Eminem MMLP2 well received critically?

Started by debauch, Mar 18, 2017, in Eminem Add to Reading List

Would you rate MMLP2 8/10 or above??

  1. Yes

    55.4%
  2. h--- no!

    44.6%
  1. Macca
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    Mar 18, 2017
    He wants likes
     
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  2. Pyrex
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    Mar 18, 2017
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  3. icecube
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    Mar 18, 2017
    I really like the album but I went rate it 8 out higher. Great concept, poor execution in some places.

    At least 4 songs (Inc bonus songs) I consider to tier Eminem.
     
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    Mar 18, 2017
    Bad Guy
    Groundhog Day
    Rhyme or Reason
    Baby
    So Much Better
    Rap God
    Berzerk
    Monster
    Legacy
    Evil Twin

    I reckon that album would have been a solid 8/10

    For me Headlights, So Far, Stronger than, Love Game were quite average songs
     
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  5. Old_Parr
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    1. Bad Guy 10/10
    2. Rhyme Or Reason 8/10
    3. So Much Better 4.5/10
    4. Survival 5/10
    5. Legacy 7/10
    6. a------ 6/10
    7. Bezerk 7.5/10
    8. Rap God 8.5/10
    9. Brainless 8/10
    10. Stronger Than I Was 5.5/10
    11.The Monster 6/10
    12. So Far 7/10
    13. Lovegame 9/10
    14. Headlights 6.5/10
    15. Evil Twin 6.5/10

    Overall 7/10

    Bonus
    Baby 7.5/10
    Groundhog Day 8/10
    Beautiful Pain 8/10
    Desperation 5/10
    Don't Front 8/10
    Wicked Ways 7/10

    Average 7.3

    Total MMLP2 with bonus: 7.2

    I'd say its in the same ballpark as Recovery.

    a------ is not that horrible but the bear is unlisteneable. Evil Twin is also good but it turns boring
     
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    Mar 18, 2017
    You forgot encore lol
     
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    and relapse... whoops
     
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  8. Disorderly Progress
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    I actually think this is an instance where an Em album was slightly overrated by some critics. And that is rare.

    (The 72/100 Metacritic score is about right though actually)

    None of his first three masterpieces got true acclaim at the time that they deserved. In particular MMLP which jussssst about got acclaim, I mean it was heavily praised but it should have been more lauded in the same way that Ye's totally ridiculously overrated work is tbh.

    Relapse was then majorly misunderstood and unfairly sh---ed on. Recovery reaction was about right. MMLP2 was definitely a bit overrated, though ironically it was only rated down by most critics for the ''flaw'' of his homophobic slurs again lol, like the first one. It's like... 13 years later? And you still don't get it? Like, holy s--- those critics are dumb as f---.

    Anyway, personally I'd give it a 7. I enjoy the f--- out of the album, tbf, when I spin it... it's a fun ride. And his rapping and most of the songs are brilliant. But its sound is all over the place and random as f--- and there's no way I can give an album that messy and unfocused anything in the golden 8 + territory.
     
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  10. PatrickStar
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    Mar 20, 2017
    MMLP2 is a solid 7/10
     
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  11. CSA
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    Mar 20, 2017
    I'd rate it 7.5/10 but we can just round it up to 8.
     
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  12. PaulRosentits
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    Mar 20, 2017
    7.5/10 its a good album but nothing to put it over the top and make it great. Although rap god and bad guy are pretty great
     
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