so quickly because they didn't have enough time to soak it in. This isn't because it's new it's because it's one of the best rap albums created. As time goes on people will easily put this in top 5 albums of all time from him. It's about the album not one off songs. That is why I appreciate it so much. It's work of art that only make sense when you listen to it as a whole. This is like listen to screaming bloody murder by sum 41. Where all the energy and creation is flowing from all points.
crazy people are trying to make this a generation thing
I listened to the entire album as soon as it released, and I was just wondering how he could manage to not get cancelled for it
I feel after listening to the album 3 times so far I feel that slim shady is not dead. He may have “killed him” in his dream but it was only a dream it wasn’t real. Slim is always apart of Eminem and depending on how he raps slim could be rapping, marshal, or em honestly I loved the album but I hope it’s not the end either but if it is then I can’t complain 🩵
"he goes by the name of marshall matters"
Honestly, it was better than most of his other albums in general. Most albums only have one or two hits and the rest is pretty bad, but this album is overall pretty good
"Marshal matter" 💀
90's Gen-Z getting a crossfire because of the younger Gen-Z cancelling Eminem..
yall...not every Gen Z wants to cancel Eminem 😭.. EZ Mil is that example.
Hell, the majority of the young gen-z doesn't even want to cancel him💀
Actually a great album. Especially trouble. Made me laugh my ass off In game chat lmfao
5/10
Honestly it really did feel like old Em was put into a time machine and transported to the modern day on this album. Flows, writing, dre beats, this album was really solid and definitely better than I expected
Exactly how it was supposed to sound, like if there was ever a response from a critique it would probably be this, old em being transported in a time machinie and being brought to 2024, type of thing the album should've lived up too, and it did in my opinion, minus maybe the energy overall isn't the same way it was but it has a great simulation type feel of it.
I thought the new album was amazing because we got some of that slim shady rap back.
Best Eminem album so far
Thing is… I don’t think this is the last of Slim Shady. The whole thing with slim is that he can’t die. No matter how hard marshal tries he will never truly get rid of him. Whether he likes it or not. “I don’t even exist, I get a clean shave, bathe, go to a rave, die from an overdose and dig myself out of my grave” time and time again Slim has come back. After all Marshal is Slim Shady’s darling. He possesses his soul, heart, mind and body.
There are a few songs that I found weird but other than that, I love the album, especially "habits", "somebody save me" and "guilty conscience 2"
insane cuz when godzilla came out nobody tried to cancel him
No one can be slim shady because slim shady was a black airforce crashout certified menace 😭
after just have heard "somebody save me" then seing the title kinda freaked me out a little😂
I listened to it backwards first time. I ended up thinking Shady won, and he was back.
1.25x speed hits like goldilocks
After listening to it, I'd give it a 3.7 out of 5. But then again I always preferred it when Em is in pure hip-hop mode (if that makes sense) and just shows off his lyricism over a dope beat.
Eminem is undeniably a huge part of the culture, period
encore was the last eminem concept album. the album is a concert, & at the end he retires by offing the crowd & then himself.
the eminem show is obviously also a concept album.
I was kinda of confused cause I grew up listening to Eminem and I’m gen z
I think overall the album is pretty solid. To me personally, some of the choruses on certain songs are not what I would stylistically like and thus bring me out of the song quite a bit. But I liked most of the songs on there and I like the overall narrative because it is something we can all relate to. We all have that voice in our heads that, sometimes, thinks of the most awful stuff. Most of us just keep that to ourselfs and ignore them, Eminem just embraced that voice and let him run wild with it back in the day, which created Slim Shady. That Slim took off like he did and what consequences it would have later on surely wasn't really thought about, but society is moving so fast anyway, unless it comes to Eminem.
Like, think about it, people don't even really talk about the Ukraine situation as much as before. Topics get hot and die down within a week or sometimes they take a little longer. Slim said some really messed up stuff, what, 20 years ago? And it still haunts him to this day. Especially when fans still want him to go back to the Slim Shady days. Well, now he did. He gave the fans what they wanted, the Slim Shady of old one final time before laying him down to rest forever and move on. Slim will always be a part of his career, but I think, since this album was purely around the concept of "The Death of Slim Shady" that this will be the last time. I can't think that Eminem would make a whole project like this and then not follow through with "killing his alter ego" and it staying like that, because I think he realized a long time ago that a character like Slim fits this world and society anymore, which is also why we haven't had much of Slim Shady in a long time. And even though "Kamikaze" was lining up shots at everyone, it was still Eminem rapping, not Slim. But you could say it was a Slim inspired diss album, but he didn't tap into Slim there completely like he did now.
Feels like a lot of people didn't really think about the album in the context of the concept and took the songs at face value.
I DONT FIVE A FUCK ABOUT 90% OF THE ALBUM!!! Trouble was cool making my jaw drop so much on a 40 second track, Brand New Dance really sounds like Slim Shady era… but Somebody Save Me. Jelly Roll performed with Em in Detroit and since that day I said “I think Jelly’s gonna be on the new album” and it may not be a full feature but Eminem took a Jelly Roll sample of Save Me for his song to Hailie and Lainey
I wish more people knew about icp, which was Eminem’s supposed inspiration to create slim shady as a character.
If u listened to this album from the first track to the last track u listened to it wrong listen to it in reverse from the end to the begining
The character of slim shady is related to a lot of depressing history for em. His drug abuse his alcoholism. The legal battles with his mom and other artist His battle with depression because of the drugs and the fight to sober up and be a dad. I don’t think he’s giving the character up entirely. But if he is officially stepping away / distancing himself from slim. That’s fine.
he was a kid during slim shady and now he's over 50yrs old, time to put it to bed..
He's been trying to. His fans/stans won't stop giving him shizz for trying to be different.
@@arenam79 that’s literally what the album’s about
agreed. The question asked in the video was "why would he kill off slim shady" I just answered it literally like he was asking me personally lol
@@arenam79 oh lol all good
Only Eminem can outdo himself as the Slim Shady character. I love Slim Shady. But the New Shady, I'm obsessed. Hip hop needs him.
it was a great concept and executed and very important to his career but musically i feel it could have been better in the flows, beats, and hooks
My mom threw my eminem cd out the window when i was in hischool. Now fuck. 20 years later theyre bumpin his new cd on a road trip laughing. The guy has mad skills.
I honestly loved it from start to finish
Brand new dance on Eminem’s new album kinda sounds like just lose it
No it sounds like same song same dance
Did we forget that Eminem proceeded to shoot slim Shady in a Guilty Conscious 2?
Did you hear the same album I did? This is the shit, man!!!!!
As a longtime Eminem fan, I can confidently say this is his best work since MMLP2.
10 years before that album dropped, he was actually considered one of the best. This is straight garbage. This was NOT good and will never be remembered just like Dres Compton album. Just awful. If this is what the standards are, its a bleak look into the future for rap music.
My guess is musically Em might b set since 8mile might get a show soon that might b the next phase to his career
I listen to like half of it, but I didn’t have time to finish it so I’ll go back to it eventually
I dont think hes quitting being slim. It's a concept album
Slim Shady is the friends we made along the way
That album go hard AF 🔥🔥🔥
I doubt Eminem will be finished, because in Houdini (part of this album!) said “You know I’m here to stay.”
fire ass album. literally killing his alter ego. one of my favorite conceptual hiphop albums ever
It was one of my most favorite em albums in a while 😮
6:21 for some reason i feel like this isnt the end of shady i think its more of a "i can leave when i want but youll never kill me" proven how how much he is in the album so the way i see it is slim is tryna take back over the body
If he wants to retire I respect that, iv been following him sinse 99 he's worked for everything so he should enjoy that and his family and sobriety. Jmo