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Eminem

Recovery became the number one album on billboard charts and top 10 all over the world with just one week of release. Eminem is revived and renewed with a new sense of artistry and depth that takes listeners behind the story of the Eminem show.

Eminem has evolved and with that came an evolution of salvation and redemption. In his raps he explains his ongoing drug use during production of Encore and “flushing them out in Relapse.” His anger and battle with himself is clearly explained in Talkin 2 Myself where he came so close to calling out Lil Wayne, a collaborator of the album, and even Kanye for making music while he was in the trenches.

“Hatred was flowing through my veins
On the verge of going insane
I almost made a song dissin Lil Wayne
It’s like I was jealous of him cause the attention he was gettin’
I felt horrible about myself
He was spittin and I wasn’t
Anyone who was buzzin back then coulda got it
Almost went at Kanye too
God it feels like I’m goin’ psychotic
Thank god that I didn’t do it
I would of had my ass handed to me”

I can do without Cold Wind Blows, which seems to serve as a trite introduction of past problems, past personalities, and past issues. It’s a tirade of comical Mathers with retorts to moguls and Mariah Carey (calling out another backlash perhaps), but only to revive what was left behind. Others gems of the album include Going Through Changes, a Black- Sabbath sampling that digs through the ugly and even addresses the death of his childhood friend Proof from D12.

With contributions from Pink, Rihanna, and Boi- 1da, just to name a few, Eminem hits strong once again, but this time in a new light with genuine passions and a determination to give his fans what they’ve always deserved.

Written by Cristina Szewczyk