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Eminem Best Posts: Is Encore Illmatic yet?

  1. Peter Parker
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    Peter Parker your boy

    Sep 13, 2015
    And 15% concentrated power of will
     
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  2. Jackie Onassis
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    Jackie Onassis

    Sep 13, 2015
    I hate it more with each passing year.
     
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  3. Thy
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    Thy 000000

    Sep 13, 2015
    Yes I did. Since half on Encore is better than any song on MMLP2
     
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  4. SHUDEYE
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    SHUDEYE Kerser is the sickest.

    Sep 13, 2015
    No. Recovery and Relapse I feel have aged well and I constantly think back to that line but Encore certainly hasn't had much improvement opinion-wise imo.
     
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  5. DetroitDGAF
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    DetroitDGAF Locked in Mariah’s Wine Cellar

    Sep 13, 2015
    yes, and hes completely off by a mile lmao

    lyrics:
    mmlp2>encore

    flows:
    mmlp2>encore

    sonic covehsiveness:
    encore>mmlp2

    general content:
    good techincal skill of mmlp2>burping and farting on tracks
     
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  6. Goku187
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    Goku187

    Sep 13, 2015
    Jesus.....no, no it isn't lol

    His first three albums were technically fantastic, and he had a lot to say. Varied subject matter and genuine wit. Encore is full of a tired-sounding, lazy monotone flow and the subject matter varies from recycled (Mockingbird and Evil Deeds both feel particularly stale) to non-existent (Rain Man, Big Weenie, a--- Like That...these songs are so bad it's genuinely insulting). Even the songs where he's sort of trying are badly executed (let's use Mosh for example - political commentary has rarely sounded so laughably toothless). Remember how witty he could be on those first three albums? That wit all but vanished, replaced with jokes about throwing up and "weenies" and farts.

    Can't imagine how you can listen to albums with songs like Role Model, Till I Collapse, Say Goodbye Hollywood, k--- You, Criminal, etc... and think it's on the same level as an album with Puke, Big Weenie, and Just Lose It. Encore isn't only NOT "on par with the rest of his work", it's not in the same f---ing universe.
    thought you agreed Encore was bad? You rly like this s---?
    I don't know you to say whether you're an idiot or not. I know that I said anyone who thinks Encore is good is an idiot. You said "half the album is decent", which seems to me to suggest that you think it's a bad album with redeeming qualities - NOT a good album. Which would be a reasonable position to take.
     
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  7. Pixel
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    Pixel Hiiipower

    Sep 13, 2015
    Well at least for encore you can say that em truly 100% lived up to his self proclaimed reputation of not giving a f---...

    Ive always somewhat respected the album for that
     
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