This pic is hilarious….So Eminem’s Refill has just dropped, the extended version of his Relapse CD that was released earlier this year.  The new songs are pretty good, but nothing special.  I like “Hell Breaks Loose” with Dre, but everything else seems like forced horror rap.  I liked Relapse as a result of it being one of the most incredible lyrical demonstrations that has ever graced the genre of hip-hop.  However, I don’t really find myself bumping relapse anymore, not even one song.  Even though his flow is probably one of the best, the song quality isn’t timeless for me like his older shit is.  I know that Relapse was his way to get back in the game, show his skills, and get out all his feelings after being comatose on xanax for a couple years.  But in terms of a quality album that stands the test of time, Relapse doesn’t cut it.  The rumor is that Relapse 2 is going to abandon the horror theme a little bit and be more of a “real album”.  Em’s working with Just blaze, and there’s a rumor that even Wayne’s gonna be on it. Hopefully Marshall can use his skills to make some more epic music that I can go back to and listen to over and over again like the shit on Slim Shady LP, Marshal Mathers LP, or Eminem Show. Now that Em’s got the drugs out of his system it’s time to create some art and flip the genre on its head like he did 10 years ago.  Here’s a old school Em track from the Infinite LP, this is the kind of quality that never gets old.

Eminem ~ “Infinite”