two SSLP songs

five MMLP songs

five TES songs

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one Relapse

four Recovery

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Hi guys, wanted to let everyone know I saw Eminem perform - the first time! - this weekend at Boston Calling. I have a few thoughts, if you care to read.First, some background. Like a lot of people my age, I got into Eminem in middle school... but at the time wasn't really aper se. Even if I asked, doubt my parents would've let me go to the Up in Smoke tour, etc. And when I did eventually get into live music, it was more like Keane, Pixies, etc.But, of course, by the time I had the means/interest to go to a concert - let alone, cough, sign up for a certain rap message board - Eminem was MIA. And has, largely remained MIA since ~2005 when it comes to touring. Like, I'm not flying to Detroit or whatever to see him lol. So it was to my great interest when Boston Calling announced him as the last headline. Stars were aligning... particularly as I've recently moved to DC and needed to close up my dope affffffff apartment.It was slightly raining, but not enough to cause discomfort. Caught a few other acts - Thundercat, Decembrists, etc. - and got some food before settling in. My wife and I wanted to go full Stan and get a good spot to watch. We saddled up near the stage about 2.5 hours "em" (aka Slim Shady) was scheduled to go on. Initially, my plan was we take turns leaving - I wanted to see David Cross, she wanted to see Fleet Foxes. But the line from Cross was oddly insane, and when I got back around ~7:15 or whatever the crowd had grown considerably so we opted to hang.To my surprise, the opener was .... MIKE D. Thought this was dope. motherfuckin' beastie boy. Here is a video:that ended, and we had about an hour to kill. I'm jam-packed surrounded with teenagers at this point. and, i just want to echo the sage @WPG about you people.... or some of you people.... total mutants. Just wretched hillbilly lower class. Yuck. I mean, it was FINE but I can't imagine sporting an eminem shirt (in 2018!!!!!!!) with the haircuts and teeth of the sort of people here. Glad this was just a one-off for me, and not my profession full time lol.... shout out to @WPG again.So..... the show finally STARTS:pretty dope all around performance imo. good balance (setlist here ):Overall, he seemed pretty confident and at ease. As I mentioned to maybe @Swizz , he's certainly on legacy act/stadium anthem territory at this point.... but i don't think that's necessarily a bad thing for a 45 year old man two decades into pop stardom. It was genuinely, generally, a fun and refreshing show. (::stan hat:: he looks fit! glad he kicked the drugs)Of course, his voice is shot lol.... could be increasingly we see depreciating returns there. He said he was hoarse, but i suspect this is just a problem moving forward. especially since, rly, seemed like he was actually rapping a lot of the material. few exceptions aside i hardly noticed backing tracks? (mr porter always there for crowd work.)And, some of you stan-ettes may've seen: he discussed the nicki minaj thing/obviousy joke. i thought he was funny about it! naturally funny. again: refreshing, after spending x years here focused on his dad puns and duck walks****. in the end, he was pretty appreciative and playful with the crowd. and it wasssss cool seeing 18 year olds talk about how their dad/mom bought his first albums, but now they love Monster or whatever. just cool he's transitioned into that level of icon. having followed him since 7th grade or whatever, i was comforted by what i saw!!!I created a playlist of all the videos I took if anyone's interested!edit: on em's musicality: again, i really dug the live orchestra who accompanied him. made songs like Lose Yourself and Walk on Water genuinely beautiful sonically. Stan too. fun fact: one of the girls from the orchestra performed Kanye instrumentals at my wedding. yes, im cool.*******i def laughed when he physically began to do jumping jacks during not afraid's infamous "exercise demons" line. few moments like that no question.