"The Marshall Mathers LP 2" - only the name of the now 8th studio album of the self-proclaimed Rapgods has expectations in advance already pinned up like no other.
Who initially surprised at the first hearing of the opening track "Bad Guy" on Eminem for themselves rather atypical amateurish bumpy Raptechnik, will notice over the next 7:14 minutes on closer listening: this man is a genius!
He lets the story of Stan resurrect and raps from its little brother the view. This makes Eminem for Stans death responsible and wants revenge. By the time he is getting better and eventually starts rapping technically Eminem's level to reach.
The highlight is a 2-minute explosive Rappart is doubled by Eminem himself until he finally as his own ego occurs, declared himself while his voice is getting quieter and finally fades. He therefore brings a kind of self-portrait in under seven minutes Track, in which reflected his own career.
On MMLP2 Eminem demonstrates like no other that it is not only skill technically still one of the best rapper, but also one of the most versatile.
From rocking Rick Rubin oldschool numbers like "Berzerk" over hard-hitting Spittingtracks as "Rapgod" to quiet songs like "Stronger Than I Was". With almost balladenartigem vocals All of this creates Marshall Bruce Mathers III on his second self-titled disc combine perfectly without being kitsch.
Reading between the lines you will always find references to older pieces or samples.
Thus Eminem succeed together with producers the likes of Dr. Dre, Rick Rubin and his feature guests (Rihanna, Kendrick Lamar, Sia ...) a perfect balance between tried and true hip-hop elements and newer modern influences.
Why the regular album version to 16 tracks with the weakest for me song "Evil Twin" closes and "Beautiful Pain" with Sia, in my opinion one of the best tracks on the album, however, is on the Deluxe Edition only as a bonus track, eludes although my logic, yet MMLP2 for me already one of the best (Hip Hop) albums of recent years and beyond.
Eminem is and remains the most successful artists of the genre I arrived, or as he himself has already formulated it appropriately: "Be a King, think not - why be a king When You Can Be a God"
