Originally Posted by Harlem On The Rise
I haven't anticipated an Em album since... EVER. Not that he's a bad artist or ANYthing, I just usually have pretty low expectations for his albums...
Cold Wind Blows
1st thing you'll notice is the beat on this joint, its DOPE... Sounds like a Dre joint, but I guess its Just Blaze... As far as the rapping it sounds like the %#%% on Relapse... Hope this isn't a reacurring theme on this album.
3.75/5
Talkin 2 Myself
The song where he talks about almost dissin Weezy & Yeezy... Its not their fault YOUR music has SUCKED BALLS for a while now... Yea he basically says that on this song, so you can't call me a hater... But it actually turns out to be a good song, much like "Beautiful", Em is @ his best when he's just honest and admits he pretty much sucks now... The irony
4/5
On Fire
Another songs that sounds like the %#%% on Relapse (Expectations for album lowered once again)... This isn't really a bad song, but I got absolutely nothing from this song when it was over... He really needs somethin eventful to happen to him, he's rapping about, rapping about *%@#%!@$... What the hell??
2.5/5
Won't Back Down
Another song produced by Khalil... I don't know if its the big name credits he's gettin now, but his production has been gettin more and more boring since regular folk started givin him props like 2 summers ago... I'm guessin this is the next single, Pink is on the hook here. Not really a bad song, but its deffinetly not a good one either... (White people will love this tho)
3/5
W.T.P.
I've always wondered what a good time was in the trailor park... After listenin to this song I know or a FACT I'm not missing ANYthing...
I guess Jim Jonsin produced this track, figuired since he looks like white trash himself, this song wouldn't SUCK BALLS... I was wrong
1/5
Going Through Changes
Sounds like a cheaper version of "Beautiful", just not as good... After Relapse I said I wanted more songs in that vein, but after this song I'm not really sure that's he problem... Eminem just SUCKS now, and he raps about it more on this song, but THIS time its actually does SUCK. More of that GOD awful singin too...
3/5
Not Afraid
The 1st single... I liked it when I first heard, but I don't really have too much desire to listen to it again... He recruits the hot @ the moment producer, Boi 1 da, same beat Maino used for boring song of his own.
3.5/5
Seduction
Boi 1 Da with another joint... I've seen people on opposite sides of this joint, has a "The Calm" type feel to it, pretty good song. One of the better songs thus far... The rapping & subject matter is pretty poor tho, he had the right idea, the execution was just pretty bad
3.5/5
No Love
Another Just Blaze track, and to a certain extent UNDERwhelms... Lil Wayne's on this joint... Now that I think of it, him dissing Weezy would've prolly been more eventful than this song.
3/5
Space Bound
This song is... OK I guess...
3/5
Cinderella Man
Has a west coast feel to it... ******ed hook... HORRIBLE concept... This is a big %#%% sandwhich... He raps about his last album sucking, so I'm guessin this time next year he'll be rapping about THIS album SUCKING...
2/5
25 To Life
This is his letter to hip hop I guess?? Can't believe this guy in complaining how he's been treated, I guess preception is reality. But all that aside, but this is DOPE song... He should've rapped like this more on the album (not that ANY of the rhymes on here are GREAT or ANYthing)
4/5
So Bad
This has to be a Dre track, beat is DOPE and sounds like a mixture of EVERY beat he did on the last album... Once again the rapping is just corny, sounds like somethin that was left off Relapse. The hook is pretty stupid too
3/5
Almost Famous
This song is OK... That's about it
3/5
Love The Way You Lie
You know he's desperate now, gettin both Pink & Rihanna on the album... This song is prolly gonna be a hit, but that doesn't make it good... Cause it's not...
3/5
You're Never Over
Another AWFUL hook... There's no way he actually thought this was a good idea... He raps about Proof on here so that caught my attention a lil bit, but before you know it the man who admits to SUCKING for sometime now once again takes the oppurtunity to diss hip hop as if he isn't part of the reason not enuff good music is out there... Finger pointing
3/5
Here We Go
Bonus track... I thought these were suppose to be as good if not better than the %#%% that actually made the album... This song is pretty supid
3/5
Verdict:
Not that I was expecting this to be good or anything, but I was atleast hoping he could make maybe 4 or 5 songs as good as "Beautiful", couldn't even get that. He's just rapping about NOTHING for 17 tracks, there's no real theme to this album, and as hard as he tried to avoid it, this %#%% sounds like Relapse 2...
The singin on the hooks is almost laugable, I don't know who told him that %#%% was hot...
The difference between making a GOOD album and one that SUCKS BALLS, is usually the artist ability to tell a good idea from a bad one, obviously those lines have been so badly blurred in the G Unit/Shady/Aftermath camps in the past... Say... 5 years now, this album continue's that theme to a T...
I'm actually kind of mad I turned of TML to review this %#%%, I can see this album gettin LESS listens than Relapse...
Overall
3.25/5
