"Kill You" was such a wow track lyrically, holy shit. Maybe a bit too edgy but just listening to all these wordly rhythmic shenanigans gave me goosebumps. That is really some master wordsmith shit. Obviously "Stan" doesn't need any more thoughts on my part but using "Thank You" samples was an absolute boss and culturally relevant move. "Who Knew" treads a fine line in the chorus, I mean we obviously can't blame him for shit his fans do or argue his music simply attracted troubled people, yet I feel like he made a dismissive approach to his own influence on kids, but I'm an idealistic hippie and violence-oriented or themed content doesn't really sit right with me There was no spark with "The Way I Am", though the lyrics are true and real. The rapping rhythm pattern gets tiring really quick and I don't like the growling vibe of his voice here. The beat is monotonous and the music too simple. I always lowkey loved the harpsichord in "The Real Slim Shady". Also - personal branding done right. I love the beat in "Remember Me?" but RBX and Sticky Fingaz rapping is just plain weird for me. The whole song has a weird vibe. "I'm Back?" Way too much personal branding at this point for me, another one of "I'm Slim Shady and I'm sick, crazy and violent" autobiography bullshit, we heard that already The backing track nicely develops under his words in "Marshall Mathers". I like the guitar loop. Oh yeah, the blatant homophobia. Ooooooh and a guitar solo on the outro! That's a nice touch. "Drug Ballad" is a BOP! Finally little to nothing about violence, NSYNC or hating gays, a nice bass, a nice beat in the verses and chorus. Ooooooh shit the beat in "Amityville"... Nice. Jesus, but the Bizarre verse... Straight up EWWWW NO. I'll try my best to ignore it everytime I listen to this song. The guitar at the end is another nice touch. And the star-studded "Bitch Please II". Dre's verse is hella good, Snoop's is just fucking underwhelming. X and Em are serving as always. I wonder how much of "Kim" is actually true to life and how much of it is just his fragile masculinity. Nevertheless I gotta say it's an interesting piece of music and storytelling. I liked "Under the Influence" up to the point other rappers started showing up. It's way too long, after the 3rd minute the song becomes really dull and repetitive. Also I'm definitely not a fan of Bizarre, fuck that dude. Yeah, some more blatant homophobia on "Criminal", and the intro showed some promising perspective... The chorus is nice though.
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