RE: Eminem - Encore -
11-05-2004, 05:44 PM
1. Curtains Up
2. Evil Deeds
Nice beat. Got a slightly atmospheric beat to it. A new flow from Eminem again. Decent from him but can come harder. (3.5)
3. Never Enough
This is nice. Eminem flow and delivery of old. Nice content in the lyrics. Dude just goes on and kills the beat. (4)
4. Yellow Brick Road
Very good track. Decent beat. Eminems flow is dope and he doesnt have the corny voice on. Tryna kick some rap knowledge on here to set it up for the Last verse, which is ill, breaks down his side of the story well. (4)
5. Like Toy Soldiers
I know I shoudlnt but I think this one is dope. It sounds fresh. the army drum rolls work well. Eminem again on some grown man ####. This is the type of joint where I can #### with the guys music. Just a real good track (4.5)
6. Mosh
This joint has kinda grew on me. I think thats mainly down to the video, but its still got that headnodding feel. Lyrics arent amazing, but they serve their purpose and work (4)
7. Puke
This Kim hating got tired in 2000 man. We get the picture. The production is very bland. The hook is terrible. Weak track. The puking in the background is cringeworthy. You 31 now dog, grow up. (2)
8. My 1st Single
Flow is unique, inflections too. Technically ill. Sounds kinda nerdy though. The beat is doing nothing. Cant believe they made that stretch 5minutes. Another terrible hook though. (2.5)
9. Skit
10. Rain Man
Another one of these sparcey Dre beats, but its definitely a headnodder. Them short stabs of strings at the end of every 4 bars are nice. Another nonsense hook. (4)
11. Big Weenie
Terrible track. One of the worst hooks in history. The Dre beat is again a little too sparse. Aint an awful lot going on here. This is some simple keyboard work. Eminem sounding plain silly on the record. (2)
12. Skit
13. Just Lose It
One of the worst songs ive ever heard (1)
14. Ass Like That
Funny accent. This is just a goofy record. Sounds aight though. Eminem is just cringeworthy at times though throughout the verses and at the end of the hook..Im loving the bassline on the beat. (3.5)
15. Spend Some Time
Corny intro. The beat is instantly an Eminem one, but its good. Obie kills it. Im feeling that vocal #### that comes up just before the hook. Eminem spits a nice verse. Why cant the dude sound like a man throughout? When hes on that goofy tip it just ruins him as an artist, and I cant take the music seriously. Stat was average and 50 follow ups up aight. This is a good, solid track (4)
16. Mockingbird
Real ####. Eminem opening up on the album, which is good as it gives a better insight into him aside from the gimmicky ####. Definitely one of the better Eminem beats ive heard. The piano loop actually uses chords, which is a shock for an Em beat. (4.5)
17. Crazy In Love
This beat is all over the place. Im going to have to listen to it much more to *get it*. The way it switches up after that extra long verse is kinda nice..not sure whats with Eminem singing though. (3.5)
18. One Shot Two Shot
Boring verses. Boring beat. Boring track. (2.5)
19. Skit
20. Encore
Definite head nodder. Eminem aint saying anything in partuclar, but the track is still a good-un. Could see this possibly working in the club, if only for the beat. Trouble is ive never heard Eminem in the club so hes got his work cut out. Dre spits on most of this though so theres a chance. I always liked Dre as an emcee. Aside from the fact that he dont write his own ####, hes always had a pretty coo voice and a pretty good presence on the mic.. (4)
Overall it could have been a really good album, but it was ruined by a lot of corniness and lame hooks which Eminem honestly should have grown out of by this point. The highlights are Mockingbird and Like Toy Soldiers to me, which were both pretty fresh tracks and shown what Eminem is capable of if he actually took his albums seriously musically.
Production: 6
Rhymes: 8
Overall 7 (3.5mics)
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