

Despite that, he never misses a beat, and his lyrics suit the song perfectly. He sounds, for the lack of a better term, pissed off in this song. The opening track “Monkey See, Monkey Do” is quite simply one of the fiercest songs Eminem has ever written. The flow itself of the album is absolutely tight, and rhythmically possessive. But with all this experimentation that molds the best of Eminem together, it sounds like Eminem had been doing this for years. For one thing, this release probably does the best job of combining Eminem’s wacky, bouncy, comedic style, with his dark, deeply lyrical, and somber styles. However, that doesn’t completely sum up this effort at all. If we wanted to give a short, concise explanation of this album, we could easily say that this EP contains six of the greatest tracks Eminem has ever released. So you wouldn’t expect that someone of such social stature of Eminem to have their best work come from a six song EP, that never saw a national release, would you? Well, it’s completely true, and while Eminem’s most recent LPs have been lacking his past quality in some people’s minds, “Straight From The Lab”, is an EP that delivers Eminem’s music how it should be heard. And still, even those who dislike Eminem’s music at least talk about him, so love him or hate him Marshall Mathers is not one to go unnoticed.

I haven’t met too many who haven’t given him the respect he deserves as one of the greatest lyrical geniuses of all time. Review Summary: An EP containing some of Eminem's best tracks both lyrically and structurally, if only it were longer.Įminem is one of the few artists of all time who is almost either universally liked or respected by almost every kind of music fan.
