Square Dance - This song is basically, at least to me, a more mature Business, though that isn't saying much sometimes. I don't listen to it much, but that doesn't bring it down much imo. The rhyming scheme mostly being somewhat simplistic for Em, somehow shows that he cared a lot about the lyrics on this song. That being said, I don't feel it affects it too bad compared to, say, Like Toy Soldiers, or Love You More. Another song I can think of with this problem is Love You More, which borders on being too damn serious for it's own good. This problem isn't persistent on the album, except for this specific song. Either he is dead fucking serious, or just being silly. Eminem, before 2005, sometimes had a problem with being unable to strike middle ground between silly and serious. Despite it being near perfection, it has the same problem that a few of pre-2005 "personal" songs have. That being said, it's one of his best "family" songs, if not THE best. 6/10Ĭleanin' Out My Closet - While technically near perfection, overplaying has taken a toll on my ability to play this song more than occasionally. It's a watered down version of the non-serious songs on the album, at best. The majority of the song is him ranting about how he's so insane and witty, which grows old pretty fast. There are a few specific bars that are pretty good, but the bland and sometimes even awful bars kill it. The chorus is well done, actually, most likely the best part of the song. He just doesn't pull this off well, instead backfiring himself into immature nonsense at times (the fruits bars, for example). The song is basically rapping just to rap, with a barely held onto concept of being the "superhero" of hip-hop that is only expressed in the intro & outro, and a few bars, which isn't a bad thing, because Criminal was a rapping just to rap song and turned out fine. 9/10īusiness - This is where the problems with the album begin to sprout. It's near-perfection, and one of the staples of the undeniable growth that was destroyed by D12 World and Encore. It's political concept is done in a way that doesn't feel too simplistic ("I ain't no friend of Bush!"), but not too in-depth for it's own good.
The intense vocals make me miss when Eminem being in your face was something done occasionally, rather than on nearly every other song.
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Depth that was shown in glimmers on MMLP (that is in no way an insult), is in full force on this song. While he has many classic tracks, this is one where you could pick any random two bars and be able to dissect them properly. The sound is actually a welcome change from the simplistic style of the instrumentals he had during his 1999-2001 years. The beat is one of many 2000-2009 guitar beats that Eminem always seemed to kill (besides Beautiful).
While a very overwhelming stray from the sound listeners have become accustomed to, it feels like a growth, rather than going from accents to screaming about hoes & McDonalds. White America - Jesus is this song incredible.
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