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Eminem – Relapse

Name: Eminem (more info)
Album: Relapse (more info)
Style: Hip Hop

After being gone for like 5 years and not releasing much but a song here and there or a mixtape, everyone wondered where Eminem has been. Well he came back with a new album that describes the full reason why he has been gone! He has been addicted to lord knows what (arent we all) and had to take time away because of these issues. He even talks about loosing his faith in creating music and inspiration leaving him. But finally after a long wait, here comes the new album.

I want to start by saying that I truley love Eminem and his talent. He put out so many great songs with so many great stories behind them. He has also created alot of good music that is just funny and entertaining all around. I wont say that this album isn’t but I have to say that its a huge let down after being so long since the last album release. He does alot of talking about his prior drug addictions and issues he has had in the past that caused him to be gone for a while. There are a few songs that I would listen to over and over but after hearing this album none stop for a week, I am almost ready to put another one in or honestly go back to listening to Asher Roth. Dont get me wrong, he has alot of clever things to say but its just not the same vibe 100%. Plus I sware his look shows that yes he sure did have a drug problem or just decided to get plastic surgery. Im not gonna call that but I will say though I give it so little stars, its only because its long term value isn’t there. The album keeps me singing alot of the hooks and makes me want to memorize alot of his verses but I can already tell im not gonna spend that much more time with it so it just didn’t make it up there. I almost gave it 3 stars, dont hate me please!

Stars: 2/5

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( out of 5 stars )

1. Dr. West  (skit)

This is the obvious beginning of what is to come in the album. Eminem finally sees the doctor that lets him out of the hospital to only have a huge twist at the end, though he is now clean from the years facing his previous addictions which is talked about on the album, he just gets closer to the darkside! Excellent acting and quality in this skit!

2. 3am

The skit proceeds directly into a song that at first, I hated. I really dont like the arabian styled delivery that he has been using lately to bring his words together but after listening to this track a few more times I started to enjoy it more. The song is all about addiction taking over you at all times and late at night struggling to figure out yourself.

3. My Mom

This is a basic song on you are who you parents are. Now there are tons of cases where people overcome and become totally different from the guardians that raised them. But overall you find yourself becoming just the same type of person. And Eminem is no except, in this song he realizes the way he is, is because he is just like his mom and the way he was raised. Now in no way can I say I know this for a fact. A song is a song and not always about yourself or even about anything. Eminem does seem to throw alot of that into his music but something about this songs emotion makes me feel that he realizes that he has at one point, became just like his mother.

4. Insane

This song scares me a bit and talks alot about being raped by your father as a child and the mother accepting it. As the title says, anyone that has had a totally screwed up childhood might relate to this song but me, not exactly. Alot of images in my head now that I want out! Moving on…

5. Bagpipes from Baghdad

The beat of this song just gotta put you on your feet. This is probably my favorite beat on the album. And the song is just pretty much yapping your mouth like a bagpipe. Talking about Mariah Carey & Nick Cannon alot in the song. The chorus has a great little effect that he uses on his voice to really bring alot to the song. But if your someone that Eminem isn’t feeling right now, your liable to be talked about on this song. He really seems to be vulgar again. I kinda like it! Keep it up Em.

6. Hello

The intro to who you are is on everyones first album. But its been so long that Eminem had to do it again. But he sure doesn’t hide anything telling about his addiction and how it effects him. The scene feels like he is roaming to find his high and continue to party from location to location and just letting you know, this is how my life has been since you last seen me.

7. Tonya  (skit)

You cant have an Eminem album with an abduction. This skit is the start of the next song letting you know, that seeing Eminem, is the last thing your going to do tonight!

8. Same Song & Dance

The song starts with him eyeing women and trying to find the person that will lose their life tonight. It reminds me so much of the TV Series Dexter. It would be perfect to use this song if there was ever a movie or just an episode. BUT I WANT A DEXTER MOVIE! Ok back to the song, he has a great melodic chorus for this one telling the woman to do her thing for him before her death. Eminem is back for sure and ready to torcher anyone that he feels needs it!

9. We Made You

Each album so far had a single that Eminem used to make fun of everything that has been famous lately. He has a great female chorus describing the whole thing. Noones a star cause they are talented, unlesss they are Eminem. Well not fully true but there are so many reality stars that do nothing and this song throws it at all of them. Very catchy but like the rest of the album, it honestly took a few plays till I finally enjoy it. In the end, thats not a good thing!

10. Medicine Ball

Almost silence, im lost.. was this a song.. Maybe its a second to breath, onto the skit!

11. Paul (Skit)

Yeah again Paul telling Eminem that he is sick of his sick side and done with it, now on to the horror….

12. Stay Wide Awake

This is your warning that Eminem is a monster and you  might not make it out of a situation with him. He is understanding the empty & crazy lifestyle that life can really be and its really not safe out there. Be sure to watch your back, there are no heros to save you.

13. Old Time’s Sake (feat Dr Dre)

Favorite song of the whole album by far. Can I start with that? Dr Dre starts this song with such a great vibed delivery that makes you move no if your getting an MRI. Its a perfect combination of the two that brings you back to the roots of Eminems first and second album as well as Da Chronic 2001. They start moving on in the song about the drugs that keep them going (or so they say). Dr Dre’s second verse along with Eminem jumping back and forth really make this song a hit for sure.

14. Must Be the Ganja

Alot of artists say they couldn’t make the great music they create without having their buzz. Most of them choose Marijuana or Alcohol. Though I dont want to hear a drunk rapper, do you? But get them stoned and they always seem to flow. So with that being sad, can I create a pun by saying it must be the ganja. The chorus yet again as a few other songs really make you want to sing along to it. They really speak on how making music isn’t the same without the buzz man.

15. Mr. Mathers (Skit)

Eminem has made it this far in the album but then… He Relapses. See how he plays this. This is where the genious comes from with this whole album. Its a small skit where they find Eminem out cold and possibly overdosed on a substance.

16. Deja Vu

This is the ultimate song about the addiction and how hard it can be to remove it from your life. You stop, you start, you stop and then you feel the Deja Vu because your back addicted. Everyone has an addiction so this can fit to anyone. The chorus has some great singing about how alone it can feel trying to make it in life with all the addictions surrounding you. He tells you all the reasons he feels that he needs his drugs in this song and gets really personal about his addictions.

17. Beautiful

Song starts like something totally off the wall from an Eminem album  but feels really emotional with a singer starting it. Then Marshall brings his life into the picture by telling you why is music has been slacking lately, its the motivation, the inspiration, the way you get treated by people. And he wants you to know that no matter what the media says about you, you can still be a great person if you believe and try to do what it is that you feel is needed. He stresses alot about how it feels living his life in the public and wanting others to see it.

18. Crack a Bottle (featuring Dr. Dre, 50 Cent)

Here is a collaboration that doesn’t work that great with 50 Cent. The chorus of the song does really make me want to like it more but its truly just a song about partying and doing what you want and how cool you are. The beat of this song really isn’t anything that amazes me either yet I think I will ride with the windows down listening to this one atleast 1 more time!

19. Steve Berman (skit)

As usual, Eminem goes to see Steve Berman and gets hell from him for being gone for so long from the music industry. Nothing Special here, just an argument!

20. Underground/Ken Kaniff

This song has a very powerful orcestrated feel from the beginning with opera styled lyrics. He does, as usual, have alot of angry to release in this song and talks about alot of bad things that happen in peoples lives. Overall a bit disappointed.
PS: After this song there is a small skit where Eminem plays Ken Kaniff acting gay and singing his  We Made You at one of those 12 step programs. Not very funny.

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Asher Roth – Asleep in the Bread Aisle

Name: Asher Roth
Album: Asleep in the Bread Aisle
Style: Hip Hop & Soul

A new artist which is constantly referred to as the next Eminem has been discovered through Myspace. He was born and raised in Pennsylvania then finally moved to Atlanta to pursue a music career after selling over 250 copies of his first cd made in school in under 2 days.  He has a full studio album released now and with that and his XXL Magazine cover appereance, and hopefully my review, you will find him quite interesting!
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I started this album like all others, put it in my car and drive for weeks just playing that album without skipping. Ok I lied, once you read the individual song breakdowns then you will see that I did do some skipping, but really, not much at all! Now im sorry but I will start by saying, yes, kinda like Eminem in his delivery sometimes as well as overall sound often, but thats where the similarities stop. His music feels like there is alot more soul put into it and the topics he talks about is much more compared to an average life of school, partying, women and just having bad days every now and then. The cursing is at a minimum, atleast if you are still trying to compare him to Eminem. The music displays alot of great popping drum sounds as well as dirty and rhodes style organs with tons of sampling and soul singing. He can rap at fast speeds as well as chill you out with slower poem style lyrics on his music as well as points where they just mubble and get you doing it along. Yes, im serious, just mumbling like you think you know the lyrics but you dont and want to atleast get the melody right. I will live the brief overall album review short and let you check out individual songs for yourself, tell me what you think in the comments of this post. But this album is a great one, maybe not a classic, but atleast something that you can pop in and go through most of the album without skipping songs. I cant give any albums a 5 star rating just yet so I will go with a 3!
PS:  I find it very cool that this album was released on April 20th, 2009 (4/20!!!)

Stars: 4/5

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( out of 5 stars )

Lark On My Go-Kart
What a great way to start an album, this song has some screaming grungy organ chords with some deep powerful drums and to complete it with great echoing lyrics about how cool you can be. The song is really just speaking out the normal trash talk to brag about the things you do in life just to get by. Its a great song all in all to ride down the street and bump loud.

Blunt Cruisin’
This song takes some getting used to but overall I like it now. Its Ashers try at the typical Marijuana smoking song. The chorus doesn’t do this song enough justice to push the star rating up but yet I still find myself bouncing side to side from time to time chanting it. They do a clever way of someone dropping a blunt in a vehicle while they are riding and everyone starts freaking out, not only them but the music starts going faster and they are trying to figure out where the blunt dropped!

I Love College
The first single off this album and for good reason, anyone that has ever went to college can relate to it. This song is the perfect thing to play at a house party and get everyone to start chanting the chorus as well as plenty of lyrics in each verse. They have a great part where he gets the listener to raise their drinks and start chanting things like “FRESHMAN” & “KEG STAND”! If you hear any song, you know you can listen to this one on the album unless your just totally against having fun and partying.

La Di Da
The first great song that you can feel the wind fly by while in your car and just have to smile. This song would be perfect to jam loud in a vehicle riding the drag at the beach. Got some Wah wah sounding guitars with a soul drum kit to get you singing La di da da da, La di da da da! This song can really make me swing side to side!

Be By Myself
The second single of this album is Wooooohoooo, those rhode organs just symbolize soul music and with Cee-Lo singing the chorus of this song you cant go wrong. This song is all about just being single and doing what you want. Knowing that girls want you and you just have fun with them but dont get lockdown by one. You need to feel this way? Well listen to this song and sing the chorus out loud in their face! Yeah son!

She Don’t Wanna Man
If I ever click skip track, this one is the one that I skip. I have to be in a certain mood in order to really get into this song. Its his style of a dancing against a girl song and the girl is just there to dance and go home alone, or are they? Find out at the end of the night but this song sure isn’t gonna get alot of play.

Sour Patch Kids
They really havent gotten tired of the organ sounds with these songs, here is another one. Not the best song but still the music really shows that there is soul there. His lyrics definetly bring something to the song to keep you listening to it but overall this is just another song to enjoy but doesn’t touch you enough to really tell someone that they must hear it. I dont hear you!!!! Take me away!

As I Em
Now I can relate to this song very much, when I first started rapping this is all I heard, “You sound just like Eminem!”. It gets really tiring especially when you are trying to become your own styled artist and not be just another something else. This songs beat is just eh, but the story is surely there and he tells it well with his own way of delivery. And yet again more soul in the chorus that forces you to chant it!

Lion’s Roar
Another great that I think will become the third single of the album. This song has a great african dance styled vibe with some great female lyrics. Asher really brings fire with this one by singing fast, fast enough to force himself to be good competition for Busta Rhymes which does a great job on this song as well. All I can say is, listen to it!

Bad Day
This song starts with some funny mubbling that just brings you in to his story about having bad days in your life. We can all relate to this right? Yes, you know you can, I bet you might be having a bad day right now huh?  Jazze Pha just singing his heart out in this one too! God I am loving the soul this album has, are you with me people?

His Dream
Song is confusing me a bit but you know im really not a big lyric person like I am on the vibe of the beat. This song seems to be talking about a guy talking about how his father died and he decides to pursue the same dream his father had and becomes a poet. Just songs like a slow jamming song about family and though its not rated that high, I still go through the whole song.. because man…. this album has soul!!!! Aren’t you figuring this out by now?

Fallin’
I love this sampled track with a great shuffle drum going with it that just makes you feel like your getting nastolic on life and how things used to be and what you want to do in life. You cant help but smile while listening to the song and hearing about how Asher roth grew up to be what he is right now. “Even though I couldn’t relate, I keep studying and listening and stuffing my face.. and now..”. Great album and if you havent decided yet, go pick this one up!

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