![]() "One hundred per cent finished / Fed up with it." "I'll put out this last album / Then I'm done with it," he raps, forecasting his own demise. On Revival's last track, Arose, Eminem steps into a confessional box and finally shows some self-awareness, referencing his drug use, his relationship with his daughter, and his flailing legacy. ![]() It's an album so long you'll need more than 20 minutes just to make it through the first four tracks, has so many words there's a 15-second sequence on Offended that contains 71 of them, comes with an intermission, and includes hooks that don't land from genuine pop juggernauts: Beyonce on the cloying Walk on Water, Ed Sheeran on the completely mismatched acoustic River, and Pink on the cinematic squeals of Need Me. Those clashing topics aren't Revival's only problem. That's commendable but completely jarring when he's showing off his wokeness one minute, then imagining Ivanka Trump in the boot of his car, installing a stripper's pole in his basement, and making people sniff his farts the next. Other targets include police brutality, sexual inequality and Bill Cosby. "All you got are race cards / Better get the swastika with your name carved in it / Should be your trademark / Cause hate's all you played off," he raps on Like Home. On his Donald Trump freestyle attack at October's BET Hip Hop Awards, Eminem proved he had a suitable target for that gnarly aggression of his, one that could suck attention away from tired topics like his family dramas, celebrity beefs and made up sexscapades.ĭespite some clunky lines, Eminem proved the world was ready for him to drop a wordbomb on Trump. Once you get to the end of its 77 minutes, the only answer seems to be this: Eminem appears to be flushing his career down the toilet.
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