Eminem Presents: The Re-Up
by Eminem
Metascore
50

Mixed or average reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 13
  3. Negative: 3 out of 13
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    75
    There's plenty of unfocused bluster here, but enough taut cuts to make up for the cameos from... D12. [15 Dec 2006, p.87]
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  2. Los Angeles Times
    75
    A glorified mix-tape... sprawling with lots of throwaway songs and loaded with interludes
  3. AllMusic
    70
    The Re-Up has plenty of that serious heat that influenced Eminem to go aboveground with the release.
  5. Billboard
    70
    Despite meticulous production, "The Re-Up" retains some of the spare, raw feel of an underground release. [16 Dec 2006]
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  6. RapReviews.com
    70
    This one won't dissapoint Eminem, Shady or G-Unit fans, but it also won't blow them away.
  7. Prefix Magazine
    60
    The members of the crew surrounding Eminem still need to distinguish themselves individually, but in the tradition of G-Unit/Shady's best stuff, few songs on The Re-Up have to be skipped.
  8. NOW Magazine
    40
    Unfortunately, there are none of the ridiculous disses, insane freestyles or wacky interludes that make real mixtapes entertaining.
  9. The Guardian
    40
    Like a neglectful party host, [Eminem] keeps disappearing, leaving you to have your ear bent by some crashing dullard.
  10. Dot Music
    40
    If they've kept the good stuff back in the hope of better times, the decision was misguided; but if this is the best they can manage, the portents are, in the original sense of the word, ill.
  11. Rolling Stone
    40
    It's a crew album--of course it sucks. The depressing thing is how much. [28 Dec 2006, p.114]
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  12. PopMatters
    30
    Hip-hop is not at its best on The Re-Up, but there are brief flashes of hope hidden amidst the gunk.
  13. Hartford Courant
    30
    The bloody, boastful rhymes are mostly DOA, victims of songs that value attitude over arrangement.
  14. Stylus Magazine
    25
    On his few appearances on “The Re-Up,” Em sounds completely lost, grasping for a new subject for his roving mind, or even for a reason to keep rapping.

Awards & Rankings

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#64 Most Discussed Album of 2006
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#32 Most Shared Album of 2006

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User Score
7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 303 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 220 out of 303
  2. Mixed: 45 out of 303
  3. Negative: 38 out of 303
  1. Hypocritics
    Dec 15, 2013
    10
    Im going to go ahead and EXPOSE METACRITIC AS GARBAGE real quick, if anyone wants to stick around...

    Eminem goes unforgiving hard-as-nails    Im going to go ahead and EXPOSE METACRITIC AS GARBAGE real quick, if anyone wants to stick around...

    Eminem goes unforgiving hard-as-nails in-your-face and mad-as-hell on MMLP1, and Metacritic slams him for being over the top. They claim the classic was a 78, and Yeezus, the ten song experimental embarrassment that Kanye can't get over 3.2 stars on Itunes, is an 85. Ok, fine.

    He lightens up on The Eminem Show, and Metacritic says it's too soft and they've heard it all before. 75.

    He mixes in other artists and dumbs down the "Slim Shady" persona on The Reup, and they absolutely trash it and say he's lost his voice. 50. A 50, supposedly a worse album than IANAHB 2.
    Do You Sense the Bullsh.it Yet.....

    He brings back Slim Shady as violent yet comedic as ever on Relapse, and they say he's forcing the issue. 59.

    He changes his content for the more mature, stays witty, address' his past demons and shows immense growth as an artist on Recovery, and they say he's boring. 63.

    THEN, on MMLP2, he combines Recovery, MMLP, and the Eminem Show in an experimental, mature, hard-as-nails, yet emotional reflection on his career, and they give it a 73. Thats 7 points worse than Teflon Don, by Rick Ross.

    METACRITIC: WHAT THE ACTUAL ARE YOU DOING.    … Full Review »
  2. Urbanlistener
    May 8, 2015
    7
    Good album, all of the beats are decent and there is a few great ones, the guests are in general very good, but Eminem clearly was on hisGood album, all of the beats are decent and there is a few great ones, the guests are in general very good, but Eminem clearly was on his all-time low on this album, it is named after him, but he is barely there and when he is, it is just physically. 2004-2008 was a rough time for him and it really shows on the quality of his music, but still, that guy is a musical genius, he can't make bad music...… Full Review »
  3. SuchiB14
    Nov 1, 2018
    8
    Despite the hate this album gets, I reckon this record is awesome. There are a few skip-tracks, but the majority of the album is great. Em,Despite the hate this album gets, I reckon this record is awesome. There are a few skip-tracks, but the majority of the album is great. Em, Stat, Kuniva, Swifty, Bizarre etc. killed on this album. I found that 50 wasn't as on top as he previously was, but he still sounded great. Favourite Song: By My Side… Full Review »
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