It seems like everyone is under the impression that Eminem is likely trying to recapture the feel of the original marshall mathers LP...
I have yet to see anyone mention this so I will do the honor.
What if the original marshall mathers LP was dark because Marshall Mathers was going through that whole laundry list of crap (it was posted on here once) in 1999-2000 and therefore, at that point in time, a representation of ''Marshall Mathers'' would have to be dark to be accurate?
Eminem is still Marshall Mathers.
I'm wondering if all the title means is it is a very personal album to him...
Obviously the original MMLP was very personal for him whether he was in character or not... he was still marshall mathers playing a fake marshall mathers because of things that the real marshall mathers was trying to say in an extremely artistic manner... due to the fake image that people had painted in their heads of the real marshall mathers... coloring him in their minds to resemble the fake marshall mathers that he represented himself as throughout that CD to prove a point and stick it back to them... so the ignorant morons that claimed all of this crap about him could get even more pissed off just SO that those that knew what was actually going on... knew his intent would be able to laugh along with him AT the ignorant morons that thought this was the real him. MMLP showcased the Eminem that Eminem was blamed for being... pumped up to the millionth degree.
Basically... The Marshall Mathers Lp may have been named what it was named to help make this point. It's a very personal album title since it is based on his name as a human being... I think the original MMLP was given the title that it was to amplify the artistic expression & concept behind it that the whole CD collectively exhibits.
It's simply a personal album title. The real him feels angry about a fake him being implanted in the minds of ignorant people that dont know the real him... and the real him deals with this by naming an album after the real him and becoming the him that those that dont know the real him ignorantly say is him... and then refusing to hold back... to any degree.
Is the real him the man that purposely creates a fake version of himself to artistically make a fucking joke out of those that dont know the real him...? or was the character he played on MMLP the real him?
Obviously its the former.
So what significance does this title have?
Perhaps the title MMLP2 means NOTHING in regards to it being similar in style to the person he was when he made the first one... although Im sure it IS supposed to imply a high level of quality... groundbreaking, actually...
But who says it will be dark, or anything similar to MMLP1? Why would it be?
Hes still marshall mathers. Obviously marshall mathers is going to be quite a bit different 12 and a half years after the last album he named after himself. What if the ''marshall mathers'' of today doesn't stand for the way he used to be at all and to him, the essence of the album title is not giving a fuck whether or not you all want his old angry style?
What if it's a bright, cheery, fun album and the title MMLP2 is a representation of him not giving a fuck that you're pissed about him not attempting to re-do MMLP1 ?