Eminem is back

After the return of NERD a couple of weeks ago, we now have another one who I was listening to in the early 00s return, Eminem with "Walk On Water". Another thing both comebacks have in common is featuring someone who I completely detest, in this case Beyoncé.

Whilst there is no doubt he made a big impact on the world of music with his first album "The Slim Shady LP", it was his second album "The Marshall Mathers LP" which made him pretty much the biggest act in the world at that moment in time. That's when I jumped on the bandwagon too.

The thing was though, this was no catchy pop record, it was a dark rap album. Arguably the biggest track on the album "Stan" was basically a moody tune about a man who killed himself and his pregnant girlfriend. Yet pretty much everyone around my age, myself included, owns this album.

He also made his disapproval of pop artists such as Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera known at the time via his lyrics. Nowadays though instead of dissing these kind of people on his records, he is actually collaborating with them.

So to the new record itself, it doesn't get off to the best start as it begins with Beyoncé singing. Then Eminem comes in with the first verse, an improvement but I'm waiting for the beat to kick in. A couple of minutes in you realise there is no beat, it is simply piano and vocals.

The rapping itself is quite good. The lyrical content is about the fact he set the bar high with his early music and it's a near impossible task to beat that. I like the way he concludes the tune with the line "bitch I wrote Stan".

But take out the rapping there's not a lot to it. There have been Eminem tunes in the past where the beat isn't the best, but the rapping makes up for it. This just seems a step too far, it's over a pretty dull piano tune and in between the rapping you have to put up with Beyoncé's whining.

Get rid of Beyoncé, put the rapping over a decent beat, or just any beat and I think you'd have a good tune, but as it is I'm afraid it's nowhere near the standard of his early 00s material.