So Far...

[Brainless BadGuy]

This song has grown on me so much since November. The first time I heard it I was like "meh this is catchy enough but doesn't sound like something Em would do" I now think it's a standout record on the album! (top 5)
That low-key bit is

[Francesco]

Great rhyming... great overall.

[shadyblogger]

Amazing song! One of the hidden gems on MMLP 2 that a lot of people don't talk about. Quite underrated.

[Francesco]

Amazing song! One of the hidden gems on MMLP 2 that a lot of people don't talk about. Quite underrated.

Most likely only 'cuz some of the other songs made some great impression & put some other great ones in the shade. It is a gem indeed though.

[Francesco]

Tons of great lines in this and I love how he addresses his age, was hoping for more of that on the album tbh. Would've been funny as hell.

I do think ONE part coulda been tweaked (for my own personal taste) to make it that much better, when he says: "Teenagers act more fuckin' mature, Jack!". I would've really loved it if he replaced "Jack" with "dad", it woulda been hilarious for him to imply his kids are embarrassed by his nature.

Nicely said... definitely a lotta memorable lines that will stick around.

[shadyblogger]

Was it just me or did it seem like the part in the song where he says the label wanted him to follow up with another Recovery but what good is a Recovery if he fumbles it part sound like kind of a diss to his label. Not so much a diss but like he was kind of upset at his label at least when he wrote that line. Did anyone else feel that way too?

[shadyblogger]

Was it just me or did it seem like the part in the song where he says the label wanted him to follow up with another Recovery but what good is a Recovery if he fumbles it part sound like kind of a diss to his label. Not so much a diss but like he was kind of upset at his label at least when he wrote that line. Did anyone else feel that way too?

Yeah, kinda...

"They want me to flip at the label, but I won't succumb to it
The pressure, they want me to follow up with a-
Nother one after Recovery was so highly coveted
But what good is a fucking recovery if I fumble it?"

Yeah that's actually a pretty cool part now that I really think about it. Thank God Em didn't listen to his label. We could've had something like a Recovery 2.

[Francesco]

Was it just me or did it seem like the part in the song where he says the label wanted him to follow up with another Recovery but what good is a Recovery if he fumbles it part sound like kind of a diss to his label. Not so much a diss but like he was kind of upset at his label at least when he wrote that line. Did anyone else feel that way too?

Definitely not a diss IMO... it's just the way he does it.
The other thing is Em has all the freedom creatively & listens to the people from Interscope 'cuz he wants to, not 'cuz he has to.

[Mr Change]

Was it just me or did it seem like the part in the song where he says the label wanted him to follow up with another Recovery but what good is a Recovery if he fumbles it part sound like kind of a diss to his label. Not so much a diss but like he was kind of upset at his label at least when he wrote that line. Did anyone else feel that way too?

Yeah, kinda...

"They want me to flip at the label, but I won't succumb to it
The pressure, they want me to follow up with a-
Nother one after Recovery was so highly coveted
But what good is a fucking recovery if I fumble it?"

Yeah that's actually a pretty cool part now that I really think about it. Thank God Em didn't listen to his label. We could've had something like a Recovery 2.

I hope you guys aren't thinking Eminem is somehow dissing Recovery.

He's saying what good is him making his Recovery and return to the top if his next album (MMLP2) is just the same thing. If it isn't even better than the last album.

That's what I got from it anyway.

[shadyblogger]

What I got from it was that since his last album was extremely successful, why rush and try to repeat it and potentially fuck up.

This is pretty much what I got from it.

And to Mr Change, No I never saw it as a diss to Recovery because it's not.

[shadyblogger]

All of the Rick Rubin produced tracks are pretty cool imo.

[Brainless BadGuy]

Absolutely love Rick's production on it. Love that it's a genuinely funny song yet he's not really using his Slim Shady persona, just Eminem rambling on about life and poking fun at himself.

[Mathers]

Top 5 off the album.

[Francesco]

All of the Rick Rubin produced tracks are pretty cool imo.

I second that... his contribution is yet again amazing.

[Notalius]

I love Em on some classic rock sample shit .. still waiting for that "smoke on the water" sample .. would be too goat