Not Affraid = Drug Phase Flow + Great Lyrics

[da r star]

Now I actually think it's a good song, but is it me or he pretty much raps like he did on the Re-up? The last verse of NA reminds me a lot of the same flow on You Don't Know.

Like I said, I like the song, but I was expecting him to rap like he used to, with more of a "clearer" voice and not that voice he had back in 04-05-6, etc. But hey, it's not 2002, gotta live in the present i guess

[M-Pyre]

with a wack beat

[IcedSlim Shady]

i think em was great in this song, but the but wasn't good enogh..Lose Yorself's beat is more more better but NA is still good for a fist single

[EminemBase]

It's a great song for what it is. Only bad aspect is the production. But Em has some clever as fuck lyricism in there like the "king / teeth / feelings / fillings / crowned / capped" thing and the bit about his demons doing jumping jacks.

Thank fuck he didn't do another zany, celeb-bashing single. His first singles are usually always watered down in some respect too so if he's coming with lyricism like this on a single, can't wait for the album. I think it's gonna be a classic.

[da r star]

I agree with you to an extent EminemBase. But I think the Without Me lyrics are superior to this in pretty much every way. The rhyme patterns are not as amazing on Not Afraid as they were on Relapse. It's like we can't get both: Nice flow with crazy rhyme patterns!

[slimsoxshady]

It's a great song for what it is. Only bad aspect is the production. But Em has some clever as fuck lyricism in there like the "king / teeth / feelings / fillings / crowned / capped" thing and the bit about his demons doing jumping jacks.

Thank fuck he didn't do another zany, celeb-bashing single. His first singles are usually always watered down in some respect too so if he's coming with lyricism like this on a single, can't wait for the album. I think it's gonna be a classic.

why the fuck did you post the same shit in 2 threads?

[D_Block313]

Because he ran out of opinions in his robotic cranium

[RealSickLindley]

There's opinions, and i respect them.

But some people just dismiss beats without giving them a chance or knowin' shit about it.

[EminemBase]

I agree with you to an extent EminemBase. But I think the Without Me lyrics are superior to this in pretty much every way. The rhyme patterns are not as amazing on Not Afraid as they were on Relapse. It's like we can't get both: Nice flow with crazy rhyme patterns!

I agree that "Without Me" is superior. That whole album is basically perfection.

But the reason the rhyme patterns weren't as crazy is because he's rapping about his life and emotional issues and not killing people. Descriptive storytelling gives him a lot more freedom in terms of poetic phrasing, detail, everything.

All of his emotional songs sacrifice skill to some degree.

[EminemBase]

All of his emotional songs sacrifice skill to some degree.

not Rock Bottom, Sing for the Moment or Lose Yourself. those three songs will never be touched

Well I agree about "Rock Bottom" but "Sing For the Moment" was more like a social commentary song. Sure he was rapping about himself a lot but it was much more an 'outward' song, a zeitgeist tune as opposed to a personal attribute.

And "Lose Yourself" he was rapping pretty much in character. Allowing a different mindset, more freedom and a way to exercise a different style of thinking and rapping. But yeah that song is just sublime.

[RapName]

I agree with you to an extent EminemBase. But I think the Without Me lyrics are superior to this in pretty much every way. The rhyme patterns are not as amazing on Not Afraid as they were on Relapse. It's like we can't get both: Nice flow with crazy rhyme patterns!

What the fuck are you talking about? Pretty much every track on Relapse and Refill had crazy flows and insane lyrics and rhyme patterns. We got both on the last album, and now we might see a Eminem with more depth in his lyrics, which makes rhyme schemes harder. To me that's cool, looks like his going for a combination of MMLP and TES styles.

[SoldierShady]

It's a great song for what it is. Only bad aspect is the production. But Em has some clever as fuck lyricism in there like the "king / teeth / feelings / fillings / crowned / capped" thing and the bit about his demons doing jumping jacks.

Thank fuck he didn't do another zany, celeb-bashing single. His first singles are usually always watered down in some respect too so if he's coming with lyricism like this on a single, can't wait for the album. I think it's gonna be a classic.

Agreed. Took me a while to get that "Crowned/Capped" line....but as soon as I figured it out, I was like damn.
By the way, do we know if Em actually produced any tracks on Ry?

[smash]

It's a great song for what it is. Only bad aspect is the production. But Em has some clever as fuck lyricism in there like the "king / teeth / feelings / fillings / crowned / capped" thing and the bit about his demons doing jumping jacks.

Yeah, the lyricism is really great.. but man, can you explain me the thing about demons doing jumpin jack and also what means "feed it beans"? I'm tryin' to translate the lyrics to portuguese and i'm kinda confused about those ones

[da r star]

I agree with you to an extent EminemBase. But I think the Without Me lyrics are superior to this in pretty much every way. The rhyme patterns are not as amazing on Not Afraid as they were on Relapse. It's like we can't get both: Nice flow with crazy rhyme patterns!

What the fuck are you talking about? Pretty much every track on Relapse and Refill had crazy flows and insane lyrics and rhyme patterns. We got both on the last album, and now we might see a Eminem with more depth in his lyrics, which makes rhyme schemes harder. To me that's cool, looks like his going for a combination of MMLP and TES styles.

No we didn't get both, because we did have the Accent in Relapse which to me goes with the flow and I liked Relapse and I kinda shaked my head when he said "Relapse was ehhhh".

And I don't get people saying : "well he's talking about real life stuff so he can't be that nice with the rhyme patterns"...hum "Deja Vu"? That track has crazy rhyme patterns. Basically his whole career before Relapse was that "The Way I Am", "Cleaning Out My closet"..no need to say more.

[MikeNUFC]

And I don't get people saying : "well he's talking about real life stuff so he can't be that nice with the rhyme patterns"...hum "Deja Vu"? That track has crazy rhyme patterns. Basically his whole career before Relapse was that "The Way I Am", "Cleaning Out My closet"..no need to say more.

I'm glad you said that before I did.

He doesnt have to tone down his lyrics when he's being personal - there are plenty of examples of this.

People just say that during an argument about this track or Relapse as they have nothing else to say