| Relapse is the act of going back to an old habit you | | | | dream of. He was good at it. Those albums were |
| tried to quit. It has been highly identified with drug | | | | good and that goodness usually happens only once, in |
| addiction, alcoholism and smoking because of obvious | | | | his case twice. The toughest thing about coming out |
| reasons. This makes it even more of an apt title for | | | | with such shocking contents is the two and only two |
| Eminem's new album, his first in four and a half years. | | | | results you may expect: (a) That you successfully |
| I thought, before I even listened to the album, | | | | shock the world that would result to having the half |
| Relapse is Eminem's quest for redemption after four | | | | of it adore you and the other loath you, or (b) That |
| years of absence, unsuccessful reconciliation with his | | | | you come out a trying hard has been version of |
| ex-wife and countless bouts addiction that included | | | | yourself. |
| several stints in rehab. | | | | In this album, I feel he was forcing it. He was forcing |
| After listening to all of the tracks, I realized I am | | | | what used to come so naturally for him. He was |
| slightly off mark. Relapse is not his quest for | | | | forcing the world to see him as this weird notorious |
| redemption because he doesn't believe he needs one. | | | | musical bully he once was. |
| Relapse is about, well, relapse. This is Eminem's return | | | | Eminem is good, great even. He is one of those |
| to his usual habit and all familiar place of lyrical | | | | artists you can say started a trend. Before him, no |
| excellence and natural deep dark celebration of | | | | rapper talked about personal things so publicly that |
| heavy thoughts. There is one thing I couldn't get | | | | you lose all the power to put him down because no |
| though, what is the album really about? | | | | one can do it better than him. His tortured himself so |
| The first couple of songs were downright violent and | | | | hard, it automatically gave him the right to do it to |
| sick. The first track, 3AM talked about blood and | | | | others just as hard. He has proven his worth and |
| gore. The second, My Mom, was his message to his | | | | nothing and no one can take that away from him. |
| mother on her drug dependency and how he hates | | | | The question now is if he still has "it". So many thing |
| to be the one to carry it on. Insane was about child | | | | have changed since the starving angry and bitter Slim |
| molestation while Hello is about drug abuse. There is | | | | Shady first took the stage. Back then, he had nothing |
| the skit of his lawyer's outrage on Mather's decision | | | | but his voice and he used it with all his might. He now |
| to say something about Christopher Reeves. Many | | | | has more millions I can spend in my lifetime and more |
| says that this is his most outrageous album to date | | | | awards than I can fit in my dream car. He is a |
| but I am not sure if it he was able to even come | | | | different person now. There is no reason for him to |
| close to intriguing the audience. | | | | go back which is what he was trying to do in this |
| He has actually cemented himself in the music | | | | album. I can't help but feel that is the worst that can |
| industry by shocking other people with his over the | | | | happen to Eminem, to lose the honesty of his music. |
| top courage to touch on issues others will not even | | | | |