Eminem - Discombobulated [Lyrics]

[@GABLENNY]

Love this relapse style

[@nicholasnicholas9821]

Encore

[@3ossomok588]

😂😂

[@diandes]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZWppqWura-iopo

[@Peno547]

It makes you discombobulated

[@imthefastestmanalive6848]

@@nicholasnicholas9821 relapse

[@eltorkhanielkartagi5469]

That relapse shit, I'm in love with that

[@NikaljeHarshal]

"Discombobulated." Shady 2009 vibes.

[@3ossomok588]

yeah he is, he should go to a damn nursing home with bizarre

[@jaqaunlockett9585]

Shady 2020 he's back

[@Fredag123]

Yes

[@awinzuuu]

this is fucking nostalgic even tho it just came out

[@maximnikolaev6627]

LETS TAKE IT BACK!

[@afr0plays342]

@@maximnikolaev6627 IN TIME

[@ryujinayato1623]

it's because the "am i coming or going, i can't decide" part

[@Emil_Stoltz]

@@maximnikolaev6627 ACCEEEEEEENTS!

[@rockingamingwiththesahit2145]

@@ryujinayato1623No, it takes everyone back to Relapse.

[@ACasualCustomer]

0:00 Relapse 1:07 Recovery (Singing like 2010 Em) 1:30 MMPL2 (Listen to Evil Twin, remember "au jus"? plus the instrumentals sound similar to that era) 2:38 Revival ("When I'm at my worst") 2:49 Kamikaze (Addressing all the critics) 3:01 Music to Be Murdered By (Current style 🔥) The way this man's brain works must be studied

[@striker1088]

Damn man, u rock

[@thoughtinmymind]

Underrated comment

[@sajucaart]

Spot on!

[@derdan7183]

OMG

[@souhimrohella]

legendary

[@AyoMarco96]

Em must have wrote this at 3AM

[@TekPlayzGames]

While he went to crack a bottle.

[@opc_toxic2589]

Up in his elevator

[@ajanilynx]

Lol ikr

[@lanceroberts7492]

To the same song and dance

[@lanceroberts7492]

With Buffalo bill

[@BlaiseTighe]

This sounds like Eminem’s entire career mashed into one song.

[@kennethflaglerjr3843]

It was specially I think the 2nd or 3rd he had that slim shady flow

[@emmyjr1231]

best way to put it

[@kennethflaglerjr3843]

@Michael Kiely first was relapse em I say in the mid part of the song when he said suck my dick while I'm taking a shit half of that part was slim shady that what I was saying

[@abdelkhalekbelhinani3948]

Relapse vibes in first verse,recovery vibes in the hoom,MMLP1 vibes third verse

[@tonym3659]

I think this is what it basically is! I'm discombobulated!

[@wint3rfl00d4]

Bruh did this dude time travel to 2009 or something

[@MarkelScott100]

Yes its beautiful

[@nava6474]

@@MarkelScott100 yo that's a pun 😂

[@MarkelScott100]

@@nava6474 ik

[@whenyounutinhermouthandshe]

It would've been better if he did his mmlp2 voice, he can still do it but won't. If you don't believe me check out "Eminem, in your head" That was from 2017.

[@shaheerzahid5228]

@@whenyounutinhermouthandshe he can do his all voices bro. He changes is deliberately. In his revival tours he did his mmlp2 voices perfectly and then a year later in kamikaze tours he did them with deeper and angrier voice. He deliberately changes his voice.

[@anijeepa]

Em finally embracing his Relapse style.

[@jaqaunlockett9585]

I'm happy he's bringing it back I figured he was gonna bring it back & he is soon hopefully!

[@calvinblack2167]

He needs he’s 2000 style back

[@cryslowly]

@@calvinblack2167 yeah he does

[@calvinblack2167]

@@cryslowly if Eminem came back like the old days..... he would blow up again. Lol same flow and voice ..

[@j04370859]

We got this style on "Framed".

[@DJSkandalous]

Sounds like Em was inspired by his "Oh No" song for this. He probably listened to it before making this.

[@abdullah4835]

Forget about dre - 3am - crock a bottle- ginga - dejavu - insane .

[@alrumasofficial3872]

@@abdullah4835 framed

[@tylermaster912]

Nah this was definitely inspired by underground

[@Shrapnel-Effect]

@@tylermaster912 Yeah

[@emgo-at7398]

Bro idk if im crazy but I also got sum recovery vibes tho. Idk if im crazy and its just me or idk lol.

[@inkay1801]

if i wasnt an eminem fan and i heard this on the radio id be like "yo, this must be that 2009 eminem" impressive how he can still do that style

[@justintaylor6834]

He's em slim shady Marshall 🤪 of course he still have this style

[@CheminisVienetas]

We need whole album like this

[@thefishinyourbasement7907]

Totally agree

[@rishivikram6956]

he has one, he called it relapse 😂😅

[@CheminisVienetas]

@@rishivikram6956 that's what I meant, part 2

[@sushiyptonoscome4624]

I like his recovery style

[@TooSweaty7]

@@CheminisVienetas please god no relapse was awful

[@dipset8006]

Relapse Vibez

[@paulgrow1280]

Exactly what I though when I heard the first 5 seconds

[@gersigersi9838]

Yep i thought about it to

[@TekPlayzGames]

Relapse with less accent. A.k.a heat.

[@paulgrow1280]

@@TekPlayzGames U saying relapse wasn’t heat?

[@TekPlayzGames]

@@paulgrow1280 Never did. I was just saying it would have been better with less of that accent in it. Which it would. Relapse is still a good album.

[@skealla5372]

2:49 that transition to his relapse voice gave me chills, jesus christ

[@Rela_XP]

Yeah why is nobody talking about this?

[@MrApollos222]

That beat switch at 3:01 is to fire 🔥

[@darrel6724]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@jadonsimpson9970]

Ikr

[@wastedlemonade7222]

3:00

[@shaheerzahid5228]

This y'all don't understand. He changes his voice deliberately. To sound fresh every album

[@maximnikolaev6627]

Not to mention lot of people keep on pulling him around like he said in many of his songs

[@jaqaunlockett9585]

Thank you that's what they don't get bending words n stuff they're not real fans if they hatin because of that & don't know music

[@paleprince7983]

What are you on about? He has been using the same fast robotic flow the last 4 albums. He needs to go back to this flow or at least change it

[@shaheerzahid5228]

@@paleprince7983 flow and voice are 2 dif terms. His voice changed a lot. Listen to recovery all the way down to mtbmb. u must be tripping

[@maximnikolaev6627]

@@paleprince7983 pretty sure his kamakazie album is pretty different, like at least 4 of the songs in that album

[@jimmy22334]

“Let’s take them back” I knew it was gonna slap.

[@asyaellik9227]

The first 20 seconds gives me goosebumps. It has the essence of Slim Shady... This song reprensents Eminem’s career development for me. Beat transitions are crazy. He is the cleverest. His talent is out of this world ❤️

[@galetrog1438]

old em is back!

[@tiagoalves8217]

he never left

[@j04370859]

You guys say this every time he drops a new song, just stop all that already lol

[@nicholasnicholas9821]

This is the Em the fans buried, I like all his styles

[@c-reh9046]

I thought it should be younger Em' he took us back, before ...👌

[@Elinbe313]

"old Em"

[@Peno547]

The fact that em said 2050 confirms that hell be rapping when he 90

[@timevariant8355]

Mate I'm all for it. I'll be entering heaven in a low rider with a joint bumping eminem 😂

[@tomavery2714]

Well 78 to be exact lol jp nah I'll bump to 90 year old EM

[@bobsoso9155]

Or even he knows that this world is so backwards now. That even he knows about Agenda 2050 ?

[@jaqaunlockett9585]

Tbh 😭😭

[@elementop6847]

He said 2020 on a few relapse song 😂

[@mosesmusiime7976]

He does not repeat many words like many rappers! GOAT.

[@eheksgaming]

i edited this comment so the replies doesnt make sense 🤣

[@omerta7]

eminem says bobula bobula 10 minutes in discombobulated xd kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGK6fp2HqNOBaK8 em

[@cringe1660]

Already told to all the fraaaands

[@lanceroberts7492]

WITHOUT ME

Close to 313 likes 😂

[@lanceroberts7492]

@ 9 more guys we got it haha

[@YallaGoetheTV]

Thats the Eminem of pre 2010, Eminem is the shakespeare of our time

[@espadamt8839]

Eminem : names a song discombobulated Sherlock Holmes " this nigga spitting "

[@purityandaspiration]

😂😂😂 got the reference😂

[@dimo6994]

Sherlock n word pass

[@builtlikeabagofmilk660]

Is this a sherlock Holmes reference? Can someone explain to me cause I haven't noticed it yet

[@purityandaspiration]

@@builtlikeabagofmilk660 yes its a Sherlock Holmes reference., here is the link kzbin.info/www/bejne/eGeVcnauqtZrhtk

[@builtlikeabagofmilk660]

@@purityandaspiration ahh now it makes sense haha, thanks mate.

[@BuddhaBoiBrett]

Why is this not the #1 track on this album, everyone wanted old em back, I think this is the closest you'll get now

[@alifarshad4461]

This exactly proves that ppl like his new works too

[@luciferfromhell6704]

Real question though mate.... But I too don't know y!

[@victorjimenez7213]

That’s bc to get to this song on the album you have to suffer really really shitty songs to get to the only good on on B side

[@pikachuonmobile372]

Yea mostly because of the beats everyone hated them like afred theme but that whole song has a meaning and personally I love the beat idk why it’s #1 but it’s a delexe so it doesn’t have to be number 1

[@Gavin-ov1fo]

@@victorjimenez7213 b side is dope tho tf

[@axmoore]

Yessss we getting that relapse feellllll

[@redrum3219]

And it stops there....

[@axmoore]

@@redrum3219 huh?

[@slimshady1608]

Or does it?...🤔

[@shaylaleblanc8982]

AND EVERYONE SAID HE CAN'T DO ACCENTS ANYMORE

[@TekPlayzGames]

He really only did the accent in the beginning.

[@j04370859]

I don't think anyone said he can't do it, he won't.

[@ajanilynx]

He nailed them

[@NojoNinja]

he can still do his old voice and accents he just doesn’t do them. Idk why

[@j04370859]

@@NojoNinja It's obvious why, those accents were the style for Relapse and only that album. As for his old voice, I don't know if you realised but he's like 20 years older now, his voice has changed a lot, plus even on his earlier albums, he sounded different on each one.

[@WXLFCAM]

"Dr dre, 2020" them relapse vibes

[@pjotr_317]

next album in 30 years?

[@jackleslie7391]

2050*

[@jackleslie7391]

@FamilyPie Official yeah i just got that thx lol

[@oj818]

Em could still beat *the game on that album in 30 years

[@jackleslie7391]

@@oj818 im starting to get scared

[@ajaibharath8085]

I love how eminem goes forward by taking us back!

[@ASM1908]

I had to do a double take to make sure I wasn’t listening to relapse!

[@ajanilynx]

Ikr

[@athiseshansiva5590]

Exactly

[@BlackFaithProduction]

@Jack Mehoff You sound gay AF.

[@thehumanspider7]

This is Vintage Eminem right here

[@kinderbrano]

When he gets to the stuttery voice, he sounds exactly like recovery/relapse Em'. And if I'm being honest, that's probably my favourite Eminem voice

[@shaylaleblanc8982]

Exactly

[@luciferfromhell6704]

Some Mfs saying its prerecorded shit from the relapse time... But I think em can still do accents like this he just chooses not to

[@niskostojs2577]

2:49 - 3:10 yes of course u right, he high pitched his voice like on recovery. He did it in 2017 also with tragic endings, castle and arose

[@luciferfromhell6704]

@Michael Kiely u say he didn't do it in this song but then immediately say he did it in the start That hypocritical(*) bro 🙌

[@luciferfromhell6704]

@Michael Kiely sorry bro I wanted to write hypocritical....auto correct made it hypocrisy for some reason after some heavy typing mistakes... Hope u don't mind But since now u don't think the start was with accents then it makes the whole argument of hypocrite pointless 🙌

[@chrisbirdman8467]

LETS TAKE EM BACK! ACCEEEEENTS! mans really had fun on this side b tho

[@UralaTAO]

His old style in 2020. I can't believe it.

[@thatoneguy2870]

Eminem, The only man to be lagging during a song and still make fire

[@jowltrades]

💀💀 ong

[@thefishinyourbasement7907]

THIS IS RELAPSE. ACCENT, CHORUS, EVERYTHING

[@medric38]

Or Encore?

[@TheSigma008]

@Im Michael the accent's he used on relapse was'nt bad

[@TheSigma008]

@@medric38 the first verse sound like Relapse the second verse and the non-sens part sounds like Encore

[@TheSigma008]

@Im Michael I respect your opinion, because hearing Eminem rapping with a fake Jamaican/Arabic accent on a whole album can be boring, but it didn't bother me personally.

[@jasonmatthews4449]

So no ones gonna mention this so I will, at exactly 2:50 to 3:00 I got tears in my eyes because that was a glimpse of vintage blonde hair slim that broke through.

[@jonmccracken8625]

I'm with you on that every time that part comes on I bring it back a couple times

[@darker7370]

This is exact the same as then, he can still do it

[@abhijaykhurana9649]

We all are on the same boat 🤝🏼

[@spiridonrobert16]

It s kamikaze style addresing the critics kinda and slim shady is alive hahahah

[@gudnytX]

Eminem secretly loves Relapse...

[@j04370859]

Why would he lie about it?

[@jackleslie7391]

I don't think he does, but he wanted to make the fans happy. PS awesome pfp, I love Recovery

[@TheSigma008]

@@jackleslie7391 I think he actually loves relapse, but pretended to hate it because of the unjustified negative criticism he received. (it's not just with the vocals used that we judge an album )

[@TheSigma008]

@@j04370859 because of the bad critics that received the album he preferred to disown it

[@j04370859]

@@TheSigma008 Nah, if that was the case, he would've trashed "Revival".

[@H1TMANBEATS]

This is one of the best songs Eminem has released in the past 15 years

[@luciferfromhell6704]

I respect ur opinion

[@FigDaFloof]

@@luciferfromhell6704 ur nice for that

[@Marwan-oh4tk]

since 2005? hell no it's not even in the top 20

[@H1TMANBEATS]

@@Marwan-oh4tk I said one of the best not the best. Maybe its just nostalgia cause it reminds me relapse

[@luciferfromhell6704]

@@Marwan-oh4tk why are u mad at his opinion 😂

[@ryggamortis7594]

Now this is real eminem music

[@NicholasBenicchio]

One of the best eminem song in the last 3 years

[@k3xbox144]

Try 10

[@k3xbox144]

Personally I think it's his best album since 2010

[@michaelrubino5897]

Yes

[@kennethflaglerjr3843]

@@k3xbox144 a side and b side has All has been his best work in long time

[@keshav-025]

Man I'm damn sure this is straight outta relapse shit🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@ajanilynx]

Definitely

[@lanceroberts7492]

NANI 😳

[@YoursTrulyRockz]

@@lanceroberts7492 omae wa mo shindeiru

[@lanceroberts7492]

@@YoursTrulyRockz NANI 🤯

[@swiftie9006]

@@lanceroberts7492 🤔

[@Kinsjeem]

3:00 Em went rap God mode on a new wave type of trap beat for a sec 🔥🔥. Some beautiful shit

[@epsilon2190]

RELAPSE 100%😻😻

[@ragnarlothbrok334]

Oh how I have missed the Relapse era... this is easily one of Em's best songs to come out in awhile 🔥😄

[@bigtommy9715]

Didn’t think he could or would do relapse style again Same voice which I can’t believe I thought his voice was too deep now and the weirdness I’m so happy This is slim Relapse fans rejoice!

[@yoitsshaggy8622]

Needs to sound like this more often

[@danielschnapp6737]

I really hope he makes a sequel to Relapse

[@VideoEditorMilo]

@@danielschnapp6737 Relapse 2?

[@darrellclark5627]

Well the way I see it,I dont think relapse would fit if he didn't really relapse. It would be dope but it wouldn't make sense if he never relapsed,I was just thinking this the other day. He has to call it like edge of relapsing or something. He can deffintly make relapse 2. I think eminem is finally ready to drop a slim shady lp 2,I think he's got the right vibes for it now.

[@j04370859]

@@darrellclark5627 He's not making anymore part 2 albums, he doesn't need to go back to stuff he already did for a full album.

[@darrellclark5627]

@@j04370859 gave you a like,it would be cool to see a modern day sslp,im waiting for a bad meets evil 2 that would be dope,I wanna see a full album of kid Cudi and eminem,that would be really cool,it would make the merchandise they put out have more value and meaning.

[@simonhanna3679]

I really need a new album in this new Relapse style, I can't stop listening to this song.

[@ELPelonCabron]

When The Goat spits. We All win. 💯

[@minime6648]

Relapse vibe

[@legendcrepp6691]

As soon my flow starts i compose art like the ghost of mozart :)

[@bigweenie7225]

even though they all say that they're real i know that most aren't

[@drkoolaid8264]

@Michael Kiely Come with me to another side in a world so cold and so dark

[@malotielemans3863]

Fefifiofum...

[@gaverin0]

Wrong song bro

[@desoulate4765]

This particular track is being received very well, Em NEEDS, NEEDS, NEEDS to take notice of this & capitalize, the fan’s & critiques are literally telling him what they want from him. He’s been getting closer & closer to the pocket he himself is searching for, just gotta study what it is he channeled for this track & start breaking down the elements that he can later use for future tracks this shit is dope.

[@xposebandwagons7777]

Em should stop listening to fake fans and haters he has nothing to prove anymore he’s done it all in the last 20 years he should do what he enjoys he will never be able to silence the critics

[@dondewan]

This is probably a beat he had for years He never hopped on lmao.

[@kennethcolon3547]

True probably from the relapse era

[@theogbv088]

Agree. The beat sequence doe

[@John-xt9wr]

This is like time traveling

[@phil_gaming8477]

I hope he continues doing this kinda stuff

[@ColtonGuindon]

The first minute thirty of this song is a highlight of 2020. I want that Em on a WHOOOOOLE album again.

[@SlimShady-nx6mz]

Man this is epic!! Like that old relapse shady vibe Love this relapse style. if this was released and told me it's a leaked track from relapse i would believe it It sounds like his whole career mashed in one song, I want whole album like this (relapse 2) I hope he continues making songs in relapse style

[@tejas.athalye]

Dre beats and Shady's voice, when together is too littt🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Priyashu230]

I was thinking is he ever gonna drop relapse 2 or nah ? ..em a real santa

[@jaqaunlockett9585]

If he drop this song for us... & Slim Shady 2020 is back. Relapse 2 will be dropped even the critics wanna say it's trash just cause

[@maximnikolaev6627]

If people enjoy the accents he just might relapse again (both in a good way and a bad way xD)

[@maximnikolaev6627]

@Michael Kiely you are saying that last bit he did was 0 accent and it all sounded natural to you? I'm not sure if you heard all of the relapse tracks but a lot of it is similar to that (greatest one I can think of is 3 A.M.)

[@maximnikolaev6627]

@Michael Kiely it's still in the relapse technically though and people including em himself have complained about that album.

[@DjZephy]

0:00 beginning 0:11 chorus / prechorus / whatever 0:22 start of dopest verse i've heard in a while

[@ShadyStan-E]

Eminem got unbelievable talent

[@squidwardjoestar226]

I’ve been waiting for em to do this style for a long time. This brought a smile to my face

[@AstaIsAMonster]

My 2nd favorite songs from the album because of the heavy *Relapse vibes!* 2:38 - 3:00 *ONLY SHADY CAN DO THAT CRAZY SHIT AND IT BE* 🔥🔥🔥

[@jowltrades]

🔥🔥🔥

[@spiridonrobert16]

a little bit of revival ,,i am at my best when i am at my worst ,,and kamikaze going at critics vibes

[@enitivy]

​@@spiridonrobert16About critics has 2009 flow

[@spiridonrobert16]

@@enitivy ye true but it feels like it has kaminaze style there,since in kmaimze critics haters are the predominate subject yk

[@enitivy]

@@spiridonrobert16 ye but flow is 2009, I'm just adding

[@Max-il5hx]

This the third time on this album I found myself saying "This the best rap song ever, ever." Tooo many wordplays, doubles, punchlines, FUCK. This album tops ANY rap album in years. Shit, this track right here better than anything in the game right now on its own.

[@foresthills-vp4np]

Nah man you tripping there are so many great rappers out there now

[@ethanmuro1943]

RELAPSE vibes Need a whole album like that!

[@BobBob-wi1on]

relapse em is back!!! 🔥🔥🔥

[@CosmicAlgorithm]

Eminem hit us with this for Old Times Sake

[@antbone7640]

as soon as i heard the beat i immediately thought “ IS HE NUTS? NO HES INSANE!”

[@jadonsimpson9970]

No, he's discombobulated!

[@AstaIsAMonster]

The whole album and this song is great. 💪🏽

[@antreasAnimations]

If only he makes every track like this, and Dre drops instrumentals like this hip hop will be saved.

[@ronaldodagoat2661]

This one is nostalgic

[@rauls2226]

PLEASE EM BRING THEM ACCENTS BACK ON A RELAPSE 2 ALBUM

[@xdrastig_4207]

@Im Michael he didn't stop doing them in refill,and they were one of the best things of relapse,that's a method to rhyme words in an innovative way.

[@MrHmmm]

My man did it again ❤

[@pantelischristodoulou6053]

This reminds me of relapse. Still dope!

[@dogdrawler]

This sounds like Relapse and Encore and MTBMB at the same time

[@Archie6666]

Agreed

[@Archie6666]

@LegoGuy87 yes

[@thepunisher3677]

I love the fact that even after all the criticism, he tries to be all different versions of himself just to please his fans!

[@feetmcpeetb7515]

Hey I love that you upload as soon as it comes out keep it up man🔥🔥

[@rinorsusuri]

I’m as excited for the new album as y’all are! Thanks and enjoy iiit

[@itsalwaysdarkestbeforethes1198]

I really wish em would stick with this type of flow. Much smoother than most of his new stuff.

[@randied603]

Slim Shady never truly retires. He re-emerges from the shadows every so often

[@overlordiiv6463]

Feels like his old style i love it

[@MorcysZ]

This song got me all discombobulated

[@MembersOnly-0]

0:06 Only Shady would do such thing LMFAOO

[@PaullyG]

This might be one of the best tracks he’s done in years. This B side is good and I’ve only heard like 3 tracks so far lol.

[@H1TMANBEATS]

Eminem sounds great on these type of beats

[@mohammedalyassin1045]

We are in 2009 right ? Relapse I can smell you !

[@ajanilynx]

It's 3am in the morning

[@508kenji2]

@@ajanilynx put my 🔑 in the 🚪 and, bodies laying all over the floor and ...

[@ajanilynx]

@@508kenji2 I don't remember how they got there But I guess I must've killed em, killed em

[@coreyneedham9534]

What I do when I am depressed is put Eminem only on my Pandora songs like this put a smile on my face 👹

[@raedewav]

HOLYY FUVK IM SOO FRICKIIN HAPPY WITH THIS....

[@soulintent4129]

Evrytime i listen to this song, i appreciate how much lyrical em got and this tough beats dre still produces, this b side is nuts, shoutout to the channel owner, i support and appreciate your work and consistency to the fullest ❤

[@ThatRedHeadedMenace]

I’m a rapper too and Eminem is one of the reasons that I make my own music.

[@kolibri5861]

same

[@satanxraimusic9610]

Same

[@odizz2k11]

Me 3

[@youfool9999]

The vibes I've needed again 💯🔥

[@ifubuildit]

The Unisom line at the start flew over my head... great start to the track. You know when he has to explain the beef line in the track its going over everyones head.. this guy is crazy good

[@Dugla42]

I jus took an AIDS test and the doctor said to think positive 😂em forever mann

[@FalloutHelper]

Lmao

[@devyangelica3937]

Wish you luck

[@FalloutHelper]

@@devyangelica3937 lol

[@MrRandomperson234]

0:29 that flow is fucking out of this world man the way his cadence is like cmoon if u know u know

[@lieldvir793]

This song is sooo underrated

[@AngryDeluxe]

Another classic from the Music Box that is Eminem.

[@JohanisTV]

This song is litterally like he listened to every album he's ever put out and was like yano what time for a mashup XD Fucking killed it.

[@Eyuelin]

This is the old eminem i've missed 🔥🔥

[@grimygaming]

If you’re paying attention closely, there’s a lot of references to some lyrics from his old songs

[@SebuhiFetelizade]

"I can't wait, I'm going back Ha-ha, woo! Dr. Dre! 2020! Yeah!' From 'We Made You'

[@nuffsaid7759]

Eminem just straight up experimenting about what his audience wants