MMLP2 REVIEWS

[shreyshady]

What's shocking is pitchfork gave MCHG an entire point over MMLP2. If you're saying Em has nothing to rap about and is using filler lines, and that's your main issue with the album, wtf are you smoking MCHG was the same thing we've heard Jay put out forever now. His whole "I have a lot of shit, I'm awesome" There is no way in my mind that you can rate MCHG as a better album than MMLP2 and have any credibility. Rate them the same if you want, but don't tell me MCHG was somehow better. Just plain stupid, have some consistency.

[2PointOBoy]

What's shocking is pitchfork gave MCHG an entire point over MMLP2. If you're saying Em has nothing to rap about and is using filler lines, and that's your main issue with the album, wtf are you smoking MCHG was the same thing we've heard Jay put out forever now. His whole "I have a lot of shit, I'm awesome" There is no way in my mind that you can rate MCHG as a better album than MMLP2 and have any credibility. Rate them the same if you want, but don't tell me MCHG was somehow better. Just plain stupid, have some consistency.

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NYTimes Review:

But like most savants, Eminem is interested in pyrotechnics above all else — “Rap God” and “Berzerk,” especially, are overwhelming barrages of rhyme.... Rihanna rescues him again on “The Monster” — her blank power elevates his scratchy ramblings, and the melancholy piano on “Legacy” seems to calm him a bit. On “Love Game,” he uses a Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders sample the way the Native Tongues might have, for a dose of oddity, while on “So Far...,” he’s rapping over Joe Walsh’s “Life’s Been Good” for a track that, were it not for all the bleeping it would need, could be easily played on Country Music Television.

“Brainless,” which could have been played on “The Dr. Demento Show,” is immediately followed here by “Stronger Than I Was,” which is a virtually unlistenable agglomeration of shrieks and atonal singing, the rare moment where Eminem’s rage outright trumps his dexterity.

But he still has some old bad habits, still heavy-handed with the homophobic slurs, and still explaining them away in interviews by equating his current creative frame of mind to that of his less enlightened battle-rapping days, a weak and tiresome excuse. He still excels at baleful and downright mean records. Unlike, say, Jay Z, who’s found new subject matter and new targets as he’s aged, Eminem is still rapping from deep inside his cave, as if he’s had no new experiences to draw from.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/06/arts/ ... ot-up.html

[shreyshady]

NYTimes Review:

But like most savants, Eminem is interested in pyrotechnics above all else — “Rap God” and “Berzerk,” especially, are overwhelming barrages of rhyme.... Rihanna rescues him again on “The Monster” — her blank power elevates his scratchy ramblings, and the melancholy piano on “Legacy” seems to calm him a bit. On “Love Game,” he uses a Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders sample the way the Native Tongues might have, for a dose of oddity, while on “So Far...,” he’s rapping over Joe Walsh’s “Life’s Been Good” for a track that, were it not for all the bleeping it would need, could be easily played on Country Music Television.

“Brainless,” which could have been played on “The Dr. Demento Show,” is immediately followed here by “Stronger Than I Was,” which is a virtually unlistenable agglomeration of shrieks and atonal singing, the rare moment where Eminem’s rage outright trumps his dexterity.

But he still has some old bad habits, still heavy-handed with the homophobic slurs, and still explaining them away in interviews by equating his current creative frame of mind to that of his less enlightened battle-rapping days, a weak and tiresome excuse. He still excels at baleful and downright mean records. Unlike, say, Jay Z, who’s found new subject matter and new targets as he’s aged, Eminem is still rapping from deep inside his cave, as if he’s had no new experiences to draw from.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/06/arts/ ... ot-up.html[/quote]

I swear some people don't listen to music, they just make up dumb shit to sound smart.

[2PointOBoy]

Pitchfork review Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/Eminem/comments ... ews_mmlp2/

[EriCartman]

Rap Dose the best review yet.
I read reviews for a laugh. Patetic and biased.
EmBase has the quotes to prove the dumbness of the writers. They hide behind out-of-content smart words and adjectives. When actually they don't say shit.
Just Bla Bla Bla ...

[mjwoods]

All the negative reviews are biased on the gay slurs he uses which is utter crap. This album honestly should at least be in the low 80s on metacritic.

[Mr.DGAF]

I think Pitchfork goes shockingly low to try and draw attention to the fact that they think the album isn't good. I don't care that they don't like it; they even bring up a few good points. But the homophobia shit, that's gotta stop man. Like, if you don't understand what he's saying when he brings that shit up then you probably deserve to be offended. Shit's cray yo

Also lol at criticizing Em for not finding new subject matter and then pointing to Jay Z for an example of how to branch out lyrically. Much lel.

[TruthSerum813]

Who really cares about reviews, especially from a site like Pitchfork?? A Bunch of hipster douchebags who think themselves to be WAYYYYY more important then they actually are. They more or less worshipped Yeezus, but that didnt stop it from being the worst selling Kanye album and having mixed reviews from the only critics who count - The fans. If Pitchfork had any power at all Killer Mike and EL-P would have sold more then 25K a piece with the albums they dropped last year that Pitchfork went gaga over.

Not saying that sales matter or anything, but Pitchfork isnt half the "Tastemaker" they consider themselves to be. A vast majority of the things they support are things the rest of the world dont want to hear.

[Crazee]

Reviewers of all forms of entertainment are 75-80% stupid. That's why metacritic sucks. I get into these same arguments at video game forums I frequent. It's mostly garbage.

[4Corners]

Independent : positive

http://www.independent.ie/entertainment ... 32360.html

[Steelez]

Where is the great lyricism on MMLP2? Besides Bad Guy and a couple of other glimpses, I don't see it.

You think lyrics like 'if it wasn't for blowjobs you'd be unemployed', or 'getting sick of these girls girls girls, oink oink oink, you fu*kin pigs, all you good for is doink doink doink', or 'the day you'll be me, pigs'll fly out my ass in a flying saucer, full of ITALIAN SAUSAGE' are remotely good, clever, or funny? like, seriously? And these are not isolated moments...there are plenty of bad lines on the album. And also, Rap God is lyrically mediocre. It needs to be said. People are quick to praise the song because he's rapping fast and rhyming big words together...sorry, but you need more than that to achieve GOOD lyricism.

Why is MCHG lyrically inferior? Jay's second verse on Holy Grail isn't good? Picasso Baby? Crown? Nickels and Dimes? Oceans? MCHG is certainly not a GREAT album, but the hate it gets is completely unwarranted.

[yoda you can call me]

Where is the great lyricism on MMLP2? Besides Bad Guy and a couple of other glimpses, I don't see it.

You think lyrics like 'if it wasn't for blowjobs you'd be unemployed', or 'getting sick of these girls girls girls, oink oink oink, you fu*kin pigs, all you good for is doink doink doink', or 'the day you'll be me, pigs'll fly out my ass in a flying saucer, full of ITALIAN SAUSAGE' are remotely good, clever, or funny? like, seriously? And these are not isolated moments...there are plenty of bad lines on the album. And also, Rap God is lyrically mediocre. It needs to be said. People are quick to praise the song because he's rapping fast and rhyming big words together...sorry, but you need more than that to achieve GOOD lyricism.

Why is MCHG lyrically inferior? Jay's second verse on Holy Grail isn't good? Picasso Baby? Crown? Nickels and Dimes? Oceans? MCHG is certainly not a GREAT album, but the hate it gets is completely unwarranted.

go home, you're drunk

[4Corners]

Where is the great lyricism on MMLP2? Besides Bad Guy and a couple of other glimpses, I don't see it.

You think lyrics like 'if it wasn't for blowjobs you'd be unemployed', or 'getting sick of these girls girls girls, oink oink oink, you fu*kin pigs, all you good for is doink doink doink', or 'the day you'll be me, pigs'll fly out my ass in a flying saucer, full of ITALIAN SAUSAGE' are remotely good, clever, or funny? like, seriously? And these are not isolated moments...there are plenty of bad lines on the album. And also, Rap God is lyrically mediocre. It needs to be said. People are quick to praise the song because he's rapping fast and rhyming big words together...sorry, but you need more than that to achieve GOOD lyricism.

Why is MCHG lyrically inferior? Jay's second verse on Holy Grail isn't good? Picasso Baby? Crown? Nickels and Dimes? Oceans? MCHG is certainly not a GREAT album, but the hate it gets is completely unwarranted.

Mchg was lazy as fuck, even Jay sounded like he was going through the motions.

Aside from a few lines here and there, MMLP2 had very good lyricism, especially in the wordplay department. Its laughable Pitchfork thinks Em is rapping about the same stuff......then they throw out Jay as a supposed example of diversity on subject matter. Guys been saying the same shit since day one.

I mean Pushas album aint bad but hes not remotely bringing the same level as Em, yet he getd an 8. Ems never been overwhelmingly loved by critics but when hes in the 70s you know he did pretty good.

Cuts like Bad Guy, Legacy, Brainless, Rap God, Headlights, Evil Twin, Baby, Grounghog Day are UNDENIABLE. And theres plenty of other good cuts after that too. He did good aside from a line here and there and a couple songs.

[Cinderella Stan]

To all the brainless fucks writing shitty reviews

[slimsoxshady]

confirmed faggot reviewer lolz

http://www.metacritic.com/user/KonTheDon