Encore (Deluxe Edition) [Explicit Lyrics]

Eminem | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 19, 2004)
• Original Release Date: 2002
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Label: Aftermath
• ASIN: B00065XJ52
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (736 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,859 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #9 in Music > Rap & Hip-Hop > Gangsta & Hardcore
  • #44 in Music > Rap & Hip-Hop > Pop Rap

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Eminem's fourth album offers few surprises, but still enough pleasures to carry the day. As evinced by Em's pre-election, pro-voting "Mosh," this is not exactly the same Eminem who seemingly crapped on anything and everything. Encore finds a surprisingly mature Eminem waxing reflective about his battle with Benzino ("Like Toy Soldiers") rather than unloading both barrels. However, it's not all elder statesmanship: "Puke" goes after his ex-wife Kim with incredible scorn, and "Big Weenie" showcases the familiar juvenile humor that made him famous. If Encore has a clear weakness, it's the bland production--the same plodding sound that he and Dr. Dre cooked up on the previous three albums. The exotic flavor of "Ass Like That" catches the ear, but many others run off the same monotonous minor-key melodies and tempos. Of course, people buy Eminem albums to hear him spit first and foremost, and in that regard few fans will be disappointed by Encore; it'd just be nice to see him switch up his sound at some point. --Oliver Wang

Product Description

"ENCORE" is multi-platinum recording artist EMINEM's first full album of new material since 2002's "THE EMINEM SHOW," which spawned the hit singles "Without Me" and "Cleanin' Out My Closet." That album went on the sell over 19 million albums worldwide. He followed up in November 2002 with Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture ‘8 Mile’, which featured the Academy Award winning song "Lose Yourself" and sold almost 9 million copies worldwide. Earlier this year, Eminem’s group D-12 released D-12 World (global sales over 3 million) and scored hits with "My Band" and "How Come".

ENCORE, Executive Produced by DR. DRE, features guest performances by 50 CENT, D-12, NATE DOGG, OBIE TRICE, and STAT QUO.

BONUS DISC: This two disc set includes a bonus CD with three previously unreleased EMINEM songs.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Eminem has lost it, November 30, 2004

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assassin78 (Ft Lauderdale FL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Encore (Deluxe Edition) (Audio CD)

How can I explain how bad this new albumn is?"Guess who's back? Back again? Shadys Back tell a friend" The first time i heard Just lose it I thought it was a remix of without me from his last albumn, and I though why are they doing a remix after 2 years? By the time i realized it was a new song Eminem had gone into his screaming "chorus". So has Eminem run out of things to say and will just rely on making noises from now on? Well now he has touched on everything including little boys. I'm definately not into listening to him rap about boys shaking their ass. Has Elton John turned Eminem gay? Songs like this are just pathetic. Big weenie is no better of a song,lyrics like doing doing doing as a chorus, please. And stop doing stupid skits with Paul Rosenburg, as with all skits they just break up the flow of an albumn. I know Eminem has "made it" and he wants to keep putting his boys on, but D-12 are awful. Just because you are down with Shady Aftemath and have Dr Dre and 50 cent(two of the hottest in the hip hop game)in your corner does not excuse this kind of albumn.This is not real hip hop. I cant imagine who's buying this besides prepubescent teenagers.

Imagine if this was his first albumn. He would be laughed out of the rap game.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Very Disappointed, November 30, 2004

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Guy (England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Encore (Deluxe Edition) (Audio CD)

I've been a fan of Eminem since he burst onto the Rap scene, in fact, he was the first rapper i ever listened to. But THIS, was a HUGE disappointment.He's still got some lyrical genius, which can be seen on tracks like 'Mockingbird', 'Like Toy Soldiers' and a FEW otheres. However he totaly ruins this album by putting on annoying meaningless crap like 'Big Weenie' and 'Ass Like That'. 'Just Lose It' was also one of the worst songs on the album, at the start it was ok, but if you think it's a good song after time and time again, you know nothing about Hip-Hop.

Giving this album 3 stars is being kind.

Please bring back the old Marshall Mathers that caught the attention of our ears in the first place, not this rich successful rapper who sounds like he's lost his lust for music :-(.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars More fuel for the fire to burn to make his next album good, November 15, 2004

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E. J. Eaton "Isaac Eaton" (Swimming) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Encore (Deluxe Edition) (Audio CD)

Okay so I've read the most recent 100 of the 190 reviews that have been posted so far for this album, and you know what? I'm surprised in a big way to learn that dozens of people feel the same way about Eminem's four major solo albums as I do: The Real Slim Shady, The Marshall Mathers and The Eminem Show, all were awesome, and established Eminem as perhaps the best rapper out there. But.............okay...so, this isn't quite there. Nope, not at all. Who cares if other rappers could never touch Eminem in his now past-tense prime; not only does Encore feel rushed, formulaic (as in the calculated "shock and awe" on a few songs, the corny funny first single, the endless references to his family, demands for legitimacy, etc), but it's just bored: he doesn't care anymore, and if you don't care, you won't be awesome.

Problems: He just doesn't sound as awesome as he did before. His flow the way it used to be is gone, those polished, awesome, multisyllabic rhymes that came and went and just blew you away, are gone. I don't really care about the beats, they don't bug me one way or the other: if the lyrics were awesome, the samples ("step by step...etc"; "go crazy on you,...etc") and the bass-beats would be awesome, too, because even if Eminem always had the benefit of Dre's and his own almost pop-catchy beats, what made him the best was the lyrics, man, the lyrics, this is crap.

And: remember in "Haile's Song", when Eminem says "I can't sing, but I wanta f*ckin sing"? Well, he really wants to sing, now, he sings on half the tracks on the album, but the moment is past, he isn't angry anymore, he's bored, he doesn't have anything more to say...I'm totally disappointed. I keep listening to this, and it's all a disappointment. I don't think a single song from this album could have made it onto Eminem Show, or Marshall Mathers. People talk about Mockingbird...ha. Not enjoyable. Listen to Talib Kweli if you want to hear something good. Or The Shins. Eminem's grown up, d&mmit, I guess I am too. How strange.