The Marshall Mathers LP

I've never been a big Em fan but also recognize that he has a lot of talent and can be a very compelling performer. But the lyrics. Yeah, most of these are hard to get through. But there are some incredible tracks too. Stan and The Real Slim Shady are classic tracks. Bitch Please lends some nice west coast flavor. But there's also Kim, FFS. Overall, it's a slog and I really don't ever need to hear it again

06/11 Never was a fan of Eminem but I admit there are some interesting moments in this album

Eminem is the Don Rickles of hip hop.

Too ass long

I enjoy the beats, don't like the misogyny and homophobia. I think I'll stick to listening to Eminem's greatest hits every once in a while.

Cancel culture would have a field day if this was released in the last decade

A little crude, but so many sick beats/bars.

Not for me

Tough album to review. I have immense respect for Eminem, but I feel like the more childish aspects of these songs really detract from the stronger songs. I think he's unbelievably talented, and the production on this album is off the charts. The overuse of certain terms just grated on me, and detracted from the experience. Then there was "Kim". Yikes. I love some things, and never want to hear other parts of it again. 3* because even the songs I hated the lyrics to were kinda bops.

i hate that there are remnants in here that make me go "i get it". i get why people liked it and felt seen by it, especially in 2000. there are parts of it, like the discussion of fan culture and the media reaction to him, that are interesting. not to mention the production and music quality have gone up significantly compared to the debut. but those are not really enough to make this listenable as an album in 2026.

First time listening. I see why people like it.

Wtf

(Pasted from my other group. ) Listened to this in isolation a long run. It was, a lot. Eminem is amazing but I felt the sicko skits in this one were kinda overdone. I found myself craving -- I think -- some of his later stuff that has deeper themes.

i respect eminem as an artist and all but man some of these tracks were vulgar and not necessary for my ears

Wasn't expecting to see this album but it's also not surprising as it was a part of American culture growing up as a kid in the late 90's with friends trying to understand their frustrations with life, authority and romance. I think his writing is pretty impressive from a technical perspective, the way words are put together and then looped in a seamless way is pretty good. Most of it is excessively self performative or posturing which muddies the songs where he gets more introspective on the challenges of rapid fame and para social obsessed fans. I think he wanted to tell people to get fucked, prove his "cred" to the industry and show that he was a complex individual, and in that regard I think the album is a success. It's just not always pleasant to listen to between the heavy sample/ sound effects and shock value lyrics.

Feminist women love Eminem but some of this shit was really hard to stomach (and I get it!! That’s the point!! But I’m still not sure that it makes okay or worth my time). The thing with Eminem is that he really just is that good at what he does. The highs are really high (to the point where I stopped halfway through this album to go and listen to Curtain Call). One of the things I love most about Eminem is the way he seamlessly integrates pop culture into his music and I deeply enjoyed all the many references throughout. I think this album is best when Eminem is reckoning with the perceptions and ideas of who he is (Who Knew, Stan, The Way I Am). I want to give this a 3 but Stan and The Real Slim Shady deserve more than that

I hope isra is participating because I know she loves eminem. I was reading about how Lynne Cheney gave a speech to congress about eminem and his inappropriate lyrics… makes me think about the moral panics!! anyway there are some genuinely shocking lines in here but also some real emotional gravitas. the last verse in stan still kinda moves me every time I hear it? it’s like a scene in a horror movie where you know the devastating information just before the characters do. Also, the janky real slim shady is fun but I feel like he perfected that particular type of eminem song on without me. On the whole it was actually more violent than I expected and kim was a very unpleasant song to listen to. ken kaniff was also pretty bad. the whole thing did keep me engaged and have some good beats. Also just to end « they’re my motherfucking balls you better let go of them they belong in my scrotum you’ll never get a hold of them » what a line

I can’t deny the talent and skill of this album. I also remember exactly when it came out. I remember the controversy around it and at the time I defended the backlash to it. These 25 years later, the composition of the album, the way he’s able to build versus on top of everything and to show a side of himself as an artist, while showcasing a commentary on society at the end of the millennium, is incredible. However, I now found myself just skipping through the songs that now have been overplayed or meme’d out of existence. So much I feel that the legacy of this album has been co-opted by a group of folks the album at the time didn’t intend to speak to. Late stage millennials and Gen X nostalgia drip has perverted this album. The rage I think someone might have felt during this time, that this album spoke to is now no longer the source and its kidnapping today and has left a blemish on its longevity. I am rating the album highly because it is something he admits he’s been ‘chasing’ since its release, but context now is a must in order to enjoy it.

solid

hes faking

Beats were kind of cool. I'm not a fan of his voice or the aggression in the music.

It was good. My favorites were Stan, What I Am, Drug Ballad, and Criminal. Overall, I would give it a 3.8/5!

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.

Listening to this album, I was reminded of those talented authors that use the foundation of a greek tragedy to justify whatever power fantasies they wish to indulge in with a veneer of prestige. This comparison is a poor one, as fascinatingly, Eminem is completely aware of this persona being largely a juvenile power fantasy. It'd be more accurate to say that in this comparison, Eminem's fickle intelligence is that power fantasy, and this indulgent and grotesque caricature of a juvenile power fantasy is that veneer. It's disappointing really, as these flashes of brilliance clearly aren't just flashes, but rather the foundation of his art, which remains obscured by blood, semen, and shit. I hear a person curbed by their nature, fame, community, beginnings, and that which runs through all of these things, their masculinity, or that which makes them slightly more than just a person. I hear the twin, nigh- inseparable fantasies of a man and a boy, and seldom, they seperate, and I hear an artist.

This one is hard to rate. You have the obvious classic hits that are great, but you also have the songs where Eminem uses his alter ego Slim Shady to talk very vividly about violence, killing and very negatively about gay people. I am compromising with saying it’s a little bit of both. It could have been great, but the latter part ruins the album experience for me. Favourites: Stan, The Real Slim Shady, The Way I Am

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!

Overall pretty solid album. I like the dark production and think Eminem has a great flow. That said, I do think it overstays its welcome, and some of the songs begin to sound very samey by the end. Also, some of the lyrics definintely aged HORRIBLY (some were pretty awful at the time really), but that has already been discussed to death.

What a classic. Eminem’s verses are so dense and clever. Dr. Dre’s productions is crisp and fun. I’m not going to pretend I wasn’t a edgy boy when I was a kid in 2000’s, but the homophobia is a really tough pill for me to swallow here.

I appreciate the uniqueness of his style, but I just don’t connect with this kind of rap

Profane, but very vivid lyricist

“how many records are you expecting to sell when your second record sends you directly to jail” made me laugh hahahhaa at times this was a truly tough listen, at times this was really cool - I can’t give it more than a two stars for the rampant homophobia and misogyny xoxo

Classic Oldschool Eminem Rap. Some amazing songs on here, some skits do get annoying, and some of the "graphical" violence put me off. 1. Stan 2. The Real Slim Shady 3. Kill You

Phenomenal artist. Unique. Filthy. Misogynistic. Satirical. Unapologetic. Funny.

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.

An old favorite. i actually like his other one better though

I'm not a hip-hop guy, and know very little about it, but I know what I like, and this album has so many amazing tracks. The flow of his rhymes just land perfectly. And the choruses are catchy as hell. Only knock on this album is the skit tracks and one or two other filler tracks.

Eminem's entry in the "I just got famous" album canon. I really like his flow but like I said about Slim Shady, you can only make so many anal sex jokes IN ONE SONG before it feels recycled. That aside, this was an evil-fun, super campy hip hop record. Chappell Roan should take notes for her inevitable upcoming take on the post-big-break album.

Un poco ruidoso para trabajar jajajaj pero Eminem es top

Controversy bordering on being cringe, featuring some really unwanted stuff. But it has Stan and the real slim shady on it, and honestly despite its flaws I’ll probably listen to it again.

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.

Solid

This is a great, great album. He's got a wacky voice and some amazing wordplay and I'm giving it a 5.

So much talent and production in service of too many bad things to say. Not every song or skit has the most objectionable content, but between the really offensive ones, there's a lot of paranoia and feeling sorry for himself. He makes Kanye seem reasonable sometimes. It's a shame. He's so good.

2/5 - Wow, is this hard to rate. On the one hand, Eminem's talent and flow are probably the best I've ever heard, but his misogyny and homophobia are total shit. I listened to this a bunch when it came out, and It's an album I think you need to hear, but I really have no more stomach for the crap he has to say, no matter how good he is at saying at. I would given this a 4 or 5 at a different time.

OK in small doses

What a great album. Although it has the sexist touches, kind of twisted so fine for me...apart from that great beats, great lyrics, nice overall...

A borderline perfect album. yes it's vulgar and disgusting and homophobic in places (he's since become best friends with Elton John and regrets his statements) but the quality of the song writing and just how different it was made it such an incredible piece of work. There's a reason nobody messes with slim.

Technically very impressive. Eminem is at his best when joking around or skewering hypocrisy. The darker stuff loses its shock value quickly and isn’t all that good.

Raw

Odio el rap, pero esto es una obra de arte. Con razón tanta gente lo sigue.

This album was huge in late 90s and this guy was everywhere. The hits were hooky and popular and he seemed an alternative with clout in a heavily weighted genre. But none of it has aged well. He no doubt is clever and has a gift for phrasing but too many of the songs are violent, misogynistic, and offensive some 25 years later and this ends up feeling more like a blemish or stain than a beauty mark. I’ll give him points for talent but don’t really care to ever hear this again. 2/5

This was good. Never taken in a whole Eminem album at once before. Obviously, he’s fantastic and despite the album being a little patchy this was enjoyable.

Dette blir den snilleste 3'ern jeg har gitt til nå. Noen morsomme og lekne låter, men jeg har lite til overs for låtene der Eminem skal tøffe seg (som er alt for mange).

Fyren er jo både flink og morsom. Det er jo kanskje ingen nyhet, men var uansett et gøy gjenhør. Koste meg gjennom mesteparten av albumet.

Det her va favorittalbumet mitt som barn. Måtte alltid skippe Kim, da det faktisk ble for voldsomt. Men ja, det e jo bra når han e morsom. De fleste sanga e over fem minutt, og det blir kjedelig da det instrumentale e stort sett helt likt gjennom hele låten. Kunne kanskje kutta noen spor.

Kjedelige beats (med noen få unntak), pubertale tekster med sinnslidelser som krydder, irriterende stemme. Et sykdomstegn for samfunnet at dette ble så populært som det ble. Svak toer.

Slim shady is a jam, the rest of the album is filled with bigotry, homofobia and sexism, which I guess was the point.

Back in the day when Eminem was fun and listenable. Have a lot of great laughs during the album

No I love him

If I was ten years younger, this would been s great albun

I’m not a math genius or anything but I thought this was excellent as long as I kind of filtered out the lyrics. I saved “The Real Slim Shady” to my playlist.

I'm not much into Rap, but I kind of like Eminem. His rhymes and his flow are unique, and he worked with some of the best in the business. It shows. Production is on point, music and beats are also. The lyrics are up for discussion, but bear in mind that Marshal Mathers and Slim Shady are alter egos, so their respective mindsets are exaggerated, and so are their lyrics.

yea well it’s eminem

Just really juvenile stuff here. Possibly entertaining if you are a 15 year old egdelord in 2001.

I liked this way more than I thought I would. Listened to it three times. The way he constructs rhymes sounds very unique to me. The subjects are a little cringe but really fun to listen to. I guess I'm 14.

Eminem has a reputation for some of the most technically skilled rap of all time. He also has a reputation for some of the most vulgar lyrics of all time. Technically, this lives up to Eminem's reputation as a rapper with a unique gift for flows. The hooks and beats are all strong. However, the lyrics are pretty much exactly what you'd think based on the reviews hear. There is some social and political commentary here, but there's also a lot of unnecessary vulgarity. The lyrics to songs like "Kill You" are an attempt to be as offensive as possible that just ends up sounding tedious. This music is very much from a particular point in time where the processed anger of gangster rap and nu-metal ruled the charts. It didn't really age well beyond that time period, despite a solid technical foundation. If he was more willing to write more relatable songs and less violent fantasies, this would be an all-timer. As is, I just can't do these lyrics(especially "Kim").

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.

Very good album, some absolute classics. One of his best (his best?)

have you ever heard of a cartoon called the nutshack fave track: the real slim shady

has Eminem just always sucked? has he always just acted like a middle schooler while being a grown ass adult with a job and a tax income? has his music always just been for 15 year old gym bros who unironically use terms like "femoid" or "mogging?" cause it sure seems like it. 1/10 FAVOURITE SONGS: STAN, BITCH PLEASE II LEAST FAVOURITE SONGS: LITERALLY EVERYTHING ELSE

I'm definitely a little personally biased towards this album... when I was quite young, I believe the first musical artist I became truly invested in was either Eminem or Linkin Park. Both were around the same time Either way, a lot of the songs on this album were the first Eminem songs that I ever heard, so they have a special place in my heart. I wasn't an album listener at the time, though, so there is a lot of new material here. And I can't pretend I don't have a soft spot for this man, despite all the objectively awful stuff he says. Perhaps it was him who instilled a sort of contrarianism in my young self, which now makes it hard to not enjoy his provocative tendencies. The Slim Shady LP is definitely better, though, isn't it...? Favorite tracks: Kill You, The Real Slim Shady, Amityville, Criminal

Kill You directly into Stan made me laugh, and at the same time it felt like a pretty effective direct statement of intent for the record, right. It's brute force but it does work. But I think I basically imagined it, with how the rest of the album is. Can't pretend to not already know many of these songs, of course. As an album I think it belabours the same points too much, given the length of it and the number of tracks. It's retreading a lot of its own ground. And despite that perceived 'statement of intent' from the way the album opens and the way it's titled, it's so self-indulgent through most of this, like he's not exactly shy about firehosing his shock value material out as the bulk of the record again. It's still a fairly breezy listen in the moment despite everything (at least when it's not graphically depicting DV). The beats are obviously stellar, the production is carrying pretty hard. Could've cut like 4 or 5 tracks for length though. When it's retreading its own lyrical material so much it really starts to drag.

Love Eminem. He's right there with DMX for my favorite rapper of all time. His lyrics, beats, flow, lyrical speed and clarity, and catchiness of the songs are all on top notch. That said, it loses a bit for the over the top violence in spots, but that just makes it not my favorite Eminem album; it doesn't make it bad. Part of what makes music special is to feel like you're hearing something real, that speaks to you. And the ultra violent lyrics, even if they're facetious and not intended to be serious, don't accomplish that

I write and rewrite this review so I guess I'm at a loss for words. Am I glad I heard this - yes. Was it way too much for me - yes. Will I listen to Eminem again? Only if it's on this list. SUM(1 - 5)/5 =

Listened to this in isolation a long run. It was, a lot. Eminem is amazing but I felt the sicko skits in this one were kinda overdone. I found myself craving -- I think -- some of his later stuff that has deeper themes.

Still incredible after 26 years. He sounds every bit as fresh as when the album was released. And his talent is still incredible. But. The subject matter was bad in 2000 and has not gotten less objectionable over time. The album is also a little long.

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.

This is one of the most seminal albums of all time. It was a virtuosic performance of gutty music. Not only is the word-defining song Stan on this album, it's just so lyrical and real. We all loved it.

#365/1001. Somehow this quote snippet from Wikipedia sums up Eminem: "Originally intending to write a love song for (his wife) while using ecstasy, the rapper hoped to avoid overt sentimentality and thus began writing a song of hate." I guess he just pretends to be mad about everything and hate everyone, and beneath the surface loves everyone unconditionally.

The lyrics are really dark but give a thoughtful story, at least some of them. Not something I would pick and listen to but all in all the album was an ok experience.

Eminem’s best work, first album where nostalgia takes over, loved it then, love it now

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So much homophobia.

Props to putting what I’m sure is one of many Eminem albums on this list. Undoubtedly Eminem is a legend in his own right, blending funny witty violent lyrics with great samples (Dido’s Thank You being the obvious example). This album has some classic songs that have stood the test of time, Stan, The Real Slim Shady) and other songs that haunted me at the ripe old age of 12 when I was a devout Eminem fan from its detailed accounts of anger and violence (Kim, which I can’t stomach to listen anymore but appreciate what he was trying to do). It’s not my favourite album, but like any classic Eminem work it has me singing along to the lyrics many many years later.

Eminem’s best work in my opinion, and one that suffers only a bit from skits that weren’t great then, and definitely did not age well 20+ years later. Yet the songs are so good, it’s easy to skip and overlook the skits.

Misogyny and homophobia are a bit of a turn off for me dawg. Pass.

Markoolio fast med ett par bra spår. Pajas

Eminem var ju riktigt tufft när man var liten! Fint med nostalgi och Stan är ju en banger än idag. Med det sagt så finns det så mycket skräp på denna alldeles för långa platta. Jäklar vad misogynt och homofobiskt det var! Varannan låt handlar om att slå sin fru, och det framställs som nåt coolt. Kim var ju bara hemsk att lyssna på, både pga text och förfärligt dålig musik. Jag stör mig på alla plojiga ljudeffekter som de lagt in också. Stan räddar upp plattan till en tvåa, men utan den hade jag satt ett. Ibland blir man förvånad av vad barn lyssnar på för musik ”nu för tiden”, men efter att ha hört detta inser man att det knappast var bättre när vi var små.

Topphits och kan uppskatta konceptualiteten men blir lite väl långt och enspårigt (spåret: suck my dick) för att det ska hålla hela vägen. Mycket svårt att betygsätta men landar nog trots allt i en svag trea.

Lika delar roligt som direkt obehagligt. Så jävla uttrycksfullt, teatralt och berättelsedrivet att man aldrig blir less trots att skivan är lång. Såklart stark nostalgifaktor på hitsen också. Väldigt nära en 5a.

Började riktigt, riktigt skoj. "Oj vad snabbt han pratar", tänkte jag. Och vilka lustiga texter! Efter typ 3 låtar börjar dock rösten i mitt huvud viska "bjäääääring". Efter 8 låtar vill jag att skivan ska vara över.

Vilken ordsmed! Finns ju inte en rad med dåligt flow, nästan varje rim dras två, tre, fyra, fem varv längre än man förväntar sig och fan vad roligt det är. Och grovt. Och mörkt. Och vad är sant och vad är ploj? Det är det som gör det så fett va. Skrattade åt detta i Kill You: "Know why I say these things? 'Cause ladies' screams keep creepin' in Shady's dreams And the way things seem, I shouldn't have to pay these shrinks These eighty Gs a week to say the same things tweece Twice, whatever, I hate these things" Duckade bokstavligen en kula en fredagseftermiddag vårterminen 2000. Hela skolan var samlad för nån sorts öppen scen i gympasalen. Jag, en åttaårig bonnpojk i stora svarta kläder skulle mima hela The Real Slim Shady. Cringe. Som tur är pallade inte mina klena nerver trycket. Jag bangade och fick tröstas av några äldre flickor. Lite pinigt det med men jag slapp att i skam blåsa skallen av mig med grannens älgstudsare. Släktens ära osv. Säger som kungen säger till Mozart i Amadeus " It's quality work. There are simply too many notes, that's all. Just cut a few and it will be perfect.".

too much swearing and bad lyrics

Yeah, nah. He’s talented and there is some really nice production, but this is music for suburban kids that want to seem scary. And why the fuck is this so long?

I recognize the impact of Stan, but I wouldn't find myself casually listening to this album so I can't give it more than a 3/5

Damn. I knew Eminem was an edgelord, but I guess I memory-holed just how violent and misogynistic this album is. Mixed bag. There are some great bars, and a few tracks really land. Where I struggle is that the Slim Shady persona looks suspiciously like the person he was at the time. Transgressive art has to walk a tightrope, and a lot depends on the distance between the artist and the transgression. I kept thinking about American Psycho, which works for me because the gap between Bret Easton Ellis and Patrick Bateman is easier to trust. Ellis hasn’t given us much reason to doubt that distance. And even then, plenty of people still miss the satire and take Bateman at face value. That gap is much harder to trust on this album, especially when you’re hearing a murder fantasy about his then-wife during a period when his real life made the violence feel less theoretical. “Stan” still works for me because it feels like a story with a point of view. “Kim” collapses that distance. It feels less like performance and more like a pressure valve for real rage. The rage is being performed by the guy who actually had it, aimed at the person he actually had it toward. Even in my most charitable interpretation, I’m not sure what point it’s trying to make other than catharsis. Which is pretty fucked. I’ll admit that my own proximity to domestic violence is shaping how I’m experiencing this album revisit. He got clean, became a dedicated father, and by all accounts grew past this version of himself. But knowing what was happening around this album changes how I hear it, and I can’t really unhear it. I can admire the songcraft, but “it’s just a character” doesn’t fully survive contact with the context. And outside of my incessant moralizing, large parts of it dragged for me. The skits wore thin fast. But it made me think. 2/5.

So angry I'm still getting content warnings on the songs, the voice of a generation of kids with bad bleach dye jobs

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.

Man can he rap, just not sure how much is parody in some cases.

Lyrically this is a bit intense for me as an adult but there are some absolute classics on here.

a couple of alright songs, but not really my cup of tea.

I don't have much to say about the album. It's fine. The Real Slim Shady is great as always. I'm sure the songs have strange lyrics but I wasn't listening to the words much. What interests me is Eminem. I was a huge fan when I was twelve. I listened to "The Eminem Show" nigh daily, but completely stopped my listening when I matriculated in high school. I now volunteer as a music teacher, and half of the 12 year old boys are Eminem fans. What is it about Eminem that excites male tweens so much that loses its sheen in grade 9??

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!”

Rap's generally not my thing, but this does have some absolute classics (Stan particularly).

I mean teenage/ high school staple. When this came out I was going through a real rap stage and honestly I found him so influential. I get it, along of songs are about this that and the other and as I’ve got older they don’t mean much to me but at the time, you just think all that’s cool as fuck. Fair play for this been in the mix. Can’t actually name a bad song on here really.

Gotta give this a 4 locsd it when it came out still stands up today and loved it for shock value when it came out sneaking it behind your parents back

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).

Angry

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.

5.5 / 10

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.

Slim shadyyyyy

God this aged so quickly. Feels like a time capsule, very jarring to listen to now.

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.

That was fun

Bom, mas muito misógino. "Kill you" é péssima. Stan é fantástica. Vários versos homofóbicos e generally violentos. Porém, it does hit.

4/5 Generational rhymes and storytelling, but I’m happy that the dude nowadays is sober and corny instead of on drugs and horny.

Outrageously sexiest, misogynistic, homophobic lyrics but so much so that it's very hard to take it all too seriously. 'Stan' has stood the test of time and overall this was a very fun, listenable album. If we're discounting music based on questionable lyrical content then that's rap and hip-hop out, as well quite a bit of the rest of it

Incredible follow up to slim shady lp, this album is a perfect 10 out of 10 as long as you skip Kim

what the hell what the hell what the hell what the hell what the hell what the hell what the hell

Rating: 3/5 Favorite(s): Stan/Drug Ballad Least favorite: Amityville

Rating: 4/5 Favorite Song: Criminal Least Favorite Song: Remember Me?

This ia probably the best from this era of Eminem and it features the highs where his controversal style works (Stan, The Way I Am) and where it just comes off as edgy (Kim, Amityville). At least this had some good songs compared to Slim Shady LP, though the lyrics is arguably worse, especially in the second half.

DNF I understand it’s iconic but…

There are some great songs on here but this didn't age well overall. The misogyny etc is exhausting.

Biased because this was a huge part of my childhood but it’s iconic 2000s rap and helped define what the genre evolved into

It's an amazing album! It's very over the top and uses a ton of profanity, which adds a certain uniqueness to it. It's got very catchy tunes and melodies, and it's definitely one of his greatest works. Eminem is truly a genius when it came to connecting his albums. This is supposed to be like a sequel to the Slim Shady LP and the way he connects them is genius. Listening to those two albums (I felt I had to listen to the Slim Shady LP before this one) has made me appreciate Eminem a whole lot more. Insanely good!

Well… this is one of those albums I feel like I have to apologize for rating well. Undeniably disturbing. Kim is a case in point. That’s more than a simple skit. More than homophobic and misogynistic, it’s gleefully unapologetic about its provocative nature. But man it has me laughing out loud at every turn. It’s well done. A horror fest of male fantasy not unlike American Psycho in its own way. After writing American Psycho, Bret Easton Ellis came out. I am not the only person to see his struggles with his own sexuality in the novel. It does make one wonder about Mr. Mathers, no? Boolean rating: yes, glad I actually listened to this album. But it would be better at UNDER an hour not almost 15 minutes OVER

Green River - Good Commotion - Decent Tombstone Shadow - Decent Wrote a Song For Everyone - Decent Bad Moon Rising - Good Lodi - Decent Cross-Tie Walker - Good Sinister Purpose - Stylish The Night Time is The Right Time - Decent Broken Spoke Shuffle - Decent Glory Be - Decent

Wigga rap lol

This is classic Eminem. Accept no substitutes.

< the Beatles As someone who was the right age for Eminem when he released these albums, I have just never understood the appeal. Some of his more goofy shit is entertaining but holy shit this album takes itself too damn serious. No thank you

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.

This is difficult because I find Eminem so off-putting and a lot of his shock value stuff is just tiring but then sometimes there is a song like 'Kim' that is so reprehensible and insane and yet this guy was like one of the biggest artists in the world for a minute. It's just very fascinating to me. He certainly has skill and the production is OK sometimes. And his vision of the world is so depressing. I have no idea how to square all this with a number rating.

Altså... Det er jo flere ikoniske låter her. Men mye dritt også. "Kim" er for drøy.

No me gustó. Me gusta el rap pero no este tipo, no es mí estilo, me pareció violento de más. Es un álbum para angry wannabe black white boys qué se creen que por ser agresivos son más machos. Rescato una o dos canciones nomás.

Didn't realise how much of a nutjob psyop eminem is but the music is great

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

I think the best songs on the album are Stan and The Real Slim Shady. The rest of the album was fine but I think those were the only real standouts for me

yikes, but also

JOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOJ kao što sam već napisao u osvrtu na album dr. drea (»the chronic«, inače žešće smeće), žao mi je što sam prvom eminemovom albumu koji sam preslušao u sklopu ove stranice dao kečinu, i to prvu. neki kasniji albumi, bilo rep bilo rok bilo šta god, pokazali su mi da postoji mnogo, mnogo lošija glazba. ispravimo zapravo nepravdu s evo drugim njegovim albumom koji preslušavam. je li dobar? nije. usudim se ipak reći da je trunku bolji od slim shady LP-ja, prije svega zbog stvari »stan«, koja je fakat okej, s dobrim refrenom. ostatak je eh, ali eminemu se ne može zamjeriti manjak reperske vještine, čisto formalno, jako je, jako dobar. sadržaj je takav kakav jest, meni glup, ali sam shvatio da mi je ipak bolji od tipičnog "jo jo niga, pul da čriga", barem eminem ima neku osobnost za razliku od takvih repniških dozlaboga ofucanih opetovanja. sve u svemu bezvezan i predug album, ali nije dno dna

There is an incredible level of skill, and talent on display here. Even as a “non-rap” person, I can pick up that Eminem is in a rare tier as a performer, and this album probably hits pretty close to his prime. That said, it kinda sucks that so much of that talent is in service of a particular kind of early 2000s edginess/shock value that I just find to be kinda gross. I know that the performing-to-shock has its place/validity, but this went a bit beyond “wow, what challenging themes to confront.”

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.

I remember sneaking listens to this album as well as the Eminem Show when I was a kid. I've been a fan forever, and this album is dope. I feel like the Slim Shady persona was for sure an artifact of the times, and I'd argue it was a necessary one. Every kid in school knew this LP, and every parent was, predictably, against it. Eminem plays up the age old argument that art causes violence by hamming it up to the extreme and calling out the hypocrisy of, well, everything. People claim the lyrics are horrible and violent and childish, and sure, they are, but look at most every other rap album (and a lottttt of rock albums) in existance; there's really very little difference. Musically though the beats are heavy and Eminem's rhymes and flows are freaking pristine. It's just a cool album, playing up a "horror" aspect of music which is not widely explored territory in the industry. Standout tracks are "Kill You" "Stan" "The Real Slim Shady" and "Amityville" I dislike the skits and I assume they are as bad as they are because he's making fun of skits that appear on most rap albums. Either way they bring the album down like they always do. The album's also too long. Overall I can put aside my nitpicks as there are a lot of bangers on the album and it's a major hit of nostalgia. It's a 4.5 for me, almost perfect but there are a few songs that need to be chopped and in spite of what it is some of it is pretty cringe-worthy today.

Abrasive. Not interested

This one was hard to rate for me. First, I thought I was going to give it a three or a four but I had all weekend to think on it. I decided to rate it much lower. At first wall I was listening, I was struck by the message that people need to take responsibility for themselves and not blame the ills of society on musicians. While that might be the case in part, I also feel the majority of this album is shock for the sake of shock. I do realize that this is probably the point in driving home his message, but it was a bit much. There are some absolute classic songs on this album though. Definitely the hardest review that I've had so far.

Had some classics. He also talked about he would fuck his mom as a roast. He just kind of weird but overall good.

No.

really hasn't aged well

Great album - scored 4 as it got a bit samey re bitches and killing

slim shady… skits engraçados e samples bons

un clasico al nivel de scary movie y jackass, edgy como solo eminem puede el album se alarga mucho y por muchos momentos se siente mas como ser controversial solo por ser controversial yo a los 12 años - 5 estrellas yo ahorita -3 estrellas

Buen disco y gran concepto. Lo disfrute bastante. Esa dualidad de alter egos es muy divertida. Gran musicalidad y buena producción. Recomendable, te guste o no el género.

Memorable songs, it isn’t bad if you ignore all the lyrics. I do like Stan though

Better than Coldplay

I can see why it is on the list. Without giving it more of a listen and understanding what it is about more fully I am not sure how to score it as it is either horrific , offensive, rape filled , misogyny or it is a satire on rap and focuses on men's mental health issues....

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.

5/10

An all time classic, even if some of the shock elements feel a bit dated.

Emm, IT S EMINEM, okey, so obviously it s a high grade, maybe not 5 but 4 for sure. I would give 4.5 but i cant😭. So yeah, it s nice and there are a few popular songs.

😅🤢 I like some of his work but.....not much. He's a provocateur and I don't wanna feed the troll.

eh, stan saves it

It’s not for me but I respect it

This is the first rap album that I feel I've truly understood. I think part of the reason I enjoy Eminem more than others is because his music is more relatable than other rap artists. I'm not one to use drugs, drive fancy cars, enjoy the night life of the city, or get on fights. I do, however, understand strained relationships, being misunderstood, and many of the other topics from this album.

So um. That happened. Not what I personally would write music about, but it works. Honestly, it's a really good album and I enjoyed it. Very harsh and scary, but it can be fun. Very interesting to say the least.

Álbum bem consistente do Eminem. Divertido e raivoso. CVJ Vivian.

Yes! Good!!@

Al principio lo venía disfrutando, pero despues como que entendí porque lo idolatran niños de 12 años

Really good actually. I think that I've avoided a lot of Eminem albums because his later output doesn't interest me. But his first three are pretty good

Don't make me go through an album by Eminem ever again.

Classic - tonally dark record.

Eminem, quel rappeur!! Les albums de rap toujours trop long à mon goût, tu coupes 15-20 min à l’album et ça n’enlève rien à la qualité. Kim, Stan, Kill You.. bcp de bon morceau, et du moins bien comme le refrain de Under influence qui fait edgy ado. 4-/5

Too much homophobia

a masterpiece 🖕

I have mixed feelings about this album. I’ll start with what I liked. I thought the actual rapping was really good. There’s something about Eminem’s flow that tickles my brain in just the right way. I think Stan is a masterpiece of a song. The storytelling was so captivating, that I stopped what I was doing to listen to it with my full attention. That is where my notable praises end. A big aspect of this album that I didn’t particularly like was the lyrics. The over the top lyrics felt like a gimmick, and I got tired of it by the end of the album. I’m not the biggest fan of his style of saying anything for shock value, and to make people mad. There may be some artistic merit to it that I’m not seeing, but it comes off as immature to me. Shock value can only get you so far. I didn’t necessarily hate this album, but I don’t see myself ever listening to it again.

This is a hard one. I understand what hes going for, but its a bit too mutch. The character wise bit kinda is drowned by the sheer amount of nastyness without a clear nudge to the fact it should be character based. Rapping techique wise its great, cant say the music isnt wel produced. But would never put it up myself. A very influencial album without a doubt but man this will age worse and worse i think. Reflection material

An angry whiteboy raps about being mad and disliking being famous for more than an hour straight. It's an interesting timecapsule and a classic, but I would not call it "good". It's bad, raunchy and that's exactly the point. It's made by a rotten guy, made for a rotten audience in a rotten system. In that way it has some interesting things to say as a culture study. However the copious amount of homophobia en misogyny (even for its time) makes it a hard listen and hard to defend. The runtime doesn't help as this record can't seem to decide whether it wants to be gangster rap, horrorcore or some kind of satire. Some tracks (such as Remember me and Amityville) could easily be cut as I don't see what they bring to the record. In general when people express Eminem is their favourite rapper I see it as a major red flag. Either they don't know enough about rap to have a favourite rapper (which is fine) or they are racist. Because Eminem doesn't have the best beats, the best flow or the best bars. But he is angry and white. If you identify with this music, I have bad news for you. All that being said, Eminem has some bars, good flow and brings a very infectious manic energy to this record. This energy can be too much such as in "Kim" which sounds like a horror movie made into a song, but that's a matter of taste I guess. There is a reason from among all the white boys trying to stake their claim in the rap game, only Eminem made it big. If the record was a little shorter, more self-concious or more overtly critical of the systems that created Slim this record could easily be a 9/10, but it just isn't. 7/10

The homophobic and misogynistic elements can be hard to swallow, even when you view this as a product of the time. Some of the lines he drops here would rightfully get him clowned on if released today. The line about being 'heterophobic' is particularly embarrassing and its a shame it happens at the end of the record to ensure it leaves a bad taste on the listener as the album concludes. When the album isn't being bigoted, the rhymes are quite funny and witty. Eminem has a great flow and delivers his rhymes with a shed load of intensity. He can get dark and is not afraid to rap about some ugly stuff, even when some of it may just be shocking for shock value's sake. The aggression he brings on 'Kim' is actually rather frightening and he shows his talent for storytelling on the mega-hit 'Stan'. The album might be a bit bloated for me to return to in full anytime soon, but there is enough strong tracks on here like 'The Way I Am', 'The Real Slim Shady' and 'Marshall Mathers' here to say that I enjoyed my time with this overall.

More important than good. Eminem is a good rapper but his lyrics are often juvenile

6.5/10 I understand why it was significant

A defiant classic in rap music.

Mietteet ennen kuuntelua: Kun tämä tuli aikoinaan, tätä tuli kuunneltua aikas paljonkin. Mitenhän nyt, viimekerrasta on paljon aikaa. Kuuntelun jälkeen: Ihan hyvää kamaa se on. Hittibiisit on hittimäisiä vieläkin. Emminemmi kuulostaa parhaalta ku se on vihanen.

Klassikko tämäkin, ihan hyvää kiukkusta räppiä, paikoitellen vähän raskasta ja cringeä, mutta niin kai se ideakin on olla jotenkin tunteita herättävää. Kuunteli ihan mielellään kyllä alusta loppuun.

This was an iconic album for me in college and thought that it was the best rap album of all time before I started really listening to hip hop

Sekavan vuosituhannen taitteen ajan soundtrackia. Angstinen nuoren miehen soundtrack. Ajalta, kun matkustettiin paljon junalla ja julkisilla walkmanit korvilla. Eli kyllä,, tätä levyä tuli kuunneltua paljon. Tällä pystyi ruokkimaan orastavaa vihaa kaikkea ja kaikkia kohtaan. Ja vaikka itse olin bändijätkä niin Eminem oli ja on rapun punkkia ja heavy metallia. Eminemin Flow oli jotain ihan uutta. Älyttömän kovaa tavaraa. Paljon muistoja ja toki myös sekoilua. Rohkea, mullistava levy. 4/5

Kann verstehen, warum es gut ist, aber ich mag die Stimmung nicht

Hard hittin’!

Wtf

This is more a calculated marketing piece than actual art. By very deliberate intent, it's provocative and polarizing. I would describe the experience akin to taking a nice, hot, soothing shower with toxic sewage water. The rundown: (-) Shock value for the sake of shock value. Lame. (+) Transparent self-awareness about using said tactic. Respectable. (+) Beats and flow are tight and make you want to listen again. (-) Lyrics are trite and make you want to never listen again. (+) Overall production. (-) Skits. (+) Tapping into and exposing some very real, very ugly human nature and hypocrisy. (-) Ultimately being just another artifact in that pile of ugliness and hypocrisy. Even though it deserves it (practically begs for it), I'm actually not going to fail this since it DID achieve what it set out to do: prove that people are easily triggered and manipulated. Any points for aesthetics? Nah.

There is a notable amount of nostalgia to this album. So there is that. I wouldn’t consider this Eminem’s best work. This also leaned into more shock value than intrigue.

It was ok.

Mostly unbearable. Dido is the only redeeming thing on this album for me.

This sophomore album from Eminem has high peaks and some low points too, as if often the case for Em. However it unarguably cemented his place in the hip hop mainstream and influenced generations of rappers to come. This is actually an album my mum had on CD when I was growing up so I'm very familiar. Personally the Eminem show is a more cohesive and iconic hip hop album but the importance of this project can't be denied.

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.

This is undeniably a very influential album. I think Eminem definitely has a skill for rhyming, and there is something infectious and cathartic about the personality of his music. The song "Stan" is so infamous that people use the word Stan to refer to someone who is a fan of someone or something to the extent of losing all reason. A few of these songs definitely could've been left out, but the better ones definitely have an impact. There's definitely a quality of marketing sensationalism that we have found on other rap albums, but I also think there's some extent of genuine, creative expression. I can imagine he was a comforting outlet for people that grew up with similar struggles. I think arguments could be made whether such an outlet is a net positive or a negative. I mostly tend to agree with the opinion that words are just words, and I appreciate when people and artists aren't afraid to be real, but again, in some moments, it just feels like needless sensationalism to rake in a profit

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.

I don't really like it, but I have to give credit for it's cultural staying power. It's ironic that Eminem is so aware on this album of his influence on his fanbase, and yet the worst thing about him is his influence. It's unfortunate that he inspired a generation of white rappers. It's unfortunate that his whole shtick is being a bad person. He's a very talented lyricist, vocalist, and there are a lot of well-produced songs here that people still love more than twenty years later. Not for me though

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

eminem

I’d forgotten how much i enjoy this album. It did get me thinking though, how much great art is borne of fragile male ego - imagine what you could create if you weren’t entitled little Fuckboys!! Crazy. Anyway, I’ve decided I’ll be knocking off a full star for inexcusable slurs so this is stuck at 4 for me.

5 for nostalgia, 1 because this really didn't age well

오 .. 힙합

will never listen

Absolute nostalgic banger

Good but HARD listen. 3.5/5

Rating: 7/10 Review: Torn on this one. Eminem is an excellent rapper. The production on this album is equally amazing. I like how most of it sounds. I just can’t get past some of the content. Listen again?: Maybe, probably just individual songs over the whole album

Holy I didn't realize how big this album is... Stan is a great song and always felt like it came from later in his career than this album.

A perfect summary of the American zeitgeist in the year 2000. This album dropped the summer before I started middle school in middle America, it was everywhere and a real curiosity for a pre-adolescent. I haven't listened to Eminem in 20+ years, but it was interesting to revisit since this was such a cultural touch-stone as I was growing up. The lyrical content that caused so much controversy upon release is suprisingly insightful as a critique of the culture that was outraged by it, yet didn't have the self-reflection to look inward at the moral rot that would hollow out the American dream over the next two decades. It's hard not to think about how much we've lost as a country over the last 26 years since this album was released, and how at our core as a country, we are all worse, more sick and depraved, than Eminem ever was.

Qué locura que 26 años después siga siendo tan impactante. La narrativa y los sonidos ambientales son de otro nivel. Igual la crudeza de las letras me sigue pegando igual o más fuerte. Brillante pero bien dificil de digerir

Es un buen disco, me gustaría poder entender la letras, el bajo lo es todo.

Es un gran álbum pero me cuesta escucharlo. En cierto sentido es un logro generar tanta incomodidad. La verdad es de los pocos que escucho canciones sueltas porque hay algunas que prefiero esquivarlas (kim) No queda guardado.

more expletives than a touretts conversation overall not a bad cd

The zeitgeist of 90s Optimism didn't just die suddenly with four aircraft in September of 2001. It was already wounded badly by the pickaxes of Woodstock 99, Columbine, and this album. First time at Fight Club? You have to fight.

“These people think it’s a crime to tell them what’s on my mind”. Well bud. Everything on your mind is a crime.

What an album. Eminem is a great rapper and this album is angry and unsettling at times. It's also a good snapshot of that period of time and will probably not age well with lots of people. It's just words people, just words.

eminem lidando com a fama e o fato dele ser influente agora mas sempre soa tipo: "tá ofendido? que bom 😜*som de peido"

181/1001 This has a great flow, some cool beats and clever rhymes. An undeniable album. 9/10

Classic album, but some elements haven't aged that gracefully. It's also bloated and front loaded, which deducts some points from me. 7/10

This album is great start to finish. A couple weird/creepy moments keep it from a 5 star for me, but phenomenal album across the board.

man he was so big in the 2000 but 25 years allater this albumn just lands as whiney; an entire albumn about how hard it is to be famous/top of the rap industry... along with a desperate wish to not take any resposibility for thie things his music inspired in people

I have his best of on Vinyl. He knows how to play the popstar controversy game, and is also one of the best rappers in the world. Some really strong tracks on this record.

Ok it started ok and tolerable then I wanted to stop listening and it was way too long.

I do side on the thought group that a 13/14yr old did this. Kim was a head scratcher and I wasn’t surprised or shocked by the album because the first song made the rest of the album predictable

Quite a mad little dude. I would like to go back and lower by rating for the Slim Shady LP but I can't. This was better than that one just cuz it had some tracks that were actually solid (less than 3 though). Most of it is trash though. I get he just makes most of this up to piss people off, but why? There's just no need. I did find it funny how much he hates NYSNC.

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

There are times listening to this - Stan, The Real Slim Shady, Drug Ballad - when I think Eminem is great. Sharp, smart, impassioned rapping, great beats, deconstructing and myth making at the same time. And then there are times when it's the same old homophobia (god, but he's obsessed) and misogyny that plagues so many third rate rappers. I mean I guess flooding the zone with all these competing versions is kind of the point, like what does he care anyway? And then the album is too long anyway, with a few weaker tracks that could have been cut. So I'm averaging out the great and the terrible (and can we agree that the entire hip hop universe would be improved if the skits were gone?), and giving it a three and a half.

Looking at the cover, I was expecting a deeper and vulnerable Eminem. I was wrong (with the exception of Stan), and I don't know why I'd even think that. Undeniably, his lyrics and his flow are masterclass but the music itself and what sings about doesn't really appeal to me. Stan is really good though. And Kim is one of the worst songs ive ever heard.

je l'ai déjà écouté par le passé, j'en ai gardé un bon souvenir, même si ce n'est pas mon album rap US préféré, il reste un grand album Je mettrai 3,5 mais ici 4 pour ne pas le dévaloriser

Despite being from Detroit and still living in the area), I never got into Eminem, though I certainly didn't hate him. His style can push some people's buttons, and I have no problem with that. I knew somewhat what I was in for. So after finally giving this a listen a quarter century after its release, I gotta say that I don't love this all that much. The man is a superiorly talented rapper, but his recurring shtick as a 'psychotic court jester type' gets really grating quickly. And in the other direction, songs like "Stan" or "Kim" are dark psychodramas, but I don't really want to listen to them on the regular. There is an art in that, but on the whole, this is too crass and infantile for me, despite a mountain of talent and a few okay songs.

00s classic, changed pop culture

Long album !

Excellent at its several peaks, but over the top misogyny (even for its time) drops it.

Probably his best album. Brilliant lyrics, good production although some of the subject material is gross. A few throw away tracks on this album as well but still top notch.

Setting the shock value aside, very solid body of work

It's definitely one of the most influential records of the genre. Unfortunately i cannot give it a 5/5 since it is not something i will be replaying constantly

surprisingly good all the way through,

I liked the beat and his style but so homophobic

I think I liked this a lot more when I was in high school. Can’t say it aged well 25 years later. There is something here, but I’m not sure I like it. Handful of good tracks. Bitch Please 2. Stan. Real Slim Shady. The Way I Am. Weighed down by a lot of shit. Strong 2/5

Man being a teenager, drinking and smoking weed for the first time, trying to hook up with chicks all while this album was on at every single party you went to. The good thing was even at the age we knew this guy was taking the absolute piss with all of the outrageous things he rapped about. We were all in on the joke, and maybe that’s why he got as popular as he did. But the outrageous shit that brought you in opened you up to the serious messages he was trying to convey. Seemed like he was struggling with fame on this album, but met it with such vitriol and belligerence that as a teen you could think yeah sweet I’ll stick up for myself too the next time that bully tries something on me. I can see how people view this album as vulgar, homophobic, or misogynistic but there’s where there’s opportunity to acknowledge that content is not to be taken seriously

This is a tough one. It’s obvious Eminem is supremely talented, and there are some super enjoyable songs, but so much of the album is just crass and mean-spirited and I don’t like it. Maybe I’m a wimp or whatever, but that’s okay.

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.

Eminem is a master lyricist and that fact can’t be denied. He has the amazing skill to be able to tell a story using complex words with enthusiasm and emotion and still stay on beat. The beats themselves are always intriguing and his creative and unapologetic nature is fantastically entertaining. Eminem disrupted the rap game when he landed in the industry, especially as a white dude, who was able to spit like he can and bring diverse groups of people together in unison. This particular album is all of these things in one and upon its release was as acclaimed as it was criticized. Fantastic addition to the project.

Typical Eminem … immature and self-aggrandizing. He can certainly rhyme well and craft a fun phrase but the subject matter is so predictably trite and recycled over and over from track to track it becomes numbing. Dre’s beats bump and heads bounce, but I still can’t buy into the whole package … Eminem is the Nickelback of rap.

I've always liked Eminem. Great beats, unique cadence, and of course amazing rhymes. I was bopping along to the beat this morning, really enjoying the album but man....those lyrics are something else. It was way too much for me, relentlessly and offensive which I know is his shtick but give it a break now and then. Nearly 90 minutes of that got to be painful. I think he may even be angrier than Raekwon.

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

The lyrics are really expresive and kind of scary but I think that's what the artist wanted to share, its not my type of everyday music but I think that the backround of the songs and the lyrics are very accurate of what the singer wanted to express

Too many skits but a classic for a reason

no me gustó

Cool music, some ugly lyrics.

as good as i can possibly like a rap album. i liked "Stan" back then and still do, even as a heavy metal listener.

honestly i didn’t really like it. for the first songs i was hyped, but then they all started to sound the same to me and i got kinda bored. still i found a few really good, kill me and marshall marthers, but probably because i already knew them from back when i first tried to get into eminem. i recognized that it’s a good album artistically speaking, but it’s not my style and i’m not sure that i will listen to it again.

What separates it from lesser shock records is that the songs are really there. The hooks are there. The storytelling is there. The performance is there. The technical mastery is absolutely there. This is not a scandal with beats. It is a major artistic statement made by someone who understood exactly how powerful and destructive his own voice could be.

3 because of the subliminal and in your face messaging about violence against women, but a good album if you don’t listen to that ?

Double Length. Great re up from the goat. Stan has got to be his best song.

Grow the fuck up, dude. Strongly dislike this.

not a fan of rap, but there:s many cult songs, enclude slim shady and kim, which is my fav songs

If Nick Cave or Tom Waits sung about miscreants and misogyny like this nobody would confuse them for being genuine. This is basically an essay on the importance of media literacy.

El mejor álbum de Eminem

I thought this might be a 5 star just from pure nostalgia but I think while the production is impeccable and it's better than maybe it will ever be considered just because of the lyrical content and how it's aged along with Eminem's bizarre and kind of tainted legacy. I'm gonna go with a 4 here. A great album, great production, weird cultural moment, but other than the weird insane clown posse diss track and gross skits this really feels like a solid no skips horrorcore classic that's unfortunately out shown by its astronomical single and the controversy that surrounded its meteoric rise.

Great absolutely great, I love Eminem and this is an amazing album if you like rap!

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.

This album is amazing, such a good sound to every song, and they are all such good hits from Eminem.

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.

It’s good but I don’t like it that much.

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.

Whether I hate it or love it, it doesn't matter. This album marked the beginning of Marshall Mather's success. The least played song (besides the intro, skits, and interludes) is "Amityville" with 39 million plays. That's more than the majority of any of the albums on this list. This album is notorious, controversial, and beloved by fans of Eminem. Personally, I could take it or leave it. I don't listen to Eminem for the content of his music; I listen for his flow and his rage. This is great gym music and I've had many good exercises with this album playing in my earbuds. Not for the faint of heart 6/10

Highs and lows combine with a runtime that drags to make an album with a few really good songs that I'll never revisit.

Such an enjoyable album.

i am not a big fan rap music but, i am a fan of eminem so, that's wassup. 4/5

Can I just give one word: catharsis.

Perfect

Honestly, this is not a pleasant album to listen to. In fact, it's quite disturbing at times. I'm not against it for that, but it really isn't a fun time, nor is it supposed to be. I think Eminem achieves his goal of shock and anger with this album and pushes the bar on rap music and storytelling. That said, I won't be revisiting anytime soon.

It's truly one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time. Eminem's flows and wordplay are incredible, even at his most agressive moments. The songs, beats and flows stand the test of time. A masterpiece! 5/5

This is the first record that I don't feel like I need to revisit, so I won't… I owned it as a teenager and listened to it plenty. It was a seminal record for me, so I think I agree with it being on this list. My recollection is that it’s pretty dark and I don’t need that today.

insanely good but over-rated

Not his best tbh. Some good tracks but a lot of filler. Amazing bars though

Edgy & immature, but that's always been what made Em such a fun listen.

I don’t like it

Man, the skits on these classic hip hop albums NEVER hold up. I'm just picturing his daughter hearing "Ken Kaniff" for the first time, lmao woof. That, and all the violent and anti-gay lyrics aside, this thing rips. Production is crisp and Shady's flow is solid.

childhood rap, kesukaan arkan ril

I blasted Kill You at my in-laws' Easter party, caused a stir and got nothing but dirty looks. I sent a series of escalating Stan-esque letters to my father in law, to no response, and now none of my wife's family will talk to me. Thanks Marshall ...

First album I've actually listened to front-to-back before doing this, but some of these songs I probably haven't heard in over 20 years (god I hate typing that). As a whole, the album drags on a little bit, but it's basically all bangers so it's not like I'm begging for it to be over by the end. It helps that Kim goes so fucking hard. The anger and emotion in this track and the rest of the album is just so palpable. It hits me emotionally every single time. I also definitely did not understand some of the themes of these songs when I was a child listening to this album (shocker), but it hits a lot harder now. Great album.

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In contrast to the Slim Shady LP which came out the year before (and that I absolutely hated), so much of this album is peak. Could easily put it on and enjoy *most* of it full heartedly.

Finally an album I have listened to before, and it is an absolute banger. Eminem is one of the best rappers out there and this alongside The Slim Shady LP and The Eminem Show represent him at his best. I love how he manages to come up with the most shocking and controversial lyrics that comment on the hypocrisy of the media, parents, political groups and the music industry. Also his wordplay, lengthy rhyming and flow are next level. I say the best songs from the album are Stan, The way I am, and Who Knew.

Not his best album in his discography, but is an absolute masterpiece of 2000s era shock rap. No one can do it like Eminem, period. The dude stood on the shoulders of giants and became bigger, but never shunned his roots or those who came before him. How wordplay, his dizzying deliveries, his ability to leave you speechless or in stitches is fully on display with this album. This album started his turn from being lauded for his humorous rap songs to developing that razor edge tongue that lends credence to his mature songs.

This album didn't age as well. Good debut but after listening to it a few times, it doesn't hold up as well as some of his others.

Great album, classic. Not my favorite end to end

Yes, this album is homophobic and misogynistic. For a host of reasons, including Elton John and the fact that Em' literally lived in my neighborhood for years, I don't believe that Marshal Mathers is homophobic and misogynistic. That said, I've tried to rate these albums on the music itself, and not the artist. So we'll dock a point for some of the lyrics, but we're starting at the top. Eminem is easily a top 5 rapper of all time. The content of his lyrics was just starting to go out of vogue when this album dropped. Often considered his best album, it topped best of 200 lists, the Billboard 200 for 8 weeks, and has sold over 12 million copies. Influence 5. Hits 5. Quality 5. Intangibles 4. Might not be my favorite Eminem album, but my favorite Em' song, The Way I Am 4.

Well, can’t say this aged particularly well… An entire album about “look how offended every one is at my songs.” The whole thing is just edgy for the sake of being edgy. He even attacked his own mother in a way I personally can’t find myself being comfortable with. But if you’re willing to look past all the slurs, misogyny, and homophobia (tall ask, I know), there’s a bunch of really catchy rap here. Yeah, the rhymes are simple, and most of the lyrical content is just boastful nonsense, but I did have fun listening to this. It’s very energetic and memorable. It’s fun if you don’t think too deep about it. Although, Stan is genuinely such a thoughtful and beautifully written song, completely contrasting the rest of the album.

Liked Stan !

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.

I know that he is playing a character and it is all tongue in cheek, but it is hard to get past the misogynistic lyrics and blatant homophobia even if it is shocking for shocks sake. Shame as the songs are really good in places. Stan in particular is a classic. Probably a 4 musically but docked marks for being a homophonic asshole!