Reviews (page 6 of 12)
Is this technically interesting rap? Yes, I guess. Does that make it good? No.
This wasn’t that great. I feel like my review from yesterday holds true. Maybe teenage Torpedo would have been a bigger fan of this, but I just thought it was annoying.
And I thought Kanye was corny. This is about as deep as the class clown in middle school who was debatable in literacy through only his own apathy.
Sensing a theme here lol. Some of the bars in this are ridiculous. Must be one of the funniest rappers going.
The album that brought Eminem crashing into the Zeitgeist. Again, not my usual fare, but I enjoyed it more that most Rap albums. MM is a talented dude, and it shows.
Another record not to my taste with themes that just don't fit in to my world view. Couldn't listen to all the songs.
The Marshall Mathers LP en 2000 y The Eminem Show en 2002 conforman una trilogía indispensable en el Rap-Hip-Hop, con enorme influencia. Cierto es que ya estaban los Beastie Boys, pero Eminen logró un éxito impensable entonces. 8 Mile completa una obra fundamental, que luego sufrió devaneos hasta lograr un equilibrio entre calidad y carrera de largo recorrido. Dr.Dre produce y compone a medias con Eminem, lo que hace el disco muy disfrutable. If I a had o Brain Damage son buenos ejemplos.
The music is good, much better than I expected. The rhyming is good. The lyrics are, as usual, problematic. Going back to my rating for "The Marshall Mathers LP", I think the comments sum it up well: I dunno. I wanted to like it. If it was in another language and I didn't know what he was saying, maybe. Or better yet, in a made-up language so nobody knew what he was saying. Yeah, that's the ticket...."
Maybe I would have appreciated more when I was 13, but right now, aside few tracks, I find it a bit boring. 5.5/10
Si a un adulto le sigue entrando este tipo de humor edgy tiene que hacérselo mirar. Las instrumentales no están mal aunque son un poco irritantes.
Cringe.
Didn't age that poorly
Fucking horrible.
Just not enjoyable for me. I won’t deny that he’s talented, but the content of this just isn’t it. I enjoy some of his other stuff, but I was forcing myself through this. I understand that it’s supposed to be telling a story and a lot of it is satirical, but a lot of the content still bothers me.
Undeniably skilled and clever, but misogyny is a deal breaker.
Eminem’s The Slim Shady LP is a wild paradox—technically brilliant, deeply problematic, and still weirdly addictive. The beats slap, the rhymes twist, and while some lyrics haven’t aged well, it’s a chaotic time capsule that shaped rap’s future for better or worse.
Vissa bra låtar en del glöm bara. Har inte kanske föråldrats jätte bra
MY NAME IS … CHIKI CHIKI SLIM SHADY
went into this almost expecting to not like this as much as i had on earlier listens. as irrational as it is, its difficult to not have his recent output's low quality taint eminem's earlier work as well; like maybe he was a fraud all along, and now that the illusion has worn off, i can see his classics for what they actually are. to my surprise, i came out of this listen thinking i might actually have been underrating early eminem. obviously, the rapping itself is of a high quality. the elephant in the room is general obscenity/vulgarity in the lyrical content. the question of "whether the lyrics have aged well," or whether they're "insensitive" etc, is missing the point. in an industry where superstar persona and musical content have melded into one sanitized cube of pristine p.r prepped "product," with reliable marketability as the core virtue, i can't help but appreciate the courage here. although maybe i'm somewhat projecting the neurotic predicaments of modern culture, whereby lyrics are taken too literally—as something worth "cancelling" artists over (and in some cases ie. young thug, legally admissible statements) onto a different era. slim shady, as distinct from marshall mathers, is a construct of fantasy (and in fact subconscious phantasy, unrepressed id). clearly the distinction between the artist and character here is not a total and clean one; even the starkest depravities of slim shady have some unconscious root in marshall mathers—the man who grew up in squalor and really does hate his mother. this inextribality is in fact what makes the character compelling, enabling a transcendence beyond cheap shock value shenanigans. at its best, this album is about a man confronting his darkest perversions and desires. the tension culminates brilliantly on the final track. beneath an admittedly entertaining facade of irony/obscenity/humor, there is a surprising level of vulnerability on here. slim shady would fit right in as one of the droogs from clockwork orange. and like those treacherous droogs, he represents the alienated subject at large. i might be overthinking this, and there are some gratingly sensationalist moments on here that make me question myself—but i do see a bit of like iggy pop in the songwriting here. far from a perfect album though. wouldn't be eminem without atleast a handful of stilted choruses. could also do without the winkingly self aware skits, repeating ad nauseum how offensive i'm supposed to find the album. that sort of contrived metatextuality should be beneath this album. let the actual songs do the work.
so good in every aspect
My fault too relatable... Jeff Bass and Dre absolutely kill the g-funk, west-coast production. Em is funny as fuck and has such a casual ease to spitting that makes his words even more relatable 4.5
Good noiss
Very open about his experiences and catchy songs
Damn bro, you didn’t have to go that hard.
++*: My Name Is ++: Guilty Conscience, '97 Bonnie & Clyde, My Fault, Cum on Everybody, Soap (skit), I'm Shady +: Public Service Announcement, Brain Damage, Bitch (skit), Lounge (skit), Ken Kaniff (skit), Rock Bottom, Just Don't Give a Fuck, As the World Turns, Still Don't Give a Fuck +-: If I Had, Role Model, Bad Meets Evil -: Paul (skit) 7,9/10
a sick and demented album that has an undeniable charm to it. showcases eminem’s talents well
It was ok.
Bit boring now
I criticised Bob Dylan for his spite and bitterness on Highway 61 Revisited yesterday. It would be hypocritical of me to enjoy it when someone else does it. I will own up to it when it happens, but this is not it. However, the goofy juvenile misogyny isn't really the problem; it's his relentless verbiage. A Gilbert and Sullivan operetta that's all patter. At least Biz Markie sang the chorus of Just A Friend. And, for all Eminem's dexterity, the only parts that cut through for me are the clunkers. 97 Bonnie & Clyde is unpleasant for many reasons, but it is the exposition that appalls me. Who is he trying to convince that this is a toy knife? The baby? The clumsy extension of "quit tryna climb out," where the desperation for the rhyme makes for a contrived and clumsy mode of expression. And the questions put into the child's mouth - "where's mama?" "that smell?" - it's the cheap device of every amateur monologuist trying to justify sharing their every thought in situations where real people are silent. I don't know if Eminem gets better - he probably does - but this is all talent over discipline. And it's boring. 1.5 There is undoubted pleasure to be had in being beat around the head for 4 or 5 minutes at a time with a single bar of music; the evidence is everywhere. That pleasure, however, still eludes my personal experience. Perhaps some happy day I will encounter a lyrical and dramatic performance in the Rap genre that lays bare the musical value of having almost no musical value. But it wasn’t to be today - not this particular set of witless, adolescent sniggerings over fantasies of the humiliation, rape and murder of other people. Oh well, my loss again. 1/5
So, the production it's fantastic and well served. The lyrics are stupid, ridiculous, exaggerated and grotesque. Seems like the fought you have as a kid when you are angry. Perfect for the theme of the project. Also the sounds and the verses that Slim does are hilarious. The problems of the album are the repetitivity of the lyrics and the fact that the voice of Eminem is fucking annoying
The content is dark and deranged (and at times wickedly funny), but if you take it as a work of fiction, the way he spins a tale is captivating - I couldn’t stop listening.
What woman-hater put this asshole on here more than once
Good
I could rate this different ways based on the lenses I could look through. This album certainly defined hip hop for a generation, it’s clever, and the hooks/beats are great. Eminem has a distinct voice. However that voice is that of a 13 year old boy trying to piss his mom off with violent misogynistic language. So….
Conflicted. Good beats, good lines "I don't give a fuck, I wish I had an ass big enough for the world to kiss" but tons of casual misogyny and fat shaming.
heard
I'm biased because Eminem is one of the artists who jumpstarted my interest in music, but this album is a great example of exactly why he got so popular. His alter ego Slim Shady is intentionally problematic. He's a villainous character who says outrageous, offensive things, and songs like Guilty Conscience and the Paul/Bitch skits play on this, using other people to call Slim Shady out. But the album’s main appeal to me isn’t its shock value/edginess. It’s the combination of clever wordplay and storytelling that makes each track memorable. Lines like, “Hi, kids, do you like violence? Wanna see me stick nine-inch nails through each one of my eyelids?” are graphic, creative, and hard to forget, while songs like My Fault create emotionally charged scenes that stick with you.
point0.
All great
I have nothing with Eminem, he is the most overrated rapper and I don't like this 'slim shady' persona.
Ik luister niet veel hiphop, maar Eminem kan ik wel smaken. En man, wat een album. Ik denk dat ik zeker 75% ken. Wijze lyrics en toch wel het beste album van Eminem. 4.5
The first doesn’t mean it deserves a higher score. His next two eclipsed this one so on individual merit this gets 3 stars.
31/2 stars
When this album came out it was tongue-in-check sophomoric humor blending shock-rap and pop culture. Little did we know that this was the introduction of genius. Songs like “My Name Is” were received some radio play but most of this album was listened at parties or on cars due to the graphic and psychotic nature of the protagonist (antagonist?). As both Eminem and I have gotten older this album appeals to me less because it focuses most on shock factor, especially when compared to his master work on Eminem Show, Marshal Mathers II (Rap God is impressively fast) and even his most recent album in which he kills Slim Shady at last (Guilty Conscious II is a career culmination gone wrong but so rightly done!), which seems long over due in retrospect. Back then he was doing what no-one else was doing, and now everyone in rap and film is opening a door into their dark psychology. I don’t know if we are better off for it….
This album is still shocking to listen to today. Bonnie and Clyde 97 being the shocking highlight. Beyond the shock value, this is well rapped and well produced music that is easy to see why Eminem vaulted into super stardom. It is hard to emphasize how big Eminem was during this 1999-2004 stretch. Bonus: put on "I Got The.." by Labi Siffre at the 2:30 mark to hear the "My Name Is" sample.
Creative, shocking, engaging, poignant and authentic. Sure it may not be everyone's cup of tea, although the record sales would say otherwise, but you cannot deny that it is as original as it gets. It has some great tracks, some alright ones, but it is never boring. Just when you think Em might be about to go down a typical rapper's path - he flips it and says (over and over again) Fuck You.
Very interesting album for sure. Some real bangers on here, My Name Is, Still Don't Give a Fuck were great. Surprisingly I ended up liking '97 Bonnie & Clyde and My Fault. But some other songs I felt were just... meh. The beats are all fantastic, its more-so where the lyrics were kinda balls. Like Guilty Conscience, or As The World Turns. Like, woah, Eminem song about rape :0 woahhhhh. It's kinda fascinating though. He obviously writes whatever the fuck he wants, and respect for that shit, but sometimes the 'whatever he wants' ends up being the same shit "edgy" kids in middle school thought was high comedy, especially when it came to shitting on girls, because I guess its hard to pull bitches in 7th grade? Idk, I'm 50-50 on it. Some great songs, some ass songs, would probablt listen to again, or at least parts of it.
Es otro nivel de calidad de rap. Te das cuenta. Pero el disco arranca increíble y después se pincha un poco.
Le bruit énervant d’un ado à qui on a confisqué son exemplaire de Tony Hawk pro skater sur playstation. “Still don’t give a fuck” parce qu’au moins je comprends à peu près le message.
Absolutely kick-ass hiphop album. Very distinct style.
Having just listened to his most recent album finally putting SS to rest, it was interesting to go back and listen to this and hear the evolution of his style. It certainly was attention grabbing.
Heard most/all these songs before but not sure I’ve ever listened to the album straight through. I was the demographic for Eminem’s rise, so nostalgia is influencing my rating.. but this hasn’t aged very well; that said, I can separate lyrics from reality, and so focus on the talent and production. 3.5/5 but need to decide to rate up or down still..
I’ve never liked this album as much as Marshall Mathers LP onwards but still there’s some really good tracks on here.
No
Didnt vibe with this one
Shite
Ahhhh the nostalgia. Em is one of the best to ever do it
Loads of talent, but boy a tough listen now. I guess how well this has aged depends partly on how much of this is a persona, and how much a portrait of the artist as a young asshole. The rhyming and rapping is really tight and great, and production is good, and it's sometimes funny, though not as often as it is toxic, in an adolescent way. Too long, too.
important album but hasn’t aged very well. guilty conscience is still pretty funny tho
74/100.
Eminem's always been too much for me. And I vowed, after first going through his discography, to never go through it again. I actually enjoyed that first go quite a bit - it was a few years back though. I saw his records for what they were - trying too hard to be edgy but in a (mostly) fun way. Eminem's music is a listen-once-and-done type of thing for me. But here I am listening to this again. I always liked Dr. Dre's production, especially on the song 'Guilty Conscience'. And this song, despite containing all the gimickiness I've never enjoyed in Slim's music, I've always enjoyed the over-the-top nature of it. 'Brain Damage' is another high watermark in Slim's career, the guy was always great at storytelling and his recalling of why he's so messed up in this overly gorey and traumatic way was engaging to say the least. And 'Bad Meets Evil' is a genuinely great early '2000s-styled rap song. Everything else here is standard Eminem. Production is consistently lowkey, the type that you would chill out to. That is until Eminem's yelpy vocals and sound effects sort of take you out of the trance. I don't hate Eminem's voice, I certainly enjoy his old voice more than his new one. It's just different and again gimmicky and not the type I'd throw on casually. And the hooks here are awful generally, sort of a staple for this time and style of hip-hop - but the one on 'My Fault' got stuck in my head. Eminem's a lyrical talent - he does great things with words but after a second listen to this, I feel like I've had enough Eminem for, like, the next few months. Again, I think it boils down to him being too much for me. But I'll always appreciate this dude, he was a force to be reckoned with for the time and he means a lot to a lot people.
Er flucht ziemlich viel, er ist ziemlich grausam, aber diese Musik ist so eingängig, der Beat ist so gut und es macht einfach nur Spaß. Schwanke zwischen drei und vier, aber ich runde mal auf.
This album is one of my favorite Eminem album. Some songs didn't age well though, but it remains a banger almost from front to back.
1 out of 5 I related to his lyrics about minimum wage but this was a hard listen for me.
5/5 No notes
Solid album. Stupid skits add nothing.
I know I’m supposed to love this. But I never liked any of his shit. Still don’t. Annoying. Juvenile. Boring.
Album was way darker than I remember, but incredible. Really good writing, great beats, feels timeless honestly. I guess bigger fans of Eminem would have more insight to the whole Shady character/storyline but I don’t know enough about that and the discography to speak much about that, but It’s an interesting thing/narrative to pay attention to in this second album.
When My Name Is was released, I really thought he would be a one hit wonder, like right said Fred. Boy was I wrong. And I’m glad, cause he has some stone cold jams. This album isn’t my favorite though and it’s alright. 1001 album worthy: Yes - 33/58
This was a bit of a slog. Americans are, mostly, deeply serious people. Many though are afflicted with a curse of wanting to desperately try to appear fun. It hardly ever works. Mathers is one such American and the curse really shows itself. The serious parts of the album have something but they are undermined by the painfully American take on fun that attempts to gatecrash the album at every turn. The twists at the end of songs are a nice idea but these get old very quickly.
This song shows the maturity and growth Eminem has made over the years. This album is the angry young man version of him. It’s silly…..vulgar…..and bitter. Music seems to be his therapy. Overall, I like the album but some songs are throw aways.
Good production and rhymes... but the lyrics are so crazy and violent and full of anger they are almost laughable.
love slim - frank
I’ve been a fan of Eminem since I was around 12, which, honestly, is about the level of maturity you need to be strong to wholly enjoy the album. Regardless, despite this not aging so well— and I’m not sure it’s supposed to— the skill is evident and the songs that last will last as far as I can tell
shite
I don’t get what this is trying to do, but I definitely don’t want to. I just find this to be insufferably violent, misogynistic, wrapped up in a drawn-out turn-of-the-millennium style. It’s bad.
I’m not a big Eminem fan to begin with, but I was surprised how corny this whole album was. I found his crudeness completely charmless, and many of the lyrics have certainly not aged well.
I get why it’s here. I imagine nothing else sounded like it when it was released. It sounds very of that time and I’m not sure it’s aged well. I felt nothing towards it.
Good album. Some bits are a bit disjointed but all kind of makes sense overall. Really heavy hitting which I kind of expected but had never listened to an Eminem album front to back before.
M&M as a pedo serial killer just works
Iconic for '99, blasè and outdated for 2025. As for today is just edgey pandering to teenage boys, which loses its charm after about the 5th time Eminem says "I'm gonna kill my ex wife". Nod to his word play, and unique approach to 1990s hardcore rap. Less gang affiliated violence and more introspective, but Eminem was the first "Kyle" in music.
A very different listen to how I remember it from its original release. Juvenile and misogynistic. Got half-way through and gave up.
Boy. Well... This album is nostalgic. But my stars, it's so profane it's hard to listen to.
I forgot how hilarious misogyny and sexual assault are. Oh wait, they never were and this is cringe now and was cringe then. There's not one song on this album I'd listen to in my normal playlist.
Not really my thing
Classic album with shocking, funny lyrics. Very clever! Will listen again for sure. Top song: ‘97 Bonnie & Clyde
Back when this kinda rap came off as authentic, raw, and fun. Now when Em tries to do it it just feels corny. This album just got something in it, idk how to explain it. Legendary nonetheless. 4/5
important in its time, but not a rewarding listen today
This just ain't it. He has better albums.
Easy 3.the singles are still bops, the rest is mostly just whatever.
I was a freshmen in high school in Pontiac, MI when this came out. Gtfoh if you think I'm not giving this a 5.
no me gusta enminem
Eminems debut, have listened before and it's still just as good. It's interesting to hear young, angry eminem compared to his (sometimes) more introspective later albums. He punches in every direction while being hilarious and lyrically clever. Can't really find anything to complain about, but the album is not life-changing. 4/5.
The worst thing about rap albums in this era is the skits. This album is one big skit. 2/5
Not Eminem's best album but the of the sound is visible. A lot of my teenage years involved this.
This just hasn't aged well. Eminem is a lyrical genius but he hides so much of it behind false bravado, misogyny, and more. Certainly he got attention and a successful career out of it, but I can't help but wonder what could have been if he spent his energy on more profound lyrics tackling his poverty. As is, you can't listen to the music anymore, it's too childish.
Not for me.
All the controversy and critical acclaim inspired by Eminem's debut album "The Slim Shady LP" still feels justified. Tori Amos covered '97 Bonnie & Clyde on her album "Strange Little Girls," recording it from the perspective of the murdered woman overhearing the conversation between father and daughter, but art should inspire debate and response. This material is just as shocking, skillful and inventive, even if the cultural references are a little historically specific allusions to Bill Clinton's sexual misconduct in the Oval office reads like the Kent Starr Report 26 years later. A relic from that era where rap albums were half skits and interludes. "My Fault" is incredible and irresponsible storytelling about giving a recovering heroin addict an accidental overdose of psilocybin, "Role Model" establishes the Eminem/ Slim Shady public persona of trickster and violent clown, underprivileged, underdog, industry outsider with open eyes calling out the moral hypocrisy of American culture. The Dr. Dre production does feel like Freshman year in high school, Eminem's skills as a rapper is prodigious. "Cum On Everybody" is brilliantly irreverent and antisocial. "Rock Bottom" yearns to go from minimum wage to overnight stardom, but might resort to crime instead and will run "up on someone's lawn with guns drawn." The violence and misogyny of Slim Shady as blue collar avenger, full spectrum addict, antisocial, raw doggin' everyone to impregnate the cultural consciousness and walk away with a rainbow coalition of sexually transmitted diseases, a bullied child gets his day on "Brain Damage" and "As The World Turns." Parents outraged by a commercially viable white rapper selling violent records to their white suburban adolescent sons, but unconcerned about economic inequality and systemic racism have missed his point about artistic freedom, the first amendment and fiction: "My baby Mama's not dead." "Bad Meets Evil" is brilliant and lacerating. "Still Don't Give A Fuck" depicts "A lyricist without a clue" who " can't rap anymore, I just murdered the alphabet" rebelling against "all the people {he} offended." The homophobia is less pronounced than I remember, perhaps the GLAAD protests were related to his follow-up album? But, everyone who criticized or supported Eminem both gave him ammunition for subsequent inventive diss tracks and a bloated discography.
I’m glad I wasn’t in high school when this album was popular. Probably would’ve gotten called a lot of slurs for not being a fan. EDIT: looking back, I think the subject matter brushed me the wrong way, as much as I don’t want to ever listen again, I gotta give Marshall props for his rapping skills, cause they’re pretty fantastic. Still don’t like it so it’s bumped up to a 2
I listened to Eminem when I was a teenager... I still like his voice and flow, and some songs are still fun. But then again there are so many questionable lyrics, I cannot ignore that when rating this album. Especially '97 Bonnie & Clyde - who likes to listen to this sick shit? What was the point of it? You hate your ex wife, we get it. Times were different back then, sure. But even then there was no need to be homophobic, mysogen or to glorify violence. 3/5 is therefore the max I can give.
Not really my type but fun!
genre: rap. music was okay but i did not love the violence.
Totally unhinged that I was listening to this album when I was 10 years old. I didn't even flinch at some of the lyrics, I thought they were funny because I had no life experiences anywhere close to what was portrayed in the lyrics. 30 years later, some of the lyrics are so disgusting its ridiculous, but this album is a great representation of the time and offers a glimpse into the mind of a young man who grew up poor in a broken home and used rapping as an outlet. The scary part is that there are people who have these same thoughts, and not in a "trying to offend because I am an edgy rapper" kind of way.
shit and fart album
Eminem's rap game has always been above average. Hip Hop isn't my usual genre but the beat and flow of this album is good. I did see him at Bonnaroo some years back and his show was great. Not something I'll listen to much but I enjoyed it.
Date and juvenile and better than it has any damn right to be.
Get rid of the skits and I would have rated it 5 stars
Tycker inte om sån här musik men om jag blir tvingad att lyssna så väljer jag att lyssna på Eminem. Han är kungen.
I pass on this despite Marshall M’s extraordinary talent, since that talent is deployed in ways so destructive to his own humanity. And to ours…
Great album from start to finish. This one had a clear impact on the genre
My name is! Remembered this as a banger alum, but it didn’t age well compared to a lot of his other albums. The lyrics and skits especially. The beats are ok and the flow is remarkable as always.
lol
If you like lyrics about sexual and animal abuse, this is the album for you. But also get help.
Woof. This Eminem album is rough. There is no denial he is extremely talented and I enjoy his music. But this album is hard to listen to.
Meh. Some of the music is decent, but the overall distracting vibe is of a kid being annoying with the goal of being annoying. This album is not for me. I did not finish this album.
I have mixed to mostly negative feelings about Eminem. The whole “I can say what I want no matter how awful” thing I just don’t get and the fact that people at the time defended him because free speech just feels like the kind of arguments the far right are making today. But coming in after JT, and this one not being quite as offensive as the other album, I’ll go 3 stars. Though it’s more 2 and a half.
The absolute way this guy dismissively negates any way his music would have any influence on kids or society, or that his words could be hurtful to women or LGBTQ people. Starting with an incense PSA so you could point to it and say “See? See?! YOU’RE the monsters!” I mean. He gives the reason to not rape a girl as because she’s underage? Drugging her and doing it would be fine if she’s 18? I also can see the side of: “This is art, like it or not. It portrays things you don’t like, but it’s still powerful and well done.” Anyway…a conflicted 4 stars.
“My Name Is” is good but I couldn’t endure much more of the album after this song.
It's alright for what it is. He writes clever rhymes, but they are a little too violent for me.
Aged like milk… As a fully grown adult, I cannot stand listening to such misogynistic shit. Pretty awful all around.
Disappointing.
Yay!
Listenable only if you don't hear the lyrics.
Musically and technically I always thought: really well done. But I cannot ignore the lyrics, and all aspirations to give this context, try to understand this is a tricky way of deciphering the times don't work. Too much bland misogynistic and homophobic sentiment too directly expressed at least make for a hypocrite game, if not worse.
I see why people were mad at Eminem, calling him a misogynist despite the disclaimer, which I thought was funny initially. Definitely knocked down a star for the lyrics alone. He definitely has better music than this album.
23/12/24 Not big in to rap, I rather detest it. This wasn't a bad album though.
There are few songs that are as firmly lodged into my brain as "My Name is". It was omnipresent with certain groups and contemporaries. Despite this I never gave the whole album a listen until now. There's a lot to like about this album. First, the hooks, they are extremely good. It's not exactly how they do it now but these hooks were great. Also the stories are excellent, eminem brings you into the story better than anyone from that era. He does it all with an entertaining Psycho energy that hasn't really been matched. What an introduction, what a silly guy.
Released in 1999. Fukken hell.
This album spends a lot of time being edgy for being edgys sake but it is absolutely a milestone in the evolution of rap. It sounds dated in some ways (the immature lyrical content, the horror-core stuff that has sort of fallen out of favor in popular rap) but in terms of raw skill, Eminem was really just getting started here. It’s a look in to what would come when his themes evolved and he got more serious. With that said, there are serious themes in here too, but it’s the pure talent that makes it great. Nobody sounds like Eminem and it’s not because they don’t try. And even the goofy toilet humor has a layer of exacting skill that you can’t miss. This isn’t his best album but it’s maybe his most important. Remember when this came out everybody was trying to ride that line of what’s acceptable to say on tv/radio/etc. This pushed boundaries.
I'd only previous heard My Name is, Guilty Conscience and Role Model. I think you can see that he improved over time but there's genius and creativity in here. Background tracks are all simple and great allowing for the faming of his lyrics. Great stuff.
More annoying than offensive if anything
i don't like rap but eminem is just pure awesome 3/5
It was fun, but I doubt I would listen again
The South Park of rappers. Talent is talent, but using that talent to make goo goo gaga noises and rape jokes is just sad.
3.5
I'm giving a real low score to Slim Shady. Lyrically I can't stand the album, not because they are poor or sloppy, but the tone and the subject matter just fills me with hate. I don't enjoy glorification of domestic abuse. I don't enjoy the way he puts his children in the middle of it (lyrically). I know these acts of violence and atrocities happen every day. I personally don't like it in my entertainment. I don't need to be reminded how absolutely fucked up this world is. I have witnessed it myself.. Honestly... The only good thing I want to say about this album is that I think that the utter hate and anger I feel is what he wants the listener to feel. In that he's done his job. But all in all, I hate feeling this much hate in my system. I honestly wish I hadn't heard this album. (3.5) ★½
I like Eminem's rapping style, he might be a bit immature, but still I enjoy this well enough. 3.5 stars
I've always struggled a bit with Eminem. I think he's a talented rapper and I do enjoy some of his songs, but I don't really find the content of most of his songs to be very enjoyable. That type of shock humor just isn't really my thing. "My Name Is" is the clear standout and I think the two songs Dr. Dre produced are a lot better than the Bass Brothers stuff. 2 stars.
3.5
Basically a classic debut from the opening public service announcement to the end of 2nd track My Name Is. Beyond that nothing really has the same level of hooks, landing humour or pop appeal. Still probably Eminem’s 3rd or even 2nd best album at his terrible rate.
Respect the skill and provocation. But didn’t work on me like it once did. The audacity and bluster wears thin and I just don’t want to live in that headspace.
One of very few hip-hop albums, which I think are really worth listening to.
No escucho ni escucharé a Eminem.
Whilst Eminem can write a catchy pop tune (my name is) and the Dr Dre production is good - I don't like his lyrical delivery and I find the violence/ misogyny of the lyrics pretty vile - don't really care that its tongue in cheek and he doesn't really mean it - there is a limit to how many times I can listen to a song about murdering girl friends/ wives.
8.2/10. great vibes. loved guilty conscience
underwhelming, considering how enormous "my name is" felt at the time. generally succeeds as proof of concept for the slim 'persona' but little else. the 'serious' songs are overall best but too grim to enjoy. definitely prefer the two records which followed this.
I’ve compiled a list of ALF’s favorite bands based on references made in the show: The Archies, The Partridge Family, The Chipmunks, The Beach Boys, Bob Seger, Elton John, Bruce Springsteen, ZZ Top, and Stevie Wonder.
What a wild ride. Insane lyrics that are goofy and very demented, but there's a real hurt and pain coming through that just show how creative Eminem is. Even the interludes bring something to the albums with humorous breaks in intensity. The shock value probably turns people off, but there is a real mastery present which makes this album excellent instead of gratuitous. Every word and note is present for a reason, and I absolutely love it
Slower and less fun than I thought it would be
i dont want to kill my mom or my boyfriend so i cant really relate
Loved "My Name Is" when it was on the radio (and funny twerpy video) but never heard the LP until today and unfortunately the rest of this is quite shitty. Juvenile rhymes over boring beats.
Kind of remarkable to think that earlier this year (July 2024, "The Death of Slim Shady") Eminem just released a coda to Slim Shady 25 years after this album came out. It's never been the most elevated concept, but you gotta hand it to Enimem for the longevity of this pathetic "alter-ego" figure. And even though it's a pretty uneven album, there's something about it that I've always enjoyed listening to, and in a weird way it's held up much better than some of the other rap/hip-hop albums in this collection. My favorites are probably "Guilty conscience", "If I had", the genuinely disturbing "97 Bonnie & Clyde" and "Rock bottom", but most of the tracks are fun to revisit. (I suspect that some of the tolerance I feel for this album is because it's not as focused on drugs, gangs and (realistic) violence as some others, although that guy has a serious mouth and Slim Shady certainly (and likely Eminem too) has some serious issues with women.) I know a lot of people find his voice's tone/timbre super annoying, but I'm thankful that I don't suffer from this.
I really like "Lose Yourself" and hadn't heard an Eminem album so was excited to give this a listen. What a disappointment. His best moments are overshadowed by his increasingly stupid lyrics. I get it, he likes the Drugs and he likes Girls and he likes the Guns and whatever. Go sell asshole somewhere else; all stocked up here.
Put off listening to this for so long. His songs can be very compelling but it gets exhausting when they're only about being violent to women. There is room for expressing thoughts like this but I think it ultimately did more harm than good. So so edgy, and you can really see how he has affected the culture (for the worse).
Vil den rigtige slim shady være så venlig at rejse sig op?
4/5 - solid album, major throwback
Turns out in all my years I had never listened to this whole album. So glad skits are a thing of the past, are they? Mmmhhh it was ok.
I mean... he's a great rapper, I just think his albums are about five to eight songs too long. But his talent is undeniable.
Love
As much as I love Eminem this just didn’t do it for me. Like his other stuff better.
Classic album has not aged very well... The soundscape is irritating, and especially the ticking sound of the bass drum really gets on my nerves.
I've never listened to this album in full. I know several tracks out of it quite well, I've read many articles about it and acknowledge Marshall is the rappers rapper. I'm not a rapper and I like screeching guitars, psychedelia and growled vocals. I see a problem. For me, this is a not something I can listen to while doing something else. The ADD flow and ton of rhymes to boot are a bit too much, feels like I need to split my focus between several elements to enjoy. Basic beats, while very groovy, and melodies do not elevate it to "I'm listening to music" category, so it's impossible to enjoy it just as that. It requires too much of me to be enjoyable on as a backing track, as plain music it's too pop and all the cutting edges are in the rhymes, not the music.
Boring
It's Eminem.
4 - so much west coast influence, also is this his debut, is an LP even an album?
I’m already not an Eminem fan, this shit gets insufferable and overstays its welcome fast. By time I get to Role Model, I’m desperately waiting for this album to end, tempted to skip songs. Good beats, tho, they help the obnoxious lyrics sometimes be listenable but when the beat doesn’t connect (like on Role Model) that’s when it really feels insufferable.
Dark and disturbed but also humorous, Eminem's Slim Shady alter ego is a controversial breath of fresh air and his albums are unlike any I've heard from another rapper. His success is a miracle considering the absolutely deranged lyrics he releases. It helps that Em is a rap genius, so he can make otherwise disgusting lyrics funny and palatable. He is also capable of legitimately piercing lyricism when needed, such as on Rock Bottom. The production is consistently excellent throughout. Even the skits, which I normally hate, aren't as distracting as on other rap records. Though this album doesn't have the same high points as some of his later ones, it also boasts pretty much no weak points. Favorites: My Name Is, Guilty Conscience, Role Model, Rock Bottom
Good but not my taste
My parents used to put this on in the car on holiday - maybe that's where it all went wrong 😅 He's got great flow and comic timing but the ironic detachment doesn't let him get away with a lot of the shitty attitudes and bigotry he presents. Some catchy and fun songs but the music is as flimsy dated as much of the humour. 1.5 pushed to 2 for nostalgia's sake 😂
Pretty grim 😂
I wasn’t keen on the puerile school boy humour and casual misogyny when this first came out and listening now it’s worse than I remember. If you’re being kind you could argue “Slim Shady” is a character like Ziggy Stardust and maybe he’s using this character to comment on such attitudes, however this doesn’t ring true to me. It feels like he wants to shock and thinks it’s funny to make jokes about rape and general violence towards Women. This has dated pretty badly. Grim stuff. (I wanted to give it zero points but it appears you have to award an album at least one point)
Rhymes fast, rise fast, fade fast. Never been a fan, even though my he can run it faster than anyone else. Gotta say I lean towards HipHop for the melody and remixes, while this style of rap leaves me wanting some joy
Eminem is definitely one of the great mcs of all time. Maybe i’m getting old, but I find myself bristling more at a lot of his lyrics nowadays. If I was 18, I may find them edgy and pushing boundaries but more often than not they just sound angry. With Dre at the helm, the beats sound great but not my favourite of his albums.
As with most Eminem albums, the quality ranges from very high to very low. Overall though, it's a classic album for what it did for its time, it just doesn't really hold up in production quality and consistency to MMLP or The Eminem Show. For those who get offended at the lyrics or find them repulsive, that's often the point. Eminem has never truly held these viewpoints literally, they've always just been amplified through this made up persona Slim Shady. In the same way you can have characters in horror movies that do the unthinkable, or unreliable narrators in literature, Slim Shady is a horrific unreliable narrator that is strictly there for shock and entertainment. For some reason, people don't allow that same grace of character roleplay in the medium of music, but Eminem went there, because he just doesn't give a fuck. This album musically is closer to a 3/5, but I'll give it the extra 1 point as a middle finger to those who give this a 1.
Marshall Mathers LP is better. Unless you really like it MM is the only one your really need to listen to
This is the first time I've fully listened to this album in 15 years. Back then, I would have given it a full five-star rating. Now, I have a different perspective. The album does start out with a bang, but eventually transitions into the babbling of what sounds like a 13 year old boy showing off on a tape recorder. Per usual with Eminem, the misogyny is rampant on the album, and while the 1990s were a far less politically correct time, he has lyrics on here that would shock people back then as well. It's still a fairly good album; just not near as good as I remembered it. Favorite Track : "Guilty Conscience"
CHIKA CHIKA SLIM SHADY
I have heard a lot of opinions about Eminem, but I don't even care this was so fun to listen to. I think a lot of it was nostalgia, I listened to My Name Is like 30 times when I was a kid, but the lyrics are so random, beats are awesome, and man can he create an environment. I think some tracks were a little boring and it ran too long, but there is no way I can give this less than a 4. Fav Songs: My Name Is, Brain Damage, Just Don't Give a F
Not his best but not close to his worst
Outrageously fun, lyrically raw and messy but it adds to the storytelling. A real journey with peaks and troughs. Great. Standout song: My Name Is
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT - N/A MY NAME IS - 9.2/10 GUILTY CONSCIENCE 7.8/10 BRAIN DAMAGE - 6.2/10 PAUL SKIT - N/A IF I HAD - 4.5/10 ’97 BONNIE & CLYDE - 4.0 BITCH (SKIT) - N/A ROLE MODEL - 4.7/10 LOUNGE (SKIT) N/A MY FAULT - 6.5/10 KEN KANIFF (SKIT) N/A CUM ON EVERYBODY - 5.8/10 ROCK BOTTOM - 7.6/10 JUST DON’T GIVE A F*** - 5.5/10 SOAP (SKIT) N/A AS THE WORLD TURNS - 4.8/10 I’M SHADY - 5.2/10 BAD MEETS EVIL - 4.5/10 STILL DON’T GIVE A F*** - 5.0/10
Not his best but deserves to be here.
This sounded like a variety show. Eminem is a brilliant wordsmith. The violent and misogynistic themes of his work are distasteful. Using his young (toddler?) daughter in a song about killing his wife was over the top. I like the self reflective vibe of his lyrics. Just imagine what he could produce if he turned his mind away from crude forms of expression.
Some good songs, I did enjoy the album but didn’t love it
Quite the first album to put yourself on the map for Eminem. For a rap album, this is really solid stuff and set up one of the most tracked careers of the last 25 years. Definitely vulgar and hasn't aged the best on some of the lyrics but the production and flow is top notch. An enjoyable album that pushes the length issue I have with albums (I listened to this album split because of that) but all in all I enjoyed the album.
I don’t know why, but the grossness of this album doesn’t bother me as much as it did during The Marshall Mathers LP. Maybe it’s because this album feels more like he’s playing a character? Either way, I mostly just think it’s funny. Yes Eminem, I too would make the world suck my dick without a condom on while I’m on the john.
Thank god that's over. Had to stop half way and wasn't sure if I was going to DNF my first album. Made it through the second half, which was marginally better, but I was counting the minutes until it ended.
Raunchy comedy rap with clever lyrics. Rhythm is solid. Not a big rap fan but I enjoyed it.
I would give it 6 if I could.
This album reached an audience that had no idea what life in a place like 8 mile was like - if even half of it is drawn from real life it’s horrifying. Unfortunately we didn’t hear it and fix it, we heard it and a generation embraced it. Instead of making it go away this life has been normalized and now more of the country is like 8 mile - violent, poor, and sexualized.
Not my thing.
No thanks. There's plenty of other great rap and hip hop in the world so I'm not going to subject myself to the non-stop violent misogynistic lyrics ("Bonnie and Clyde '97" the foremost example) unnecessarily. "My Name Is" only redeemable track on the album.
It’s fine just trying to hard to be edgy
Listened Before? Y An absolute classic. This dude is incredible when he's at the top of his game and he was in 2000. The soundtrack to the PS2 generation. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Kill You
men’s humour be like “rape 🤣🤣🤣”: The Album
You know what. I can't even be arsed listening to it. 'My name is' is a good party track ... but so much of his stuff is just peurile shite that I didn't like when I was a jadded middle aged fart.
Not his best album but a good reminder to how awesome Eminem was.
Var betri í minningunni. My name is er gott lag, aðallega samt útaf samplinu frá Labi Siffre. Textarnir eru rosalega barnalegir og margir hverjir óþarflega ljótir. Eminem gekk í gegnum margt ljótt víst en hann er líka frekar ljótur og hatar konur. Bonnie & Clyde er eitt ljótasta lag sem ég hef heyrt. Hommahatrið er líka disturbing.
Meistari rímsins og frábær rappari. Ekki alveg hans besta stöff samt.
It's like a bad Adult Swim show.
Sounding a bit dated now.
Talking about having sex with a 15 year old girl. How is this acceptable? If I could give it a zero, I would.
My Name Is was such a moment. The rest of the album isnt really for me but…could be worse
Great storytelling. Very smart, very edgy. Liked the conceptuality of it
My name is drove me nuts back in the day, but I think that's what he was going for.
Eminem is one of my favorite artists but this album blows. It’s childish to the point of being lame. If you hate Eminem don’t base it on this album. He has grown into a badass human who used personal struggle to be the best at his craft. He will piss you off and offend you because he gets you, he might even be the dark side of you. Sincerely yours, Stan. P.S. we should be together too
Maybe I am just in a bad mood, but I just found this annoying.
Not listened to it yet but will do
I like some Eminem but not an hour of it at once
Eminem is a legend and there's some great rap here. However (and this is more on me) this album is just so grotesque and crass and I'm just not in the mood for it. You also have the weird skits which usually don't add anything. 6.5/10 (3.25/5)
I was a teenage girl in middle America when The Slim Shady LP came out. I have no different opinion of this album than I did when it came out. I dreaded clicking on the review for this, but I was pleasantly surprised. I am heartened by all the men who loved this album in their youth but are now alarmed by what they hear. Eminem in 2024 seems more complicated and interesting than the Eminem on this album: endorsing a Black woman for president; risking an enormous fine to kneel in solidarity with Colin Kaepernick. I wish he'd address his past in an honest and open way, but he's apparently too much of a chicken to do so, despite being willing to take a stand in other ways. All the men who used to love this album but are dropping ones and twos now, that's what gives me hope for this country and for our collective future.
Beginning of the album: Hi my name is Slim Shady 😀😀🌈🌈✌️✌️ End of album: I hate my wife I wanna kill her 🤬🤬💥💥💔💔
Meet Eddie, 23 years old Fed up with life and the way things are going He decides to rob a liquor store But on his way in, he has a sudden change of heart And suddenly His conscience comes into play Yeah, this album is amazing. 5/5 One thing though, I do think that this album is exceptional and deserves to be on the list BUT it is truly and deeply offensive to women. It needs to be acknowledged that this way of thinking is part of the problem that we currently find ourselves in in america in 2024.
Eminem be like “I’m Eminem I like eating m and ms every now and then [m and m crunching sound]”
Another classic.
Excellent album
Not big fan of rap. Had some great songs and lyrics though.
Ugh
Goated eminem
going through this list has finally convinced me that hip hop is shit, i wasn’t sure before, it’s kind of nice to know
Heard before. Not his best, but pretty good still.
He gets a 2 for his talent, and a -33 for his misogyny, violence, and use of the R word. I forgot that I like him a lot UNTIL I listen to all of his lyrics. 🥴😤
I didn't like this album as much as I did the first one I got by Eminem. It didn't give me the same feeling. Still, the beat and his voice are good.
wasnt in the mood
Maybe too high due to nostalgia
3.5
A fun listen when paying attention to the lyrics. Instrumentation and beats were sometimes overshadowed by his delivery.
Would be 4
Uneven but some tracks are great 3.6
5 stars
Not listening to much Eminem in the past, this was fun to listen to his peak. Especially after his death of Slim Shady album this year. A little over the top though.
Не разумею
It's crazy how over the years the hits from this album became less interesting and enjoyable while the lesser known songs have aged quite well. The skits are still dumb though.
Amazing!!!!
Definitely sticks with you
This whole thing is built on irreverent humor carried by Eminem’s signature lyricism and cadence. This type of thing either excites and stimulates or offends. Back when I was a 9th grader in 1999 it did the former, I now does the latter. Joking about drugging and raping a 15 year old girl, or killing your daughter’s mother simply doesn’t sit well with me snow. I’ll be shoving this into the bottom of the music trash can along with other aged-like-milk material. It’s saved from being one star by Eminem’s uncanny ability to create a rhyme from nothing and Dr. Dre’s beats.
Love him or hate him, Marshall Mathers is a lyrical genius and songwriting architect for the ages. So his style and genre will never be respected or considered high art, but his resume of hits/rhymes/freestyles can not be denied. None of his work is 5star but none is 1 start either
Horrifying And horrifyingly funny
Pretty solid first album. Not his best, but you can tell Eminem is talented. Some problematic lyrics (obviously), but some good songs too.
Eminem esch scho en Legende und hed au guet skills, esch jetzt aber ned so geils album.
Da wird also jetzt für d Welt öffentlich, dass de Timon Goetschmann mit Eminem ned viel chan ahfange. Und das ganze fangt bereits ih siinere Chindheit ah: De chlini, ganz schüüchi little-Timon het nie mit sine teenie-gangs musig ustuuscht und sowieso het musig im verlassne Urdorf au ned de grössti Stellewert gha. Dur das isch de little-T nie a soöppis wie Rap-musig herecho und dementsprechend chan das Album au ned mal mit Nostalgie punkte. Mit em älter werde isch Eminem im teenie-T sim Lebe presänter worde, aber meistens bi dene Mensche, vo dene sich de T versuecht het abzgränze. present-T versuecht im öppe 9 Monet Rythmus immer wider sich a Eminem hereztaschte und merkt, dass eifach absolut kein Funke springt. (Berueht wahrschindli uf Gegesiitigkeit.) Darum: nice hanis nomal probiert, nice hani gmerkt, dass es no immer keis musikalischs Chrible ih mir uslöst und nice chani jetzt mal dehinder stah, dass Eminem overrated isch. Ich bedanke mich für d Ufmerksamkeit und entschuldige mich bide grosse Fan base vom "Rap God Eminem", die mich am liebste mit siine 15 Grammies verschlah würdi.
Hmmm, abfuckti zwüscheintermezzos ziehnd sich durs ganze album dure. Glaub sis erste album, Aber mini eminem ziit isch verbi (shoutout frauefeld2009), chan dere stimm nöd würki zuelose. Plus pünkt für public service announcement -> fun
nöd de grösti fan aber besser als erwarted hett evt was demit ztue dasd landjugend im tg de typ vergöttered
hin und her grisse… isch en komplizierti beziehig wo de em und ich füehred: musikalisch halt ebe scho starch, lyrische inhalt problematisch schad isch ihm die self awareness wo sich dur das album durezieht im lauf vo de jahr verlore gange ich erlaub mir ah dere stell en dunkli sunnebrülle mit sichtklappe uf z'setze und en musikalischi bewertig abzgäh: brain damage und role model absoluti bangers, ergo 4*
Was quite surprised by this album. Not the sort of music that I would normally listen to but found it to be a worthy addition to the list.
I knew precisely one track from this. This is ridiculously well-produced and mixed. Everything is precisely where it needs to be and gets precisely the right attention in the mix. There are the lyrics, of course - honestly, I hear a lot of what is often interpreted as misogyny as an obvious dig at misogynists. But yeah, if this was the shit right now and my kid was listening to it, I'd probably be worried, too. That said, there are bits in the skits on this album where there isn't that much distance between the artist and his art. And there are also songs that aren't... That great. Still... Overall, and considering it's not my genre at all, and I hadn't listened to this before at all, it's still an excellent album, and and album that definitely belongs on this list.
Yeah, well. It's clever I guess but essentially it's a novelty record, isn't it?
8/10 I really like this album. I appreciate the writing and the production. 10-22-2024
Why make an hour long album whining about how you don't care about what you think about them? Clearly, you do. It's like sitting at a bar and listening to the white trash complain about their ex. Just get over it.
Born in 1988 this album came out at just the right time with MTV and my almost-teens. Love the vibe of the album and most of the songs. While i like the album after this more it still have songs I love.
Strong storytelling, great production, could have been shorter or included more features.
I tend to groan when I get a rap album on the list and this was no exception, though given I’ve at least listened to Eminem in the past, it was more of a sigh than a groan. More than anything this just makes me think of my ex, which I’d rather not do. And it also makes me wonder how the hell she ever enjoyed Eminem so much because aside from his singles, what is good about this? Lastly, it made me wonder who decided that skits should be a thing? Cause they just pissed me off more. I didn’t even make it through the whole thing.
sheep
Not a rap fan, but this was fun.
I was an Eminem fan at the time this came out, although I didn't own this album. I was a young teenager at the time and thought Eminem was hilarious and didn't take any of it seriously. As an adult, revisiting his excessively edgy lyrics no longer provides the same amount of entertainment. By the end, I was mostly just sick of all the misogynistic crap in it. Somewhere between a 2 and a 3.
could i write poetry to this? n
Rapid fire, intelligent, vulgar and addictive
You can see the beginnings of his talent, but this was his angry middle school notebook
This dude seems upset.
Annoying that I didn’t get to listen as I always love Eminem so I will still rate it.
The soundtrack for teenage boys driving around in their cars doing jackshit in the '90s. This was the filthiest, most offensive, obscene, vulgar, masochistic, sexist, deranged thing anyone ever laid ears on when it dropped back in 1999, which is why middle schoolers, high schoolers and college bros couldn't get enough of it. Dre has certainly perfected this formula before, starting with N.W.A and then to Snoop before unleashing Eminem on the world. Looking back now, a lot of these lyrics haven't aged well — but Eminem has. The talent is undeniable. And I don't care what anyone says, "My Fault" — better known as the mushroom song — is still hilarious.
I don’t necessarily hate this but it’s not really good in my opinion. All I remember after hearing it are the hits, the weird mushroom song and the one where he kills his wife. The album is just too long, the album with Stan on it is so much better. 3/5
edgy for the sake of being edgy, lyricism is pretty good and production is classic not exactly mind-blowing though 5/10
Really is an LP, it kept on going for too long.
Quite fun. I like the movie thing. The trouble is I am not a twelve year old boy so my utility for this album is extremely limited, and I probably won’t listen again. I also think that while Eminem is a pretty decent storyteller he is not particularly insightful and isn’t ’good with words’ on an aesthetic level. If this album was a movie it’d be a throwaway horror flick, all plot and no substance.
Can’t believe I have never listened to this album! Very intense, very clever and very funny in places, I enjoyed it a lot.
Das Lied in dem er seiner Tochter erklärt wie er seine Frau in den Fluss schmeißt ist das Beste
Eminem's debut made him not only loved by many but also hated by the entire other half. It also made him one of the most polarizing figures Hip Hop has ever seen and since then he became the best selling Rap artist of all time. This first album is without a doubt his most Hardcore in terms of style (in terms of sound and listenability, his latest albums are definitely more "hardcore") and lyrics which are also some of the best in his entire career. The album features production by Jeff Bass but also some Dr.Dre tunes that do fit very well with Eminems delivery which comes off as both vulgar and distrubing but also very humorous, funny and exaggerated. The albums intro is the short and comedic 'Public Service Announcement' which sees a narrator giving a warning about the dangers that this album is going to offer. It is really funny to hear and definitely an intro that you won't forget. The quite legendary 'My Name Is' follows and does a Comedy Pop Rap that has some incredibly funny verses that are absolutely stupid but in the best way possible. The beat is well made, the lyrics are also as are the effects that are adding a lot in terms of enjoyment and if it wasn't for the chorus that I think is really overplayed even in the song itself, this would've been perfect. It's still incredible but really "only" because I think the chorus has become annoying and it feels a little bit streched with the way to song plays out at the end. The very skit-based 'Guilty Conscience' sees Dre and Em as the conscience devils, one good, one bad and switching between skits and scenes. The idea is really good and I really like what they did here together but I think that the multiple skits just break the flow of the track too much to have a fully entertaining track. Except of these flow breakers, the track is incredible. The beat is groovy, the perfromances and the lyrics are really funny and often times even crazy with how it absolutely goes too far. I love it. The first bits of Boom Bap appear on 'Brain Damage' which has some incredible rapping as well as some interesting conscious lyrics that together with the comedic and story-telling verses fit really well into Eminem's repertoire. The slower and even slightly sentimental chorus is off place but still fits weirdly well in the song and the story of it. In terms of rap abbility and performance, this might be one of his best ever even if it's not perfect overall. The short 'Paul' skit is just a recorded call of someone talking about the rough version of the album. It's nothing sepcial, or funny or really adding except making a little bit of space between the last and the next song which it does pretty well. The combination of R&B inspired Boom Bap and Slam Poetry on 'If I Had' is going further into the dark and slightly sentimental and much more vulnerable side of the album and I really love it. The backing vocals fit so well with the simple beat and Em's performance is really deep and emotional. I think this is one of the best songs on this album and the first one that I'd call perfect. After that segement of deeper content, the album now turns into the Horrorcore Comedy Rap that people know it for. While it still has a certain sentimental vibe to it, he is just rapping about murdering his daughters mother and drowning here which is also what the cover of the album shows. The ethereal beat with the insect sounds added give it a very relaxed feeling that has a certain indifference to itself that just adds to the comedic effect of it. I like listening to the song but the chorus is firstly not that good and secondly way too often repeated. It's still a great song but these little bits as well as the fact that it's streched too much, just don't help the song stay interesting the whole way through. The 'Bitch' skit follows the theme of phone calls but this time it feels even less interesting and even more redundant. The intro of 'Role Model' is really funny and the following aggresive and Rap Rock inspired track just gets funnier and funnier with effects as well as vocal additions. Even with all this, I think that some parts are a little unfocused and repetitive with what it tries to do. I'm not saying that it's bad but it overall doesn't go further than being a good song. The 'Lounge' skit does a much better job in doing a skit and the a capella drunk singing is helping with the themes of the album. It's not a special interlude but it's funny and pretty good. 'My Fault' has a really annoying chorus, a bad beat as well as some not that interesting performances. It's mainly the comedic parts that save the track at least a bit but it's still pretty bad and feels like it's not finished properly. I really don't enjoy listening to this song even if the idea and the verses are pretty good. The albums second half starts with the 'Ken Kaniff' skit which is just a short Prank call and while the ending is pretty funny, the first half is just useless and annoying and doesn't serve any value to the skit. It's not good. Even as a skit. 'Cum on Everybody' returns to the R&B inspirations and does it more comedic this time which does add some value to it. But: the beat has some really bad parts, the returning themes are really annoying and neither the chorus nor the rapping is enough to help this track out of the mud. It's bad, I'm sorry. Luckily, 'Rock Bottom' follows it up with one of the best songs on the album because not only is the beat both epic and ethereal but just lovely. Plus, the rapping is absolutely phenomenal. The way that the chorus combines a hook with rapping as well is really well thought out and finalised. This is a masterpiece and easily one of the best songs in the entire Eminem discography. The Experimental Hip Hop inspirations on the beat of 'Just Don't Give A Fuck' with the screams is definitely interesting but neither fitting nor all that pleasant. But, Em's rapping is enough to help the track to have at least some credibility which it does definitely have. If the beat wasn't as obnoxious, this would be much more than just good. The 'Soap' skit is just a silly sketch that doesn't really do all that much. I don't care for it at all. 'As the World Turns' comes with some Hardcore lyrics that so stupidly funny that I don't even have much to say against the track except that the chorus is destroying the flow a bit and that the middle isn't as comedic as the start or the end but except that, this is an incredible track and if it finished earlier, even perfect. The Trip Hop sounding beat of 'I'm Shady' has some interesting ideas buried beneath but it overall comes off as annoying and the mixing isn't good. You know what also isn't good? The chorus. It's absolutely abysmal and the somewhat funny lyrics can't do enough to make these two terrible parts of the track forgettable. What sticks is a bad feeling and not a funny one. This is the worst song on the album. The pretty goofy Western sounds at the start of 'Bad Meets Evil' might've been a great intro to an EP or something but it works here too. The Abstract Hip Hop influences on some parts of the song are really adding to the beat, the flow as well as the feature which might even out-perform Eminem. This is another perfect song and definitely the most underrated track on the album. The album ends with 'Still Don't Give A Fuck' which puts a pretty fitting thematical finish to the album that is accompanied by both an incredible beat as well as some really good lyrics. This is simply a perfect Boom Bap track that ends the album with a real Boom. Just crazy, the whole album. favourites: If I Had, Bad Meets Evil, Still Don't Give A Fuck, Rock Bottom, As the World Turns, Brain Damage, Guilty Conscience, My Name Is least favourites: I'm Shady, My Fault, Cum on Everybody Rating: decent 7 https://rateyourmusic.com/~Emil_ph for more ratings, reviews and takes
Eminem is pretty good, but I like it in small doses
Didn't enjoy this, and some of it is rather egregious.
One the greatest rappers of all time and my absolute favorite.
This is a difficult listen. On the face of it, this is stuffed with misogynistic, homophobic, puerile bilge...but on closer inspection it proves itself to be stuffed with misogynistic, homophobic puerile bilge. From the opening strains of the Labi Siffre sample (I got the - look it up) to the closing of I don't give a fuck, this album is absolutely immaculately produced. Mathers, for all his posturing, has tapped into an absolute motherlode of white working class disaffection. It's all here - underemployment, underachievement, inceldom, social impotence - it's a smorgasboard of everything to bumblefuck America that NWA was to innercity Compton, from an equivalently male perspective. What it doesn't have is even the smallest hint of personal accountability. Dre can't impart anything on Mathers, because Mathers has no desire to listen. I do believe that this album edgelords like few others - but that's not really an excuse for its content. He isn't the first to do what he's doing. If I were to draw any comparisons at all it'd be to ICP. It's a shame, because with the exception of '97 Bonnie and Clyde this album sounds amazing. It's just a shame that Mathers and Dre didn't direct their formidable talent into something less destructive. Or even as destructive, but with a better narrative around it. Dinged a star due to content and another due to how piss-poor '97 Bonnie and Clyde is.
Bastante bueno y entretenido de escuchar, me hubiera gustado poder leer las letras pero no aparecen en spoty.
I remember this album being released. I bought a copy. I played it a lot. Everyone was playing it a lot. I still listen to it now and then. The funny thing is, though, that over time I have become a bit more critical. It's still very good, but there are too many weak tracks on there for my liking. If an album gets 5 stars it's because every track is good (or more 1 or 2 slightly weaker tracks). I'll go with 4 stars for that reason alone.
He says some crazy stuff, but the way he says it is great. Phenomenal flow, great beats. Some crazy lyrics
It’s certainly unique. Yes it’s shouty, yes it’s sweary, yes he’s pushing every limit to the extreme, but it’s good.
Lyrics too raunchy for my taste.
Very vulgar but can see where this is a must listen as it created a large impact on the music industry.
I was unaware of the full album
A cultural phenomenon which catapulted Eminem into the highest ranks of the game.
I remember the first time I heard the song My Name Is, I literally said out loud, "Oh my god, Dre, what are you doing?" Turns out, I was very, very wrong. Not only is the song an all time great, so ids the album AND the artist. Eminem gets a lot of ink for being a white rapper, but amongst all the unique things about this album, his race is nowhere near the most interesting, influential, or radical. I've really spent a lot of time trying to decide the ranking for this album. with 25+ years of hindsight, I can say that this album launched the career of an all-time great, a cultural and musical phenomenon, a genius lyricist without peer. On the other hand, the lyrics are no longer shocking and, in fact, can seem attention-seeking and cringy. I would give this a 4.5 if I could. I don't think it's his best album, and I do think that it tails off a bit in the second half. Up to this point I've tried to reserve 5 star reviews for only the most special of albums, and I don't think this one *quite* lives up to that.
6/10
Actually good listen rap
Hi kids. He references NIN, who I got yesterday. Synergy. There's more art in some of my 5 rated, but he's got as much talent as any of them. THere are always lines that make you notice them. The sick soul of white america and the horror that comes with it is the theme, and it has only become more observant somehow in retrospect. Nice bouncy production from young dre, at his best around here.
One that I listened to when I dropped. This was 5/5 on the school playground lol. I still really liked it. Just don’t give a f*** and As the World Turns are my standouts.
Can’t remember the last time I listened to it all the way through.
Ages well
Great album. Held up really well for 25 years.
An iconic album, but confusing for me. When I first heard it I thought it was maybe a parody of rap because he made so many raspberries and goofy impressions. Eminem's voice is so high I also thought he had to be gay, but then all the lyrics never made sense and Dr Dre was on it. I had to re-listen to this album years later, only after hearing subsequent Eminem albums, to better appreciate it as an origin story and as an era marker in millennials' choke slam into adulthood.
This was the quintessential angry white American teen male album.
Very cool but a bit weird i think, super talented bloke tbf. 3/5
Objectively not a GOAT, but it's such a touchstone of noughties culture (though released in 1999), and it's funny and over the top (and oddly endearing at this point). I have good memories with this album.
Like every white boy from the Midwest, I had a huge Eminem phase in middle school. Outside of occasionally going back to the MMLP though, I don't think I've actually listened to one of his albums in full since high school. Most of these songs are classics if you can get past how bad they have aged. 7/10
Pretty good Eminem album. I liked his work back when it came out and I still like it now. Wouldn't listen to this all the time but every once in a while is very nice. His lyrics are excellent and the beats are catchy, hard not to like it.
a bit repetitive but nice
Some good tracks on this but not enough for a 4
I like some Eminem, but this was never an album I enjoyed.
Hey, an album i've heard before! And I know i like it! Let's give it a re-listen. Public Service Announcement - Skit My Name Is - A fucking classic. Amazing track. Love the adlibs This will be the first album where I have a lot of songs saved. Great beat, great bars. Eminem is super charismatic and funny on this song (and the rest of the album) Guilty Conscience - Cool concept song, even though it gets a little fucked up haha. Love the trading bars with Dre. Another banger. (beat could be better) Brain Damage - Another great song. Love the varied deliveries when he plays different characters in the same song. Very effortless flow, cadence, and rhymes. Maybe the hook is a bit weak. Paul - Skit If I Had - Never been a big fan of the production on this track, but I still rock with the song as a whole. Really love how Em sounded in this era. '97 Bonnie & Clyde - Lol, you know this song. It's a "vibe" even though it's so messed up haha. Definitely not my favorite track, but still good. Instrumental is a bit basic. Bitch - Skit Role Model - One of my favorite songs off the album. Love the guitar on the instrumental, great bars, very memorable. Love how vicious he sounds on this one. Lounge - Skit My Fault - A super underrated cut imo. Really fun concept, the hook is corny sounding, but I still love it. Love the "im high too bitch, quit grabbing my t-shirt!" line Ken Kaniff - Skit Cum On Everybody - Lmao...I like this song, it's silly, but still goes hard, fun adlibs. Rock Bottom - never really liked this one. Don't care for the production/vibe of it. Just Don't Give A Fuck - Another solid track, great energy. Soap - Skit As The World Turns - Not my favorite, but definitely a good track. Funny lines, kinda bad hook. I'm Shady - I like the bass line on this beat a lot, and Eminem does his thing obviously. Bad Meets Evil - Nothing wrong with this song, but nothing amazing. I feel like Royce was really trying to be like Em on this one Still Don't Give A Fuck - Good track, good ender, nothing crazy though. Overall - Finally a good fucking album. I probably like MMLP more, but this is such a fun album. Maybe some of the production is a bit dated, but Eminem sounds so good.
Banger
Gotta take away a star for some of the stuff he says about women…