Eminem, arguably one of the greatest rapper of all time, released his much awaited album The Marshall Mathers LP 2 on Nov. 5, receiving reviews of all kinds. Eminem released Berzerk in August of this year, his first song in over three years. This was followed by three more hits within the following month.

I bought all four of the singles, but I wish the rest of album was of the same standard. In my opinion, the four singles released were the best songs on the album, and it didn’t help that I wasn’t already a huge fan of Eminem. It’s not that I think he’s bad as a rapper, it’s just not my style.

“The singles were more for the audience that aren’t genuine Eminem fans, and were meant for the radio,” sophomore and longtime Eminem listener AK Koyee said.

With production help from hip-hop heavyweight Dr. Dre, one of the most respected producers of all time, Rick Rubin and Eminem himself, MMLP2 is well built with a wide variety of rhythms and beats.

“I love [the song] Headlights, because it was an apology song and he’s never done anything like that before. I have no least favorite song because I liked them all! I’m hoping they don’t play it on the radio though because it’ll just get overplayed,” Koyee said.

What I do like about this album is that it’s simple rap. There’s no glossy autotune or fancy beats, it’s just old school, straight up hip-hop. Unlike most of the young, new rappers who rely solely on cursing with seven beats going at a time, Eminem put together songs with a larger focus on his lyrics which just so happen to have meaning to them.

“He changed the style up, the way he rapped was completely different, he was apologetic. Although, I feel like he tried too hard to be different, it’s a little too drastic of a change,” Koyee said.

I think what makes a song great is a really good feature from another artist. MMLP2 has a total of seven artists featured on seven different songs, and aside from Rihanna and Kendrick Lamar, they’re generally unheard of artists. Of course, any song with Rihanna singing the chorus is a guaranteed success. Jamie N Commons even adds a dash of rock into Desperation, but I think the award for best feature goes to Kendrick Lamar for his verse in Love Game. He adds quick, slick rhymes and even a touch of humor with sudden changes in his rapping pace and tone of voice.

“I think he made he made good choices for features. He makes good music with Skylar Grey and Rihanna, and working with Kendrick was a really good idea,” Koyee said.

Winning awards for best Hip-Hop artist and Global Icon at the 2013 MTV EMAs, Eminem is expected to bring in more hardware with the release of MMLP2.