Album Rating: 5.0
Do people consider "The Real Slim Shady" to be a throwaway track that's designed to specifically function as a single?
It obviously is more radio-friendly than the rest of the album but as far as I'm concerned the track fuckin rules.
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I think they consider it as such because Eminem admitted to it being one. But I agree that it's on a whole other level than any of the others he's made in that style
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Album Rating: 5.0
When did he admit to it being one? I believe you, jw the context and what he actually said.
I obviously like every track here but I def don't think Real Slim Shady is the worst... that would go to Remember Me.
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It's definitely one of the best "Comedic" songs he ever made, but it was so different from the rest of
album it might as well have been from a different album (Actually could fit perfectly well in Eminem
Show, actually), so it's pretty clear that it was designed to be a single, plus I'm pretty sure Eminem
said it was.
Still, what I was saying was that if he can't make a comedic song like that anymore then I don't
really mind, those were always his most mindless fun songs and his least technically impressive ones,
so I was just hoping Berzerk was part of that group, and the good stuff was left for the rest of the
album
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""The Real Slim Shady" was not included on the original copy of The Marshall Mathers LP before its release. Interscope Records's Jimmy Iovine wanted Eminem to have a song to introduce the album, similar to the way "My Name Is" was the first single on The Slim Shady LP. Eminem, Dr. Dre and Tommy Coster wrote "The Real Slim Shady" just hours before the final copy of the album was due. The first single was intended to be "Who Knew."[3]"
Hmm wasn't quite how I remembered it. I don't know where I heard that he wrote it because the label absolutely wanted a catchy single on the album somewhere (although comparing it to My Name Is hints at that a little).
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Album Rating: 5.0
@ gwyn:
My comment wasn't specifically directed at you, I've just heard people talk about that track like it's a throwaway before and your comment jostled my memory.
I don't find it to be that different from the rest of the album though. The album flows so naturally between dark and serious marshall mathers to light and funny slim shady that the real slim shady never really stands out to me as different. It's definitely the most light/fun SS track on the album, but stuff like Under The Influence comes pretty close. Or maybe I've just grown a bit accustomed to it from rinsing this and SSLP so many times. Probably the latter. But yeah as a single it rules - probably better than everything on encore IMO.
@ SCREAM
thanks for looking that up dude. Interesting that they wanted Who Knew to be the first single and then it never was one. Always thought The Way I Am and Stan were some of the best radio hits ever.
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I don't find it to be that different from the rest of the album though. The album flows so
naturally between dark and serious marshall mathers to light and funny slim shady that the real slim
shady never really stands out to me as different. It's definitely the most light/fun SS track on the
album,
That's true, although it partly has to do with the subject matters -- In The Real Slim Shady, he's
just slamming celebrities left and right in comedic ways, while in most of the other "funny" songs on
this are generally more deranged, both in the delivery and subject matters ("Kill You" is the prime
example)
I also think it's atmosphere is quite different from the rest album, but I basically grew up with this
album and that song was the one that got me into it, so I can't imagine the album without that song
lol.
But yeah as a single it rules - probably better than everything on encore IMO.
Definitely, even years ago when the "goofy" songs from Encore entertained me I always thought Real
Slim Shady was superior to all of them. Certainly better than "Ass Like That" (One of the worst songs
I've ever heard)
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Encore only really has a handful of songs that can really stand up to anything off this and even then they don't get near touching the highlights on here.
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Album Rating: 5.0
Lol
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Album Rating: 5.0
Lol yeah agreed. I do like most of the lyrical content of the track - especially the verse that starts with "Will Smith don't gotta cuss in his raps to sell records..."
I suppose parts of the track are a little cheesy though. Doesn't bother me.
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Album Rating: 4.5
Sure but to me, Recovery was a genuine response to Relapse's reception. With all the apologies for relapse and
encore throughout the album and the persistent "serious"ness on the album with pretty much no exception, I really think that
he believes that the "i'm so serious" vibe is his best bet at this point, and I think it will show on MMLP2.
Yeah this is pretty much what I meant. It is a reactive response to try to please those who critiscised Relapse and it makes it
sound forced, like he is trying to mold his music according to someone else's wishes rather than his own. Or that's at least
what it feels like when I listen, I can seriously not make it through that album in one listening session. I'm actually pretty
pissed he apologized for Relapse, it was a decent album, just not what must of us expected or wanted from him, hence the
backlash. I think it's better than both Recovery and Encore.
So either MMLP2 is a desperate attempt to gain validation once more by making it look as superficially similar to MMLP as
possible, or, like I'm hoping, it's going to be something a bit deeper. Seeing the album art really makes want to believe that.
He has been working on it for like 2 years after all.
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Album Rating: 5.0
Judging Berzerk the new one is gonna be a 2.5-3.
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Album Rating: 2.5
1.5-1.0/5
*fix'd
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Sadly Cyg's prediction seems more accurate so from what I can tell so far
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Album Rating: 5.0
It's a single for the masses, hopefully the rest of the album will reach back to his golden days in some form.
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Album Rating: 5.0
The thing that made his apologies on Recovery so terrible is the fact that it's actually worse than the album he's apologizing about. You can tell he thought Recovery was going to be great.
There's no reason at this point to think or hope that MMLP2 will be even decent.
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Album Rating: 5.0
Still find Kill You hilarious, damn Em come back :'(
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such a cool album. drug ballad is the shiz. e/
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Album Rating: 4.0
the new album's name is seriously mmlp2?
lol
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Album Rating: 4.0
hi dude :]
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