![]() There was a blend of classic rock samples, Recovery’s pop flavored anthems, midwest speed rap, and Alex da Kid for whatever reason (but that’s another story). The album failed to establish a sound for itself, never mind a sound that felt remotely fitting as a sequel. Yet, the musical direction started to feel purposeless. Due to the title and some tracks that were genuinely refreshing, The Marshall Mathers LP 2 would ultimately punch above its weight class in terms of sales. Dre playing such a pivotal role in the first release, it was jarring and kind of wrong. Rick Rubin certainly had throwback appeal to a lot of older rap fans, but with Dr. The reception to him coming in to handle The Marshall Mathers LP 2 felt very mixed. Rick at this point had allegedly fallen out with many of his former acts in the rock industry over ego and creative differences, but started to find his way back into hip-hop via Jay Z and Kanye West. Eminem had dyed his hair blonde again and it looked weird, we were getting a sequel to The Marshall Mathers LP, and for some reason Rick Rubin would be behind the boards as executive producer. As a fan at the time, the news releases just felt like they got stranger and stranger. The next Eminem album cycle rolls around in 2013, and in my opinion this is where things really started to fly off the handle. The next record was going to need to be different if it was going to be received positively. To my personal recollection, I felt as though the guest appearance on Rihanna’s “Numb” was the point that the sound had fully jumped the shark for most people. ![]() It had been bubbling up quietly for a while, but the sentiment of “I miss the old Eminem” really took hold by 2012. To put it lightly, fans seemed pissed off with the direction of both his music and the music his label was releasing. The fixation on the Recovery formula was being applied to too many guest features on Eminem’s behalf, and seemingly stunted the Shady Records debut albums by Slaughterhouse and Yelawolf. Despite this success, things quickly began to falter in terms of public endearment. Porter, and won over many fans who didn’t vibe with Recovery’s mainstream inspired production. Hell: The Sequel came out the following year with oversight from Mr. ![]() Just Blaze was often leaned upon in that position during the recording process and he handled it extremely well, but it also very clearly was not a completely Dre guided album. Dre was involved in Recovery, but had started to fall away from executive production duties. A key thing to keep in mind during this time is that Dr. Regardless of the criticism Recovery faced at the time, it along with Bad Meets Evil’s Hell: The Sequel put Eminem back on top of the world after stumbling out of the re-launch with Relapse. To understand why it was so difficult, it’s important to consider the context of the few years before this stretch. These two releases came out during the 2013-2017 era of Eminem’s career, which I would argue was an extremely rough time period for the Detroit emcee. ![]() Rick Rubin served as the main executive producer on two of Eminem’s albums: The Marshall Mathers LP2, and Revival. ![]()
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