Advanced Search >
Help Me Search

Music

All-Time High (And Low) Scores
Best of 2009
Best of 2008
Best of 2007
Best of 2006
Best of 2005
Best of 2004
Best of 2003
Best of 2002
Best of 2001
Best of 2000
Best of the Decade

Upcoming &
Recent Releases

sort by namesort by score

75 2562
54 30 Seconds to Mars
62 50 Cent
71 AC/DC
70 The Album Leaf
52 Kris Allen
68 Tori Amos
66 Animal Collective
84 Animal Collective
77 Annie
57 Apse
63 Asobi Seksu
59 Bad Lieutenant
83 Julianna Barwick
82 Beach House
72 Beak>
72 Bibio
65 Justin Bieber
76 Biffy Clyro
74 Blakroc
75 Mary J. Blige
78 Blockhead
52 Bon Jovi
54 Susan Boyle
57 The Bravery
39 Chris Brown
64 V.V. Brown
70 Basia Bulat
79 Chew Lips
74 Citay
65 Clipse
66 Cold War Kids
75 The Cribs
58 Dashboard Confessional
81 Dave Rawlings Machine
70 Delphic
78 The Doors
58 Echo & The Bunnymen
73 Edan
59 Editors
69 Eels
80 Felt
74 First Aid Kit
69 Flyleaf
83 Four Tet
82 Ben Frost
82 Fucked Up
83 Charlotte Gainsbourg
63 The Gilded Palace Of Sin
68 Githead
65 Joe Goddard
58 Good Shoes
72 Gucci Mane
75 Holopaw
82 Jesca Hoop
79 Hot Chip
72 The Hot Rats
88 Ray Wylie Hubbard
54 Hurricane Chris
66 Allison Iraheta
59 Jay Sean
82 Freedy Johnston
57 Nick Jonas And The Administration
73 Norah Jones
49 Juvenile
58 Ke$ha
62 R. Kelly
66 Alicia Keys
68 Kid Sister
81 King Midas Sound
63 Lady Antebellum
76 Lady GaGa
71 Adam Lambert
78 Lawrence Arabia
61 Leona Lewis
74 Lightspeed Champion
36 Lil Wayne
82 Lindstrom & Christabelle
77 Lissie
78 Los Campesinos!
70 Lostprophets
73 Magnetic Fields
72 Massive Attack
64 John Mayer
71 Paul McCartney
58 Katherine McPhee
86 Memory Tapes
72 Midlake
88 Motion City Soundtrack
63 Mr. Hudson
53 Mudvayne
75 Oh No Ono
70 OK Go
72 Ola Podrida
61 OneRepublic
80 Owen Pallett
80 Pantha du Prince
90 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
80 Phantogram
60 Pit Er Pat
63 Priestess
70 Radian
79 Corinne Bailey Rae
54 Rakim
79 Real Estate
77 Retribution Gospel Choir
76 Rihanna
64 Rjd2
65 Omar Rodriguez-Lopez
77 Sade
77 Gil Scott-Heron
72 Shakira
82 Shining
61 Snoop Dogg
62 Snow Patrol
71 The Soft Pack
80 Spoon
64 Ringo Starr
59 Stereophonics
76 Angie Stone
79 Surfer Blood
74 Switchfoot
75 Them Crooked Vultures
74 Robin Thicke
50 Timbaland
79 tUnE-YaRDs
80 Vampire Weekend
79 Laura Veirs
79 Tom Waits
78 Wale
65 The Watson Twins
66 Kanye West
76 The Whitefield Brothers
64 Robbie Williams
80 Yeasayer
62 Young Money
75 Neil Young
61 Rob Zombie

Stars indicate the most critically-acclaimed albums.

Eminem Presents: The Re-Up

EMAILPRINTby Eminem

Eminem reviews
50
7.3 User Score:

Mixed or average reviews

Based on 13 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?

Based on 44 votes
Read user comments
Rate this album >

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.

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...

75

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]

75

Los Angeles Times

A glorified mix-tape... sprawling with lots of throwaway songs and loaded with interludes

Read Full Review >
70

All Music Guide

The Re-Up has plenty of that serious heat that influenced Eminem to go aboveground with the release.

Read Full Review >
70

Billboard

Despite meticulous production, "The Re-Up" retains some of the spare, raw feel of an underground release. [16 Dec 2006]

70

RapReviews.com

This one won't dissapoint Eminem, Shady or G-Unit fans, but it also won't blow them away.

Read Full Review >
60

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 >
40

NOW Magazine

Unfortunately, there are none of the ridiculous disses, insane freestyles or wacky interludes that make real mixtapes entertaining.

Read Full Review >
40

The Guardian

Like a neglectful party host, [Eminem] keeps disappearing, leaving you to have your ear bent by some crashing dullard.

Read Full Review >
40

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 >
40

Rolling Stone

It's a crew album--of course it sucks. The depressing thing is how much. [28 Dec 2006, p.114]

30

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 >
30

Hartford Courant

The bloody, boastful rhymes are mostly DOA, victims of songs that value attitude over arrangement.

Read Full Review >
25

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.

Read more user comments >

Popular on CBS sites: College Signing Day | Olympics | Lost | iPhone | Cell Phones | Video Game Reviews | Free Music

About CBS Interactive | Jobs | Advertise

© 2010 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. | Privacy Policy (UPDATED) | Terms of Use