And despite some initial hate, MMLP2 is a worthy follow-up to Em’s sophomore album.EMINEM: Marshall Mathers LP 2 | The Student Pocket GuideĮminem makes his long-awaited return with incredible new album, Marshall Mathers LP 2, which is released 5 th November through Interscope Records…Įminem is an artist who is regarded as one of the most successful rappers of all time. It’s just an all-time classic pop music record that’ll be remembered forever. Shocker, but we’re giving the nod to The Marshall Mathers LP. We love hardcore Em, but the diversity the rapper shows in this album is impressive. In this album, Em has his jokey moments, his serious moments and his moments where he just wants to rap. The first Marshall Mathers LP was pretty much just a big middle finger to everyone - critics, his mother, pop stars. We’re gonna give the nod to the new album here. The immature “Ken Kaniff” skit is so wack in 2013.
The problem with skits is that, with the exception of a few albums (the De La Soul is Dead album comes to mind) skits lost their usefulness after the first couple of listens, or so. In Marshall Mathers LP 2 there is only one skit, while The Marshall Mathers LP is full of them.
Over the years, one of the things Em has stopped doing is creating skits. With the exception of Grey, who is pretty bland on “Asshole,” the features on Em’s latest are exceptional.īoth albums feature great appearances, but we’re going to give the nod to Marshall Mathers LP, off of the strength of that Sticky Fingaz verse on “Remember Me” alone, because that shit is a monster.įor starters, both albums are probably a little too long, but we would argue that most rap albums are too long.
On Em’s sequel, the features are Rihanna, Nate Ruess, Skylar Grey and Kendrick Lamar. For an album that’s considered a pop music classic, there’s plenty of features from underground acts, like RBX, Sticky Fingaz, D12 and Xzibit. He uses his guest appearances sparingly.Īnd, looking back, what stands out about The Marshall Mathers LP is how odd some of the guest appearances are on that album. The Marshall Mathers LP 2 continues Em’s tradition of rhyming over pretty non-descriptive beats, like the bland guitars featured on “Survival” or the beepy noises on “Rap God.” (However, props to Rick Rubin for “Rhyme or Reason.” That’s a monster).Įminem isn’t Rick Ross. (Everyone knows how that “Kill You” and “The Way I Am” beat sounds). The beats really felt distinctive, the only Em album that’s like that. If you really think about it, The Marshall Mathers LP might be Em’s best produced album. There were two kinda sounds throughout that album: the funky, Dre-inspired sounds featured in “Who Knew” and “Bitch Please 2,” and the hard, horrorcore-inspired beats that were on tracks like “Amityville” and “Remember Me.” The same can’t be said about his follow-up, The Marshall Mathers LP. Here’s something that many Eminem fans don’t want to admit: The Slim Shady LP, Eminem’s first album, while good, sounds terribly dated in 2013. The first Marshall Mathers LP is going to get the nod because the rhymes are dense, but easily digestible, something that can’t be said for the sequel. It’s impressive, but we’re not sure how entertaining it is, and we’re not sure how people can pick up on it without a trip to Rap Genius. This current day Eminem literally just races through his verses, often putting rhymes inside of rhymes. Old-school Em rapped in a way that the everyday man could hear. There’s a key difference between the two, however: entertainment value. Throwback Eminem and current day Em are both supremely skilled MCs. He was wiser, and he had a certain craft to his game that would have made things competitive. However, that late ’90s Jordan had experience. A 25-year-old MJ is stronger and more athletic than a 35-year-old Jordan. Basketball fans, who would win in a game of one-on-one: 1988 Michael Jordan or 1998 Michael Jordan? We know what you’re going to say: ’88 MJ blows old man Jordan out of the water.
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