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Started by King Tadpole, Sep 3, 2017, in Music Add to Reading List

  1. The Box
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    The Box

    Sep 4, 2017
    I thought you liked Recovery and MMLP2.
     
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  2. Big Dangerous
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    Sep 4, 2017
    this makes no sense

    I assure u there are good albums being put out that arent 'single pieces'
     
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  3. Big Dangerous
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    Sep 4, 2017
    encore - 4/10
    relapse 5/10
    recovery 6/10
    mmlp2 7/10
     
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  4. Xdx
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    Xdx

    Sep 4, 2017
    Exactly. It has no replay value. It was Eminem trying (and failing) to copy Illmatic
     
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  5. volvo
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    volvo

    Sep 4, 2017
    I didn't say they need to be "single pieces" to be good. The whole consensus of what an album is, however, has had quite a shift.
     
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  6. The Box
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    The Box

    Sep 4, 2017
    No it doesn't. Any project that has It's OK, Never 2 Far, Backstabber, and Jealousy Woes II doesn't s---.
     
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  7. RG9
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    Sep 4, 2017
    .
     
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  8. Xdx
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    Xdx

    Sep 4, 2017
    MMLP 8/10
    Relapse 7/10
    Recovery 6/10
     
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  9. TimmyT
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    TimmyT Self-Taught

    Sep 4, 2017
    discographies aren't a good way to judge it IMO. if an artist makes a lot of music, naturally, some of it isn't going to be that good.

    some of the best musicians of all-time have several average or below average albums in their discography
     
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  10. Big Dangerous
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    Sep 4, 2017
    if eminem put out his relapse-now run first 'back then' when album perception 'hadnt shifted', then he would have never got famous and no one would care about him
     
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  11. The Box
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    The Box

    Sep 4, 2017
    MMLP2 8/10
    Recovery 6/10
    Relapse 7/10
    Encore 0/10.
     
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  12. volvo
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    volvo

    Sep 4, 2017
    Replay value... eh, I can bump it if I'm in the mood. I wouldn't say it's good though because like... what makes it good? I can't think of a reason why it's good. It just sounds passable.
     
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  13. Big Dangerous
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    Sep 4, 2017
    yeah but when you're the one artist who released the most embarrassing album (encore), it should be taken into the equation
     
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  14. 1999
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    1999

    Sep 4, 2017
    Then how do you judge it, you're only as good as your last project
     
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  15. hustleandcuss
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    hustleandcuss suck my robot d*ck

    Sep 4, 2017
    Nah, Em has 3 classics, Encore is bad, Relapse and Recovery are great albums (not liking them comes down to personal taste in concepts, content, and soundscape) and MMLP2, while harbouring some really good songs, is meh as album altogether.
     
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  16. volvo
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    volvo

    Sep 4, 2017
    But his "back then" albums are also more mixtape-like. They're collections of songs that don't connect with each other.
     
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  17. Michael Myers
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    Michael Myers Moderator

    Sep 4, 2017
    Vol 1 could count as a classic as well for sure. AG is perfect tho
     
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  18. Fazers
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    Fazers

    Sep 4, 2017
    tupac, eminem waaay too high
     
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  19. Xdx
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    Xdx

    Sep 4, 2017
    The Roots' discography > Outkast's discography > MF DOOM's discography > Kendrick's discography
     
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  20. Big Dangerous
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    Big Dangerous World Heavyweight Champion

    Sep 4, 2017
    an album doesnt have to have songs that connect for an album to be good

    eminem encore and onward is just bad or mediocre in every measure
     
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