What are your thoughts/favorite songs?
It's more personal than anything he's ever done before. He still shares his life view, but we get more of who he is as a person, his origin story. It's interesting from a guy who tends to be really guarded.
"Count Me Out" is probably the catchiest. There's part of me that doesn't want to like "We Cry Together" as preachy, but it strikes me each time I listen to it. It reminds me of Eminem's "Kim" and him and Rihanna in "Love the Way You Lie," but I think it does it a little more bluntly? Which is probably necessary to ugly up volatile relationships and see them for what they are.
In contrast, though - "Auntie Diaries" sort of tries to do what Jay-Z did with "Smile." But Jay's was about his mom and was more touching, so I feel like that one could have been excluded, if that makes sense. Although it is good to be a contrite example.
The one song that I keep listening to in order to try and make out the denouement is "Mother I Sober." Obviously it's gutting and soul-baring to him, and his fiance (I thinks he's still his fiance?) talk about how he came through and is better - but I guess I don't really understand how the story ends, how he lifted the generational curse. By not accusing his cousin? Or not raping a female family member? I don't entirely understand - when it's included with his confession about sex addiction, I think that's part of why I find it so confusing, because he DID use sex to hurt someone and himself. I feel a little bit like a failure for not fully getting that one - and am assuming it's because I do not have the cultural background he does where this is generational, so maybe I'm not meant to understand.