Dec 19, 2017

I enjoyed some moments where the author recapitulated the 2002-era Eminem and his perspective on popular culture. However, for a Revival review, there only seemed to be 2-3 paragraphs about Revival, which were intermixed with a heavily-opinionated Eminem 101 history lesson. The "review" was pretty bland, but it will definitely appeal to the Stans who don't like modern Eminem.

 

Dec 19, 2017

How you finna review an album and not actually talk about the music

 

Dec 19, 2017

this is rly well written. i feel like u spent alot of time thinking this through, researching and discussing its various nuances with v smart ppl- its just too bad, as @TimmyT says, this is just one opinion, and doesnt hold any weight in the grand scheme of the universe

i should write a review maybe (s/o @Michael Myers) but.... what do u mean by this?

 

Dec 19, 2017

Swizz’s only way of describing what he thinks is good music is how “gorgeous” the melody is(I think it’s the only adjective he knows)

 

Dec 19, 2017

hit the nail on the head. great review.

 

Dec 19, 2017

because eminem is a legacy artist whose new music has virtually no consequence when it comes to the genre, pop culture, or his own place in history. this isn't a straight review because it doesn't need to be, and works better as is.

 

Dec 19, 2017

I’m that case you should’ve labelled this as an article on eminem rather than an album review

I honestly don’t care about

what he is now compared to his old self
He used to do this but now he does this...
His legacy is this...
People could see this as...
His place in history is...

Why not tell me about how he kept this rhyme scheme going for too long...or maybe the way the bridge comes in on song X....or or how the drums on song X don’t reall fit the style of the beat

Oh I forgot you don’t know s--- about actual music. You can string words together but what you say is just complete utter bollocks.

 

Dec 19, 2017

 

Dec 19, 2017

lol. I didnt mean that as in "I know real music and you don't!!!"

I'm talking about how a song is created, what makes it, how every little sound was used to complement that song. All your reviews are just "where the artist stands" and talking a alot of s--- about "what things mean"

 

Dec 19, 2017

hmmmm this is interesting because a good deal of my work is extremely granular. i've written virtually zero music criticism this year that is centered on "what things mean." so..............you're wrong.

btw, like...who are you? i have literally never heard of you until this past week but it seems like you've been harboring years-long obsessions with me, swizz, etc? weird.

 

Dec 19, 2017

all of these are great things to have in an album review. context is good.

 

Dec 19, 2017

can you imagine clicking on a piece about a late-period eminem album and it being like “look, the drum programming in the third bar of this loop could be tweaked like thus to be more in line with the synths, which are reminiscent of this little-known kraftwerk demo, which was found by rick rubin’s assistant, cornelius, and emailed at 11:44 on July 2nd.”

 

Dec 19, 2017

sort your head out

mate that would be MUCH more interesting than "various little details" of eminems rap career

instead all you can conjure upis "treacly piano number"

 

Dec 19, 2017

man you're really, really far on my d-ck lol make room for michael myers

 

Dec 19, 2017

I think mentioning Eminem career up to the point of Revival is important.

Because it is having a huge effect on the music he is delivering.

He has very little confidence in himself.
He keeps trying things that he used to do MMLP2 etc & has been doing the Pop/Rap anthem formula for over 7 years now too.

 

Dec 19, 2017

Very good review.

 

Dec 19, 2017

loved this part

 

Dec 20, 2017

This was a great read, congrats man