However the questionable lyrical content of this song pushes me away from loving it, with multiple mentions of terrorist attacks that occured in the past few years dropped awkwardly at the end of the track. Mathers’ vocals complement the instrumental and his flow follows the beat precisely. Young M.A).” Although the instrumental is a bit stale, like it could’ve landed on “Kamikaze,” Young M.A’s feature livens the track, gliding above the unrelenting beat. However, things do improve vastly on the following track, “Unaccommodating (feat. His recent works just don’t scream “talent” and are definitely not enough to compensate for his bitterness. His flow is formulaic and overused, his growl of a voice is annoying and his lines are corny. And while Mathers may be able to rap faster and be more lyrically skilled, the problem with his recent music is that it just doesn’t sound good.
However, this justification is only valid under the assumption that his music is any better than the music his peers output. He raps about how many thought his last album sounded bitter, and dismisses the criticism, saying that he is still lyrically skilled. Unfortunately, the bang that started the album must’ve been a blank, as after the introduction the song goes downhill, with Mathers peddling the same bitter tone he portrayed in his last album “Kamikaze.” The chorus, sung by Nikki Grier, comes shortly after, and sounds just like a woman gasping for air, befitting the scene set prior and seemingly reflective of the title and influence of the album. The album starts off with a bang with “Premonition – Intro.” The track begins with the eerie sounds of Mathers’ burying a woman alive followed by a sample of Hitchcock’s introduction to his album of the same title. If you are easily offended or unnerved at the screams of bloody murder, this may not be the collection for you.” Mathers’ earlier reputation mirrored that of Hitchcock’s in cinema as an artist who dared to defy standards regardless of the backlash they garnered from both the public and those within their industries.īelow, I’ve picked a few songs that stood out to me and represent trends in his new music that affect my perception of the album as a whole. My curiosity further grew when Mathers posted an open letter to those who criticized the album for being insensitive, writing “This album was not made for the squeamish. When I first saw the title and cover of the new album, I grew hopeful as both paid homage to legendary horror film director Alfred Hitchcock, which told me that the album was a callback to the music Mathers composed in the late 90’s to early 2000s, lyrical satire with a horrorcore twist. Mathers also expressed in his lyrics a distaste for his contemporaries in the new wave of “mumble rappers.” Said albums were plagued with inoffensive pop-rap songs and corny lyrics, and filled to the brim with vindictive songs aimed towards those who had lampooned his work.
At first glance, Eminem’s new album “Music to Be Murdered By” (MtbMB) seems like a return to form for Marshall Mathers (professionally known as Eminem), whose last two albums left a bitter taste in many listeners’ mouths on account of their - well - bitterness.
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