So my favourite album of the year right now is
Eminem's
Relapse. After a 4 year hiatus from making music, translating to a 5 year hiatus from relasing an album, Eminem is back with Relapse. His last album
Encore was released in 2004. It was a ok Eminem album and a decent hip-hop album.
Basically during his hiatus
Eminem was battling drug addiction to various persciption pills. The 20-track-jammed new album is dark, disturbing and super lyrical
; vintage Eminem.
The album begins with the serial-killer-themed track,
3 a.m. where Em talks about being a serial killer in the first-person. He showcases his incomparable flow and makes his return known in this disturbing number. He takes a similar role in
Same Song and Dance. It's a serial-killer's journal of his victims; the first being 'Tanya' who is introduced in the preceding skit. Em mixes disturbing material with celebrity shoutouts in the next two verses where his next two victims are revealed to be
Lindsey Lohan and
Britney Spears respectively.
The disturbia continues on
My Mom where
Eminem talks about his mother's addiction to pills in a hyperbolic story of his youth. Em talks about his mom being the reason for his slip into pill-addiction. Listening to Em talk about his mom in such a negative mannor is nostgic in a way, lol.
The next track
Insane is possibly
thee most DISTURBING Eminem track I've ever heard. The first verse is basically about homosexual incestual rape!?
Geez. The rest is toned down but still super disturbing; even Em knows he crossed the line when he says:
"Shady what the f*#@ you saying? I don't know help me!".
Bagpipes from Baghdad is a quieter track; despite the lack on content, it's laced with
dirty flow that is lacking from hip-hop these days. It's a random song addressesing celebrities' lives and the usual slurs. After that,
Hello is Em's reintroduction where he showcases his flow and word play to give you the feeling that he never left.
"Resecitated and rejiuced, f*#@ it, I'm back"
After this is the celeb-slamming first single,
We Made You. Followed by the very disturbing
Medicine Ball where Em says things that he can only say. Moral boundaries are danced on when he rhymes about
Christopher Reeve yet again; it's at a whole new level now because he is now the
late Mr. Reeve.
I'm going to hell for holding back laughs at Chris Reeve saying,
"throw down the cardboard, let's break dance if you think you're hardcore" =/. He knows he's crossing lines as the chorus starts,
"I guess it's time for you to hate me again, let's begin".
The very dark
Stay Wide Away is a big track. It's starts with
Em showcasing his smooth flow,
"soon as my flow starts, I compose art like the ghost of Mozart". He dares poeple to step into his mind and connect with the demented things he raps about. No one can put words together and tell stories like Em.
This point is where the album reaches new heights for me. The next track is
huge one. Em brings in the
good doctor. He is the
only artist that can make
Dr. Dre pick up a mic again.
Dre's verses are alright; probably ghost-written by Em, but epic nonetheless.
But that damn weird-accent voice that Em seems to enjoy. Of course produced by the doctor, "
Dre drop that beat and scratch that break". One of the best producers in the history of the game! (
Relapse is done,
Detox let's go!)
After this is the forgettable
Must Be The Ganja. I say 'forgettable' because it's placed in between and before my favourite songs of the album. Again stellar flow. My two favourite songs follow.
This is where Em gets deep; I'm a fan of introspective Eminem.
Deja Vu is Em telling his story of his life during his pill addiction. Basically it's about his climb into addiction and how every time he got high off pills it would be like deja vu.
One of my favourite songs is
Beautiful. It's the only track that Em
produced. He says this is because it was on the only good track created when he wasn't sober. He said that all the other tracks he created while not sober bring him back to bad memories.
The disc closes off with the pre-maturely leaked
Crack a Bottle and
Underground. In Underground Em talks about where he's been and addresses his hiatus from music.
No track is on my negative list. If the concepts are over your head, then the flow and superior lyricism overpowers it all. This is the biggest record of the year, from [arguably] the greatest rapper alive right now.
This is what I've been waiting for for a while. This level of hip-hop and deadly lyricism. The whole game has been waiting for some classic hip-hop albums; some quality and consistent hip-hop.
About time!I'm out like Relapse on the 19th...
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