Jul 24, 2020

I agree

 

Jul 25, 2020

Kamikaze was needed. MTBMB was appreciated.

MTBMB holds up as a better project as a whole though.

 

Jul 25, 2020

Kamikaze is a good project. But MTBMB feels more complete and is miles ahead sonically.

On MTBMB, Em had excellent rap fts, made love songs, rapped about his life and his opinions of s--- happening in this world, went lyrical miracle on a few songs etc. He adopted the new sounds of hip hop while still throwing out some old sounds that we cherish. He rapped along with the legends, top-tier lyricists while also giving some shine and embracing some younget talent of the game which doesn't rap like him. He gave us a variety of flows and his vocals were near perfect.

All of this on a single album that had 17 tracks.

Kamikaze: 7/10
MTBMB: 8.7/10.

 

Jul 25, 2020

Kamikaze is more consistent and has Mike Will production. Mtbmb is great but just has more lows. Although I feel like the version of MTBMB Em wanted to put out wouldve been much better

 

Jul 28, 2020

Are you grouping Kami and MTBMB in with Revival?

 

Jul 25, 2020

MTBMB is everything I have wanted from Em since 2010. Best thing ever.

 

Jul 25, 2020

this sounds right. i might enjoy kamikaze for nostalgic reasons tho more - the sudden drop, the score settling, the fack chop. close call hmm

this should be a poll BTW @Marshall III

 

Jul 25, 2020

Kamikaze was fantastic and I loved how it came out of nowhere. MTBMB is a better album though

 

Jul 27, 2020

He had 5 or 6 songs that werent released that he wanted to put on the album that werent because of sample clearance issues. They wouldve knocked most of the unpopular songs off of MTBMB

 

Jul 25, 2020

need to hear lucky you agian that song always gets me hyped up

 

Jul 25, 2020

MTBMB for me, but just because I had to choose one. Both are great.

 

Jul 25, 2020

He did warn us that in a couple more years, that s---'ll be ill-matic.

 

Jul 25, 2020

Kami definitely -- the production, him finally adressing a bunch of s--- like his public reception, him selling out, his place in hip hop, etc., & he finally sounded good again as a rapper.

MTBMB wasn't bad but not as memorable musically & felt like a bit of a drag, kinda unremarkable in comparison.

 

Jul 25, 2020

Both are basically just as great, but i’ll give the edge to MTBMB

 

Jul 25, 2020

mtbmb but kamikaze is still the s---

 

Jul 25, 2020

the one with bloody cover

 

Jul 25, 2020

d--- em washed bt and royce on yah yah so bad

 

Jul 25, 2020

Kamikaze is superior, all things considered.
Taking into account context of release, subject matter, lyricism, delivery, instrumentation, and cohesion, it's the best album he's released since Relapse.
On a technical level the two albums might be equally good, but Kamikaze blew us all away in a way that nobody thought possible, and that does count toward its score. My life was better around the time of the Kamikaze release BECAUSE I was listening to Kamikaze all the time. I can't exactly say that for MTBMB. Part of that is because we already knew Em was on a hot streak at that point, so maybe it's not fair, but to me, context matters. Kamikaze is my choice.

 

Jul 25, 2020

Why do people praise Encore these days? Album is trash