Five years after Encore, Eminem returns with Relapse, an album documenting how Slim Shady spent his long vacation with a lot of pills. Paced by Dr. Dre’s stripped down, low-end-funk production, Eminem raps about his medication addiction, serial killing, marijuana, his mom and child molestation, At its best, Relapse unleashes powerhouses like the funny confessional “Déjà vu”; At its worst, it tests listeners with stale boasts and carbon-dated knocks on celebs like in “Crack A Bottle.” More of the same or is this "FRESH"?
