Em's Word and Phrase Association on MMLP2...

[EminemBase]

Baby itself is just amazing, fuck Em for not including it on the album.

Yep, it has a great Em chorus with a petulant attitude... perfect for MMLP2...

I'ma write out an altered tracklist, see how it looks...

1. Bad Guy
2. Parking Lot (skit)
3. Rhyme or Reason
4. So Much Better
5. Groundhog Day
6. Legacy
7. Asshole
8. Berzerk
9. Rap God
10. Baby
11. Brainless
12. Wicked Ways
13. Beautiful Pain
14. So Far...
15. Love Game
16. Headlights

Yeah okay fuck... that's pretty much perfection to me. Fuck fuck fuck. What's most annoying about this album... there's so much great music but, could have been like another level with some switches.

Why's ''Evil Twin'' not on there?

Well maybe it could be swapped with something or placed better...

But I feel the placement right after "Headlights" is bad...

It makes a lot of sense to end on "Headlights" if that track is to be on the album, then I think it's a closer and nothing else. Because of how shocking it was initially... and given how much he bashed his mom on MMLP1... it makes total sense as the penultimate close to that chapter.

"Evil Twin" is good but... unsure about where I'd place it.

[trentimus]

I am not gonna write out a tracklist but if Groundhog Day, Don't Front, Baby, and Beautiful Pain made the base tracklist this album would receive much better reception in the hip-hop community.. and would of made more sense as "MMLP Pt. 2" IMO.

Speaking of appreciation I don't think many people care for it but I actually enjoy the forced set up into the GOAT line on Groundhog Day.

[Kill You]

The GOAT line on GD is GOAT doe I love it.

[4Corners]

1. Bad Guy
2. Parking Lot
3. Rhyme or Reason
4. So Much Better
5. Asshole
6. Groundhog Day
7. Legacy
8. Rap God
9. Baby
10. Brainless
11. Stronger Than I Was
12. So Far...
13. Beautiful Pain
14. Love Game
15. Headlights
16. Evil Twin

Bonus
17. Berzerk
18. Desperation
19. Don't Front
20. Wicked Ways

Near perfect shit for me

[EminemBase]

I am not gonna write out a tracklist but if Groundhog Day, Don't Front, Baby, and Beautiful Pain made the base tracklist this album would receive much better reception in the hip-hop community.. and would of made more sense as "MMLP Pt. 2" IMO.

Speaking of appreciation I don't think many people care for it but I actually enjoy the forced set up into the GOAT line on Groundhog Day.

Which line?

[4Corners]

I am not gonna write out a tracklist but if Groundhog Day, Don't Front, Baby, and Beautiful Pain made the base tracklist this album would receive much better reception in the hip-hop community.. and would of made more sense as "MMLP Pt. 2" IMO.

Speaking of appreciation I don't think many people care for it but I actually enjoy the forced set up into the GOAT line on Groundhog Day.

Which line?

About him being the GOAT eating the blades of grass, and an eighth of that was a path towards your favorite rapper.

I prefer the sugar ray robinson, ladanian tomlinson, muhammad ali lines though.

[trentimus]

Promisin' complete dominance, Sugar Ray Robinson
I'm in the league Muhammad's in, Ali's my colleague bombing 'em
Probably end up on top of 'em, stomping 'em like Ndamukong

So mow the fuckin' lawn, your asses are blades of grass
And I'm fucking up this whole landscape of rap
The G.O.A.T. just ate eight acres, an eight of that
Was just to make a path and take it straight to your favorite rapper

Ugh. Too good. That Ndamukong reference is so sick. I get so fucking hyped up at these 2 points haha. Actually, both of these are some of my favorite lines on the whole album. The "underdog" line from Baby is awesome too. Same with the "english lit" part and "climbing the fences".

Groundhog Day gives me goosebumps.

[SoldierShady]

hes got some of that going on the 4th verse of bad guy as well

I’m every guilt trip,The baggage you had, but as you gather up all your possessions
If there's anything you have left to say
Unless it makes an impact then don’t bother
So before you rest your case
Better make sure you’re packin' a wallop

pretty dope

Pretty dope indeed. Damn.

[EminemBase]

Promisin' complete dominance, Sugar Ray Robinson
I'm in the league Muhammad's in, Ali's my colleague bombing 'em
Probably end up on top of 'em, stomping 'em like Ndamukong

So mow the fuckin' lawn, your asses are blades of grass
And I'm fucking up this whole landscape of rap
The G.O.A.T. just ate eight acres, an eight of that
Was just to make a path and take it straight to your favorite rapper

Ugh. Too good. That Ndamukong reference is so sick. I get so fucking hyped up at these 2 points haha. Actually, both of these are some of my favorite lines on the whole album. The "underdog" line from Baby is awesome too. Same with the "english lit" part and "climbing the fences".

Weird yo, literally the exact moment my eyes started that first sentence it was on that exact bit on "Groundhog Day" / lined up yo.

[trentimus]

Yeah, his word play was very good and a huge like...GARGANTUAN improvement from his last record.

"Even the boxing critics know if I get off to a rocky start, I'll always have a Rocky finish (woo!)" I love that one from "Don't Front".

Also another favorite of mine

I think a reason why he has way better lines this time around is because he isn't just constructing punch lines but going back to what he has always done best which was just word play. Just fucking around with normal phrases and bending their meanings, I love that about Eminem and am glad he's "gone back to what he knows best" so to speak.

much better than Eminem's impression of Lil Wayne.

[EminemBase]

"All I got is bars for your dumbbells, cause yours ain't working out"

I literally only just noticed the 'working out' bit...

Man, that's a fucking tight-ass, perfectly-written trio of puns. He's getting really good at them... I think by the time he's done... I don't think people will say he was never a punchline rapper. He's almost countering the shitness of Recovery puns with the greatness of some of these.

[trentimus]

"All I got is bars for your dumbbells, cause yours ain't working out"

I literally only just noticed the 'working out' bit...

Man, that's a fucking tight-ass, perfectly-written trio of puns. He's getting really good at them... I think by the time he's done... I don't think people will say he was never a punchline rapper. He's almost countering the shitness of Recovery puns with the greatness of some of these.

I just think he was so caught up in what made the hot rappers so hot in/around 2010 for Recovery. Like he said he was envious of Kanye West and Lil Wayne. He stooped to their level (in form, I am not saying they're near as good of lyricists) thinking that's what fans wanted.

Relapse getting such bad reception I am sure didn't help because it was so well written. I feel like most people agree even if they don't like Relapse that it has superb writing all over it, yea there are some cringy punchline moments but they fit.

MMLP2 is a vast improvement I think over both in a writing aspect. *Edit: I haven't had enough time with it yet.. but listening to them both I think MMLP2 could rival Relapse even from the technicality of it. And Relapse was pretty complex in most parts.

[yoda you can call me]

hes got some of that going on the 4th verse of bad guy as well

I’m every guilt trip,The baggage you had, but as you gather up all your possessions
If there's anything you have left to say
Unless it makes an impact then don’t bother
So before you rest your case
Better make sure you’re packin' a wallop

pretty dope

Pretty dope indeed. Damn.

he's also got these 2 multis going on as well.. just noticed the "less it makes" multi as well, DAMNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
so in conclusion.....GENIUS

[EminemBase]

the 'I'ma socket/sock it to you' line from "Wicked Ways" is brilliant too...

That's a clever format for a pun in not only the socket/sock it line but using the double use of "I'ma..." as in, I'm going to but also... I am X to you... as a bridge to the pun...

The fucking writing is dense.

[yoda you can call me]

^ fuck yeah,, dude is officially of the chain, like an independent store.. ha