Curtain call 2

"[Eminem] released Curtain Call: The Hits as part of his purported retirement in the mid-2000s. Inactivity didn't suit Em, so he returned in 2009 with Relapse, a record that kicked off a particularly prolific decade and a half. Curtain Call 2 chronicles the releases since Relapse, featuring most - but not all - of his charting singles, along with a handful of album tracks, non-LP cuts, and three new numbers ... At over two and a half hours, Curtain Call 2 is generous to a fault, playing like an endless streaming playlist instead of a curated compilation, yet it does feature many highlights from Eminem's mid-career records".

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"The rapper's second greatest hits compilation collects some nice singles, but mostly feels like the portrait of a wayward artist who's spent the last 13 years going in every direction".

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"Just from the first few tracks, you'll hear Em apologize for both "Relapse" and "Revival", and then admit the latter [album] deserved to go in the trash. Not many rappers openly admit to putting out garbage, but it sounds even more jarring on a Greatest Hits compilation that includes bits of that trash. The thing is, much of this "trash" was incredibly popular ... The "Eminem sound" the first "Curtain Call" could accurately collate and celebrate (given 100% of it was produced by either Dre or Em) has been pushed aside in favor of party trick flows and quick-win hooks from guests. It still seems to be a successful approach, but it's not as satisfying to revisit".

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