Eminem Swapping ‘Not Afraid’ for ‘Survival’

Started by Custommustardstain, Feb 12, 2025, in Eminem Add to Reading List

  1. Custommustardstain
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    While I like Survival, it’s pretty random for MMLP2. If they used it as the lead single for Recovery, instead of Not Afraid, how do you think things would’ve stacked up? Comeback-wise, public interest etc?

    curious
     
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  2. BIG MONKEY
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    You'd have to do quite a bit of doctoring to save Survival from being absolute unadulterated dogshit. A beat swap, a hook swap, and cutting out the horrendous lines would be in order. Even then you're looking at a 6/10 song max due to the underwhelmingness of the verses, so it's not even worth saving. To call it a destitute man's Till I Collapse would be overrating it. It's a s-----y song that needs to be forgotten and banished to the dustbin of history.
     
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  3. Custommustardstain
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    Hahaha, but for real though… I see his vision. Think it would’ve fired people up more
     
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  4. henzINNIT
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    And yet, still a tiny bit better than Not Afraid, which can be described more or less the same way.
     
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  5. albumdrill
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    Both songs are horrible but Not Afriad is the worst Eminem song ever made.
     
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  6. Ripper Roo
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    Ripper Roo Enjoy the f*ckin' show.

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    I feel like I’m the only one who likes Not Afraid anymore lol
     
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  7. Marsh
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    Not Afraid is 10 times better than Survival; and I like both
     
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  8. BIG MONKEY
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    The question of which song is less s--- is not very interesting to me since but Not Afraid is the more interesting song in that: HTF do you go from Sociopath, Key to My Room, Deja Vu etc etc to that in a year, or less?
     
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  9. Custommustardstain
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    Sociopath is :emoji_heart:
     
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  10. albumdrill
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    IM NOT AFRAAAAAAIIID.

    The single worst opening to a song since the beginning of time.

    Still holds that record
     
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