Shady Ant

2y

Idk, I find myself regularly bumping less songs from Side A than songs from Recovery.
And Encore has a special place in my heart because I was obsessed with it in my awful awkward middle school phase, the weird vibe the joke songs had of misery and pain just under the surface just spoke to me at the time. In fact maybe I shoulda put Encore higher, lol.

dedication8

2y

he could drop his best work on this next one and the internet would still s*** on it

Shady Ant

2y

Genuinely surprised that nothing about this, a Kendrick album, or a Dre album came out around the Superbowl.
Btw, whatever happened to that Snoop song Em was supposed to be on?

niccolo31

2y

Song with Em will be on Mount Westmore album

Shady Ant

2y

For me he's gotta mix the strengths of Revival and MTBMB without falling into the pitfalls of each of them.
I know what you're thinking...

Revival has strengths!?!?!?

But yeah, it does. On paper it sounds like an amazing album. Em finally opening up about all of the crazy s*** he's done in his life and touching on them from a more mature perspective sounds f***ing awesome. Topics like his fear of an unstable legacy, apologizing to Kim, accidentally bringing attention to his daughters that they didn't want, etc. sound amazing and I've been waiting for him to look at them in a more mature light.
So Revival's strength is its concept. And just in case I have to say it, its failings lie in the godawful production and corny subpar (by Em standards) rapping.
MTBMB has probably Em's best beats since Relapse, and his rapping is back on point with tight flows, clever wordplay, and less corny bars. The only problem is that for like 80% of that record he isn't talking about f***ing anything. It's a fun listen, but there's not much substance.

Basically, my dream for this album is Revival's themes with MTBMB beats and execution.
He's working with Dre again, Kendrick might be on this, he has his quasi protégées like Cordae and Jack Harlow turning up the heat and applying the pressure we know he succeeds under, I'm optimistic.

Plankton

2y

MBTMB beats are better than Kamikaze?