Chesstown King's Reviews and Thoughts

In honor of Eminem’s Slim Shady LP turning 15 years old, we get Shady XV. The 1 st disc of this album is pretty good, and fairly cohesive. Eminem goes solo on a few songs, like Shady XV and Guts Over Fear. The former sounds like a long freestyle, while the former feels like it could go on his last album, the Marshall   Mathers LP2. Slaughterhouse does well as does Yelawolf…but I felt D-12 was a weak link on the 1 st cd. The 2 nd cd contains hits from 50 Cent, D-12, and well u get the idea. There’s even Loose Yourself, and a demo of Loose Yourself; which was one of Eminem’s best songs. Detroit vs. Everybody is nice as well. I really like this idea of Shady XV, but I can’t help but feel it shoulda been better. The verdict: 8.5/10. Its a good collage of Shady Aftermath songs.....the only person missing is DR. Dre.

This is one well made album from perhaps rap’s best group right now. It reminds me of the D-12 albums…but its much better. The Mcs of the slaughterhouse are very good lyricists, especially Royce da 5’9 and Joe Budden. This album isn’t as hardcrore as the D-12 albums, in fact there’s a lot of songs with commercial appeal. This album is very well put together. Eminem, Skylar Grey,Cee Lo Green, and Busta Rhymes all make guest appearances but they never really steal the spotlight from Slaughterhouse. I really want to hear their first album after hearing this. SLAUGHTER-HOUSE!! I give this album 9.25/10, its very tight, with little flaws at all.