How Are You Going to Remember This Release?

[Solace]

Not in terms of "Wow, I remember this album was great", but more so your situation in life and what not. Like, thinking back about the release of Recovery, that was over three years ago and I was just wondering about where I'd be in life at the point of the next album. That, if ever, will be in what? 3-4 years? Maybe even more depending on what he has going on for him in the meantime? As far as 2019? Where the fuck am I gonna be then?

I recall when Recovery leaked I was studying for my grade 9 science exam, I browsed TR for a moment and some link had been posted. People were checking whether or not it was legitimate and then when it was confirmed to be real I dropped all my shit and just downloaded it and listened to it for the night.

When MMLP2 leaked, nothing particular was happening at the moment (last week, lol) so honestly I can't say much on it. In general life is good though, much more memorable things going on for me right now. So it's a positive release. What about you guys?

[NjNets15]

I'm going to remember having a level of anxiety that a human being should not have about new music. I will remember nights that I should have been sleeping, that I spent on the internet waiting for the very moment this album came out. I will remember the Batman. He is a worthless fuck stick, but he made me appreciate the actual album so much when the zip finally opened to something other than a Miley Cyrus album or Brazilian Country music. I will also remember the exam that I had the day before it leaked. I was so caught up in looking for a leak I studied about 25% of the material that I should have. About 90% of that test was on the little amount of material that I actually studied. I will remember a great time.

[Erowid]

I'm going to babble a bit because honestly, I'm sort of stunned that he actually pulled this shit off. It's not that I ever thought he wasn't capable of writing well, or that he'd actually gone retarded, but. He managed to somehow flip things in an almost miraculous way-- he actually made an apologetic album, that his kids could listen to and not be scarred by, yet it manages to come off as authentic and not safe or watered down at all.

I'll also remember really strong nostalgia. The blond hair and all the Slim Shady posturing was annoying and dorky before the record came out, but the new/old image couple with the album, and just... the fact that the image is the same, but the reality is so different, a decade + later (does that make sense?)... There's something so poignant about it. Makes me think about how I'VE changed since then. And the album is sick. Like, listening to it ACTUALLY feels reminiscent of the original. And it somehow manages to not seem contrived most of the time. Eminem Show will always have my heart (and I don't think MMLP2 is as sublime as #1), but this is legit and the first time in a long time I've not been slightly embarrassed to bring Em up. Was the dude trolling us this whole time??...

[Amadeo]

I was expecting an album like MMLP2 before Recovery, and I was expecting an album like Recovery before MMLP2. Strange how that panned out.

[ladelsofgravy]

i was prepared for this album so i was more accepting of it.

when recovery came out, i just had realized em still makes music. so i got relapse too. so i didnt have enough time to sink both of them in before judging them.