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11-02-2013, 11:42 PM
#151
NBA rookie of the year
Re: Marshall Mathers LP 2,11-5-13
Originally Posted by Numero 10
Beautiful Pain was dope. Should have been on the album over the monster track.
Not over the monster but definitely it should've been on the album.
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11-02-2013, 11:58 PM
#152
NBA All-star
Re: Marshall Mathers LP 2,11-5-13
Originally Posted by TylerOO
Love Game is one of the worst songs I've ever heard. What a letdown.
I thought it was an amazing track, had a very Macklemore (when he's good) feel to it. But everyone likes different kinds of music, got respect for all y'all
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11-03-2013, 12:35 AM
#153
Re: Marshall Mathers LP 2,11-5-13
Originally Posted by Numero 10
The album is good, not amazing, but imo naming it MMLP2 and not having similar or part two's of certain songs like Stan, Way I Am, marshal mathers, criminal, etc. was a mistake. He said he wouldn't be naming it MMLP2 if it didn't meet the standards of the previous. Comparing this to mmlp1, unfortunately it is a letdown. I think the biggest problem with Em these last two albums has been his choices in production/producers. He needs more DRE and Bass brothers. Too many singers on his hooks/chorus as of late too.
Bad Guy is from the perspective of Stan's brother.
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11-03-2013, 12:33 PM
#154
maimi heat fan sinc'89
Re: Marshall Mathers LP 2,11-5-13
THESE ALBUM IS THE SHITS MAN!!! holey craps. i will maybe say is better than sslp < mmlp2 . pretty crazed track man .
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11-03-2013, 12:59 PM
#155
Gov'n
Re: Marshall Mathers LP 2,11-5-13
Originally Posted by dyna
Wow that sounds great.
So far from what I've heard, I've liked, just listened to wicked ways, groundhog day, plus monster and rap God....shit is great, not prime material but closest since
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11-03-2013, 01:24 PM
#156
happy tanksgiving
Re: Marshall Mathers LP 2,11-5-13
Mmlp 2? More like the recovery pt 2.
Slim shady isn't back... sorry.
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11-03-2013, 05:05 PM
#157
Your King
Re: Marshall Mathers LP 2,11-5-13
Originally Posted by Numero 10
The album is good, not amazing, but imo naming it MMLP2 and not having similar or part two's of certain songs like Stan, Way I Am, marshal mathers, criminal, etc. was a mistake. He said he wouldn't be naming it MMLP2 if it didn't meet the standards of the previous. Comparing this to mmlp1, unfortunately it is a letdown. I think the biggest problem with Em these last two albums has been his choices in production/producers. He needs more DRE and Bass brothers. Too many singers on his hooks/chorus as of late too.
I agree on that, its like he gets some 2nd rate beats and thinks that with his skill he'll take them to the next level. And he does, but the songs could be so much better if he just used better beats.
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11-03-2013, 06:52 PM
#158
All For *One* For All
Re: Marshall Mathers LP 2,11-5-13
I listened to the whole album today.
My favorite track is...
Beautiful Pain
...I worked out to this today for a couple of sets. I also like Bad Guy as well, especially after the five minute thirty second mark of the song.
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11-03-2013, 07:30 PM
#159
Pacers Fan est. 1998
Re: Marshall Mathers LP 2,11-5-13
Originally Posted by OhNoTimNoSho
I agree on that, its like he gets some 2nd rate beats and thinks that with his skill he'll take them to the next level. And he does, but the songs could be so much better if he just used better beats.
I agree, his lyrics are rarely the problem, it's his beats that should be questioned. For example Bad Guy could've been crazy with a better beat, like something dark or gritty, and him doing the hook.
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11-03-2013, 08:18 PM
#160
NBA sixth man of the year
Re: Marshall Mathers LP 2,11-5-13
Originally Posted by Numero 10
I agree, his lyrics are rarely the problem, it's his beats that should be questioned. For example Bad Guy could've been crazy with a better beat, like something dark or gritty, and him doing the hook.
I think he should have a song produced by Kanye.
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11-04-2013, 08:43 PM
#161
Top 3 Family
Re: Marshall Mathers LP 2,11-5-13
Some songs are wack, but I really like the album.
Headlights >>>>
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11-04-2013, 08:44 PM
#162
WE MISS U CHALMERS :(
Re: Marshall Mathers LP 2,11-5-13
Beautiful Pain and Love Game are solid... Grew on me, didn't like em first listen
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11-04-2013, 08:46 PM
#163
I Run NY.
Re: Marshall Mathers LP 2,11-5-13
It's growing on me. It shouldn't even be mentioned in the same sentence as the first mm cd but i can't say it's awful because it's really growing on me save a few songs.
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11-05-2013, 12:54 AM
#164
Pacers Fan est. 1998
Re: Marshall Mathers LP 2,11-5-13
for me, most songs can be put on repeat.only ones i skip are love game and monster and the desperation bonus track. other than that it's a solid album.
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11-05-2013, 10:03 AM
#165
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Re: Marshall Mathers LP 2,11-5-13
I liked it, personally.
here's an interesting take........
...The MMLP 2 is meant to remind us that he's still a presence in pop music even if he's no longer exactly present.
Even on a record that ostensibly revisits a moment when he was unquestionably at the center of youth culture, Eminem remains safely sequestered at an undisclosed location.
...Eminem is consciously hearkening back to the zeitgeist-iest period of his career at a time when his place in pop culture is curiously difficult to discern.
....I don't know if it was due to my low expectations after the 12-step drudgery of 2010's Recovery or my soft spot for byzantine rhymes spit over post–Hotel California cocaine-and-caviar arena rock, but The Marshall Mathers LP 2 worked shockingly well for me for long stretches at a time.
With a running time topping 78 minutes, LP 2 is thick with long, intermittently effective stretches.
...My favorite song by a mile, "So Far …," culminates with Eminem preemptively apologizing to "technology" for his bitching about the difficulty of downloading the new Ludacris song. Later he complains that he can't get a Kool-Aid stain out of his couch.
...Eminem is the most nakedly self-obsessed pop star of the last 20 years.
Eminem's extreme solipsism has long been his privilege as rap's most prominent Caucasian. For reasons that are deeply unfair and yet readily apparent, he is not saddled with the same baggage as his superstar contemporaries.
However Eminem chooses to behave, his actions will not be imbued with a larger cultural meaning that's applicable to millions of people who vaguely resemble Eminem but aren't Eminem. If Eminem appears on national television with Brent Musburger and Kirk Herbstreit and acts like a socially awkward pop star, he's perceived as a socially awkward pop star, not as a symbol for how the media addresses matters of race and class.
In the early '00s, Eminem deliberately trolled the media into depicting him as a public menace, but he also had the choice to back off. Now, nobody is examining Eminem's persona in order to understand modern society. Eminem signifies nothing other than himself.
Kanye West doesn't get the benefit of being perceived as an individual when he talks about sport-fukcing white women, nor does Jay Z when he runs through an inventory of his Basquiats. They represent something bigger, even when they're merely relating their own thoughts and experiences. This is a tremendous burden, but because Kanye and Jay have embraced that burden and chosen to incorporate it, their music has attained a richness that an infinitely more insular record like The MMLP 2 seems incapable of achieving.
If Eminem is no longer interested in connecting with modern pop culture — and the weird callouts to 'N Sync, the Backstreet Boys, Jerry Mathers, and Lorena Bobbitt in the album-closing "Evil Twin" strongly suggest that he's not — modern pop culture will not require him to do so against his will. He doesn't have to matter like that anymore.
It would be incorrect to suggest that Eminem is an irrelevant artist — in pop terms, he's outpaced saleswise by Adele but can still run with Taylor Swift. Also, he can still rap his ass off. (The polysyllabic pyrotechnics of "Rap God" might be empty exhibitionism, but what an exhibition!) But he now occupies the same place in culture as things like NCIS and the stealth summer blockbuster We're the Millers. He's hugely popular without being the least bit transcendent, a lonely artist who makes you feel alone for listening to him. link
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