Music To Be Murdered By
by Eminem
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8.5

Universal acclaim- based on 5097 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 4,259 out of 5097
  2. Mixed: 222 out of 5097
  3. Negative: 616 out of 5097
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  1. Joel_Freecheck
    May 29, 2020
    6
    Underwhelming compared to last year's Kamikaze, Eminem has still provided enough heat and personality to keep the album off the ground. "Godzilla" is a surefire hit.
  2. totoro0192
    Jan 22, 2020
    6
    Not bad but definitely not great, at least it's an improvement upon Kamikaze since that album was really bad... I don't have much to say because I'm not an expert but I didn't like some of the flows and the songs sometimes felt kinda boring...
  3. lGraphicl
    Jan 23, 2020
    6
    It's OK, some good tracks, some meh tracks. Liked it better than Kamikaze. Darkness is pretty good.
  4. ccalcium
    Jan 18, 2020
    6
    This is certainly a solid effort from Eminem all round, although a handful of the tracks become tiresome after a couple of listens, and others are fairly forgettable. There are some highlights here which help overall (Darkness, and the Don Toliver feature was a welcome surprise). It's certainly a marked improvement on his past few albums, although that's a pretty low bar considering howThis is certainly a solid effort from Eminem all round, although a handful of the tracks become tiresome after a couple of listens, and others are fairly forgettable. There are some highlights here which help overall (Darkness, and the Don Toliver feature was a welcome surprise). It's certainly a marked improvement on his past few albums, although that's a pretty low bar considering how objectively bad they were. People giving this a 10 are obviously massive stans, and people giving it a 2 or 3 blatantly haters. I think a 5-7 is probably the most reasonable assessment of this good, but far from his best, album. Em fans will certainly enjoy it.… Expand
  5. Atum_
    Jun 8, 2020
    6
    This is definetly a step in the right direction for Em, it has some awful tracks, especially the one with Ed Sheeran, but overall, this is better than his previous albums. Darkness is the kinda track that convices me that the old Em that wrote Stan still is alive and well in Marshall. Godzilla is on the other side of the spectrum, fun and fast. I like both sides of this. My major complaintThis is definetly a step in the right direction for Em, it has some awful tracks, especially the one with Ed Sheeran, but overall, this is better than his previous albums. Darkness is the kinda track that convices me that the old Em that wrote Stan still is alive and well in Marshall. Godzilla is on the other side of the spectrum, fun and fast. I like both sides of this. My major complaint with this album is the amount of tracks that aren't that good, and the fact that the title and skits try to tell you that this is a dangerous album and "music to be murdered by", when in fact, there are only a few songs on this thing that reflect this theme. The posse cuts on this thing are amazing though, and You gon' learn especially captures the theme of this album pretty well. All in all an album that is okay to listen through, no awful tracks, just some that are painfully mediocre… Expand
  6. PawelSyska
    Jan 17, 2020
    6
    Most of the tracks are average, beats are poor and he sounds like he's doing simple talking instead of rapping. Despite that, I really enjoyed "Premonition", "Unaccommodating", "Marsh" and "I Will". Also, the hooks are great.
  7. coopsjt998
    Jan 18, 2020
    6
    Eminem's most cohesive project since MMLP2. The front half of the record features some of Em's best output in a decade including a phenomenal first three tracks. It's also sonically and thematically better than Shady's last two outputs. MTBMB also features some hard hitting features. However, the second half of the record begins to lack direction leaving me feeling underwhelmed substanceEminem's most cohesive project since MMLP2. The front half of the record features some of Em's best output in a decade including a phenomenal first three tracks. It's also sonically and thematically better than Shady's last two outputs. MTBMB also features some hard hitting features. However, the second half of the record begins to lack direction leaving me feeling underwhelmed substance wise. Lousy hooks/chorus transitions and corny bars with the lack of direction in the latter half explain its eventual demise.… Expand
  8. Edmoz
    Jan 22, 2020
    6
    Mediocre album. Best we’ve had from em in a few. Only about 2/3 tracks I reckon I’ll go back to
  9. TeoM
    Feb 5, 2020
    6
    8-10 good tracks but also some unexplainable ones like Stepdad (i hAAaaAtE mY..... sTePdaD!!!).
  10. VestingBoot
    Jan 25, 2020
    6
    Tbh, it would be better rated if he cut some songs and retired the whole "I hate my parents" motif. I think compared to his other recent projects its better but as an album standalone its very average.
  11. Joshtheaquaman
    Jan 28, 2020
    6
    Good album, 'You Gon Learn' is my favourite track of the album, however with 2 or 3 skippable songs and no real lead singles or songs that feel are big I dont think it matches his previous calibre or work.
  12. Concam
    Jan 29, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Great to hear Eminem embracing a more modern sound with some of the production choices. For much of the album he sounds more comfortable in his delivery, and seems to be less reliant on the choppy flows that made Revival such a grating listen. While some of his cornier bars were actually quite entertaining, he’s at his most painstakingly cringeworthy on the hooks. Some tracks such as ‘Marsh’, I found genuinely entertaining until he compared himself to a field and said he’s an extraterrestrial. I think the highlights on the album were when Em was just enjoying himself rather than trying to impress or prove a point. The fast rapping at the end of Godzilla ruined the track for me. Everyone knows he can do it but just because it sounds good, doesn’t take away from the fact that he squeezes in pure nonsense, aware that no one can criticise it if he says it too quickly for them to understand. In similar vein,, hearing another song about Em’s tumultuous upbringing feels like fam service, going back to Em’s edgy, cringey worst as you have to endure a 45 year old man whining about parental issues like an angsts 16 year old.… Expand
  13. paije_breaks
    Feb 19, 2020
    6
    Eminem rap fast.... so that's pretty cool

    Music to Be Murdered By has a VERY STRONG opening. Premonition, Unaccommodating & You Gon' Learn are solid. All three are well-produced, modern and interesting, yet leave enough room for everyone to do work lyrically and have fun. Eminem sounds agile and is able to weave through each track with ease. Some of the best we've heard Em in a while.    Eminem rap fast.... so that's pretty cool

    Music to Be Murdered By has a VERY STRONG opening. Premonition, Unaccommodating & You Gon' Learn are solid. All three are well-produced, modern and interesting, yet leave enough room for everyone to do work lyrically and have fun. Eminem sounds agile and is able to weave through each track with ease. Some of the best we've heard Em in a while.

    And from there - turn it off    … Expand
  14. ToxiBoi
    Mar 3, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I feel this album would be a lot better if Em stuck to the titled topic. I'll start by saying how great the transition is from Kamikaze to MTBMB -- Premonition even *sounds* like a Kamikaze track! Tracks such as the aforementioned "Premonition (Intro)", "Little Engine" and "Darkness" reminisce a lot better and honestly just fit on the album better than "Those Kinda Nights"... or "Farewell". To be honest, these songs probably shouldn't have been on here. It's tight to hear another Em storytelling song, but it's a bumpy road going from a reuniting of Bad Meets Evil, and Alfred Hitchcock, directly to "River 2".

    I am a great fan of "Darkness", "Godzilla" and "Yah Yah". It's great to see Em using their platform for gun violence awareness, and the storytelling is amazing as usual. The only issue is with the music video, it interrupted the intended direction and spoiled most of the double entendres for me--and the song as a result.

    "Marsh" and "In Too Deep" are structurally opposites--I feel Marsh has great verses, but a bad chorus. In Too Deep, on the other hand, I only listen to it for the chorus and then skip. The rest of the album is... meh. Again, it probably would've been better if Em stayed on topic. If I had to rate both sides, the first side is orders by magnitude better. The album sadly fell apart after "Lock it Up". But seriously, before I write my farewells, how *do* you un-suck a ****?    … Expand
  15. 3katsiMe
    Dec 24, 2020
    6
    It has really good songs, yes. But some of the songs in here are truly awful. The best songs are some of the best songs he’s ever put out in the past half decade, but the presence of the terrible songs really hinders me giving it a positive review.
  16. hiphopplatinum
    Oct 2, 2022
    6
    actually a decent album from Eminem his first more positive than a negative album in 7 years and might be a good change of form for him if he doesn't **** it up with the next album
  17. matsdumb
    Jan 24, 2022
    6
    I'm kinda surprised that the user score is so high, I thought even Eminem's own fans would've seen that this album isn't particularly strong. This isn't a masterpiece or a ten and there's a reason why the critics score is lower than the user's
  18. A7sus4
    Jan 20, 2020
    5
    Clearly Eminem is a great rapper. Nevertheless, he's the most uninteresting person on earth at this point. This thing reeks of "been there done that" and completely fades from ones attention before the halfway point. Couple of nice spots on here but they're drowned in an overlong track list that really can't keep it up. 5/10 pretty much based on technical ability above all else.
  19. jacobcorbin
    Jan 22, 2020
    5
    It's really average. Fairly similar to Eminems recent works but really just "not as bad." Unfortunate evolution for him
  20. mattyiceboy
    Jan 22, 2020
    5
    It's got 5 out of 18 songs that I like. I am really bored with his supersonic flow, it doesn't sound cool it's just annoying.
  21. fifi3
    Jan 17, 2020
    5
    A three track run like In Too Deep, Godzilla, and Darkness might be the best 3-track run in a decade for Eminem. The album is still overlong and filled with cringe bars and mechanical flows. Eminem has some high points in his verses but I think they sound like a broken record, substance wise and sonically. Some of these features carry the album like Don Tolliver, Juice, Royce, and BlackA three track run like In Too Deep, Godzilla, and Darkness might be the best 3-track run in a decade for Eminem. The album is still overlong and filled with cringe bars and mechanical flows. Eminem has some high points in his verses but I think they sound like a broken record, substance wise and sonically. Some of these features carry the album like Don Tolliver, Juice, Royce, and Black Thought all come with great guest appearances to make this a listenable album, at least.… Expand
  22. Gamemod
    Jan 22, 2020
    5
    It’s okay. Has good tracks, but overall I only go back to a handful of them.
  23. Joozebox
    Jan 20, 2020
    5
    This hurts to say but i don't like this album. He has some decent to trash beats, he has horrible hooks and keeps his annoying stacatto fast flow that lost it's magic after the first few times he did it. His attitude is like a 50 year old man who keeps fighting young kids to get off his lawn. I get why he hates this new generation; his last album was him literally taking a **** on it; youThis hurts to say but i don't like this album. He has some decent to trash beats, he has horrible hooks and keeps his annoying stacatto fast flow that lost it's magic after the first few times he did it. His attitude is like a 50 year old man who keeps fighting young kids to get off his lawn. I get why he hates this new generation; his last album was him literally taking a **** on it; you don't need to remind me on every verse of how better you are, we already know this. Eminem is in a corner with nothing to say, he has done it all, he rose to be the illest on the mic, he beat his demons, he survived the hard streets of Detroit and I'm not taking that away from him but he has nothing to say; All the clever wordplay an rhymes can't cover up that. I hope that with all the success he gets from this album dosen't bleed to his next one.… Expand
  24. Kevinrenteria
    Jan 23, 2020
    5
    Some Strong Songs on this record for sure. But Some Are Definitely Bland. Production Can Be Better. In General a very OK album nothing special at all.
    Also Lyrics can be.......Very insensitive and Very stupid....like Very to he point where it’s cringey.
  25. NicholasPayet
    Jan 22, 2020
    5
    Ems best work in a long while, but still very inconsistent, too long and the middle portion is very weak.
  26. Cornelius0315
    Jan 17, 2020
    5
    A fusion between the horrorcore style album Relapse and the more modern Kamilaze culminates into this album inspired by Alfred Hitchcock.
  27. debo1089
    Jan 19, 2020
    5
    This album clearly potrays the rappers prowess over his lyrical abilities. His mindfull metaphors and clever references makes this album a proper manifestation of higher power at work.
  28. Shawerma
    Jan 22, 2020
    5
    There is not a single track you will skip!
    Eminem is The GOAT! So many favorite tracks and the last part of God-Zilla is
  29. DocPip
    Jan 22, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Could quite possibly be his magnum opus. It's that good. Especially after a few listens.… Expand
  30. Top5Center
    Jan 22, 2020
    5
    Eminem shows improvement from past projects, but filler love songs and some straight up bad songs make the album a lower score.

    Best Tracks: Leaving Heaven, Little Engine, Lock it Up, No Regrets

    Worst Track: Stepdad
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 17
  3. Negative: 0 out of 17
  1. RapReviews.com
    Feb 11, 2020
    60
    He clearly cares about his output, but “Music To Be Murdered By” is, unfortunately, another mixed bag of tricks, propped up by lyrical acrobatics and underwhelming production.
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  2. Punknews.org (Staff)
    Jan 30, 2020
    70
    If they look hard enough, any artist could find criticism of their work online. That’s sort of the curse of the Information Age. But not everyone overreacts quite as much as Eminem does. But if his fears grow tiring, his lyrical ability can still give you something to admire, even if the album is somewhat uneven.
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  3. Pitchfork
    Jan 27, 2020
    55
    It is not, strictly speaking, a good record—Eminem hasn’t made one of those in a decade—but it boasts enough technical command and generates just enough arresting ideas to hold your attention.
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