Not Afraid by Eminem (9698 KB)
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The music that is anticipated of someone with Eminem's reputation has to be at the least powerful, or some would call it angry. There is nothing wrong with making music that's completely different from a previous album, actually I like that. But because Eminem felt that he had a lot of left over tracks and maybe anger that he can just pump into one album for old times' sake, he came out with Recovery. The album is a "comeback" in the sense that it really brings back his anger, hate, and energy toward things he has talked about.
My opinions of the album don't judge Eminem as a person, only as a rapper. The raps contained in this album are just so powerful. Eminem really still has what he came out with and it will keep him that way. He, like every other rapper, has gone through a couple of personal and cultural shocks. I won't mention the personal stuff here, but for the hip hop culture, I am sick of auto-tune and Eminem's choice to not include one bit of that really shows that he's sticking to the old school hip hop he had rapped to become who he is.
Most rappers of today feel the need to introduce a new technology or catch phrase to get into people's hearts and ears, I don't think so. If you're just a good storyteller, and you can flow, you're going to be on my playlist. A song, album, or music career is supposed to include soul in music, especially in hip hop. If you're not including anything that's thought-worthy or you're just pushing tracks for cash, please, get out of here.
This album is by far, the best I've heard from mainstream hip hop in awhile. I can't compare it to many albums out this year but Thank Me Later is nothing close to this.
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