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Eminem Presents: The Re-Up
Mixed or average reviews
Based on 13 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 44 votes
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Album Info
Label: Shady Records
Release Date: 05 December 2006
Discs: 1 disc
Genre(s): Rap
Summary
Originally intended as an underground mixtape, this Eminem-curated disc--which includes 7 songs performed by Mr. Mathers himself, as well as cuts featuring 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, Obie Trice and Bizarre--wound up with an official release.
Also By This Artist: Encore Relapse The Eminem Show The Marshall Mathers LP
Also On Metacritic
MUSIC: D12: Devil's Night
Also On The Web: Shady Records
What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Entertainment Weekly
There's plenty of unfocused bluster here, but enough taut cuts to make up for the cameos from... D12. [15 Dec 2006, p.87]
Los Angeles Times
A glorified mix-tape... sprawling with lots of throwaway songs and loaded with interludes
Read Full Review >All Music Guide
The Re-Up has plenty of that serious heat that influenced Eminem to go aboveground with the release.
Read Full Review >Billboard
Despite meticulous production, "The Re-Up" retains some of the spare, raw feel of an underground release. [16 Dec 2006]
RapReviews.com
This one won't dissapoint Eminem, Shady or G-Unit fans, but it also won't blow them away.
Read Full Review >Prefix Magazine
The members of the crew surrounding Eminem still need to distinguish themselves individually, but in the tradition of G-Unit/Shady's best stuff, few songs on The Re-Up have to be skipped.
Read Full Review >NOW Magazine
Unfortunately, there are none of the ridiculous disses, insane freestyles or wacky interludes that make real mixtapes entertaining.
Read Full Review >The Guardian
Like a neglectful party host, [Eminem] keeps disappearing, leaving you to have your ear bent by some crashing dullard.
Read Full Review >Dot Music
If they've kept the good stuff back in the hope of better times, the decision was misguided; but if this is the best they can manage, the portents are, in the original sense of the word, ill.
Read Full Review >Rolling Stone
It's a crew album--of course it sucks. The depressing thing is how much. [28 Dec 2006, p.114]
PopMatters
Hip-hop is not at its best on The Re-Up, but there are brief flashes of hope hidden amidst the gunk.
Read Full Review >Hartford Courant
The bloody, boastful rhymes are mostly DOA, victims of songs that value attitude over arrangement.
Read Full Review >Stylus Magazine
On his few appearances on “The Re-Up,” Em sounds completely lost, grasping for a new subject for his roving mind, or even for a reason to keep rapping.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this album is 7.3 (out of 10) based on 44 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Trist D gave it a6:
Too bad eminem couldn't be on all the raps.
Dre H gave it a2:
Being a fan of Eminem does not make this a good album.
David V. gave it a10:
Way better then what it got!!!
Anthony H. gave it a9:
For a mixtape this is pretty hot. Lyrically the other guy's bring nothing new or creative except for Obie Trice, but the beats save them. But Eminem owns on No Apologies it's one of the best tracks ive ever heard period.
Gary P gave it a10:
It is the best em album i've ever heard although it could have used more solo eminem songs this one is a definite keeper and is gonna be a huge hit Songs worth listening We're Bac The Re-up You Don't Know Jimmy Crack Corn Murder Pistol pistol remix Whatever you want By My Side We Ride for Shady Smack That Remix Public Enemy #1 Get Low Shake That Remix Ski Mask Way Remix Cry Now Remix No Apologies( The Best eminem song ever) Buy this CD
Hondo J gave it a10:
Mr. Mathers returns to drop some serious science on all suckah MC's who still doubt his rhyming skillz. Even the most jaded and cynical hip-hop fan will be compelled to proclaim Em's latest effort as completely dope, and some may even say it is the bomb.
jason c gave it a9:
they have got the most best rapers in the world rapping all together. it's the buissnes.
