"That last Relapse CD was ehhhhh"

[UofLCard]

When Not Afraid came out, I agreed wholehearedly with that line. As of today, I've softened up to Relapse (and that accent). I still don't like songs like Medicine Ball, though.

[KickflipCaleb]

^ It was a theme album, it was like a movie.
Everything blended together because it was meant to be, the skits, the songs...They all complete each other.

That's one of the things I loved about Relapse, Recovery felt like a mixtape because it sounded like a punch of songs thrown randomly that had no connections to the previous song or even to the theme itself.

True true, I do loveee the way the skits lead into songs. Like the Berman skit into "The Way I Am" where hes in mid sentence saying "Aight man, whatever".
My Darling WOULD HAVE been like this had it been put after the Dr. West skit.

So while the skits telling the stories are cool and you're right, Recovery did feel more like a mixtape, we were sort of suprised, and the tracks are a little less boring. Plus most of the songs were different in what it they talking about. Relapse's subject matter started to feel like Wiz Khalifa's by the end...

[Amaranthine]

Recovery should have had skits. I miss skits.

[Elision]

Yeah, there was room for them, and they would've threaded a deeper story through the whole process of the recovery.

edit: maybe something with dr. west

[Amaranthine]

You could have Steve or Paul or Jimmy or whoever whining about how Em doesn't go on tour and his fans are starting to hate him because he never comes to their areas.

[AbramIsaac]

I sort of feel like skits are played out at this point.

They seem forced. They were great on the first few albums, and even Relapse, but it seems like they're being done for the sake of them being done now. I know they work well with the concept of the album, but it just seems to cheapen it for me...I'm not sure why.

A mixtape would be great though. Some extra material, fill that bastard half full of skits.

[EminemInsider]

It's classic irony.

Eminem scoffing at a very good album on a terrible song that is on an album that, honestly...isn't as good as the album he's scoffing at.

[KickflipCaleb]

It's classic irony.

Eminem scoffing at a very good album on a terrible song that is on an album that, honestly...isn't as good as the album he's scoffing at.

No. Just no.

[limea]

"That last Relapse CD was great,
Perhaps when I hated it I was acting like a clown
Relax, I ain't gonna talk that smack now
Fuck my fans who attacked it, I'll sack them with this hacksaw til their head slacks off"

[EminemInsider]

It's classic irony.

Eminem scoffing at a very good album on a terrible song that is on an album that, honestly...isn't as good as the album he's scoffing at.

No. Just no.

Yes. Just yes.

[Kill You]

It's classic irony.

Eminem scoffing at a very good album on a terrible song that is on an album that, honestly...isn't as good as the album he's scoffing at.

Because you said it = fact.

[limea]

It's classic irony.

Eminem scoffing at a very good album on a terrible song that is on an album that, honestly...isn't as good as the album he's scoffing at.

Because you said it = fact.

He didn't say it was a fact. It's his opinion, and he shouldn't have to go "imo" for you to know that.

[Blu]

While I agree with limea that it's all opinions.
It is a fact that Relapse is much better than Recovery

Care to explain?

[kiki]

the BEE line kinda ruins the song but not this.

[Emadyville]

However, there are some exceptional songs on Recovery that are pure classics (like GTC and On Fire)

You're one of the only ones who agrees with me with the fact that On Fire is classic.

I always liked Recovery more than Relapse, I can't really explain it to you at this point.

Keep in mind I thought Relapse was great.

I agree. On Fire seems like the old em where he just wrote the song in 20 min, and the rhyming is dope as fuck.