Better Than Yesterday.

Yesterday, and before yesterday. These two days were hard on me. Suddenly, I felt as if I fell inside a pitch black abyss right out of a story from H.P. Lovecraft. The human mind can become darker than black sometimes. But today, today I feel better. The situation is under control and I feel more at peace for now. I hope I can keep working on becoming the better man that I want to be. I still feel full Khalid: Young, Dumb, & Broke. But I still feel better. 

Today is Thursday and have finished almost all of my responsibilities at my job. So I have time to write. When I look back at all the things I have written, most of them are about how to handle difficult situations and uncomfortable moments. All from my point of view. But let’s change gear. Today I am going to write about things I like. I normally enjoy music and video games. So I will talk today about the last album I heard that I enjoyed a lot. This album is Eminem’s Kamikaze. 

Out of nowhere, Eminem came firing shots and crashing against anyone and everyone. The album contains many of the things that made Eminem a household name in rap. Lyrical mastery is used to what can be called maybe holy levels. Catchy beats, good hooks and swings, and the unbound aggressiveness that is more akin to Eminem's prior days making music as Slim Shady. This is only enhanced with the unapologetic attitude that Eminem shows in the aftermath of people’s reaction to the album. 

Many critics didn’t like the album. In my opinion, their opinion can be summarized as to say “Meh”. But I personally think that the careful details and meticulous preparation of the album make it shine. I like it. My three favorite songs are without any order: 1) The Ringer, 2) Fall, and 3)Venom. Honorable mentions to Not Alike and Lucky You. Lucky You has been the one to do better in the charts and Not Alike gave us the feud with MG Kelly which later gave us Killshot. So deserved applause to them. 

But my top three just tickle my personal preference. The Ringer is Eminem’s lyrical ability at its finest. Fall has the catchiest beat with sweet rhymes. And Venom is weird with strange tempos and crazy but fun lyrics. This one, in particular, is unique but it grows on you easily. So it hit the mark. I will end this post here. So far it has been music rambling. But I just feel happy that I can ramble without feeling depressed.

P.S.

Eminem's last album Music to be Murdered By (both the first edition and Side B) are amazing.