The Slim Shady LP

I just don't like this genre. At all.

Not aged all that well

Pretty much the same as the other Eminem album we had; some reasonably good production, talented rapping, but let down by the subject matter. Is this a different mix/edit of My Name Is than the single?

I appreciate the dark sense of humor, but Eminem's work has never been for me, even back in the day. Liked some of the bases tho, like Rock Bottom's.

Blast from the past, some gross lyrics

Yeah I don't like Eminem. He is a talented rapper, and his albums are well-produced, but the content of his lyrics is juvenile and horrible. Sorry you had a rough life, doesn't mean you have to be an asshole.

Meh

The singles were okay, the rest of the album was pretty poor.

Explicit and murder. Liked Bonnie and Clyde though.

I don’t like what he’s saying :/

Unnecessarily violent and misogynistic.I love Eminem but this has not aged well.

I always found Eminem annoying, so I never really have this album a chance. I guess it's better than I remember in that he really is a good story teller and can be pretty clever, and the production is pretty solid. Also points for being open, self aware, and self deprecating, even if it doesn't always work. Unfortunately there just aren't any good songs, his flow just doesn't work for me, and it's all pretty juvenile.

I dunno, adolescent, angry, kinda stupid - not a lover of his flow, the reliance on a relentless end rhyme ends up sounding a bit Dr zuess - he refuses really ever to say anything - the images or narrative are very introspective and self interested without really exploring ideas. It's confessional I suppose but a bit one dimensional. Dr Dre's production is plodding and somewhat groovy but I could live without it. I dunno - very American - reminds me of school shooters, WWF and kids setting fire to deodorant cans with lighters.

Fun beats with truly awful lyrics. A few songs I enjoyed but just so violent and misogynistic that I couldn't enjoy it overall and I wouldn't trust any man who does. Objectively I think teenage boys hearing this album makes the world a worse place. Favourite: My Name Is

Dated. Hasn't worn so well, has it?

I'm a bit torn about this. Eminem has undeniable talent, but on the other hand, this is so cheesy and hard-trying that it's just too much.

It’s a better listen that the following-up Marshall Mathers LP but it’s still a slog to get thru. As trashy as it is, it still provides entertainment at times but the beats are so bad that any re-listen value is shot. The skits are still bad and I just end up annoyed more often than not. 2 stars

As with the other Eminem album I listened to for this project (Marshall Mathers LP), I was surprised by just how puerile it was. I like some Eminem songs and generally considered him a pretty skillful rapper, but it’s hard to take most of these lyrics seriously.

Very immature, hasn't aged the best, not something I'd listen to out of choice, some ok songs

there little glimpses of Eminem's brilliant songwriting and story telling, but too much of this album is so try-hard and boring for me to give a fuck. Like I feel like this isn't even that offensive and yet this album at several moment acknowledges how twisted and deranged it is. relax bud. Other than the intense misogyny, I feel this hasn't even aged that bad subject matter wise (maybe i missed something idk i likely did) I feel like I can get this exact thing from early tyler, the creator and have it be far more creative and provocative (mainly because he was obviously very inspired by this era of Eminem). Although I haven't listen to his early albums in a very long time, so they might equally suck ass

I wouldn’t consider myself a big Eminem fan but I definitely expected more from this one. I don’t have a problem with edgy shocking lyrics when they’re done well but a lot of the time they come off feeling adolescent. My Name Is, Rock Bottom and Bad Meets Evil are definitely the stand outs on the album. The Dre production is usually pretty outstanding and I’d love to hear some new lyrics over these beats. Eminem’s performance itself is sometimes pretty good, his writing style is fun and expressive, not yet at his best but clearly showing talent and a hunger for getting better. Unfortunately so many of the tracks are just groan inducingly boring with some over the top violent lyrics that end up being predictable and edgy for the sake of being edgy. I’d rather the edge be turned up to 11 and veer into more of the absurdism found elsewhere in Eminem works, but it sits in this middle ground which ultimately loses its bite pretty early on the album. Overall 2/5

Already had one Eminem album on here This is more of the same I get that it was innovative and edgy at the time, but it hasn’t aged well and is cringey

This….isn’t as good as it was when I was 12. Sadly. I like maybe 1 track and I can’t remember what it is

Do you think he looks back on this and thinks yeah this wasn’t great was it…

When Eminem is good he's good, but a lot of the early stuff is just so misogynistic and cringey.

Not nearly as good as it was when I was 14. Just seems like offensive for offensives sake and nothing else. Few good songs though. Two stars

Eminem really is talented. It's just a shame 90% of his output is corny edge lord shit. I was definitely the target demographic for this when it came out (15/16 year old white boy from the suburbs) but even back then I didn't vibe with it.

lowkey a 1 or a 2. lyrics suck. uhhh every song sounds the same. gonna be real i think that one eminem album could maybe get a 3, but not this one. got one okay song that doesn’t like pmo

Didn’t love it but didn’t hate it either.

"im robbing a bank tomorrow and when the cops come for me imma tell them it was my alter ego countess boochie flagrante" - tumblr user hoebutmadefashion, 2014 eminem is a talented rapper but this is an album made for 13 year old boys in 1999. its so cringe

Das Lied in dem er seiner Tochter erklärt wie er seine Frau in den Fluss schmeißt ist das Beste

The album was quite long but with some enjoyable beats here and there. I guess Dre's touch is what makes this album acceptable for me. Will not become an Eminem fan for sure 2.5

2- Stars (4/15)

Uh, Guilty Conscience is... a lot. I know that Eminem is famous for his transgressive style but, gee I dunno. This album ain't it. I like many of his singles, but I don't know why this album was chosen, nor do I like it very much. And the domestic violence on '97 bonnie and clyde. I know murder ballads are a thing, but it's too much for me. 2 stars because it's musically impressive at times, but it's just too much.

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.

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.

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.

Vissa bra låtar en del glöm bara. Har inte kanske föråldrats jätte bra

It was ok.

Bit boring now

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….

I have nothing with Eminem, he is the most overrated rapper and I don't like this 'slim shady' persona.

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.

Didnt vibe with this one

I know I’m supposed to love this. But I never liked any of his shit. Still don’t. Annoying. Juvenile. Boring.

Good production and rhymes... but the lyrics are so crazy and violent and full of anger they are almost laughable.

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 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.

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.

Not really my thing

important in its time, but not a rewarding listen today

The worst thing about rap albums in this era is the skits. This album is one big skit. 2/5

Not for me.

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

Not really my type but fun!

genre: rap. music was okay but i did not love the violence.

shit and fart album

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.

“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.

Disappointing.

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.

More annoying than offensive if anything

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.

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.

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.

Slower and less fun than I thought it would be

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 😂

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.

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

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

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.

It's like a bad Adult Swim show.

My Name Is was such a moment. The rest of the album isnt really for me but…could be worse

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

Not big fan of rap. Had some great songs and lyrics though.

Ugh

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.

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.

Yeah, well. It's clever I guess but essentially it's a novelty record, isn't it?

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.

sheep

Really is an LP, it kept on going for too long.

Das Lied in dem er seiner Tochter erklärt wie er seine Frau in den Fluss schmeißt ist das Beste

Didn't enjoy this, and some of it is rather egregious.

I like some Eminem, but this was never an album I enjoyed.

Albumi #65, 01.10.2024 Eminemin toinen albumi nosti muistaakseni melkoisen hypen ilmestyessään. Albumin tuotannossa oli vahvasti mukana mm Dr Dre. Perus simppeliä räppiä, joka kuitenkaan ei ihan omien suosikkien joukkoon yllä.

Tbh not a huge fan of this one. Little too much murderin for my tastes.

Für R&B ein eher besseres Album mit dem Top-Track „My Name is“. Leider war der Rest für einen notorischen Genre-Skeptiker nich genug für den 3. Stern. Schade.

I just don’t care.

Not really my style of album, I only really liked My Name Is.

I usually like Eminem but this is just a whole lot more cursing and vulgarity than I feel like listening to today.

Very creative, amazing flow, not my style

No me ha enganchado. No me ha llamado la atención. No creo que lo vuelva a escuchar.

This just does not hold up...I mean I get it you are mad and had a terrible upbringing. Yes it is trying to be lighthearted, but stapling your teachers nuts and murdering your woman, and rape just aren't light hearted to me. Now he is talented and his raps are very solid but just not topics I want to listen to.

Eminem has made it abundantly clear that he is NOT a role model. Then tries his best to shock and offend everyone. I'm not offended. Just unimpressed and mostly feel sad for him that his life is so fucked up. Once in awhile he writes a good song but I didn't find any of those on this album. Can't wait for another Eminem song about him killing his baby mama and throwing her body in the river. or blaming his parents for his shitty life. I don't know if you can really die from eating too many shrooms but that song was ridiculous.

Fav: Bad Meets Evil Least Fav: As The World Turns Beats were pretty nice and there’s a few songs I enjoyed but the majority I either didn’t care for or actively disliked. The edginess didn’t bother me but Eminem’s rapping wasn’t really doing it for me.

Loses 1 star from me for having multiple <1 minute transition tracks and skits that, in my opinion, don't add anything to the album. Not my style of music in general, but growing up in the 90's, I was familiar with multiple tracks.

Good execution of something I don’t value at all.

SMH. No doubt he's a beautiful pearl. He set the bar with Infinite in 96. We all knew he was able to match his head to his skills even in these early days. Which is why the character of Slim Shady just feels like such a waste. Em as an artist deserves more stars but I can't give this album more than a 2

Couldn't really be bothered digging this one out. I mean, it's decent, coherent as a record, and pretty easy to see why it was a big hit. Just a bit too needily provocative. Production on a lot of the tracks is a bit hokey. It's too long. The skits are wack. The smelly spectre of Dre and Iovine is all over it. Lots of the subject matter has aged badly (though tbf, I think we can give MM the benefit of the doubt most of the time). Just can't get right behind it. Begrudging respect and no more than that.

Repetitive slang

I never really cared much for this. Still don't.

I enjoyed the movie “8 mile” so was hopeful this album would be decent but it was pretty rough

I like Eminem, I do. But the last five or 16, lol cuts were not doing it for me.

There are some great moments here but it's mostly buried deep in layers of cringe. It was pretty shocking and fun at the time but we always knew it wouldn't age brilliantly. Fair play to Eminem for bringing this stuff into the mainstream shifting a LOT of units, but it's not one I feel the need to put into regular rotation.

Most of this is just not good and I attribute that to not liking his voice. I've never been an Eminem fan, and at this point nothing will change that.

Really dark.

Couple of decent singles but as a whole it is a very cheesy and dated sounding album

I've come to the conclusion after hearing plenty more rap over the years that Em is completely overrated. Bubblegum hardcore rap. MM LP is the only decent thing he ever did, this was actually pretty poor. As a kid I loved the singles but god listening back now it has not aged well.

While I get that Slim Shady is a character, and is supposed to be an immature comedic psychopath, and this album was a 'fuck you' to the world by Mathers/Eminem who created this rapping persona out of a really dark time in his life - it’s a really grim listen. I can't help but feel this violence and hatefulness is just Mathers saying it behind a mask. For sometime he was distancing himself from this character, but it looks like there's just been another album released last month (The Death of Slim Shady Coup de Grâce) and I'm not sure I can be bothered listening to Eminem try to figure out his past, or trying to stay relevant for the future and figure out where he and his multiple personas fit in the culture wars. I actually quite like some of Eminem's work, he is a cunning linguist. But I'm here to rate this album! Its divisive and had a huge impact on music when it came out - I just don't need to listen to it ever again.

Is it controversial to say I actually really did not enjoy listening to this? I get that a lot of it is just storytelling and ironic and there's probably a lot of art in here but I just found it incredibly grating. Lots of sexual abuse against women in there, and I don't really know from what perspective. Just wanted it to be over

Overplayed this back in the day. There are better rappers out there but this album is ok.

Given time, he doesn’t upset me like he used to, but I still don’t like it.

Yeah it was good. I'm not a big eminem fan but it was okay. i bopped along to the songs

Did not age well.

144/1001 🌕🌗🌑🌑🌑

Eminem is clearly immensely talented, but the purposefully caustic subject matter of his lyrics really turn me off. Maybe I’m too sensitive, but songs where the protagonist discusses spousal or domestic abuse are just… really difficult for me to listen to. Beyond the subject matter though, while Eminem is at the top of the game as a lyricist, his instrumentals and backing music are mostly uninspired compared to many other rappers, and I think that’s the main reason I’ve never really been able to get into him. Also while I dislike skits in albums and am very pleased that turned out to be a fad, the skit where Eminem’s lawyer Paul Rosenburg tells the former to “tone it down” is actually pretty funny.

1 bonne toune. Le reste suck balls.

Weak one

just an unpleasant album. the humor completely misses because im not 12 and imagining a 27 year old man writing this is sad. 3/10

Yet another album on this list that the subject matter and lyrics outweigh any enjoyment one could gain from the music.

This album started off pretty good musically. But it soon became just another antisocial screed from artists with a world view and life experience completely foreign to me. Thus I have no interest or affinity for this. And we have been given too many of these lately by the app. 2

Never been my jam, exceptional technique but the lyrics are beyond tastless.

Liked it more than MMLP, but goddamn do I not care of Eminem.

Juvenile calling card.

Not my style. Music is good but lyrics awful

Raw

A standout for its time, but I don’t think this one holds up. Even ignoring the misogyny and homophobia, it’s just not funny. It feels juvenile.

Not nearly as good as I remember. Found most songs dull and search for shock value was way over the top.

Some funny moments early on, but the jokes got stale really fast. Would not listen again.

I don't think this has aged well You can't argue that he doesn't have lyrical talent. However, I don't think that is enough to save this. Probably would have been a higher rating if I was listening to it when I was younger

I liked it in an edgy teenager way. Beyond that I wasn’t so sure.

Listening to Emimen reminds me of the Eminem kids from my home town and ruins any potential this album has. He's a great rapper but the lyrical content is just dumb at times. It feels like he is trying too hard to come off edgy without it organically happening.

Wow - never listened to the complete album, just 'My Name Is'. 25 years later I guess it isn't that shocking compared to other stuff out there....but I guess I was still shocked at some of the lyrics. 2.5

Mm. What to do here... This is an interesting album, with lots of sound layers and acoustic gems. The descriptions of childhood are often evocative and heart breaking. Unfortunately I struggle with some of the other lyrics, particularly in Guilty Conscience. I'm not sure if the driving intention was to point attention at a stark reality, or bring a dark humour, or act as a warning, but for me it just seems to be promoting violence, particularly to women. It's just not something I can get behind, knowing that some people would hear it at face value and miss the moral intention.

I wanted to like this more than I did. It’s listenable but I wouldn’t choose it.

This album hasnt aged gracefully that's for sure. Still fun in spots but It's also pretty cringe-worthy.

Cringy much like a middle schooler first learning about sex and boasting about his newfound, taboo knowledge. This is a bad album with awkward sound effects. Eminem really "Came on Everything" for this one. Skits are dumb. Failed at weaving a story throughout. "Rock Bottom" is the only song I added to my likes. "Still don't give a fuck" was enjoyable, but not worth adding to my library.

everything about Eminem makes me cringe. if your older than 15 and proclaim that Eminem is your favourite musician you should get your ears checked. he talks fast, wow so innovative

Interesting only insofar are this is considered a great album. Proving once again that people were desperate to claim products of the 90’s/00’s matched the excellence of those from the 80’s, even when they clearly did not

I lived through this. Thought he was edgy. Probably even cool. But rap has just never been my thing. Now listening to it as a 40 year old I just think most of it is cringey. I will say there are some great rhymes. But that doesn’t make up for the rest of it which I find distasteful. 2/5

I really don’t like Eminem

Dude. I remember listening to this when I was 12 or so at summer camp. Holy shit these lyrics are fucked up. I couldn’t get through two songs. Can’t deny the wittiness at times and catchy hooks but other than that keep your kids away

I don't like rap. Probably, this is the main problem for listent to it. I'm listening celtic music for change my vibe...

It's a catchy album, and I see why it's very popular, but I personally have a problem with the level of violence portrayed.

2-3 decent songs nevertheless boring

Not really a fan. Loved the sample on My name is.

Great beats and skillful verses, but I find it difficult to "like" this type of album because I don't understand singing so much about murder and hate and horrible things so much. I know it's satire, but the parts that aren't silly fun are just so dark.

While Eminem is one of the most skilled lyricists I have never been able to connect to this record. The violence and cruelty are not something that I want to listen to at any frequency.

I really don't remember this album being this bad. What was I thinking at the time?

Having listened to the Marshall Mathers LP before, and given it 1 star, I came into this with low expectations. And I was pleasantly surprised (if only a little). This album admittedly does sounds very similar, suggesting that Eminem isn't a very versatile artist. (Probably could've guessed that.) But there's a series of 4 or 5 tracks in the middle that are unironically bopping. The skits on this album are very much focused on public opinion of Eminem and rap/hip-hop in general, as well as Eminem's controversial position in the genre as a young, overconfident white guy who's in over his head. That, I can agree with. Fun choice to include mostly guest vocalists in these skits, allowing for a break in the monotony of Eminem's irritating hip-teen vocal. I enjoyed the skits quite a lot, actually - more than I normally would with a hip-hop record. Like his other albums, we see caution thrown to the wind as Eminem carelessly lets out a torrent of slurs, misogynistic remarks, and narcissistic, dismissive attitude. It leaves a bad taste in the listener's mouth. I really don't see how anyone can genuinely enjoy the lyrics. The music, on the other hand, is at least hit-or-miss. And when it hits, it hits pretty well. The tracks Role Model, My Fault, Cum On Everybody, and Rock Bottom have fun, nightclub-esque atmospheres, and Eminem's vocal meshes decently in that environment. Chord progressions are also (sometimes) very cool here. 2/5 Key tracks: Public Service Announcement, If I Had, Bitch, My Fault

Its all a bit childish nowadays

This has been on my backlog forever since I turned off '97 Bonnie & Clyde at a time in the political cycle when I was not able to have a sense of humor about it. Today things are probably not better but I buried it in the middle of a playlist to keep me company during a long, rainy solo drive, so I just white-knuckled it and made it through the whole thing. Good bye finally to the second oldest album on my backlog.

the phrase "heavy lifting" doesn't come nearly close enough to describe what the eminem singles do for the rest of his backlog

I didn't love this when it came out and I think I like it less now. Content aside, there's like two fun tracks, a lot of skits, and a lot of repetition.

Eminem has got a signature-sound that I like in almost every single song. Although "The Slim Shady LP" is - compared to other hip-hop/rap-albums - quite entertaining, one hour of hip-hop/rap bores me. Simply not my prefered gengre. 🤷‍♂️ 2,5

"Oh what a nice beat...Good Lord, those lyrics are a fucking dumpster fire. Clever sometimes, but Jesus Christ on a wheat cracker they are really something."

This was novel and fun in 1999. It hasn’t aged well to say the least.

This has the same energy as a 4chan edgelord incel. Eminem gets a lot of "the lyrics are horrible but he's the best rapper" which is not true, there are much better rappers. 2.42 per track. 2.5 per track.

He's a very pleasent rapper to listen to, but the words turn me off and the music isn't engaging enough to make up for it. Maybe I'm just too old for this kind of thing?

The lyrics sound like thoughts from a Horror Movie villains mind. Really disturbing, especially as they are spoken from the artist’s perspective (yes, I’m aware “Slim Shady” is his Alter Ego).

I was one of the kids who just nodded along when everybody was obssesed with Eminem in grade 2 or 3, thinking «not quite for me». I was a wise kid. In all seroousness: It's well-produced and put together with a great delivery. It's just not something worth my time fifteen years after finishing elementary school.

Talk about an album that did not age well. Very misogynistic and oozing with machismo. The violence alone can make one grit their teeth and ask “ is he still talking about killing his ex?” As for lyrics and beats I think his rhyme patterns were good but most of the songs had the same up and down flow to them.

Not a rap fan

Day86 - i wanna like eminem but i think this is such a product of the time it’s hard to listen to.

I see why Eminem became a thing but woof at the subject matter

No me ha enganchado. No me ha llamado la atención. No creo que lo vuelva a escuchar.

5.5/10 kind of underwhelm. 1 seul banger

Clearly he had a rough life and feels the need to hate so many people and things. He would say some positive things and then next sentence go back to hate and cussing.

I appreciate the rapping and storytelling aspect but there were so many parts of this album that made me cringe a little. I don’t want to seem like I’m pearl-clutching but some things seemed like they were there just for shock value. I guess I wasn’t there when Eminem was huge but I can’t think of an appropriate situation to listen to a lot of these songs.

I appreciate that there’s prolly a ton of thought etc but rap is very hit or miss for me and this was def a miss.. and it was an hour so didn’t enjoy much 4/10

Don’t mind the sound but the lyrics are a bit too over the top for me. Even though they are meant to be mostly satire the imagery just makes me a bit too uncomfortable 3/10

The original corny white dude. Not a bad rapper, but edgy for the sake of being edgy; misogynistic, homophobic, etc., so kinda hard to listen to. 3/10

Tbh, not a massive fan. Love Stan and TRSS, but other than that...

Didn't really care for this. I didn't hate it, but there was something about it that just didn't click.

Kai tämä on teknisesti hyvä, mutta onhan tää aika luotaantyöntävä aiheiltaan. 2/5

Semmosta. Oishan tältä varmaan yks levy riittänyt.

Ristiriitaiset fiilikset. Toisaalta shokeeraus tuntuu lapselliselta, toisaalta kiinnostavaa miten ravisteli aikanaan. Taitavat tuottajat ja toki Eminem itsekin on mestari lajissaan. Ehkä silti kakkoseen jää.

Oh fuck yes. Maybe the first album I already know front to back! I made my dad buy this CD and I played it for him and I'm pretty sure he hated it. I guess I am a little embarrassed to say I loved this but fuck it. There is a reason it ended up as one of 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. It is a classic. It was my punk rock, the album I used to differentiate myself from my parents. It gave me the tools needed to never be offended by anything and to have the darkest sense of humor. I mean the album cover is a woman dead (Oh, mama, she's takin' a little nap...) in the trunk of a car while a man contemplates getting rid of the body with his little baby. Dark shit. Men love to shit on their wives for some reason, but Eminem did that shit darker than them all. I can't wait to listen to this at almost 37 years old and see if it holds up. "Try 'Cid" never realized that was a shortened form of acid. Eminem is apparently the only person who could ever rhyme anything with orange (door-hinge) and that's why this album is on this list. At the same time... Has this aged well? Was it good or do I just have some weird nostalgia for it? As I listened to it today I got very bored with the kill-this-bitch-please theme. Over and over. What was wrong with this man? Or was it all an act? Oddly enough I think this came out when I was within a range of ages that this album was made for. Kids who liked terrible music and made their parents listen to it because they wanted to offend them, that was the age I was. It probably worked a little but looking back it was very immature. Kind of the same as this album. It was made to offend. Made to shock. As a kid I wasn't shocked and a lot of this went over my head, but I found it funny. I do appreciate when rap makes me laugh and I believe good rap has a comedic aspect to it. But this is actually pretty violent. I am not offended and I know it's a joke, but when I listen to this now it seems boring. I thought the whole album was good when I was younger, but now I realize there are a few songs I enjoy and the rest is just the same themes over and over. When I saw this come up today, 12 year old me was ready to give this 5 stars. 36 year old me appreciates some of the music behind the lyrics and Eminem's flow but the jokes haven't aged well and neither has the mysogyny.

Most samples are quite good. Not the high pitched noise on Just Don't Give A Fuck. His rapping is like rambling

Two only because compared to other Eminem albums I wouldn’t pick this one, but I do generally like him even if some of it is 🥴

I get that the shock is the point, and I know that this album is not written for me as someone who has not been through shit. I can respect it, but I don't connect to it. My Name Is and Rick Bottom are high points worth a listen at least.

I just can't. The first song is awesome. I just get more and more tired and annoyed from there.

I was in 6th grade when this bombshell dropped, if I recall correctly. It was probably the most talked about music at school that year, right along with Brittany’s debut and Backstreet Boy’s Millennium. My Name Is was a fun song and it had a fun video that I enjoyed (good god as a sixth grader…), but musically I was unsure about Eminem even then. Although I’m a pretty big fan of hip hop, an older millennial, and someone who happens to be white, I have never been able to understand the magnitude of Eminem’s popularity. I get the rapping talent, and I think Lose Yourself is one of the best songs of the century, but I’ve never been much of a fan. It’s been a long time and I’m going into this listen with an open mind. My Name Is is still a fun intro to Em, and his immediate acknowledgement of Dr. Dre is both a debt of gratitude and a preview of how to expect the album to sound. A few songs in and Dre’s influence is evident and significant. Brain Damage and If I Had are good tunes with excellent backing music, while not produced by Dre it sounds like Dre. If I Had in particular sounds very “west coast” to me. The violence in these songs gives me Clockwork Orange vibes. As a father of daughters, the story in 97 Bonnie and Clyde is pretty gut wrenching, not really in a good way. I’m all for provocative art as long as its contribution is a net positive for humanity, and given the new perspective of time, fatherhood, and over 3 decades of life in the United States I can’t find much net positive with this project. I know a song like Role Model is for “entertainment value” as Em explains and I do get the analogy to horror films, but I think people (especially young people) also have a different interpretive relationship to music than they do films. I love horror films, but the Slim Shady LP leaves me queezier than just about any horror flick I’ve seen. I can’t believe I’m saying this (old man waves fist at the sky) but I think this album is indeed too lyrically violent and misogynist. I know Eminem grew some as an artist after this, and it honestly sounds good to great at times. I’m not trying to be holier than thou or sanctimonious, and I’m not suggesting this LP had anything to do with youth violence in the U.S. or anywhere else. I just don’t think it helped either.

It's a little tricky for me to parse exactly how I feel about this one. When it came out, I was squarely in the perfect demographic to be blown away by it, but I also grew out of it pretty quick. I don't think I've listened to it in over twenty years. These days it does stir a small sense of nostalgia in me and I'm still capable of enjoying his technical ability as a rapper. Yet, the content feels like empty provocation for its own sake, managing to be both dull and cringe. It doesn't even push boundaries in an interesting way—more like a baby's first album of edgelord bullshit. In the end, it's a big shrug from me—no thanks.

Shock rap with redundant boring beats. Not his best work.

Greit nok

Thankfully I never have to listen to it again

Boy this guy sure hates women huh

Really didn’t like the skits. Some songs were catchy but won’t be adding this to the regular rotation. 2.5 rounded down.

This came out when I was 15 and I never listened to it, so I don’t have any nostalgic attachment to it. (I do love the Marshall Mathers LP, though.) Now I’m 40 and clearly not the target audience. Never been a huge fan of My Name Is. I have always liked Guilty Conscience. I think those were the only two I was familiar with ahead of time, although the beat on Role Model sounds familiar and it was a single, so maybe I heard it at some point. Much of the rest of it sounds so half-baked and unfinished, especially compared to MMLP, which I think is a masterpiece. I ended up enjoying I’m Shady. Bad Meets Evil was underwhelming, which was disappointing because I like Royce da 5’ 9”.

Guy built his entire image around psychotically abusing and murdering his ex wife. Not For Me™️

This album is the same age as me. Feels like I am a teen again. Oh those were the days. Not a huge Eminem fan but quite like a couple tuneessss tbf.

Eminem was never my guy but this album aged like milk

Could barely get through it. Not a fan.

Not as good as the Marshall Mathers LP. Felt over the top and more screechy. Definitely has some classics, but I wouldn't dig it up.

2.3 - it’s just not for me

I don’t want to listen to Eminem rap about murdering women and impregnating underage girls. I think it was meant to be shocking, but it’s just gross and creepy. The sonics of the album have aged poorly, and none of the tracks really stand out to me. Eminem’s voice is so annoying. The chorus of I’m Shady was the first time anything grabbed me in a pleasant way. Bloody hell that was track 18. Do yourself a favour and listen to I Got The… by Labi Siffre instead of the My Name Is instrumental 1.7/5

Nothing here for me but I get why it's on the list.

Gross. I get it. Critically Acclaimed® (lol), but I don't want this in my life. Trolling. Seek professional help, this is not serious art.

(Mai ascoltato prima) Interessante, ma il rap non è il mio genere, quindi l'ho trovato spesso noioso e non ho finito di ascoltarlo.

Not as good as the albums that would follow, but you can see where things will go.

My Name Is is a fun track... everything else is pretty repetitive or just plan bad. I am glad some songs had choruses, it breaks the redundancy of the album. This album feels like it should be 40 minutes rather than an hour

There's no doubt that Eminem is among the cream of the crop of rappers from a technical perspective. One problem however, is that I simply don't like rap and another problem is that this is supposed to be a comedic album in a style that I actually did find funny when I was about 12 years old. Eminem definitely sounds best when he drops the vapid comedy act and sounds more serious such as on Rock Bottom. But well, most of the album is stuff like My Name Is, cartoonish-sounding choruses, and half-witted skits.

Nobody believed in me, everyone hates me, poor me…

I wanted to like it but it wasn’t for me. I understood the satire and sarcasm, but the music just didn’t do it for me.

este sitio me esta obligando a escuchar a eminem y no me gusta

As others have mentioned, while Eminem might be a technically gifted rapper - this album was just okay. Maybe I'm just old, but this album just didn't do it for me. I do like hip hop, but not a fan of this.

I agree with Dre, "Shady's basic". The flow is fine, but like, whether ironic or not he's just being an asshole.

It's one of, I believe, three albums from the list that I'd heard before 1001. Eminem was always some kind of an icon where I'm from, so after hearing all my favourite rappers constantly praise him I had to listen to something besides his greatest hits. I listened to this, decided it's mid af, and never listened to an Eminem abum again until we got one here. Relistened, opinion didn't change.

I loved this when it was released and I was about 13, but probably not heard it for 20 years.... I suppose this would've got me interested in hip hop so guess I have him that to thank for that. He has a great ability to rhyme words that don't naturally rhyme together too. Don't think I can say too much else positive about it really. Kinda was nostalgic and I still recognise nearly every track....But, I don't need multiple songs about rape and murder etc. I know it's all for shock value, but come on. Some beats and his raps are great, but there's too much shit on here. 2

The Marshall Mathers album I enjoyed back in the day, but this one gave me a headache and felt juvenile.

This is decidedly not for me. I recognize Eminem’s talent as a rapper. His flow is untouchable and he’s obviously very intelligent. The Dre lead music is awesome. The lyrical content is at best problematic. He’s shocking purely to shock and the amount of anger is astonishing. I find it very unheroic that there is a censored version that bleeps the curse words as if that is the problem with the content

I loved this in 1999 when I was 20, I'm horrified by this in 2024 when I'm 45. I can appreciate the craft and all that, but this was a 3 to 4 star album at best back then, it's not that any more 25 years later.

Revolutionary for its time, but now that all of the cultural shock value is gone it ends up being either grating or funny (and not particularly to its advantage)

Bah…

Beats are good but lyrics are vulgar and make me uncomfortable even if it's satire

The lyrics are way too disturbing. I did like the music however. Unfortunately I can't get past the lyrics.

I like some Eminem songs and respect him for his accomplishments, but have never really been a huge fan of him.

Simply plays like the derivative of the Marshall Mathers LP. An album that I was probably a bit generous toward. Even if it sounds good production wise with attention to a particular craft, it really feels immature. I have little to no desire to hear this again.

The lines don’t hold up and most of the songs suck but there are great ones on it

Some great sounds but a lot of lyrics that don’t age well. I enjoyed this when I was younger but I just can’t listen to this album anymore. It does not hold up.

Beats are good. Rhymes are clever. Content is just cringey. Definitely makes sense in the context of late 90s white male angst and aggression. I won’t listen to this again

Not much of a fan of the type of music can't give much criticism simply not for me.

Did not enjoy this. Eminem has always been polarizing, but as I’ve grown older his vulgar and childish lyrics just don’t do it for me. He obviously has a lot of talent and this was an early album in his career, I just did not like it. 2/5 Won’t listen again

still not my type of music

Idk it’s fine

Meh, some good tracks in there but mostly uninteresting

This was hard listening. I suppose technically he's a good rapper and the production was good but I cringed through almost every word. I guess if I played this to my parents they'd still hate it so it still hits its intended mark

hip hop on kuin vuori.... kebnekaise. eksplisiittiä kontenttia, kamalaa hirvittävää... “I smacked him in his FACE with an ERASer, CHASed him with a STAPler and told him to CHANGE the GRADE on the PAPer.” uskomaton.... normaali lause suomen kielellä heh... vähän yksinkertaisempaa tuo englanti.. noh. ilman ironiaa ja vitsiä niin 13-vuotiaana tätä henkilöä kuuntelin ja nykyään en tykkää herran musiikista että gg tarinat on totta. satiiria heh my name is

Not his best album. The next two he made were much better start to finish. This one made the list because of one hit song. Last 8-10 tracks all sound the same. 2.75

Didn't enjoy listening.

Juvenile bedroom ranting

Why did nobody realise how corny em was (and still is), A lot of this album is very entertaining and fun to listen to but it’s also ruined by embarrassing and just cringe lyrics (and even beats) some bangers, some fell flat on their face. 2

Hi My Name Is has stood the test of time (as much as an Em song can), but the rest of these songs really feel like they are perfect for a 13 year old boy. Sadly, as someone outside of that demographic, this doesn't hit.

Although I really like some of Eminem’s songs, listening to a whole album kind of feels difficult to me. Don’t know if it is the lyrics that used to be funny and O.K. back when, it just doesn’t feel good to listen to. Maybe I just need to be on the right mindset?

i really dont want to listen to this

This was a tough listen. Many of the songs are headache inducing. I still have a lot of nostalgia for this album, as my brother played it all the time. But I don't think I'll be back. This hasn't aged well for a lot of reasons, but you can see why Eminem became what he became.

1.5 the psa does not forgive the lyrics tbh. i mean i had an eminem phase so i know a couple of these songs quite well but i just can't listen to any of them anymore without being uncomfortable. i know it sounds so annoying to say but idk i really didn't like it. the skits were all awful. given it .5 more than kanye because of nostalgia and as far as rap goes this is musically something i would be more likely to listen to.

It’s not unlistenable so it’s not as bad as I expected First half is better than the second Lyrics are immature, bad and edgy ‘97 Bonnie & Clyde, cum on everybody and as the world turns are the worst on the album

Em's first two tapes are too tied to my late teen years to give a completely unbiased review, but I figured now would be a good time to revisit. When I was 17 and he got big, you couldn't tell me nothing - dude was hilarious! Listened to the cassette tape over and over. But, when it comes down to it, this is comedy rap and, to me, comedy music has little replay value. Especially at my ripe age of 41. Em is the Weird Al Yankovic of hip hop, if Weird Al was a self-deprecating corn ball. A lot of the beats and general lyrical output is too same-y to really enjoy it as a full work. A song here and there will last you a long time. I can't imagine being old enough to have your prefrontal cortex developed and enjoying this past a nostalgic trip.

This is tolerable if I view it like a horror film and ignore most of the fucked up things he is saying. The production on many of the tracks is really punchy and catchy, that's some of the appeal of the music for me - that and the rhythm of his flow, but in most cases not the content. I was part of the "Middle America" that he was reaching as a middle schooler, discovering the kind of music our parents didn't want us listening to. The music didn't age very well though and I have no desire to listen to this beyond the brief tinge of nostalgic recognition that I get when certain songs of his come on. But even this album, I only recognize one or two and I hope this is the last Eminem album we have to endure for the sake of 1001 albums.

I mean, yeah... pivotal in terms of influence but man is it a bit cringe.

Hes good, but fuck, so angry

One more sound effect and I kill myself

It was OK. Incredibly samey. I'm just not into rap.

I got this for Christmas when I was 15 and was beside myself. But that's because it's 15 year old humour. From a 35 year old man. He is a great vocalist and the song construction is fun and all. But he's just talking about beating up his mum and partner, guns and his (urgh) pee-pee. Grow up. Regardless, it wins some points for Guilty Conscience, a genuinely great song.

4.5/10 Monotonous, disturbing, gratuitous Highlights: My Name Is

Just not really for me

wow m-am cacat pe mine bravo eminem esti super edgelord

The music itself is alright, but I'm not a fan of Eminem's voice and the extra explicit nature of this album to be a truly edgelord album. Back in the days it was fun because he was saying all the things that parents didn't want you to say, but now it just sounds sad.

I think he is purposely trying to get people to be upset with the lyrics of the songs. Not for me though, he talks about horrible things.

Mais um disco de rap que para mim só serve para relembrar alguns hits.

Fine in its genre but I wouldnt listen again.

enjoyed this more than I thought I would to start off with, but found it got tiresome really quickly and was so glad it was done by the last song

Surprised at how few of these tracks had staying power. Also the skits are so corny. Totally missed it when I was a kid, but the Dee Barnes line seems legitimately shocking today — genuinely felt subversive as opposed to the bland shocking violence of other tracks.

Not bad but not for me

Partly heard before Saved 4/20 Top track: My Name Is

-FIRST EMINEM ALBUM!!!! -very excited i haven’t listened to a lot of him tbh -all the stuff that i know from him are songs he’s featured on -public service announcement is an iconic beginning of an album -MY NAME ISSSS YUPPPPPP -the lyrics in good conscience 🤨😐 -im gonna be honest i prefer when eminem raps about deep stuff to cool beats than when he talks about hurting women -im not gonna lie. i wasn’t expecting to not like this this much -no hate to eminem but i have heard other rap albums that i like better

As with all Eminem records: great wordsmything but juvenile as hell. This one started to grate on me a bit more than others.

The only reason I won't rate it 1 is because I used to like it in my teens. Technically it's still impressive, but goddamn these lyrics are embarassing.

I was looking forward to listening to who I heard is one of the greatest rapper of all time. I only knew the radio edit of "My Name Is" when it first came out. And I thought it was kind of different and funny. Hearing the entire album now, it's much less so. A lot of the lyrics are big time YIKES! I can't relate to this much at all. Glorifying drug use, violence (especially against women), STDs, robbery, and so on, just doesn't do it for me at my age. And I'm glad I didn't grow up listening to this kind of stuff. How messed up would I be now? Holding my nose and giving it a 2/5 just for some clever lyrics and unique rapping style. Otherwise, it's rather abhorrent. So is the album cover.

if Eminem’s voice wasn’t so goddamn annoying i think i’d actually be a big fan

Not that into Eminem

I’ve always been a bit iffy on Eminem, and this aged even worse than his other stuff

Highlights: "My Name Is," "Role Model," "Rock Bottom," "Bad Meets Evil" In these early albums, Eminem cannot find or deliver a hook to save his life. All the call-response phrases are so enervated and offbeat and just lie on top of the same old loop, killing all the momentum and making these 5-minute songs in a 20-song album feel like an eternity. The rapping on Eminem Show is generally weaker, but it made that much of a difference for Dre to create separate movements in a song and for Eminem to start belting out the lines. Maybe having less rap material even allowed him to focus on selling it better. This does manage to be better than the Mathers LP because 90% of those songs were reacting against the reaction to this album, while this album at least *establishes* things. Still awful, no matter how much clever internal rhyming he digs up. An Eminem album will give you a lot of insight into a certain prevalent kind of guy in this period, like Zeppelin would have done for the '60s. That doesn't make it good.

I wasn't feeling it. I know I'm hilarious.

Bonkers

Pretty disturbing lyrics but i guess it's satire. Other than that the music was pretty good for the genre.

I wanted to give this album more but man there are some wack songs on there . I completely forgot about the song “my fault” - just what . Also “c*m on everybody” - no thanks . Probably sitting slightly higher than a two for me but rating down due to these monstrosities.

I can't really remember how I felt about this, and I don't really feel like listening again right now. Maybe 2.5?

Bij het lezen van de naam 'Eminem' zakte de moed me al in de schoenen. Moet ik dit een uur aanhoren? Zoals ik eerder al zei, niemand houdt van boze mensen. En het gebruik van krachttermen is meestal een middel om gebrek aan inspiratie en talent te maskeren. En toch, er is een zekere afwisseling, en je krijgt zowaar het idee dat het ergens over gaat. Het moeizame leven van de 'trailer park'-onderklasse of zoiets. Daar wreekt zich toch dat ik dit soort platen niet opzet om er nauwgezet naar te luisteren.

As a native of the greater Detroit area my feelings on Eminem are... complex. I appreciate anytime a "hometown hero" makes it big, and Marshall is absolutely a better rep of The D than a lot of the other options (Kid Rock, Uncle Kracker, Ted Nugent... a real murderer's row of pieces of shit). Plus, Mathers has great flow and undeniable talent. The hooks are memorable and, if nothing else, incredibly catchy. But jesus christ is this hard to listen to. What if an edgelord middleschooler was given a global platform and purposely said every awful thing he could think of in order to be a provocateur? I think he's actually gotten better as he has aged (and matured). This shit is hard to get through in 2023.

I could give one song a 5 out of 5, yet the album altogether... meh. Too long, too repetitive. His flow is impressive, but it's not really my vibe.

I just can't. Best version of this stuff is from Phoenix Nights. Please stand up

Plain profanity doesn't work for me without any interesting background. I really don't get the fuss about Eminem. I guess i don't get the joke.

Not for me.

He's such a good rapper. Unfortunately I have to take this down a star because he's just so violent and hateful and inappropriate.

Another misogynistic, homophobic rap album that is no longer relevant.

hasn't aged well. by that, i mean it wasn't really that good twenty years ago, but i grew up.

Eh, idk, I know this album still has fans today and I guess I can see why but just doesn't really do it for me. Maybe wrong place wrong time, I see where this would have been cool in 1999, but kinda cringe for me to listen to the first time today. There are some decent tracks here and there, but I just don't love Eminem's approach on this album, more annoying than anything. 2.5/5

I think some of this album is fun and easy to listen to. But man, some of it really doesn’t hold up well at all. I don’t know if Mathers is trying to say much on a lot of this material, but instead is just writing shock lyrics for the sake of being funny. I’m not going to recommend you listen to this fully unless you’re a diehard Eminem fan or you’re doing this 1001 albums challenge.

I can really respect Eminem’s considerable creative control of the English language, but the enjoyment I’ve found in actually listening to his music has always been slim.

I mean it's Eminem. For as vulgar and generally off-putting as his lyrics can be, he was a defining feature of 2000s rap

Not a giant Eminem fan...the production on this album sounds a little too gimmicky in my opinion. Maybe just a terrible era for Rap honestly. 2/5

I'm usually not a big fan of judging art released in a different era based off of the evolved norms of the present, but it's difficult for me to listen to The Slim Shady LP and not feel how poorly parts of it have aged. The shock era of hip-hop was one I'm glad we left in the past, and the constant rape fantasy aspects are tough. Eminem is clearly a craftsman, but this isn't my favorite of his albums. 2.5/5

I have memories of listening to this album at a friends house as a middle schooler. Back then we listened to for the naughty words. Now it's hard to get past the misogyny and hate. It's obvious it's having its intended effect. It's meant to be repulsive. But I don't like it. I feel like my mom. That was not fun.

This type of humour really isn't my thing, which made this album annoying, especially considering the length. The sexism and the shock humour got under my skin. The only reason it's a two is that the beats and the flow aren't bad. They're even good at times, and I think his voice is decent, but I can't fully enjoy any of the songs because they're trying too hard to sound badass and edgy. I didn't hate everything about it, so I can't justify giving it a one, but it was on thin ice. Not excited for his other album. My favourite song was My Name Is.

Puerile revenge fantasies