Arguable, sure. But we can argue anything if we have time. If we’re talking the past 10 years, we’re only discussing Relapse, Recovery, MMLP2, Revival, and now Kamikaze. Save for Revival, I’ve heard both negative and positive sentiments around all those albums. But that’s the case with literally every album put out in the hip hop genre. Kamikaze seems to be well received since it’s dropped.
I’m not rolling with the idea that Em is some lesser emcee. Son has a stretch of 3 consecutive classics in a discography of 10 albums. Save for one that’s undeniably bad album (Recovery), the totality of his catalogue is solid. I’m not about to be dismissive of Em like that. Especially not because disgruntled Magic chooses to vent his frustrations on the podcast. Fact of the matter is son is saying that the bars Em gave him doesn’t warrant a rap response... but over an hour and 30 minute rant is suitable.
That’s corny.