The Slim Shady LP

Not a rap guy and while I get Eminem is playing a character, I just can't stand the lyrics. It just hasn't aged very well in my view. 2.5/5

Hard to believe that this was his first big album. He had already developed storylines and personas that appeared in later albums. Not a huge Eminem fan, but solid album.

Well - it’s not as good as the album that followed it - it’s we crafted and clever but also a bit too nauseatingly misogynistic - the concept of even talking this way about violence against women - even with the intention of furthering some other point - shouldn’t even be a thing in 2022. Judging with that lens this album isn’t as strong to make up for the passage of time and more acceptable language of the past. That said some classic tracks and even through the violence and irreverence - Eminem is a master of words and rhyme - and the production is wow - perfect beats, just enough comedy and Easter eggs in the mix. We’re it not for the nails on scratch board depiction of hatred against women - this would have been a comfortable great album.

nah, 3/5 at most, maybe 2.5

aight

This simply didn't age well. Still some sick rhymes, though. Best track: Brain Damage

Some clever lyrics and excellent beats. My Name Is, is still a killer after 23 years. The rest of the tracks are juvenile, sexist, borderline racist and in places just dumb. The parts I enjoyed I really enjoyed but for the most part the album was a struggle. I've kept it as 3 stars as it is landmark album even though it is very dated

3 1/2

Did want to like it but realistically it's just not my cup of tee. The beats are funky and minimalistic, the rapping is, while lyrically on a unique level, often interrupted and lacking flow. Personally I didn't enjoy this as much as I hoped i would

listened to again still brash, still unapologetic

I remember this seemed a bit edgy and funny at the time but now I'm a bit older, the constant graphic descriptions of violence towards women seems A Bit Much. But I guess that’s the point. Great songwriting skill but it does become a bit of a grind by the end. Definitely preferred Marshall Mathers LP.

Liked this at the time and brought back a lot of memories but the beats are actually fairly weak in a lot of places. I think the 2nd album was a big improvement from memory.

Hi-'97 Bonnie & Clyde, Rap's original edgelord revels in his vulgarity, though most of the humor is from the self-deprecating perspective of the title character and is an over-the-top satirical commentary on impoverished living. '97B&C is a touching showing of vulnerability, which is a welcome change of pace for the album. There are a number of "skits" that I just dislike in albums that could better be done without...the rap trope of recorded phone calls that someone thought was funny was tired even in '99. Overall an enjoyable album, a lot of classics that still hold up, and still manage to make me blush.

Listening to Eminem reminds me of my angsty middle school years when I thought I was hard. It definitely has not aged well in terms of content. Musically still holds up very well though. And funny enough I got this album on February 13, 2022 the same day Eminem performed the Super Bowl Halftime show.

Very dark, very over the top , very shocking and very funny. I loved this when I was 12, probably more because I shouldn’t have been listening to it. Listening back you could say it’s not aged well, but is it anymore shocking than when it came out. Marshall Mathers is far superior but a great debut.

Wow, remember when Eminem was good! This isn't his most consistent album by any means, and he went on to perfect his approach on the Marshall Mathers LP, but it works well to define his sound and make a huge impact early on

War positiv überrascht vieles natürlich schlecht gealtert aber durch den weniger ernsten vibe irgendwie doch sehr unterhaltsam. Hat halt wie viele Alben aus der Zeit das Problem dass es viel zu lang ist für das was es ist. Interessant fand ich dass man bei Eminem immer an einen sehr einflussreichen Künstler denkt aber ich hatte jetzt gar nicht das Gefühl dass sich dieser Stil krass durchgesetzt hätte korrigiert mich wenn ich falsch liege bin kein Hip Hop Experte.

Das Album ist jetzt nicht mega schlecht gealtert (Auf jeden Fall besser als sein aktuelles Zeugs). Die meisten Songs sind ziemlich spaßig, aber nach ner Zeit wird’s auch ein bisschen langweilig, auch einfach weil es zu lang ist.

4 for impact and nascent talent. Not my style, perhaps, but his talent for rhyming is undeniable. 2 for artistic merit.

On one hand, Slim Shady is a character. He's an immature, bratty young man, whose response to stresses in his life is to indulge in violent fantasies around the sources of stress, often women. He also likes to smoke weed and eat shrooms, which seems very mild compared to the 2020s. On the other hand, there's Eminem who is a brilliant lyricist and rapper. His flow feels revolutionary. I guess with a lot of iconic albums, while he shook things up with The Slim Shady LP, it wasn't his best work and it was but a sign of things to come.

Mixed feelings on this one -- I do think Eminem is an incredible rapper and lyricist, but I had a hard time with some of the tracks on this album, specifically some of the really dark physical and sexual violence. I get that he's "playing a character" and a lot of this was '90s "shock value" fare, but it really didn't age well and just because it might've been boundary-pushing then doesn't mean I need to enjoy all of it now. That all said, there is some really great production on this album and the songs that aren't overly-violent are pretty great.

"Dave pull up your pants, we need an ambulance, there's a girl upstairs talking to plants." Some of these rhymes have been deeply buried in my teen-aged mind for decades. Yeah it's violent, misogynist, homophobic, and all the other things and I'm not defending it. But criticizing this is likely going to a horror movie and complaining it was too violent, or going to a modern art exhibit and saying it sends the wrong message to kids--that's point, you're supposed to be offended and shocked! Not saying this a great work of art or anything but the context of how and why it came to be is important. Slim Shady is a symptom of many larger social problems that have gotten worse over the last 2 decades. If you're not mad after listening to this, you're doing it wrong!

Hi-'97 Bonnie & Clyde, Rap's original edgelord revels in his vulgarity, though most of the humor is from the self-deprecating perspective of the title character and is an over-the-top satirical commentary on impoverished living. '97B&C is a touching showing of vulnerability, which is a welcome change of pace for the album. There are a number of "skits" that I just dislike in albums that could better be done without...the rap trope of recorded phone calls that someone thought was funny was tired even in '99. Overall an enjoyable album, a lot of classics that still hold up, and still manage to make me blush.

Yeah pretty good

Not as essential as the follow-up, but it deserved to be everywhere in 99.

Em's första. Klass hela vägen, men albumet är lite före min tid och jag hoppade inte på tåget förrän samlingsalbumet Curtain Call. Still good tho

Was really expecting to enjoy this more than I did. Only really know his hits

Not bad, actually never listened to this completely, curious to hear more

Give him some credit for talent but not my cup of tea

Love eminem. Good debut

It is tough for me to give only 3 to my boy slim, but this is not his best, for sure, was still grooming to be the rap god we would know beyond this first album

Not a big rap guy

eh

In his debut odyssey, Eminem transports us to the cartoonish, grotesque world of Slim Shady. Enter a parade of classroom violence, perverted teachers, microwaved guinea pigs and murdered women, with an occasional glimpse of a darker reality of mushroom overdoses, extreme poverty, warped role models. For as long as I could stomach it, I went along for the ride. No getting away from the sweary, abusive, homophobic elephant in the room: "The Slim Shady LP"'s obnoxious humour feels tailored toward wired and disillusioned teenagers of the 90s. And yes, the jokes are puerile, shlocky, designed to offend: date-rape of a 15 year old, a young child helping Slim dump her murdered mummy in the docks, nine inch nails through the eyelids.... I could go on. It's like a musical episode of South Park. In fact, what stands out most is how much of this album is played for laughs: songs are laced with sound effects, quotes, adlibs, narration from guest stars (see "Guilty Conscience"'s turn from Mark Avery) and interspersed with juvenile skits. The result is what feels like a novelty album, where Slim Shady's persona and humour is held above the actual music and the songs themselves. On first listen it's all about shock value, subsequently the skill of the wordplay begins to leap out. Which brings me to my main criticism of the lyrical content: just because it's all "ironic" or "fake" or "in character" doesn't always make it funny. The anarchic spirit of the late 90s doesn't seem to hold much sway in 2021, where re-enacting raping a "fat slut" to death in "As The World Turns" just isn't on. That said, the main strength of the album is Eminem's amazing lyrical skill- not a single line, a single word is wasted as piles of rhymes and half-rhymes are crammed into single lines. Some favourites? The graphic imagery of "hung my original self from the top bunk with a belt" and "nailed my foot to the floorboard of my Ford", the pairings of "sick sick bastard" with "picnic basket", "naughty rotten rhymer" with "Marty Shottenheimer", even the aforementioned "fat slut" swallowing Slim's "leg whole like an egg roll." Also huge kudos to "Brain Damage" for rhyming "orange juice" with "storage booth", "door hinge loose", "four-inch screws" and "foreign tools." Musically, I didn't find there was much going on. The lyrics are the centrepiece here, and there's not much shame in this when they're as strong as they are. Nevertheless, I think I would have got the same (if not more) out of this album from reading the words on paper than hearing it performed. The beats are simple and the samples and instrumentation aren't particularly dynamic. Most of it can be pared down to synthetic beats and bass; together with Eminem's nasal, harsh vocals, it's a cold and strident sound. A good tonal fit, but didn't make for a listening experience to draw me back in. "I'm Shady" with its sample of Curtis Mayfield/Ice-T is about as groovy as things get, and elsewhere the slow tempos and lack of variation dragged the album down a little. Still, it was garish, devilish and horrifying, and I couldn't look away through much of it. For lyrical flows, Eminem must have been second to none here- just a shame some of the subjects are too much for me and the music too little.

Enjoyed ‘Rock Bottom’ and ‘If I Had.’

Enjoyed this much more than I thought I would and I would have liked the chance to listen again. A solid 3*

Bit dated and cringy with some of the references. Nevertheless it was undeniably funny at times and some good rhymes and beats.

He's aight

This is almost a 4 star, but it's just a bit too long with redundant songs that don't stand out so much. But the good songs are good.

We are what we pretend to be. Eminem's skill as a rapper is undeniable, and his collaboration with Dre produced a lot of excellent work, but Jesus Christ has the lyrical content from this not aged well. I get the whole idea that Slim Shady is an alter ego and that the violence is meant to be cartoonish, but this shit is real hard to listen to in 2021. At the same time, I understand why Eminem rapping about his life on songs like Rock Bottom wouldn't sell while his more violent songs would.

I would say I am an Eminem fan, I bought one of his CDs in college and was obsessed with some of his older ones too, but I never really enjoyed his debut LP. Listening to it today, it grew on me a bit but nothing stood out. I especially didn't like all the skits which is par for the course for me (I typically don't like skits and interludes) but I've grown to like them more as I've gotten older. These I wasn't a fan of. I hope we see some of his other albums on this list and I'm glad we got this first one out of the way. The album cover is very interesting, guy with his kid on a pier and a dead body in a car under the full moon. Is that slim shady? Looks more like Husky Shady.

Generally a fan of eminem and listening to his albums is like looking back in time interestingly (even though I didn't really know his music growing up), but this album of his isn't my favorite. It's alright but not the one I'd choose to listen to.

Большую часть треков даже не слышал раньше, мемный Эминем.

U OK hun? x

Lyricism is so strong, but some of the content is really unpleasant to listen to, and I found that the beats got somewhat stale over the ~60 minute runtime. 6/10

Some absolute classics on this album, but it really drops off at the end for me unfortunately

Eh.

Some classic songs on this. Strongest track: Guilty conscience with dr dre

It's hard to weigh up nostalgia with this one. Even back in the day I didn't love it, but it was just such a big album in the years I first started listening to music.

I get that this was a big album at the time, and a big deal for Eminem, but there are other hip hop albums from around the same time that I think are better. It's fine, I sort of enjoyed it, but not that much. 2 edgy 4 me maybe.

I feel like this album deserves a higher rating for its significance but I don't really like it as much as other eminem albums.

Tiene 22 años y si saliera hoy lo petaría sin desentonar mucho con lo que hay a pesar de que las tendencias musicales son otras

At least he's a good dad.

Might have enjoyed more about 15-20 years ago. Could listen to it again

Blast from the past in the best way. Stands up to time, still very clever lyrics lifted by a good selection of samples from some classic songs. However, the content become vulgar instead of playfully rude as the album goes on.

Love me some Eminem but this isn’t my favorite.

Influential, but not my fav.

An interesting snapshot of what was and wasn’t offensive at the turn of the century. Technically brilliant, but the schtick starts to run thin rather quickly.

Obviously Eminem’s talent is evident, but the lyrics, sound, and production are quite immature. The album is good enough to notice Eminem’s vast potential and want more music in the future, but lacking enough to not want to listen to it any more than the rare reminiscent indulgence.

A lot of the album is very same-y. I don't enjoy the music as much as other hip hop artists and albums. I respect his talent, but I hate the subject matter.

I’m glad I listened to Eminem because I haven’t done so before. I enjoyed it; it’s pop music with limited substance in the lyrics but I can’t knock it.

An angry, angry young man. The title track is still great but boy, this guy went through a lot. He has a nice flow, though.

Regular 7/10

Not a rap fan, but this wasn’t too bad.

I understand his skill and musicianship. Can't understand how much he wants to offend.

Sorprendente en su momento, se termina haciendo largo y repetitivo. Un par de temas ya míticos.

He's terrible, but his sound is really interesting and innovative. Probably at least a 3; let's see exactly how many songs are good. After listening to the whole thing for the first time, it's only a 3. He IS really unique and innovative to my ear, but his lyrics are just too much, and I really didnt' get into very many of the songs.

not my favorite Eminem but still catchy enough

I really appreciate this album, but don't necessarily enjoy listening to it. Has a pretty angry energy This album sounds surprisingly current for how old it is, which I think is a testament to how big of an impact Eminem has had in the rap world. His use of different voices for characters, word play, rhymes, etc is super interesting and engaging. Favorite track was probably "My Fault". I enjoyed the raw production of this album quite a bit as well.

Disturbing

A little aggressive for my current tastes but still sounds incredible!

No me va mucho el hip-hop/rap pero este disco mola bastante

High school

Es algo complicado porque Marshall es talento puro, revolucionario y figura. Las letras vuelan la cabeza. Pero nunca he logrado digerir su voz que (para mí) es un elemento primordial en el rap / hip hop. Reconozco el talento pero siempre preferiré escuchar a 2pac o al mismo Dre

Pap. Puede que las letras sean fantásticas, pero al no entenderlas, da igual. Musicalmente monótono y simple.

I can appreciate Eminem’s abilities and his place in the ‘pantheon of rap,’ but I honestly can’t listen to this album. It’s like he just picked a bunch of topics to be edgy or contrarian about and then rapped about them. I felt similarly about it when it came out in 1999 (when I was 21) and my opinion hasn’t changed in the years since.

Lots of funny lines here, and some nice beats. I'm not a huge fan of horror movies, and listening to this was sort of like watching one. I see why it is well-regarded, but I probably won't be listening again. Featuring West Coast hip hop, G-funk and horrorcore musical styles, the majority of The Slim Shady LP's lyrical content is written from the perspective of Eminem's alter ego Slim Shady, whom he created on the Slim Shady EP (1997). The Slim Shady LP contains cartoonish depictions of violence and heavy use of profanity, which Eminem referred to as "made-up tales of trailer-park stuff," describing it as horror film-esque, in that it is solely for entertainment value. Although many of the lyrics on the album are considered to be satirical, Eminem also depicts his frustrations of living in poverty.

Sólo había escuchado el Marshall Matters completo hace 20 años y por un momento pensé que no terminaría este disco. Creo que el album comienza bien y cierra mucho mejor a partir de Role Model. Tracks: My Fault, Rock Bottom, Cum on everybody

glad i finally sat through this, and it's funny to think of the uproar when it came out.

I was pleasantly surprised. Music-wise it still weak, but the lyrics were interesting

No es el mejor disco de emanems pero está bueno, el rap siempre ha sido una plataforma de protesta y Marshall lo sabe llevar mas allá las rolas my name is, rock bottom, brain damage, just dont give a fuck

La primera y tal vez única vez que oí este disco completo, hace 20 años, lo odié de principio a fin. Ahora pude apreciar mucho más lo buen disco que es: letras, rima, música en general. Quizá no se vuelva un disco que escuche con frecuencia pero sí le agarré gusto.

I mean it exists.

Sikkert bra, men ikkje min kopp med chai

Childhood classic.

glad I listened, a classic with great narration

Some really great tracks with incredible lyricism, in amongst some questionable content. Also not a fan of skits in general - could definitely do with cutting these as the album already runs a bit long. Still, a great hip-hop record that (mostly) stands the test of time. 3.4

prima rap album ga ik vaker luisteren om de tekst te begrijpen

It's pretty good, I vastly prefer some of the albums that come after this though.

It’s ok but better was to come

Aah men kul ändå ju.

i mean i've already listened to this before but this is the first time i'm listening to it since turning into a legal adult (18+) so lets see if it holds up

Classic slim shady. Not my favourite album, but still a pretty solid one from Em.

Nice debut

Not my kind of hip hop... a generous 3!

Guy knows his way around a rhyme scheme, gotta give him that. And he's funny from time to time. But nothing else really stands out about this album. Enjoyed it as a younger man - now seems wholly unremarkable.

Do we really need a second song about not giving a fuck? I'd be lying if I said I didn't listen to "My Name Is" a million times in 6th grade. I thought I would have to say the same about other songs on this album, but I didn't recognize anything else. I guess this is slightly better than The Marshall Mathers LP, but it's still riddled with misogyny and homophobia. I guess it gets a 2 just because it has one song that I don't dislike.

It’s hard to overstate how this album dominated pop culture for a while in 1999. I thought then and now that there are a couple good tracks and a bunch of filler. Some of the lyrics haven’t aged so well.

Not for me.

Liked this when it came out but it hasn't aged well.

Pas client.

The beats and delivery are pretty good, but being edgy for the sake of being edgy doesn’t really make a great album in my opinion. Likes: Role Model; Rock Bottom; Just Don’t Give a Fuck

Whilst Marshall does an amazing job of being as offensive as he possibly can, this was a hard slog to get through. Lots of dodgy lyrics with themes of murdering girlfriends and trying to shag anything that moves undoubtedly appeals to rabid teenagers, but I find it tiring now I’m in my 50s.

Siendo realista e intentando no se hater de eminem (si soy), no estuvo tan mal. No lo disfruté ni me pareció bueno, pero no es inescuchable. Me sigue sin gustar este tipo de todas formas.

Eminem is a good rapper and this album has some really good songs about economic hopelessness but also so many of the lyrics have aged atrociously. It was tough to listen at times.

I like Eminem, but I do think this album’s a little juvenile.

eh melhor que o outro que passou por aqui, uns beats mais interessantes e tal. mas que isso, slim shady envelheceu MUITO mal. cê tá doido. meia boca DEMAIS credo

suppose this is where eminem came from. not bad for a 27yo. ... or at least it seems so until you get midway through the album, where it gets pretty horrible 💥my name is

I came into this album really hoping to gain an appreciation for Eminem. It did not work. Ridiculously dumb lyrics. 2 stars because there is some decent music hidden under it all.

I find it almost funny how people use things like violence and misogyny in rap music as an excuse to be racist when one of the most extreme cases of it is from a pasty ass white dude.

its just not for me

Look, this album came out when I was in 8th grade and it hit my school like a nuclear explosion. There was a certain kind of kid (boy) that became completely obsessed with this record, spawning all manner of jokes, references, and all around edginess. I'm glad to say I was not in that set, and kind of hated Eminem's whole thing right from the get go. I was pretty into the Beastie Boys at the time, and Eminem just seemed to be not nearly as cool. He was missing any of the playfulness that the Beastie's had, substituting shock and edgy jokes in a way that made me (and still makes me) kind of queasy. I can appreciate Em's lyrical talent, and the production on the album is alright, but overall this still doesn't really do anything for me. Brings me back to awkward times in middle school. 2/5.

He’s got the beat. He has a command of rapping rhythms and vocab…and, on this album, not liking his words/messages

5 / 10

This guy should respect women more

My opinions on this haven’t really changed despite several efforts to listen beyond the shock tactics. Eminem still seems like the poster-boy for the manosphere culture, employing the “hey, I might say these things, but that doesn’t mean I actually mean them, I am just playing - it’s all about the clicks and likes, and if you guys believe in my words, that’s your problem”. The tunes are catchy, his delivery is good, but ultimately this is still just a skinny white boy’s wet dream.

Not a rap fan, but, Eminem, at least is understandable, and his songs have meaning.

Obviously I see why this was included, but I didn't like Eminem then, when I was squarely in his target demographic of preteens to teens (apart from a few of his hits), so never expected to like him as an adult. Time hasn't changed that (although I listen to much more hip hop now in general), and his edge lord humour hasn't aged well at all. The first time I listened, I stopped at 97 Bonnie & Clyde. Horrific stuff, no idea what he was thinking there. I tried again and ended up skipping through a lot of the songs. The only ones I found worth listening to were My Name Is and Rock Bottom. I really did try to empathise with him as someone who obviously had a difficult life, but it's hard to when he specifically set out to make himself unlikeable. He has got undeniable talent, I just can't stand most of his lyrics.

Eminem is very gen x core. I can see how this started his career

En su momento me gustaba algo más, pero hoy en día me aburre bastante. No es lo peor de la lista que hay de él. Este dico al menos tien "My name is" y la pareja de "Just don't give a fuck" y "Still don't give a fuck". Sería un 2,5 aprobado.

Mostly misogynistic songs with "My Name is" as the outlier. I expected more

Cool beats, but I don't really dig the overly macho kind of lyrics .. Too long for my taste.

Wow problematic

Well… like him, but this album is just too much for me. Subject matter, etc. Maybe I’ve only ever heard cleaned up versions of his songs! 😂

I've never really understood the appeal the Eminem

As I’ve gotten older, I can appreciate him as an artist and an all-time great. When this came out, I was not a fan and listening to it now. Glad I didn’t listen to that when it came out.

that's gonna be a yikes from me, dawg. i would simply use my skill and experience in a different manner.

I didn't like this album much back in its day, despite several friends loved it. Listening to it today, it was better than I remembered, but that is damning with faint praise. Eminem is a brilliant rapper, and his lyrics are creative, but seriously deranged. The production is very good, but the overall package is too long, and the skits are just really bad.

Oof. This album was not made for me. AT. ALL. The one thing that I can appreciate is Eminem's storytelling (if you can call it that) and his snarky lyricism; it is so Eminem and entertaining. However, I could literally never picture myself listening to this on my own accord again. There were very few songs that would be normal to listen to outside of the context of the album.

Not as good as i thought it would be. Lyrics aged poorly.

This has dated. It’s from the time when hip-hop albums were filled with skits, which is just a waste of time and effort. The lyrics are poor and, like all Eminem tracks, filled with language and intent that needs to be put in a bin and set on fire. It’s well produced, but beyond that I can’t give it any praise. Sad that stuff like this will be held in posterity as something that is part of the cultural record.

‘Cause when I smoke out, I hit the trees harder than Sonny Bono (oh no). This line saved it from a one (1) star.

This album is so conflicting, as is much rap with commonplace misogyny / glamourised violence towards women and homophobia. Even with it being hidden behind a persona, it's more the influence on listeners (especially young boys) that is the main issue. The production by Dre is great and a lot of the flows are obviously good, but this album is an absolute slog and leaves a dreadful taste in the mouth for someone who has respect for women & LGBTQ+..

what the... favorites???: cum on everybody; just dont give a fuck; Bad Meets Evil

Pretty rough to listen to today.

3/10

this shit sucked in 1999, it double-sucks now

It was fine … but not my favourite Eminem

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.

I like to think we’ve moved beyond the days of a hip hop album having a bunch of skits

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.

Clever. Musical. I’ll never put it on again.

Dated, repetitive.

Good sound effects and production but otherwise unlistenable

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.

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.

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.

Aged like milk

FAR too long, couple of nice ideas, won't play again.

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.

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 know this was a different time, but just no.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

I recognize Eminem's chops. Too bad I can't sit through what he has to say.

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.

Not for me. I hear the talent, and the story telling. But it's just not for me. 2/5

Misogynistic man raps really quickly over Dr Dre's peak

He is recognizably talented, but given the lyrics I am not the audience for this album.

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

This was an album that a friend played on repeat when it first came out. It's a good album but not his best.

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

I like some Eminem but this wasn't it

In 99 this was a wild album. But now I'm 44 it was just irritating.

Meh. Really didn’t appreciate the rape and murder fantasies, kinda ruined the rest of the vibe for me

🤷‍♂️

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

When this came out, it was huge. I didn't understand it then, and I still don't understand it.

wow guilty conscience did not age well

So versatile, this album is going all kinds of places

I've never liked Eminem and I still don't.

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.

only know My Name Is, the rest is kinda meh

borderline 1

Some good ideas. I just can't see why you'd want to listen to it more than once.

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

Ist ok, aber ich werde einfach mit Hip Hop nicht warm

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 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.

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.

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

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”)

Repetitive and tiresome but he’s good at rhyming and knows a lot of rude words.

Humorous lyrics, some self deprecating, backing tracks pretty mundane.

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"

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.

Massively overrated

Gets a bit wearing.

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

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

Unfortunately not for me! Hi, my name is Eli! And I don’t like Eminem.

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

#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.

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.

Sorry Marshall, not my thing. There's some good stuff on here but I can't get past his fixation on hurting and killing women. I guess I'm just too easily offended 🤷‍♀️

Angry, whiny white boy, worshipping is own cock. Making stacks off his so called misery. The tough guy act don’t really fly when you 5’6. Hard pass.

Ok. Didn’t age well.

Not good

White boy rap 3/10

He has better albums

listened during parkrun, probs only heard half :/

Musically good and I get that a lot of the lyrics are from a character, not a person. But the misogyny and homophobia is still a challenge.

Ich mag Eminem gerne, man sieht sein Talent, aber die Songs, textlich und vom Sound sind nicht gut für mich. Würds mir nicht nochmal anhören. Bin auch kein Fan von Skits auf den ganzen Rap-Alben

It’s Eminem! He’s cool! We have to love this! Right? Well, not really. Rapping style is cool. The background music can be good. And that’s about where it ends. There’s just a ton of subject matter on here which is stupid. “Hey daughter of mine, why don’t you and I go to the beach while I tie a rock to mommy’s foot so she can lie on her bed at the bottom of the ocean.” “Hey girl, I might have accidentally killed you with too many mushrooms.” Huh? Don’t even get me started on the 15 year old girl song. Saying this hasn’t aged well is a cop out, as it’s the same back then as it is now. Some people would call this edgy. Or even say it’s meant to be a dumb character / funny. But it’s just dumb.

The album generator blessed us with Kendrick’s To Pimp a Butterfly the day before this came up and I can’t even pretend it’s in the same stratosphere sorry. Eminem has some good stuff but this isn’t really it.

i struggled to rate this one. on one hand the beats are incredible and his flow is immaculate. on the other hand its an incredible bloated album where the majority of the songs simply aren't memorable. thats to say nothing of the actual lyrical content. i understand the context of the album but it doesnt help it age well at all. the marshall mathers lp had similar issues but was much more interesting.

I frickin' hated this album as a teenager when it first came out. My mates were all into it but I wanted to vomit every time I heard his "Chicka Chicka Slim Shady" blast through the speakers of their souped-up Toranas and Tercels as they drove aimlessly up & down Townsville's Strand and Flinders Street East. This music was completely foreign to my 16 year old, country music-loving ears. To this day I'm not fond of the obnoxious vulgarity of the album, although it's redeemed itself a little with time, and I certainly don't find it as bad as NWA, Ghostface Killer, Public Enemy and other such trash that's been dished out via this project. I'll give it two stars, the second of which comes purely from the nostalgia of my youthful years.

Never really been the biggest fan but I can respect the lyricism.

Something i listened to at age 12 or so. Really not my favourite genre these days, but it maintains some nostalgia. Still a hard listen, feels very teen-angst-edgy. Even if it grates at least there is some emotion in the stuff, unlike yesterdays rnb, so I feel I have to give it one higher just because of that. The real slim shady almost pulls it to a 3, but there was too much pure trash to get there.

This one hasn't aged well. There was nothing like it at the time, but I can't listen to it these days.

I did not use a private session for spotify. What is with albums and skits? How many times do you want to hear the same skit? I like to listen to songs over and over but not bits. Anyway, this album is quite as worrying as the last Eminem album this site had me listen to, but Eminem's issues are leaking through on this one still. It's got some cool songs with awesome beats, but it also has some bad songs with terrible hooks, between that and the skits, I won't ever listen to this album again. I may listen to the hits.

Only got through the first few songs, It was fine. Not a huge Eminem fan.

Incredibly juvenile and dated. I thought Eminem was like 19 or something putting this out, but kind of embarassing he was 27 rapping some of these bars. It’s a bit of a nostalgic listen as 10 year old me loved this, but this was like rewatching the American Pie movies and making you question if you ever had good taste.

No esta mal pero se me hizo un poco largo

Meh - I think Eminem is a great rapper but struggled to get into this album

i see why gen z is tryna cancel eminem. a couple of good songs but like whatever it’s annoying

Aight not my fav of his

Even allowing for his'persona' his misogynistic lyrics are pretty vile

Musically interesting, lyrically puerile.

Well this is a whiplash change of direction from yesterday's Talking Heads album. Full disclaimer, I bought this when it was first released but probably haven't heard it in its entirety in 20 years. I remembered very little except the famous tracks. My Name Is might be the most unhinged opening track ever, but it very much sets the scene. Eminem makes me slightly uncomfortable, which frankly I suspect he'd enjoy enormously. And he's incredibly good at what he does plus the beats are great. When it comes to the lyrics, they're frequently clever but often *mean*. Funny but *problematic*. I have never entirely understood how much of Slim Shady is a joke and how much is true for him. And I'm also not sure how much that matters, given that regardless of how seriously he takes what he says, some of his listeners really do? Judging it purely off the record, I liked "The Marshall Mathers LP" better in the early 2000s (but again, I've not heard it for a long time) and I like this less than I did when it was released. I'm far too much of a pearl-clutching, middle aged middle class woman. A surprising 2/5.

Mostly bad to decent songs with a few amazing tracks sprinkled in. Honestly if it weren't for the few great tracks this album would suck IMO

Strictly ok

og rapper i know the class but do not enjoy the music. hip hop, G-funk and horrorcore two or more classics created the rap scene

Yikes

Not my thing

Starts strong, and I found at least one or two songs that I probably wouldn't turn off if they came on. Otherwise, the album just didn't do much for me... though as depressed and negative as I was as a teenager, I'm sure I would have LOVED it then.

Eminem hat später bessere Werke, auch wenn dieses hier ihm sicher zur Bekanntheit verholfen hat. Das Storytelling ist teilweise schon witzig, aber die Texte insgesamt (v.a. angesicht seines Alters damals) schon hart unreif und natürlich frauenfeindlich.

eh it has plenty of good stuff but i just find eminem kind of irritating

Not my favorite Eminem album (I'd probably give that to The Eminem Show from 2002) this one has very few tracks that I like, most I would fast forward through or skip if they ended up on a mix. Lyrics in this one are mostly a miss for me too.

Hard to listen as Nathan’s refused. Find Eminem so cringey. Can’t see how this is in the top 1001 albums tbh but some nostalgia vibes at least

I like Eminem way more than I like Eminem's music. And I'm not sure he's all that likable of a person. It's not a terrible album. Has some catchy hooks. But not entirely sure why this is on the list.

Must admit at times this was a difficult listen. Not necessarily the swearing but the awful misogynistic and violent references. There are also worrying reference to the glorification of rape and underage sex abuse. Surprised Eminem has not been cancelled.

Slimy grimy grim gravy!

Good moments that had me wishing I was listening to something like College Dropout instead. Mostly sucked.

I enjoy a popular eminem song once or twice a year,,,, this may have ruined that for me

Surprised by how much better this was than the Marshall Mathers LP. Much more varied - still hampered by trying too hard to be the most shocking and/or obnoxious man in the room, but some moments that almost seemed genuine. When Eminem takes a moment to speak to growing up poor and lost, he almost gets to someplace real, but usually quickly diverts our, and maybe more aptly, his, attention from touching any of that emotional rawness.

A bit of a step up from The Marshall Mathers album but not much of one. There were a couple of songs which seemed to cut through the whole tiresome Slim Shady persona and had more honest emotion and real feeling....but then there were songs like "97 Bonnie and Clyde," yet another shock-rap song about killing his wife. Had to skip a lot of this.

What a talented asshole.

I get it. Eminem had be shocking to successful. It was a time in pop culture that allowed his success. His rhyming is technically impressive, but what he is poetically illustrating is simply lame and juvenile.

Can’t fault the production, Dr Dre makes this album. Most of the content is a bit too childish and try hard for me, but it’s listenable. Not one I’ll be returning to, his later work is better.

Oh, so edgy. This brings me back to like 7th grade, and maybe that association just makes me still think this is so childish. It hasn't aged well-- it belongs with the Y2K misogynistic gross-out humor of Jackass, American Pie, Tom Green, etc. Eminem's voice as Slim Shady annoys me, the beats aren't particularly interesting, the skits are a waste of time. All that said, Eminem still has amazing flow, and I can see how some people can enjoy this even for nostalgia's sake, but I just wish the energy wasn't put toward this dated joke concept. This is not my thing.

Before: an artist I've wanted to go back and listen to after learning more about well crafted rap. Don't think I've ever heard this one but my memories are hazy. During: I would have zero time for this guy and his edge lord antics if this was current. I think I'm able to contextualise it though. I don't know actually - this is actively annoying me quite a lot. Saying edgy stuff is one thing, but them for him to dismiss the criticism that he's getting for it lands rough. After: the content and the attitude are super annoying. It's really difficult to see past. A lot of the production really didn't age well too. There are some really impressive schemes though. Really good long schemes that feel very synced and lyrical and rhythmic. He's a talented guy.. Just an idiot. My name is is quite brilliant really. Great idea to rap over labi cifre and very well executed (except for some horrible lyrics)

Slim Shady can bite my shiny metal ass.

Obviously there's a ton of technical skill on display here, and it's hard to deny the influence of Eminem as a whole. And yet, people are right when they say this album has aged very poorly, particularly in its subject matter.

There are some things that we enjoy as kids and move on from as we get older. This album is one of those things

Great talent used for evil!

I love the creativity and delivery but I can’t stand the content. Could not finish this album. Too dark.

I liked the beats but lyrics made me sick. Not a horror rap fan apparently.

Sometimes (when I completely ignored all the words) I enjoyed it! Hate that the fun beats were completely wasted on such violently misogynistic lyrics. I think that teenage boys listening to this album makes the world a worse place. Favourite: My Name Is Least: '97 Bonnie & Clyde

Too repetitive and not my thing.

Quite shouty , seemed to be similar themed and all melded into one. Good sample of Labi Siffre but that’s about it

Can’t say I’ve ever been a big Eminem fan and not sure this really enhances that opinion. The musical sound is actually not too bad but the lyrics let it down. I know this is supposed to be the viewpoint of a made up character (with some autobiographical references) but it’s just childish and unnecessarily misogynistic. Not one I think I’ll ever consider relistening to again.

I hope Labi Siffee made some good money off of this, as I sure resent the purile, violent mysogeny being represented here being rewarded. Saved from a 1* by begrudgingly accepting that his delivery style is very good, and some of the beats are decent.

Did not age well though I have to give some credit for it's impact on pop culture

How did this guy get a career with the shit he’s rapping about?

Hasn’t listened to a full Eminem album before and while it’s technically very good there are only so many rape jokes I can handle.

While The Slim Shady LP benefits greatly from beats by Dr. Dre, the album plays with the same cartoony humor and hyper-violence found in "My Name Is" but returns diminish with every song. Unfortunately the songs trend towards very repetitive ("My Name Is", "Just Don't Give a Fuck"), too goofy ("Mushrooms"), and raps that read like a bullied teen's diary ("Brain Damage", "Just Don't Give a Fuck", "As the World Turns"). "Rock Bottom" is a song no one talks about, but has the most emotional depth. Even as a kid, I found Eminem lacking real substance. Eminem's attempts to make his name by being offensive as possible, but it definitely has that high-school-student-says-wild-shit-to-shock-people energy.

Overall, found this album annoying to listen to. It just sounds like he’s truing so hard to be edgy. “My Name Is” is a classic and there’s a lot of great lyrics throughout, but I just couldn’t get with the rest of it. Wasn’t a fan of the skits either. I can see why other people would like this album, but it wasn’t for me.

This is not an album for me. The delivery gets old quickly, same with the message. And it's not because I am old, lame, and easily offended as even as a young, probably still lame, but not easily offended person I was not into this.

No sabre apreciarlo porque no soy muy de rap y encima no entiendo las letras Ahora, las bases de los temas molaban mucho Le doy un 4/10 en la escala wow

As opposed to A Tribe Called Quest which I listened to yesterday, I’m not a big fan of Eminem. I don’t really like his overly controversial and graphic style.

Never a huge fan of hip hop

Way too many skits and a lot of the songs didn’t age well.

I’d never listened to the full album before, and now that I have, I can see I wasn’t missing much—lyrics are pretty juvenile.

Even before Beats, Dr. Dre was a hardened capitalist: the only three songs he produced for this album are the only three songs released as singles, and even though he's only featured on Guilty Conscience, he has a writing credit on all three.

Not as good as I hoped it would be.

It’s long and lacking the bangers I’d expect from Eminem.

Didn't care for the stories

So, this one sounded a little immature to me when it came out, didn't really land with me. The ensuing decades have not tempered the immaturity, but I can appreciate a bit more the Eminem style and, yes, even the absurd storytelling to some extent. Still probably don't need to revisit this one.

An occasional part sounds good, but an overall no.

I get it. Eminem had be shocking to successful. It was a time in pop culture that allowed his success. His rhyming is technically impressive, but what he is poetically illustrating is simply lame and juvenile.

Nope. I haven’t been 12 in a long time.

Honestly feel like this just doesn't hold up very well. Provocative in a way that appeals to 90s teens who love South Park. I find Eminem's cartoonish delivery quite tiresome as well.

I'm glad that he went on to correct some of the mistakes he's making here. Once again this genre delivers an overly long, self indulgent collection of music that time is forgetting.

This was a good throwback album, I recognized a bunch of the songs and actually enjoyed some of the instrumentals, but Eminem still feels like something I can’t really take seriously, and he really tries to be taken seriously. But it’s fun!

Outstanding production and his flow is amazing but…lyrically repetitive and the skits between songs just don’t work for me. Too much violence in the lyrics over and over and over again. I see how it’s groundbreaking but just not my thing.

This was a fun nostalgia trip but a lot of the lyrics and sentiments are super cringe now. I didn’t pick up on his extreme “I wanna beat and kill women” vibe so much when I was 16.

• can appreciate the flow, but no like

*I'm* the real Slim Shady

another? ugh. i do think it's better than The Marshall Mathers LP, if only by a nose. "Rock Bottom", "Role Model", and of course "My Name Is" are exceptional tracks, and it's no wonder he shot to stardom off of that last one. also, "Bad Meets Evil" is actually pretty good, with Royce da 5-9 having a lot of good chemistry with Em (or Slim). even if "Still Don't Give A Fuck" is that classic "birds to the world" edgeball lyricism, the beat and Eminem's flow saves it from being simple horrorcore schlock. but god, when the Slim Shady comedy rap gets grating, it gets REALLY grating. when a prank call featuring the words "give you a piece of my ass" is funnier than your hilarious verses about a girl you wanted to fuck overdosing on... mushrooms? and ending up in a "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" style ugly-woman-chasing-a-man situation, you should maybe rework a few of the songs. "Guilty Conscience", one of the better regarded tracks here, is kneecapped by putting skits in the middle of the fucking song instead of just letting the verses flow like normal. like come on! i don't need a radio announcer for each character you want to be the impulsive side of! finally, the predecessor of "Kim" -- "'97 Bonnie & Clyde" -- is basically if that song was made a bit more palatable by taking all the raw anger and emotion and putting it through the lens of gimmicky innuendos between Marshall Mathers and his daughter. this makes the song worse in basically every way, from the framing of the situation to the corniness of Hailey helping Eminem dispose of her dead mom. as a result, the Slim Shady LP is a better record, but almost offensively shallow. maybe offensive in a few other ways, but none that actually got a reaction out of me. i really hope The Eminem Show is not on this list. i don't know how much more i can take of this guy.

never liked eminem that much dont know why

As always, Eminem has great flow, solid music behind him, and clever wordplay. Unfortunately, he's using it to just be a dick. A clever dick, but still just a dick. It's shock for its own sake, and I guess it's the crown jewel of shock rap albums, but shock rap mostly sucks. This mostly sucks. It's an interesting record in many respects, as a shock rap album, as an early album from an artist that will eventually become one of the defining voices in the genre, as a time capsule of the turn of the century, as a work that expanded the rap audience, and as an example of a white man succeeding in a black genre. Still, it mostly is just schoolyard bully insults at nobody in particular.

Yes he can rap but this is miserable, hate-filled crap. Another one I never have to listen to again.

Je suis pas assez blanc désolé

The fine blend of a wordsmith and xbox live's voice chat. Skill definitely... but... ooh wowee look another edgy thing well done who's a good boy oh wow look another crime to rap about for the bingo chart oh wowee another group of people to pick on great job... It got old rapidly. I get the idea, I just think it's aged like milk and is repetitive. That said, some bits were interesting underneath the surface level of edgyboi. I don't think I'll listen again but get why it's on the list.