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I got a copy of the upcoming Recovery album by Eminem. I am definitely impressed. Eminem comes out firing witty metaphors from the beginning on the opening track Cold Wind Blows, with lines like “Don’t compare me to those other bums over there. It’s like apples to oranges, peaches to plumbs, Yeah I’m bananas, pussy cut off the grapes and grow a pear.” Then in the track Talkin’ to Myself Em takes time to exercise some demons and admits that he was ready to make diss songs aimed at Lil’ Wayne and Kanye West because he was jealous that “they were selling and he wasn’t.”

The title Recovery is fitting for this album. Not only is it a play on the drug struggles of Eminem, it also is a recovery for the music Eminem makes. It is on a level so far above his last two efforts.

Eminem comes with a ton of energy in Cinderella Man and Almost Famous. If I had to pick the next single, I would go with W.T.P. which stands for White Trash Party. It is funny and witty and typical Em but not as poppy as some of his past singles. This album actually does not have the “pop” single which he always has had on his albums.

Recovery is filled with songs in which Em gets personal with the punch line songs alternating between them. Some of the best lines come from Won’t Back Down Ft. Pink. Eminem most definitely brings the complicated word play and great rhyming structure which people had loved from before. He switches styles frequently on the album and shows his repertoire of vocabulary and creativeness.

With guest spots from Lil’ Wayne (No Love), Rihanna (Love the Way You Lie), and Pink and production from more than just Dr. Dre, Eminem brought some diversity to the album which was missing in Relapse. I’m not much into rating albums because there are too many things which would make up a good one, but this album would rank pretty high based on his talent and how he sees things in the world that go unnoticed and he puts them into rhymes. Plus I appreciate how personal he is in songs about Kim, slain rap-mate Proof (You’re Never Over) and his life in Music (25 to Life)

When June 22^nd, 2010 comes around, I suggest that you go and buy Recovery first thing in the morning and I bet that you will be in love with it by the afternoon.