![]() ![]() Really, expecting 41-year-old Eminem to channel his late-20s self was an impossibly ambitious demand.įor all the syllables crammed into its 79 minutes, very little is actually said on the Marshall Mathers LP 2. But, despite his lyrical and vocal dexterity, Eminem falls short in recreating the spirit of the first Marshall Mathers LP the absurdity that, by his own admission, made him White America’s favorite public enemy is no longer convincing. With its dense, impressive amalgam of internal rhymes, tricky flows, and assumed characters (including an odd but uncanny Yoda impersonation), MMLP2 confirms that. And while he gets some of it right, the album is mostly an abrasive, inconsistent reminder that he’s further from his origin story than he’s ever been.Īfter nearly two decades of honing his craft, Eminem remains a superb rapper, arguably the world’s best. MMLP2 is Eminem’s attempt to reverse that narrative. So when he graduated from antihero to pop stalwart in the mid-aughts, the rap world largely lost interest. Without the controversial lyrics that detailed hatred for his mother, his wife, and the Justin-Britney-Christina axis of pop, he could easily have ended up just another marginal battle rapper. Early in his career, the angst, violence, and pills that inspired the ire of parents and the admiration of teenagers the world over were just as integral to Eminem’s success as his talents. ![]()
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