According to review aggregator Metacritic, the album has an average critic review score of 67/100 based on four reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Aja Romano of "Vox" called the album Eminem's best in years, citing a return to the rapper's old school sound after deviating with "Revival". Ed Power of "The Daily Telegraph" also compared this album to "Revival", calling "Kamikaze" a "a high-kicking, low-punching riposte", indicating it is a better release. In "NME", Dan Stubbs gave the album three out of five stars, saying that Eminem is out of step with trends in hip hop by writing, "there's a sense Eminem struggles with the modern world" but stating that "there are plenty of moments... that remind us of Em's greatness". "The Guardian"s Alexis Patridis also gave the album three out of five stars and commented on Eminem's generational difference with current hip hop stars, summing up, "...if you're going to listen to a middle-aged man complain that hip-hop isn't as good as it used to be, that it might as well be Eminem." "The Line of Best Fit"s William Rosebury gave the album 7 of 10 stars and commented that "..."Kamikaze" is the sound of Eminem with his back against the wall, and this has led to some of his most invigorated writing in years—albeit with some troubling lyrical results. Whether he'll be able to maintain this level of energy into his next project is up for debate; for now though, any inspiration is promising. Similarly, A. D. Amorosi of "Variety" sees the album as similar to Eminem's earlier work, stating, "[his] voice hasn't sounded quite so cranky, silly, impassioned or enraged since his early days". In "The Atlantic", Spencer Kornhaber addresses both comparisons with "Revival" and current hip hop stars on "Kamikaze" stating, "Really, though, Eminem is waging a war over aesthetics, and "Kamikaze" is a better listen than "Revival" because its concision confirms Eminem's value as an entertainer... Certainly it's refreshing that in a genre especially obsessed with statements of dominance, Eminem doesn't disguise his feelings of irrelevance. He does, however, try to claim his influence."
In a negative review, "The Hollywood Reporter"s Jonny Coleman considered the album an "epic fail" and described it as "the work of an aging artist trying, and failing, to remain relevant by acting out." In "Billboard", Mikelle Street said "Eminem needs to be held accountable for using homophobic slurs (again)," further adding, "the idea that listeners are too "soft" for critiquing the ways in which rappers weaponize the identities of others against them ignores how hip-hop is a reflection and arbiter of culture."
Credits adapted from Spotify.
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Raindrops (Encore Une Fois)
"Raindrops (Encore une fois)" is a 2008 song by the German DJ group Sash! and it features English dance music act Stunt.. It is the first single from Sash's seventh studio album "The Best Of" which was released on 20 October 2008.
"Raindrops (Encore une fois)" is a mashup of Sash!'s song "Encore une fois" and Stunt's single "Raindrops".
It's My Life – The Album
It's My Life (also known as "It's My Life – The Album") is the first album by German DJ group Sash!. It was released on 25 August 1997
Life Goes On (Sash! album)
Life Goes On is the second album by the German DJ group Sash!. It was released on 17 August 1998.
Trilenium
Trilenium is the third studio album released by the German DJ group Sash!. The album was released on 22 May 2000.
S4!Sash!
S4!Sash! is the fourth studio album by the German DJ group Sash!. It was released in 11 November 2002.
Life Is A Beach
Life Is a Beach is the fifth studio album by German DJ group Sash!. It was released on 31 August 2012.
Life Changes (Sash! album)
Life Changes is the sixth studio album by German DJ group Sash!. It was released on 8 November 2013.
Encore Une Fois – The Greatest Hits
Encore Une Fois – The Greatest Hits is the fourth studio album released by German DJ Sash!. It was released on 30 October 2000. It has songs from the previous three albums and extra songs.
10th Anniversary (Sash! album)
10th Anniversary is a greatest hits album by German DJ group Sash! released on 25 October 2007.
The Best Of (Sash! album)
The Best Of is the seventh album by German DJ group Sash!. It was released on 20 October 2008.
Sash! discography
Sash! have made six studio albums, three compilation albums and twenty-three singles.
Mary Lee Woods
Mary Lee Woods (12 March 1924 – 29 November 2017) was an English mathematician and computer programmer. She worked in a team that developed programs in the School of Computer Science, University of Manchester Mark 1, Ferranti Mark 1 and Mark 1 Star computers.
She met and married Conway Berners-Lee while working at Ferranti. Sir Tim Berners-Lee is one of their children.
She died on 29 November 2017 at the age of 93.
Conway Berners-Lee
Conway Maurice Berners-Lee (19 September 1921 – 1 February 2019) was an English mathematician and computer scientist.
He worked as a member of the team that developed the Ferranti Mark 1, the world's first commercial stored program electronic computer.
He was born in Birmingham in 1921 and was the father of Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web.
He retired in 1986 and died on 1 February 2019 at the age of 97.
Cadet (rapper)
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His debut project, "The Commitment", was released in 2016, followed by "The Commitment 2" the following year. He was best known for his single "Advice".
Johnson was killed in a car accident while travelling to a concert in Betley, Staffordshire on 9 February 2019.
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Casale died on February 9, 2019 in Paramus, New Jersey at the age of 85.
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Šaban Šaulić
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Šaulić was killed in a car crash on 17 February 2019, at Bielefeld, aged 67.
Alexis Arquette
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At 19, Arquette played trans sex worker Georgette in the screen adaptation of "Last Exit to Brooklyn". She starred in more than 40 movies, including "I Think I Do," "", and "Sometimes They Come Back... Again". Arquette also starred alongside Tim Roth in "Jumpin' at the Boneyard".
In 2004, Arquette expressed an interest in undergoing formal male-to-female transitioning by the use of hormone treatments and, ultimately, sex reassignment surgery, which she realized in 2006, in her late 30s.
Arquette was diagnosed with HIV in 1987. She died from cardiac arrest complicated by HIV in Los Angeles, aged 47.
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