The artwork is a direct reference to the original, depicting a dilapidated version of the house Eminem grew up in. The decision to release the album as a sequel to one of the most infamous rap albums of all times was a brave/cynical one depending on your point of view. The singles released in preparation for The Marshall Mathers LP 2‘s release were very difficult to picture being from the same body of work: ‘Berzerk’ is completely off-the-wall and harks back to The Slim Shady LP, ‘Survival’ has a big chorus with a heavy beat which puts it in the same category as tracks from Recovery, ‘Rap God’ features some incredibly fast passages and is six minutes long – this track sounds almost nothing like anything Eminem has ever done (but closest to the Bad Meets Evil EP) and finally, ‘The Monster’ is an almost clichéd Rihanna duet. Sobriety has done nothing to affect this trend – 2009’s Relapse being the strangest of his career to date with 2010’s Recovery perhaps being the tamest and the closest to the mainstream. It’s always been fairly difficult to predict what direction Eminem’s likely to go in.
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