![]() ![]() And while the album finds him taking on inequity and systemic racism (“Untouchable”) as well as the jingoism of the Trump presidency (“Like Home”), the underlying current on Revival is one of almost irresolvable self-doubt-about his choices, his qualities, his legacy, his worth. “Am I lucky to be around this long?” he asks on “Walk on Water,” the opening track on 2017’s Revival. ![]() He could build a world out of words-but he could bury himself in them, too. Sometimes the voices could be comforting (“Hailey’s Song”), but most of the time they only made his obsessions narrower and even more claustrophobic. ![]() Eminem’s music has always been characterized by the rising volume of inner voices: The angel on one shoulder and the devil on the other (“Guilty Conscience”), the childhood trauma that never found an outlet (“Cleanin’ Out My Closet”), and the almost vengeful inspiration that got him over anyway (“Lose Yourself”). ![]()
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