Eminem Best Posts: ENCORE - fourth classic

  1. Oldboy
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    Nov 7, 2018
    While we are on the topics of highs. Its mind f---ing boggling he somehow made Believe in the same period as other revival songs

    The poetry on that third verse @Big Cuntry is next level
     
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  2. Ricky
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    Nov 7, 2018
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  3. rapmusik
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    Nov 7, 2018
    Too many lows and flaws for this album to be considered a classic

    Its highs are really really good, but the lows are disgusting.

    Revival still the worst
     
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  4. Sav Stanfield
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    Nov 7, 2018
    you make my pee pee go doing doing doing >>>

    but seriously, no, its not a classic. not by a long stretch. It is however, miles better than anything he's released since and its still one of the most fascinating rap albums I've ever heard. Sure a lot of it is stupid but its framed in a way that makes it sound like some kind of descent into unbridled madness. It was still that same Em from the first 3 classics, the one that simply didnt give a f---, just buzzed out of his mind. If anything its only gotten better with time, especially with the trash he's released since.
     
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  5. Oldboy
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    Nov 7, 2018
    Revival is worth it just for Believe and Arose. Absolute perfection
     
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  6. RG9
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    Nov 7, 2018
    “Your booty is heavy duty, like diarrhoea”

    vs

    “Hate to go down this road, but there's only one route to cross this bridge, so I walk in this b---- with loose change,'cause all my dues paid, but this booth's takin' its toll”

    The metaphors in Believe are insaneeee
     
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  7. Sav Stanfield
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    Nov 7, 2018
    100% agreed.
     
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  8. Swizz
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    Nov 7, 2018
    there is so, so much music out there

    there is no excuse for still listening to and defending Encore in the year 2018
     
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  9. emss7717
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    Nov 7, 2018
    how about you let us listen and enjoy the music we want
     
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  10. WPG
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    WPG sxn80 Rory Gilmore

    Nov 7, 2018
    i would say eminem's made at least three albums that are worse, maybe more
     
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  11. VR46
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    VR46 Kamikaze

    Nov 7, 2018
     
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  12. RG9
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    RG9

    Nov 7, 2018
    ..and we got Chlora Remix, Kamikaze & Killshot out of it

    Album was a wake-up call/blessing in disguise tbh
     
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  13. Michael Myers
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    Nov 7, 2018
    To me its the definition of hit or (in this case hit and) miss. Comparing the albums post 2003 is splitting hairs, both the good and bad points I think its all about what style u like the most or dislike the most. I do think kamikaze is his best album since tes atm
     
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  14. THE LAST DANCE
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    Nov 7, 2018
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    It took me 14 years to recognize this fact that Encore is Eminem’s fourth classic album.

    Yesterday I accidentally turned on this album and listened to it completely from the first to the last track, and I admit that I experienced real pleasure !!! This is an incredible album, filled with burping, farting, a--- and some personal s---. This is the real Eminem, this is still the real Slim Shady!

    I remember my first feelings when I bought this album in November 2004 at the CD and listened for the first time. I said this type - what the f---??
    :drake5:


    A year later, I liked many tracks from the album, but I could not recognize this album as a classic even after several years.
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    It took a lot of time and a lot of s-----y things to happen so that I can feel this album.

    In subsequent years, I needed to listen to a lot of s-----y albums from Eminem and a lot of s-----y songs so that I could finally see the real diamond in an album like Encore.

    And yesterday, while the whole world remembered such s--- as MMLP2, I accidentally went into Spotify and turned on the album Encore. And I really enjoyed listening to this album like never before! And yes, now I officially recognize that Encore is 4 classics from Eminem, for the first time in my life!

    This album is still worse than his first three albums, but nevertheless, this is a real classic right now! This is a very cool album. I like every f---ing song in this album, every f---ing farting and burping in this album! This is a classic farting and burping from Eminem. This is a classic.

    I like his flow in this album, I like his singing, his choruses, I like the way he talks about all the crap in this album. This is a d--- cool album.
    :emeh:
    Just listen, this is much better than everything that he has released in the last few years:
     
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  15. Ids5621
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    Ids5621 R.I.P D12

    Nov 10, 2018
    Most casual listeners would agree encore is a classic Eminem album as opposed to Eminem's actual cringe stans who like trash like bad guy and beautiful pain. In general people actually like songs like a--- like that and just lose it. Plus it has the classic Eminem style everyone loves. And it has genuine top tier material on it, as opposed to post recovery albums.

    Danny brown said encore was his fav Eminem album and redman said his fav Eminem song is my 1st single
     
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  16. TheDarkView
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    1. Kamikaze
    2. KOD
    3. Victory Lap
    4. TA13OO
    5. Carter V
    6. The Never Story
    7. Legends Of The Summer
    8. FM!
    9. Black Panther
    10. Mona Lisa
    11. Stay Dangerous
    12. Astroworld
    13. Book Of Ryan
    14. The Play Dont Care Who Makes It
    15. Syre
    16. PRhyme
    17. Kyoto
    18. Drogas Wave
    19. Rap Or Go To The League
    20. Planet
    21. Scorpion
    22. East Atlanta Love Letter
    23. Memories Don‘t Die
    24. Bobby Tarantino II
    25. YSIV
    26. Bible Of Love
    27. 220
    28. My Dear Melancholy
    29. Invasion Of Privacy
    30. Connected and Respected
    31. Vacation in h---
    32. The Last Rocket
    33. Swimming
    34. Nasir
    35. Beerbongs And Bentley
    36. SR3MM
    37. Self Promotion
    38. Royalty
    39. Redemption
    40. Spiritual Conversations
    41. Supreme Blientele
    42. Queen
    43. Culture II
    44. Iridescence
    45. Pieces Of A Man
    46. Not All Heroes Wear Capes
    47. Songs About Girls
    48. Memories Don‘t Die
    49. Lil Boat 2
    50. Ye
    That‘s a hip hop only list btw. I put Ye on the No. 50 spot just to show how much I hate his music. In reality it‘s nowhere near top 50.
     
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  17. henzINNIT
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    Nov 8, 2018
    The album sucks. Putting aside the large chunk of undeniable trash, the good moments of Encore are still dwarfed by the caliber of the preceding 3 albums.

    Bearing that in mind, I still think Revival is worse. That album is just horribly cynical and detached from reality.
     
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  18. TheDarkView
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    trashiest opinion in a while
     
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  19. Swizz
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    Nov 8, 2018
    here are 50, alphabetically by artist

    2012-2017 - A.A.L
    abysskiss - Adrianne Lenker
    Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino - Arctic Monkeys
    Sweetener - Ariana Grande
    7 - Beach House
    Negro Swan - Blood Orange
    A Star Is Born Soundtrack - Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga
    Twin Fantasy - Car Seat Headrest
    Invasion of Privacy - Cardi B
    Loner - Caroline Rose
    Wanderer - Cat Power
    Knock Knock - DJ Koze
    Transangelic Exodus - Ezra Furman
    God's Favorite Customer - Father John Misty
    Nearer My God - Foxing
    Vessel - Frankie Cosmos
    BEASTMODE 2 - Future
    Microshift - Hookworms
    Bark Your Head Off, Dog - Hop Along
    Kiss Yr Frenemies - Illuminati Hotties
    Dirty Computer - Janelle Monae
    POST- - Jeff Rosenstock
    Phantom Thread (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Jonny Greenwood
    Boygenius - Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus
    Golden Hour - Kacey Musgraves
    Kids See Ghosts - Kids See Ghosts
    Bottle It In - Kurt Vile
    I'm All Ears - Let's Eat Grandma
    Tha Carter V - Lil Wayne
    Double Negative - Low
    Historian - Lucy Dacus
    Little Dark Age - MGMT
    Culture II - Migos
    Be the Cowboy - Mitski
    Wide Awake! - Parquet Courts
    C'est La Vie - Phosphorescent
    Daytona - Pusha T
    SR3MM - Rae Sremmurd
    Honey - Robyn
    soil - serpentwithfeet
    Clean - Soccer Mommy
    KTSE - Teyana Taylor
    Virtue - The Voidz
    Astroworld - Travis Scott
    In a Poem Unlimited - U.S. Girls
    Sex & Food - Unknown Mortal Orchestra
    Black Panther: The Album - Various Artists
    FM! - Vince Staples
    Yolk In the Fur - Wild Pink
    Safe In the Hands of Love - Yves Tumor

    I currently have Kamikaze #106 on my AOTY list, so let me know if you need 50 more
     
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  20. CSA
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    Nov 7, 2018
    I don't know how you guys are so blind to see the beauty behind Revival. Ok, u got enough of the love songs. Yes, it had fillers but even those songs were full of wordplays and good lines. Production was definitely not as bad as people made it outta be. If the album was like 13 tracks as Kamikaze was, people would still s--- on it because they also hate songs like Like Home and Untouchable but someday they will realize how dope some of the songs really were. h---, people call Nowhere Fast trash ?!

    As for Encore, yeah other than some very bad produced songs like My 1st Single and really stupid songs like Big Weenie, I'd say Encore was pretty good. Unlike many, I really like Evil Deeds and don't really mind songs like Rain Man and One Shot 2 shot. Songs like Mockingbird, Crazy In Love are classics to me. I still think the whole album would have been classic if he replaced some songs with the leaked ones.
     
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