Eminem - Encore !!top!!

However, the pressure was suffocating. The world was waiting to see how he would follow up The Eminem Show , an album that successfully balanced shock value with serious social commentary. Eminem was also navigating a grueling touring schedule and a well-documented descent into prescription drug addiction. The levity and manic energy of his earlier works were slowly being replaced by exhaustion and sedation.

For many fans, this was the "accident" of the album. It felt like Eminem was trolling his audience, testing how much mediocrity they would accept simply because his name was on the cover. eminem - encore