As an overall concept, this album is Eminem coming face-to-face with his alter ego, Slim Shady, and Em confronting a lot of the things that have been part of his identity especially during his peak in the 2000s:

Drug addiction, being controversial, violence, pop culture references, etc.

The first track, ‘Renaissance,’ is reminiscent of “old” Eminem, particularly on The Eminem Show or Encore, from the beat to the voice Eminem uses to the subject matter. The purpose is to set the stage and let the listener know that we’re going back in time to re-experience the Slim Shady persona, and this time around Em is going to take him down once and for all.

The song ends with a line about artists not getting their flowers until they’re dead, foreshadowing the death of Slim Shady later on in the album.

Next, on ‘Habits,’ Slim Shady is back and immediately forcing Em to do drugs (he’s been sober since 2008). This track lets you know the type of timing Slim Shady is gonna be on in this album, using the r word and saying he doesn’t care who he is offending. Eminem is fighting it saying “you can’t say that” but acknowledging that Slim Shady is a part of him “But I’m still an addict, so it’s getting harder” and the chorus is essentially Em saying he’s addicted to Slim.

On ‘Brand New Dance,’ Eminem brings back his recurrent poking fun at Christopher Reeves on a track that was originally meant for Encore, literally bridging the present with the past. The track is from Slim Shady’s perspective.

On ‘Evil’, ‘Lucifer’ & ‘Antichrist’ we see more of Slim Shady essentially being a menace to society, and Eminem equates himself to the devil.

‘Fuel’ is a track basically about longevity, but I also see it as Eminem passing the torch to JID. Em is saying he’s not going to run out of fuel, and reflects on what he’s been through, but by giving JID the lead verse (which is nearly 1:30), I think he’s basically saying that yeah, I’m here to stay but