Jun 14, 2019 Honestly, the greatest duo album off all time. Lighters, a kiss, and especially Loud Noises are classics. I would rate it above MMLP, SSLP, TES, and Kami but not quite the caliber of Shady XV or Revival. I still listen to some of these songs weekly. I can’t believe it’s already been 8 years. Time flies, I remember bumping this in my old Pinto. Also the hidden Nate Dogg feature on this is epic.
Jun 14, 2019 The Reunion is the only great song on there. Both Royce and Em are on better form right now, so I hope they do something worthy of their early days.
Jun 14, 2019 Yet Royce sucks on Reunion tbh. Take From Me has a nice topic sorta (shots @Koolo he's the real winner here) but not a listenable song. The album had some great rhyming and technical rapping I guess but literally no song that is enjoyable to me except maybe Fast Lane. Welcome to h--- was a cool intro but also not something I would choose to listen to ever again. Lighters is the worst song he ever made. The songs they did soon after were also meh except maybe Vegas & Psycho Killer. Lmao @ that s-----y song from shady xv or southpaw, "Raw". f---ing awful. Caterpillar & Not Alike > any rocye/em song after eminems prime imo. Maybe forgetting one tho.
Jun 14, 2019 I thought Royce was fine on Reunion. Both playing their roles, and playing off each-other pretty well. 'I like your swagger and flow. Can we hook up?' I said 'you just used the word swagger so no' got a chuckle out of me. Agreed on nothing being all that listenable. Probably unpopular but I found Royce was superior on pretty much every track. Em is deep into his shouting and run-on punchlines on that project.
Jun 14, 2019 Royce is fine but he's so boring imo. And yeah he was not that bad but Eminems shouting punchline s-----y rap ruined almost every song. And tbh the production didn't help either imo. Except a kiss and reunion. I really think every eminem release has a few great or even classic songs but this has (to me) nothing that stands out. U can say what u want about relapse recovery mmlp2 kamikaze encore but all of them got something even if its surrounded by mediocrity.
Jun 14, 2019 Wasn't really the kind of album they should of made. Eminem was still in his pop phase. BME2 should blow it out of the water
Jun 17, 2019 Above the Law is great. The album was actually pretty good imo. I could have done without all the Eminem yelling though. At one point it did get a bit annoying. But i'm glad i've seen this thread. Haven't heard this album in years. Due for a re-listen.
Jun 19, 2019 lol recording that above the law verse was probably what destroyed eminem's voice and gave him polyps on the back of his tonsils
Jun 20, 2019 Nah bro not everyone on this planet enjoys Em’s first albums. s--- is out dated as f---. HTS is a classic.
