Eminem - Relapse
Posted: May 19, 2009, 10:41 pm
So there's 20 tracks and after listening to it I could find 1, perhaps 2 that were worth listening to more than once. I always wondered how he would keep going over time. I mean, there's only so many raps you can do about how much your mother sucks and ways to kill your wife/ex-wife/wife/ex-wife.. Two tracks are obvious attempts at controversy and shock, but both fail in my opinion. Sure, they're "shocking" in subject matter, but it's just not entertaining. You don't go, "Did he really just say that?!" anymore.
As for the music itself, I know Dre has talent. I'm sure he's got a stockpile of 100's of beats and mixes waiting to be turned into hit songs. But it really seems at times that Eminem picked some of the bottom of the barrel ones. About 30-60 seconds into his rap you can tell whether it's going to be worth listening to lyrics or not anymore. And since it's usually not, you instead pay attention to the music. Which I hate to say also kind of sucks.
His little "skits" seem like a failed attempt at being personal and instead just make him look kind of pathetic. They used to be kind of funny to listen to, now it's just [>>]. I don't care what he's been up to for the last X years or what problems he's had. If he can't turn them into kick ass songs like he used to, just skip it.
Overall I give it a 1.5 out of 5.
It's better than Chinese Democracy, but so are silent farts. I was initially looking forward to this release, and I'm quite disappointed.
As for the music itself, I know Dre has talent. I'm sure he's got a stockpile of 100's of beats and mixes waiting to be turned into hit songs. But it really seems at times that Eminem picked some of the bottom of the barrel ones. About 30-60 seconds into his rap you can tell whether it's going to be worth listening to lyrics or not anymore. And since it's usually not, you instead pay attention to the music. Which I hate to say also kind of sucks.
His little "skits" seem like a failed attempt at being personal and instead just make him look kind of pathetic. They used to be kind of funny to listen to, now it's just [>>]. I don't care what he's been up to for the last X years or what problems he's had. If he can't turn them into kick ass songs like he used to, just skip it.
Overall I give it a 1.5 out of 5.
It's better than Chinese Democracy, but so are silent farts. I was initially looking forward to this release, and I'm quite disappointed.