![]() ![]() And that Boi-1da synth made sure it at least looked like Eminem was really going for it.Īs time went by and the hype wore off, you start to realize the glaring clumsiness in lines like, “I'm way too up to back down/But I think I'm still trying to figure this crap out.” It’s realizations like these that make it apparent that Recovery is Eminem’s moment, although it’s not one everyone can share in. standing with his balls in his hands saying it’s time to buck up. It seemed like it would accomplish just that this was one of the G.O.A.T. Instead we got “Not Afraid,” an I-shall-overcome number that’s, by design, meant to fill stadiums. His second comeback album in a row was the first one without that pop culture ethering lead single. That type of magic is hard to re-capture, but there’s something especially disappointing about just how far off Eminem was from it on Recovery. “Lose Yourself’s” climax - “Success is my only motherfuckin’ option/ failure’s not” - is as self-serious and urgent as a quotable can get. ![]() It wasn’t like Eminem didn’t know how to do sober, empowering records. ![]()
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