by Kahleb » Nov 20th, '14, 20:12
Eminem - Shady XV - 10/10
Oh my fucking god. This track man.
Just pure lyrical rawness all the way through.
Also that FACK mention was awesome, didn't expect it in the first song.
I was spoiled about it before, but I didn't know which song it was in.
Absolute fire.
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Slaughterhouse - Psychopath Killer ft. Eminem & Yelawolf - 9/10
I can't even.
Alright, Slaughterhouse went in. Especially liked Crooked and Royce's verse.
Yelawolf was great on the hook, and Em fucking murdered this.
What was that line about his mom and a rimjob though? I gotta look that shit up later.
Wasn't expecting the Bagpipes From Bagdad mention either to be honest.
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Eminem - Die Alone - 7/10
This was a weird one for me. I felt like the mixing was kind of off compared to the first two.
Also, I'm not a huge fan of the hook.
The verses were on point and emotional, my favorite being the last verse.
It didn't hit me as hard as Headlights, but it makes for a good emotional song in any case.
Who knows, it might grow on me after a while.
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Bad Meets Evil - Vegas - 9.5/10
Damn, this song is still fucking fire. I heard it this morning when it leaked, before the rest of the album did.
What can I even say, Em has bars for days and Royce definitely holds his own as well.
Em's Nicki impression was spot-on.
Also, I'm pretty sure Em mentioned Robin Williams at one part, then there was a reversed bit.
So while everyone's bitching about the Iggy line, there might actually be one even worse in there.
I'll have to wait until someone reverses it to find out though.
Royce had some great lines in here as well, he sounded a bit different though.
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Yelawolf - Down - 9/10
Classic Yela, he's been killing damn near everything he's been on recently.
This song is no exception.
This makes me more anxious for Love Story though.
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D12 - Bane - 7/10
The hook was pretty good, the verses were better than I expected.
I'm honestly not sure what I think about this one yet to be fair.
But wow, Em really fucked D12 over. One song, and Em didn't even provide a verse for them.
I feel like D12 is getting no love here. Also, shots fired with the "Back is the rejects" line.
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Eminem - Fine Line - 9.5/10
As of now, I strongly prefer this song to Die Alone in terms of emotional content.
His flow was really good on this, and the passion behind it made this song really enjoyable.
Also, I fucking love the sample used for the chorus.
It's a touching, but enjoyable song.
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Skylar Grey, Eminem & Yelawolf - Twisted - 8/10
Em showing off his singing again ala Stronger Than I Was.
Skylar Grey does a good job on this, I definitely preferred this chorus to Asshole.
Also, Yelawolf was the only one with a verse and he killed it.
I thought that "she don't give a shit" part was oddly shoehorned into the song and they could've done
something better with that. But other than that my qualms with this song aren't very many.
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Eminem - Right For Me - 8.5/10
The chorus was not really to my liking, at all.
Anyway, the verses more than made up for the hook.
They were trippy as fuck, and reminded me of ShadyXV a bit in the terms of just being lyrical.
Besides the hook, I really liked this song.
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Eminem - Lose Yourself (Original Demo, two verses) - 8/10
2002 Em, what the fuck else can I say?
For a scrapped song, this isn't half bad.
Also, for the first time people get to hear two unreleased verses from 2002.
People asked for old Em and they got old Em.
I still prefer the current Lose Yourself, but you get this weird vibe hearing
how it orginally sounded. Also, a great finale for the album.
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Kahleb on Nov 20th, '14, 20:13, edited 2 times in total.
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