Why? Are you gonna explain yourself or just hit and run? :bonkhead:

It would be a wonderful album if it wasn't so damn overproduced and every song wasn't structured out like a single....
He sounds miserable for most of the album. I think Eminem makes the best music when he's pissed off but hopeless depression suits him fine. The lyrics are a little quirky, and even when he seems too depressed to crack jokes, he's cracking them. A few of the songs are absolutely terrible ("Cinderella Man") and on a couple of the tracks, I think he just gave up halfway through, but it has its moments.
Favorite track:

I'm not an Eminem fan at all, but come on, he's obviously not better than he was when he released MMLP or SSLP.

As far as his writing goes? He's still cheesy as all hell.

Oh, and I disagree with the idea that it takes sobriety in order to write thoughtful raps.

Actually, I think that most people would argue that Eminem writes better when he's on drugs. He wrote both "Relapse" and "Recovery" while sober, right?

Uh, it's like

"Sorry for Encore, I was on drugs. Oh, and sorry for Relapse, I was flushin' em out. But now I'm back and I'm sober and I won't let you guys down!"

And I don't know how people feel about Eminem's writing drugged vs. sober. I'm just saying thoughtfulness doesn't dwell exclusively in sobriety.

This is no Marshall Mathers LP, but it's still a pretty strong album and the best he's made in a while. However, I cannot stand Lil Wayne's rapping and it completely ruins the song he's on for me.

thank god someone shares my opinion about lil wayne

Well, after listening to the album all the way through a couple of times, I voted decent. I was deciding whether to vote good or decent, and then I told myself to be a critic. Anyways, I have to say, while a good third of the album is filler, the rest ain't bad. My personal highlights were the first three songs, Going Through Changes, and 25 To Life. I had a fantastic first impression of Not Afraid, but it never hit me anywhere near that hard again.

Completely ruins the song, I just fast forward to Em's verse

I've never really been a fan and when I decided to give the single "Not Afraid" a genuine chance I found it really lackluster and generic. Is this true for the rest of the album, because at the moment I'm really not motivated to listen to it.