So now that Recovery has been out a week, how would you guys rate it? I'd give it 4/5. Considering how meh Relapse was, I'm very impressed he pulled himself back together so quickly. My only complaint is I think he's too sober now. His rhymes are missing those weird tangents the green stuff used to inspire him to do. Either way though, I'm loving it. My favorite tracks are No Love, Not Afraid, Almost Famous and the intro/outro tracks. Hopefully, this album is just a one time thing, in terms of being optimistic and talking about sobriety and his next album is even better. If so, he'll be one of the few legends to hit rock bottom and actually climb back to the top. In terms of its place in his catalog, I'd rate them like this:
Marshall Mathers LP
Slim Shady LP
8 Mile Sountrack
Infinite
Eminem Show
Recovery
Encore
Relapse
Thoughts? And any idea what the next single will be? I think No Love is a sure hit, it'd obviously make a great video w/ weezy n em bobbing their head night of the roxbury style and that verse em spits is just sick.
Oh, and isn't it sad that Eminem is the only one in the mainstream media to call out Rothlisburger for what he really is? (See the first line to Almost Famous).