Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP2 [Explicit Content] (2 Lp's) home Melonie Daniels

Melonie Daniels

when the record shifts into second gear to close out the set

late-night detours into true love ("Redbone") -- everything Glover tries comes off just right and every note on every song is perfectly placed

" dropping the album's first delectable beat and matching it with an equally addictive flow

But that reading of the album's history gives short shrift to the Beastie Boys

Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP2 [Explicit Content] (2 Lp's) home Melonie DanielsAfter centering himself with the confessional 2010 release Recovery, Eminem entered his forties while watching his beloved city of Detroit literally go bankrupt. The cover here displays this descent with an updated picture of the rapper's teenage home, first featured on the MM LP of 2000 but now boarded up, and yet this 8 Mile child cares much more about the present than the past, as this vicious, infectious, hilarious triumph is no nostalgia trip,