Remember when a certain Detroit native spit "A plaque in platinum status is whack if I'm not the baddest"?
Seems like ages ago to me. Sure, he's put out bangers in the last couple years, but did it ever really feel like he was back? Last album, Recovery, felt like a step in the right direction (finally), but still didn't really feel all the way there. I don't think I was alone in worrying that the 'scripts had zapped the fire out of one of the games best.
Well, new track (for the Call of Duty soundtrack - but who cares what the reason is), Survival, has got me excited. It's not perfect start to finish (little bit in the middle, especially the "butt!" part, doesn't fit in my ears) but it feels right. It feels like Slim. The anger and the fire are there. And for the first time in years, they don't feel like they are being forced through a cloud of xanax, valium or whatever he spent those years on. In fact, Eminem's DJ Alchemist has been heard saying that the last two albums were about Em getting back on his feet, but that he's now squarely there and he is "going to further territories... I think now - he's Eminem".
So let's throw a middle finger and let it linger for one of the great kings of controversy and hope that we get some more of this before he retires his jersey.
Seems like ages ago to me. Sure, he's put out bangers in the last couple years, but did it ever really feel like he was back? Last album, Recovery, felt like a step in the right direction (finally), but still didn't really feel all the way there. I don't think I was alone in worrying that the 'scripts had zapped the fire out of one of the games best.Well, new track (for the Call of Duty soundtrack - but who cares what the reason is), Survival, has got me excited. It's not perfect start to finish (little bit in the middle, especially the "butt!" part, doesn't fit in my ears) but it feels right. It feels like Slim. The anger and the fire are there. And for the first time in years, they don't feel like they are being forced through a cloud of xanax, valium or whatever he spent those years on. In fact, Eminem's DJ Alchemist has been heard saying that the last two albums were about Em getting back on his feet, but that he's now squarely there and he is "going to further territories... I think now - he's Eminem".
So let's throw a middle finger and let it linger for one of the great kings of controversy and hope that we get some more of this before he retires his jersey.
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