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10.0
60812
10.0 |
The Guardian
The jokes, in places offensive, are relentless and ribald. There is no apology, though, no concession; just a considered, virtuoso application of talent
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8.0
60823
8.0 |
The Independent
There are moments when his verbal dexterity amazes
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8.0
60846
8.0 |
musicOMH
It is a testament to Eminem’s enduring talent that the album never feels laboured or even slightly dated
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8.0
60784
8.0 |
The Arts Desk
He may actually be actually 41 but, thankfully, Marshall Bruce Mathers III is showing few signs of growing up
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8.0
60786
8.0 |
All Music
This is the tortured soul and self-reliance ninja known as Eminem at his very best
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8.0
60710
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
This is Eminem’s best record in a decade – and one of the most impressive, entertaining and addictive hip-hop albums of the year
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8.0
60730
8.0 |
PopMatters
It’s wicked and it’s intense and it’s inappropriate and it’s unique and it’s brilliant and it’s essential
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8.0
60665
8.0 |
Rolling Stone
The Marshall Mathers LP 2 is about reclaiming a certain freewheeling buoyancy, about pissing off the world from a more open, less cynical place
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8.0
60666
8.0 |
Spin
If rapping were a purely athletic competition, Eminem would be Michael Phelps and Mary Lou Retton combined: pure agility and flexibility, like an unstoppable bullet with only white-hot hate in his wake
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7.5
60737
7.5 |
A.V. Club
For the first time in far too long, he sounds like he’s rapping because he enjoys it
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7.0
60696
7.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
What makes MMLP2 a success is that it sounds like Em is having a ton of fun with his craft, with no particular chip or devil on his shoulder
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7.0
60976
7.0 |
NME
While not a masterpiece, can sit alongside his best
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6.5
60758
6.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
An incredibly frustrating listen
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6.0
60681
6.0 |
Slant Magazine
The residual misogyny and "faggot"-bashing is off-putting, and its self-awareness doesn't earn any points, but mainly it indicates a worrisome lack of imagination
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6.0
61126
6.0 |
Mojo
The appetite throughout The Marshall Mathers LP 2 astonishing, the word count unassailably epic, the devil craftily concealed in the detail. Print edition only
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6.0
61139
6.0 |
Q
Doesn't live up to its promise. Print edition only
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6.0
60772
6.0 |
Time Out
Like most sequels, it encounters another problem: it’s just not as good as the first one
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5.8
60770
5.8 |
Pretty Much Amazing
The Marshall Mathers LP 2 struggles mightily with finding a voice, which is shocking given how many voices to which Eminem has given life
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5.0
60911
5.0 |
Clash
This material, as a whole, simply just doesn’t add up to a collection worth caring about as we did ‘The Marshall Mathers LP’
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5.0
60924
5.0 |
The 405
Eminem fans will be thrilled to hear their idol back to his best, but wider rap fans will be left wanting
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5.0
61334
5.0 |
Entertainment.ie
The only way is downward from here; it seems an impossibility that Eminem will ever create another album worthy of Slim Shady
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4.7
60754
4.7 |
Pitchfork
Rap sequels are a lot like trying on old prom clothes: chance one if you dare, but the only thing you’re liable to display is how much you’ve let yourself go since your glory days
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4.2
60765
4.2 |
Paste Magazine
There’s no fire here. There’s no sense of catharsis or even, god forbid, fun
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2.0
60859
2.0 |
The Skinny
At 41, Eminem is as over-the-hill, as past it as The Rolling Stones are in their 70s, and it is nobody's fault but his own that he has become so irrelevant
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