He's also using his privilege for good by calling upon such fellow icons as Beyoncé and Rick “99 Problems” Rubin to assist him in eviscerating police racism and the callousness of this presidency. Revival comes with the most noble intentions of any Eminem record, and admitting to his past abuse and manipulation of Kim - as well as his regrets about Hailie and nearly dying from his pill addiction ten years ago - are all brave subjects to tackle. At his low point, it’s still incredible how well he could flow, even if the content wasn’t necessarily all that.Įminem’s newest album comes at an unfortunate historical juncture: a time when he’s called upon to say something meaningful about the world’s fraught state to the largest audience of anyone in his genre, and an age where he is absolutely struggling to rap like he used to. Dre turns in some amazing beats here towards the start (“My Mom,” “Insane,” “Bagpipes from Baghdad”), and Eminem himself earns a couple showstoppers on the arena-ready “Medicine Ball” and the closing “Underground,” whose bizarre rhythm is unlike any you’ve ever heard in rap, yet he never strays from the beat.
The serial-killer schtick feels creepier and more gratuitous than ever because it rarely leads to a new or funny situation on tracks like “3 A.M.” or “Stay Wide Awake,” and singles like “We Made You” and “Beautiful” were diminishing returns of lighthearted and impassioned fare like “Without Me” and “Mockingbird” respectively.īut Dr. Marshall Mathers himself considered this a low point only a year later, commenting on Recovery that he “ran them accents into the ground” - and he’s not wrong. Here are his eight major-label efforts, ranked in ascending order of greatness. The most imaginative and morally tortured rap superstar to emerge in Biggie’s shadow, Eminem has been shocking us, surprising us, and making us laugh out loud for nearly 20 years, as well as annoying and infuriating us plenty.
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