I Kinda Wish...

[EminemBase]

That "Bad Guy" was a little more conversational like when he's on the freeway rapping...

Because the other bits, feels more like constructed rap / normal story rap description as apposed to like that 'live' feel like in those bits and on "Stan".

But it kind of balances it. Still a great song/opening...

It almost feels like it could work genius as a closing track too though...

[mdemaz]

Yeah, I agree.

[Never_Enough]

If this was really his last album he could've put Evil Twin as the first song, adding, at the end, the last verse of Bad Guy he does on the different beat. And put Bad Guy as the last song of the album, with Em that gets killed by Matthew, which would've made a cool metaphor: Matthew is a fan, so it represents the fame, and it kills Eminem, forcing him to retire.
Em killed by his own fame.

[cityfan31]

The beat change section is epic. That could quite easily have ended the album I think.

I'm not that into his flow in the first half of the song but I like the hook. It's cool.

In fact, I like all the non-Em hooks but Asshole.

[EminemProof]

Yeah, 2nd track should have been a song of it own.

[SoldierShady]

Well I think it's rapped in that perspective because what Matthew essentially does is chloroform-gag Em and throw him in the trunk. So Em's passed out at this point and is being screamed at from the driver's seat.

It's a fucking genius song.

[kpprasa]

Honestly i wouldn't change it. Bad guy> stan - covers more topics and had better lyricism. Its fucking ungodly how Em switches from introducing the album by talking about himself in the 1st verse to going to stan pt 2 to finally having a crazy introspective beat change verse. Top 5 Em song

[EminemBase]

Honestly i wouldn't change it. Bad guy> stan - covers more topics and had better lyricism. Its fucking ungodly how Em switches from introducing the album by talking about himself in the 1st verse to going to stan pt 2 to finally having a crazy introspective beat change verse. Top 5 Em song

"Bad Guy" better than "Stan"? I think that's absurd.

I love it, but it's not even close as a piece of art.

[SliK]

Agreed, I think he chose the wrong flow for the first two verses.

And no way is it better than Stan Wish people would stop saying that

[Francesco]

Honestly i wouldn't change it. Bad guy> stan - covers more topics and had better lyricism. Its fucking ungodly how Em switches from introducing the album by talking about himself in the 1st verse to going to stan pt 2 to finally having a crazy introspective beat change verse. Top 5 Em song

"Bad Guy" better than "Stan"? I think that's absurd.
I love it, but it's not even close as a piece of art.

You're right... Stan is a masterpiece & I've personally always loved it.
On another note I personally like Bad Guy better to listen to but that's for a few reasons & that's just me... probably other people feel the same way. Still I don't ever compare them in a way to say one of them is certainly better than the other one in general as a fact.
Both of them are crazy cinematic & all that anyway.

[EminemBase]

Honestly i wouldn't change it. Bad guy> stan - covers more topics and had better lyricism. Its fucking ungodly how Em switches from introducing the album by talking about himself in the 1st verse to going to stan pt 2 to finally having a crazy introspective beat change verse. Top 5 Em song

"Bad Guy" better than "Stan"? I think that's absurd.

I love it, but it's not even close as a piece of art.

[Francesco]

Bad Guy's great though, it gives me such chills on each listen and his voice/delivery and flow is so godly like. Genius song and if you dont see it, sorry your loss.

Exactly... I fucking love those voices. God damn that Outro....

[RapGOD]

Bad Guy is perfect the way it is. The 2nd part is genius!!

[acslater93]

I think this needs to be the start of the album.

I interpreted the verse after the beat change to be Slim Shady coming alive again and saving Em from drowning, only to take over his life once more.

And then it ends saying something along the lines of "Let's pick up where MMLP left off" and segways into the Parking Lot skit which was damn near the end of MMLP1.

[Squiggles123]

I think this needs to be the start of the album.

I interpreted the verse after the beat change to be Slim Shady coming alive again and saving Em from drowning, only to take over his life once more.

And then it ends saying something along the lines of "Let's pick up where MMLP left off" and segways into the Parking Lot skit which was damn near the end of MMLP1.

My thoughts too. The whole lets pickup where MMLP left off was clever and when I heard that skit I smiled (corny but true).