Great album, still not up there with the likes of The Eminem Show and The Marshall Mathers LP, but a strong effort regardless. His lyrical expertise has made a valiant return. His new style of delivery is still in the process of finding itself, but a lot of that has to deal with him experimenting with a lot of different types of beats on this album. Only one track gives production credit to Dr. Dre, leaving te rest of the tracks with a scattered and back and forth feeling. On Fire, Almost Famous and So Bad are the only songs that really sound like a throw back to his old style. The rest of the tracks take on new new form, including techno sampling and even turning a Black Sabbath song into a infectious rap ballad a la 'Sing With Me', the remake of Aerosmith's 'Dream On' from the Eminem Show.
This album definitely put Em back on the right track, and if he continues to move in the right direction, and maybe simplify the production a little bit, we could see Eminem at his very best in the near future.
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