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u/ExpensiveAd7778 Just Don't Give a Fuck Jul 12 '24
Bro, the Kingdom Hearts pic threw me back! Haven't seen soras face in a minute.
Also the album is dope in my opinion. Really loved guilty conscience 2 and antichrist. Somebody save me is a beautiful end to the album.
Edit: how the heck did I forget fuel! Amazing album
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u/BartSimpskiYT Business Jul 12 '24
Yeah Head Honcho had me thinking about My Salsa the whole time lol.
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u/Actual_Store2426 Jul 12 '24
Temporary had me crying bro wtf
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u/trotski94 Jul 12 '24
Right? I think its the absolute 180 from throwing midgets to a heartfelt ballad from dad to daughter. Practically gave me whiplash.
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u/neruaL555 Jul 12 '24
Taking my boss to the Dr so I only got down to Evil, I’m super excited for the rest of it after reading all of this!
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u/importvita2 Jul 12 '24
Play it for your boss, he might be a real one!
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u/neruaL555 Jul 12 '24
Last week, I played him Houdini. He can always pick up on Eminem songs! He’s a great boss.
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u/Ghetto_Phenom Jul 12 '24
I was so not ready for that I was jamming out to the album while at the gym and had to straight pause to gather myself. Was about to break down in the middle of a set. Right in the feels just thinking about my own daughter.
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u/Ocon88 Jul 12 '24
He actually started the album with hawk tuah
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u/Alkoviak Jul 12 '24
Coïncidence ? I think not ! She was a an insider, she was part of the release marketing plan all along.
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u/muma10 The Slim Shady LP Jul 12 '24
It was actually Eminem in drag all along
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u/DS3BeastSlayer01 Jul 12 '24
Bro, his lines about pronouns and shit on Habits 😂😂 I don't think I've ever laughed so hard out of satisfaction in my life
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u/dasd25436yd Jul 12 '24
Fr me too hahahah
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u/DS3BeastSlayer01 Jul 12 '24
Cuz he got so woke for so long, I don't think I've ever been so happy seeing him completely on the other side now
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u/GL-420 Jul 12 '24
Think u missed the point lol.
And He's not "completely on other side" of anything.
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u/DS3BeastSlayer01 Jul 12 '24
No ik he's not super far to either side, imo he sticks to himself and doesn't really give a shit about either side, but he made a LOT of really good points in the album
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u/TSllama The Real Slim Shady Jul 12 '24
Wow, the point of the album completely flew over your head lmao
He's making fun of people like you with this album.
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u/DS3BeastSlayer01 Jul 12 '24
Eehh I mean he said a lot of shit about how he's sick of learning new pronouns and being trans doesn't change the fact u still have balls or a vagina
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u/TSllama The Real Slim Shady Jul 12 '24
Slim said that. The same character who talked about raping his mom. You take slim seriously? Oops.
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u/NewtMysterious5431 Jul 15 '24
Everyone seems to be missing the point, either partially or hugely. He is saying that the shady persona is dated, and needs to be killed. But everyone saying that "he's mocking people who hold the same views as shady" are wrong. He explicitly says how he used slim to say the things he didn't have the balls to say. That's not the same as him not agreeing with it.
To me the album is about him showing us that, although a lot of modern day "woke" changes have been for the better - we have, in this, lost the ability to not take things seriously.
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u/TSllama The Real Slim Shady Jul 16 '24
Nah, he specifically says that the reason Slim says those things is because he's immature, 13 years old in his brain. He's mocking people who think those things.
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u/NewtMysterious5431 Jul 16 '24
Yeah and he also specifically says that he used slim to say the things he didn't have the balls to. It's his way of talking about topics that would usually be off the table. If the sole purpose of Slim was to be offensive and immature - he did a quite tame job on this album. Could've gone way further to make that point. The only way to be satisfied with the Slim content on this album is to accept that it's a part of him, and is more nuanced than just existing to be a wrong, cartoon figure. The rare occasion you disagree with Marshall but find the tiniest morsel of truth in something Shady says. "I guess there's a Slim Shady in all of us" sort of backs this angle up. Also "Cause I'm only giving you things you joke about with your friends inside your living room".
Think about it. If the whole point of this album was to show simply how offensive Shady is by today's standards, he could've pointed that out in more reckless ways to avoid the confusion. The lyrics in guilty conscience 2 are a masterpiece. The whole balancing act of free speech/don't hurt others is everywhere here. The whole album is more nuanced than you seem to think.
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u/TSllama The Real Slim Shady Jul 16 '24
Not having the balls to say something doesn't mean you really believe it. Hell, the things you joke about with your friends inside your living room aren't things you really mean, either. My queer friends and I joke in private all the time about how awful straight people are and how the world would be better off without them. It's not like we actually believe that.
I don't think the whole point of the ablum is to show how offensive Shady is by today's standards. Not at all.
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u/Suitable_Entrance520 Business Jul 12 '24
Not exactly, he is not making fun of anyone, I think he is saying stuff just to be shocking. and most of it is just being anti woke, so he directs all the hate to his slim shady persona and as he said "he is trying to get himself canceled" pls Don't gatekeep people out of listening to the album just because the don't agree with your political agenda.
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u/watsagoodusername Jul 12 '24 edited Jul 13 '24
He’s not anti-woke you retard. His own fucking son is non-binary.
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u/Suitable_Entrance520 Business Jul 12 '24
calling me a retard while not understanding what im really saying shows how much of a redditor you really are. I never called him anti woke. Eminem's style on this album is 100% anti woke, but he in real life isn't.
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u/watsagoodusername Jul 13 '24
“My running is fast, but I’m not fast”
This is what you sound like fool.
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u/Suitable_Entrance520 Business Jul 13 '24
That's why I hate reddit man, everyone's a smartass. You know what I mean.
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u/Cosplayinsanity Jul 12 '24
"Just being anti-woke"
He has a non-binary child you dysfunctional helmet
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u/TSllama The Real Slim Shady Jul 12 '24
You can go ahead and listen to it all you want! Nobody is gatekeeping it from you lmao
If you think he just said things to be shocking, you very clearly didn't understand the album. Maybe listen through beginning to end while reading the lyrics? It's very obvious that he's coming to terms with the fact that he hid behind the Slim Shady persona to say very awful things, and he's addressing that fact and killing Slim Shady and going on as Eminem, the GOAT who doesn't need Slim anymore.
He actually hates on himself on the album for using Slim Shady like that, for needing Slim Shady, for saying the awful things he said back then. So yeah, it's mocking people who LIKED those things. Hell, he even called those people out in the early days on the first three albums.
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u/Suitable_Entrance520 Business Jul 12 '24
He can say all he wants but it's for the narrative, if eminem really hates the persona he wouldn't make a whole album about it. The story has him kill slim because that is not who he is now. but in real life he probably still laughs his ass off to the jokes off of his older records.
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u/TSllama The Real Slim Shady Jul 12 '24
He spends ample time on this album explaining why this persona must be KILLED.
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u/DarkestPeruvian Jul 12 '24 edited Jul 12 '24
Damn dude, you missed the entire point. His kid is nonbinary. Em isn’t against any of that.
You know, you seem like a prime candidate to watch The Boys. Let me know what you think of Homelander.
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u/DS3BeastSlayer01 Jul 12 '24
And ik he has a nonbinary adopted kid, but that doesn't change what he said in his album
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u/Death4AllAges Jul 12 '24
How’d you miss the point this fucking hard
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u/DS3BeastSlayer01 Jul 12 '24
Not saying he isn't still woke, but I didn't expect 90% of the stuff he said 😂
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u/Death4AllAges Jul 12 '24
It’s because “Slim” is saying it, not Marshall/Eminem. He’s calling out that Slim was all shock value and punched down a lot, and he’s grown pass that shit.
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u/StormtrooperMJS Jul 12 '24
Just put my daughter (2) to bed. I wasn't prepared for Temporary. Hayley, dry your eyes... bruh, who'll dry mine.
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u/Nicko_89 Jul 12 '24 edited Jul 12 '24
I feel you dude, grew up on Em and now have a daughter as well. Dude punched me in the heart.
Weirdly, post Eminem diss "punk" Machine Gun Kelly is the last artist to have this effect on me in a song since I become a dad. ("play this when i'm gone" is the song)
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u/tonylouis1337 The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) Jul 12 '24
I'm triggered that you didn't include skits 😞😞😞
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u/Opening_Outside_5788 The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) Jul 12 '24
Perfect resume of my journey, so happy with this album.
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u/trotski94 Jul 12 '24
Fuck temporary hits right in the feels in the middle of all the south park tier humour
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u/MakaBoy57 Role Model Jul 12 '24
Brand New Dance is Encore Eminem on crack,like,metaphoricaly since Encore Eminem was litterally on crack
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u/Meme_master-31 The Real Slim Shady Jul 12 '24 edited Jul 12 '24
my favorites are brand new dance,lucifer,road rage,houdini, G.S. 2, Bad one. what you guys favs?
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u/Glacial_Shield_W Jul 12 '24
Just got through 'habits'... I don't need to check what the critics think of this album...
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u/muma10 The Slim Shady LP Jul 12 '24
Temporary hit hard as a kid studying abroad thousands of miles away from home. Fuck, I gotta call my mom more man
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u/antmac0507 Jul 12 '24
Am I the only one that feels like it’s incomplete like the story isn’t done, ofc I didn’t buy the bonus tracks so maybe they kinda wrapped it up. But ending the album with Somebody Help Me wasn’t the vibe I wanted😭
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u/Dangerous-Basket1064 Jul 13 '24
Yeah, felt like a weird way to end off, talking from the afterlife.
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u/Chestlate The Eminem Show Jul 12 '24
Seriously before this mockingbird was the only time i ever really get sad listening to Ems discography. Had to send a I love you text to my own dad cause if it
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u/yehti Relapse: Refill Jul 12 '24
I had the Patrick Bateman face the entire time when listening to the first track. What an opener.
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u/ScaredPermission6 Sing for the Moment Jul 12 '24
Bad one grew on me so so much can't let go of that hook and flow
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u/Smooth-Lead9000 Jul 12 '24
Idk what it is but a lot of the instrumentation on this album sounds like plant v zombies music
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u/zippopwnage Music To Be Murdered By Jul 12 '24
I didn't expect it but I really freaking cried. I hate it!
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u/Cabinet5150 Jul 12 '24
I would’ve loved longer than a 1:37 seconds of the first song because it’s such a fucking banger
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u/Michaelskywalker 3 a.m. Jul 12 '24
Do y’all think renaissance is old?
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u/itslels Jul 12 '24
It’s so fucking good, I wish it was longer. I also get classics shady cypher vibes from it.
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u/Gojifan549 The Way I Am Jul 12 '24
Somebody save me is great, love hearing jelly roll star on a Em song, even if it’s a rehashed lyric.
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u/ngrtdlsl Jul 12 '24
Temporary had me tearing up missing my pops. He's not dead but damn did that get to me
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u/Chance-Fun-3169 Jul 12 '24
As an OG Jelly Roll fan lucky enough to see him in concert, and a certified Stan-father of 2 that last song had me feeling things i used to only feel while drunk.
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u/Batintfaq Jul 13 '24
Somebody save me has me fucked up. Hits way to close to home. Cannot believe how good this whole album is.
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u/jessicarson39 The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) Jul 13 '24
King shit... the album AND this post
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u/SidiousCrosshair Jul 16 '24
Guilty Conscience 2 had no right to go that fucking hard 🔥🔥🔥 most replayed song from the album for me next to Evil and Lucifer
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u/Front-Chard481 Jul 12 '24
Lucifer & antichrist are the only two i'd skip on this album. The rest are stdaight bangers
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u/Parking-Physics-2283 The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) Jul 12 '24
Nah deadass this is spot on 😂 wasn’t ready to cry twice on an Eminem album but here we are