MMLP2 Review

Eminems best album since the diamond ladened Eminem Show, and we've had a decade to digest. MMLP2 is a really good Shady album. Way better than Recovery, way way way better than Relapse, better than Encore for sure, Shady is back in pure form #cocaine. I'd say it's mostly on par with the Eminem Show and that's after one venture through the album. Honestly, you can ignore his last three solo projects because this is his best since 2002.

Nostalgic, yet matic this is hip pop and hip rock at its finest with razor sharp, lightning scattered raps that remind you of the Shady that was once lost. Em shows that he is undoubtedly the best rapper alive, rapping over a slew of atypical rap beats effortlessly, without taking a blink or a breath. 

The album is the most diverse, yet cohesive collection of songs that Eminem has presented, opposed to his typical rigid cohesion found on his first three albums. Could've cut a few tracks but this is a very good album nonetheless. Marshall will undoubtedly sell to his fans, and will most likely gain some attraction from new listeners with some of the radio-ready tracks that have not been released as singles.

Ultimately, approach with caution because this is the sequel NOT the original. Eminem does not try to channel inner Shady like he did on Relapse, this is just a peak inside the life of Marshall Mathers at this point in time. With that said, DO NOT EXPECT the Marshall Mathers LP!!! You will be thoroughly disappointed. 

You didn't go into the Godfather II expecting the Godfather did you?!?! Maybe you did, not the point; the point is Eminem revisits the FEEL of his old Shady albums which feature nasal pop hooks and a rapper with a lyrically schizophrenic delivery doing a black, shock comedy stand-up routine. If that's the Shady you know and like, then you will be stanisfied.

Favorite Tracks: Bad Guy, So Much Better, Legacy, Stronger Than I Was, Love Game, Brainless, Evil Twin

Best Tracks: Bad Guy, Legacy, Berserk, Headlights, Evil Twin

????? Tracks: Rhyme or Reason, Stronger Than I Was (the antithesis of Kim) , The Monster, So Far..., Headlights (the antithesis of Cleaning Out My Closet)

Rating: Download, stream, purchase album in the first week. 8.5/10 if MMLP was 10/10.

Prediction: Best Rap Album award winner at the Grammy's...the following year since it was released after the 2013 submission deadline. Headlights, Stronger Than I Was, So Far will be singles on AT40 and Legacy, Love Game, and Bad Guy will be singles on hip hop radio stations. Album will almost go Diamond, 7x platinum at the most, easily 5x platinum at the least since this albums production is thrice that of Recovery's.