Premonition produced by Dawaun Parker, Dr. When it comes to Eminem, I think I really shouldn’t take what others say too seriously because they aren’t really a good indication of whether or not I’ll enjoy his work. I’m sure I’ll like a handful of tracks though. I really want to like this album, but I doubt it’ll be good to me overall. I kinda get the impression that they’ll shit on him no matter what he does, but then again a lot of people probably think the same thing about me after the last few reviews I’ve published. Most of my friends are saying this album is complete trash, although I don’t really think they like Eminem at all in the first place. All the reception I’ve seen has been very mixed. Honestly, I really don’t have much to say in this preamble before checking the album out. We commend the strides he's made in how he chooses to use his platform, and can only hope for better next time.This album was released on January 17th this year. Regardless of what you thin about him, Eminem is still one of the most influential and best-selling rappers today. But as he wonders on Believe, a legacy-affirming reflection on being a middle-aged man in a young guys' genre: "How do you keep up with the pace and the hunger pangs once you've won the race?" Joke or not, it's a jarring bait and switch for Eminem to make after spending much of Revival trying to convince us that he's a more enlightened, mature artist. He takes it a step further on the head-scratching Heat, grossly echoing Trump's "grab 'em by the (expletive)" brag and saying, "About the only thing I agree on with Donald is that." On the I Love Rock 'n' Roll-sampling Remind Me, he graphically leers over a curvaceous woman, asking her to "excuse the locker room talk" and "spend the night with the guy most are terrified of."
To his credit, the contentious violence that long plagued his lyrics is gone, yet he continues to objectify female bodies. Where Revival falters, perhaps unsurprisingly, is in Eminem's treatment of women. let's hear it for the start of a brand new America without him, and be proud of where we're from." Comparing Trump to Hitler, he denounces white supremacy and the transgender military ban, but ultimately calls for unity, rapping, "He was gonna try to tear apart a sacred land we cherish and stand for. After an admirable yet lyrically clunky freestyle opposing President Trump during October's BET Hip Hop Awards, the Detroit native eviscerates the current commander-in-chief once again with the scorching Like Home.
He isn't afraid to get political, either. And the closing one-two punch of Castle and Arose is written as letters to his daughter, Hailie: cataloging a near-death overdose on pills and his newfound desire to rewrite past mistakes. Bad Husband, for instance, is a public apology to his ex-wife Kim Mathers, detailing the tempestuous breakdown of their relationship but ultimately concluding that they're "not bad people, just bad together."Īlbum standout River, featuring Ed Sheeran, puts him in the shoes of a guilt-ridden lover trying to absolve his sins after cheating.
In fact, the rapper's ninth album (and first solo effort since 2013's The Marshall Mathers LP 2) is oftentimes quite moving, as he gets vulnerable about personal subjects that he broached from a far more resentful perspective as a younger man. The rap veteran opens new album Revival with Beyoncé-assisted piano ballad Walk on Water, in which he confesses a loss of confidence after being dismissed by critics and fans, whose sky-high expectations for his recent output were unmet.īut with the exception of his continued misogyny (more on that later), Revival (*** out of four) isn't the misguided ship that many feared it would be after Em released hype track Untouchable, his well-intentioned attempt to be "woke" by taking on the perspectives of a racist white cop and African-American man (which is about as cringe-y as it sounds). Watch Video: Eminem disses Trump in savage freestyleĪt 45 years old, Eminem is more insecure than ever.
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