The Rap God Graces With His Presence Yet Again With MMLP2

Readers, here we go the first blog post under the new format. I hope everyone enjoys it and finds it informative. So without further adieu here we go…

I have been a Eminem fan since he first came out onto the main stage 15+ years ago. He is 1 out of 2 people in Hip-Hop to win an Academy Award and that is just one of his incredible list of awards. Outside of awards he also has sold more units (CDs, digital downloads, etc.) than any other person in Hip-Hop by an incredible margin. His worldwide albums sales stand at more than 100 million, singles 120 million, and the estimated sale of over 220 million records worldwide. In the United States, he has sold 49.1 million albums and 42 million tracks. No other emcee comes even remotely close to this, or complete labels with all their artists combined. These numbers are higher than all emcees from YMCMB as well as GOOD Music combined, it’s incredible. Do not get me wrong, I am not saying anything negative about any of those artists either because they are some of them are my favorites as well and are some of the most talented emcees in history.

Until today it has been 3 years since we were graced with a album from the Rap God which was  Recovery. Personally, I loved Recovery, I think it may be my favorite Em album to date in my opinion, and apparently most people since Em had 2 videos from the album on the top of the 10 most watched videos list on YouTube not all that long after it’s release. However, some huge fans of Em did not like it because a lot of tracks did not have his original sound that first made them fans. This surprised me because I thought it was epic, there is not a song on that album that is not phenomenal. An artist’s sound will evolve and change and some like it and some do not. So I think this is because some fans missed his early sound that we heard on the The Slim Shady LP, The Marshall Mathers LP (MMLP), and The Eminem Show.

The fans that may not have liked Recovery will be so happy to hear The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (MMLP2) goes back to his origins as far as style and delivery, but at an even higher level. He sounds like the old Em but in a more refined way. He has dropped 4 singles already and they are all great and seems to mix the MMLP sound in with his newer Recovery sound as well as a furthered evolved sound. He will see some fans that may have strayed come right back because of that.

On the Marshall Mathers LP 2 Em decided to work with legendary producer Rick Rubin, Dr. Dre, and Em also decided to produce for this album as well. Relapse and Recovery Em was not a producer for. I think that is a match made in heaven with Rick, Dre, and Em working together. I hope he works with Em again on future albums.

The first single to drop was Berzerk which was a fast paced track with the MMLP sound and with a phenomenal beat with unique samples. The video you can see a node to the Beastie Boys with some of the video shooting and it was very fly to see Rick Rubin in a video again, with a little lyrics.

The second single released was Survival feat. Liz Rodrigues which was also a blockbuster. Great beat, lyrics, delivery, etc. The song is inspiring. You hear it on the commercial for the new Call of Duty game as well.

The third single released was Rap God. Em was the only one on this track and spits crazy fast rhymes for 6 minutes. He was the “Rap God” before this track was released and it just helps solidified the fact that is what he is and always will be. I cannot wait for the music video to release.

The fourth single released was The Monster featuring Rihanna is a monster just like the last track the two collaborated on and will be huge. This song is a grand slam and I cannot wait until the music video of this song to premiere either.

All the other tracks are just as good as the single released if not even better, if that can be said. I mentioned above that Recovery was Em’s best but after hearing the entire MMLP2 album I have a new favorite Em album, that being MMLP2. The first week sales are in at 792,000 units sold and they will continue to rise as time progresses.

-automachi

The RHHR Board

The Real Hip Hop Review: Reloaded

Readers, I started this blog years ago and did not keep going with it even though Hip Hop is a true passion of mine as a fan, listener, and critic. So here is round 2. The plan is to review new albums coming out or just released. So a little mix up from the way things were on The Real Hip Hop Review (RHHR). Easier on the author and more informative for the reader.

I have loved Hip Hop since I was a kid and it is getting better daily and I think it will be nice for fellow fans to be able to read another fan’s feeling of new Hip Hop out there. I am not sure what made me suddenly decide to resurrect this blog with a new format that I think anyone reading it will enjoy and get something out of it. 

Some good albums have been dogged by “real critics”. I might be a “critic” but I am a fan first and will give you a completely unbiased opinion on new Hip Hop albums and base it on raw talent, presentation, etc.

I suppose I should thank the upcoming release Marshall Mathers LP 2 (MMLP2) coming out this Tuesday. An epic album lit a fire under this author’s ass to start writing again about this subject apparently. This will be the first album I review under this new format of the RHHR. So it will not very long until you hear from me again since the album is coming out less than 20 hours.

On a personal note, I need to write, it is my creative outlet. I have a religious blog that I wrote 46  posts over several years being a religious person looking for a new Faith. It helped me find what I need to and because of that I have very little to write about in that arena now, at least as far as for a blog. I created another religious blog a few months back and it remains empty, due to the same reason I just mentioned. So I am going to write on something I always have a opinion about and do not have to wait for a topic to “hit me” to be able to create a great piece of work, that being Hip Hop.

When writing about new Hip Hop albums I do not need to have to wait for a topic to inspired me. I just have to wait for a new Hip Hop album or mixtape to be released. 

So… with all that being said check out my review on Em’s MMLP2 coming very soon. I have heard nearly all the songs due to Em letting iTunes Radio play the entire album, which, ironically, is what I am listening to while writing this. I hope that other emcees do things like this, which a lot already do but there can never be too much in that regard.

A nod to Nicki Minaj for helping me thinking of a title to the first post for the resurrection of RHHR.

“Click-click, we are officially reloaded”

-automachi

The RHHR Board