Eminem Encore

[Kristoffer]

Just stole it. My first thoughts are:
agh, this isn't good at all. What happened to his flow? And someone should tell him that he isn't that good of a singer, coz it feels like he sings more than rap. Now, I've never been a big fan of him but I feel he has some (old) songs that are really good. So after hearing Mosh I expected more. It's still full of boring third grader humor concentrating on poop, pee and puke. There's no interesting guest artists.

After listening through it I picked out the tracks that are worth listening too. They aren't many, but they are there:

yellow brick road - ok
mosh - good
ass like that - good, actually pretty funny
spend some time - ok
mocking bird - the best track on this album. I really feel this one. This is what it should sound like.

[Starchaser107]

Somehow I expected that he fell off. His first two singles were far from his best work. I understandwhat he was trying to do with Mosh, but I'd really expect better from him, especially after having waited so long. He's really talented.

[Kristoffer]

mm

well, I'll stick to Atmosphere and Talib for now. (and Nas when his new drops)

[SevenStar]

Atmosphere? I've only heard one joint from him - can't remember the name, I saw the video somewhere - and I didn't care for it. Maybe I should check out some of his other tracks.

[Kristoffer]

I know alotta ppl don't care for what he does, what caught me on was his complex lyrics. Stuff that is really emotional at times. The first tracks that comes to mind are

Modern Man's Hustle
Onemosphere
Godlovesugly
Give Me

[norther practitioner]

Atmosphere? I've only heard one joint from him - can't remember the name, I saw the video somewhere - and I didn't care for it. Maybe I should check out some of his other tracks.

Definitely look into atmosphere


here is my must have list:
At least one Aesop Album
At least two De La Soul Albums
At least two Albums with Mos Def
At least one album with Talib
At least one album with some of the Living Legends
At least three Wu (or any memebers) album (we all need to get amped sometimes)
And a few Mobb Deep and CNN (or solo) songs on a mix for when you wanna feal QB thugged out.

[Starchaser107]

One of or all three of Public Enemys first 3 albums (Nation of millions and Fear of a black planet taking precedence over yo bumrush the show although its still hot)

NWA straight outta compton

Ice Cube : Amerikkas most wanted , Death Certificate or Predator

Nas : Illmatic

Jay-Z : Reasonable Doubt

Big Pun : Capital Punishment, Yeah Baby, Endangered Species

2Pac: All Eyes on me, 2pacalypse now, Staight up nigga

At least one Roots Album

Talib Kweli : Train of thought

Dead Prez : Let's Get Free

Buju Banton : Til' Shiloh

Dr. Dre : Chronic & Chronic 2000

Eminem : Slim Shady Lp, Marshall Mathers Lp

Wu Tang Clan : Enter the 36 Chamber

Gza : Liquid Swords

Cypress Hill : Cypress Hill, Black Sunday

The 2 Live Crew : As Nasty as they Wanna Be

Pete Rock & CL Smooth : Mecca & The Soul Brother

Big Daddy Kane : Big Daddy Thing

GraveDiggaz : The Pick the sickle and the shovel

Snoop Doggy Dog : Doggystyle

A Tribe Called Quest : Low End Theory

Lauryn Hill : Miseducation of Layryn Hill

The Fugees : The Score

Digital Underground : Sex Packets

Boogie Down Productions : everything they ever made

If you get these Albums you won't be dissapointed

[norther practitioner]

Word... Chase throwin' down the correct

[Kristoffer]

lol

Eminem Lip Synching on SNL:

http://www.ifilm.com/viralvideo?ifilmid=2653049

[norther practitioner]

I have to add something, and I am incredibly imbarrased that I didn't say it before


Biggie, both Ready to Die and Life after Death

[Kristoffer]

yall forgot GangStarr and Big L too

[Starchaser107]

how could I...

definately

i feel embarassed too...

Biggie

does big l have a classic album though

gangstarr has at least 2 people would call classic albums

step in the arena for example

Oh Sh1t

and Slick Rick : The Greatest Adventures Of

[SevenStar]

I've got most of those. For the Wu stuff though, I'd add raekwon's "only built for cuban linx", an pretty much everything from a tribe called quest. I'd add some leaders of the new school, and some old ice cube too.

[norther practitioner]

Big L


Not a huge fan....


Gang starr is in the cd player right now...

It's scarey, we could all prob. go for a few weeks and bat around albums.

[Kristoffer]

Big L is considered a legend by many. I wouldn't know if his album(s) is classics though but I guess it's how u define it.

Big L - Live in NY (http://www.lordfinesse.net/video/big_l_lord_finesse_tramps.wmv)

[Kristoffer]

Just talked to a guy who likes Big L ****. he thinks Lifestylez ov da poor and dangerous is just as good as any of 2Pacs albums. He also mentioned The Big Picture, but I don't think that should count as its mostly old material and freestyles etc.


And I'd throw in any of the Beasty Boys albums too! Maybe even the latest one

[norther practitioner]

Latest one I like better on a whole than Hello Nasty. Although, nothing caught me on the latest one like Get Live off of Hello Nasty... maybe it was just the Boggle refference.

I am the king of Boggle, there is none higher, I gets eleven points off the word quagmire....

I grew up in NY..so what got me into hip hop is Biggie, Wu (36th Chamber, ODBs first, Raekwon's first, Meth's first, and GZA's first albums), Mobb Deep, and underground shiz from Stretch Armstrong's underground hip hop radio show... em before he blew up doing freestyles, Nore freestyles, cage, etc.

[CaptinPickAxe]

I went to Atmosphere's record label/record store. Nice cats in there.

My must have albums:

Aesop Rock: Labor Days
El-P: Fantastic Damage
Atmosphere: God Loves Ugly
Mos Def: Black on Both Sides
Pharcyde: Bizzar Ride II the Pharcyde
DJ Krush: Jaku
Tre Hardson: Liberation
Pete Rock: Soul Survivor
Bone: E1999 Eternal
2Pac: Me Against the World
A Tribe Called Quest: The Love Movement
Company Flow: Funcrusher Plus
Lyrics Born: Later That Day
Blackalicous: Blazing Arrow
Quannum: SoleSides Greatest Bumps

[Starchaser107]

I saw Eminem on mtv plugging his new album, and new release date which came early due to the leak,
he doesn't seem too pleased with it...
for some reason I'd think he'd be more understanding being slim shady and all.
But u know what downloading music never ever stopped me from buying music...
maybe leaking an ENTIRE album before it was released was a bit harsh though.

[bigdoing]

de la's first three
xclan - to the east blackwards
prt - new world order
black star
atcq-first three
mobb deep - infamous
too short - life is....
ghostface - supreme clientele
gangstaar - daily operation
company flow - funcrusher
nwa - straight outa compton
ice cube - amerikkkas
freestyle fellowship - inner city griots
beneth the surface
das efx first album

gotta go peace

[chen zhen]

eminems album really sucks bad, and i couldnt believe dre produced 8 of the songs, since they all sound pretty much the same. but oh well, only good news is that dre will drop his Detox album anyway. but i dont hope it will be filled with guest spots from the shady/aftermath/g-unit camp (they all suck)