When the world learned Marshall Mathers was back in the studio we all breathed a collective sigh of relief. While 2013 delivered a bevy of respectable albums, with Eminem’s impending return, hip-hop would finally have a proper villain that would shake up emcees who could ride the fence between good and evil more than they could a respectable beat.
While his last effort “Recovery” was the soundtrack to his newly minted sobriety, The Marshall Mathers LP2 finds the 41-year-old rap veteran paying homage to his former self, which he debuted on the original Marshall Mathers LP back in 2000, while still showcasing emotional growth.
But lets not be fooled, this is still the same emcee that throws around the word f*ggot like it’s the word “the” enjoyed pissing off GLAAD, and made Britney, Christina, N*SYNC and every other boy his bitch. He may have grown, but sh*t isn’t sweet on the second installment of the iconic album.
After all, this is still Eminem.
GIANTLife.com spent a few hours, hell days, listening critiquing and dissecting the 16-track LP to warn listeners. Some of you may like it. Some of you won’t.
But guess what? Em doesn’t a give f*ck!
1) It’s A lyrical album.
Eminem has always fancied himself a wordsmith, but on the Marshall Mathers LP 2, he proves it. With tongue-twisting lyrics wrapped seamlessly in metaphors and punch lines, listening to the project once and fully grasping and digesting the content will be near impossible. The speed alone with which Em raps forces listeners to bend their lazy ears to keep up. While Marshall exercises breath control that only comes from years of spitting rapid, fiery lyrics, its the fans who will be gasping for air at the end of each song.
2) He’s Still A Jerk
From his debut The Slim Shady LP to now, Eminem has shown he’s the world’s most preeminent a**hole, and with 14 years at the top of the rap game, that still hasn’t changed. He teamed up with Skylar Grey for a track appropriately titled “A**hole” to show the world he’s very self-aware. While he opens up the percussion-heavy single speaking candidly about not knowing his words would take on a life of their own, he also waste no time taking shots at anyone in the public eye, including Khloe Kardashian on the album’s first single “Berzerk”
They say that love is powerful as cough syrup in styrofoam/all I know is I fell asleep in that Monte Carlo/With The ugly Kardashian/Lamar,oh sorry yo, we done both set the bar low.
