User Score
Generally favorable reviews- based on 828 Ratings
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Positive: 595 out of 828
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Mixed: 139 out of 828
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Negative: 94 out of 828
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JimmyBMar 8, 2005
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HalieyMetaNov 20, 2004Why does this exist? BORING
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MCReyesDec 7, 2004One of the greatest lyricists of all time has officially turned himself into the single worst lyricist of all time. Encore is the perfect example of an extrodinary artist gone bad due to wanting to fit in with fellow rappers and following their trends. This album is absolute garbage.
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garylDec 7, 2004this is not that great
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JJFeb 6, 2005poor
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BrendaHJul 28, 2005I would rather listen to my maths teacher!
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LiefS.Sep 20, 2007Anybody who gave this album above a 3 should stop listening to rap, ur just messing up what albums sales should really be like and are the reason real hip hop is dead, there is not 1 song on this album worth listening to, he should never make a form of music again.
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RyanCNov 12, 2004Encore is the perfect title for this album, because it is more of the same old stuff. Nothing new, nothing original, just the same schtick. And while that was good enough back then, it's just growing old now. I mean, the lyrics "You make my peepee go da-doing-doing-doing?" back to the drawing board, em.
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DaveANov 12, 2004this album sucks once again he uses other people's ideas eminem show in contrast to the shaggy show(ICP)??this time he rips off of a rapper Jay-Z i didnt like Jay-Z but after hearing this CD i would rather listen to him or Ja Rule at least Ja Rule is consistent with his bullshit
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MarshallMNov 13, 2004FACT: Horrendous Never dreamed in a million years that an Eminem would sound as bad as this....
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TomVerlaineNov 15, 2004
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JohnBNov 16, 2004the cd was boing it was all crap he should go back to what made him famaus in the first place
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Scout*Nov 26, 2004Since when is a white guy dressing up like Madonna and Michael Jackson considered rap. Its nothing but rhyming words mixed in with the most annoying sound I have ever heard. Why was this made? What idiot actually allowed this to be made? I can't wait for the day when some new rapper comes around and makes Eminem the focus of his parodies. That will be funny.
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AndrewCJan 13, 2005Clearly not his best work and it shows through more than half the songs. Encore got a lot of hype and it really didnt deliver the punch Em usually brings. I threw my downloaded copy away. It shows he put more time into his 2pac (yet another rebirth) album than his own and the 2pac album isnt even that great using such artist as Obie Trice and D-12. Enough is enough, stop the 2pac albums already.
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EmmaDJan 28, 2005Most songs may not make any sense to some people but it sounds as though he threw it all together lazily. Whats with the Feats in the soungs such as Obie Trice and D12 ?
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JonDJan 5, 2005
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LaurenceSOct 15, 2006
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AlanRNov 16, 2004This is the same CD he's already released 3 times.
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ChrisCJun 10, 2005Garbage...pure garbage...those songs about his kid suck, those songs about asses suck worse.
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JoeTJul 15, 2005horrible, jus pure garbage, jus like 2 good songs on it, WTF EMINEM STEP UP YOUR RAP GAME
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NelsonCNov 12, 2004OH MY GOD--WORST album of all time this is SO SO SO crap--please do not buy this album-believe me! We as music buyers should not put up with this total mess of an album, its really and I MEAN REALLY BAD never thought in my life time that Eminem would bring out such a bad album. Really dissapointed...
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carljNov 12, 2004dont bother listening or even thinking about buy this mess of an album.
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RobertTNov 12, 2004I listened to it.... and I listened again.. and again. But most of the tracks are really boring. It took me by surprise, but the new Eminem album is a real disaster. It lacks originality, catchiness and some uptempo tracks. What a shame.
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KatiePNov 13, 2004Where's the Eminem we used to know? The eminem who'd put time into every track? The eminem who once called himself a "perfectionist"? The only good songs are Puke, Mockingbird and Crazy in Love. Don't waste your money. This CD is a disgrace.
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JayNov 14, 2004It's far and away Eminem's worst studio effort to date, but that probably isn't going to dissuade his more passionate fans. Surely this album will sell a few million copies, but at the cost of what? He could have upgraded the Slim Shady persona to fit his thirties, and make a truly classic album, but he tried to bring back the past, making for a sub-par release.
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MCToxic8Nov 15, 2004Oh man! I hate it when people ur not a real Eminem fan if you dont like this BUT I can see the truth and see it for wot its worth---REAL BAD MUSIC. I'm not a hater I love all ems work but this.......
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kmmarascoNov 15, 2004ugh. that's all. ugh. uninspired, sophomoric, and fails to push the envelope anywhere near the edge. maybe three decent tracks on this whole album, and the dr.dre produced beats sound monotonous and drab. makes a great coaster for your ice cold beverage.
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ShabarONov 16, 2004
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BobbyBNov 18, 2004I was very disappointed with this album, the songs are utter garbage. He has turned into a real life Ali G
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BobDoleNov 18, 2004i lisned to ems ne cd and was not impressed, i listened hes last cd and it was a 1000 times better then encore so he better get his fucking shit together and start puting out songs that i can stand to listin to more then once
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Awards & Rankings
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"Encore" is almost willfully uneven: it includes some of the most exhilarating songs Eminem has ever recorded, alongside some of the most inert. [15 Nov 2004]
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For the most part, Encore's strained, vaguely sad, regressive wackiness makes a lucid and compelling argument that Eminem should retire Slim Shady and let the real, serious Marshall Mathers stand up and be heard.
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Encore is a fourth fascinating record from Eminem, but it's also easily his weakest and, in many ways, tamest album to date.