If IT wasn t for the leaks ,High use of drugs and not sticking to the concept IT would ve turned way better for the perception Idk the album îs still okay for me since IT has a lot of underrated songs like never enough yellow brick road masterpieces like toy soldiers mockingbird underrated again with crazy in love guilty pleasure a like puke or just lose IT since they are funny and for me puke îs kinda relatable since i felt that type of disguts
Honestly I think "Infinite" is Eminem's most underrated album, it sounds like a midnight drive while chilling out listening to underground jazz rap from a local AM radio station
Legacy from MMLP2 was what really introduced me to Em. Thanks Bray Wyatt vs John Cena (wasn’t really raised into rap I knew some of the classics but that song caused the deep dive)
It's too bad Murder Murder couldn't make it onto SSLP. It might be his best song he has ever written and most of his fans will never hear it. It's just sitting on SSEP and neither that or Infinite are likely to ever make it to streaming.
Some people hate IT cause IT s not like the first but c mon there are like 13 years between them mmlp2 îs like a combo of more mature em and slim shady since evil twin and all that such a good outro etc
It's about time MMLP2 gets some love. Obvious og MMLP is a classic. Seeing Eminem show at 1 is a huge W. Now relapse ranks higher for me but this is a good ranking list
I listened to it recently and i was blown away... It's like 20 songs and he has only 3-4 that are bad( big weenie-rain man-my 1st single) the rest are a great listen.
I'm glad you showed some love to the Bad Meets Evil project. Completely agree, I wish we got more of it. Or even a modern Em/Royce album. Royce brings out the best in Em imo.
Nice Guy is like nails on a chalkboard and possibly Eminem's worst song ever alongside My 1st Single, but I think Good Guy is a pretty decent track. I think it sounds good, I think they should've kept good guy as their collab, scrap nice guy, and call it a day.
Right? Tho for Ultra 85 he said he'd probably give it a 7/10, So I wouldn't expect him to rank it that high on his list, Tho IMO it's tied with No Pressure for his 3rd best album.
Something I wanted to mention, "Love You More" and "We As Americans" are great songs from the Deluxe Edition of Encore that probably should've made the original cut.
I was very curious where TDOSS would rank, and I think number 6 is a perfect place for it. I'm surprised Fuel didn't make the top three tbh, and I strongly disagree with you on Bad One, but otherwise I agree with this more in depth analysis of the album.
@@cameronspalding9792 I think if after Guilty Conscious 2 the album concluded with the Guess Who's Back skit and then Bad One it would've been perfect for the story. Bad One has no presence of Slim, but still has Shady-like lines alongside him all but saying Slim will still forever be with him.
@SirMaski I sort of see Bad One as Eminem embracing his shadow self instead of creating a separate persona for him. He understands that Shady helped him survive by being the one to fight his battles, but now he has to take ownership of his actions and can't keep blaming Shady for his bad behavior. Also jf he kept the tracks like Tobey and Head Honcho off of the album, the deluxe could have been worthwhile lol. I do think Temporary was needed on the album tho, and I think it fits the concept to well to scrap
I remember the doubt people had before Recovery and most thought Eminem couldn’t adapt to the mainstream at the time. Recovery was like a breathe of fresh air.
My personal Eminem album rankings 1.) TES 2.) MMLP 3.) Relapse 4.) SSLP 5.) TDOSS 6.) MMLP2 7.) Recovery 8.) MTBMB Side A and B 9.) Encore 10.) Kamikaze 11.) Infinite 12.) Revival
The video got me excited to revisit a lot of Em's work with how toy broke down the albums here even with the short amount of time you spoke abt them man, the video was great as always. Also I want to touch on 2 things: I wanna say that with eminem show being my fav too I really think that the inclusion of bump heads in the expanded edition was great addition as a bonus track. And I was hoping that you would have commented something about forever being in relapse refill if you have something to say about it
Underrated?! Every time I hear someone talk about this album, it gets nothing but praise. I must’ve listened to the full album 3 or 4 times. And I still don’t get why people love it as much as they do. It is such a step down from Kamikaze.
ems last two albums (three if you include mtbmb side b) are a breath of fresh air from the revival/kamikaze era. i think they’re genuinely pretty great
bro, it's the first time i saw em holding his face on the revival album cover.... How did i not see it before???😂 i feel dumb Adding on, Farewell is a "masterpiece" (i actually like to sing along the hooks and it's easy to rap😅) Adding on again, Road rage imo is one of the most enjoyable tracks, the hook is energetic and the verses are mellow and easy to listen to... Em just glides flawlessly, the theme of the song is a bit cringy but it's a matter of thought-alignment matter
To me, some days I think The Death Of Slim Shady his best abum, other days I think it's a top four Eminem album. I like every song on the album, but after Shady "died" on Guilty Conscience 2 and Marshal took over, the album became less interesting somewhat-although "Temporary" shocked me by being a genuinely moving Skylar Grey assisted cut, where Eminem pens a heartfelt letter to his daughter, giving her comfort and advice for the day whe he inevitably dies and leaves her behind. Most critics just hate it because of the alleged anti-woke content, straight up, and others lie to themselves and say he "didn't mean it." Well, no, he meant most of it on some level, he just normally would not say it that way: " Ain't never really truly over 'til Lizzo sings... . .if you're mad 'cause they're clownin' you for poundin' them donuts, Put 'em down and either do somethin' about it or own it." It was a joke, but he meant it, too. Like the Candace stuff. A lot of truth is said in jest. Shady allows him to say all the things he wants to say, in the worst way. He's not writing a nuanced essay. He knows fat people aren't fat just because they eat per se, but he ALSO knows you can't change unless you want too. That's the truth. The pure jokes were obvious, like effing dead bodies, drop kicking midgets, dangling babies, wanting to eff Candace Owens so he won't diss her (even though he just did, and meant every word.) Eminem IS fairly progressive. He supports trans rights and BLM, and hates Trump. But he is not progressive ENOUGH for the fringe minoriy online, who view it as transphobic to say you won't have sex with a trans person: “So transgender rights, where do I stand? I'm all for 'em, I really am pro But intercourse with you , would I have? No I'm just bein' honest , now I'm an asshole.” These are the same sort of lunatics who wrote mot of the reviews for this album, who secrety or sometimes overtly see it as flirting with a "right wing agenda", and disguising their offended intolerence by saying Eminem is doing "old man yells at cloud" type lyrics, while dismissing how well written and produced this album is. Each song leads into the next, and the album tells a story thoughout, as Eminem delivers double and triple metaphors on the same subjects, while somehow geting more preverse and funny with each verse, until the album loses a lot of it’s humor and depravity as the Shady character is dominated by the more sobr style of Marshal Mathers. Anthony Fantano, in particular, was transparently perturbed and seemingly unable to tolerate any joke at causes he (and Eminem!) agree with*1: he poorly hid his bias and censorious impulse by essentially suggesting it would be more daring and risky for Eminem to attack something right wing. (Which Fantano would, conveniently. agree with more.) Fantano and other critics absolutely do not understand the majority of Eminem's fan base. We don't care if he makes fun of Trump, or Clinton, or uses the "gay" word. We respect his freedom of speech to take a stand against Bush or Trump. Agree or disagree. We also understand that Slim Shady is parody, and don't take his insane depravity seriously. We laugh and move on. Shady is a mirror on the dark aspects of America, it's vices and impulses, delivered with subtext and humor. Which is not to say that every Eminem song has to be super deep, either. Sometimes a joke is just a joke. We needed "ten songs" (as one critic put it, saying he only needed GC2) of Eminem going at woke BS, precisely because of people complaing about it. It's a joke, not a dick, don't take it so hard. As a cripple, "Brand New Dance" was catchy and hillarious AF. Vintage Slim. The Death Of Slim Shady is top tier Em. Critics are cancer. These are the same kinds of people online and in reviews, who somtimes claim MMLP is a "favorite" album", who would have protested it back in the day, they just turned into permanently online keyboard warriors. These are the people Eminem aimed his Slim Shady ire at, and justly so. "Little white, middle-age, upper-middle-class With a glass of wine and your cigarette Bitch, get off the internet You ain't even fed your kids dinner yet" They are the same kind of losers who in the 90's tried to stop us from smoking weed and playing violent video games. In the 90's, this led to PC culture, anti-drug PSA's, and congressional disscusions about video games and their myriad alleged harmful effects, such as leading to school shootings. Currently, we have ultra-woke culture, trigger warnings, and censorious anti-free speech "hate speech" laws. They used to try to ban or censor entertaiment, now they may just edit out "offensive content” from the movies you stream The same authortarians with different excuses. For me, as a pure listening expirience, it would have been way more fun if instead of "Bad One", for example, (which was a great bop with good lyrics-just not as strong or interesting as the earlier, more Shady-centric cuts) Shady and Marshal had temprarily found commom ground and gone after Trump-maybe a cool story-telling song where they invaded Mar-A-Lago, or someting. Given his well documented Trump hate, it seems odd that nothing like that was on the album. As an older man, Eminem probably wants to get away from the South Park cartoon side of himself, and that's fine, but I treasure this last gasp of Shady, too. Contrary to popular opinion, there is no such thing as "outdated" humor. Blazing Saddles and Beavis And Butthead will always be funny, and you should laugh at them, should never apologize for it, ever. Just like I will never apologize for enjoying The Death Of Slim Shady. - After Guilty Conscience Part II the concept of “The Death of Slim Shady” (Wherein the original Slim Shady reappears in Marshal’s present day dream and causes chaos with his drug fueled depraved lyrics, culminating in a confrontation between the two and the “death” of Slim Shady) the “plot” of the album original album is essentially over, anyway. Somebody Save Me, which explores “what if” he had not gotten off drugs is not strictly relevant. Neither is Tobey, where he addresses his GOAT status, his Melle Mel beef, except perhaps the line “Shady Gone, but hey, maybe I’m the GOAT.” Of all the songs, only “Temporary” is required as Shady’s swan song. It even ends with “a lot of people ask me” which is a classic way to end an Eminem album! If you took Eminem’s verse on Tobey, Eminem’s verse after the beat switch on Head Honcho, plus some lyrics from Bad One. There is enough there for a fitting song where Eminem does a victory lap for pissing people off and restraining his demons once, but actually he won’t be tamed. One song, no features*2 , three or four beat switches. Leading into Guess Who’s Back (got to have Ken Keniff) and the emotional gut punch of Temporary. The original albums songs after GC2 already sounded like “bonus tracks” that could have fit on a bonus album…but at least all of them have some lyrics that would have fit, and all of them (except maybe Bad One, which sounds like an out of place club banger) would fit sonically as well. On the actual expanded edition, however, two songs-the ones with 2 Chains and D. A. Got That Dope- don’t really sound like they truly belong on the album at all, neither sonically nor lyrically. That doesn't mean the Expanded Mourners Edition of The Death Of Slim Shady is a waste of time. The Fuel Remix sounds great, and, I think, could have fit better on the album proper than some of the latter cuts that made the album. Just call it Fuel Part II. And hearing Steve Berman again was great! I wish it had made the album. Maybe as a “Hidden” track, ten seconds after the final track on the album. (Which, again. should be Temporary.) Neither version of The Death Of Slim Shady is perfect. While I think the expanded edition has the two songs that fit the album the least, I don’t think any of the songs are bad, and if Eminem had combined some songs on the original abum, plus included the Fuel Remix and the Steve Berman skit on the album (Kyrie & Luka and Like My Shit could still be worthy bonus tracks) The Death Of Slim Shady might have been the first perfect Emiem album since, arguably, The Eminem Show. * 1: See his review of Houdini * 2 Which doesn't mean I dislike the feaures on those songs. Big Sean's verse is arguably bettet than Eminem's. And I really like. EZ's verse on Head Honcho, though I think I can appreciate it more than most because I know Philipino's.
6:33 Encore is definitely overhated! It’s a very hit or miss album, but it’s best songs range from good to the best of his career. Hide the bad middle 5 tracks and you’ve got a 7/10 album
Tbh I like Relapse the most, but I also feel like the concept is actually a little deeper than just a horror core album, I feel like it's almost a remake of the SSLP but with a 2000s remake twist where it's darker
I do appreciate that Relapse has gotten more love since it came out. I was starting college around then (you youngin') and I remember really vibing with it while all of my friends didn't care for it. Its reputation at the time was that it was inconsistent and all over the place, and I'm vindicated by hearing you say it's more cohesive than my friends at the time thought. I'll admit nothing has matched his early run and I haven't been too enthusiastic since he's been more consciously pop in his production, but he still has his moments. The new one's probably my favorite in at least a decade if just because it feels like he has ideas instead of grievances that he's working through.
Justice for Recovery: I think the album is very unique in the way it was put together. Yes, the album does have a very commercial sound to it, but it's also one of the most consistently introspective albums we ever got from Em. Tracks like Talkin' 2 Myself, Going Through Changes and 25 To Life feel like a punch to the gut for me with how unapologetically he tackles his own struggles and decides to move past them. Not Afraid and Cinderella Man are great motivational tracks that also fit the narrative of moving past your previous demons. Even a song like Space Bound, which at first seem to have no real connection to Em, could be referring to Eminems struggles he had with Kim. It might be the case that I'm looking too deeply into this, but idk man. I really like the record...
Just gonna say this as a fan of Eminem, nobody would blame you for shitting all over everything he’s put out. It’s common practice nowadays to take the worst that M has made and blow it out of proportion and make it seem like everything he’s ever done is garbage. But I applaud that even in the midst of his worst projects, you actually take the time to talk about some stuff that is good. That’s what I think sets you apart from literally every other music reviewer on this platform!
Good list, but since you included Shady XV and Hell The sequel you should have included The Re-Up and D12's albums as well. Also I will always love Encore, lol. To me the only bad songs are Big Weenie, My 1st single, A$$ like that and Rain man, the rest is great and the bonus tracks too.
my album ranking 1. MMLP 2. The Eminem Show 3. Relapse 4. SSLP 5. MMLP2 6. Hell: The Sequel 7. Recovery 8. The Death of Slim Shady 9. Shady XV 10. Encore 11. MTBMB 12. MTBMB Side B 13. Kamikaze 14. Revival havent heard all of infinite 1-7 are great, 8-11 are good, 12-13 are ok, 14 is a lot of bad. To Revival's credit tho it still has songs on it that i like, but half of the album i dont wanna ever listen to again.
Great video!! You should do more of these discography rankings. An updated Kanye one could be fun, especially now that it looks like the Vultures era is over (thank god) Apparently my Eminem discog ranking is very controversial so in the spirit of the video I’ll let you be the judge: 1. The Marshall Mathers LP 2. The Eminem Show 3. Relapse 4. The Marshall Mathers LP 2 5. Recovery 6. The Slim Shady LP 7. Music To Be Murdered By - Side A 8. Music To Be Murdered By - Side B 9. The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grace) 10. Kamikaze 11. Revival 12. Encore
1.The Eminem Show 2.The Marshal Mathers LP 3.Encore 4.Relapse 5.Marshal Mather LP2 6.Recovery 7.The Death of Slim Shady 8.The Slim Shady LP 9.Kamakazi 10.Music to be Murdered By 11.Revival
Recovery is top 5 imo. Most listened to em album and was the first em album I listened to as I was almost 7 when it came out im 21 now. I got into his earlier shit hella deep
It is possible for Em to do the shady voice himself if he did what impressionists do which is where they practice saying specific phrases in the voices and styles of other people for a long time, so when they're doing them they nail it but if they go beyond they start to fall apart. In previous attempts Em may have just tried it in the moment but on the death of slim shady he may have been practicing those specific parts for years so that he could nail them when recording time came around which is easy to do if you do enough punch ins and comps
Infinite feels like Eminem trying to be Illmatic Nas. The flows, the beats and the vibe of the songs are very similar. Not that it’s bad, but it’s 100% not Illmatic and I’m happy he went in the direction he did for the next few albums
For me he has the best discography of all...i find it weird when they say mtbmb or encore or even kamikaze are bad albums...meanwhile it's difficult to find 9 great songs on one album from other projects if u think about it.
"dr. dre?
is it gay
to play
putt-putt golf with a friend?
and look at his butt-butt while he tees off?
BUT BUT i ain't done yeeeet!!!"
That whole verse is a no Diddy moment😭💀🙏
goto karaoke song
dude hasnt uploaded in a year n drops this comment LOL
Shit, you're alive!?
ur still my favorite hivemind comp channel 💛💛
so you put eminem at the bottom, but you have eminem at the top? really showing your biases between artists here, scottish boy.
Lmao
The Duality of Man
You born retarded weren't you 😢
The fantano curse has spread to every comment section I see
"Your booty is heavy duty like diarrhea" is a line I still can't believe entered his mind and left his mouth 💀💀
He probably put that on his rhyme book too 😂
Apparently rappers can’t joke anymore 🤷♂️
@@warshallwathers7971 they can do whatever they want. so can the listener when a bar is poorly written, cringe, not funny, etc.
can you believe he wrote that one first curtain call track
U acting like that’s the worst he’s written
Encore is like a bad Adam Sandler movie... in album form.
That’s how I feel about TDOSS😂
Holy shit ur right 💀💀💀
God I finally have a way to explain why I don't like Encore to people perfectly
If IT wasn t for the leaks ,High use of drugs and not sticking to the concept IT would ve turned way better for the perception
Idk the album îs still okay for me since IT has a lot of underrated songs like never enough yellow brick road masterpieces like toy soldiers mockingbird underrated again with crazy in love guilty pleasure a like puke or just lose IT since they are funny and for me puke îs kinda relatable since i felt that type of disguts
@@spiridonrobert16 I feel you. I don't hate it to the degree many people do. It's just an overall mixed bag.
i completely forgot revival existed and laughed when it appeared first
Your booty is heavy duty, like diarrhea
😂
Had some good songs tho like believe, framed , castle
@@Sakuking1 arose too
Honestly I think "Infinite" is Eminem's most underrated album, it sounds like a midnight drive while chilling out listening to underground jazz rap from a local AM radio station
Infinite is my 2nd fav Em album. Way too good
stinky tv trying to cancel eminem YET AGAIN he can’t keep getting away with this
CDTV is trying what?
CDTV is trying to cancel Eminem?
Oh honey,
eminem the type of guy to shove a gerbil in a tube
FACK im gonna
The beat switch in not alike is one the best things he’s ever done lol
AND IM TALKING TO YOU BUT YOU ALREADY KNOW WHO THE FUCK YOU ARE KELLY
Legacy from MMLP2 was what really introduced me to Em. Thanks Bray Wyatt vs John Cena (wasn’t really raised into rap I knew some of the classics but that song caused the deep dive)
That promo package really needed a song like that for the story
me tooo😂
me tooo😂
me tooo😂
me tooo😂
What about the 8 mile soundtrack and The Re-Up 🤔
Not studio albums, you could also put the king is back
@@ratatatatat1518 I know but he included Shady XV as well as Hell the Sequel
@@ratatatatat1518king is back is unofficial release
It's too bad Murder Murder couldn't make it onto SSLP. It might be his best song he has ever written and most of his fans will never hear it. It's just sitting on SSEP and neither that or Infinite are likely to ever make it to streaming.
Murder murder is great, but his greatest song he's ever written is definitely glazing it lol
One of his best storytelling songs. He also used that sample on another unreleased song, 50 Ways.
@@SirMaskiI believe the title of that track was confirmed to be “50 ways to kill a lover” or something along those lines.
Huge W for the mmlp2 praise, i just wish more people aknowledged it as his best modern album, because it truly is
Some people hate IT cause IT s not like the first but c mon there are like 13 years between them mmlp2 îs like a combo of more mature em and slim shady since evil twin and all that such a good outro etc
@@spiridonrobert16 exactly bruh
@@alexik15502 if IT was the same thing people would ve complained that IT didn t bring nothing new
@@alexik15502 Some people think it was the last time he made an album that was good (I don’t)
mmlp2 is probably his worst post hiatus album. No wait, I forgot that mtbmb exists
It's about time MMLP2 gets some love. Obvious og MMLP is a classic. Seeing Eminem show at 1 is a huge W. Now relapse ranks higher for me but this is a good ranking list
Encore is the most over-hated rap album of all time in my opinion
I listened to it recently and i was blown away... It's like 20 songs and he has only 3-4 that are bad( big weenie-rain man-my 1st single) the rest are a great listen.
definitely
I play Never Enough all the time. Spend Some Time is great too. He didn't even mention those.
The album is dumb as fuck and I love it for that. Depresses me seeing it getting ranked so low by so many.
And rightfully so.
Castle and Arose are two of my all time favorite Eminem songs. 'Shame that they're on the worst albums :(
Truth be told, I like Good Guy from Kamikaze. It’s really smooth sounding song to me.
Yeah I really love the anime sample too
I actually like Rainman. Sure, it's pretty stupid. That was the point. I like the catchyness of the hook and the beat.
Dude we are telepathically connected. I just listened to his first 3 albums without knowing you did this
SHADY XV ABOVE KAMIKAZE? WHAT? ALSO BANE IS GREAT!
I'm glad you showed some love to the Bad Meets Evil project. Completely agree, I wish we got more of it. Or even a modern Em/Royce album. Royce brings out the best in Em imo.
Nice Guy is like nails on a chalkboard and possibly Eminem's worst song ever alongside My 1st Single, but I think Good Guy is a pretty decent track. I think it sounds good, I think they should've kept good guy as their collab, scrap nice guy, and call it a day.
I agree
not even mentioning fuel on the death of slim shady is criminal, its the best song on that whole album
Both versions too
There’s many great songs in the whole album to also be considered the Best. Evil, Renaissance, Habits, Lucifer and Antichrist come to mind 😮💨
Recovery has the most replayability out of any of his albums to me, but that’s probably the pop part of the album at work. Also nostalgia
You should do an updated list for logics discography with the release of ultra 85, would be sick
Right? Tho for Ultra 85 he said he'd probably give it a 7/10, So I wouldn't expect him to rank it that high on his list, Tho IMO it's tied with No Pressure for his 3rd best album.
@@butterschunkmcdonalds5333 i agree. it would be cool if cdtv also included unreleased projects/lesser known of projects as well
@@butterschunkmcdonalds5333 yeah, I also think for the video if CDTV also included lesser known projects that would be really cool
Something I wanted to mention, "Love You More" and "We As Americans" are great songs from the Deluxe Edition of Encore that probably should've made the original cut.
Relapse too low, man!!! But I enjoyed the video, you explained your reasonings pretty well, thanks!
I was very curious where TDOSS would rank, and I think number 6 is a perfect place for it. I'm surprised Fuel didn't make the top three tbh, and I strongly disagree with you on Bad One, but otherwise I agree with this more in depth analysis of the album.
@@aspiringjoker2883 I think number 6 for TDOSS is the perfect rank
@@cameronspalding9792 I think if after Guilty Conscious 2 the album concluded with the Guess Who's Back skit and then Bad One it would've been perfect for the story. Bad One has no presence of Slim, but still has Shady-like lines alongside him all but saying Slim will still forever be with him.
@@SirMaski I would have also included Temporary and Somebody Save Me into the mix: those songs are both great
It’s placed 4th in my personal ranking. TDOSS is just that good man 😌
@SirMaski I sort of see Bad One as Eminem embracing his shadow self instead of creating a separate persona for him. He understands that Shady helped him survive by being the one to fight his battles, but now he has to take ownership of his actions and can't keep blaming Shady for his bad behavior. Also jf he kept the tracks like Tobey and Head Honcho off of the album, the deluxe could have been worthwhile lol. I do think Temporary was needed on the album tho, and I think it fits the concept to well to scrap
Also, rock bottom is a top 5 eminem song oat
I remember the doubt people had before Recovery and most thought Eminem couldn’t adapt to the mainstream at the time.
Recovery was like a breathe of fresh air.
My personal Eminem album rankings
1.) TES
2.) MMLP
3.) Relapse
4.) SSLP
5.) TDOSS
6.) MMLP2
7.) Recovery
8.) MTBMB Side A and B
9.) Encore
10.) Kamikaze
11.) Infinite
12.) Revival
W Ranking 👏
LMAOOO mtbmb above encore and infinite. Oof
Cdtv has posted but damn I can’t watch this full vid in one sitting so ill be back and finish soon
ENCORE would be much higher if you considered the original leaked version.
great video!
Nice CDTV Certified Gooner Badge
based pfp
I've been waiting for this for so long love your long form videos!
@ 17:09 Recovery was released on 18 June 2010 (Friday), I have a family friend born the exact same day
Still remember when I found that video when I first discovered your channel in 2016. It’s wild that it got blocked in the US.
If you haven’t heard Raw off the Southpaw soundtrack CD I think you’d love it!
The video got me excited to revisit a lot of Em's work with how toy broke down the albums here even with the short amount of time you spoke abt them man, the video was great as always. Also I want to touch on 2 things: I wanna say that with eminem show being my fav too I really think that the inclusion of bump heads in the expanded edition was great addition as a bonus track. And I was hoping that you would have commented something about forever being in relapse refill if you have something to say about it
You say, "It's clear Side B is a bounch of leftovers..." But it isn't. Most of it was recorded in the year after MTBMB
Revival - 3
Kamikaze - 5.5
Encore - 5.5-6
Infinite - 6
Side B - 6
Recovery - 6.5
MTBMBSA - 7
Relapse - 7.5+
TDOSS - 8
MMLP2 - 8.5+
SSLP - 8.5+
MMLP - 9+
TES - 9.5
Hell nah 😭
@@nateooo101 ?
Never rate again 🗣️🔥
@Misske. aw is the poor little eminem stan upset over my non biased ratings? I bet you think revival is good don't you?
@youngbricksyg266 well i dissagree with your ranking and i hate Revival and encore you sleeping on some albums though
Obviously The greatest hits is the best one because it is the one with "FACK"!
Oh look, it's what was at the time your latest video when I first discovered your channel
I like the lighting
Love to see MTBMB get praise! That album is so underrated 🔥🙌
The album that almost ruined his entire legacy
Underrated?! Every time I hear someone talk about this album, it gets nothing but praise. I must’ve listened to the full album 3 or 4 times. And I still don’t get why people love it as much as they do. It is such a step down from Kamikaze.
This is the fastest I ever clicked on a CDTV video
With the original Eminem ranking being one of the first videos i watched from you I'M HYPED
It’s a good day when Cdtvproductions drops a video
ems last two albums (three if you include mtbmb side b) are a breath of fresh air from the revival/kamikaze era. i think they’re genuinely pretty great
bro, it's the first time i saw em holding his face on the revival album cover.... How did i not see it before???😂 i feel dumb
Adding on, Farewell is a "masterpiece" (i actually like to sing along the hooks and it's easy to rap😅)
Adding on again, Road rage imo is one of the most enjoyable tracks, the hook is energetic and the verses are mellow and easy to listen to... Em just glides flawlessly, the theme of the song is a bit cringy but it's a matter of thought-alignment matter
That video you reference in the beginning, literally put me onto you. I never even knew it has been blocked in the US.
I love the chaos of Encore
This is the best ranking I've ever seen
we are so back
If Encore didn't have 20 songs for stat padding the album could have been a decent equal to TES.
To me, some days I think The Death Of Slim Shady his best abum, other days I think it's a top four Eminem album. I like every song on the album, but after Shady "died" on Guilty Conscience 2 and Marshal took over, the album became less interesting somewhat-although "Temporary" shocked me by being a genuinely moving Skylar Grey assisted cut, where Eminem pens a heartfelt letter to his daughter, giving her comfort and advice for the day whe he inevitably dies and leaves her behind.
Most critics just hate it because of the alleged anti-woke content, straight up, and others lie to themselves and say he "didn't mean it." Well, no, he meant most of it on some level, he just normally would not say it that way: "
Ain't never really truly over 'til Lizzo sings... .
.if you're mad 'cause they're clownin' you for poundin' them donuts,
Put 'em down and either do somethin' about it or own it."
It was a joke, but he meant it, too. Like the Candace stuff. A lot of truth is said in jest. Shady allows him to say all the things he wants to say, in the worst way. He's not writing a nuanced essay. He knows fat people aren't fat just because they eat per se, but he ALSO knows you can't change unless you want too. That's the truth.
The pure jokes were obvious, like effing dead bodies, drop kicking midgets, dangling babies, wanting to eff Candace Owens so he won't diss her (even though he just did, and meant every word.)
Eminem IS fairly progressive. He supports trans rights and BLM, and hates Trump. But he is not progressive ENOUGH for the fringe minoriy online, who view it as transphobic to say you won't have sex with a trans person:
“So transgender rights, where do I stand?
I'm all for 'em, I really am pro
But intercourse with you , would I have? No
I'm just bein' honest , now I'm an asshole.”
These are the same sort of lunatics who wrote mot of the reviews for this album, who secrety or sometimes overtly see it as flirting with a "right wing agenda", and disguising their offended intolerence by saying Eminem is doing "old man yells at cloud" type lyrics, while dismissing how well written and produced this album is. Each song leads into the next, and the album tells a story thoughout, as Eminem delivers double and triple metaphors on the same subjects, while somehow geting more preverse and funny with each verse, until the album loses a lot of it’s humor and depravity as the Shady character is dominated by the more sobr style of Marshal Mathers.
Anthony Fantano, in particular, was transparently perturbed and seemingly unable to tolerate any joke at causes he (and Eminem!) agree with*1: he poorly hid his bias and censorious impulse by essentially suggesting it would be more daring and risky for Eminem to attack something right wing. (Which Fantano would, conveniently. agree with more.)
Fantano and other critics absolutely do not understand the majority of Eminem's fan base. We don't care if he makes fun of Trump, or Clinton, or uses the "gay" word. We respect his freedom of speech to take a stand against Bush or Trump. Agree or disagree. We also understand that Slim Shady is parody, and don't take his insane depravity seriously. We laugh and move on. Shady is a mirror on the dark aspects of America, it's vices and impulses, delivered with subtext and humor. Which is not to say that every Eminem song has to be super deep, either. Sometimes a joke is just a joke.
We needed "ten songs" (as one critic put it, saying he only needed GC2) of Eminem going at woke BS, precisely because of people complaing about it. It's a joke, not a dick, don't take it so hard. As a cripple, "Brand New Dance" was catchy and hillarious AF. Vintage Slim. The Death Of Slim Shady is top tier Em. Critics are cancer. These are the same kinds of people online and in reviews, who somtimes claim MMLP is a "favorite" album", who would have protested it back in the day, they just turned into permanently online keyboard warriors. These are the people Eminem aimed his Slim Shady ire at, and justly so.
"Little white, middle-age, upper-middle-class
With a glass of wine and your cigarette
Bitch, get off the internet
You ain't even fed your kids dinner yet"
They are the same kind of losers who in the 90's tried to stop us from smoking weed and playing violent video games. In the 90's, this led to PC culture, anti-drug PSA's, and congressional disscusions about video games and their myriad alleged harmful effects, such as leading to school shootings. Currently, we have ultra-woke culture, trigger warnings, and censorious anti-free speech "hate speech" laws. They used to try to ban or censor entertaiment, now they may just edit out "offensive content” from the movies you stream The same authortarians with different excuses.
For me, as a pure listening expirience, it would have been way more fun if instead of "Bad One", for example, (which was a great bop with good lyrics-just not as strong or interesting as the earlier, more Shady-centric cuts) Shady and Marshal had temprarily found commom ground and gone after Trump-maybe a cool story-telling song where they invaded Mar-A-Lago, or someting. Given his well documented Trump hate, it seems odd that nothing like that was on the album.
As an older man, Eminem probably wants to get away from the South Park cartoon side of himself, and that's fine, but I treasure this last gasp of Shady, too. Contrary to popular opinion, there is no such thing as "outdated" humor. Blazing Saddles and Beavis And Butthead will always be funny, and you should laugh at them, should never apologize for it, ever. Just like I will never apologize for enjoying The Death Of Slim Shady.
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After Guilty Conscience Part II the concept of “The Death of Slim Shady” (Wherein the original Slim Shady reappears in Marshal’s present day dream and causes chaos with his drug fueled depraved lyrics, culminating in a confrontation between the two and the “death” of Slim Shady) the “plot” of the album original album is essentially over, anyway.
Somebody Save Me, which explores “what if” he had not gotten off drugs is not strictly relevant. Neither is Tobey, where he addresses his GOAT status, his Melle Mel beef, except perhaps the line “Shady Gone, but hey, maybe I’m the GOAT.” Of all the songs, only “Temporary” is required as Shady’s swan song. It even ends with “a lot of people ask me” which is a classic way to end an Eminem album!
If you took Eminem’s verse on Tobey, Eminem’s verse after the beat switch on Head Honcho, plus some lyrics from Bad One. There is enough there for a fitting song where Eminem does a victory lap for pissing people off and restraining his demons once, but actually he won’t be tamed. One song, no features*2 , three or four beat switches. Leading into Guess Who’s Back (got to have Ken Keniff) and the emotional gut punch of Temporary.
The original albums songs after GC2 already sounded like “bonus tracks” that could have fit on a bonus album…but at least all of them have some lyrics that would have fit, and all of them (except maybe Bad One, which sounds like an out of place club banger) would fit sonically as well. On the actual expanded edition, however, two songs-the ones with 2 Chains and D. A. Got That Dope- don’t really sound like they truly belong on the album at all, neither sonically nor lyrically.
That doesn't mean the Expanded Mourners Edition of The Death Of Slim Shady is a waste of time. The Fuel Remix sounds great, and, I think, could have fit better on the album proper than some of the latter cuts that made the album. Just call it Fuel Part II. And hearing Steve Berman again was great! I wish it had made the album. Maybe as a “Hidden” track, ten seconds after the final track on the album. (Which, again. should be Temporary.)
Neither version of The Death Of Slim Shady is perfect. While I think the expanded edition has the two songs that fit the album the least, I don’t think any of the songs are bad, and if Eminem had combined some songs on the original abum, plus included the Fuel Remix and the Steve Berman skit on the album (Kyrie & Luka and Like My Shit could still be worthy bonus tracks) The Death Of Slim Shady might have been the first perfect Emiem album since, arguably, The Eminem Show.
* 1: See his review of Houdini
* 2 Which doesn't mean I dislike the feaures on those songs. Big Sean's verse is arguably bettet than Eminem's. And I really like. EZ's verse on Head Honcho, though I think I can appreciate it more than most because I know Philipino's.
Idk what it is about shadyxv but it might have my favorite execution of the "no content technical rapping"
Stay wide awake still gives me goosebumps
Fun fact
Halos jades only credited appearance on a song was on the Eminem show
6:33 Encore is definitely overhated! It’s a very hit or miss album, but it’s best songs range from good to the best of his career. Hide the bad middle 5 tracks and you’ve got a 7/10 album
Farewell is very slept on in my opinion!
BRUH I WAS JUST THINKING TO MYSELF CDTV SHOULD MAKE AN EM DISCOGRAPHY RANKED LIST
IM CLIMAXING RN OMFG
Tbh I like Relapse the most, but I also feel like the concept is actually a little deeper than just a horror core album, I feel like it's almost a remake of the SSLP but with a 2000s remake twist where it's darker
Hearing that Chloraseptic Flow in 2024 is interesting
Broo was hoping you talked about fuel on tdoss 😢
I do appreciate that Relapse has gotten more love since it came out. I was starting college around then (you youngin') and I remember really vibing with it while all of my friends didn't care for it. Its reputation at the time was that it was inconsistent and all over the place, and I'm vindicated by hearing you say it's more cohesive than my friends at the time thought. I'll admit nothing has matched his early run and I haven't been too enthusiastic since he's been more consciously pop in his production, but he still has his moments. The new one's probably my favorite in at least a decade if just because it feels like he has ideas instead of grievances that he's working through.
Im glad you shouted out the last 3 tracks on Revival, not just the last two. "In your head" is under valued, in my opinion.
dammit of course this video drop 2 days before I can get my card back working and renew my channel membership
Justice for Recovery: I think the album is very unique in the way it was put together. Yes, the album does have a very commercial sound to it, but it's also one of the most consistently introspective albums we ever got from Em. Tracks like Talkin' 2 Myself, Going Through Changes and 25 To Life feel like a punch to the gut for me with how unapologetically he tackles his own struggles and decides to move past them. Not Afraid and Cinderella Man are great motivational tracks that also fit the narrative of moving past your previous demons. Even a song like Space Bound, which at first seem to have no real connection to Em, could be referring to Eminems struggles he had with Kim.
It might be the case that I'm looking too deeply into this, but idk man. I really like the record...
You forgot the Slim Shady EP. And it has some of my favorite early Em. Low Down Dirty, Murder Murder...That's the tape that got him signed by Dre.
Just gonna say this as a fan of Eminem, nobody would blame you for shitting all over everything he’s put out. It’s common practice nowadays to take the worst that M has made and blow it out of proportion and make it seem like everything he’s ever done is garbage. But I applaud that even in the midst of his worst projects, you actually take the time to talk about some stuff that is good. That’s what I think sets you apart from literally every other music reviewer on this platform!
Love your videos but I can't comprehend putting kamikaze above infinite lol
Fly high mr awfully hot coffee pot(1996-2024)🕊️
Finally!!! Someone had to say what I’ve always said. THE EMINEM SHOW is his best Album.
Good list, but since you included Shady XV and Hell The sequel you should have included The Re-Up and D12's albums as well. Also I will always love Encore, lol. To me the only bad songs are Big Weenie, My 1st single, A$$ like that and Rain man, the rest is great and the bonus tracks too.
my album ranking
1. MMLP
2. The Eminem Show
3. Relapse
4. SSLP
5. MMLP2
6. Hell: The Sequel
7. Recovery
8. The Death of Slim Shady
9. Shady XV
10. Encore
11. MTBMB
12. MTBMB Side B
13. Kamikaze
14. Revival
havent heard all of infinite
1-7 are great, 8-11 are good, 12-13 are ok, 14 is a lot of bad. To Revival's credit tho it still has songs on it that i like, but half of the album i dont wanna ever listen to again.
34:43 thats what she said
Kris Kristofferson was so shocked by his inclusion in this video that he died of a heart attack shortly after.
I completely agree with everyone you placed 💯
My Top 5 Eminem Albums are:
1. TES
2. MMLP
3. SSLP
4. MMLP2
5. Recovery
I could listen to any of these every day :D
Taking my ball is goofy with an amazing beat I love that song
Great video!! You should do more of these discography rankings. An updated Kanye one could be fun, especially now that it looks like the Vultures era is over (thank god)
Apparently my Eminem discog ranking is very controversial so in the spirit of the video I’ll let you be the judge:
1. The Marshall Mathers LP
2. The Eminem Show
3. Relapse
4. The Marshall Mathers LP 2
5. Recovery
6. The Slim Shady LP
7. Music To Be Murdered By - Side A
8. Music To Be Murdered By - Side B
9. The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grace)
10. Kamikaze
11. Revival
12. Encore
1.The Eminem Show
2.The Marshal Mathers LP
3.Encore
4.Relapse
5.Marshal Mather LP2
6.Recovery
7.The Death of Slim Shady
8.The Slim Shady LP
9.Kamakazi
10.Music to be Murdered By
11.Revival
How can you rate sslp at 8 😩
Recovery is top 5 imo. Most listened to em album and was the first em album I listened to as I was almost 7 when it came out im 21 now. I got into his earlier shit hella deep
Great ranking man!!! Finally someone who doesn't rank the original MTBMB in the bottom 3 or 4😂. Love the video! Thank you 👍
I love MTBMB. There’s a handful of songs that I don’t enjoy but overall I think it’s some of his best work.
That Patreon coming in handy 🤌🏽
Seduction and Superman is the most swaggiest he’s ever been. Ever
Nah dawg, you cant call WE MADE YOU, the worst in relapse. Crazy
Sing for the moment is my favorite song of all time
It is possible for Em to do the shady voice himself if he did what impressionists do which is where they practice saying specific phrases in the voices and styles of other people for a long time, so when they're doing them they nail it but if they go beyond they start to fall apart. In previous attempts Em may have just tried it in the moment but on the death of slim shady he may have been practicing those specific parts for years so that he could nail them when recording time came around which is easy to do if you do enough punch ins and comps
Infinite feels like Eminem trying to be Illmatic Nas. The flows, the beats and the vibe of the songs are very similar. Not that it’s bad, but it’s 100% not Illmatic and I’m happy he went in the direction he did for the next few albums
Swap out MMLP2 with Relapse, And MTBMB with Encore and this list is absolutely spot on IMO.
Nah bro, Encore is the most under-rated Em album, it's obviously not his best but it's a great record
For me he has the best discography of all...i find it weird when they say mtbmb or encore or even kamikaze are bad albums...meanwhile it's difficult to find 9 great songs on one album from other projects if u think about it.
unrelated to Eminem but I know you sometimes read comments, honestly I really like this lighting and think it looks pretty professional youtuber-esque
Man why does no one like 1st single :c
Damn, 6.5 for revival was a wild ass take😂😂.
😂😂
thanks for reminding me of ralphthemoviemaker
CDTV is the only person to put tdoss over relapse and recovery