Jan 2, 2018 with it being his comeback album and all what exactly was his ideology releasing a horrocore album with only like 2 or 3 real introspective tracks w/ a normal voice I mean sure, ppl say its what he wanted to make and that's true but why did he want to make that? What was his rationale, surely he knew it was gonna be poorly received because of his audience and the fact that he hadnt made music like that at all, plus it was his return record.. its just so random and puzzles me tbh tagging @EminemBase just cause
Jan 2, 2018 At least it was good unlike everything else he put out not including sslp and some of mmlp
Jan 2, 2018 I hate relapse btw but man it's a shame ppl s--- on it so much that it made him think it was awful, cause that was the last record where he really felt like a complete artist who had an agenda and knew what he was doing (even though what he was doing was imo bad) Like if you relisten today, he did his own hooks and had skits with like real acting and s---. He put time into trying to make it something special and detailed the man changed so much as an artist because everyone s--- on this album like he literally gave up as an actual ARTIST after Relapse it's sad
Jan 2, 2018 I think he just got the concept in his head, stumbled into a sound and followed the vision. With knowingly wanting to re-create past glory in some way without repeating those sounds but go back to being fully outlandish and stop second-guessing his content by analysing himself (all of these his kinds of words from the time, not pure speculation) so much... So he thinks Relapse, back to old style but also drug-related relapse... concept... the relapse becomes the fuel/reason for the horrorcore content. As he's on a rampage. It was a good concept and a big one, compared to what he's doing now, as you say - the last time he was an artist with an agenda - and he just went with it. He thought of the idea and carried it out in a big way. It's just great, even the placement; the opening skit, going through the crazy relapse, then the Mr Mathers skit and waking up normal to analyse it @ Deja Vu. It was just very well made and structured. Wish he still thought like this.
Jan 2, 2018 Relapse is a better project as a whole. But I enjoy more songs from Revival than Relapse I think at this point
Jan 2, 2018 misguided attempt at reviving 98-99 slim shady. lyrical skills, musicality, ear for beats were still all intact but he just couldn't quite hit that same stride. lacking in lightheartedness, forced shock-tactics. Plus that stupid f---ing accent. I still prefer it to anything he's put out since and judging it strictly as a 'concept' horrorcore record, its actually stood the test of time pretty well, considering. that being said, there's no way in h--- its more than a 7/10. and thats on a generous day.
Jan 2, 2018 This. People think the character on Relapse is Slim Shady, but it isn't. I don't know where Eminem got the idea that Slim Shady was a serial killer.
Jan 2, 2018 I read his book before Relapse came out. This was his way of being Slim Shady again. Dr Dre asked his son what he thought a new Em record should sound like. And his son said he just wanted to hear Em go crazy like the old Slim Shady. And Em used to rap about murder and r--- and s---... so he made a cd under that persona. The accent is the only thing that turns me off a bit from Relapse. But I like it
Jan 2, 2018 Around the time of Relapse Eminem also said “I feel like I don’t have to sell a ton of records anymore, I can make the kind of music I want” but look how that turned out
Jan 2, 2018 still wish relapse 2 came out as a double CD he should have just put it out as one but NO, then all the fans hated relapse so he does recovery & then all the fans hated that so MMLP2 comes out & same thing happens again & now we get revival what is s---.....i liked all of them but this new one it just sucks maybe 6 songs maybe
Jan 2, 2018 Always thought the highs on Relapse were really high, but the lows were terrible. Balances out to an average album. I skip way too many songs on it to enjoy in its entirety.
Jan 2, 2018 He didnt want to make a cry baby woe is me album about his addiction. Didn't want to wallow. Instead wanted to twist it on his head and just go crazy with the drug s---.
