Anyone else not completely in love with MMLP2?

[Riis]

So much better than GKMC, actually has some replay value

[SliK]

Threads like this are actually what forums are for in case you didn't know.

Discussion?! Since when?!

He posted his views and I posted mine, salty.

touché

[trentimus]

GOAT OP. Lyrically, in a complexity sense, he's untouchable.. But something about it seems soulless at times.. Where front to back TES you could feel his emotion behind every word. It's a great album compared to the rest of the rap game.. But Eminem can't compete with his former self.. And TBH that's his fucking fault for naming it after his most revered album.

[Corpse_Welder]

Great album.

Relapse sucked.

You're a very thoughtful and insightful person

On my phone taking a shit atm, an appropriate place to read this thread.

I love how passive-aggressive you get when people don't agree with you, it's cute.

[trentimus]

I don't think naming it MMLP2 plays as big of a role as you guys make it out to be. It still would be the same quality raps and would still be stencilled to his earlier work...which is just so unfair for every artist.

I can agree with that.. But as a human it's impossible to read out "The Marshall Mathers LP.....2" without my brain racing through the first press.

But, once I heard it I would still break down what I like/don't like. From a sonic sense, I really do think he did a great job while keeping his hyper-super-tyrant-lyrical acrobat stunts in tact.. Without an accent or screaming (for the most part) so I appreciate this album. It's a nice breath of fresh air.
Regardless of the negatives I talk about it's still a easy 8/10 for me.

[EminemInsider]

He has much more personality on this than anything he's done since TES. So Far might be the most personal song he's ever done. People who have really followed Eminem and gotten a feel for his personality understand just how honest a look this is at his life.

[Rattle1]

I have yet to listen to the bonus but I can't download

[Corpse_Welder]

I love how passive-aggressive you get when people don't agree with you, it's cute.

I really don't care if people disagree or not.

You're a mod, try and put in a little more effort than "Relapse sucks. I'm right because I am" k babe

[SliK]

Will MMLP2 alienate his Recovery era fans?

[speckzo]

Anyone who doesn't think this is AT LEAST tied for his second best album is wrong.

[Rattle1]

Anyone who doesn't think this is AT LEAST tied for his second best album is wrong.

SSLP - MMLP - TES

3 of his albums are at least better than mmlp 2

[therapist]

Recovery + MMLP2 = for his fans who have aged with him

SSLP, MMLP, and TES will always be there for the kids (and the adults who really understand Slim Shady)

Relapse and Encore... well they're both good

[therapist]

Recovery + MMLP2 = for his fans who have aged with him

SSLP, MMLP, and TES will always be there for the kids (and the adults who really understand Slim Shady)

Eh...wouldn't his first three be for the ones who aged with him?

I meant to imply that by "the adults who really understand Shady"

Should've been clearer!

[4Corners]

When the critics are actually praising something Em does.......you know he did well, he never gets love from critics.

Anyways, it's undeniably his best since Eminem Show.

It has the raw records like Brainless, Groundhog Day. Classic shady shit like So Much Better, Baby, Evil Twin. Concepts and emotional tracks like Bad Guy, Legacy, Headlights, Beautiful Pain. Experimental and artistic risks, as well as funny tracks like So Far, Love Game, Rhyme or Reason. Songs where he's just spittin and droppin bars like Asshole, Rap God.

It has every factor of an Eminem album. Is it a classic.......not by a long shot, but it's a very good album. It's every bit as good as Life Is Good and Untitled by Nas, better than American Gangster by Jay, and his best since Eminem Show.

The few bad lines here and there don't take away the overall enjoyment of the tracks, like Relapse accents did, and Recovery's horrible production did on certain tracks. And his flows on certain tracks are undeniable.

No one can rap like Em, and this project show cases his ability to rap over just about anything.

[EminemBase]

A decent album. Nothing more or less.