Eminem-Relapse: Refill-Review

Eminem - Relapse Refill, 8.5/10, December 21, 2009, Aftermath, Interscope Eminem. He's baaaaaaack. While Relapse itself (which I will review separately sometime soon) received mixed reviews from fans and critics alike, I loved it. I found it to be better than Encore and The Eminem Show, and one of his strongest albums yet. There were original plans to release a relapse 2, but instead we got 8 new tracks in the form of Relapse: Refill. And it rocks. First track is Forever, a 6 minute supergroup song featuring Drake, Kanye West and Lil Wayne. Eminem also delivers the strongest verse on this track. We move on to Hell Breaks Loose, a fast paced duet with Dr Dre. You can tell they enjoy working with each other, finishing each others lines and jumping into the middle of verses, it\'s not the strongest track on the album but good all the same. Next we have Buffalo Bill, an intriguing song I\'m not even sure how to describe. Not what you\'d always expect from Eminem, but he raps in his trademark accent and talks about cutting up bodies. We move on to Elevator, with Eminem talking about how he never expected to become so famous. This is probably the most accessible song on the album, and one of my favourites. Taking My Ball is Eminem rapping in a very strong accent, sometimes it feels slightly excessive but this song is very good. Music Box is a strange song with Em talking about a music box playing his favourite song while he puts his daughter to sleep. Final song is Drop The Bomb On Em, a song with a catchy, very Dr Dre-ish beat. This album is very good, and a step up from the already good relapse.