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Eminem Best Posts: MMLP2 Is Completely Uninspired and f--- The Fans

  1. Spatula
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    Spatula Relapse is a masterpiece

    Jul 2, 2017
    Yesterday I listened through the entire Relapse and Refill again. Now that's an amazing album. Incredibly fun, focused (you may argue the focus is on complete s--- content, but it's a focus nonetheless), and the overall atmosphere of the album is unmistakable. Definitely my favorite album and I enjoy every second of it. I feel bad for Eminem coming back from his hiatus sober with this masterpiece, only to be bashed for it and forced to change direction. He came up with a timeless masterpiece and nobody recognized it.

    Started playing MMLP2 today and immediately got bored. I used to give it a pass, but I can't anymore. There's no atmosphere to the album, nothing makes sense, it's all over the place without a single focus point. No idea why it's called MMLP2. Supposedly once the songs started going "in that direction", he had to call it that, but I don't see a trace of MMLP direction in any of these songs. The writing is uninspired except in few bright points, like Bad Guy and highlights in Rap God, but overall the album has no purpose. Even worse that Bad Guy ends with "before you rest your case, better make sure you're packing a wallop", but he forgot to pack it. Seriously, Encore has aged better than MMLP2.

    I'd like to say "f--- you" to every fan who contributed to Eminem switching directions from Relapse with their complaining and robbed me of Relapse 2.
     
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  2. Lucy
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    Lucy #1

    Jul 2, 2017
    nice only took you 4 odd years to realise
     
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  3. Spatula
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    Spatula Relapse is a masterpiece

    Jul 2, 2017
    It's not even about bad songs. None of the songs individually are particularly bad. But as an overall project, Encore which without a doubt has worse songs is overall a better album.
     
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  4. VR46
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    VR46 Kamikaze

    Jul 2, 2017
    weird , i started to like mmlp2 more than relapse

    groundhog day and dont front are pieces of art
     
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  5. M Solo
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    M Solo Fresh Outta London

    Jul 16, 2017
    SpaceBound, GTC, Seduction, Talking To Myself..... ALL better than anything on Relapse or MMLP2 except Deja Vu. For the life of me I've never understood the disdain for Recovery. You call it pop but SpaceBound is far darker than any song on those albums. In fact it's one of the darkest songs he's ever made period.
     
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  6. Spatula
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    Spatula Relapse is a masterpiece

    Jul 2, 2017
    No way. Bad Guy is a worthy sequel to Stan. He managed to pull off the impossible.
     
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  7. The Moon Man
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    The Moon Man Out of my mind

    Jul 2, 2017
    I have always wanted Relapse 2, it's the one sequel I'd be happy with.
     
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  8. Ids5621
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    Ids5621 R.I.P D12

    Jul 2, 2017
    Agree with everything you said, but bad guy's first three verses are absolute trash and a disgrace to Stan tbh
     
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  9. Spatula
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    Spatula Relapse is a masterpiece

    Jul 2, 2017
    Notice both of those songs are bonus songs.
     
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  10. Lucy
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    Lucy #1

    Jul 15, 2017
    Shut the f--- up lol
     
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  11. Wreckless
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    Wreckless

    Jul 3, 2017
    Relapse a "Timeless classic"....

    :whoa:

    Although I didn't like Relapse, I agree that MMLP2 had no focus. If you think about it, all of his previous albums had a distinct sound or some kind of theme but MMLP2 is just all over the place. Like he took a bunch of random songs and put them together. The album felt forced, It really didn't feel inspired, more like "What should i write about now".

    The funny thing is I actually really liked the album when it first came out and ranked it 4th and even 3rd place. But it didn't take too long before i got completely bored of it. That album has the worst replay value. Haven't listened to it since. Would rank it his worst album right after Relapse.
     
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  12. debauch
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    debauch

    Jul 3, 2017
    Mmlp2 isn't terrible, but definitely not deserving of the title.

    Hard to believe it's his only solo album in 7 years...
     
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  13. UofLCard
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    UofLCard MCMXC

    Jul 2, 2017
    I feel this way about Recovery, myself. While is has overall better quality songs than Encore, Encore has more "listen-ability".
     
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  14. Marshall III
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    Marshall III

    Jul 17, 2017
    MMLP 2 is trash. Should of been scrapped 100%
     
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    CSA Architect

    Jul 15, 2017
    It was goin' perfect untill u say that... Cinderella Man was like the 8th or 9th best song on the album. One of those songs on Recovery which hurts my ears and givin me headaches
     
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  16. Groovy Tony
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    Groovy Tony Grandma's baby Eddie Kane

    Jul 15, 2017
    Prime example

    MY FILLETS ARE SMOKIN WEED YEA fa---- THE STAKES ARE HIGH

    FLYER THAN SWATTERS
    :empalm:
     
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  17. BART
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    BART BANNED

    Jul 15, 2017
    commit sucide fat a---
     
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    Big Dangerous World Heavyweight Champion

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  19. BART
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    BART BANNED

    Jul 15, 2017
    Relapse is a slept on masterpeice in retrospect.
     
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  20. RG9
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    RG9

    Jul 3, 2017
    MMLP2 really annoys me because of the potential it had - like wtf was up with his song choice? STIW? Survival? He recorded hundreds of songs and probably left great songs out because he ‘felt they didn’t fit in’; because STIW is so MMLP-esque(?)..

    The bonus tracks are better than half of the ones on the actual album. If he cut down the tracklist down to a shorter, more cohesive one, I think people would be taking very differently about it...

    Bad Guy
    Rhyme Or Reason
    Don’t Front
    Legacy
    Berzerk
    Rap God
    Brainless
    Baby
    Love Game
    Headlights
    Groundhog Day
    Evil Twin
     
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