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Universal acclaim- based on 1078 Ratings
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Positive: 889 out of 1078
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Mixed: 114 out of 1078
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Negative: 75 out of 1078
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Sep 5, 2011
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Oct 5, 2011
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Jan 13, 2012Both lyrically and vocally, This is Eminem at his worst. IMO its easily his worst album. The only good song on the album was Underground (it was only good because it was Eminem in his old style). Truely one trashy album.
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Feb 4, 2012I love this CD only song i didnt like Was "Same Song & Dance" Other than that it was the best album of 2009. I dont understand why people didnt like this album it's a classic hopefully eminem will make a Relapse 2 in 2012 or the near future
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Apr 11, 2012Artistically produced with Eminem's lyrical content in mind, Dr Dre teases listeners with his fidelic beats and goes into the darkness with Mathers to bring some his most disturbing realities and fantasies to life.
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Oct 2, 2013Oh my gosh! What more is there to say. It's fabulous!!!!! Great songs, great singing, great acting! Loveable to the core! When I first heard this album, I must say, GOOSEBUMPS galore! I was like a walking talking Taylor Abraham.
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Nov 16, 2012
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Feb 12, 2013A disappointment, this album like Encore is mediocre. Some tracks are enjoyable with great chorus's, but his rapping style is kind of obnoxious. It seems like every other track was about him being a serial killer. It's a poor album with some great chorus's.
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Jul 28, 2021This was Eminem's comeback album. Creatively, it's much more impressive than Recovery, with songs like Medicine Ball, Hello, Elevator, Stay Wide Awake that are horrorcore or shocking. It's a disturbed album, but there are some radio-friendly tracks like Crack a Bottle and Beautiful. This was an album I listened to all the time in high school.
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Nov 9, 2012Excluding the song "Beautiful," and maybe a few others, Eminem is just fooling around on this album. He's better than this, and I know he knows it.
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Jan 22, 2020On of the most underrated albums of all time...
Just listen to beautiful, deja vu, insane, my darling, hello, crack a bottle to see the lyrical genius of this man. With great production by Dr Dre. -
Apr 14, 2013Pretty bad album! Most of Eminem's fans from 99-03 know that he can do a lot better than this.
Not much to say about this album.... it felt like a joke! It felt like he was purposely sucking because he knew people would still buy it, sort of like what Odd Future can do at times. A legend like Eminem should never be compared to a new and coming group. -
May 27, 2013This album is no where near Marshalls as the accents can be annoying to some but I thought the lyricism that encore lacked was made up for in this album. This album deals with sensitive themes so do not listen to it if you are easily offended.
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Aug 1, 2013What happened here? This has nothing to do with the previous albums! The beat and the lyrics on songs like 3 a.m are an insult to the Slim Shady ego, Old Time's Sake, We Made You and Beautiful are the only good songs from this album. Only three songs, the rest of the songs were terrible. As an Eminem fan, I have to say that this is awful...
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Nov 4, 2013This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Nov 5, 2013Bottom line it's underrated. Who cares about the accents when the lyrics are so good!? Overall it's a great album with awesome rhymes, memorable beats, and funny skits. Good stuff...
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Dec 15, 2013
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Jan 12, 2014My favorite album of all time , I for one actually like the accent's as he's rhyme scheme's are amazing , the darkest album of all time , and went threw hell and back, standout tracks are ... ALL OF THEM !!! A MUST HAVE, a classic, ive been listeing to the album nonstop for almost a year staight now and still not tired of it love it
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Apr 5, 2020If you love horror movies this album is for you like for real it doesn't get more horror core hip hop than this. Watch out for songs like same song & dance, music box, buffalo bill, stay wide awake just to name a few. The album got a serial killer vibe.
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Apr 2, 2014
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Jul 14, 2019I used to hate this album...Now I love it. The accents no longer bother me and the 29 tracks fly by when ever I take a listen. There are of course a couple of tracks that could definitely be removed especially....'We Made You' but, tracks like 'Same Song and Dance' more than make up for any mediocre moments with its beautifully crafted beat and haunting chorus.
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Feb 19, 2015Critics were mad at him, resulting in a 59 rating. It's one of my least favorite albums by him, but most of it is pretty good. There are a few hits on here really worth checking out.
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Jan 17, 2019
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Jan 23, 2015I'm going to be humming Beautiful and Crack A Bottle for the rest of my life. Thank Eminem for making an album that, in my opinion, is about as good as The Eminem Show.
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Feb 26, 2015I think that this album, 'Relapse' is far better than 'Recovery', 'Marshall Mathers LP 2' and 'SHADY XV'
Eminem is becoming worse.
Although it isn't a masterpiece and Eminem himself disliked this album, this was quite good. -
Mar 19, 2015
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Mar 21, 20159/10 .................................................................................................................................................
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Apr 23, 2015After the long 5 years wait, surprisingly, it is not Eminem who returns but Slim Shady and his dark themed, violent and sometimes humoristic verses we all originally fell in love with. Also having extremely explosive and bangin beats from our beloved Dre, Relapse is another must have from Eminem.
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Jan 21, 2016as a fan of him and his past work. there's only few songs on this album that are catchy while others fall short. while Eminem shows he still has the ability to deliver incredible rhyme schemes and vivid storytelling the album doesn't quite add up to what brought him to stardom. nevertheless it shows that he attempted a comeback after a long period of time of being absent.
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May 20, 2019This album is overhated in my opinion. Apart from the accent, the production is excellent, Em's rhyme schemes are really good, his lyrical content is also good
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Feb 4, 2018i still love this album to this date, better than encore, i don't see nothing wrong with the accents, the accents are what made this album so special, hello was my least favorite track here, the rest is great, even the refill album
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Feb 5, 2017
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Feb 12, 2017Production on this album is amazing,same goes for Em's rhyme schemes,but i am not a big fan of Em's voice on this album. My favorite songs on this album: 3 a.m, Insane, Stay Wide Awake, Beautiful and Crack a Bottle
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Dec 21, 2022In my opinion this is one of eminems best. I recommend buying the deluxe edition (Refill). It's a great horrorcore album which has moments of beauty & craziness. The production is almost flawless and still holds up all these years later.
It's 100% worth your time.
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Jul 5, 2017By far his best work to date
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Jul 18, 2017good album.....................................................................................................................................................................
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Nov 4, 2018
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Mar 4, 2018It's not his best project, but it's not his worst project. I didn't like the rape jokes.
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Dec 26, 2017
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Nov 1, 2018The accents work well and the songs are great. Pretty good comeback record.
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Mar 8, 2019When I first listen to Eminem's Relapse, I actually didn't like it the album, however, after a couple more times listening to the album, I actually love the album. It may not be the best album in his career, but Relapse is still entertaining to listen to. I highly recommend it.
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Sep 23, 2018Hist most underrated work. The lyrics, content and rhyme schemes make it the greatest horrorcore album of all time.
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Nov 20, 2018I just love the serial killer vibe, and the accent is just hilarious.
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Jan 22, 2020This Album is criminally underrated the only song I can see people hating is we made you and even I hate it but the rest range from great to amazing
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Jan 20, 2019This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Aug 1, 2019
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Aug 14, 2020beats are fire flows too but accents shoud go away i like the cover/theme some songs are annoying
like my mom, must be the ganja but i still like the album. -
Jan 20, 2020Probably my least favourite Em album. Even at his worst this beats other rappers. Fave tracks ; Stay Wide Awake, Deja Vu, Beautiful
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Jan 4, 2020This project comes off to me as insanely creative and one of his better works.
It has aged beautifully and has some of his best wordplay and flows.
The production is absolutely phenomenal and the whole project is very fluent and fun.
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Jan 24, 2020This album is so darkly twisted that i think its a masterpiece. Amazing sons throughout the album
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Jan 23, 2020Relapse
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Nov 3, 2021The man was literally so bored with the English language he wanted to rap with accents to play on words and make them rhyme differently...
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Sep 3, 2022This is Eminem's best album. I don't understand how anyone can dislike it. Eminem's delivery is immaculate on every track, accompanied by some Dr. Dre's best production, and the album keeps a cohesive theme from front to back.
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Jan 19, 2020A masterpiece in his classe. Horror,flows,crazy ideas and stuff that's only Eminem can think and said.
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Jan 24, 2020Goat album. One of his best works. It is pretty underrated and a shame it was trashed when it came out.
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Jan 22, 2020THE MOST underrated comeback album of all time. Relapse is an absolute masterpiece, and despite a rocky tracklist, it has aged extremely well. The storyline makes this possibly the greatest horrorcore album of all time. The rhyme schemes and flow are unmatched.
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Jan 22, 2020This album shout every one facking mouth its was pure fire thanks agian em ❤️
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Jan 24, 2020So much fireeeeeee. lel. Give it a 10 and not a 9 or u have a brain damage.
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Jan 22, 2020This is one of the most underrated Eminem albums out. Just listen to the wordplay and the way he uses that accent to create some of the best rhymes of the decade. Bagpipes from Baghdad is my favourite Eminem song.
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Jan 22, 2020Greatest album ever
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Jan 22, 2020This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Jan 22, 2020This is my favorite Eminem album out of em all. He bends words well and uses accents which I personally like. Nothing to mention the rhyme schemes are AMAZING!
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Jan 22, 2020One of the best album ever made. I listen to it since I'm a kid, and I won't stop to! Eminem is GOAT
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Jan 23, 2020Perfect album. The flow is flawless, the ryhme scheme is out of this world. Love it
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Aug 7, 2021It is a great album. Best Eminem beats and hooks are on this one.
Best songs: Beautiful, Deja Vu
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Mar 24, 2020This album should already be a classic. It's the last real horrorcore, conceptual, perfect rap album we'll ever hear (since the world turned into PG). Dre's production was increadible, and Eminem was on his best lyrical mind. Never gets old. I hope people will wake up one day.
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Mar 25, 2020The first half of the album feels kind of filler. there are only 1 or 2 tracks in the the first half that aren't average. But then there is the second half. where there are multiple good songs. My Favourite songs on the album would be Same Song & Dance, Stay Wide Awake, and Beautiful. This Album had great potential, it just didn't work out in the first half
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Aug 21, 2020the concept and production are just amazing , eminem's best work since MMLP , the accents in some songs can be a little off putting but the lyrical content makes up for it , songs like deja vu and beautiful are his best of all time and probably the best rap songs of all time
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Sep 3, 2020It does have its flaws, but overall, I find it a great experience. The production by Dr. Dre is amazing, definitely has some of my favorite beats ever.
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Sep 10, 2020Truly masterpiece.3 am,insane,hello,same song and dance,medicine ball,must be the ganja,old times sake,deja vu,beautiful,crack a bottle and underground are my favorites.This album is definitely much better than Recovery,MMLP2 and Revival.Beat,flow and lyrics this album is criminally underrated.
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Dec 17, 2020Most creative and technical album. Em goes all out. Incredible rhymes, flows and beats.
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Jan 24, 2021
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Aug 2, 2021Relapse is catchy. Don't know what y'all on about in all honesty, accents are a little much but theres alot of character on what he was trying to do. Production is flawless for the most part.
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Oct 2, 2022ust to really love this album but growing up a bit more I realize its a messy piss poor attempt at rebranding slim shady and just shows his poor way on rebranding himself after an almost 5 year retirement
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Sep 4, 2021GREATEST ALBUM OF THE HISTORY WITH 2001, THIS ALBUM IS A MASTERPIECE the beats is incredible , is a horror movie in album of EMINEM AND THIS IS NOT FAIL , GOAT
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Dec 6, 2021Ótimas músicas e consistência, muito bem apresentado o assuntos que envolveram ele nos anos em que ele ficou em clinica de reabilitação, a lírica feroz do Eminem presente em todo o álbum, e tem ótimos instrumentais.
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Jan 11, 2022man this one of my favourite em's album because of the pen used in this one was so high that if eminem wrote a diss whit this style it will destroy that person instantly but also it talks about the dark side of fame and drugs
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Mar 30, 2022Marshall Mathers god 4ever!,no excuse to say,he's the best rapper,why at least 75 characters?
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Jul 7, 2022
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Dec 1, 2022Absolute classic by Em. Listening to this in 2022 makes you feel nostalgic but I still hope to see a Relapse 2 one day.
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Jan 4, 2023Good album , the production is **** crazyyy thanks dre , i cant wait for relapse 2.
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Jul 19, 2023Review só pra lembrar a nota que eu dei pro album:
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Jun 9, 2023This is his best version. Subject matter particularly the "psychokiller" stuff is great and interesting
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Jul 25, 2023Relapse is an overall mixed bag, but it does have it's moments and i respect Eminem for going a slightly different route.
Best track: Beautiful
Worst track: Hello
Best feature: Dr. Dre
Awards & Rankings
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Thankfully, producer Dr. Dre is there to temper the lyrical bloodletting, laying heavyweight hooks over even the most scabrous tales of family disturbia, and setting 'Bagpipes From Baghdad,' Em's inspired riff on rumored ex Mariah Carey, to snake-charming woodwind squiggles.
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It's an impressively focused and clever work. But this music is not transcendent. It's still stuck in Marshall Mathers' muck, his fundamental mistrust of pleasure and love.
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By letting Dr. Dre take over the low-end-funk production, and rhyming about things he actually cares about, he comes up with a more painful, honest and vital record than anyone could have expected at this late date, up there with "The Eminem Show" or maybe even better.