For critics who dismiss Encore as a "joke" album, these tracks serve as the counter-argument. They represent Eminem at his most mature and technically impressive.
The story takes place on a chilly winter evening in Los Angeles. Eminem, now in his mid-30s, sat in his dimly lit recording studio, surrounded by empty bottles of liquor and scattered papers with lyrics scribbled on them. He stared blankly at his reflection in the mirror, his eyes sunken and his skin pale. eminem - encore