The dichotomy of “ Canibitch” and “ Bully,” the collection’s two diss records, really demonstrates the change in Eminem’s song writing that happened when he started hanging around 50 Cent. Even the collection’s twisted love/domestic violence ballad, “ Love You More,” barrels straight ahead-replacing the clever conceits of “Just The Two Of Us” and “Kim” with unflinching passion and honest, extremely honest, urgency: “You fuck other people and I fuck other people/You’re a slut but I’m equal, I’m a mut… So it’s off and on, usually more off than on/You’re the only one I fuck without a condom on.” (Yeeesh! TMI?) Similar in their dark tone to the production work he'd been providing for the likes of Jay Z, Nas and 50, songs like “ We As Americans” and “ Monkey See, Monkey Do” eschew the use metaphors and humor that accent most of his work in favor of declamation and explanation.
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