Eminem’s Triumphant Return
Music to be Murdered By is going to be talked about as Em’s best album since…
Eminem’s Music to be Murdered By has been a long-awaited return to glory. The roller coaster discography of Eminem left the 2010’s with some decrying his artistry. Em started last decade strong with Recovery but it was a forever change in vocal tonality and razor-sharp focus on wordplay that’s made him such a controversial figure in the, “Is his music good?” debates. Recovery aged well and I thought the Marshall Mathers LP 2 was better at the time but it might not age as well for me even though I ranked it above Recovery.
Music to be Murdered By is better than MMLP2 and Recovery which vaunts it up into the original 3 conversation and I’m not ready to debate that yet because it’s too early. In terms of chronology, this is Em’s best album since The Eminem Show which came out in ‘02.
What makes Music to Be Murdered By so shocking is not the casual surprise release. It’s that the album is so well produced and conceived. Kamikaze sounds like a mixtape in…
