Recovery: Pros vs. Cons (Review)

[SajN]

are you kidding me

weezus shat on no love

it was the best verse on this entire garbage album

you sound like one of these kids on ktt

He is.

[Jimmy Conway]

I should of waited before I made my post. Now it's the last post on the first page. The basement of a thread.

[superman11]

I like Recovery more than most of you guys on here..

Overall, A solid album with some serious gems and some great moments. Unfortunately that gets overlooked by the weak production, corny punchlines and pop sound.

I think this will be more appreciated after his next album. It will be considered a stepping stone to what I think will be his best album since TES, and something he needed to get off his chest.

It is bothersome in a way cause it could have been a lot better. If he didnt rush it, songs like WBD and YNO probably wouldnt have made the cut.

But at the end of the day, I say this has higher highs than all of his last 3 albums. But has duds and even some of the good songs have weak beats or corny punches.

[Drax207]

Agreed with most of this, if not all of it.

[Despicable]

I just cant get past the weak production and sampled hooks.
The production is not just bad,its soft and radio friendly,it sounds like pop beats.

Half the album has sampled hooks..thats way too many,especially since EM makes great hooks himself and doesnt need to do that shit.
The album is not trash,but it is my least favorite along with Encore.

[EminemBase]

COLD WIND BLOWS
Pros
-Decent beat
-fairly strong lyrics, at least compared to other Recovery Tracks
Cons
- Forced lame punchlines that plague the entire album
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Determination
It's one of those songs that I think "Not bad" But at the same time it's forgettable and I never listen to it.

Talkin' 2 Myself
Pros
- Em's voice sounds good on this track
- Pretty good flow
Decent bridge
Cons
- Kobe on the beat
- a beat that had already been circulating before Recovery was even in the works
- Apologizing and making excuses for his music
Determination
The apologizing lyrics make me hate the song, which is a shame because the lines before it
"So I pick myself off the ground and fuckin swam 'fore I drowned" is really good.
On Fire
Pros
-One of the top beats on the album
Good flow, good voice

Cons
-"I just wrote a bullshit hook in between two long ass verses if you mistook the for a song" How about you put some effort into this instead of wasting Porter's beat?
- hen why the fuck am I yellin at air
I aint even talkin to noone cause aint nobody there
Kind of sums up a lot of this song. What exactly is the point Em? It's just a angry rant trying to pass as a passionate attack....on nothing, but kind of everything
Determination
I like this song, it's listenable. Horrible hook though. Much better choices in Em's catalog. The kind of song that if it came on I wouldn't change it, but I would rarely seek it out.

Won't Back Down
Pros
None
Cons
The entire song
Determination
Fuck you for make me want to listen to songs like this to fill in the blanks on this "rate Recovery" template

W.T.P
Pros
- The beat doesn't make me want to die
-I'll rip a tree out the ground
And flip it upside down
'Fore I turn over a new leaf, clown
I'll tell ya now
I'm so raw I still need to un-thaw
You feel me, yall?
I shut the club down like Drake in the mall
Cons
The rest of the song that I didn't mention above
Determination
Unlistenable really. The lines of lyrics I posted were the only enjoyable parts of the song and I already had a noose tied before it got to that point
Going Through Changes
Pros
- Good lyrics
- Not the strongest beat, but it works
Cons
- dilly dallying? Really? Fuck you Em
- Not a good chorus
Determination
I still think it's one of the most overrated Eminem songs, but it's not horrible

Not Afraid
Pros
Nothing
Cons
- Talking bad about Relapse
- beans gassed up, demons jumping jacks....
-take my hand
-the beat
-ugh, everything, fuck this song. I didn't even bother to listen to it today, just going on off the memories of this shit
Determination
Fake forced label driven song

Seduction
Pros
- Probably my favorite beat on the album.
- One of my favorite songs on the album. Makes me want to ride around in my car on a summer evening bumping this.

Cons
- "I’m the logo on that Dallas Cowboy helmet: a star"
- All that "ahh "off" "nah" shit in the background in that second verse is a little over doing it
Determination
I like this song. Not a classic, or even great. But a strong song.

No Love
Pros
- Em's verse was good
Cons
- a few corny lines scattered through the song
-that fucking chorus
Determination
It's alright

Space Bound
Pros
Em sounds pretty good, passionate
Cons
- The love is evol line
-That god awful chorus
- The beat being made by Embase on his pro tools basic
Determination
Another....eh it's alright
Cinderella Man
Pros
- There's a storm comin' that the weather man couldn't predict,
I start the bug prick, you better flee cause I get ticked
It's a rap, I was down, when I was down I was kicked.
I got up I'm back to punch ya to the ground, ya trick,
-He really has some strong points in the verses during the song
Cons
-It's a trap, fuck my last CD that shits in my trash,
- that steak reference
- some filler/ weak lines
Determination
That one line fucking kills me. I try to look at it like, "hey, em is shitting on Relapse, he's just saying that "fuck everything else, this is it right here" But I can't. Another shot at his classic album because he caved to the peer pressure of 14 year old girls saying "ew Em's Relapse album is icky.

25 To Life
Pros
- Creative,
-passionate,
-one of the few times he makes the Recovery voice sound good.
-Good song
Cons
- Hook could have been better
-Beat was....decent...but, it just had too much going on and wasn't mixed well.
Determination
One of the better songs off the album. Really strong lyrics. One of the few songs that makes me want to rap the words and not miss a word.

So Bad
Pros
- Dre beat
Cons
- So bad is right. Just a bad song
Determination
Unlistenable, except maybe as a instrumental
Almost Famous
Pros
- Love the lyrics
Cons
- Chorus isn't good
Determination
Really enjoy it
Love The Way You Lie
Pros
- None
Cons
- Window payne
- the entire song
-lifes n0 nentendo payne33
Determination
Hopefully Em at least got some pussy for making this disaster.

You're Never Over
Pros
- Passionate
- The Chorus and bridge get a lot of shit, but I don't think it's that bad, just....he...got too soft with it.
-Some strong parts, like the first half or so of the second verse. Brilliance scattered about.
Cons
- excuse the corny metaphors....sorry I can't
- the beat
Determination
It's a shame this song has so many weak parts, because some parts of verses make you go wow. But there is just too much mediocre crap in between the touches of greatness.

Untitled
Pros
- meh
Cons
- song is just everywhere
Determination
bluh. I think there was a couple good lines in there, but I'm not searching through anymore shit in this album

Despite the slight dig, respect and props on the 'Cinderella Man Relapse line'.

[Jimmy Conway]

What are you talking about?