Encore

Josh Love from Stylus Magazine felt Eminem was "dying" with this album, whose concept was "end-to-end mea culpa", full of "clarifications, rectifications and excuses", revising the history of 'a man who knows he doesn't have much time left"

There was no in-between
언제나 중간이 없었어
You either loved it or hate it, every CD critics gave it a 3
좋아하거나 싫어하거나이고, 모든 CD 비평가들이 3점을 주더니
then three, years later they go back and re-rate it
3년 후, 그들은 다시 그 앨범에 점수를 매기곤
Then called The Slim Shady LP the greatest
The Slim Shady LP는 최고고
The Marshall Mathers was a classic, The Eminem Show was fantastic
The Marshall Mathers는 명반이고, The Eminem Show는 환상적이래
But Encore just didn't have the caliber to match it
하지만 Encore는 거기에 비해 쨉도 안 된다나
I guess enough time just ain't passed yet
아무래도 충분히 시간이 지나지 않았나 봐
A couple more years that shit'll be "Illmatic"
몇 해만 지나면 이건 "일매틱"처럼 될 거야[1]
And eight years later I'm still at it
그러고 8년이 지났지만 난 아직 여기

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"Careful What You Wish For"