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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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MMeJun 18, 2009As with most recent Eminem albums there's certain songs that should be taken in context, and not literally or seriously. The tunes are excellent, love it.
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LanceUJun 2, 2009
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RyanGJun 22, 2009This is is great album, I don't know what the hell is wrong with the critics. They must of been listening of too much of those crappy rappers like Souljaboytellem and Lil Wayne.
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ZackLJun 29, 2009Good, but not his best, and I'm not happy that he's titling his next album Relapse 2.
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ariangJun 5, 2009Very good album. razor sharp intelligent lyrics and fun to listen to. Dr.Dre's involvement very valuable and helps Eminem to concentrate on what he does best.
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EvgenyVJun 6, 2009This is the ultimate Eminem album, which pleases all the real Eminem supporters. His rhymes are on point and his flow is incredible, the wordplay is fantastic. I love it.
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blasblasJun 7, 2009Album is great, kinda on the trippy side, but damn he is one of the greatest. "Em" if you read this We all love your music we dont want you to stop but"Family" comes first. so we understand :)
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JoshFJul 13, 2009As an album its an awesome piece of work, tells a real deep story... lookin' forward to the next album!
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D.TailAug 13, 2009F*cking brilliant album and a serious comeback...Next one lose the accent tho slim.
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jamesbMay 23, 2009If you like Eminem, you'll like Relapse. It's maybe not his best work - much of the middle of the album is amongst his weakest to date - but there's certainly enough to please his loyal followers.
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dantJun 12, 2009Fantastic, lyrically at his best with sick beats to back them up..eminem is finally back.
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AntonNJun 2, 2009This is exactly what HipHop needed! Back to the unique storytelling, the catchy hooks, banging beats and, head scratching wordplay! Eminem came with exactly with what I expected! Definately the best album of the year and one of my top three favorite Eminem albums no doubt!
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MarekWJun 23, 2009This CD is crazy! Lyrics and flow are world class. Definitely the best Eminem album ever, in my opinion.
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JosephAJun 5, 2009
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ShaneDJul 11, 2009Relapse has Eminem hitting on all cyllinders dishing out the witty wordplay and complex rhyme schemes over generally exceptional Dr. Dre beats. One can only wish there were a few more serious songs. If the album had a couple more personal recaords it may have been a classic. The general syle seems like a combanation of the MMLP and The Eminem Show.
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BenPJul 13, 2009
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KgosiP.Aug 19, 2009Eminem,the rhyme king of all time.big up to that flow you produced in this album!
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JamesVAug 30, 2009
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ChrisBMay 19, 2009Better than Encore, not as good as his first 3 albums. Old Time's Sake, Underground, Beautiful, and Same Song rate up there with his best. All three of his current singles are horrible though.
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SuleimanM.Jun 26, 2009Relapse isn't the come back we were all hoping for, but it does more than enough to satisfy our Slim Shady needs. Excluding a few shallow tracks, Relapse is on the right track for what we hope will be an exceptional double album.
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JordanAJul 27, 2009
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ChrisAug 24, 2009
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Dec 3, 2010It was a great album, hands down. I really don't understand why so many people hate it. It's a creepy, tingling, funny and horror filled album. Some songs ought to be omitted, but the album in general is just great.
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Mar 2, 2011"And eight years later, I'm still at it/Divorced, re-married, a felon, a father, sleeping pill addict" If you skip the first, say, nine tracks, it's actually quite listenable, which is remarkable when you consider the aforementioned quote.
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Aug 25, 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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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.
Recommended tracks: Deja vu, Beautiful, Same song & Dance, Insane. -
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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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
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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 24, 2020This album is so darkly twisted that i think its a masterpiece. Amazing sons throughout the album
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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 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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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.