Right. Because back then Em wasn't hated so much as today and Revival kinda music was more popular. It might have been as big as Recovery maybe. Walk On Water would be like a less successful Love The Way You Lie with Beyonce on it and he'd probably get applauded by people because how real he is on that song and also how artistic of a work it was. (Rapping over a simple instrumental)

Also, Ed Sheeran song was huge as f--- but it would have been a lot more bigger. And critics would be rating it higher than Recovery since Em's technical abilities are definitely better and he had more serious and important content in the album compared to Recovery.

Agreed