Hip Hop (in recovery)

Starting a new blog can put you in a corner , the first lines of the first post can be tough , get through it and you are on a roll .. . If you are reading my blog for the first time well you didn't miss much Its new (check date) .

HIP-HOP.

Emm if you don't have a copy of Eminem's Recovery album go and get it ! its off the hook!! .
Its a hip hop album , a real one! . From the first track (Cold wind blows) he starts where he left us ..with the "relapse accent" he allays the fear that he has gone soft , after the intro he tears the hypnotic beat with crazy lines like " yeah i stick my d#$k in a circle but i aint fucking around" , and that is the Eminem we know , He reintroduces us to themes he continually dominates , from the dark humor to the drama in the flows, from his 4th dimension analysis to the way he sticks to the topic , eminem went crazy in this jam mehn!!!! O.k Maybe i dont like the way he speaks to a "god" character in the jam , but it fits and he is EMINEM .
Its a 7/10 .
message - check , flow - check but could be better , beat - check ! its just blaze nigga! ,lyrics - not quite eminem, but he`ll get better.

OK am done with the first track so its time for the others , though i wont be reviewing every track (heck no ! ), i`ll pick 2 of my favs then another which shouldn't have made the cut.

My favorite track on the album is "Goin through changes " ,its a poignant track that samples "changes" by Ozzy Osbourne , My favourite line is" You’d be an animal too, if you were trapped in this fame and caged in it like a zoo, And everybody’s lookin’ at you, what you want me to do" In this track Eminem reveals why he is the only rapper to come close to Tupac in setting a lyrical stage and playing out his heart , he spits the lyrics to get you to listen to him , unlike most rappers this days who forget realism as an attribute he doesn't spit out of context or give us words that we cant relate with , not that i don't support "surreal" flows ,but you do it when its on point .
Its a 9/10 .
message - check excellent.
flow - check (at times he had to say what he had to say , so the flow couldn't be excellent.
Beats - It does the job ( its not about the beats ) .
Lyrics - Check ..
Another Track that hugely impresses is the Obvious hit " No love " , This song is so cool and it comes as a surprise to me because i thought the previous "Good" collaboration between Eminem and Lil Wayne was lucky , i never thought these two could do it again , they sure did , people might be a bit uninterested in Lil Wayne flow in this jam but if you LISTEN carefully to his words you`ll recognize his game . Lol ..eminem is fool in this one , He tears this shit up mehnn , its all venom , wordplay , anger and sticking it to them lol .. its kinda scary tho ..people Dont really appreciate this kind of hip pop anymore .. But He killed it . Its an 8/10
Message - check again ( always on track )
Flow - check ( best flow of the album , no doubt )
Beats - so so .. the screaming man spoils it for me :(
Lyric - check ..( largely due to Lil Wayne's flow ..yes!)

OK .. and the worst song in this Album issss.......... W.T.P (WHITE TRASH PARTY ) , i mean eminem we all know you dont go to white trash parties ! , the message is so off , he added crazy wordplay to this track though ,like "I’ll rip a tree out the ground and flip it upside down, ‘fore I turn over a new leaf clown " hehe .. funny but thats it ..any ways thats it .
its ok sha ..excellent flows true ..and beats too ..but everything else is low..lol make it a 5.5/10.


Track listing and ratings
1. "Cold Wind Blows" -7
2. "Talkin' 2 Myself" (featuring Kobe) - 9 must have
3. "On Fire"- 6
4. "Won't Back Down" (featuring Pink) 8 wordplay king
5. "W.T.P." 5.5
6. "Going Through Changes" 9
7. "Not Afraid" 9
8. "Seduction" 8
9. "No Love" (featuring Lil Wayne) 8
10. "Space Bound" 6
11. "Cinderella Man" 7
12. "25 to Life" 9
13. "So Bad" 8
14. "Almost Famous" 9 ..MY SHIII ( others might not agree tho) (antidisestablishmentarianism) lol
15. "Love the Way You Lie" (featuring Rihanna) 7 ( because its a hit tho)
16. "You're Never Over" 9 ... ( SONG 4 PROOF )


am out !



Igbo kwenu !