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I used to find Freestyle 4 kind of embarrassing, but not anymore. It turns into a crazy turnt dancehall jam like a Yeezus joint at the end, from Eminem diss and free-associative mumbling at the start. The result is great though, especially live.
Can't believe I didn't like FACTS either. That's a fucking jam and a half, and the Charlie Heat re-work did wonders for the overall song.
Yes, there are a number of moments that make me sad... Mostly these:
"When they come for you, I will shield your name, I will field their questions, I will feel your pain/ no one can judge/ they don't know"
"I made 'Sunday Candy' I'm never going to hell, I met Kanye West I'm never going to fail" (I think I've felt this way myself over the years, not that I have met him... but his music has helped me through some dark times indeed.)
"I guess I get what I deserve don't I?
Word on the street is they ain't heard from him
I guess I get what I deserve don't I?
Talk down on my name throw dirt on him"
"The ultimate Gemini has survived / I wasn't s'posed to make it past 25"
And perhaps most of all...
"Wake up Mr. West!"
All very "real" moments for me on that record. It hits home.
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