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- Summary: The fourth full studio album for the multi-platinum superstar features appearances from Obie Trice, 50 Cent, Nate Dogg and D-12.
- Record Label: Aftermath
- Genre(s): Rap
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Top Track
Mockingbird | |
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Yeah I know sometimes things may not always make sense to you right now But hey, what daddy always tell you? Straighten up little soldier Stiffen up... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 12 out of 26
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Mixed: 11 out of 26
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Negative: 3 out of 26
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Funny, catchy, clever, and irreverent past his allotted time.
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Encore isn't as astonishing as The Marshall Mathers LP. Few albums by anyone ever will be. But in the time-honored manner of mature work, it showcases a phenomenally gifted musician and lyricist doing all the things he does best.
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Los Angeles TimesThe album has a familiar shortcoming: Once again, Eminem is guilty of not knowing when to stop in the studio. [8 Nov 2004]
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MojoAn awkward faceoff between Mathers the prankster and Mathers the cultural and would-be political agitator. [Jan 2005, p.96]
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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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Youd believe this was a Weird Al Jankovic record had you tuned in halfway through.
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His beefs have become so infinitesimal that hes started to unconsciously parody our LiveJournal culture, a minor event or misunderstanding generating reams of dialogue, running commentary and painstaking minutiae. In short, hes no more compelling than one of those non-famous drama queens in your life you already find insufferable, just another loser who blows up non-events, and its transformed the long-running Eminem Show into the most myopic, hand-wringing, self-reflexive stuck-in-the-mud soap opera of our time.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 136 out of 221
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Mixed: 37 out of 221
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Negative: 48 out of 221
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JavonSNov 16, 2004
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chrisBJan 26, 2005
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wiggettyw.Aug 29, 2007Keeps getting better and better. Second only to The Eminem Show.
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CharlieLNNov 15, 2004
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Oct 2, 2021
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MDNov 15, 2004
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DaveANov 12, 2004
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