In the five years between his own albums, he worked as a producer, making beats for other rappers, and occasionally showed up as a guest rapper; he now calls his verse on “Touch Down,” with the Atlanta rapper T.I., ‘horrible.’
— Eminem in NYTIMES.
A bold statement from an artist that rarely talks about their actual work, usually just sticking with how critics rate the work. This was in an article about how bad his addiction was, and apparently, the T.I. verse came when he was at his lowest.
Albums That I Am Excited For This Year
Black Lips - 200 Million Thousand
Clipse - Til The Casket Drops
Cursive - Mama, I’m Swollen
Dr. Dre - Detox
Eminem - Relapse
Jay-Z - Blueprint III
N.A.S.A. - Spirit of Apollo
I don’t think anything else is for sure or confirmed yet. Like a million people are speculating Arcade Fire, but I don’t really see that happening, seeing as how wishy washy Win has been lately in interviews. And, wouldn’t you think you’d be hearing it in recent shows too? I definitely don’t see that happening. I hardly believe in Detox, but seeing as how Dr. Dre went in on the Eminem’s “Crack a Bottle” and did a drop on a Kardinal Offishall remix, it’s far more believable.
Everything else confirmed though? I’d hardly call my feelings for these future albums “Excited”. Bruce Springsteen has been hit and miss the past decade. Mastadon’s Blood Mountain was a hype machine. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs have disappeared off the map. I will need to be swooned to be won over.
Oh, and I imagine the new Grizzly Bear record might be great, based on their last outing as well as Department of Eagles, but they don’t even have a name for a record that’s coming out in “Spring” or May, apparently.
I try not to get excited for these things, and try to just go with the flow, but sometimes I can’t help it. But I hate anticipation and then being let down. Like Animal Collective’s Merriweather Post Pavillion, with songs about children, love and married life. I just can’t get behind it. Plus the record is so easy. I liked them most for their ability to make cohesive records out of complex songs. This was far too simple for me. Maybe it’s not an entire let down, but it’s certainly underwhelming, and probably won’t get a lot of rotation on my end.
