Eminem - Straight from the Vault (Unreleased Tracks!)

  So long story short, to get you guys caught up on some things. A lot of unreleased tracks from Eminem just hit the internet in the last few days (particularly G.O.A.T. and Get Money) and it seems that people have been going back and forth a little bit on how good these songs are, what it means for the time, and what not. So lets take a look, shall we...
  First off, keep in mind that these songs were "unreleased." Give them a listen and you'll see why. And being that they were unreleased, it's hard to put an exact creation date on them. However, 2007 - 2008 seems to be the most accepted time period thus far. There is the crazy accent rap in a couple songs, a couple collabs with people like B.o.B. (no, not Airplanes, but you are thinking the same guy) and Obie Trice. Obie Trice left Shady records in 2008 making the song Emulate at least two years old in my opinion. As for Things Get Worse, it has been reported that Eminem and B.o.B. got together in 2009 for this one. Long before Airplanes II and long before the release of "The Adventures of Bobby Ray."
  So why are these songs out here? Someone out in the internet lands by the name of "Koolo" somehow got ahold of all these songs, zipped them up, and sent them to the rest of the internet lands for downloads, criticisms, appraisals, and whatsoever.
  The good side? Well, we as fans get to listen to some of the songs that we otherwise wouldn't get a chance to listen to. Perhaps as a fan we get a slight glimpse into the creative process as unfinished songs turn into finished song on official releases. However, there are more
  BADSIDES!..How so, you may ask. Well, as an artist (whether it be a poet, a painter, a storyteller, song writer, whatever) the creative aura is always there. Sometimes, you just have to do something with it. For someone like Eminem, sometimes its hopping in a booth and getting it out. For painters, it may just be grabbing some paint and something to paint on. Regardless, it's the rough draft that always comes out. The artist can then step back and decide if this is something they feel they want to continue with or toss aside.
  In this particular case these songs were either stored for another day or just completely left out because they weren't up to snuff (or some other reason). The song Get Money implies some "disses" towards Jay-Z and Kanye West. In a million years I don't think Eminem would diss Jay-Z intentionally. He did mention in "Talkin' 2 Myself" (A released track on Recovery) that he "almost went at Kanye too" references making a diss track. However, in the same song he tells Kanye (in addition to Lil' Wayne and T.I.) to keep your head up. Whatever demons, creativity, frustration, whatever, that Eminem was feeling when he recorded these songs are obviously not there at present day, and thus these songs should be placed aside for another day. Instead, I'm guessing there were a lot of phone calls being placed (first and foremost by Eminem, I would hope) explaining the situation and bridging the gaps that "Koolo" might have formed by releasing some of this stuff to the world. It wasn't meant to come out.
  Reason number 2, and I think this is just as important as the previous reason, is that if there was something on shelf waiting for it's turn in line, it's probably safe to say that it's not going anywhere now. I feel I can say that with Syllables (remember Syllables?) as well as the B.o.B. song Things Get Worse.
  As a fan I really am liking a few of these songs I've heard. However, as a fan I can also tell you that I am by no means judging Eminem (or any other artist for that matter) through means of unreleased material. I have listened to all these songs a couple times. I honestly do not think that Eminem is throwing any disses towards Jay-Z and Kanye in the song Get Money. I simply think he's saying that when asked who the best in the game are, people are not mentioning his name ("they keep on sayin' the same rappers are the best Jay-Z and Kanye West"), and it's time for him to reclaim his spot ("I'm a blonde Dre, now gimme Kanye's glasses!").
  Regardless, this can of worms is open and there's no way to stuff the cat back in the bag. Here's the track list and where to go to find these songs so you can make your own opinion:

  Eminem - Straight From the Vault

  1. The People's Champ (intro) Honestly, just a bad mix of a bunch of different songs. Blame "koolo" for that. I think it sucks anyways.
  2. Get Money
  3. Things Get Worse (featuring B.o.B.)
  4. Emulate (featuring Obie Trice)
  5. Balling Uncontrollably
  6. Going Crazy (featuring D-12)
  7. WEE WEE
  8. G.O.A.T.
  9. The Apple
  10. It's Been Real (Outro)
  As a BONUS (and one song you won't find in the download:
  Fly Away (featuring Just Blaze)
  There you go, YouTube links for every song if you'd like to go check them out. Go listen to them quick, UMG is taking them down almost as quickly as someone is putting them up. Your best bet is to go grab this mixtape as quickly as possible. Peep it (I sound so cool) HERE! Click on the big yellow button that says "DOWNLOAD FILE."
  Just an aside, I will not be updating these links. Once they are dead, they are dead and gone. Afterwards if you want to listen to them you are either going to have to do the google searches yourself or just send me an email and we'll see what we can do.
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