Encore [2CD Special Edition]

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Editorial reviews

Amazon.co.uk Review
Marshall Mathers has always delighted in confounding expectations, so we should have guessed he'd respond to the title Most Important Artist Of His Generation with Encore – an album peppered with puerile humour, myriad references to his past career, and plenty of farts, burps and vomiting. Thankfully, even Slim Shady on a bad day can be a fairly mighty proposition: the seething "Mosh" is a rare moment of high seriousness--a trudging anti-Bush epic in the vein of "White America" that positively vibrates with bile – while the skittery "My 1st Single" proves that Mathers can be engaging even when he's rapping about basically nothing.

The key to understanding Encore is through its pursuit of sheer offensiveness for offence's sake, be it the comic accent on "Ass Like That", or the relentless gay jibes of "Rain Man" – all of which seem to be more about prodding the hornet's nest of controversy that any genuine prejudice. Still, it's occasionally hard to escape that there's a certain weariness to Em's delivery, an impression that sometimes extends to the arrangements – see "Like Toy Soldiers", a jaundiced account of rap feuding, rendered unnecessarily corny by a sample of "Toy Soldiers" by '80s two-hit wonder Martika. --Louis Pattison

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Description
While Eminem has revealed levels of depth far beyond his Slim Shady persona, few could have anticipated "Mosh", the second single from his 2004 release, ENCORE. This song, by one of music's most controversial artists, features Em focusing his rage like never before, ultimately calling on the youth of America to rise up?and vote. While his brilliantly scathing tirade against President George W. Bush didn't lead to the politician's defeat, it certainly captured the country's attention and attempted to raise listeners' political awareness. It also effectively increased the already-huge stature of the expectation-defying Detroit rapper only a few weeks before his highly anticipated fourth record's release.
ENCORE is far from a letdown, as Eminem's twisted mind continuesto produce razor-sharp rhymes, whether examining the world (the aforementioned "Mosh"), venting his spleen ("Puke"), exploring his soul ("Like Toy Soldiers") or just being plain silly ("My 1st Single"). While Em's inclination towards the shocking is well documented, other than "Mosh", the record isrelatively toned-down; he even apologises for racist comments made on a 1993 underground tape. However, that's not to imply that the proceedings are low-key; ENCORE burns with thefire of a master lyricist letting his words loose on whatever crosses his mind.

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Customer reviews

review by: kts1966 date: 2005-12-20 rating:
The greatest
This album truly deserves the title of my very favourite. It is an absolute masterpiece. It helped me get through some really tough times and many of the songs show Eminems love for his daughter. I would rate all of the songs 10/10, with the exeption of never enough, spend some time and one shot two shot. His solo work is a lot better. I don't know anybody else who could have a song like Just lose it AND puke on the same album. For anybody who has heard Crazy in love and can relate to the emotions in it, he portrays a love hate relationship perfectly. This album is simply awesome, and I would recommend it to anybody.
I'm sure that this may not make great sense, but I find it difficult to put in to words how much I love this album.

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review by: minime_333 date: 2005-05-09 rating:
amazing album by an amazing rapper
havin bin a big fan of eminem since he first appeared back in '99, i was eagerly awaiting this album. i was not disappointed. this album has a mix of the songs that made him famous, his serious side (like toy soldiers,similar to lose yoursef)and his random funny side(just lose it, similar to without me). this is my opinion of the tracks:

1.curtains up - not really a song but a gd intro anyway
2.evil deeds - 8/10 a gd mix of serious and joky, with a decent beat
3.never enough - 7/10 gd enugh but a bit too short
4.yellow brick road - 7/10 strange beat , but interestin lyrics for real em fans
5.like toy soldiers - 8/10 catchy chorus and lyrics wiht a message
6.mosh - 5/10 my least favourite song, just not interestin enugh 4 me
7.puke - 8/10 the trak he had 2 hav, 1 bout his h8 4 kim
8.my 1st single 9/10 beat stiks in hed 4 days and lyrics r funny
9. paul not a song
10.rain man 9/10 interestin theorys and a gd beat
11.big weenie 9/10 another highlight on the album
12. em calls paul not a song
13.just lose it- 10/10 1 of my favs, just cos its liek a new version of without me
14.ass liek that 10/10 luv it and ems different accent
15.spend sum time 9/10 gd moelodic song
16.mockingbird 10/10 great song to his daughter
17.crazy in luv 7/10 interestin take on pop music
18. 1 shot 2 shot 9/10 crazy lyrics form d12
19.final thoughts not a song
20.encore 10/10 gr8 ending 2 a gr8 album. especially the unique end to this track

just buy this album....NOW

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review by: date: 2005-02-26 rating:
Ok, but no masterpiece
Was really looking forward to buying this album. When i finally did and played it through, i had mixed thoughts of it. Tracks such as "like toy soldiers", "mosh" and "never enough" represent Em at the top of his game. But The main problem with alot of this album is there are'nt enough stand out tracks and therefore they're instantly forgetable. If you're big Eminem fan, it's still worth owning but if you're new to him, my advise would be to get "The Marshall Mathers LP" or "The Eminem Show" first and then decide after if you want this one. For me personally though, it's ok but Em can definately do better.

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review by: the greatest to come date: 2005-02-03 rating:
Still the real slim shady
Man, you've gotta get this one. It's tight - eminem is still on top of his game. Get it. It's better than The Eminem Show, and funnier.


review by: welshy4life date: 2005-01-01 rating:
Hot joint
If ur a big eminem fan y'all gotta get dis guaranteed hot join.Any cd dat ur thinkin of gettin dis is da bomb.Hot songs like mockingbird,like toy soldiers,just loose it make this album tod dog for hip hop fans,eminem gets his encore easily

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