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  1. Jan 22, 2020
    0
    Trash str8 garbage I just want this man to retire he’s had a good run but he’s just too stuck in the past to keep doing this to himself
  2. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Great album and deserves to be the on top of everything that has dropped recently Expand
  3. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    This album has some of the best wordplay from Em and is in my personal top 3 just
  4. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    Simply A Masterpiece Album! Eminem Never Fails To Raise The Bar. The Rhymes, Storytelling, Message, Everything About This Album Is Amazing. My Personal Opinion This Is Top Three Eminem Album.
  5. Jan 22, 2020
    0
    this **** cheeks even for em wtf bro, like i couldn’t even listen in one sitting typa cheeks
  6. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Melhor álbum desde "The Eminem Show". Incrível a capacidade do Eminem de fazer rimas muitissilábicas, duplo e triplo sentidos numa rima só. Além dos variados flows, ótimos Beats e participações. Masterpiece! Thanks Marshall. Expand
  7. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. best sounding album Eminem did since MMLP2.Could be better if it was 5 songs shorter but i guess there is enough for everyone to enjoy Expand
  8. Jan 22, 2020
    0
    Same ole Em. Controversial lyrics and responding to rappers that levels beneath him...
    Can’t wait for him to retire...
  9. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    I don't know why people are hating this album so much its full of witty bars and meaning
  10. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    Fantastic Album, Best Eminem One since The Eminem Show. Godzilla is simply perfect
  11. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    How awful Kanye West fans are doing. underestimating just because you don’t want the album rating to not get higher incorrectly. this is music and it needs to be evaluated honestly. and this music is good, I like everything. 10/10
  12. Jan 22, 2020
    10
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  13. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    This will be classic em is legend, leaving heaven no regrets godzilla uncommodating are top tier
  14. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    This is a whole different vibe . Something new and epic as always . Legend . Legacy . Eminem
  15. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    “I’m gonna rare this album a 0 to bring the score down from 9” - Some User

    shut the **** up idiot , it defeats the purpose of a vote. Besides, it’s individuals opinions anyway.
  16. Jan 18, 2020
    10
    The album Stan's have been waiting for. Em's modern day classic. Straight fire!
  17. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Lyrics on another level. Every word is double or triple entendre. Good comeback Expand
  18. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    Long time listener, alot of replayability with this album . Leaving heaven is my favorite so far just because of the emotion
  19. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    Best album in a while, easy to hit play and enjoy. Every song is fantastic with great beats!
  20. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Best album hejrv f urgent ei fb: la belle-mère et on a des amis et on a un truc à moi Expand
  21. Jan 22, 2020
    0
    Really uninspired album. Incredibly forgettable and the amount of cringy lines that have horrible delivery is insane
  22. N2T
    Jan 22, 2020
    10
    Cant turn it off. Brilliant album and Eminems flow is on point as always. Says offensive lines which is nothing new.. people just snowflakes now days.
  23. Jan 22, 2020
    9
    Great album, songs that even was not my style got better with every listen, em has improved since Kamikaze and proves he’s one of the best alive
  24. Jan 22, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Eminem still talking fast over trash beats. Should have keep it in the vault. Expand
  25. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    It's an amazing album with a good mixture of new school and Eminems un touched lyricism. The only reason it's not rated a 10 is because losers are making accounts just to trash the album to drop the rating. Eminem is the greatest and this album is good the only thing that isn't good are the features, some people that were featured weren't the best.
  26. Jan 22, 2020
    4
    Some good tracks, mixed with some very bad ones with corny bars, better than his last two however.
  27. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    Great album, DC jgdbgdhgffdddddfhddydlududñuddyld7ñdudostso6e6pw6ps6psypdñys6dp7dñydlydpyso6s7pdpyso6
  28. Jan 22, 2020
    9
    Eminem is back with another surprise drop. A high energy but moody punch that is both entertaining and thought provoking. Eminem’s penmanship is the sharpest it’s been in a long time, it’s like he’s never lost a step on this album. Reconnecting with Dr. Dre is the icing on the cake; the perfect marriage for song quality (which has been spotty at times post-comeback.)
  29. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    Better than revival, eminem has a posthumous juice wrld feature which means so much because juice was a lifetime eminem fan.
  30. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    Eminem made me strong when i wasn't!he is a
  31. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    Best album post revival..his flow on Godzilla is bonkers..and every song so good
  32. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    Best Album Of 2020! The beats/choruses everything Is Amazing In the album!!
  33. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    Honestly the Album is an 8.2/10 but giving it a 10 because of all the hate....
    Least Favorite: Farewell and Yah Yah
    Best Tracks: Unaccomodating, Lock it up, Godzilla, I will, You gon learn
  34. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    Everyone making fake accounts to bring down this rating is absolutely pitiful.
  35. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. balancing out the fake 0/10 reviews mumble rap lovers are posting, get mad loooooooool :) Expand
  36. Jan 22, 2020
    5
    His greatest album in the last 10 years!
    Eminem is back baby! Slim shady is back
  37. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    amazing beats and lyrics. No need to give hate to this masterpiece. also discussed gun violence in america.RECOMMENDED
  38. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    I think that every new Eminem album is better lyrically, 'MTBMB' is a different Eminem from decades with the best hooks in a long time; Good production, good samples, flow always on the spot, verbal energy, the new generation of hip hop, the old generation of Rap, Slim Shady, Eminem, Marshall, all in one album. Eminem excels at each new year.
  39. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    The Goat, best album of 2020, I Love It!!, Eminem is the King of Rap for sure.
  40. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    Has a modern feel and yet it sound like his older work. great .best songs are i will,stepdad,leaving heaven and godzilla
  41. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    perfect album all around. It cannot get any better than what mans put out SHOUTOUT KTT
  42. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    This album was peeeerfect Eminem. You are grrrrreat. I am so proud of yoooou
  43. Jan 22, 2020
    4
    With some of the corniest bars in his discography, Eminem fails another attempt at trying to go back to his glory days. While some of the highs of the album are enjoyable and the production is better than his last two projects, the songwriting keeps taking a dive to the point where Eminem thinks rapping fast equals good writing.
    Best song on the album: Darkness
  44. Jan 22, 2020
    8
    MMLP, SSLP and The Eminem show are better albums, but Music to be murdered by is pretty good too. I liked the beat change up from his recent albums. All of the features in this albums are great. Darkness is a masterpiece. Side note: there seems to be a lot of people who haven’t listened to the album giving this a bad score just to bring the user score down. If you think other albums fromMMLP, SSLP and The Eminem show are better albums, but Music to be murdered by is pretty good too. I liked the beat change up from his recent albums. All of the features in this albums are great. Darkness is a masterpiece. Side note: there seems to be a lot of people who haven’t listened to the album giving this a bad score just to bring the user score down. If you think other albums from other artists deserve to be rated higher then go give those albums good reviews. No need to trash someone’s hard work when you haven’t actually listened to it. Expand
  45. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    Loved it another winner from em!! Glad it wasn't full of skylar was getting boring lol
  46. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is a Classic album “Music To Be Murdered By”. Eminem the legend the GOAT. Expand
  47. Jan 22, 2020
    8
    Great album by Eminem. He still got it (as he showed in Kamikaze) this takes it up a notch.
  48. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This new Eminem album is so fire, haven’t stop playing it since it came out. Even the songs I wasn’t feelin a lot at the beginning are growing on me. Thank you Marshall Expand
  49. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    MTBMB is a reminder to everyone that the man many consider the GOAT is still as quick witted, clever and as artistically talented as ever. The Alfred Hitchcock inspired album name and art may mislead many to believe that this is going to be a Relapse style horror core album but, whilst it does still have its dark moments, it’s so much more than just that. Songs like Darkness areMTBMB is a reminder to everyone that the man many consider the GOAT is still as quick witted, clever and as artistically talented as ever. The Alfred Hitchcock inspired album name and art may mislead many to believe that this is going to be a Relapse style horror core album but, whilst it does still have its dark moments, it’s so much more than just that. Songs like Darkness are emotionally provocative and shed light light on one of America’s most controversial laws while songs like Godzilla featuring the late Juice WRLD show Em’ can still be funny and lighthearted whilst performing breathtaking lyrical acrobatics. Expand
  50. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    Incredible work of art with a passionate return to his magnum opus. Eminem operates on a level far beyond that of any current artist in today’s industry.
  51. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    Incredible album, amazing production features flow theme, everything you could ask for.
  52. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    Great album haven’t stopped listening since it came out, really recommend you give it a listen
  53. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    Absolutly great. I love almost all off the songs and the Alfred Hitchcock Theme is amazing
  54. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    One of his best projects in years, dark and moody befitting the title of the album. Too early to say but might be up there with his big 3 for me. Feels like a more well rounded project than kamikaze(which I loved) and certainly better than revival or MMLP2(a record I did like as well).
  55. Jan 22, 2020
    9
    Age is just a number. I was the
    G the O-A-T
    O nce I was played in rotation A t every radio station
    T hey said I'm lyrically amazing.
    Shady did it again

    Marshall did it again.
    #Eminem
  56. Jan 22, 2020
    0
    The best thing about this album is probably the features. Everything falls flat and let's be real, Eminem is on the verge of irrelevancy. Seeing this old man struggling to stay on the charts is almost humorous after he previously called a bisexual man a slur and then on this album, proceeded to poke fun at Ariana Grande's concert in which 22 people lost their actual lives. If this man hadThe best thing about this album is probably the features. Everything falls flat and let's be real, Eminem is on the verge of irrelevancy. Seeing this old man struggling to stay on the charts is almost humorous after he previously called a bisexual man a slur and then on this album, proceeded to poke fun at Ariana Grande's concert in which 22 people lost their actual lives. If this man had any sense of decency (let's be honest he doesn't) he wouldn't have included that insanely disrespectful line. Expand
  57. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    "Now this will probably be the most illest **** that I've ever said
    God bless the dead and let Biggie possess the pencil lead"

    Hard as hell
  58. Jan 22, 2020
    9
    I think overall it’s a great album, he sounds like he’s having fun and trying new things throughout the album.
  59. Jan 22, 2020
    10
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  60. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    I tried to type a review but my keyboard melted
  61. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    This is Em at his best since 2001 no doubt. Every track seems like something new and it doesn’t get boring! A definite must!
  62. Jan 22, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is album is an absolute shock to the system as Eminem surprises fans and critics alike with an album to be murdered by. Out of this world rapping ability, technical flows, deep storytelling, and BARZ for days!! Eminem is a goat and proves that once again. Expand
  63. Jan 22, 2020
    1
    why does eminem even try to be a rapper anymore if he's just gonna not accept that genres change
  64. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This album shows Eminem's ridiculously fast, multi-syllable rhyme schemes filled with lines that pierce your mind with his lyricism. It's his best work since Recovery. Expand
  65. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    A combination of all the good things in the goats career.
    Eminem claps back again and kills another album. Classic Eminem leaving people butthurt everywhere! What he was destined to do. The goat is back!
  66. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    You **** **** really think ya'll gon bring the score down? Foh. Kanye stans stay mad that both ye and JIS was **** ass. Dude went full Jesus freak on us.
  67. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    Em's strongest effort since The Eminem Show alongside 2013's Marshall Mathers LP 2. Music To Be Murdered By is not nearly as thematically focused as MMLP2, but what it lacks in cohesion, it makes up with a tracklist that's full of really memorable individual tracks that are diverse, full of technical brilliance, brimming with catchy hooks, eargasmic flows and creative wordplay. MyEm's strongest effort since The Eminem Show alongside 2013's Marshall Mathers LP 2. Music To Be Murdered By is not nearly as thematically focused as MMLP2, but what it lacks in cohesion, it makes up with a tracklist that's full of really memorable individual tracks that are diverse, full of technical brilliance, brimming with catchy hooks, eargasmic flows and creative wordplay. My favourites being Darkness, Godzilla, I Will. Expand
  68. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    4th favorite Eminem album, behind The Eminem Show, Marshall Mathers LP, and MMLP2
  69. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Shady is back, The metaphors and double entendres are unmatched. Not only does Em show us his ability to spit one of the fastest verses ever but also gives us A chorus with the late Juice WRLD Expand
  70. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    One of his best album since 2009. lyrically very impressive, great production and sone nice features.
  71. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    This album is great. I haven’t stopped listening to it since it’s release. Eminem uses all of his talent on this one.
  72. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    Goat without a doubt. All songs were great and would probably rate it his 4th best album
  73. Jan 22, 2020
    7
    his best album in quite some time if it was shorter id give it a 8. .............................
  74. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    Do Brasil: álbum fantástico com letras geniais e batidas fantásticas. Música preferia You gon learn
  75. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    tem umas faixas meio bosta e umas fodas também, melhor que o revival e inferior ao kamikaze.
  76. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It's just it's soooo good and better than all rap song that are gust methh to me I'm really felling this album Expand
  77. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    Perfection! 5 tracks are meh but the 15 great ones more than makeup for that. Just love this album!
  78. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    Beast, what an Album. For him to be in the game this long and still being able to pull of something like this is incredible!
  79. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    1996 Em dropped his first album, since that time Em gave us fantastic and tasteful music.
    after the great comeback "kamikaze" he dropped another great album after 20+ career in the game.
  80. Jan 22, 2020
    9
    Album isn't what TES, MMLP, or SSLP were but this album is HEAT. Easily in his top 5. I'd put this album #4 ahead of Kamikaze #5. Delivery, schemes, bars, beats, and change of tempos, GOAT solidified
  81. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It really is a good eminem record, i would say it is as good as mmlp2. For me it feels like a good combination of the relapse, Kamikaze, Recovery and eminem show style in a modern package. Expand
  82. Jan 17, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Definitely worth a listen It captures that Eminem we have been missing Not too angry but the perfect type of anger Expand
  83. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. That’s a great album and an outstanding effort after the storm of Kamikaze. This album represents a return to form and assured Eminem another home run. On this release Shady does what he does best: selling truckloads of copies and making critics question its merit. The Juice WRLD collaboration “Godzilla” has held steady at No. 2 on the U.S. Spotify chart and No. 4 on the global chart, pointing to a strong debut on next week’s Hot 100. In the end Marshall Mathers’s latest effort has the numbers to debut atop the billboard hot 200 and granting Eminem his record 10th consecutive No.1 debut. Expand
  84. Jan 22, 2020
    3
    This album is plagued by bad beats, robotic monotonous flows and a continuous angry Eminem. Bars are decent at best, and his hooks are straight boring, nothing special here. Eminem should really reconsider his career, at this point he is just ruining it. i miss the old Eminem. But hey, at least the productions good.
  85. Jan 22, 2020
    0
    Completely unoriginal, lacks enthusiasm, and an overall disappointment. Eminem continues to disappoint and this is just another installment in a long line of horrible albums.
  86. Jan 22, 2020
    0
    Eminem tried to pull a Beyoncé but he doesn’t have the fanbase or relevance to do so.
  87. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    A reinvention of classic Em, comeback of infectious production and flows, an onslaught of bars and a 10/10 feature list. Even Ed Sheeran sounds great on the record despite the overtly cheesy hook.
  88. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. One of the best albums Em has released in recent memory, even though it is not a full return to old-school TES, SSLP, and MMLP Eminem, it is the closest thing. There aren't any songs on the album that I skip when listening to it, which is a great sign. Expand
  89. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    Definitely the best album from Eminem in the last decade. Murderous beats, killer verses and great feature like Black Thought, The Alchemist and Slaughterhouse. Really solid album. 10/10.
  90. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    Absolute top notch album! Couldn’t of asked for anything better from Shady. The masterpiece Darkness that hits home for everyone, the Alfred Hitchcock skits, perfect features including technical ability of Slaughterhouse. Can’t remember the last time i have loved so many tracks on one album!
  91. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    Anyone that gives this album less than a 8 and calls themselves true hip-hop fans is just a hater of Em and will trash anything he does. And that is just sad.
  92. Jan 22, 2020
    1
    This is what cherry bomb sounds like to people who hate cherry bomb. So baaaaaaaad.
  93. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    Best album of 2020! Stop with the negativity, be unbiased for an hour, forget about everything u heard on social media and listen to it, dig it, analyze this **** then you will wat a masterpiece it is ....
  94. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    On Eminem’s 11th studio album he delivers some of his best work yet. From his record breaking fast raps to his slower paced story songs. Add that together with some amazing features such as Royce Da 5’9”, Q-Tip, Black Thought, Anderson .Paak, Don Toliver, Young M.A., and the late Juice WRLD. This is one of Eminem’s most put together albums to date with with inserts of Alfred Hitchcock.On Eminem’s 11th studio album he delivers some of his best work yet. From his record breaking fast raps to his slower paced story songs. Add that together with some amazing features such as Royce Da 5’9”, Q-Tip, Black Thought, Anderson .Paak, Don Toliver, Young M.A., and the late Juice WRLD. This is one of Eminem’s most put together albums to date with with inserts of Alfred Hitchcock. “Music to be Murdered by” is truly a cinematic experience! Expand
  95. Jan 22, 2020
    10
    Amazing album.. absolutely loved it. Nxnnznnznznnznznnznnznndnnxnnxnxbzbbxbbxb
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 17
  2. Negative: 0 out of 17
  1. Feb 11, 2020
    60
    He clearly cares about his output, but “Music To Be Murdered By” is, unfortunately, another mixed bag of tricks, propped up by lyrical acrobatics and underwhelming production.
  2. 70
    If they look hard enough, any artist could find criticism of their work online. That’s sort of the curse of the Information Age. But not everyone overreacts quite as much as Eminem does. But if his fears grow tiring, his lyrical ability can still give you something to admire, even if the album is somewhat uneven.
  3. Jan 27, 2020
    55
    It is not, strictly speaking, a good record—Eminem hasn’t made one of those in a decade—but it boasts enough technical command and generates just enough arresting ideas to hold your attention.