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this shit sucked in 1999, it double-sucks now
I like this album and for anyone hating on this album: listen to the opening skit, my name is and role model again. He explains that anything he says isn’t what he or anyone should really think. In role model he explains how fucked up you get if you actually do those things.
It was fine … but not my favourite Eminem
mi è piaciuto più di marshall mathers ep
Eminem is one of my favourite artists, and this record is his beginning, and it's very good. But I can say that because of some of the lyrics it didn't age well at all. I am waiting for the Marshall Mathers LP as that one is more mature and it has way better songs. Anyway, even though this is worse than I remembered, I still liked a big part of it. In the end, this is the start of a living legend.
This kind of sucks. It's not playing into any of his strengths. Guilty Conscience is a good idea for their styles. This is only on the list because of what he went on to do.
I like the concept for Guilty Conscience. This doesn't age that well. It's overall kind of flat sounding. Eminem is a good lyricist, better than this. This is too long for what it is.
ну тут прям гениальные треки сторителлинг просто высшего уровня др дре на битах сказка
I remember liking this in high school?
Iggy likes this - found a clean playlist of this on Spotify. We had to unpack a lot about Kim and Hailie. I prefer funny Eminem to the Eminem that wants his daughter’s help killing mom or is questioning whether or not to date rape someone.
I like to think we’ve moved beyond the days of a hip hop album having a bunch of skits
I cannot abide the misogyny
This is surprisingly less noxious than the Marshall Mathers LP, probably because Eminem had something to prove here, and when he got successful, he indulged in his worst tendencies. There's still plenty of bad shit on this one too. The homophobia isn't as pronounced here, but the rape talk and gleeful nihilism are toxic. You can say he's doing a character, and I'll buy that to a point—but how many of the 10+ million people who bought this album thought that? And there's no reason this needs to be an hour with a million stupid skits. 2.5, but rounding down.
used to listen to eminem a lot in middle school
I used to be a big fan of Eminem, but yeah this one didn’t age well.
This is #day556 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and… a game changer of a record here, no doubt. I never really gave it a full spin back in the day, though, unlike The Marshall Mathers LP, The Eminem Show, and Encore, all of which were at the heart of my childhood and early teen years. So here I am... maybe my second proper listen. I can't say I'd put this alongside my favorite records of his, but this is where we first meet the Slim Shady persona, so you kind of have to accept it for what it is. "My Name Is" and "Guilty Conscience" went down in rap history, and, as time would show, so did Em himself. This is a 4 out of 5. Sparing a 5 for TMMLP, for that's where he truly shines. Looking forward to #day557.
I can understand the bad reviews based on musical taste but people leaving bad reviews because they’re offended by lyrics are missing the nuance of a persona. It’s akin to believing GWAR and Slayer were serious in some of their lyrics. Even in the lead off track, he literally tells us “God sent me to piss the world off.” When his music hit the radio, boy did it, and that was the point. I was in middle school when Eminem blew up so our parents hating him made me and my friends want to hear his music even more. I’m not a huge Eminem fan by any means but the work on his early albums has it all: shock value, diss tracks, great rhymes, and a chip on his shoulder. Some of the references are dated eg, “she’s older than George Burns”, “brain dead like Jim Brady”, etc. but pretty sharp for the time. Favorite track: Guilty Conscience w/Dr Dre
Woah... I know this is a character but like this didn't age well for most. If we take a moment to distance ourselves from the subject matter, I admire Eminem's mastery of wordplay and tone. He nails the acting for Slim Shady between playful and confrontational. If we just had the instrumentals, I'd instantly be hooked on the beats. Definitely could have been "slimmed" though.
Whatever early amusement the album offers evaporates fast. Once you get past the initial shock gags, it becomes clear how thin the whole act is—an endless barrage of juvenile, deliberately nasty lyrics that mistake sheer obnoxiousness for edge or humour. Eminem’s technical skill is obvious, but it’s wasted on material that feels like being trapped in a room with a teenager who’s just discovered swearing. By the halfway mark, it’s not provocative—just tiresome.
I dont get this sort of stuff at all. I turned it off.
Bit puerile honestly. Ooh I'm so edgy, I got kicked out of schooool, ooh I'm so edgy I'm going to be horrible about womeeeeen. Like he's some paedo weirdo trying to impress kids on a playground. Some alright beats and that, but the annoying, childish vocal is, frankly, crap. At least we know he grew up.
This shit's a blast to listen to. Eminem's all over your face with his humor and narratives here in a way that just doesn't feel as heavy or brooding as later records. Plus, the early Dr. Dre bits and overall creativity are fire. Just a more likable, light-hearted ride than his other albums. Spins: 2 Playlist Additions - My Name Is - Guilty Conscience - Role Model - Just Don't Give A Fuck
Still an Eminem hater but this album isn’t that bad.
Clever. Musical. I’ll never put it on again.
can we be done with him now?
Wasn’t expecting to like this as much as did. Not that I was going to be shocked, get the theatre of it all, that it's satire. It's just it's cartoonist violent misogynistic horrorcore label thing ain’t my thing, music, film or book. Accepting that he is a talented rapper. And has a way with making words flow. I will say it's a good one time listen, get that the "character" is a pathetic bragard and outlet for the artist , and prefer this take that the hedonistic real braggards of rap/music. Yes it's open to misinterpretation, to take at face value, the line between truth and fiction but you can say that about everything, and hate sits everywhere at the moment in much worse and influential places than a record. Don’t think I would want to revisit again anytime soon after 1 hearing, but it has it's place contentwise and he is good musically, 3 Star.
Irreverente Interesante como siempre hay maneras de innovar no importa el genero ni la época Hace satira de temas muy relevantes aún hoy Algunas cosas ya serían más cancelables en este momento pero el estaba contando sus experiencias o de cercanos 3.5
Love him or hate him, you can't deny Em changed the game. I'm one of the former. His lyrics are hilarious, biting, and excessively satirical, and he's got one of the best delivery styles of all time. Dre's production has become more lush and complex by this point in his career without straying from its West Coast roots. Listened to: at 5MW. Favorite tracks: My Name Is, Guilty Conscience, Rock Bottom, As The World Turns, Still Don't Give A Fuck
I forgot how well I know this album. Front to back interesting stuff going on. Absurdly and aggressively inappropriate and controversial a bit of the edge has dulled over the years but still some wild stuff on here.
Honestly this holds up.
Already listened. A bit rough around the edges and has aged poorly in places. Shows good promise though and some good earnest songs
90’s Rap ⭐️Role Model
Dated, repetitive.
Slim shady needs a therapist
I thought I was an Eminem fan. This aged like milk
Good sound effects and production but otherwise unlistenable
Entertaining and lyrically interesting. A little crude and cheesy at times but this did not really detract from my enjoyment.
No one’s ever done it quite like Em. One of the most captivating artists in any genre, something about his mix of creativity, menace, humour, and just flat out skill make him impossible not to listen to. The best parts of album are (unsurprisingly) backed by a Dre beat, the rest is a bit of a mixed bag especially in the back half of the album. Maybe I’m getting old but I find some of the more violent stuff less interesting and more gratuitous than I remember.
2.5 I never really connected with the shock lyrics when this first came out, and I definitely don't now. Prefered the Marshal Mathers LP, yeah, I know it has similar themes maybe Im just more familar with it.
1: My Name Is 2: 97 Bonnie & Clyde 3: Just Don’t Give A Fuck
My name is, my name isTschika Tschika Slim shady
Pretty good
The guy has talent, no question. I've never actually listened to a Eminem album in full. I do know a lot of the singles though and I was kind of excited to have an Eminem album to listen to. As this album goes though its; - too long, felt like it was dragging on, and i'd lost interest. - subject matter is too often not ok. I get he's being controversial and confrontational and likely playing into a persona, and hopefully it's tongue in cheek, but rape, domestic violence are not laughing matters. I listen to the lyrics, and it turned me off liking a fair chunck of the tracks. It's a pass from me.
decent songs
What happened to rap skits? This was good but was too long, like a lot of rap albums and albums from the 90s.
While I can enjoy the odd Eminem track and album full of spoken word with a mixed bag of backing tracks is not my thing. The short skits seem the equivalent of unfinished ideas or just laziness.
Great listen- really enjoyed - pretty different at the time - almost a 5 star
Can appreciate the musical quality here but there is definitely some drop off towards the end . Overall a bit average.
this is a difficult album to rate. Eminem was on repeat through my adolescent years and therefore hold a special place in my heart. However, I feel like a lot of songs don't age well, mostly due to the vulgarity of them. But Eminem also has some of the most vulnerable and real hip hop songs you can find. He is also a master of manipulating the english language and exemplifying how words can be used as art. If I Had is a great example of both of the last two points. But then we have songs like '97 Bonnie & Clyde, that does have a nice beat and clever lyrics but do we really need to make songs about killing our child's mother? I am not sure. They were hilarious when I was 16, but now as an adult it just doesnt quite hit the same.
The Slim Shady LP markiert den Durchbruch des US-amerikanischen Rappers Eminem und etabliert früh die Figur des provokanten Alter Egos, das das Album prägt. Die Aufnahmen entstanden überwiegend in den Bass Brothers Studios sowie den Effigy Studios in Michigan, ergänzt durch Sessions in Los Angeles. Inhaltlich kreist das Album um überspitzte Gewaltfantasien, Selbstironie und autobiografische Brüche, getragen von klar strukturierten Beats und pointierten Reimen. Zu den bekanntesten Stücken zählen „My Name Is“, „Guilty Conscience“, „Brain Damage“ und „’97 Bonnie & Clyde“, die stilprägend für Eminems frühe Phase wurden. Musikalisch ist das Album fest im Hip-Hop verankert, mit einem Fokus auf Storytelling und provokante Rollenbilder. Auch wenn nicht jeder Track gleich stark wirkt, bleibt das Album in sich geschlossen und zeigt bereits eine deutliche Handschrift. In der Gesamtschau ist The Slim Shady LP ein konsequentes Debüt, das durch klare Ideen und Wiedererkennungswert überzeugt, ohne frei von Längen zu sein. Absolut nicht meine Welt und wird sie auch niemals werden. Was positiv zu werten ist: In Interviews und Songtexten kritisierte Eminem Trumps Rhetorik, den Umgang mit Minderheiten und die politische Kultur.
Great debut album.
Otro disco de un tío que habla rápido.
Classic
Creative storytelling lyrics. Hate some of them though. Listened before? N ⭐⭐⭐
A bit too long, but it's definitely Eminem's storytelling. Just as dark and horrifying as this Elder Millennial would expect.
I haven’t heard this one since high school, so very interesting to get to hear it now as an adult. The very obvious elephant in the room: the lyrics and content have aged poorly. But the actual musical elements are great. The creativity and production remain interesting throughout the record. I’m going to give it a very guilty 4/5, because I really did enjoy a large portion of this record.
A relief to have a different genre then the past few days of various rock outings Technically this is great. Dre’s production over Eminem’s flow is just so good, but I only really knew My Name Is and Guilty Conscience going into it I’ve had zero solo women in my list so far, and I feel getting this album before that is just rubbing it in my face. The misogyny and glee in the violence is properly off putting. I don't feel I'm in on whatever joke this is.
good album, usually not for me but this one is good. 01/29/2026
When this came out I loved this album, it was edgy and pushed boundaries with great Dre beats. Completely over the top and fairly new for white MCs at the time. But as I listen to it now the lyrics are just too over the top and have not aged well. I can give it props but it is something that I will not relisten to except maybe My Name Is
Got a few songs in and that was enough. Crass and edgy in a way that is only cool to 12 year olds, I’m sure Eminem has good albums but it certainly isn’t this one
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This album is the reason I used to hate Eminem.
This doesn’t hold up for me at all. Obviously talented with rhymes, but this was a rough listen today.
A fitting origin for Slim and Stan. The extended edition also features a bizarre song from the Wild Wild West soundtrack I hadn’t heard before
Guilty Conscience is still insane.
Not as good as MM LP or the Eminem show, but what a debut! The theatricality is incredible. The album is just as shocking as it was when it came out. Love it.
This is still pretty good. I was expecting it to not hold up but with the exception of a couple three songs. It was good
escutado no dia 26/01/2025 às 8 e depois às 17 gosto da acidez desse aqui dr. dre amassa é impressionante tudo que esse cara toca fica bom a cover é um 8/10, essa lua é um charme
had to fight for my life to get through this one eminem has always pissed me off for some reason cause he just looks so ew not surprisingly I didnt enjoy this album, it just sounds so CORNY and like he is trying to cosplay a rapper
Kinda funny at times but sometimes it was just overbearingly crass. Favorite Tracks: My Name Is, '97 Bonnie & Clyde, My Fault
Alphabet crew is gonna hate this one haha
I recently bought this record on cd. Yeah, it’s pretty fun! However nothing special
Fun nostalgic sound
Aged like milk
FAR too long, couple of nice ideas, won't play again.
The last string of songs rounded it alright, but I was not having a great time before that. I understand what this is, why it exists, what it was meant to do, etc. Regardless of all that, it’s really not that great, and I think it should be ok to say that.
Love the spoken word tracks. First song is a classic, always hits. The commentary is a great way of moving the story line along. The classic Eminem humor lands really well with me.
Absolute waste of time; unfortunately no negative stars available
I never liked Eminem and relistening to this didn't improve my opinion.
This didn’t hold up very well for me
ROUGH listen. I'm old enough to remember when Eminem first got famous, and its clear he's a talented rapper. But so many of the lyrics here have aged HORRIBLY -- the casual homophobia, the extremely violent lyrics toward women. It was one thing in the nineties, but it feels entirely worse now. This was a struggle to listen to. Best song on the album: My Name is (it's catchy, at least) Favorite lyrics: Nothing grabbed me off this one.
Not a fan of anything since. He was raw. Powerful back then. Now he’s a poser like every other “ artist” of that ilk. This album is great.
Comes out with maybe one of the more memorable openers on an album of all time. From there nothing really hits the same way. Can’t deny Em’s ability to tell a story and rhyme the entire time, it’s incredible, but the content of the songs just didn’t resonate with me. Product of my age I’m sure.
Too many skits. Could have afforded to cut those out and just stick to music
Dear Slim, This album has aged very poorly. Sincerely, Stan
Sickening. The lyrics and artistry in the rap is authentic and precise, I am a big fan of a good rap game, and Slim Shady ofc knows what’s doing, with very straight forward aggressive sentences. Like we’re in his brain
didnt like it as much as his sophomore album its fine fr
Couldn't make it through. I know there's a lot of satire in this album but it's still too much talk about violence, drugs, and crime in it for me to listen to it at the moment.
I remember buying this album back when I was in Okinawa. I had heard My Name is and thought that this would actually be a great album. What I will say is that I was underwhelmed then. Yes Eminem can rhyme and rap but the album was just a bunch of shock and no substance. It got old real fast. Also it wasn’t entertaining. I was never a big fan and made through the album once or twice back then and never listened again. The topics were horrible. As I came back to the States he became a huge star and everyone was a fan. I just couldn’t listen. Listening today. I feel asleep twice with how boring his schtick is. His whining. His talk and content just is stupid. Is it a joke yes. Is it funny anymore? No. I don’t think his punchlines were always funny then. Some of his features back then were memorable but this album is way too long and not good.
Not much of a rap fan, but this is good.
Oh my God I almost forgot how annoying Eminem's music is. It's frustrating too, he is easily one of the most talented rappers of all time, and he completely wastes it on this annoying cringy shit. His vocal style switches between silly and overly serious way too often and at random points, and don't even get me started on those stupid skits. I just don't understand what the appeal of this is on any level, I am aware of the fact that there is deeper messaging in the lyrics if you really read between the lines, but there is so much other better music that also has that quality without sacrificing the music itself actually being good.
Woof. The beats on this album are surprisingly tedious, but not as tedious as the lyrics. Eminem is probably the most overrated rapper of all time. This dude owes his career to being white and ripping off the Insane Clown Posse.
It was tough to rate. If you ignore most of the subject matter of the songs it's amazing
Old school never failed me ชอบท้ายๆบั้มมากกว่า(อีกแล้ว😂) เหมาะจะเปิดฟังทั้งบั้ม ไม่มีเพลงไหนโดดเป็นพิเศษ
I know this was a different time, but just no.
Eminem – The Slim Shady LP The Slim Shady LP is a brilliantly "obnoxious" debut that successfully introduced one of hip-hop’s most technical and versatile storytellers. The album thrives on its "haunting" narratives, particularly on tracks like "'97 Bonnie & Clyde," and the "top-tier chemistry" displayed between Eminem and Dr. Dre on "Guilty Conscience." What makes this body of work stand out is how Eminem presents vastly different emotions and struggles through a lens of dark humor; he can pivot from the frantic, drug-fueled chaos of "My Fault" to the surprisingly smooth "groove vibes" of "Cum on Everybody" without losing his technical edge. The record is packed with highlights, from the "immaculate" and famous production of "Role Model" to the defiant energy of "Just Don’t Give a F***." While the lyrics are often cartoonishly funny (especially on My Name Is), they are backed by a serious lyrical ability that was clearly just beginning to "unlock." While it serves as a massive foundation for the even more complex storytelling he would achieve on the MMLP, this album remains a masterpiece of "off-kilter" creativity. A definitive 4/5 that captures the raw, hungry birth of a legend.
Guilty conscience … cancelled
Nihilistic, offensive, bleak, shocking, occasionally amusing and almost certainly a work of twisted genius. I sure as hell don't like it all but it's certainly an album with massive artistic vision, with alot more depth than he's often credited with.
my name is 1999 united states hip hop
I liked this album and already had a couple songs saved on my library. I never really like Eminem’s violence, but for the most part, his music is good.
So it comes with a Public Service Announcement at the beginning saying Children Should Not Listen and Don't Try This at Home and proceeds to 90 minutes of songs that are so extreme in their homophobia, misogyny, social dislocation and violence that toy wonder what exactly was the intention of it all. Is it some sort of Randy Newman satirical character study? Is it meant to be taken seriously? (A lot did) Is it a jet black humour performance in the vein of The Naked Lunch? Whatever it is, it's hardly the most mature album ever, and some of the songs sound like the demo versions of songs from a better album. Another reviewer here said that it was like being trapped in a room with a 13 year old obnoxious brat and they're not wrong.
I can pretty much always do with less women/children screaming and crying sounds in my music. Overall I liked this album, Eminem has so much fun with the wordplay and is crazy talented with a great ear and intuition for flow. The production is great besides the unfortunate choice for all the crying sounds my god. I like the skits, and I usually don’t like skits. The content isn’t so much “offensive” as it just starts to feel boring after a while, like I’m rolling my eyes a few songs in. I like the comparison to a horror movie, but the best horror movies make use of pacing and variety so that the shocks remain shocking. The bizarre- and ridiculous-ness of the concept make it mostly work for me. Definitely earns its place on the list!
Instant classic. Must listen for the genre. Slim Shady was upfront, edgy, unruly, but through all the act, depicted the deep difficulties of growing up in poverty. The homophobia and misogyny was crude at the time and is aging like rotten milk.
He hasn’t hit his peak. A very angry album with some really weird creepy songs. It’s interesting to listen to given what he has become.
Starts great but it’s far too long. I don’t really care for tracks 14 - 20, and I think if he had trimmed those off that this album would be a five.
Shady
I can see why one or two songs stood out ("My Name Is") but there wasn't a ton here in terms of lyrics, beats, etc. that impressed me. I really don't want to sound like a prude but a lot of the subject matter was very off-putting, because it doesn't really serve a purpose other than shock value. I like a lot of Eminem's work but the debut was in desperate need of some maturing (especially in songwriting). But Eminem's talent as a rapper is unmistakeable, even if buried under cringey attempts at humor and shock.
I LOVED this album when it came out. Listening many years later, I have perspective. There are too many skits. Still a tent pole album. But 3/5. Sorry Slim.
Surprisingly for me, I liked this album. Like most rap artists the language is pretty saucy, however, the lyrics aren’t repeating the same offensive words over & over. There’s actually a “story” to each song & you can understand what he’s saying. I understand why Eminem is a rare breakthrough artist.
Rap is a genre I've never cared much for, and I was pleasantly surprised by how funny and raw this album could be. The second verse in Brain Damage is when I started to see Eminem's strength as a storyteller. It's a solid debut with a lot of remarkable lines and stories, I was impressed by Eminem's flow at many points during this album. The low points of the album like the skits and If I Had bring it down, and I think a lot of songs have bland hooks and weak outros, with production that's not very strong. It was a fun listen with some great moments and lines but falls short as a good album experience.
Kind of unspectacular rap. It's quite palatable though, and the variety within the album combined with the flat lyrics makes this a good listen-to-once. Don't do drugs.
When this album was released, I was a 12 year old straight boy, the target audience. Now I'm a 38 year old queer woman, so safe to say this hasn't really held up at all. It's a shame, because Eminem's got great flow and Dre's an all-timer of course. That's the only reason this isn't getting a 1 - musically it's fantastic, lyrically it's one of the worst albums on this list. Also, I guess at least it's not as whiny as The Eminem Show.
I used to be a fan of Slim Shady when I was a kid. Unsurprisingly, I'm not anymore. Eminem has never really been a good lyricist outside of a few songs, and his Slim Shady stuff was almost always just shock value music. Obviously, that was the point: Slim Shady was Eminem needing an outlet for his frustrations with the world. And he's got a good flow to his raps! I just don't actually wanna listen to what he's actually saying.
This is another record that I'm going to be a little biased towards because of nostalgia, but I have to say that it definitely still holds up musically for me. The production feels as fresh as the day it came out, with ridiculously catchy beats and super clean mixing. Obviously the absurdly edgy lyrics and subject matter seemed a lot cleverer when I was a lad, but even now, I can't help but crack a smile at the gleeful stupidity of tracks like As The World Turns and Brain Damage. Eminem himself compared this album to a trashy but fun horror movie, and I think that's probably the best way to appreciate it, as it most surely won't hold up if you attempt to take it too seriously. Favourite tracks: Just Don't Give a Fuck, Brain Damage, As The World Turns
My fault jest pojebane
8/10… hip hop / rap / *1999
Some dated (are they really dated if it was always in bad taste?) lyrics aside, Em’s breakthrough is a great entry for one of hip hop’s best and most controversial artists. There is nothing mature about this album, but Em is clearly trying to work through his issues through his songs. Not as good as his later work, but a great debut.
I find this overlong and bloated. Enjoyable in parts but I did run out of patience.
I recognize Eminem's chops. Too bad I can't sit through what he has to say.
I fucking hate this record. It's an endurance test of puerile, edgelord bullshit. I'm glad he grew out of this phase, though I'm by no means a fan of his later stuff. What a waste of immense talent.
i’ve heard this already, amazing album his lyrics are so creative and flow so well. favs: brain damage, as the world turns, bad meets evil
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I'm just not a fan of Eminem's music. I was already in my early twenties when this record came out, so I was past the middle-finger stage of my youthful emotional development, and I didn't relate to Slim Shady. That being said, I am a fan of rap, and it's undeniable that, in terms of wordplay, Eminem is one of the best rappers ever. And Dr. Dre's beats are almost always top-notch. I get annoyed with the persistent horrorcore aspects of this record. The Slim Shady LP is fantastic for what it is. I just don't want it. Three stars.
2.5
Rare Eminem W. Even though he's known for his "edginess", it's a bit grating at times Fave track: My Name Is
Too funny to be anything less than a 4. Did not age badly just because you said so. 4/5
It was interesting to finally listen to this as an adult after it being so taboo as a kid. O felt myself miss a beat every time a lyric was spoken that would usually be censored on the radio. Otherwise, the songs varied between interesting and boring for me.
Classic!!!
Pretty alright. Has some bangers ("Real Slim Shady") but as an album I never really dug it. I don't like "Stan"... so...
I think this album is needlessly edgy in a lot of places. I do not think that makes it all inherently terrible
Eminem is one hell of a rapper. His rhyming and flow are impressive. That said the album is incredibly juvenile.
eh, music for 14 year olds.
All the other Slim Shady's really are just imitaties.
Where other rappers of this time focus on cautionary tales of the gangsta/poor black experience, eminem focuses on the dark side of poor white Americans. The drugs, sex and gruesome acts that are discussed and done in trailer parks. With this he sounds completely different from other rappers in the same time period, also because he takes everything way further. This creates a unique listening experience which really isn't for everyone and shocks on first listen. He's constantly gruesome, oversexualizing everyone and being just generally a bit too edgy. With this you can respect his rapping ability and beat choices. The fact that he doesn't rap too fast really helps with this too, as it allows you to actually understand what he's saying. That being said, this album aged a little poorly in my opinion, and just sounds a little to cringy at times, making it hard to rate it a 5/5
What a throwback. I actually hated Eminem, still don’t love him, but some undiscovered appreciation here
Not the worst but man did that feel really long for just being 59 minutes. Standout track: My Name Is
This album came out when I was 9. I heard most songs when I was younger but not all of them.
I like the gritty beats, Eminem’s flow, and the great storytelling. What really shines through is the depiction of poverty in this album. Poverty as a precursor for violence, despair and cynicism. Being victim and perpetrator at the same time - regardless of all the exaggerated stories.
Not for me. I hear the talent, and the story telling. But it's just not for me. 2/5
Love it or hate it, you listened. It's all you could do. If you reflect on the themes, language, time period.....and understand the troubles and struggles of Marshall, there is no other option than a 5 star. Turning the English language into an instrument in order to paint a snapshot of his life, this is such a strong opening.
I was almost mad at this album until I realized (with all respect) that Eminem sounds so much like a kid saying the biggest curse words he can think of so he can be the coolest child in the playground. After that it became quite funny and listenable
I love this fucking album, man. I think it's wicked and wickedly smart and I generally think Eminem the man/the project/the vessel for Feelings and Shit is smart too, plus he loves to grab a boob and his peanus has an attiTUDE; I could talk about that crass nasty motherfucker's lyrics all day 'Slim Shady LP' is extremely famous for pushing it; being so crass and disgusting as to challenge publishing. That tickles me pink. One of the songs here contains Eminem being surprised by sex with a fat woman who herself gets so mad she eats his leg but then he hops up and shoots her with a shotgun. And that's obscene, absurd, and horrible - like it's supposed to be. It's the battlecry of the underappreciated dipshit kid, the ignored and ignoble baby of that millennium turning consumptive paranoia between our avoided techpocalypse and our unavoided 911 and subsequent Dooming of Culture parents...and every time some of this shit about doing huge epic murders and being immortal and stealing your kid away (via murder) agitates some purity bastion into screaming and crying - pointing like the cat meme - actual earnest emotional value is achieved. We break through, rebelliously, despicably...and best yet - incorrectly. The vulgar paradox of our squealing bastard souls we're born with and the constricting bullshit world we're inheriting, and how the fit is just impossible and we'll always be cursehappy freaks who just can't play the Pretend Nothing Is Wrong game that dull people do... Well, therein lays the comedic audacity of the album and the technically masterfull fuckflow of some of these lyrics. Song per song, a story and a joke, a mockery and a conceit that maybe the world the album exists in is the real mockery....and after all that, this shit sounds good as fuck
Me buying the Slim Shady LP from my local Wal-Mart unaware that they only sold and carried Clean Edit CDs at the time.
It’s tough bc the album is good but wow the misogyny hits harder as an adult.
Misogynistic man raps really quickly over Dr Dre's peak
The artistry is there…but the subject matter is offensive and tiresome.
Public Service Announcement - 0 My Name is - 10 guilty conscience - 8 brain damage - 7 if I had - 6 97 Bonnie & Clyde - 8 Role model - 8 my fault - 7 cum on everybody - 8 rock bottom - 8 just dont give a fuck - 7 as the world turns - 8 im shady - 9 bad meets evil - 8 still dont give a fuck - 7 4/5
What they didn’t show in 8 Mile was just after filming when Len Houmous destroyed Eminem in a freestyle battle! It was remarkable! 3.3 9/20 Role Model
I liked this less than I expected
He is recognizably talented, but given the lyrics I am not the audience for this album.
2.5
I don't like Eminem at all, and I never have. He's technically a good rapper, but I find his nasally voice annoying. Some of these beats are good but I can't overlook his voice I'm not above stupid or nonsense humour, but this is juvenile in a way you find funny when you're 14 that you quickly grow out of and cringe at in retrospect. I know Slim Shady is a character but he just comes across as an edgelord that you would find making offensive jokes on 4chan. I thought he was maybe 20 when he recorded this, but he was the same age I am now. Embarrassing. Man, grow up Highlights: If I Had
Another 1999 rap classic—notoriously over-the-top. (3)
Well this takes me back. Used to listen to this album with my brother while we cruised around town. I'm not even through the whole album yet, but I know it's absolutely gold. 5 stars.
Mr. Mathers is nothing short of brilliant. I really dislike rap, but I have a lot of respect for what this guy does. This is an excellent album.
Its pretty good
All sounds the aame
This was an album that a friend played on repeat when it first came out. It's a good album but not his best.
cool one, heard it before, just not all the songs, "my fault" was cool tho
Classic Eminem
Irritante. Um enorme desperdício. A produção é tão boa, e a habilidade lírica de Eminem é objetivamente incrível, seus esquemas rítmicos são sempre impressionantes. Mas o conteúdo lírico é tão pobre que chega a ser vergonhoso. A realidade é simples: Este é um disco para garotos na faixa dos 12 aos 16 anos. Se você está nessa demográfica vai amar esse álbum, com as vozes engraçadas, o humor rebelde e edgy, palavrões, os skits… tudo vai te agradar. Mas é um público específico, e não estou nele. Além de tudo isso, não podemos esquecer que esse é um álbum de rap da década de 90, e ele cai em todas as armadilhas que eu já estou careca de falar. Duração inflada, quantidade absurda de faixas, skits e interlúdios desnecessários, humor datado e infantil… Chato e inacabável. Produção boa e rimas tecnicamente proficientes não salvam a experiência miserável de ouvir este disco já tendo um córtex pré-frontal desenvolvido. 2/5
A wild ride through a cartoonish white trash trailerpark USA. There's no denying the lyrical talent, but the relentless negativity quickly gets wearing (and the whiny nasal voice doesn't help).
Otro álbum de rap. Os dejo con lo único excitante que he encontrado en él, y es por el título nada más.
I like some Eminem but this wasn't it
Not my genre. But My Name Is rocks.
It doesn't matter that the topics are at best juvenile, and often much worse. The technical skills on display in both lyrics and presentation changed the genre.
Obviously a product of its time, and it's full of all forms of out-of-pocket material that he could think of. Even though it contains homophobic and misogynistic lyrics that were just said for the shock value, I mean, he has two daughters and a gender-fluid kid, and is really close with Elton John. I think the rapping performance is impressive, so I'll still give it an 8/10
L'un de ses meilleurs albums
When you get past the hype and the talent displayed with the writing, one is left with a feel bad, destructive album that plays with murdering a mom and throwing her in the sea in front of her daughter. Destructive and disgusting and not worth a listen.
In 99 this was a wild album. But now I'm 44 it was just irritating.
Public Service Announcement n/a My Name Is 4 Guilty Conscience 3.7 Brain Damage 3.5 Paul (skit) n/a If I Had 3 97 Bonnie & Clyde 2.8 Bitch (skit) n/a Role Model 3.2 Lounge (skit) n/a My Fault 2.4 Ken Kaniff (skit) n/a Cum on Everybody 3 Rock Bottom 3.3 Just Don't Give a Fuck 3.2 Soap (skit) n/a As the World Turns 3 I'm Shady 2.8 Bad Meets Evil 3 Still Don't Give a Fuck 3 Score: 3.135714286
I’ve written this before, but evaluating rap albums is a blind-spot for me. Eminem seems almost like a contemporary to me, as well similar aged and I can remember his career from Dre protégé to music icon. I stopped listening to his music decades ago, so I don’t know how he’s considered in the rap community, but culturally he’s attained almost a mythic status, mostly because of the way he shielded himself from celebrity and drama. As a result, it seems like when he does something, it actually matters, like true artistry, on par with the way a novelist might work. This album is probably not his master work, and in retrospect it’s a creative cry for help (in a way), but it also establishes what he does: mix pain with humor, in a way that is decisively human. I’m sure Eminem will come up again on this list at some point.
Listened November 2021. There's no denying it caught fire at the right moment and was probably revolutionary for a lot of angsty teenagers, but I think a lot of it has aged quite badly and there's only a few songs I'd want to hear again.
Yes, it's misogynistic and childish but I must admit that even when I was wincing at the lyrics, I was having fun.
3.5
I’m an Eminem fan, it’s been a while since i listened to this album. Solid, although I find the skits annoying. 3.5 stars
Meh. Really didn’t appreciate the rape and murder fantasies, kinda ruined the rest of the vibe for me
Banebrytene og ikonisk. Eg elske rap. D e någe utrolig imponerende med godt oppbygde vers med trippelmeininger og rim. 97' bonny & clyde e psycho, sykt bra fortellerevne då D e mye drøyt her då, men d e imponerane fordeom Beste sang: My Name Is
The thing about Eminem is that his talent is otherworldly but his taste is questionable, but that second quality gets eclipsed by the first on his early work. It was all downhill from here.
Hard one to rate... On the one hand, the raw talent is incredible. On the other hand, the obnoxious persona is... Well, obnoxious. No getting around that. I don't think this is his best work, but clearly Eminem is damn good at what he does, and that's on full display here. Will I be listening to this album again? No, probably not. Will I listen to some of his other music? Absolutely. It seems a shame that such a talented wordsmith would waste it on this stuff, but I know for a fact that he doesn't give a f*** about my opinion on that, and on some level I gotta respect that.
The lyrics have aged like milk but I can’t deny his impact on hip hop.
Horribly cringe lyrics that only a 13 year old boy going through an edgy phase would enjoy. Silly sound effects and voices make it sound like joke songs. I didn't think I would hate an Eminem album this much
Critically examining the Slim Shady LP. Do we dare? It's not my favorite Eminem album, but probably top 5. My Jonah-Hill-in-21-Jump-Street Shady era was 02-04, when The Eminem Show dropped and music videos for Without Me and Cleanin Out My Closet were on constant rotation between episodes of Jackass on MTV. I memorized that album. I rapped it for friends at P.E. Then I went backwards, to the Slim Shady LP. This one doesn't have the bops or the beats that The Marshall Mathers LP and The Eminem Show would have. The hooks are undercooked. But his flows and storytelling were already finely tuned. My Name Is. This track dropped like the Silver Surfer heralding the coming of Galactus. It crashed onto the scene and annoyed everyone in exactly the right way. That beat was so fresh. It opened up rap and hip hop for white boys like nothing before. Guilty Conscience. Lol. I know. Man. A relic from a time when certain cancel culture crusading conservatives were supposedly against statutory rape and gun violence. Those good ol pre-Uvalde, pre-Eptein-files days. Brain Damage. Em the storyteller poet on full display. If I Had. This one was always a skip. '97 Bonnie & Clyde. Jesus. Role Model. Feels like filler, with similar ideas that didn't fit in other, better songs. My Fault. Another one with an obnoxious hook that I'm sure played better for '00 high schoolers huffing glue. Cum On Everybody. Maybe the first Eminem 'party' track. Great flow and storytelling, decent beat, but for every great Eminem party track, there's like 3 of these, with weak hooks and not much to sing along to. They tend to be about as awkward as I imagine Em would be at a party, unless he's off his head and dressed in a rapboy costume. Rock Bottom. Back to form, a snapshot from minimum wage Detroit, raps for an underprivileged underclass that resonated throughout the country. Just Don't Give A Fuck. Prime Slim Shady, everything hits. The ethos, the rhymes, the flow, the jokes, the fun beat and amazing rollercoaster hook. As The World Turns. Probably my favorite story track. The last half of this album is stacked. I'm Shady. A really underrated jam, but it's great to drop in a Y2K playlist and remind everyone how fun this era's Shady could be. Bad Meets Evil. Another sleeper. The only guest rapper on the album, but it's so cohesive. They hand off like two halves of one brain. Still Don't Give A Fuck. Perfect coda for a molotov cocktail thrown at the original cancel culture warriors, who were probably already picketing Marilyn Manson concerts and Harry Potter boook releases. It literally reshaped the discourse around artistic expression for a generation. Was it a net positive for society? Probably not. Like old South Park episodes, the cynicism might've stuck in the culture more than the satire. I don't think Em corrupted the youth, but his point of view was so visceral and narcotic that it shined a white light on a generation and revealed the Shadys.
This album is brimming with contemporary references and lyrics that have aged grossly. Man, I forgot how dark this album is. I kinda see why parents were losing their minds over it.
t sounds like edge kitsch now but that’s only because sure Em blazed the way for a generation of imitators. I don’t think Em gets enough credit for how often he makes himself the butt of the joke. A lot of the hate and vitriol is very self aware ignorance and directed back to the self referential character of his own frestion. Don’t get me wrong, there’s plenty of hate, misogyny, and bigotry. It’s crass, rude, and juvenile. But it also felt like the antidote to the sugar pop landscape of the 90s. The Clinton era of feel good was brought down by Shady and he had a part in ushering in hip hop firmly into the primary pop landscape. Eminem did to bubblegum pop what Nirvana did to hair metal. Eminem and Jackass took the whole world and allowed all of us to welcome a world of offense into our homes. They rightly scared the shit out of well mannered folks and took a firm hold on a generation. This album scared the hell out of me when I was a 10 but I thought it Em was hilarious by the time I was 13. I do think that his stylings are kind of what holds the album back. When he pokes fun at Ron Goldman, Bill Clinton it feels more like time capsule than timeless classic. It makes the whole album feel a bit anachronistic. I love the spirit of rebellion, the Hedgeburgian double reminder that Em doesn’t give a fuck and still doesn’t give a fuck is a lot of fun to listen to. Murdorous bars directed at Kim don’t necessarily have the same type of charm. Eminem’s writing skills are undeniable. His ability to spit and create a hit is still nearly untouchable but this does feel like looking back at the ghost flame button up shirts I owned in middle school. Still, a solid album.
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This album is the most sincere and the most darkest rap out there.I hope it's everything the persona was thinking and not Eminem.Most of the lyrics are a huge no in every field.I'm not surprised that only My Name Is was out as a single.Still the production is fire i must say and actually takes you in that misogynistic,satirical horrorcore,West Coast,G-Funk trip. 3/5
I did enjoy this, not every track but what it represents. Slim Shady captures a specific time when young white disenfranchised men plus an epidemic of heroin brought the trailer park reality of America to the world stage. I think it's a really important album.
Such a great album. Eminem hit the ground running but he's refined his technique over the years. A great listen that still holds up today.
As someone whose first language isn’t English, I can’t barely catch what he's saying. This album sounds like it's produced by a teenager who is being grounded by his parents for a week, then found a hip-hop instrumental CD in his drawer, and decides to rap over it.
very engaging and a good listen, better than I remember
The first album I ever obsessed about, I will listen to it again it's been a while This did not age that well, still the best Eminem album though I still like some of the edginess, it's a fun album Great cover in my opinion too It hurts to give this a low rating Rock bottom is gemuinly a great song
Cool lp I’d not heard in full. Singer and lyrics are excellent. I like how he’s playing an exaggerated character called Slim Shady complete with cartoon violence. The word play is elegant and ingenious, you feel every word has earned its place. Backing music is a bit pedestrian and the lp is a bit too long.
When this came out, it was huge. I didn't understand it then, and I still don't understand it.
I enjoy Eminem well enough, but how many albums of his do we need in this list? One should have been more than enough in my opinion, and I'd prefer the Marshall Mathers LP over this one.
Hip hop doesn't become music just because white kids rap. I listened to the first track briefly, recognized it from before, and still think it's crap, just like I did back then. I didn't need to listen to the rest. 1/5
V/rv
wow guilty conscience did not age well
This album is almost unlistenable, I really can't believe this got as popular as it did without there being huge unspoken swaths of mysogonist incels. It's really pretty atrocious. Eminem has a great flow, though he definitely sounds like a hick here at times haha, and the rhythms are pretty good, but damn I cannot get past the lyrics. Everytime he says something clever, it's sandwiched between him being pretty disgusting. I guess Brain Damage is my favorite here.
A lot funnier than I would have thought. Shouldn't surprise me that the jokes of a 27 year old went over my head at 9... Incredibly honest, in a way most art is not. Reminds me of Peep Show. Some of it is also just really juvenile and silly. Really enjoyed and only thing holding it back from a 5/5 is personal taste, and not even that I don't like it, just a vibe I'm never seeking. "I Got The" by Labi Siffre is where they got the sample for My Name Is. Worth a listen. About 2 minutes the song stops and its as if they dropped the sample right there, totally out of place, but awesome.
I was 9 or 10 years old when I first heard My Name is on the radio and I remember feeling feeling simultaneously electrified and SCANDALIZED by the lyrics, like an old school conservative politican who preaches family values while lusting after young women. Who was this white guy rapping? Are we allowed to do that?? He's not being very nice! Heavens! Mostly, I was afraid of Eminem. It was so clever and so compelling, but so scary. Growing up, my parents best friend was this bohemian ex-con artist named Bob who would sometimes live in our basement (kinda weird but whatever it was fine). One night at the dinner table I was preaching about the evils of Eminem to my nonplussed parents, saying how it wasn't really art (really hilarious to me in hindsight that a 9 year old would be so indignant) when Bob interrupted and asked me why I thought that. I wasn't expecting to be challenged by my parents weed dealer and so struggled to come up with a response, and the best I could say was 'because it has no beauty.' And even as I said it I knew it was stupid and wrong and I sounded like a 9 year old. My parents and Bob all laughed at this response and then Bob gave his opinions on what art is but I was too mad so I went up to my room and sulked and listened to Jam'n 94.5 until Eminem came back on and they almost definitely all got high together in the basement. Anyway, this album fucking rules. Now that I'm older I think that all art has to do is be new, and Eminem was copleteluy origiinal. His persona of an evil, insane yet hilariously self-deprecating (I spit when I talk, I'll fuck anything that walks (c' mere!)) down on his luck trailer park boy and lyrical genius was completely original at the time and subverted basically every rap cliche. It makes sense he was 27 when this came out, because he feels fully realized on this first album. My Name Is is the standout but Brain Damage is also great, and Bonnie and Clyde is just so brazen you can't help but be impressed. Everything is in such aggressively poor taste , at such a manic register, that by the end you realize you can't judge it based on normal conventions at all. Though there is a cartoonish quality to all of the violence, there are just enough touches of humanity and self-deprecation to make it truly disturbing - which is what he was going for. I guess I'm saying all this to say: Eminem is a genius. Bob can still go fuck himself though.
Iiiiii neverrrrr meantttt toooooo give you mushroooooomss girllllll 🤣 I have to say it. Lounge (Skit) was one of my favorite parts of this album. It brought me back to The Beach Boys Today album -- The inception of the Slim Shady alter ego is kind of neat (anthropologically & psychologically speaking). Seeing how Infinite never got Eminem off the ground, I wonder what kind of life Eminem would've lived had he experience some success in 97'. According to the wikipedia, it was a rap battle competition in LA in 98' that got him noticed enough for his Slim Shady EP to get into Dr Dre's ears. And it really wasn't until early 99' that this hits the scene (when he's roughly 27). 3.5 stars and rounding down. There are better Eminem albums.
It's hard to think of an original take on an artist that's been so heavily discussed (what a burden for this humble amateur reviewer to bear). At this point you basically decide which of the existing camps you fall into: he's a great rapper, or he gets undue credit because he was the first superstar white rapper (I don't think Vanilla Ice or Marky Mark quite made it). I've gotta say, as someone who has listened to a stupid amount of hip hop, I'm firmly in the former. He's funny, clever, crazy talented, and fun as hell to listen to (especially this album - he really invented his own weird tongue-in-cheek brand of rap). I won't be the first or last white guy to say this, but it doesn't change that I believe it: I can't think of a rapper who's technically more impressive. As a middle-aged man I can't listen to this regularly, but as a piece of art I think it's pretty great. I can see how this turned him into a superstar. A lot of songs on here I'd never heard before and had me grinning as I listened. I wanted to hate Cum on Everybody based on the title but it had such great bounce that I kinda loved it, and Rock Bottom showed what he can do with (dare I say) socially conscious subject matter. And then As the World Turns was so dumb but so funny. I wanted to subtract a point because a lot of the subject matter is obviously sophomoric and inane, but I was too entertained to pretend I didn't love this. I was surprised to learn that Eminem was 27 when this album came out (and 30 by the time of The Eminem Show). I definitely thought he was like 18. For a full-on adult, he sure got a ton of mileage out of the immature twerp persona.
I can’t overstate the grip Eminem and this first album had over me and my 11 year old friends. The Slim Shady music video dropped on MTV a few weeks before the album came out, and I was counting down the days like it was fucking Christmas. I remember vividly this album drop week was also the same week that I learned all of the other boys had migrated to boxers and I was still wearing tighty whities. Thanks brain for using up your limited storage space on that memory. There was of course the anxious negotiation with our parents over whether we could buy a Parental Advisory album, a battle I had lost before and lost this time again. But when my parents went out of town for a weekend and left me with an old lady babysitter, I had her drive me to the mall so I could buy the album. I also told her I was allowed to watch R rated movies, probably so I could watch Scream. It’s pretty appalling to think about an 11 year old consuming any of these lyrics, but at the same time if you’re going to make a kid grow up in Iowa, he’s going to need find entertainment somewhere. If You Build It They Will Cum on Everybody.
Already love this album but haven’t heard it for around a decade
Some good ones and some stuff that's just too over the top for no reason other than shock value
So versatile, this album is going all kinds of places
Old Eminem
Dark Eminem apbum
Middle school nostalgia. Fun one.
It’s as if the clangers dropped acid and recorded an LP. Worst album on here so far
Better than The Marshall Mathers LP, but still terrible. 1/5
I've never liked Eminem and I still don't.
8/10 - maybe too many skits but a snapshot of a better rap/hip hop scene, Eminem is a lyrical genius
Eminem absolutely demanded attention when The Slim Shady LP came out. His style and attitude transcended genres and race divides, effectively widening the audience for hip-hop. Tracks like "My Name Is" and "Guilty Conscience" showcased his smart and biting lyrics. The impact of this album cannot be denied.
The first LP I ever bought.
There’s some good stuff on here and some not so good. Fun to hear his not really humble beginnings!
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Een klassieker zou je kunnen zeggen. Eminem die af en toe wat persoonlijks laat doorschemeren en daar omheen tracks van een soort gestoord alter ego. Zoveel mogelijk choqueren en mensen voor de schenen schoppen, maar dan met vlagen wel op een tekstueel geniale manier. 'My Name Is' is legendarisch met die perfecte door Dr Dré gevonden Labi Siffre sample. 'Role Model' (ook een Dr Dré track) vind ik ook fraai. De rest van het album vind ik grotendeels wel goed, maar anno 2025 vind ik niet heel erg leuk om te luisteren. En dan bedoel ik niet dat de teksten niet meer kunnen, dat interesseert me werkelijk geen fluit, maar het heeft wel wat puberaals (understatement) en ik ben inmiddels ook gewoon een oude man. Het album is net iets te apart om gewoon lekker aan te hebben staan. Veel geluidseffecten, wat filmisch. Z'n stem leidt wat af. En natuurlijk skits die ik niet op waarde kan schatten. Ik kan eigenlijk alle scores van een 2 tot een 5 wel begrijpen. Ik zet hem zelf op 4 sterren.
It's hard to rate this album. The music and overall style and tone of the raps are strong. The content is unbelievably offensive in places.
Nice beats, nice rapping. Very good hip hop for its time. His humour might seem offending nowadays, but still is very good
+singles +strong start & finish +flow +cohesive +very few duds -skits -COE -not as refined lyrically as later projects
I was never the biggest fan of Eminem, but I don't really know why. He is a great lyricist, flows nicely and the production is good (albeit not great). Maybe I just had other hip hop artists to go to. Hence, I rate this album highly, but it's no masterpiece for me personally.
Aivan loistava levy alusta loppuun, toki jo ennalta tiedossa. 5/5.
only know My Name Is, the rest is kinda meh
Over the top sensationalism, but you could see the talent.
The lyrics are juvenile and disgusting. Oh and Dr Dre is a garbage human.
I remember when this came out. I wasn't into it at the time but "My Name Is" was a huge hit that you just couldn't escape from. I kind of liked the album. He's got a lot of skill and there are interesting references to pop culture being used but the Slim Shady persona is very puerile one. The sexism and misogyny may be part of the image but it's an unpleasant one and he doesn't do much to undermine or subvert it that I could tell. He seems to revel in the outsider status, coming along and wrecking the way things are done. A four for impact and importance (maybe even a five) but a three for enjoyment.
Better than Coldplay
borderline 1
I mean claaaaaassic. 15 year old me going crazy rn.
I’m sorry but the levels of misogyny and takes on peadophilia and general attitude of this album makes it unlistenable. I don’t mind some Eminem tracks but do find a lot of his work pretty terrible - especially in the lyric content and attitude. I did see him live at Reading Festival years ago and he makes a terrible role model. Loads of kids in the crowd with their parents and he’s up on stage making jokes about women, sex and drugs - to be fair that’s less his problem and more the festival organisers scheduling him at a very much pre-watershed afternoon slot. I don’t mind rap and hip-hop but this album should never have made a 1001 best album list.
Some good ideas. I just can't see why you'd want to listen to it more than once.
I'm torn - musically I really like this - but each time I start to enjoy it - some edgelord lyrics jump out at me and I wonder if he really needed to go there?
I listened to this a lot at middle school and looking back I'm really not sure why. Shock value maybe? This really is not for me, but I can acknowledge that it isn't terrible, it definitely makes me cringe though.
When I was a kid listening to some of his music for the first time it scared the shit out of me. I was fully convinced this was a real dude and these were his real stories. Enjoyed re-listening, but not really my style anymore. Got some bars though
Already listened to before.
More one star misogyny.
Ist ok, aber ich werde einfach mit Hip Hop nicht warm
Wow, a lot of this doesn't age well. But I have always liked the style and beats of this first album. There's no denying it's impact and the first 2 songs are iconic. I think it's a straight 4.
28.09.25 #4 Favourite tracks: my name is Rate: 4 It was hard to listen to. I couldn't wait for it to end.
I'm sure Jon Lajoie listened to this album a lot before writing "Everyday Normal Guy 2." Slim Shady has exact the same vibe. A very good and fun hip hop album. 4 stars.
I can hear his development of his rapping style on a few of these songs but I really didn't care for any of the material.
This is immature, high school level, spoken word poetry. Eminem cannot sing or play an instrument. To call this music is an insult to musicians. This album could not finish fast enough for me. I feel dumber for having to listen to it.
I honestly don't know how I feel about this album. I certainly listen to all the songs. I just couldn't decide if he liked seeing about it or if it was more like a warning. It's definitely a commentary. I just didn't know what kind.
It's obvious that Eminem has extreme talent throughout this record. The rhymes are great, his ability to slant words to make them fit the rhyming scheme is incredible, and it's well produced. But man, after 15 minutes of listening to the edgiest, middle school ass lyrics, it gets tiring. Genuinely surprised he managed such a successful career after a debut like this.
Like watching a chimpanzee paint with shit and being able to appreciate the brush strokes. This album was Eminem wiring for his troubled middle school self and it is apparent. I wish it was 15 minutes instead of an hour.
This may have aged horribly, but I don't think I would have enjoyed this in 1999 either. I really don't care for the edgelord theme this album brings on. The skits are insufferable and the songs may as well be skits most of the time, so those are insufferable as well. There are some good parts to this, I generally like the beats and sometimes it feels like Eminem is actually about to say something meaningful. Before he comes back to 'kiss my ass' -esque lyrics. None of it that makes me want to listen to it again, I feel emberassed for even putting this album on. The first notes of the following album in the playlist were liberating.
Slightly better than the last time I had to listen to this guy
2.0 hes lucky he can sing cause this is so close to a 1
Best Song: My Name Is. An iconic, quotable track. Worst Song: Guilty Conscience. What a weird narrative device. Overall: Definitely a lot of dated stuff here. A lot of the lyrics and the skits (especially the ones that don't even exist between songs, but actually interrupt them) are cringe-worthy. He's about as interesting as a shock jock here, as his main goal seems to be to say something gross or provocative just to elicit a reaction. This album really shows how the rap speed and lyrical cleverness that Eminem is associated with emerged later in his career. Here he mostly just sounds juvenile, in every sense of the word.
Ok
Some creative production techniques and it did feel cinematic as he intended, but I think a lot of the appeal is shock factor and not something I’ll probably return to (apart from the great Labbi Siffre sample on “My Name Is”)
“Some urged Dr. Dre not to take a chance on Eminem because he was white. Dr. Dre responded: ‘I don't give a fuck if you're purple. If you can kick it, I'm working with you.’” Aside from the skill and creativity of Mr. Mathers, this album features one of the greatest hip hop producers (my personal favorite) of all time. What came before this album for Marshall was rejection and failure. What followed was a national phenomenon and subsequently, national shock and disgust.
Repetitive and tiresome but he’s good at rhyming and knows a lot of rude words.
There are probably more clever ways to be a misogynist but this was honestly just dumb
Very creative album. It’s not very musical, but super lyrical with decent base. His lines are very impressive. Also very vulgar but I quite enjoyed listening to it. It’s like Skit -> song.
Humorous lyrics, some self deprecating, backing tracks pretty mundane.
Classic, but did not age super well IMO.
No me ha dado tiempo a escucharlo entero pero no es de mis albumes favoritos de Eminem, este me da un poco de pereza. Me pregunto si la pelea de padre de familia contra un pollo estará referenciando "Role Model"
Genius.
Silly? Yes. Idiotic? Yes. Turned off after 4 1/2 tracks.
Some nostalgia here. Probably not listened to it since I was about 14. The lyrics are all over the fucking place. Almost every song is about him taking crack or smack, until the song where he says he's doesn't so smack or crack. Before rapping about shooting up in the very next song.
Not as good as I remembered. Prefer the 2nd album
"Role Model" firmly establishes this album as satirical, but unfortunately I knew a lot of kids growing up who took Slim Shady to be that role model, and that hinders my ability to enjoy this album. The beats are good and there are quite a few of the clever rhymes that make up Eminem's signature style, as well as a few moments such as "My Fault" which are actually pretty interesting, but I just can't get behind Slim Shady.
Not my taste but quite good.
Listening to a single song is fine. A whole album is too much of a good thing.
Massively overrated
Gets a bit wearing.
I actually like how it sounds but the lyrics are so hateful and vile that I can't really look past them. My daughter has a friend who also says mean things to get a reaction. He seems to have grown out of this...he is 8 years old.
This a dark album - I understand it is a character of sorts he is playing. I think the anger and misogyny hints at quite a bit of his early life experiences and is a dark take on a reality that is not as far off as we’d like to think. Less stars because I would never listen to this but Eminem is very skilled
Big fucking yikes! I remember the lyrics of this album being edgy and funny when it first came out and I was 18, but they are dripping with so much misogyny that I really don't enjoy them now. And I don't care how edgy you think you are, joking about justifying the raping of a child makes you a fucking piece of shit. 1/5
This isn't very good. I like his delivery, but I don't like what he's saying and the beats get boring quickly. The skits aren't funny either. 2/5
Some raw lyrics and themes that get callbacks in later works
This was actually kinda fun the listen to.
Not my favorite Eminem album but it is a classic.
Expected to be entertained, but didn’t necessarily expect to be impressed. It was funny, angry, and vulnerable, all in one package. Plus, I’m a sucker for a well made concept album.
these songs are catchy musically, and eminems ability to rhyme is amazing. Those are at a 4 to 5 level but the edge lord lyrics are like a 1 or 2. We get it, youre angry, gonna slit our throats, and call us homophobic slurs
Very nostalgic album. So fucking good I’m ngl but a point off for some incredibly fucked up lyrics and it being about 15 minutes too long
Unfortunately not for me! Hi, my name is Eli! And I don’t like Eminem.
Vulgar and offensive. Very clever and smooth rhymes. Pairs well with punching drywall or driving to quit your job.
I still remember where I first heard "My Name Is". As a hip hop fan I was immediately sold.
Two stars for legacy, but did not like
Thought the album was over hyped when it came out and still do.
Despite my hate for hip hop rap crap, Eminem is the only artist producing that stuff that I can lend an ear to. Putting aside the misogynistic lyrics, foul language and violence Eminem can produce a great tune and he his at times quite humorous. He also tells us that is music is not based on reality but rather like a grotesque horror movie who the majority do not believe to be true. So why not apply this to music? An interesting concept when music over the years has been used as a political tool and a means of getting a point across. But then again I can think of quite a number of movies which have been used for propaganda and to convey a serious message. So that argument does not really stand up. Which leaves us with the music. Whilst there are quite a few toe tappers it is impossible to ignore having the unpleasant lyrics depicting a life of grime being served up in my home. 2/5 10/9/25
This album shook up the entire world of rap. It's corny as hell and was very popular with poor white kids. Eminem is a talented lyricist and an absurd storyteller through his music. Endlessly revolting and shocking, Eminem is the quintessential white rapper. While TSSLP isn't his best work, it's some of his most iconic.
#117/1001. It took me quite a bit to start not liking this album. Then not too long after to hate it. Or something in between. Seems like there is excellent humor, storytelling and production, but he just doesn't giiiveee aaa fuuuuccckkkkk, and decides to act and rap like a thirteen year old brat with a backwards cap and newly disovered fact that some words slap.
I was 15 when this album came out and I was obsessed. But 15 was the perfect age for it but it hasnt aged well. But it really wasn't like anything else at the time.
Gross. One star for content. I hated this album from my first listen as an 11 year old. Em's rhymes and flow are still developing here but he's still miles ahead of a majority of other rappers of literally any Era. Absolutely flawed record just for the hate it spews. Glad there are later better honed records I can rate higher.
I knew that the run of great albums wouldn't last forever, but I was surprised that a total shit record like this made the list. This album exhibits all the worst traits of 90s albums, bloat, lack of creative ideas, misogyny, sophomoric "humor". Can I give negative stars?
Loved it when it was released. Listening to it now as an old man? It’s cringey. There are a lot of problematic lyrics that make me wince. Still a lyrical genius, but not the content I want to be listening to.
What a bold move to push Eminem into the mainstream as a counter to the boy band craze. This album is so dark and violent, even if satirical, that I'm sure many people were surprised that the rest of the album didn't have the same humor as My Name Is.
I don't really know how to feel about this album. I genuinely don't know how I'd rate this, so take the stars with a grain of salt. I'm not really a stranger to music that's deliberately trying to be provocative and 'edgy', and I have a higher-than-normal tolerance for dumb shock humor, so I think I genuinely enjoyed the more outlandish and over the top parts more than a lot of people on here. 'Brain Damage' was weirdly cathartic as someone who was bullied a lot as a kid, and stuff like 'Rock Bottom' shows that Eminem is totally capable of writing songs that aren't just 'what if i raped a woman guys isn't that funni lol'. It's disappointing that that crap takes up so much of the album, it's genuinely fun when it's not about that. That being said I 100% get why people hate this album. 20 tracks of the most horrendous shit Eminem could think of gets old after a while. The line 'Go-go gadget dick' made me laugh because I have the sense of humor of a 8 year old, but good lord the rest of that song is emblematic of the worst parts of this album. I found myself thinking at several points 'was it really necessary to record these lyrics in a studio and put them out on an album?' It's so stupid and tryhard that it just ends up being kind of cringey instead of 'hard' or whatever. I don't really need to hear about how you're going to murder a prostitute in detail thanks. I feel a bit hypocritical criticizing the album for being deliberately edgy, because I like metal and like 50% of that genre is just edgelord nonsense (I say this with love). I also get the whole 'persona who's a terrible person who you use to say shit you would never actually say in real life' thing, like I don't think Corpsegrinder is actually advocating for eating babies or whatever. I think what gets me though isn't the edginess, it's the tastelessness. Satan isn't real, people who eat babies aren't real, but guys who slit their girlfriend's throats are. Plus it's pretty easy to ignore the lyrics in a lot of metal songs since they aren't the main focus and the singing is borderline incomprehensible anyways, but the lyrics are, uh, kind of important in rap. This deliberate tastelessness makes the whole album feel like massive bait. It's carefully calculated to piss off every white suburban parent in America, and like, maybe not the most ambitious or worthy goal, but I don't think anyone could deny that it succeeds with flying colors in that aspect. The self-awareness emblematic in songs like 'Role Model' made the whole album's tastelessness go down better for me, but it's still a challenge to get through it. Probably sacrilege that I thought harder about and gave a more in-depth review to the fucking Slim Shady LP than Lady Soul, but it is what it is I guess. Not dying to give this a relisten, maybe when I'm in a more '14 year old boy' mood.
I really thought I'd enjoy this more album, but that wasn't really the case. Of course Eminem is a great rapper and the beats are good, but the lyrics are pretty cringey most of the time.
Not as best album but there are enough bangers to give it five stars
To my way of thinking, I was never a big fan. From a musical perspective, he changed a generation. His lyrics were controversile, attitude overbaring, but will go down as truly the first white rapper
I discovered Eminem's music about 8-9 years ago, when people was trying to rap the fast part of the song 'Rap God'. It was really funny seeing people butchering it, including myself, since I also decided to participate in the challenge. Either way, from that moment, I got hooked to the man's music, but really only the singles, so this marks the first time I listen to a whole project from him. The only song I knew about it was the main single 'My Name Is'. I had never listened to any of the other tracks before listening to the record, so I didn't know what to expect. My first experience was not great, but the second and third were a lot better. The thing that changed from the first time to the next was reading the lyrics. Eminem is very talented at narrating very bizarre and shocking stories, and if you don't pay attention to what he is saying, you may not enjoy this album very much. I will dare to say that the majority of what the album offers comes from the lyrics, as the beats, most of the times, only feel like they are there to accompany Eminem's rapping. The delivery and attitude do also stand out and make this album feel very angry. What stands out too, but not for good reasons, are the singing choruses. There can get very bad, like in 'Cum on Everybody' or 'Im Shady'. If instead he used the same type of choruses as in 'Rock Bottom', "Don't Give a Fuck" or "Still Don't Give a Fuck" this album would be so much better, since they are just the rapper screaming. Overall, this album has a very peculiar attitude and it makes it an interesting listening.
Very dark but still humorous old school hip hop. This guy has some serious talent. Not as jazzy as west coast, not as dark as east coast.
Constant cursing and dissing but I am not a hiphop guy anyway, haha...
The skits are better than most, but they're annoying nonetheless. Still a great album tho