Reviews (page 13 of 14)
This is way too graphically violent, homophobic, and misogynistic for my comfort
Personne ne comprend rien sauf les schémas de rimes, car ce truc est universel comme l'étude des versets
lyrically pretty cringey these days, I'd be a bit embarrassed to have this on around others. Musically it's not bad
There's no denying Eminem's talent and flow. He's got that in spades. And I do think Stan and The Real Slim Shady are good songs. But man those lyrics are just frightening and haven't aged well. Also, it's too long. An edit would have been nice.
I guess it was noteworthy when it first came out. It has shock value and decent beats. But the lyrics are misogynistic, homophobic, egotistical, and incredibly childish. The songs sound like anthems for incels with misplaced anger and entitlement issues.
Highlights: "Stan," "The Real Slim Shady," "Remember Me?" This is at the head of the 90s-00s pointless edgelord pantheon with South Park. Exhibit A for the cliche: "satire requires clarity of purpose and target lest it be mistaken for and contribute to that which it intends to criticize." Genuinely culturally toxic, not because of exposing kids to every cuss and adult topic under the sun, but because of the mindless way that he tries to justify it. Dre's beats are uneven, with high highs and low lows. Like Eminem's bag of tricks, it can wear thin, especially after over an hour. Eminem has 3.5 barbs, jokes, and arguments he has harped on in every song over and over for his whole career. The two things he really contributes to rap are his dynamic, wild intonation and his rhetorically creative left turns to post hoc justify rhymes or advance a verse. You can get all that in Eminem Show without half the baggage of trash like "Kim".
The rapping and engineering of this album are good. Too much negativity for me.
Super talent but the album doesn't hold up. Couldn't get through it.
*sigh* I don't wanna. Never gonna be my thing.
I liked this more than the Slim Shady LP, but not by much. More standable songs in here, but it's way too long and I'm still not crazy about the lyrical content. I'm just not much of an Eminem guy. My favourite song was probably Stan.
Didn’t really enjoy this overall
Yeah...despite the inventiveness of some of the album (Hello Stan), it is just lyrically unpleasant. The album also wears and is way too long.
Call me old fashioned, but I just don’t get down with songs about killing your mother, homophobia or fans committing murder/suicide. 🤷🏻♂️ Eminem is a great wordsmith, and I don’t want to take that away from him. I just wish the subject matter didn’t rely so much on shock value in his early work. God I sound like a preacher. The Real Slim Shady is a classic though.
Take a seat, young Slim Shady.
KIM é tipo a pior música possível.
Hip-Hop. Kill You was amusing. The rest? 1.5/5
So very dated, already.
I respect him as an MC but I cant get into Eminem
5/10
2. Ok but won't be buying and probably won't listen again.
Eminem is a genuinely talented rapper. He's a master of wordplay, his flow is great, his beats are good and catchy. But like...this is the most homophobic shit I've ever heard. The skits are so stupid. And the album just goes on way, way too long. A few songs here and there are great storytelling, or have some clever lines, or are catchy to rap along to, but he's just so juvenile and hateful that I'm not ever going to listen to this of my own free will. My girlfriend loves him though, so I'm sure he won't be out of my life for long.
2/3
There’s so much talent on this record, and I think I would have liked it much more when I was younger, just as I loved “The Eminem Show,” but times have changed for me. There’s too much glorification of domestic violence, murder, and homophobia to get behind it.
Unique voice, generational knack for internal rhymes. Devoid of any appeal to me.
Culturally this was transformative for white dudes doing rap, in high school I remember Eminem being mostly shock and kind of funny, but I didn't listen to it much. It was kind of a fun joke, but now... ehhh it does not hold up well at all. Super important album in rap and 00s, but do I wanna listen to it? Hell no.
Heard it before?: No Enjoy it?: some tracks for sure but I feel his whole ego comes out in the skits and they are embarrassing and lack any humour whatsoever Favourite song: Track 3 - Stan
Slim Shady! Shockingly I like his voice, despite the almost whiny ness of it. The lyrics were questionable and the album was a little long for my liking. He has better albums, and I think he overused Slim Shady a tad too much.
Why do artists think it's artistic / creative to include dick-sucking tracks on an album? I can not believe I have to sit through that, because that sh*t is just so uncalled for and so unnecessary. I was enjoying this until that came on, it really pissed me off.
When it's in top form, the writing and delivery all razor sharp. Hard to get past the hate and homophobia though.
not my style
Wow, this is brutal. Clearly he’s talented but some is just too hard to listen to.
Last fm artist #477 I have a feeling this album has not aged well. Either that or we've all grown up and realised how shit these macho rappers are in the shadow of some of what conscious hip hop is doing. Drags a bit actually. I found myself wanting it to be over towards the end - checked out
Not. a fan
If you rhyme violent, misogynistic abs homopobic bullshit, I guess that's art. Sorry bout your childhood, Slim. Get therapy. Oh, but at least this album introduced more people to Dido.
2.5
Music for angry incels.
I've never been a fan of his. When he came out I thought he was crass. Now I think he was just immature. Either way, not my thang. I give him 2 stars for his rhyming skills alone.
Couldn't finish it. Childish, sexist and homophobic. He's just a little angry prick
This one was draining.
Aged like milk.
ya, that was interesting. Couple of songs/things whatever you want to call those just made me feel bad. But, some of the songs that were actual songs were just okay. Would not actively seek out.
Some good songs on here, but it feels front-loaded and it gets old.
There's talent here, but I still can't stand the sound of any of this. His voice, the jerky beats. It's super cool he got to make several albums so that he could talk about how much he wanted to kill every woman in his life. Stan is dark in an interesting way. The Real Slim Shady is an abomination.
What a mess. But before I dig into how horribly misogynistic this is, I want to also mention just how cheap the entire package sounds. It's absolute dogshit! Anyway, 'Stan' is overrated, most of the beats are boring and although I chuckled a couple of times, there were many more times where I had negative reactions that verged on the physical. What was his beef with Christopher Reeve anyway?
There's so much cleverness in some of the word choices here. I actually do like the tone of Eminen's voice and the style and some of the beats and all of that. I can get behind the creativity. But it's a damn shame that all of that is poured into content that sounds like the rantings of a 12 year old edgelord writing on a fanfiction subreddit. I tried real hard to be open minded, going so far as to just imagine I was listening to a concept album that was written as if it was the story for a horror film. But even that didn't hold up. And I shouldn't have to do that much work as a listener. This was just a bad era for music. It's lazy to blame the media, but I kind of blame the media. It created this weird feedback loop where people like Eminem and Marilyn Manson got publicity for being controversial so then they started to write songs about how they were controversial in order to create more controversy, which of course only fed the media what they wanted, and, really, was any of it actually good music? Prolly not. Unless you're the writer of this list and then ALL of it was shit you HaVe tO HeaR beFoRe yOu DiE!!!
Couldn't finish it. Sounds like an angry 14 year-old edge lord.
Not that good
Slim shady is the only song i liked but whos surprised by that
There’s some iconic songs in here (Stan especially), but there’s also a lot that made me uncomfortable.
Some good songs, but definitely not my favourite Eminem album. Some really awful stuff on here, TBH. 2.5, rounded down because it gave me a panic attack.
If you enjoy your misogyny and homophobia with a side of fat beats and slick rhyming then look no further.
Liked the way I am and Stan. A few what the hell tracks. Not a big fan overall of him or this album.
Not my favourite, a bit too edgy
Niet echt voor in de stemming vandaag. Beetje doorheen gescrolled. Op de hitjes na toch weer een hoop niggaz, hommes, bitches etc. Boring.
Mimimimimi! bitch! Mimimimimi fuck shit! Mimimimimimi suck my dick! Mimimimi-mimimimimi-mimimimi! Zeikstraal.
Ik heb dit soort muziek altijd een beetje gemeden. Gisteren begon ik er dan toch maar eens aan. In het begin viel het me mee, maar daar kwam ik van terug.
Not into rap
Theatrical anger. Never really cared for him back when this album came out, but I listened to it all the way through for the greater good. Kim was...uh, an interesting "song." For me, it's "meh."
i like it tbh, but i dont usually listen to rap
I am just not the audience for this
This is a really strong album for its antagonistic and attitude-fueld rap. Unfortunately too much of it carries a misogynistic and homophobic payload which is completely overdone and unnecessary. He attempts to excuse himself of responsibility but that only shows that he knows exactly what he's doing. It's unfortunate, because other than those aspects of the lyrical content, this album is great.
Yes, he has a talent and there's absolute classics like Stan. But you can't look past the content of so many of the tracks. The homophobia and misogyny just ruins it.
I just don’t enjoy these lyrics. Some of the music is good, but I just can’t get past the lyrics
Why oh why oh why do rap albums have to be sooooo long. Anyway, the big singles everyone knows, but the relentless dissing gets a bit wearying and the beats aren't as interesting as say Wu Tang. So by the end its all a bit samey.
Can tell it’s early 2000’s rap. Lots of west coast influence in the production. Not a huge fan of this album, the shock rap didn’t age particularly well, nor did the liberal use of slurs or violence against women. The main hits off this album still hold up.
Way more misses than hits, but still a fun time capsule of what everyone I knew in middle school was blithering about at the time
Ein junger Mann mit viel Wut und noch mehr Therapiebedarf. Ermüdend. Die Nummer mit Dre und Snoop Dog ist der einzige Lichtblick. Stan fand ich noch nie so gut.
The overall vibes hammer pathless thrall of difficult listening. I feel if you don’t care about people/media think and say about you, then writing an album about it defeats purpose. Some good beats & lyrics, but too dark overall for my liking
börjar rätt bra men det känns lite emellanåt lite tramsigt på ett sätt jag inte uppskattar
What a whiny bitch.
This will never be in my top ten, but it's hard not to like the storytelling in Stan, quite like The Way I Am too. Otherwise not much that caught my attention Not too keen on some of the profanity, explicitness etc e.g. My name if Marshall Mathers
Eminem's beats and rapping ability are impeccable here. It really holds up. Lyrically though damn this has NOT aged well. Truly from a different time.
Vaikka tiedän et kyseessä on alterego on tätä paikotellen aika raskas kuunnella. Julmaa. Oli kyl hienoo 2018 nähdä Eminem roskildes ku siel oli 200 000 ihmistä mutta kyl vähän häijyy tää tekee. Tykkään enemmän ehkä siitä tän levyn jälkeisestä superstara-aikakaudesta enemmän. 2/5
Juuh vähän on vaikee kuunnella, vaikka monta ihan teknisesti hyvää biisiä.
I appreciate what Eminem is doing, it's just not for me. Fave: The Real Slim Shady, The Kids
Até que funcionou bem pelos hits da época da mtv e bases interessante.
Pretty good, can't see myself listening to it much in the future though.
This album put me in a bad headspace. I can appreciate the amazing wordsmith Eminem is, but this horrorcore genre filled with misogyny and homophobia really bothers me. I wonder who this album is for and where the enjoyment in listening to can come from. I definitely won’t be going back.
Hmmm. The beats are awesome (Dr Dre's influence surely), the rapping skills are top notch and even the humour is welcome. But the misogyny and homophobia is toxic and impossible to overlook, maybe more so with the passing of 20 years or so. I still can't work out whether it is all front or not, but that probably isn't the point.
Beats are good, the rest I could leave.
I can't do this to myself, the sniggering idiocy of the introduction was enough
Very aggressive and hardcore. The lyrics are dark, vulgar, descriptive, obscene, and offensive, and each song tell a particular story. The sound is okay, and the album, in general, is fine, but I wouldn't listen to the entire thing again. The album was a shock, and the opening skit was ridiculous. The blatant and corny homophobia and misogyny are hard to get through, which I am sure would not have made it anytime. Kim was unsettling and uncomfortable in general, but a couple of songs were pretty good. Kan Tariff was, again, ridiculous and uncomfortable to listen to. The language was a just little too much.
Bit cringe
2000. Stan, The Real Slim Shady
As a non-rap-fan I guess I can still recognize that Eminem is pretty talented and has a way with words. That said, I still don't like rap and his lyrics pretty horrible despite his way with words. At least half of everything he has to say is a mixture of swear words, homophobia, domestic violence and "I'm white, deal with it". Stan is a good song and I spent the album hoping for another track with such high quality, but couldn't find it. I liked Kim and the D12 parts of Under The Influence. But that was it.
Lyrically I just didn’t like it. The misogyny and homophobia was just horrible
Here is a confession, I have never before listened to Eminem by choice.
Emminem is good at telling stories and I like some of his songs. With this album I get the appeal if hearing someone talk about extreme/taboo stuff, and yeah maybe there's irony or its a caricature or whatever, or its purposefully inflamitary/shocking, but in general I thought 'nah', whatever way I look at it, the answer is generally 'nah'.
Não é para mim, mas gostei da sonoridade. Esperava menos, para ser sincera.
He is a talented song writer and his lyrics can be great when he wants them to be. Like most electronic music though it just isn't something I can get into.
Not a fan…. Only liked Stan
I don't like his flow
Bruuuuuuuuuh (remix)
Eminem is a talented rapper, if he could’ve trimmed the length and varied his topics this could’ve been epic ftw
This didn't age well.
It was an improvement on the Slim Shady LP with some good moments, but still disliked most of it.
Starkt album? Oväntat bra, va verkligen inte beredd på all spice, va fan oväntat mycket som 'flög' 2000.
Some of these songs were omni-present when I was in high school. Used to carpool with a guy to school that was a big fan of this music and I think he had a burned CD with some of these tracks (along with OutKast's Stankonia and Dre's Chronic II) that was on a constant loop. So this brings back some memories... But having said that I was never much of an Eminem fan and much of this album has really not aged well. While I have to give him credit for being pretty funny a few tracks (The Real Slim Shady)... much of it is overwrought (Stan, Marshal Mathers) and (as usual with the genre) the homophobia and misogyny is a problem. He's also kind of obsessed with the pop landscape of the time (Britney Spears and the like, boy bands, etc) and that all seems so dated now. Also, like a lot of records from this time period, it's way too long (1 hr 12 min). Not even Snoop can save this one in the end. Kind of a fun memory trip, some clever/funny lyrics, but it doesn't really hold up (even compared with other records in this genre from the same time).
Glad I listened because it’s interesting creativity but it’s not really my cup of tea. I can see how it made the top 1001
The music itself is alright. I like that he doesn't hide his lyrics and voice behind a ton of noise and production. That said, the lyrics about rape, killing children, and homophobic slurs might have turned me off this one...
real conflicted because I like a couple of songs and I have a lot of nostalgia for it, but this album aged like milk. Went in expecting to like revisiting it but the majority of the songs left me physically cringing
I know some like it, but nothing there for me--ZERO connection.
Angy
Musically, his stuff is very interesting. Lyrically, he just sounds like Moby's pissed off alter ego.
very crass, not my favorite.
Ich mag die Beats. Ich kannte Stan aus dem Radio, mag es aber nicht so gern. Real Slim Shady = CLASSICCCC on every party!!! Alles in allem würd ich es mir aber nicht öfter anhören.
Stan is pretty good but the rest kinda sucks
This is both angrier and more homophobic than I remember. It’s a funny album though and an interesting time capsule for what an angry embattled rapper sounded like in 2000.
Eminem has some great songs but his more theatrical stuff is really unlistenable. I forgot how dark and aggressive his music was and is just shock for the sake of shock
I acknowledge how insanely talented Eminem is, and I love a few of his songs, but a whole album is tough to get through. Especially in songs where he murders his wife.
Was this album written by a 15 year old boy with serious issues with itself? "The Eminem show" is way more mature and interesting than this album.
I like Eminem’s hits a lot but I’m still out on most of this album. Terrific talent, truly disturbed
If I couldn't understand English I'd really like it. 4
3. Well, I can see why it is good, but at the same time it felt a bit Korny, and was just unpleasant for me to listen to. Also way too long.
I know a lot of people love this album, but I just can’t get passed the language he uses.
Undeniably groundbreaking and brilliant, but that doesn't give the misogyny a pass. Just way too much to be able to give it a high rating.
Rap so i was never going to like it but better than some of the other stuff. Some of the language used is insane.
So many solid tracks. Takes me back. Hard to listen to, with how violent and misogynistic and homophobic it is, though.
Not my favorite rapper, but always unique. I grew up listening to this album, and it was still hard to play through.
This album makes me cringe. It’s clearly hyper-edgy to sell. The rhymes and beats are fantastic, Dre and Em are masters of this genre. But the content is too brutal. Sorry, cannot relate...
Not my thing
Meh. El rap no es lo mío.
The back half of this one is trash, full of misogyny and homophobia. I still like most of the singles and the rhymes (for how they are constructed), but this one is a tough listen anymore.
I've not listened to many Eminem projects at length. They tend to work. He has his sound, his flow, his themes. Background music, almost, though playing Eminem as background music is a questionable choice at best. Listening a bit more carefully to the whole LP was not exactly kind. The flow and insults get a bit old, though of course the rhymes are tight and Eminem acts perfectly like himself. I wonder about that last thing, though: How much is actually there in the music and how much is persona and coverage? Looking back, there is a really disproportionate amount of attention on the controversy and the context of MMLP, as opposed to the songs themselves. The production is fine, if minimal. The weird focus on ICP has maybe aged worse than anything. Granted, the back end of the album picks up significantly.
The popular singles still stand strong, the rest of the album is either unremarkable or, frankly, lyrically gross.
Sacando Stan que es un tema que está bueno, no pincha ni corta. Una vergonha!
Gave up half way through track 3 - there’s only so many rape references that I am willing to put up with. And that would be none.
It would be difficult to write a more immature album.
Other than interesting rhythms and instrumentations, a total lack of any redeeming social value
what a misogynistic and homophobic album
At what point does extreme depictions of violence, homophobia, and misogyny stop being defensible under the lens of satire? I imagine around the time you name the album after your real name instead of your alter-ego character. Did this list really need more than one Eminem album? I got the idea after listening to Slim Shady. Why does this list need two albums with the same basic content?
This proves conclusively that a white guy is fully capable of making gangsta rap every bit as crass as his black brethren. While the rapping and beats/tunes are fine in and of themselves, the content fails to rise above the usual fare (tons of misogyny and homophobia, and apparently his favorite catchphrase is “Suck my dick”, which he repeats like he gets a royalty every time he says it). And his contempt for the listener fairly jumps out of the speakers. We are told that we are suckers if we buy his album, and are invited to just shut the fuck up and listen. Thanks, but I think I will have to decline both offers. Glad I heard this, but don’t need to ever hear it again. What unmitigated shit this is.
you know the genres feature on this site is a neat idea, it'd be cool to look at how you like a bunch of music and how you rate that music reflects your preference in different styles and movements. it could be a better metric than listening time, like the streaming services use, since that's just an engagement measurement and doesn't reflect appreciation or enjoyment. but then the problem of sampling method arises. you may be measuring based on a list written by some british guy who decided eminem and kanye west should represent hip hop.
Actual cringefest millennials undefeated
Idk why so many of the songs needed to be about killing women
Had to tap out of this one, to be honest. I gave his last album on the list a full chance but I just couldn’t be bothered this time. I hate Eminem. Well maybe hate is too strong a word but at best he does absolutely nothing for me and at worst actively irritates me.
Nope.
I spent a lot of time debating my review for this, but I ultimately fell on the side of "10-20 years ago, I would've given this a three; today, I just do not have the patience for this kind of rhetoric." 'Kim' was so uncomfortable to listen to, a full hour plus of screaming about how much you don't give a fuck really does not convince me that you actually don't give a fuck, I truly do not understand the appeal of a full album of this. 'Stan' does still hit and some of the beats/production almost gave this 2 stars, but I'm gonna say no.
Look, I get it. I get that he ~dOEsn't really MEAN~ any of it (raping his mother, killing his ex girlfriend, the absolute MOUNTAIN of homophobia, school-shooter apologia, et cetera et cetera et cetera). I get that he's looking for a reaction. I get that this is ragebait. I get that I ~shouldn't take it so SERIOUSLY~. So I don't, obviously, not really. But the volume and the monotony of the cruelty on display here is just—honestly, it's difficult to get through, at first, and then somewhere along the runtime it just becomes almost laughable. Oh wow, you're so edgy and cool, you're going to complain for an hour about gay people? About women? You want to ~pretend~ (he doesn't mean it, guys, really! all of these words are in no way at all indicative of ANY actual underlying prejudice! he has gay friends, even!) to play along with the played-out age-old myth that they're the source of your white man problems, somehow? You're punching down. You're punching down at a target that's already been beaten to death for thousands of years. It's not new or insightful or interesting. It's just ugly, and boring.
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why is it - on this site, in general - that when you're Black and rap about violence, homophobia, misogyny, you're a monster, but when you're white, you're interesting and complicated? is this record really either of those things? i'm unconvinced. the success of this chilly, abrasive, ugly music - ok, fine, perhaps that's interesting. the fact that, despite his shocking, sophomoric lyrics, Eminem has thoughts and feelings, that his provocations come from a place of real desire or pain? eh. less so. isn't that kind of the case with everyone? maybe everyone who likes edgy jokes but has an inner life with a full spectrum of emotions should get to make bloated, nasty art about how tormented and complex they are and no one should ever be able to get mad at them because of it, but i certainly don't want any part of it. ugly (sonically, not morally, it really does just sound bad), completely unappealing stuff that is only interesting if you are for some reason only able to afford internal complexity to one white rapper and are then using that perceived complexity to pretend it's discerning and cool to be into crap you liked as a greasy teenager
So uninteresting to me
Wigger
hip hop not my taste sorry
Kill you was really not good. Not really enjoying this album. I think its a 1 star album for me. Its 1 star for me.
This is new to me, i only know eminem for two songs and honestly it's kinda not my type of genre BUT, i like how it sounds. Let's see what happens. ok i didn't like it
It is a bit to much "talkning" (rap talking ig) for my taste. I can like it sometimes but it depends on how it sounds. The Way I am sounds a bit more my taste compared to the first 3 full songs. A bit to little happening in that song though. Marshall Matters best so far, not playlist worthy though for me. Beats and instrumental are good, but his rapping in this album is just not for me. So sadly 1 star since I wouldnt come back and listen to it. Hiphop can be so much better.
For the previous eminem album I wrote: "That was enough Eminem for a while." That was album 1396 days ago, but the "for a while" wasn't long enough. This is just a hiphop shitshow.
I'm not the biggest rap fan at the best of times. So white guy rap was never going to be my thing
Grew up hearing all his biggest hits everywhere but this is my first time listening to a full album. I knew it's gonna be a tough listen after the first song, horrendous lyrics. I tried to zone out and not pay attention to the lyrics on other songs but then he used the f slur in a different song 6 whole times. I'm sorry but I refuse to believe this guy genuinely read the dictionary to expand his vocab as people say, his lyrics are shit. And I'm not buying the whole "Slim Shady is his alter ego" thing. If I were a musician I simply wouldn't make an alter ego for myself that is violent and phobic in various ways. At the end of the day it's you who has to get on stage and sing it to people. Be creative and become and evil alien gyno like that other guy on the 1001 list 1/5
Fuck fuck fuck
Even een dienstmededeling. Het zal me aan m'n reet roesten dat het Slim Shady aan zijn reet zal roesten. Ik heb er niet voor gekozen deze ellende aan te horen, ik drink de gifbeker leeg omdat het moet van het boek. Geinig, het nummer Stan staat erop. Maar helaas, want na de eerste 25 seconden van dit album stond al vast dat ik het een dikke moddervette 1 ging geven (de derde al van vandaag), en daar hou ik het bij. Kom op zeg, ik laat me aan het begin van de plaat tot het bot beledigen en vervolgens ben ik zo achterlijk (of zo lief) om toch de volle 72 minuten aan te horen. Dan ben ik toch wel iets meer respect waard, dacht ik zo. Hoe dan ook, je moet toch potdomme geestesziek zijn om zulke 'muziek' te maken, en geestesziek om het (uit vrije wil) te luisteren. Ik begrijp het gewoon niet. Ik begrijp het echt niet.
this was terrifying and disturbing
I’ve heard high school boys swear less. Painful and childish.
Within the first 3 minutes I get "how about you suck his fucking cock" and "slut, you think I won't choke no whore til the vocal chords don't work in her throat no more". Yes yes I get that Eminem's schtick is his persona that doesn't represent his actual views but jesus christ go to fucking therapy. I had some hope at points because he has so much emotion and anger and it could've been channelled into making something powerful but any possibility of that is thrown away behind "BITCH FUCK YOU EAT SHIT AND DIE BITCH" for a solid hour. Also the actual beats? rhythm? songs? are choppy as hell and abrasive and generally awful to listen to. How the hell did this guy become one of the greatest rappers of all time?
ngl i was not looking forward to this album, 72 minutes is a big ask from a guy who i already doubted had even made that much audio worth listening to across his entire music career. still, i went in hoping to be proven wrong, but..... nahhhh. this just absolutely fucking sucked to listen to. ill get this out the way up front, yeah he's got good flow and wordplay, and yeah the dr dre beats are solid, obviously. but the themes and actual lyrical content just fucking suuuuck. its not that im offended by it, like lets be real, its 2026 and world leaders are saying worse shit than this out in public on the regular. i'm more just like, weary i guess? there wasn't any new ground to be covered by saying heinously bigoted shit, it's just edginess for the sake of being edgy, presumably with the goal of scaring the conservative americans of the day. but women and minorities are the ones being thrown under the bus for it, and throwing himself under there with us doesn't make it any better, yknow? this "oh, im not a misogynist/homophobe/etc, i hate everyone equally including myself" schtick was everywhere back then and all thru the 00s and 10s. its south park shit. it's postal 2 shit. it's early 4chan shit. and its so, so fucking lame. its a shame he committed so hard to it cos like, the exactly one track where he doesn't do this, "stan", is actually pretty good! it's also the only time it seems like he has anything interesting to say, with the topic of parasocial relationships being probably even more relevant now than it was back then. but in the context of this album, sandwiched between tracks about killing women as it is, it feels a little hollow maybe? and don't even get me started on the icp diss track immediately followed by audio of him roleplaying violent j and shaggy 2 dope sucking each other off. that shit is just straight up embarrassing, dude. damn. this might be the worst album we've had yet. i feel like hearing it lowered my opinions of everyone involved in its production. u really don't gotta listen to this before u die: if anything, doing so will actively make ur life worse.
Like the other Eminem album, there’s definitely talent out into this thing. It’s just that the lyrics and message of it all is so vile in such a juvenile way that it ruins it completely
Music for boys about insulting, assaulting or killing women and gay people. As we are reminded consistently it's all just a big joke (or we should suck Eminem's dick). Andrew Tate was 13 when this album came out.
I told my dad how much I hated this album and he said “just imagine living through it when it came out”
Nope.
An album/“artist” I completely wrote off when I was younger I was totally open to coming in and finding out I was wrong. This album sucks. He’s such a weird dork. If it’s meant to be a parody it’s a bad one. Feels like the birth of incel culture. Probably the worst album I’ve listened to on this list so far. Don’t disagree with it being on the list, because I think it’s good to know how crap it is.
Between "Stan", "Who Knew" and most notably "The Way I Am", I though thus was going to be a be a more introspective album than the previous... But from "The Real Slim Shady" through the rest of the album through the rest, it's the same shit just on steroids again (like "Bonnie & Clyde '97" before) the worst part being his spousal murder fantasy, and again bringing his child into the narrative. This is not what I enjoy about music at all... Fuck this guy! (3.7) ★½
Not for me at all. A wash of insipid loops and clumsy rhymes. Stan is interesting, at least, and The Real Slim Shady is okay, but after that the rest of the -unusually long - album felt like a chore.
Terrible
mkaaaay I don't think I have ever listened to an Eminem album in its entirety so let's see!! Update: I kinda liked Stan (w Dido) just bc of the chorus.... I think I'd heard it before Slim Shady was okay I'm back was okay too wtf with Ken Kaniff Kim kinda scared me... Okay.... I wouldn't listen to it again lmao 😭😭😭
So I mean it’s intentionally shocking, misogynistic and juvenile. I don’t have an issue with profanity but by golly he was really working to put that to the test. He’s undeniably talented and his rhyme schemes are very good, incorporating entire lines rather than just the end of a phrase. He’s smooth. That being said I didn’t enjoy any part of this. While his lyricism and wordplay are good I don’t find his beats engaging so I wasn’t super interested sonically. I’m not the biggest hip hop fan in general but even then this doesn’t rank anywhere on my list of enjoyments. That convinced with the massive length of the thing I was just overall fatigued most of the time listening to it. I feel conflicted on a score because there is legitimate great talent but overall I am sticking with purely my enjoyment of it.
Too ass long
Not for me
It was embarrassing then, it's somehow even more embarrassing now. Exhaustingly edgy, like the inane ramblings of the worst child that you hope no child you care about goes anywhere near. The most charitable reading is that it's all a 'joke', but even then, it isn't funny, at all. Obviously this is absolute trash, and proof if proof be need be that popular ≠ good. So, let's consider skits instead - is there ANY good skit, even on a less repugnant record than this? I really don't think there is, and hopefully during this trip into the mainstream I will eventually find a skit where I think 'Oh, I definitely would listen to this more than once.' But somehow I doubt it. uhhh I just heard Kim - wtf
Räpi rütmi ja musikaalse osa poolest on tegu väga soliidse albumiga. Mulle meeldib kuidas eminemi hääles on seda pinget ja emotsiooni, mida mõminaräpist ei leia. Siiski tekitab minus konfliktseid tundeid lüürika. Laul "Kim" eriti, oli tõesti raskesti kuulatav, sest eminem räpib naise tapmisest selle pärast, et ta ei meeldi talle tagasi. Viimases laulus "Criminal" räägib ta aga sellest, kuidas ta loomulikut ei tee asju, millest ta laulab, vaid tegu on ainult ta mõtetega. Siin võibki vaidlema jääda nagu alati, et kas mõte on piisav süüks. Räppmuusika on juba definitsioonilt tihti graafilise ja rämeda lüürikaga (mis see sõna oligi, kirjandusžanr), aga siiski sellise teksti paiskamine kultuuriruumi ja ka kiitmine näitab väga hästi meie ühiskonna kohta kuidas naiste ja vähemuste vastane vihakõne on ignoreetitav ja normaliseeritud. Ma jään siiski inimesena alati lõpuks positsioonile, et sõnad pole lihtsalt sõnad. Huvitav kuidas me oleme siia jõudnud. Kui kuulata arhailisi laule, siis need ei ole mina kesksed ja tugeva sõnastusega. See on teema, mida saaks arutada kaua ja pikalt. Igatahes, "he's a ten, but he fantasizes of femicide". Muusika eest 4/5, aga kogupildina 1/5.
I mean, other than the rampant misogyny, excessive depictions of violence, pervasive homophobia, its trivialisation of real world tragedies, dated pop-culture bashing, jarring use of skits, inconsistent quality of guest features, repetitive lyrical musings, its hypocritical "satire" defence of the lyrics supposedly being written by a cartoon character despite the album bearing his own moniker, its shirking of any accountability, sonically repetitive production, glorification of heavy drug use, depictions of incest and causing outrage for outrage's sake, this was a fantastic listen!
It shouldn't be a hot take, but Eminem is only famous because white men wanted something violent and misogynistic and childishly angry after the grunge and post grunge era, which was, by rock and roll standards, pretty feminist and thoughtful. And while Em is certainly a more mellowed dude and has better politics than you'd expect (I suppose getting money sometimes helps you grow the fuck up), the majority of his fans revere him as a great white savior. At this point, having already made his mark on shitty white men, you start getting the tightrope. You have the absolute homicidal glee of Kill You and then the 180 of Counselor Marshall being the voice of reason in Stan, and then gets back into the ultraviolet in Who Knew, while starting to take it meta, arguing with the critics. It's funny how the free speech absolutists always end up being really really focused on insisting that they did nothing wrong. And sure, I get the need to have an outlet. That's a part of lots of music (gangsta rap long got this same reputation just for talking about surviving in ghettos and gang life, but for some reason, can't put my finger on it, Em hasn't had it stick). I get the idea of creating a world and a persona that isn't you. But it's weird to have created a persona for yourself who is such a piece of shit, and then spend so much of this album oscillating between doubling down and going full on victim. “Radio won't even play my jam,” he unironically growls on a radio hit. But that's not really all. Because again, if Eminem wasn't ironically part of the blueprint for the white grievance that gave us the trash politics of the last 15 years that he is probably not aware of his part in, it wouldn’t be the only album like this out there. But without that? Em's flow tends to be about reference, about name dropping, about mining culture and being snarky about it. It makes The Real Slim Shady incredibly dated. Imagine not knowing Eminem, and hearing him in 2026 rapping about Britney Spears. Imagine hearing him then rap another song (two tracks later on the album) that also whines about Nsync and Christina Aguilera (and then a third time on the next track). It's either lazy or obsessive (sort of like his homophobia. Or his mommy issues. Or or or) One thing he -is- good at, though, besides playing the victim, is picking music to steal to rap over. I am sure I'll have to hear his first album too, so we'll get there. Dido's “thank you” doesnt really make a lot of sense on Stan, but she got big retroactively off it. And yet, the best thing on the album is Bitch Please II, which basically rides off of Dre, Snoop, and the laurels of a track that was better. Anyway, this is childish pap. Some dude in your high school class heard Kim and felt some real feels about it and definitely made it his personality. Some dude in your class who will say terrible things about black folks thinks this is the greatest album of all time. That's probably true even if you were in high school in the 70s. This is music for broken shitty white men of all generations, regardless of what the artist wants to pretend. And honestly, after over an hour of this bullshit, and expecting i'd at least be able to praise the dude's flow? Nah. That's not even interesting, and even less so after 18 tracks of cringe rhymes and cringier skits and cringiest “oh poor me, i am not being serious, the real oppression is happening to me” bet-hedging. 1* and to paraphrase ol’ Three Personas, one can suck my dick if one doesnt like that shit.
I have a lot of reactions to this, and I can't synthesize it into something coherent after one listen. I'll share the dominant two. 1) What does someone's background have to be to enjoy this or relate to the feeling of being so oppressed economically and culturally that they want to hear about Eminem's mother being strangled and raped because it's freeing to be able to say it and not care about the backlash? That's a scary and sad thought. 2) I can only imagine the backlash Eminem received after his first album, and this album was released only one year later which means the backlash must have been immediate, and Eminem must've written this incredibly fast. In response, he writes one of the most self-reflective albums I've ever heard. I don't really agree with or understand most of his perspectives, but I give him credit being transparent and reflective with his response while keeping a good flow.
Getting this on the first day of Pride month is one of those things that feels like a homophobic assault - mostly because this thing is an assault that is occasionally homophobic. I made it four minutes into this 72-minute album before the first use of the f-slur, which is a record for this list.
Just really juvenile stuff here. Possibly entertaining if you are a 15 year old egdelord in 2001.
He’s genius level-talented on the mic but uses it to...do some tired edge lord shit with more corny-ass melodies and beats.
Did not finish the album. While I can understand this was from a different time and rap is another form of poetry, it was hard to sit through line after line about self-harm and domestic violence and hear slurs used towards those he doesn’t agree with that are regularly targeted at the disabled community. Not for me.
Misogyny and homophobia are a bit of a turn off for me dawg. Pass.
too much swearing and bad lyrics
I was excited for this record because I knew "Stan," and thought that it was a beautiful and sad song -- ahead of its time -- about parasocial relationships. So, I wondered what else would be on this record, and how Eminem would depict other parts of his changing circumstances. I was not impressed. The violent misogyny is disgusting. It doesn't escape my notice that the "Stan" is the only moment of real empathy on this record, and it's reserved for a man. But "Stan" shows us that Eminem *is* capable of emotionally textured writing; he can go into this gear when he wants to. He just doesn't want to. Other reviewers have made comments such as "Even though it's an offensive album, you can't deny its mastery." Actually, you can. Being an artist is not just about technical expertise. (I’d even argue that technical mastery is lacking here; if “suck my dick” is your best retort on multiple occasions, you’ve got some work to do.) Artistry is about saying something that other people need to hear, that they do not have a way to put into words themselves. Eminem knew that his work was inflammatory, that it would make the world a crueler place, that it would give young men a vocabulary and a license to embrace their worst impulses, and he did it anyway. His intention was to shock people, and part of being a good artist is to *check your intentions* and realize when they are wrong. On the Wikipedia page, it's noted that Johnny Cash defended the record, saying that "Folsom Prison Blues," "Jesse James" and a host of other songs are also violent. (I myself appreciate "Down By The River" and Nick Cave's Murder Ballads record.) Due respect, but the difference between these songs and The Marshall Mathers LP is the sense of morality. In "FSB," the man in prison admits that he did something wrong. "Jesse James" is a Robin Hood story, a legend. The Marshall Mathers LP is simply cruel. It was important to listen to this record as part of this tour of music history, but it is a despicable work.
it’s really not that great. he’s pretty corny and that edgelord shit gets old real quick. the beats aren’t anything to write home about either. stan is probably the only good song on here lol the rest is either terrible or okay at best. “oh man why do people think i’m a homophobic, misogynistic, violent person???? it’s just a joke they don’t know me!!!” *next song* “i’m a homophobic, misogynistic, violent person! i mean everything i say!”
While I do enjoy most of his radio songs, Eminem is just not for me. The misogyny, homophobia, and violence are just super off-putting. It's really part of the reason I was pushed away from hip-hop in the 90s (continuing into the early 2000s).
Sigh. What are we even doing here? It's like the rantings of a crazy person set to a drum machine and samples of a shitty ringtone on repeat. This guy needed therapy way worse than he needed a record deal. But he’s rich and I’m not, so I guess I’m the idiot here.
This album was huge when I was a tween. I just can't get into it. I'm not a big rap fan but this just feels like something a 13 year old boy would create. It feels like its claiming to be edgy and funny while spouting incredibly mysoginistic and homophobic phrases. I think this album can exist and people can be offended by it but I just didn't get any enjoyment out of it. It's over the top but it pushes the edge a bit too much. I understand its meant to be voice of a lower class or the street but maybe I'm just too old to enjoy this.
Utter rubbish. 72 minutes of misogyny, homophobia, violence. It's rap music for 13 year olds that find these things edgy and cool. To anybody with a developed frontal lobe it's just offensive for the sake of being offensive. First 1 I've given and I didn't even think twice. To give it its dues, Stan is the only bearable song with great sampling from Dido and a relatively interesting story.
DNF I understand it’s iconic but…
Definitely not
...but if you can get past the misogyny, homophobia, and graphic violence...
genuine drivel besides stan. some of the worst written lyrics ever to be penned. i'm not a puritan or anything who hates taboo subjects in music but there's only so many times i can listen to eminem rap about fucking women and ripping apart the gay and mentally disabled. just gets boring.
The first Parental Guidance album I owned (bought in Oban), and I was curious to go back to it. It was terrible! A deeply unpleasant listen. Favourite track: N/A
Is it too much to ask for one rap album that doesn't feature bars about beating, raping, and/or murdering women? It's not a joke, it's not social commentary, and it's not good rap. DNF this 2000s edgelord trash.
No.
Der US-amerikanische Rapper Eminem legte mit diesem dritten Soloalbum ein Werk vor, das den Hardcore Hip-Hop und Horrorcore des Jahres 2000 auf eine neue Stufe hob. Aufgenommen in mehreren Studios rund um Detroit – darunter The Mix Room, Encore Studios, Larrabee Sound Studios, Chung King, The Record Plant und 54 Sound – entstand die Platte in einem kreativen Intensivmarathon von kaum zwei Monaten, überwiegend produziert von Dr. Dre und Eminem selbst sowie den Bass Brothers, The 45 King und Mel-Man. Aftermath Entertainment, Interscope Records und Eminems eigenes Shady Records verantworteten den Vertrieb. Inhaltlich ist das Album eine Abrechnung mit dem eigenen Ruhm, mit Kritikern, mit der Boulevardpresse und mit persönlichen Dämonen zugleich. „Stan" – mit Dido als Stimme der Vernunft – seziert die pathologische Seite des Fanseins mit einer Präzision, die kaum ein anderer Track der Rap-Geschichte erreicht. Daneben tobt sich Eminem auf „Kim" und „Kill You" in fiktiven Gewaltfantasien aus, während „The Real Slim Shady" und „The Way I Am" die Absurdität des Popbetriebs karikieren. Der Kontrast zwischen diesen Polen macht die LP so schwer einordenbar – und so fesselnd. Kommerziell brach das Album sämtliche Rekorde: 1,76 Millionen verkaufte Exemplare in der ersten Woche allein in den USA, Grammy für das beste Rap-Album 2001, Platin-Regen auf mehreren Kontinenten. Die Provokation war dabei kein Selbstzweck, sondern Mittel zur Verdichtung – wer genau hinhört, findet unter dem Lärm ein Album voller innerer Logik, schwarzen Humors und überraschend verletzlicher Momente. The Marshall Mathers LP ist kein angenehmes Album – aber es ist ein notwendiges: ein Dokument einer Figur, die das Widersprüchlichste verlangte und genau das lieferte.
Don't make me go through an album by Eminem ever again.
Mostly unbearable. Dido is the only redeeming thing on this album for me.
Sounds like a petulant angry kid…mad about the world…self absorbed. It would have appealed to young kids especially those experiencing abuse and bullying. So there is a place for very personal unpleasant experiences to be shared. For me it’s a masterpiece of horror with homophobic, misogynistic infantile wordplay…a litany of abusive words. Ugly.
Ummm, . . . no. I'm tempted to say this isn't so much music as . . . confession? Or public therapy? He's sort of bleeding negative emotions, which isn't very interesting (interesting only in the way that a car wreck is interesting), and feels selfish and needy. I mean, a few bits are kind of clever, but, to get to them, you have to wade through mountains of sludge; it's SO not worth it. I just would never choose to listen to this; life is too short, and there's too much good music out there. 1 star. Catchy groove on 'Real Slim Shady.' But then it just keeps repeating, and gets old fast. Like the whole album. Had to force myself to listen to the whole thing.
It took me 4 times to finish this album and then I paused my project for 3 weeks.
An album I would replace this one with: A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders (1993) 5/5
Trash
will never listen
eminem lidando com a fama e o fato dele ser influente agora mas sempre soa tipo: "tá ofendido? que bom 😜*som de peido"
Ok it started ok and tolerable then I wanted to stop listening and it was way too long.
I get that he goes after shock value with lyrics, but having the same refrain/phrases repeated over, and over, and over in almost every song just looses it & is lazy. I enjoyed his jabs at bubble gum pop, but not enough to get past the rest of his lyrics. was thinking this was a solid 2 until I got to Kim....and that was just incredibly uncomfortable to listen to
I’m not one to be overly sensitive about lyrics but this was just a no for me. The sheer volume of lyrics about violence against women and rampant homophobia are just too much to get past. If you have to tell someone to suck your dick on like 5 different songs if they don’t like what you’re saying, you’re trying too hard to be offensive and maybe you need to come up with some more compelling lyrics. This is shock value for the sake of shock value and it’s lazy and juvenile.
2 - musique d'ado acnéique qui veut paraitre tough alors qu'il pisse encore dans ses draps. goo goo ga ga j'adore la violence (especially against women), j'ai pas peur d'offenser le monde parce que je suis un gangster goo goo ga ga. what a waste of ressources. 1 3 - accurate portrayal of parasocial relationships and how deep it can run. suddenly your life revolves around them and everything they don't or don't pertains to you. alors qu'en réalité, tu n'es qu'une goutte dans un océan de fans. 5 5 - violence just for the sake of it. par dessus tout, cet album est vraiment imprégné de misogynie and once you notice it you just unsee (not that it's at all hard to notice lol). c'est écoeurant. 1 7 - couldn't care for it. 2 8 - look at me, i'm so edgy. 2 9 - look at us, we are so edgy. we hate women, we hate kids, we hate gays. we just looove violence, don't you get it ??? 1 10 - im going to start sounding like a broken record. 1 i give up. life's too short to waste an hour on this album. somme toute, c'est un ramassis de merde. we get it, you don't like women, kids, gays. matter of fact, you hate everyone. you're the edgiest white boy alive. geeeez
no me gustó
Grow the fuck up, dude. Strongly dislike this.
I never really got the hype with Eminem. He was fine for a few singles to sing along to at a party or in the car, but musically I didn't get what the hype was about; let alone from where and why he comes off boasting he's Gods gift to music and his fans constantly perpetuating that. He came off as only a bit more restrained in that regard than Kanye West but at least Ye makes good music. This is the mindset I had going into this album. But when I started with this website I decided everything gets a fair shot, we're grading on a scale of 1-5 but realistically all these albums should be in the top 5% of at least all western music, right? I wish. I barely got through the album. Angsty teenager rap appealing to the lowest common denominator that goes on for way too long. The best parts of the album had nothing to do with Eminem and more to do with actual compelling artists involved with the project, such as Dr. Dre. I was hoping for something more grounded, introspective and mature from the album cover and considering this is his 3rd album, and considering the talent that was involved with making it. All in all the ethos of the album is just Eminem's singles stretched over 72 minutes- if you like that it's fine, but I'm just gonna keep assuming you're only 14 years old in either a physical, mental or spiritual way. This all being said; deserves a place on this list similar to Chocolate Starfish and Hot Dog Flavored Water. This (along with Tarantino, South Park and others which I do actually love) perpetuated the early 2000's edginess and shock value going on in pop culture at the time. One star for the content of the album, 5 stars for importance. Listening notes: First off; which one am I supposed to listen to? Spotify has like 4 Marshall Mather LPs with a different tracklist Funny how Eminem personified and mocked his fanbase on Stan and his fanbase still stans the guy- I assume since most Em fans I met are children in one way or another Honestly, the more you listen to Eminem the more you notice that his way of getting out of a lyrical corner is mostly just throw an edgy obscenity and hope enough people are shocked enough to not notice he's doing that Funny how he disses Fred Durst like he didn't get popular making almost the exact same music Kim verges on being snuff music- and not in a good, compelling way either And it ends on Eminem kind of pointlessly LARPing as a bank robber, ugh.
Definitely not an album I’d listen to again. Not a fan.
Nope. I guess I just don't like Hip-Hop generally or shock theatre.
I remember listening to this and loving it at the time. I remember now why I stopped listening and never went back. Boring, aggressive, angry, mean.
I tried to give this a chance but I just couldn’t get through it all. Just nothing appealing in it at all for me.
Not my speed Very dated
Exhausted by the start of the second track. He’s undeniably talented but his choices are indefensible. Wish I could unlisten.
I kind of wanted to like this, but I just don’t. The violent lyrics is just very un appealing. I like the beat of rap music often, but this did really catch me.
horrifying lyrics
For the first time in 80 albums I couldn't bring myself to finish listening to the whole thing. Just loathsome. He had his moment in the 2000s where he sold albums hand over fist and won award after award, but how about we just leave him there with his homophobia and misogyny and teenager bravado and addictions? Nice beats I guess. There are, it seems, two albums from Eminem on this list and I have done with both of them. So let's move on.
Naaaah the lyrics are fucking disgusting.
really horrible icky vibes
Ok this is the first album I simply refuse to listen to because I know I'll hate it lol I rlly just hate gross music that's gross for no reason except shock value and to be hateful
Hard work. I hate this for the reasons he is bragging about. Total shite.
Same as Dre’. Beats and sounds are cool but can’t take the lyrics. Same fake bravado and real misogyny and slur dropping. Maybe he’s playing a character but it ain’t working. And it keeps getting worse
Not terrible but not my pick
I can’t stand his voice
Nop, para nada mi gusto. Tiene mucho insulto. Es ese tipo de rap que para nada me atrae. Y me molesta, xq me gusta mucho la música de eminem
I hated this. I made myself listen through the entire album for the sake of gaining knowledge, of being able to thoroughly participate in the argument of whether something like this has objective artistic value. It was hard to get through, disturbed me, left me grimacing and covering my own neck, feeling more miserable today than if I hadn't listened to it. I've decided there is simply no need to have to engage with any dissertation trying to justify a 5 star review because of the culture of 2000, or his upbringing, or the vulgar contemplations of fame and influence, or the idea that offensively subversive = thought-provoking = inherently good. I'm not wasting my fucking time. This sucked and felt bad to listen to and I feel bad. There is no value to me in constant homophobia, rape, throat slitting, the fucking disgusting ICP blowjob skit, acknowledging the violent influence of his work while saying it ain't his problem and you can suck his dick about it, everything about Kim. Awful. I'm sparing my sanity by disengaging myself from any discussion of this album once I hit send on this review. I don't want to think about this anymore. Fuck this. I'm good.
No thanks.
This has incredible production, hooks, flow and dense lyrics. But its one of the most unlistenable things ive ever heard as its so filled with hate, moaning, bitching, homophobia, misogyny, sexism and really pathetic whining. To make the decision to use what appears to be such a significant talent to sound like a pathetic person who thinks the world is against him, but owes him something, makes him sound like such a whiny little bitch. If the incel movement has a theme song, its basically this album.
Nope
what is wrong with you
top 3 - The Real Slim Shady, Stan, Criminal. Never been a big fan of his voice, only like the songs in my top 3 and that’s about it.
Nope. Zero stars.
1/5. Perhaps only listenable if you're a musicologist or anthropologist. A herald of the multiple-layers-of-irony attitude that infested American media for much of the 2010s. Vile and insincere lyricism, unimpressive music, and corporate shock marketing is here in full force. That's all that's here.
Another terrible pile of crap, -5 if I could
Memememe. Long and exhausting.
Ugly misogynistic music could not finish this one
There’s a level of introspection on this album that from his debut that is interesting But Eminem continues to be homophobic and misogynistic in a way that is just uncomfortable.
Tomuto som nikdy neprišiel na chuť.
Whole album seems to revolve around what a prick he is. Deeply unpleasant listen. And such a whiny rap voice. Amazed people like this
PSA 2000 - stupid, childish Kill You - stupid, wildly misogynist even by Eminem standards, might appeal more to a particularly shitty 13 year old kid Stan - probably the most interesting thing Eminem has ever put out. I like it but I don't know if it'll be enough to redeem the rest of the album. Paul - why bother including this? Who Knew - more edgy bullshit, more stupid hooks Steve Berman - bad acting, stupid script The Way I Am - at least this one has a good hook. The version of Eminem that's at war with mainstream media is a lot more interesting than the obnoxious Slim Shady bullshit where he just shouts the most offensive thing he can think of to get attention. The Real Slim Shady - the overplayed anthem of the worst people I knew in middle school. I almost like it now that I've got a little more distance from it. Remember Me? - mid gangsta rap I'm Back - forgettable. It's been like 2 tracks since you said something weird about your mom, better fix that. Marshall Mathers - oh no it's so hard being famous. Time to shout slurs and talk about your mom again. Cool bass line, bad singing, stupid lyrics. Ken Kaniff - The only thing more embarrassing than beefing with ICP is that the most creative thing he can come up with is calling them gay. Drug Ballad - forgettable Amityville - more of the same schtick. Bad hook. Bitch Please II - it's a pretty decent Snoop song until Eminem shows up Kim - man fuck off Under the Influence - the worst hook yet Criminal - okay
Portrait of an angry young man devoid of depth and interiority his flow is so good, the beats are great, and there is no substance. absolute waste of talent. there's a reason this album was an immediate red flag back when it came out. the only kind of person who could see themselves in this were either just as vacuous or genuinely found the violence and bigotry aspirational. either way you didn't want to be around them. the casual, extreme misogyny and homophobia might give you the mistaken impression there's some kind of transgression here, something interesting even if it's vile, but no actually. other artists have explored that ugliness in interesting ways or with a critical eye but you aren't getting that here. I don't just hate this, I think it's an active waste of time and talent. Fuck me I'd rather be listening to my bottom ten all in a row than spend another second with this.
Absolutely not. Fuck that.
Where do I even begin. I had to private my listening status on both Spotify and Airbuds to listen to this. From the start, the first 25 seconds you could tell this was about to be a loooooong album. I say that a lot but this one really outworks the rest. He "raps" like he's a 7th grader who just learned how to cuss. This is more like trashy slam poetry than music. The songs were absolutely terrible. The only reason why some songs got some points was because there was someone else singing. I can't tell you enough how much of a relief it was to hear anyone else speak. He says "if you don't like my music suck my dick" in TWO of the songs and in an interlude literally gets his dick sucked, probably because he knows his music is trash. In another song he talks about how he wouldn't mind having sex with his mom? Seriously dude, there is a fine line between rap and blabbering. Not to mention, how the absolute worst of the worst in this album is a staggering 6 minutes long. If you decide to make a song that long in that generation you better hope at least one of the lyrics are listenable, maybe even a head nod. NO absolutely unbearable trash. I hope rappers look at this album and say "I want to be nothing like that guy". Is this why this album is part of 1001 albums? To show how NOT to make music. A good year was subtracted from my lifespan listening to this crap. If anyone catches me listening to this again shoot me in the head and fuck me in the bullet hole.
Hip-hop doesn't become music even when white criminals make it. I'll save myself the trouble of even listening to it. 1/5
1/5 Not for me. Kim is one of the craziest songs i’ve ever heard though
i can understand why only a couple songs went mainstream.
I’m so sorry I hated this.
Exactly 497 albums ago, that is, a year and a half, and nearly half of this list ago, I aspired to become more culturally attuned and educated on the finer points of music. ‘What expansive worlds would these 1001 albums hold?’ I wondered. Today, the generator gave me fucking Eminem. Yesterday, I had the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Before that, Slipknot. Half way through this list, and I’ve discovered a few good albums, yes. For the most part though, I’ve been sifting through vapid inanity, hoping to find a gram of gold. I’m definitely not becoming more culturally attuned. In fact, I’m beginning to consider if I even like music or culture in the first place. I mean, Mathers actually made this album on purpose, and it was celebrated. What the fuck, world? Generator, if you give me another god damned Eminem album, I’m going to pull a Stan.
This aged like milk. The lyrics are cringe and the beats are repetitive and uninspired. No wonder his lyrics had to be shocking—without them, this is boring.
No thanks M&M
Boo
Awww... poor little pasty white boy. Go get some therapy for your hate.
All he raps about is violence. He’s like a Disney adult finding out they can swear. He sucks
can be argued sonically, but lyrically… no
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Dated beats, homophobic and misogynistic lyrics, bigotry - it's all present on this album. And although the same can be said about N.W.A's "Straight Outta Compton", at least that was an authentic expression of lived experience. That can't be said about this album by a white boy called Eminem, even though he tried to present these trash opinions as his alter ego "Slim Shady". Whether it was meant to be satire or a provocation, I don't buy it. It's a sophomoric album for sophomoric listeners. Not me. 1/5
There were some examples of really cool lyricism and one or two songs that weren’t bad, but the amount of discussion of the rape and murder of women was hard to listen to. I actually skipped through the ends of several songs where it was just uncomfortable, including especially the song titled Kim. I used to listen to Eminem when I was a kid and didn’t really understand some of the hate he received, but as a 28 yo woman listening to his music made my stomach churn.
At least Stan was good, but still awful
Not my favourite
nem ouvi
1: 7/10 funny | kill you 2. 2/10 just don’t like it странный звук маркера постоянно сзади , не нрав когда вумен поет ну и он тоже не оч |stan 3. Ну рэп 6/10 не слушала бы все равно | who knew 4. прикольно начала, get the fuck out of my office 9/10 потому что не песня 5. вначале будто про дрэйка тихо говорит, не нрав мне 2/10 |the way i am 6. Ну 100 раз слышала, core memory с типом с колледжа под это, ну 8/10 Но я бы тоже не слушала, уже хочу чтобы этот альбом закончился …. 7. Вот этот ор в конце вообще ужас, 3/10 | REMEMBER ME 8. Они будто +- все одинаковые, будто одна песня 4/10 9. какая-то спокойная песня но снова оч похожа, там какой-то будто второй чел еще есть хотя я его не вижу в фите, чуть будто отличается от остальных, but still 4/10 | marshall mathers 10. ЧТО ЭТО ЗА НАЧАЛО ТФ sounds disgusting why am i listening to cock sucking tf 0/10 | Ken kannif 11. Да снова не нравится мне просто уже и женский голос добавился | Drug Ballad 5.5/10 12. Одно и тоже amytville | 4/10 13. Эта получше уже кстати А потому что это фит с огромным количеством людей я пон ну 6/10 | Bitch Please II 14. меня пугает эта песня первая минута будто перед убийством и каждый раз когда он разговаривает я пролистала половину меня оч она пугает 2/10, 7/10 за идею | Kim 15. So you can suh my dihh if u don’t like my shit ну с этим я согласна Ну а так 8/10 повеселее Лослушивать не прям хочу прикольно что фит с кем-то, у него песни получше когда это фиты | under the influence 16. Предпоследняя песня фух, 5/10 Дефолт 17. ну 5/10 спокойнее песня, в конце последние 5 сек прикольный звук Album review: 3/10. Just not for me. Not saying song are bad but i don’t like this type of songs. Mostly felt like the same song all over just w diff lyrics. When he do feat w someone sound much better but still not my thing. The sucking dick in Ken Kaniff was weird asf even tho it’s funny but sounds rlly bad lmao, and song Kim is scary asf. In overall wouldn’t listen to it. A heard a few good songs, but this album didn’t make me feel like Wow his songs are so good. No offense. 23.12.25
If there’s one good thing I can say, Eminem really knows how to put on a show. This guy just complains and whines all over this album. A lot of artists do this, but at least they put the effort in to make it sound good. This was just a miserable listening experience overall. Ken Kaniff was absolute rock bottom of getting through this noise. Won’t be listening to this again.
No lo terminé. No me gustó ni poquito.
Ugh
There was no need for me to hear this before my death.
Has there ever been someone as talented as Eminem who was as weighed down by his own hang-ups? I've never been mad enough or misogynist enough to relate to his music, even though his flow is extraordinary and the beats are fantastic. I know there's all sorts of arms-length commentary about and ironic distance from the violence, but it doesn't come across as particularly meaningful or clever. Too much of his persona is defensive, navel-gazing and self-aggrandizing for me to be very interested.
So catchy but so full of hate and sadness. If I think the artist (or th artist persona) hates me, I just am not going to score it high.
He just says every thing he can think of that would make someone go "oh my god! did he just say that?" Stan is a good song until i remember the only reason it's good is the sample </3 idk i obviously wasn't there for this album like you edgelords were... in fact, i wouldn't be born for another four years. it's just not for me, and i know that... i am aware of that fact... and i am sorry. i'm sure some of these songs could be really good if i listened without any clouded judgement, but my judgement of Eminem is swathed with smog
When I first heard this back at the turn of the millennium I thought it was some sort of novelty record for kids. In a sense, it is. Listening to the whole thing shows it to be nasty, misogynistic, crass and unfunny. Most egregiously of all, it made Dido into an international star. Not stan-tastic.
This is garbage.
I've already given one rap album a "grotesque misogyny" one-star review, but apparently some themes repeat themselves. Why'd I get stuck with this shit for my birthday?
I like a couple of Eminem songs, but none of them are on here. The singles released from here did make a statement on the charts at the time though.
This is really pretty awful stuff. Well over an hour of ranting.
Apart from nostalgia surrounding friends who listened to this in high school, I get nothing out of this but depressing thoughts.
ugh
Так-то музыка весёлая, но слова отбивают всё желание слушать. 2 из 10.
“I make fight music for high school kids”- Eminem While Em is a talented lyricist, I think every track on this made me cringe. If it’s not the sexism it’s the homophobia. Anyone who says they “don’t give a fuck” that much is obvi bothered. 1/10
maybe the most offensive thing i have ever listened to.
The rapping is good, but I don’t find any of the song concepts overly interesting. Fame, girls, violence, pranks… I dunno, with such gifted lyrical skill, couldn’t the output have been less juvenile?
Adolescent drivel. I hated this clown when I was a teenager and he was topping the charts. Still can't stand him now. Beyond irritating. 1/5
40 year old me is not as big of a fan as 16 year old me.
Eminem is talented, and his rhymes are entertaining, but I just don't like this at all.
Without 'Stan' this would get 1 🌟 Without the Dido sample on Stan this would be a 1 🌟 And I'm not even a Dido fan! Pointless, just pointless. And didn't he mime at Reading? Actually this IS a 1 🌟. He's annoying.
Pues mira, eso de que tengas “family issues” y decidas curar tus mierdas y traumas en un pretendido envoltorio artístico dónde acabas tomándola con los maricones y las mujeres, para sorpresa de nadie, para luego esforzarte en cada entrevista en aclarar que no eres homófobo ni machista, que es solo una licencia artística, y que estás jugando entre la realidad y la ficción, a mí no me convence. Y eso que “musicalmente” es un álbum mucho más accesible y soportable que el resto de hip hop que he escuchado, por eso no le pongo un 0. Y, vosotros me diréis qué oculta esa obsesión por la pollas del señorito cishetero blanco. Ahí lo dejo.
Where did the notion even come from that this guy had something of value to say? Was that a narrative pushed by the film, the media, or just a collective hallucination? Because these are some embarrassingly childish lyrics.
Not big and not clever.
Bad cheese doesn't age well.
Half of the tracks on this album are self-aware bars about how bad of an influence Eminem is on the "kids". Feels kinda like Fight Club. Is it a chicken or the egg situation? Did Eminem get popular because of the state of society, or did the state of society reach where it did because of Eminem? I'm leaning far more towards the former. With that being said, I still hate Eminem's sound. The fast sporadic rap style and rhyme-schemes he uses have always been grating and annoying to me. Even when I was the prime audience for his work as a white middle-class middle-schooler I still felt the same way. THAT also being said, as an adult it's just that much more tiresome to listen to lyrics that are clearly aiming for an edgy shock-factor. It feels like a peek back into the early internet, or 2000's comedy movies... Terribly un-enjoyable album, but Shady didn't cause Columbine.
As soon as you see how the trick is done, the magic is gone. The Marshall Mathers LP, lest we forget, carried enough clout back in the day to cement Eminem's megastar status AND make Dido an international star, despite her mediocre output. No mean feat. A quarter of a century on, though, and the trick is pretty obvious now. The self-referential, self-reverential, how-outrageous-can-I-be childishness just grates now - his delivery follows a fairly clear template, maybe it sounded fresh back then, but over-exposure has revealed it for what it is. How did we ever fall for it? Even Dre and co's West Coast grooves seem pretty stilted decades later. Dated and juvenile rap that recycles the same sylistic hooks ad nauseum, over pretty uninspired hip-hop backing - not for me.
These might just be the worst lyrics of all time
5 star MC. -4 star misogynist.
Wigger
Like a pizza cutter: all edge, no point. Is there a word for bad nostalgia? Because I cannot seem for the life of me to put on rose-tinted glasses when looking back at the 2000s. I grew up with this album and Eminem in general and frankly I've never enjoyed it nor has it grown on me. Two decades later I am really, really listening to the lyrics and I am sincerely struggling to get through this. "Satirical" rap doesn't excuse how crude and dogshit this is and good production doesn't save this at all. This is 72 minutes long and I needed multiple breaks to get through it. Corny music enjoyed by dickheads.
Ich check den kulturellen Impact und die Technik, aber es ist und bleibt frauenfeindlicher Scheiß. Macht echt keinen Spaß.
Didn't get through this, puerile and mysoginist nonsense, made with a load of skits that just seem..... juvenile in the worst way. Barely any musicality in it to redeem it
OK, yeah, we get it. You're a complicated, misunderstood genius or whatever. Can you untie me now so I go listen to music by people who don't only talk about themselves? This dude can rap better than just about anyone, and some of the beats are pretty cool. But christ almighty, the amount of homophobia and misogyny you have to wade through...it's just not worth it. And yeah, I get that he's playing a character inside another character who's killing another character or whatever, but I don't give a shit.
What a pile of edgelord drivel. Horrible lyrics. If you enjoy this and have finished puberty then I'm going to think less of you.
nasty piece of work, white trash rapping, influenced too many kids in the total wrong way. He had a talent, could have been something, made a difference - instead he didn't. Sounds worse now then when it was first released.
This genre is a big no for me. Not enjoyable at all.