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Dr. West (Skit)
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3 A.m.
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My Mom
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Insane
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Bagpipes From Baghdad
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Hello
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Tonya (Skit)
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Same Song & Dance
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We Made You
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Medicine Ball
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Paul (Skit)
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Stay Wide Awake
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Old Time's Sake
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Must Be The Ganja
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Mr. Mathers (Skit)
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Deja Vu
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Beautiful
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Crack A Bottle
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Steve Berman (Skit)
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Underground
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album review
Eminem placed himself in exile shortly after Encore wound down, a seclusion initially designed as creative down-time but which soon descended into darkness fueled by another failed marriage to his wife Kim and the death of his best friend Proof, culminating in years of drug addiction. Em none too subtly refers to that addiction with the title of Relapse, his first album in five years, but that relapse also refers to Marshall Mathers reviving Slim Shady and returning to rap. Relapse is designed to grab attention, to stand as evidence that Eminem remains a musical force and, of course, a provocateur spinning out violent fantasies and baiting celebrities, occasionally merging the two as when he needles one-time girlfriend Mariah Carey and her new husband Nick Cannon. Strive as he might to make an impact in the world at large -- and succeeding in many respects -- Relapse is the sound of severe isolation, the product of too many years of Eminem playing king in his castle in a dilapidated Detroit, subsisting on pills, nachos, torture porn, and E! Daily News. As he sifted through junk culture, he also tweaked his rhyming, crafting an elongated elastic flow that contrasts startlingly with Dr. Dre's intensified beats, ominous magnifications of his thud-and-stutter signature. Musically, this is white-hot, dense, and dramatic not just in the production but in Eminem's delivery; he stammers and slides, slipping into an accent that resembles Paul Rudd's Rastafarian leprechaun from I Love You Man and then back again. His flow is so good, his wordplay so sharp, it seems churlish to wish that he addressed something other than his long-standing obsessions and demons. True, he spends a fair amount of the album exorcising his addiction -- smartly tying it to his never-abating mother issues on "My Mom" -- but most of Relapse finds Eminem rhyming twitchily about his old standbys: homosexuals, starlets, and violent fantasies, weaving all of them together on "Same Song and Dance" where he abducts and murders Lindsay Lohan, suggesting more than a passing familiarity with I Know Who Killed Me. The many, many references to Kim Kardashian's big ass and minutely detailed sadism can get a wee bit tiring, Relapse isn't really about what Eminem says, it's about how he says it. He's emerged from his exile musically re-energized and the best way to illustrate that is to go through the same old song and dance again, the familiarity of the words drawing focus on his insane, inspired flow and Dre's production. That might not quite make Relapse culturally relevant -- recycled Christopher Reeve jokes aren't exactly fresh -- but it is musically vital, which is all Eminem really needs to be at this point. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
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- By dannn903
- 10/7/2009 16:06:43
- the song insane is hilarious
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- By heavynutzdaKill
- 9/1/2009 17:07:15
- ILLAMATIC SOLD AROUND 650 000 FIRST WEEK.EMINEM PROVES HE CAN STILL DO IT AND DO IT BIG . THIS ABLUM IS RECOMMENDED TO ALL HIP HOP FANS
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- By DefunctAirplane
- 8/24/2009 01:53:21
- everything he does is picture perfect lyrically.... for real his music is going to last for what seems like forever... and i hope it's even longer than that
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- By OptimaD
- 8/3/2009 05:05:49
- I like the album.
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- By P S T SKEEBO
- 8/2/2009 19:04:19
- love the album but what's with the crackling sound in same song in dance? am i crazy or does it sound like a distortion during recording? its the same on my cd and on the version i downloaded from the market place. i really love that song but that crackling ruins it a bit.
as for the same song and dance of the album... when are you going to mix it up?! let the fans write some songs for you!!! can you imagine the response from a song writing contest to be featured on an eminem album?!?!?! make a small reward for each winner. and guess what else?! maybe people would give him less crap if the lyrics came from other people. i think it would be an eye opener for close minded people who don't properly appreciate his art. - 3 out of 3 people
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I Love You Em !!!
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- By MuZiCfReAk914
- 7/23/2009 23:32:33
- Em You Keep Doin Ur Shiat Awesome Album Relapse What!!!!!! Dat Shait is Crazie off da Chain Son peace ;-) I want to meet you jus once for a night have a drink take those Xannies haha lol j/k
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No Doubt!
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- By BTNH Fan
- 7/22/2009 13:36:07
- Not once did i doubt Eminem. This album is prove he is still one of the best lyricist that has graced the mic. This album is the sh1t is the only i can put it.
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- By chaos 360m60
- 7/19/2009 02:47:01
- Marshal has preceeded himself. Pardon my RAP but....that was just...FUCKIN BEAUTIFUL!!
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hes done it again
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- By CcwRox
- 7/17/2009 23:13:24
- hes done it again he made another album!!!!!!!
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- By RIOT qp
- 7/9/2009 04:46:33
- yo that was awsome
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