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  • Summary: The surprise release from the Detroit rapper features guest appearances from Anderson.Paak, the late rapper Juice WRLD, Q Tip, and Ed Sheeran.
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Unaccommodating
Oh, this what we doin'? Alright Amen [Young M.A:] I like a bitch that like to wobble, wobble Shake it, shake it, break it, break it Nigga, we made... See the rest of the song lyrics
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  1. Positive: 7 out of 17
  2. Negative: 0 out of 17
  1. Jan 17, 2020
    100
    Eminen’s 11th album offers over an hour of the world’s greatest rapper blasting away on all cylinders. It is the first great album of 2020, so lethally brilliant it should be a crime.
  2. 75
    As a whole, Music to Be Murdered By is as hit-and-miss as anything Eminem has released this side of the millennium. But remove the skits, the relationship songs, the family songs, the morose gun control song, and the quirky Ed Sheeran club goof and you still have 36 solid minutes of the daffy, one-of-a-kind rap genius that keeps captivating true-school heads and longtime fans. Or, if you’d like, keep it all and you still have the most solid work he’s done in a few years.
  3. Jan 21, 2020
    70
    With this project he shows that age is just a number, defying any expectations that have been set by the rap scene.
  4. 60
    He splits the difference on ‘Music To Be Murdered By’, indulging his immature ego (griping at bad reviews, stirring controversy for the sake of it) even as he offers salient social criticism and admits his missteps. He’s ready to pass on hard-earned wisdom before running his mouth like he hasn’t learned his own lessons. And he offers casual fans a hook or two before embarking on another lyrical work-out.
  5. Jan 24, 2020
    60
    Music to Be Murdered By sees Eminem pulling himself out of Kamikaze's wreckage somewhat, though he still falls victim to moments of willful dumbness and a tedious self-obsession that's become par for the course. On the album's best tracks, there are still hints of the fire that made Eminem a rap legend.
  6. Jan 22, 2020
    60
    For what it's worth, we know Eminem is an incredible lyricist. We know he has punch lines that can pierce your mind and make you laugh. But what we don't know is whether or not he has anything real to say, and to his detriment, Music to Be Murdered By puts that in the spotlight.
  7. 40
    Eminem belittles the trauma of a then 26-year-old Ariana Grande for kicks on “Unaccommodating” by comparing himself to the Manchester Arena bomber. The sour taste of this track lingers well beyond the album’s centrepiece, “Darkness”, which is intended as a searing critique of America’s toxic gun culture. Instead, his use of gunfire and explosion samples feels grossly exploitative.

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Score distribution:
  1. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    This man keeps getting better! Insane album start to finish with a little something for everyone.
  2. Jan 18, 2020
    10
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  3. Jan 17, 2020
    10
    It's Eminem's best album since Recovery. Good music production & some banger tracks make this album great.
  4. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    its soo good so great he has expanded some new horizons and great features great production
  5. Jan 18, 2020
    10
    No one ever helped me like him through my whole life.. Just by listening to his music.
  6. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    The best project Eminem has EVER delivered!
    Yes, even above The Marshall Mathers LP.
    This is a masterpiece!
  7. Jan 22, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This album is pure garbage. He needs to quit the staccato flow nonsense. Expand

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