The word best fit to describe Eminem’s new album ‘Recovery’ is redemption. The man who once ruled Hip-Hop from the period of his ‘Marshall Mathers LP,’ up to the year ‘The Eminem Show’ was released. Sent a memo to all of the fans and rappers alike with his latest album that ‘King Mathers’ is back.

In past albums Eminem focused a lot of his frustration towards his mother, wife, estranged father, and a cocktail of celebrity figures. ‘Recovery’ is a seminal moment in the rapper’s career where he for the first time takes out all of that frustration on himself for an entire album.

The CD mirrors the road of an addict going through a ’12 step’ rehabilitation program on the way to recovery. Instead of God being the catalyst to recovery, Eminem attributes it to the obligation he has towards hip-hop, which was evident in the metaphorical representations in the songs ’25 to Life,’ ‘Space Bound,’ ‘Seduction,’ and ‘Love the Way You Lie feat. Rihanna.’

5. Mirtha Jung (Blow)- Yes two bitches in one movie. That’s like the greatest quarterback and wide receiver playing on the same team. Oh right they do, they’re on the Patriots.

Talk about a shoot yourself in the foot moment marrying this chick. No need to rape her for her to cut your dick off like Lorena Bobbitt did, she’ll do it if you won’t buy her a Gucci handbag. 

George Jung got a rough deal, his mother ratted him out, his wife ratted him out, and his friends ratted him out. Lesson of the day kids, stay in school and don’t do or sell drugs.

Honorable mention. Bella Swan (Twilight, New Moon)-Stop wasting your pussy on vampires and stick to your own kind.

10. Kay Adams (The Godfather II)- Lady tells her husband she got an abortion because she hated everything about him, and the only son they did have, Anthony, is a fucking pussy. To be fair, Michael was a scumbag but don’t rub that shit in.

9. Hillary Swank (Boys Don’t Cry)- Listen, if I was deceived by a man who said he was a woman and looked a lot like a woman. I would go crazy. Probably kill the motherfucker. I know it’s more socially accepted for girls to go down on each other, but still don’t present yourself as something your not. Whatever happened to honesty being the best policy? 

A few years back in Chris Rock’s stand-up special, ‘Never Scared’ he brought up the question who’s better Prince or Michael? Jay-Z even stacked the two against each other in the song ‘Venus versus Mars.’ So now I’m asking the question, who is better Prince or Michael?

I know Michael is dead and he never got to answer back to Prince’s epic performance of posturing in the skybox at the Minnesota Vikings playoff games, so we will not apply the post MJ livelihood to keep everything fair. Come to think about it the guy had a movie come out after his death so those cards are in play.

The hype surrounding the release of Nas and Damian ‘Jr. Gong’ Marley’s joint album ‘Distant Relatives,’ dated back to last summer when the two toured together in the ‘Rock The Bells’ festival. After the long wait, the album has finally arrived and has fulfilled its expectations providing what every musician, or music group should do by prioritizing good music, with a meaningful message over everything else.

Last time we heard from Nas was the ‘untitled’ album, a thoughtful depiction of American oppression done well enough that it should be regarded as a historical artifact just as much as any piece of well constructed literature, or famous speech that are considered in that respect.