Eminem - Encore (Deluxe Edition)
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Artist: EminemEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Explicit Lyrics
CD Release Date: 2004-11-19
Music Label: Aftermath
Product features:
- TESTED
Music CD 1
- Curtains Up
- Evil Deeds
- Never Enough Feat. 50 Cent & Nate Dogg
- Yellow Brick Road
- Like Toy Soldiers
- Mosh
- Puke
- My 1st Single
- Paul (Skit)
- Rain Man
- Big Weenie
- Em Calls Paul (Skit)
- Just Lose It
- A** Like That
- Spend Some Time Feat. Obie Trice, Stat Quo, & 50 Cent
- Mockingbird
- Crazy In Love
- One Shot 2 Shot Feat. D-12
- Final Thought (Skit)
- Encore Feat. Dr. Dre & 50 Cent
- We As Americans
- Love You More
- Ricky Ticky Toc
Music reviews of Encore (Deluxe Edition)
Music Review: Excellent tracks, Awful tracks, failed to top Eminem Show
Rating: 4 Stars
Eminem has set very high standards for himself over the past few years...the lyircal abilities he displayed on the Marshall Mathers LP, Eminem Show, and 8 Mile soundtrack are downright incredible. Eminem had topped himself with each successive album in terms of lyrics, concepts, beats, production, everything...every newly released album was better than the previous album...UNTIL NOW. Encore offers some incredible tracks, but it fails to top the Eminem Show (then again that album was so sick it's hard to imagine topping it.)
Track by track review:
1. Curtain Up (skit)
2. Evil Deeds - Em's latest rant about his troubled childhood, though the subject has gotten old, the lyrics are good, beat is good, and the flow is very fast paced. 4/5
3. Never Enough - Similar to "Till I Collapse" (Eminem Show) and "Patiently Waiting" (Get Rich or Die Tryin) Em's lyrics and flow are incredible, Nate Dogg sings the chorus (sound and production are very good) and 50 Cent offers one of his best flows yet. 4/5
4. Yellow Brick Road - Eminem uses his brilliant story-telling lyrical skills as his response to accusations from Benzino and the Source magazine that he is a racist and used racial slurs on a tape he rapped on back in 1989. Pay attention to the lyrics. Eminem is no racist, and he came up the hard way as a young white MC in Detriot. Best song on the album. 6/5
5. Like Toy Soldiers - More brilliant story-telling lyrical skills Em uses to answer and end all the beefs with other rappers and magazines surounding him and his label. Sample of old song "Toy Soldiers" and drum beat are masterfully produced. Second best song on the album. 5/5
6. Mosh - Most perplexing track on the album, it was released on Mixtape before Encore dropped. Its a decent track where Eminem vents his frustration with some of the lies of the Bush adminstration. Its timing was a little confusing, since the election was on Nov 2nd and Encore was due to drop Nov. 16th. Should've been released as a promo single to Encore earlier. 4/5
7. Puke - You'll either hate or like this track. The latest Kim bashing song is decent, he sings more then he raps, and as usual Eminem's subject matter is disturbing. This song had potential to be way better, but its still pretty good. 3/5
8. My 1st Single - One of the awful tracks I was refering to when titled my review. Didn't Jay-Z's last album include a track called "My First Song"? Dunno what Eminem was thinking with this track which includes sounds of him burping and crapping. Should've been left off the album. 1/5
9. Paul (Skit)
10. Rain Man - So intentionally stupid that I think its hilarious. A return to the Slim Shady style of perverted humor. As far as his comical songs go, the hook on this one is one of Em's funniest yet. MY NEW NAME IS...rainman. 3/5
11. Big Weenie - Terrible hook, but Em's second verse has good lyrics and is an incredible flow. The rest of song is subpar. 3/5
12. Em Calls Paul (Skit)
13. Just Lose It - The usual poppy and humorous first single. The Dr. Dre produced beat is very catchy and dance clubish, but nevertheless, its an awesome beat. The lyrcis are really about nothing, just Slim Shady goofing around, and though the video pathetically takes cracks at Michael Jackson, Maddona and PeeWee Herman, its still funny. 4/5
14. Ass Like That - This is the worst track on the album. Has no place being on an Eminem album. So bad I don't want to even write about it. 1/5
15. Spend Some Time - Eminem experimenting with a more R$B style, very different for him. Most R&B out there today is poppy and crap, but some of it is soulful seriouos music, and thats the nature of this song. The R&B beat is fitting and well produced, and Eminem's chorus is a good singing hook. Guest spots from 50 Cent and Obie Trice are decent, but Stat Quo's verse is terrible. The song would've been better without him, but overall its a good track. 4/5
16. Mockingbird - Most opening up and emotional song on the album. Dedicated to his daughter, he addresses some of the family problems that have arisen from his massive fame. Though its very specific to Eminem himself, his audience can identify with the themes. 5/5
17. Crazy In Love - About his continuing love/hate relationship with Kim, samples an old 80's pop love song. Its fast paced and Em sings a good hook, but its still one of the weaker tracks on the album. 3/5
18. One Shot 2 Shot - The usual Eminem featuring D12 song near the end of his album. A decent D12 song, but doesn't belong on an Eminem album. Should've been used on D12 World. 2/5
19. Final Thought (Skit)
20. Encore - Features Dr Dre and 50 Cent. Best dance club type single on the album. Eminem and Dre are saying goodbye to hip hop soon. Good song, awesome beat, good close to the album. 4/5
Bonus CD:
1. We as Americans - OK at best, mixtape promo-quality material. 3/5
2. Love You More - Wow...Em's most serious song about his relationship with Kim. Furious, hateful, paranoid, loving, and sad lyrics spewed with the usual fast-paced Eminem flow with an excellent hook. Would have been on the album for sure if it hadn't leaked online earlier in the year. 5/5
3. Ricky Ticky Tock - Decent song. Had album quality potential. 3/5
Overall I'd give ENCORE 4/5 stars. Some may hate this album, but Eminem's devoted fan base will love it. If you look past the crap songs like "My 1st Single" "Big Weenie" and "Ass Like That" you'll find the rest of the album to very good.
Description of Encore (Deluxe Edition)
"ENCORE" is multi-platinum recording artist EMINEM's first full album of new material since 2002's "THE EMINEM SHOW," which spawned the hit singles "Without Me" and "Cleanin' Out My Closet." That album went on the sell over 19 million albums worldwide. He followed up in November 2002 with Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture ?8 Mile?, which featured the Academy Award winning song "Lose Yourself" and sold almost 9 million copies worldwide. Earlier this year, Eminem?s group D-12 released D-12 World (global sales over 3 million) and scored hits with "My Band" and "How Come".ENCORE, Executive Produced by DR. DRE, features guest performances by 50 CENT, D-12, NATE DOGG, OBIE TRICE, and STAT QUO.
BONUS DISC: This two disc set includes a bonus CD with three previously unreleased EMINEM songs.
Eminem's fourth album offers few surprises, but still enough pleasures to carry the day. As evinced by Em's pre-election, pro-voting "Mosh," this is not exactly the same Eminem who seemingly crapped on anything and everything. Encore finds a surprisingly mature Eminem waxing reflective about his battle with Benzino ("Like Toy Soldiers") rather than unloading both barrels. However, it's not all elder statesmanship: "Puke" goes after his ex-wife Kim with incredible scorn, and "Big Weenie" showcases the familiar juvenile humor that made him famous. If Encore has a clear weakness, it's the bland production--the same plodding sound that he and Dr. Dre cooked up on the previous three albums. The exotic flavor of "Ass Like That" catches the ear, but many others run off the same monotonous minor-key melodies and tempos. Of course, people buy Eminem albums to hear him spit first and foremost, and in that regard few fans will be disappointed by Encore; it'd just be nice to see him switch up his sound at some point. --Oliver Wang
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