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el disco de stan y the real slim shady, algunas mejores, otras peores, buen disco en general
Did not fuck with it very much.
Not bad. You can see why it’s popular. I don’t mind some hip hop but it’s too brash and annoying for me.
One all time great slim track and one sad Stan. The rest ranges from good to borderline.
7. It's Eminem. Kinda weird the choice of what's next from song to song i. e. the intro, then Stan, then a high energy song after then a more personal one after. Made it feel like a bunch of tracks not a typical album. Themes good reminded me why people like him. Too shouth for me
3/5 God I fucking love m&m's
Favorite track(s): Stan, The Way I Am, The Real Slim Shady
This was so cartoonishly violent wtf, why do you hate women. Still giving it two stars bc of Stan + Slim Shady though.
I try not to apply a 2025 lens when listening to an album, but man, that was hard to listen to at times.
Great album, eminem's skill is undeniable but the lyrics are just a bit too cringe. He really leaned into the offsensive for the sake of being offensive and it takes the shine off what's otherwise a 5/5 album.
I remember getting this as a teenager and my parents absolutely hated it, for good reason. I do cringe a bit at some of the bars and aspects haven’t aged well, but it’s undeniably a classic, sophisticated, has genuine depth and complexity to it… in addition to a cartman impression.
I don’t know if it’s nostalgia listening to this growing up because I don’t think I’d like it now but I liked listening to this.
nicht ganz gehört, aber eminem cool
MY FAVEEEEE
Strong 2/3. Though I really can't get on board with the constant use of violent misogyny, homophobia, and unhinged violence references, I cannot deny the sheer skill that Eminem has as a rapper. Furthermore, the production on this album is incredible; creepy, fun, hard, atmospheric, etc. etc. This really feels like an album that's meant to be listened to start to finish, and though a track like Kim makes me viscerally uncomfortable to listen to, that might just be the point.
Liked it more now than I did at the time, the lens of nostalgia helps and now I appreciate the production value and lyrical phrasing. Like many rap albums it has too many tracks and not a fan of skits but overall can see what its a classic for a generation of hip hop fans. 3.4
It's undeniably a work of art as music, but damn are some of these songs hard to listen to. Not just because of the upfront homophobia and misogeny and whatever other heinous shit he says, but some of these songs just so amateurish. The highlights of this album are amazing however. Stan is incredibly heartbreaking, and eases you into the rest of the album, and Slim shady is hilarious and catchy as hell. Favorite song: Stan.
Enjoyed it
Dated a little but still a watershed album.
I liked this much more than I thought I would. I didn't take to Eminem back when this came out as too many neds were into it. It's a genuinely exciting and engrossing album. Lyrically sharp, well produced with a lot of variety with unexpected twists and turns, and some great hooks. Intentionally shocking and clearly designed to court controversy, it does at times become puerile. There are some songs which are genuinely uncomfortable listens too, which is obviously the intention. Still, holds a special place as I saw him live not long after this was released and to this day it's the only time I have seen the biggest music star in the world live.
A formative listen for the younger David Macnamara, and I reckon it'll also be one for my 10-year-old son too, which is somewhat troubling.
Yeeeeesh this is nostalgia voting
I grew up in a white mostly lower middle class area and this record was owned by every angsty kid. 20 plus years later it feels kinda try hard.
Enjoyed the singles but a lot now feels dated and very 'ooh look how shocking I am"
i can understand why only a couple songs went mainstream.
I'm back was best een banger. 3 sterren
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Eminem is entry level hiphop, the rapper you first get into as an early teen before you discover there are so much better hiphop out there. Sure he's a great rapper, but the music? As of 2026, he's got more shit than good albums. Some good songs here, Stan obviously, The Real Slim Shady, Bitch Please II but overall it's a bit mid despite good production. Kill You and Kim for example are absolute shit songs.
Stars off for the rape
I mean the nostalgia is real but with a relisten it’s still a phenom
This stuff is really strong - the fluid way he raps is pretty amazing. I definitely can see why it's such a well-regarded album. Would I ever go back and listen to it again, though? No, I really struggled to continue with it - a lot of the lyrics were a bit much for me. I'd probably give it a 4 if I didn't speak English. 3/5
Yeah so this is several minutes too long and the shock value content gets tiresome, but goddamn if it isn't catchy at times too. The Real Slim Shady and Stan are all-timers.
Classic Eminem. It really don't get any better than this from Slim Shady.
un poco bastante disgusting im back nice
Wow - this was really good!! First time ever hearing Stan.
pretty good tad bit explicit for my liking but otherwise pretty good
This album is where Eminem hit his peak, everything coming together just perfectly. Some of the lyrical content hasn't aged too well, but I'm definitely not going to mark it down because of that. There's a diverse range from humour to horror, all beautifully delivered. It's one of those rare albums where there's not a single dud track. I listened to this loads when it first came out, and relistening now reminded me just how good the production, beats, and delivery are. Easy five star album.
Okay, yeah...it's good. I can't fault it for quality. Very creative rapping, classic hiphop production. But...damn it's a difficult listen for me at this stage in my life. There's so much negative, angry energy. Good record.
I’m so sorry I hated this.
This guy has issues.
Får litt minuspoeng for de nasty skitsa som ikke var så ålreit å høre på mens jeg jobba. Og kunne sikkert kutta halvparten av låtene da albumet er ganske langt. Da hadde han kanskje hatt noe bedre materiale han kunne gikk ut i disse dager og. Men runder opp siden dette er utrolig bra på sitt beste - Stan, The Real Slim Shady osvosv spilles og snakkes om i dag og av en grunn.
Her var det mye greier, sliter litt med å plassere ratingen. Noen bangers, men kunne definitivt kuttet en god del her, litt vel langt for min del. Legger det på en 3/5
Nokre som får meg tilbake til barneskulen, nokre nye bra for min del men òg ein del som eg tykte lite om. Høyrer nok Ikkje gjennom HEILE albumet igjen.
2026.01.09.
Stupid childhood reason why I tend not to gravitate towards rap. Picture it! Vague early 90s there was a comerical for Kool-Aid with the Kool-Aid Man (Oh Yeah!) dressed in an open Hawaiian shirt complete with bling rapping his little Kool-Aid rap. My weird little brain thought that was the stupidest thing ever & I was turned off by rap ever since. UNTIL this man came along & showed me that rap can be more than just Money, Drugs, Ass, N-bombs & over-inflated egos. He showed me rap can be dark, hysterical & satirical. This is a dude who says you can rhyme orange by how you say the word similar to orange. Not nearly as good as Slim Shady LP but still on the level. Em touches on such topics as: censorship, parental responsibility/accountability, the wear & tear of fame, insane fans & his hatred towards POP music such as Britney, Nsync etc. I had to skip Kim, I've heard it before & don't need to hear his angry fantasty about killing his wife again. I get that his music is his therapy but my God. He did it better with '97 Bonnie n Clyde anyway. 4
78/100. The Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem is a good rap record with a mix of different elements, from childish humor to violent horrorcore themes. The album flows well, and Eminem’s sharp lyricism is on full display. However, the interludes absolutely tank the rating for me, they're god-awful and disrupt the listening experience. Without them, this could have been even stronger.
Listened on the drive to and from work. Certainly not a record for anyone with a weak stomach. But if you can get past the misogynistic and homophobic character acting the messages of celebrity worship, media hypocrisy, and male loneliness are as relevant today as they were in 2001.
looove eminem
An angry album featuring unwell people was not to my taste
Influential, but badly aged. I lived through my eminem face and grew stronger from it. Kim is still one of the worst tracks I have ever heard
I liked the song about writing a letter and then the slim shady song lol
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.
Stan is great and I like The Real Slim Shady well enough, but the rest is… just not good.
I think I understand now why, for much of my younger life, I did not like rap. In my predominantly white, small, rural hometown, rap was synonymous with Eminem. And I do not like Eminem. Now, I do not dislike Eminem because I am offended or pearl clutching or anything like that. I am fully aware that the shock value is all a bit. He literally says so in Stan - which is a great song by the way. Maybe one of the most prescient songs of the 21st century. He then repeats this in the last track on the album. No, my issue with the shock value Eminem is going for is how trivial and childish and boring it is. It is equivalent to the torture porn horror films of the era. Trying to be shocking for the sake of it. Not much to say. Empty gesturing. Once you get over the initial shock of what you are hearing (if it even perturbs you in the first place) it becomes so mundane and uninteresting. I think the album does work though as an interesting time capsule of the late 90s early 2000s when politicians spent a decent chunk of time having congressional hearings about the dangers of Grand Theft Auto games, Eminem, and South Park. And I will hand it to the album for calling that out.
Fav song-Stan
Stan’s a good song. I think he’s doing too much with the rape and murder stuff though. I can appreciate what it’s done for hip hop.
Skemmtileg! Mikill húmor og grípandi lög
Klassi. Ansi agressíf, sem er gaman í þessu tilviki. Nýtur líka góðs af nostalgíunni.
HhohoHIPHOP für weisse TrailkerParkTrashKidies GOAT! und natürlich Dr. Dre. c
Bom álbum, com ícones e fillers
Bom mas seilá
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.
Great album.
Buen álbum. El rapero de mi generación y nunca había escuchado un album suyo completo. 8/10
Nobody tryna cancel u brochado💔 Stan 10/10 incredible The blowjob was unnecessary Catchy beats, sometimes corny lyrics Half the shit bro be saying is just "they hate me cause I'm white/grab my crotch too much/say I wanna rape women/say I wanna shoot people/say slurs Amiryville 1:20 ts was not needed🙏
Feels very childish, in subject matter and when Eminem sings hooks. Though horrorcore in general is definitely not for me. Stan and Eminem's sometimes-used rap skill pull it up a bit.
No thanks M&M
Nostalgia album but I think it still holds up.
Where I thought the Slim Shady LP was a great balance of funny and edgy, the Marshall Mathers LP is more like funny and whiny. I still like it, but it’s hard to listen to a decamillionaire complain about how hard fame and fortune are
Coulda been a 4 but then went way overboard with homophobic edge lording at the end
Göttliches Album, das sind 5 Sterne und das Ende der Diskussion. Nur wacke Pussies geben weniger
Voller Nostalgieflash, hab ich als Jugendlicher auf und abgehört - gut, dass ich die Hälfte nicht verstanden habe, teilweise sehr grenzwertig. Hat sich dennoch sehr gut gehalten. Bin zwischen 4 und 5 geschwankt, aber die erste Hälfte + Bitch Please II sind es 5 wert.
Einige Songs machen das Album 5 Sterne würdig. Stan ist ein zeitloser Banger. Leider sind die Skits und die Texte über Rape usw. nicht so nice. Daher nur 4 Sterne von einem Eminem Fan
There’s violently misogynistic and homophobic lyrics, there’s some tracks I didn’t care for all, and then there’s Stan, one of the best tracks in Hip Hop history.
He’s an angry Elf!
Boo
Disturbing for the most part but some nostalgic bangers like bitch please 2
I just dont like rap. I can appreciate the message behind some of the lyrics but this was not the vibe for me today.
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
I am a fan of album's that flow seamlessly and I feel like the insert of skits really adds an extra layer to the project to make it feel more visual. overall, pretty vibey and melodic. i think the beats are smooth and flow really well from one song to the next. eminem's lyricism is also so strong and clever.
can be argued sonically, but lyrically… no
No. 65 The beats are fantastic independent of the lyrics. His flow and rhymes are incredible.
a classic in my home lol. my mom has always said that marshall mathers was her first husband
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The features on the album were so good Fav songs: Asshole, The Monster, So Much Better
A master class in rapping, rhyming and cinematic storytelling, aided and abetted by a stellar production. Eminem further cements his position as one of the best MCs of his generation with an incredible flow, a unique mix of white trash, horror core and hardcore rap, and a level of irony and burlesque rarely seen before in hip-hop (except maybe with Kool Keith). Juggling between multiple fictive personas, he creates a vivid and theatrical gallery of monsters that only serves to mirror the society that produced them. The level of pearl-clutching this album seems to cause is absolutely hilarious, and only proves that it's still relevant today. People whining about the slurs and the violence clearly don’t understand the difference between an author, a narrator and a character. Do they also think Borat is a real documentary about a real Kazakh man ? Anyone who listens to Stan or Kim and doesn’t understand that the whole album is satire / social commentary just deserves to be laughed out of the room. Yes, it’s crass, juvenile, provocative. It’s the hip-hop equivalent of shock-rock, it’s meant to be over-the-top. And this record completely hits the mark in that regard, reaching ridiculous levels of trashy dark humour that haven't really been matched since (or maybe by R.A. the Rugged Man and J-Zone). It’s absolutely no coincidence that the last track is a South Park tribute ; they all come from the same place of anger at the world and its insanity. 9/10
“Steve Berman” says it all. With this record, this young white kid flips and makes fun of everything, with a great flow and a rare mix of emotions, from cynicism to melancholy or rage. It’s very funny, offbeat, openly provocative but it is still over the top rap. A real bomb, consistent from start to finish, and one Eminem will struggle to match again. Loved and still love it.
Omg just that
I’ve listened to this album many times since it was released. Strangely, it gets more shocking the older I get. Maybe it’s the slowly changing social environment. Despite that, Eminem is in peak form on this album. 3.6/5.0
I’m surprised at how little I liked this album. I heard Eminem was considered great and this was almost a trash album. 1st half much better than the second
Creative lyrical Stan is a shocker The Real Slim Shady is iconic Eminem
I’ve listened to Eminem, I like Eminem, but have I listened all the way through? No. His lyrics are just so good, still relevant to today. Wanna talk about reading somebody honey he wrote the book!
Unlike the Fatboy Slim album this was interesting and engaging even if it isn’t normally a genre I listen to.
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
Rap is definitely not my genre. But there’s no denying how talented Eminem is. Hated Kim, Hated Kill You. Loved Stan
Some of the skits are just awful and there is alot of homophobia and misogyny in this album which is a real turn of. But if you ignore the 14 years old boy humour on this album (which is pretty hard) the album is great, really catchy and even tho some people might struggle with the violence im here for it. Kim is too much tho.
Kill you-4.5/10 Stan-5/10 Who knew-4/10 The way I am-4/10 The real slim shady-8/10 generational Remember me-3,5/10 I’m back-6.5/10 Marshal Mather’s-4.5/10 Drug ballad-4.5/10 Amityville-2/10 Bitch please 2-5.5/10 Kim-3/10 Under the influence-5.5/10 Criminal-4.5/10
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.
Yes, there are parts of this album that are very hard to listen to, but it shouldn't simply be dismissed as hateful and/or juvenile. It's a very candid and raw snapshot of Eminem as he struggles to process his abrupt ascent to ultra-fame and all that came with it. From overzealous fans, to industry haters, to reactionary media blaming musicians like him for all of the ills in American society. In response to the latter, he has dialed up the edgelord content to 11 throughout. Much of it is tongue in cheek. The trouble is that it's not always obvious and the literal interpretation of some of these lyrics is, frankly, irredeemable. Eminem earned his reputation as one of the most talented lyricists in rap with this album. The rhyme schemes are dense and his delivery is adept. The singles are all obvious highlights. Unfortunately, this being an album from the early 00s, it was required by law to have terrible skits throughout. The latter half also is noticeably less strong than the former. Light 4.
At least Stan was good, but still awful
Like Tropic Thunder, it's a classic, but you couldn't get away with this shit today.
I wanna say this is overrated. That could just be bc it was so insanely huge & played a zillion times tho. There’s no denying the popularity, significance, or impact in its time. Listening now brings a similar sense of mild cringing embarrassment as thinking about my own early adulthood. And I don’t think that’s *only* bc they overlap. It was cool AF at the time, but now probably best left to memories—be they fond or cringe. I cannot stress enough just how 5stars this album was in the early aughts. In damn-near-2026 I’mma dial that back to about 3. Plus a 1/2 star bc 3 seems low for an album of such significance. But then we’re gonna round back down bc I think I may prefer the SSLP
kinda depressing but honestly good
Like the last Eminem album I had parts of this were really rough. There are some pretty solid songs on here (Stan, Who Knew, The Real Slim Shady), but there are also plenty of songs that are almost painful to listen to. Despite that, Eminem is somehow always a better rapper and lyricist than I expect him to be. I've yet to hear a rap album where I consistently enjoy the sketch tracks, and this was no exception. Suffering through Ken Kaniff did prompt me to look up the history of sketch tracks in rap and hip hop albums though, so that was fun. 2.5, rounding up.
Eminem's greatest work, all on one album. From "Stan" to "The Real Slim Shady" to "The Way I Am" to "Kim," Eminem changed people's perspective on the rap format by deciding to write songs about more vulnerable aspects about his life. Effortlessly witty and vulgar, Eminem created what many people consider one of the greatest hip-hop albums of the 2000s.
Huge influence on me as a teen. The flow and beats are unmatched. Opened up my eyes to a lot
Listening to this album makes me feel bad for Eminem (or at least the Eminem of 2000). This is music written by an troubled guy. It's also really hard to listen to because of how edgy and heavy it is. The constant f-slurs don't help either. I had to take a few breaks while listening. Eminem is a technically gifted rapper and Dre's production is clean, but I won't be returning to it anytime soon.
A classic
I’ve never been able to get onboard with Eminem. He is undeniably talented, but he applies his talents in a direction that makes it difficult/impossible to enjoy his work.
Incredible, but I always found it slightly over the top
Clever lyrics, didn’t love the beats, some repetitive themes about struggling with fame, wildly homophobic
You really just need like two songs
Great production, skilled lyricist, but none of the writing aged well. This was some 13-year old fantasy stuff, and it was a really tough listen. I don’t think I’ve ever heard a more consistently homophobic or misogynistic album.
Two great songs
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
Sociopathic yet compelling
Very nostalgic feels like high school - the horror rap elements are simply not for me nor the deeply dated worldviews but there are hits
I originally listened to this when it came out. Enjoyed the same tracks now as I did then and was happy to have the chance to re-listen to this. Had forgotten just how much there was to Eminem’s lyrics.
Ok this has some very challenging (to say the least) lyrical content and the skits are generally needless but this remains a great album. The production is on point and this represents Eminem at his best, before his focus became faster and faster delivery I know Eminem brings a lot of baggage but there is no denying the impact of songs like The way I am and The real slim shady. Album tracks like Kill you and who knew could easily have been singles with the only mis step being remember me, but that may be due to a lack of Eminem. Stan obviously sits on a different level and demonstrates the impact of story telling through rap to wonderful effect. Overall i think i’ve move down from a 5/5 to more 4.5/5 as my ability to look past some (a lot) of the lyrical content has changed with age and at times it feels like it could’ve been tighter (lose the skits and a couple of tracks)
This album has not aged well - the skits are juvenile at best, and offensive. Some tracks are actually quite hard to listen to (“Kim”). If you put all that aside, the meat of this is an example of the second album being so much better than the debut. Tracks like “The Way I Am” and “The Real Slim Shady” are classics, and typical of Eminem’s output at that time - but it’s “Stan” that, still, makes you stop and seriously listen. You would see less gimmicky tracks in work after this album’s release, but it’s this album which gives you a sense that there was more to Marshall Mathers than just shock lyrics. If I had a 3.5* option, I’d give it - but actually, all criticism aside, it’s better than that.
The Generator linked to the clean version on Amazon Music by default, which was very confusing given that it dealt with the opening Public Service Announcement by just completely skipping it. I nearly carried on playing the clean version out of pure curiosity - I assume it's 75% silence - but searched and found the original instead. I loved this record when it was released. I still see why I would have done to be honest. Songs like Kill You and I'm Back are catchy as hell. But when the Generator gave me the Slim Shady LP, I mentioned that I felt very differently about that as a middle aged woman than I did in my late teens/early 20s. I wasn't sure if the same would be true for this record. It's probably not the popular opinion, but for all their shock value, I think Eminem has always thought carefully about his lyrics. However the subject matter in this album is where he started a bit more self reflection, in places at least. The writing is far better for it, despite often being as hate filled as on previous releases. Stan is a really powerful song and I entirely understand why it was such a massive hit. It changed the world's vocabulary. I genuinely find it fascinating there are people who use "stan" in context and have no idea where it came from. The Real Slim Shady basically defined an era. I can entirely play the MTV VMAs 2000 performance of this song in my brain while listening. It's still great. To me, this is a much better album than The Slim Shady LP. I still enjoy this (with reservations) while my memories of that album were so much better than the reality of listening to it in 2025. There is still an absolute ton of misogyny, homophobia and violence on this album, but there feels like (a little) more commentary on where that came from and (a little) more thought about the impacts. Though, you know, he still wrote tracks like Kim, which urgh. I hate skits and I had completely forgotten this album has the Ken Kaniff skit on it, which is probably the worse skit in the history of skits (bet that didn't make the clean version of the album). This was probably a 3.5 for me, but I can't justify a 4. 3/5 [After listening to the record, I read the Wiki entry. I particularly enjoyed: "In his book Edited Clean Version: Technology and the Culture of Control, author Raiford Guins writes that the clean version of The Marshall Mathers LP "resembles a cross between a cell phone chat with terrible reception...and a noted hip-hop lyricist suffering from an incurable case of hiccups".]
you listen to this and wonder whether all those old people were right about his music
took me back to being 12 and playing hypixel
Even I, the least hood-person in the least hood-country during a sheltered childhood, was affected by this album in 7th class. It took us all with it, from catchy (Slim shady, The Way I am) to beautiful melodies (Stan) to being outright shocked (Kill you, Kim, ...). Lyrics don't hold up perfectly, but from pure nostalgia, the 5* are warranted. For a non hip hop person the most important hip-hop album.
Genre changing Album that had an effect on millions of people. I’m a Stan!
Top tier
What a talent, he can literally make anything rhyme with "suck my c*ck", as he demonstrates quite often! I didn't feel this one had aged so well though or maybe it's me that hasn't aha
fine. most songs were good but a few i really didnt like
good but not my speed for the entirety of an album
There are like two good songs on this album. The rest is bad. Some of them are downright annoying. I thought I would like this album considering I've been getting into Hip Hop and I knew I kinda liked some of his songs. But this is just not good.
Awesome
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.
Another solid Eminem album, nearly as good as his first major studio album, the Slim Shady LP. Beats are solid, Eminem is still rapping hungry. There are probably a couple more skippable or just average tracks here, but nothing that is bad. This and Slim Shady LP are his only two truly great albums. The third one, after this, is decent, and then it starts to go downhill. Some of these tracks transcend hits, like Stan, the Real Slim Shady and Drug Ballad. 5/5
Hay algún disco de rap/hip-hop que no se pase de los 40/50 minutos? es que aún no encuentro un disco en esta lista que no exagere con los minutos dedicados. Eminem dedica 72 minutos a sus problemas con el resto del mundo, pero agota.
Yes, Stan is a provocative song but the anger of this album as is the case with all Eminem albums turns me off,
The legacy of this album is complicated. It can easily be interpreted as violently misogynistic and homophobic, but I think the gratuitousness of both is intentionally satirical and pushes the boundaries as art should. But it is definitely tough to listen to at times.
I thought I was going to not enjoy this as much as I did. I listened to it quite a bit back in the day and thought that I might find it a bit too crude and offensive 25 years on - but no, it’s a classic. Beyond one or two filler tracks, everything else is high calibre - dark, disturbed but highly self aware. Kim is still pretty harrowing though and I won’t be playing it around the kids any time soon.
Conflicted on this one. Has some brilliant moments but also some stuff that maybe hasn't aged so well. No doubt it's an important and influential album for it's time.
I remember this being quite controversial on its release. I quite enjoyed the music but not so much the message which I found hard to relate to. 8 Mile provided more context on Eminem’s background and upbringing. Listening to it now I can appreciate the album in its historical context and feel less shocked by the misogyny and homophobia. It is the sound of an angry man saying fuck you to anyone and anything in his way. I do hope he has found peace as he got older. Solid 4.
It's offensive undoubtedly, where's the line between edgy & downright antisocial? Elton John's story about why Eminem isn't homophobic convinces me that this is firmly tounge in cheek, it's a shock jock approach to selling records and as a commercial success it certainly hit the mark. The final track,The Kids, which is samples South Park is another bit of supporting evidnce that this album isn't to be taken seriously. I'm also conflicted on rating an album with 'skit' tracks that mean you want to keep a finger close to the skip track button. The genius of the rhythm & rhyme comes through strongly but ultimately it's probably only 6 or 7 tracks within a bloated 77 minutes. Despite all these contradictions i think it's great
Let down by a very mediocre second half.
The 2nd half drops off a bit, but still holds up.
Definitely mixed, few known iconic songs. Couple definitely not his greatest work that’s for sure
An unreal wide sunny
Great album, horrible lyrics
3.5 - Not quite a 4, just because of how graphic some of the lyrcis are. Hasn't aged too well.
Storming. Absolutely brilliant. One of the best rap albums of all time. Enjoy!
I've never seriously listened to Eminem before this and expected to hate it but I'm honestly impressed. The ridiculousness of a lot of the lyrics is annoying but hilarious. I honestly don't know how seriously I should take this and that makes it even more entertaining. Would give it above a 3 if it didn't start to wear on me by the last quarter.
Needs more then 5 stars to rate this album.
klasyczek
Legend. Might wanna change the diddy references lol. Glad I listened to this one, it was a first for me. Will definitely be coming back to it
This album is banger after banger. The one stars just do not get Eminem. The absurdity is the point.
I’m half half
It's fine. I still like some songs on it, but it has aged poorly.
I see why my mom didn’t let me listen to Eminem when I was younger. I love how bold and not politically correct he and this album is. He was definitely ahead of the times. Bars after bars
No lo terminé. No me gustó ni poquito.
Struggled with this. I believe that Eminem has talent as a wrapper and is clever. This album goes too far into being offensive and shocking people for me to enjoy.
Ugh
Just too much
Two things can be possible at once. The Marshall Mathers LP is an artistic breakthrough AND inexcusably misogynistic, homophobic, and sophomoric. Twenty-five years later, this sounds like edgelord rap, basically a 4chan full-length. Eminem can talk about Slim Shady being a character and how the Marshall Mathers LP reflected his real experiences and mindset at the time. Fine. But none of this shit is OK, and I can't get beyond its more noxious moments ("Kill You," "Who Knew," "The Way I Am," "Under the Influence," etc.) Dre's production is great, Eminem is undeniably talented, and the Marshall Mathers LP sold 25 million copies, so its legacy is set. Counterpoint: Fuck this album. Rounding up to two stars because of "Stan," which owes as much to Dido as it does Em's lyrics.
When I worked in a record store in 1999-2000, we sold so many damn copies of this and I was amazed at how people of all races loved Eminem. I was really turned off back then by the misogyny and homophobia and just generally did not listen to this kind of thing. Still am turned off by it, but I (rightly or wrongly) don't necessarily feel as offended by it now - life has gone on and turns out there are things much worse than edgy lyrics. Never listened to this before, will likely never listen to it again, but it was an extremely compelling listen and I give it credit for that.
Modern day story teller
I had a huge Eminem phase from 13 to 14. And this was the first revisit I did since then. It holds up however some tracks suck. Also some questionable edgy for the sake of being edgy bars.
My feelings about Eminem and his lyrics are too complicated for this review
Confronting lyrics and themes. Dark comedic twists. Brilliant!
Will the real slim shady please stand up
Insane
Most interesting when he's considering the parasocial-ness and institutional hypocrisy surrounding him, uninteresting when he's relentlessly misogynistic and gross just for the sake of it
Always been a bit 50/50 on Eminem. I think one hand what he did for hip hop in terms of other opening it to a more widespread (white) audience has never been done before. But I feel like something about the theming of the song has aged terribly. I know a lot is purposely edgy but I can’t get past some of the songs, like the first one. He’s an amazing rapper, and there are some really good and funny bars on here. The production and beats are also great, pretty sure it’s Dr.Dre and him who did it, and always love the little verses which Dre does whenever someone mentions him. The features are good, I really love the Snoop Dogg one. Probably is too long, but doesn’t feel as offensively long as some rap albums of this era. Favourite songs: Stan, who knew, the way I am, the real Slim Shady, remember me, I’m back, Amityville, bitch please II, under influence Overall around 7/10 (only just)
I don't like every song, but this has been one of my favorite albums for a long time. Great work of art.
This album told a great story. I've never heard anything so fun and tell such a detailed story (or multiple stories at that). Overall an amazing album.
Great, but bloated album. Lose 4-5 tracks and this would be one of the greatest rap albums of all time. Ending this album with "Kim" would have been chilling. Baffling decision to include those last few filler tracks.
There was no need for me to hear this before my death.
This album had such a big impact on me as a kid I think I gotta give it a 3
Love the emotion and silliness
Great album for the most part. Was pretty grossed out by the dick sucking skit (those sounds 🤮).
I enjoyed listening to this. Holds up.
Med numre som The Real Slim Shady og Stan havde jeg forventet mere. Der er 18 numre, fraregnet de tre instrumental-versioner og de to skits. Og det er ikke rigtigt fedt. For rap er det klart bedre end noget af det andet, jeg har været igennem her, men jeg havde troet, han havde flere fede sange.
I understand that Mathers is a rap god, but I just cant divorce the bangers in this album from the absolutely disgusting and disturbing content interwoven in all the other lyrics. Genuinely some of the most vile and sophomoric stuff I’ve ever heard.
Banger som faen, Eminem har talens gave og føkker med no hevy beats
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.
Controversial nowadays yes, but it was also meant as a satirical album. Eminem is probably one of the best lyricists / rappers/ poets of the modern era. Amazing beats through the entire album thanks to Dre. Regardless of whether people like Eminem or not his talent and skill and intricacies are undeniable.
I forgot how violent and offensive this album is. Maybe I'm getting old but a lot of these songs didn't sit well with me. Still need to give this a 4 because there are some amazing songs on this record.
Amazing album. Not something I throw on a lot anymore but when it came out, this was insane. Very different than anything else at that time.
I like this album a lot but it is hard to listen to all the homophobia and Kim is brutal. That said, I have so much nostalgia on this one I have to go with a 4. Stan is still one of my favourites.
Had some great songs, but not an album I feel very comfortable listening to
Good
This is supposed to be Eminem's magnum opus, but I think 'The Slim Shady LP' is better. The main difference between this project and the previous one is Eminem focusing way more in the shock value. In this album his sounds way more aggressive and the lyrics are more menacing and vulgar, but I think a lot of the bizarre scenes portrayed through his lyrics are not as appealing or interesting as in his prior record; and I'm talking in general. Obviously 'Stan' and 'Kim' construct some really interesting narratives. 'Stan' narrates the history of an obsessive fan that ends up killing himself and his girlfriend over him not getting a response for the artist. It also works very well as a critic against obsessive fans, even to this day. 'Kim' is another great example and a genuinely disturbing song about a very heated fight between Eminem and his ex-wife Kim that concludes in him murdering her. What 'The Slim Shady LP' and 'The Marshal Mathers LP' have in common are two things: weak choruses and weak beats. Apart from 'Stan', 'The Way I am' and 'The Real Slim Shady', Eminem still doesn't know how to write a memorable or decent chorus. For a rap album it shouldn't matter, but the fact that every song has one chorus, it is impossible to ignore them. Maybe in this project he improved a little bit, but is not that noticeable. When it comes to the beats, I think in the most part they only work as a companion for Eminem's great flows and deliveries without adding much more. Some exceptions would be 'Stan' in which the beats create a very moody atmosphere; 'Marshall Mathers' with the exact same reasons as the previous one; 'The Way I am' has a very dark piano and bells; 'The Real Slim Shady' and 'Kim' because the very distorted beat adds a lot to the unsettling theme. In addition, I think at this point I can firmly say that I'm not a fan of the West Hip-Hop sound. I do still like it, but I do prefer a lot more what they were doing in the East. There are also some aspects about this record I want to mention like the fact that its is one hour and twelve minutes with very forgettable songs, the terrible feature of Bizarre in the song 'Amityville', the super unnecessary skits and the overall homophobia in this record. I'm aware that the latter is meant to add to the 'shock value', but I honestly think it should, at least, be toned way down and I would prefer if there wasn't any. In the end, quite a disappointing album when taking account the status of this album.
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.
4.5/5 the fact that people are still pissed and giving this album 1/5 due to the lyrics makes it deserving of an additional 0.5 points.
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
I feel like I may have summoned this album by listening to Tyler, the Creator's Goblin this weekend. Same edge, and even the same fondness for cartoons (Eminem: South Park, Tyler: Adventure Time). Review: Basically what Brandon said. The highs are highs (Stan, Real Slim Shady, Criminal) but the album is way too long. I never knew Em has beef with ICP, and now I had to listen to a Juggajob skit with allusions to NWA's "Just Don't Bite It."
I love the energy and lyrics behind everything here. “Kim” felt a bit long for my taste but I think it was just meant to be challenging. “Criminal” is such an awesome end to the album. 4/5 only because I know (vaguely) that Eminem grows and changes a lot as an artist after this.
certified hood classic but the f slurs and r slurs have aged like milk. still, worth listening to if for no other reason than to better understand eminem's impact. it's a good album
It's so wild listening to Eminem after not listening to Eminem for an extended period of time. In the back of my head I know he got a LOT of flack for the kinda stuff he says in his music, but some of the shit he says on here is actually diabolical. His rhyme schemes are crazy though. Bro has a lot of talent for sure. Conceptually, I like this album. In practice, this one is kinda tough to listen to. Am I going to tell you Kim is a bad song? No. I am going to tell you that I am never going to throw on Kim. There are the obvious bangers on here: The Way I Am, Stan, The Real Slim Shady, etc. but I would go so far as to say my favorite Eminem songs aren't even on here. It was cool to hear D12 on here though. RIP Proof
In all honesty, I have never been the biggest fan of Eminem. My opinion suffered via the simple fact that, as a young lad, the most annoying people I had ever met up until that point were massive Eminem fans. They listened to his music and had that same kind of crude sense of humor, but never really said it was a joke or dropped the persona. Naturally, I did not want to be around these individuals or share any of their interests, so I wrote Eminem’s music off (excluding his huge hits and singles ofc). With that bias in mind, I did enjoy parts of this album, but the PTSD flashbacks from those mouth-breathers were definitely unpleasant. My first thought was that it just hasn’t aged well, but I’m not sure that I’ve ever been edgy enough for this kind of thing to be that appealing.
I started listening to Eminem when I was 21 or so (I distinctly remember being infatuated with his BET cypher from 2016), which may explain why I really struggle to enjoy his music. I think ‘Revival’ came out that following year or the next and it was enough to convince me Eminem was not worth my time. ‘Kamikaze’ was fun to listen to the first couple times. Anyway, I certainly don’t have the associated nostalgia that others do. Edgy humor just doesn’t make me feel good and I don’t think his content aged well at all. That being said, his talent as an emcee is undeniable. Certainly in the top ten of all time. “Stan” is a classic for a reason.
I expected to give this a higher score actually. I have this CD somewhere. I’m not an Eminem hater, which I expect several in our listening group are, but my fandom is mostly in the past tense. I think he’s quite talented in spite of his more obnoxious qualities, and honestly I project that onto his fanbase more than him. I think you can listen to pre-2009 Eminem without reaching for the Mountain Dew and Xbox controllers, but that’s just me. He goes through these phases of going in and out of style. He’s like the McRib of music. I’d say I’ve outgrown the horrorcore elements but I also don’t find them particularly offensive or whatever. Just kinda try-hardish. Like, overall, as a person, it seems like he’s only ever really hurt himself; I’d rather him say fucked up shit than do fucked up shit. Maybe a hot take but I can pretty much find a 1:1 comparison in a B.I.G. song for every “shocking” moment here other than the celebrity name drops so I don’t quite know why Eminem is held up as being uniquely offensive. “Kim” is a bit much but it’s supposed to be. I don’t think even at the time he was treating it as anything other than some primal scream therapy. I don’t like it but it accomplishes what it is supposed to accomplish and if you listen to it in the context of being a prequel to 97 Bonnie & Clyde (as intended), it’s an interesting juxtaposition and actually pretty effective. On the censored version that my brother bought from Walmart back in 2001 or whatever, they replaced it with a South Park themed song about drugs that’s pretty fun. Anyway, the good stuff here is very good but like probably north of half of this album sucks. I will say without qualification there’s some excellent songs on this album (the singles, Bitch Please II), and there’s some other pretty good stuff (Kill You, Criminal), but we’ve also got the aforementioned Kim, three stupid edgelord skits, two songs with D12 members who are not especially good at this, and some other very forgettable stuff. And the album is like 75 minutes long and I’ve made my stance on that very clear.
Can't say this didn't age well, it was real edgy then and now. I mean, it's infamous. It 100% should be on this list. It's a solid rap album. It also feels like crinkling styrofoam in many parts. I wonder how the trajectory of my life would have changed if the Scott County public library would have actually let me check this CD out when I was in 5th grade. Sadly, the world missed out on getting E-Mudreezy: Kentucky's best rapper.
Killer. Doesn't age well for 2025 sensibilities but I like it.
Eminem fully falls off after those first three solo albums and the 8 Mile soundtrack but this remains his opus.
Klare 5 Sterne. Wie absurd ist es eigentlich aus heutiger Sicht ein Album mit einem Skit anzufangen, dann mit „Kill You“ einen prolligen Disstrack zu bringen, um beim dritten Song mit Stan dann den wahrscheinlich besten Storytelling-Raptrack überhaupt abzuliefern? Sehr wilde Mischung.
Da sind schon top Songs dabei, auf Album-Länge aber auch teilweise Filler. Und es fällt auf, dass das Album nicht nur bzgl. Lyrics, aber auch stilistisch nicht so super gealtert ist. Reicht daher nicht mehr für 4 Sterne.
Nicht das Meisterwerk, zu dem es immer stilisiert wird. Die Beats sind teilweise sehr schlecht gealtert, die Texte zum Teil natürlich auch und bei knapp 75 Minuten Laufzeit ist etwas Ausschussware dabei. Abgesehen davon aber dennoch beeindruckende Rap-Skills und ungewohnte Tiefe.
Gefällt mir als Album glaube ich eigentlich ganz gut ohne das weiter spezifizieren zu können. Wirkt wie eine gute Erzählung.
Keine Diskusion.
Mir ein bisschen zu lang geraten, deshalb nur 4,5 von 5, aufgerundet dann aber 5. Ich mein was will man hier gegen sagen?
First time I have listened to a full Eminem album. It is a great Album and the songs i hadn't heard grew on me the more i listened
a classic
Alors comme ça, on écrit une chanson qui parle de tuer sa femme ? Mauvaise stratégie, ça fait plus edgy qu’autre chose. Si on omet ça, c’est dans l’ensemble un album plutôt cool et la chanson Stan est très bien écrite. Pas un album sur lequel je reviendrais, mais si on omet Kim (grosse omission, je sais), c’est vraiment pas mal et y’a beaucoup de moments mémorables.
An album that is brilliant, but I can barely stomach listening to. I wouldn't dare say Eminem can't rap about murdering women and use homophobic slurs (among other topics). And the album was hailed by critics, and he got lots of defense from other artist. The guy really spoke to many young men. But it's not for me. At least nine of the songs have some reference to violence against women in some way. Is it great art? Most definitely. Is it distasteful? To me, yes.
Thoughts before listening: I used to own this CD, and this album came out during my college years. It's good and I'm going to enjoy listening to it, but man Eminem's lyrics are hard to stomach now as a mid-40s guy. Review: This is causing major flashbacks for me. Eminem is definitely good. Its hard to argue that he isn't one of the most innovative and interesting rappers of all time. Great beats and potentially the most recognizable delivery of any rapper ever. Nobody else sounds like Eminem. That being said, my original assessment that I can't take these lyrics still remains. I'll give this 3-stars.
Really hard to overlook the extremely crass and unsettling lyrics...yet I'm doing it
Very intentionally Eminem's most provocative album. In this he struggles with his newfound status as a superstar. In particular, he questions the public discourse that accused his music of creating violent shooters on schools. Ultimately however, he points toward the media landscape as the primary culprit, saying their obsession with the hypermasculine homophobic caricature of slim shady, rather than the real artist, is to blame. He then proves his own point by turning that caricature up to 11 fir the whole album, and still having it go platinum. Favorite track is Stan
This might be the ultimate guilty pleasure album and maybe my favorite rap album. Stan is up there for favorite hip hop song as well. All the songs execute their concept well and not too many skits. Each song is unique enough that I remember them easily by the title. One or two of the features on the back half are weaker and the BJ skit was tough but besides that I love it. Eminem at his best, for whatever reason I find the narratives he paints much easier to follow than other rappers. Rating: 4.9
I really not into 2000's rap, but I'm convinced that Eminem is the best that camed out at the time. His raspy voice adds so much to the songs, it gives a constant sensation of hearing someone really angry. I like it.
There are some tracks that I like, but overall its quite uneven and goes on a bit too long.
Just such a great album throughout. The Real Slim Shady, The Way I Am, and Stan are probably my favorites. Never heard the whole thing throughout, and Kim was horrific but great.
I enjoyed “Stan” and “The Real Slim Shady” but the rest of this is just crude grass angry behavior. I don’t really care for it. This is also during the time in the 2001 rap Adams have skits and I really hate that. Albums are for music. I don’t care about your skits.
Love it. Own it.
Eminem ❤️
A little juvenile perhaps but first half is absurd (Stan’s an all timer) and you do get a sense both of Eminem’s outsider energy and his response to moral handwringing about rap
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.
A truly brilliant hip hop record. Great production coupled with amazing rhyme schemes and provocative storytelling. The content is provocative and also crass at times but hard to underscore the cultural impact it had on the world. Love him or hate him this album vaulted Eminem into Rap God status. The Way I Am, The Real Slim Shady and Stan are all timers from the catalog. Stan is such an original idea and Kim is a wild concept. I think most Rap are better in the moment; many have limited staying power. Some kid will listen to this in 50 years and it'll be their Dark Side of the Moon.
I'm just not wowed. All I learned about Eminem is that he hates everyone except his wife and daughter (and I'm not even sure about them). Too long, and most of it isn't that great.
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?
So I’m finding it hard to reconcile why I struggled with this so much when I find Nick Cave’s Murder Ballads - a similarly transgressive album - to be so brilliant I think it lies in the fact that Cave’s work is more firmly in character whereas this feels like it is inspiring/inspired by your 15 year old shit head cousin and nothing more Stan gets it to 3 by itself but I’m not sure there’s much else to this
Solid
All the pearl-clutching on this godforsaken website prove the man's point. He's provocative, he's loud, and he's timeless. The language is a tool to enunciate the message. Focusing solely on it and rendering the art invalid due to its coarseness is wrong. Despite a few bumps on the road (dated ICP diss, bad Sticky Fingaz and Disaster features) the album is still a really great listen nearly thirty years after its release.
I legit cannot believe my parents let me listen to this at age 12 😬 I feel like I shouldn’t listen to it as a 37 year old. But the guy can rap
I haven't looked too deep into the lyrics, but the whole album seems to be about Eminem beefing with his critics, fantasizing about killing his girlfriend due to jealousy or something, and telling faggots to suck his dick. Kinda funny.
It's really interesting to hear songs from 20+ years ago and knowing the context of the artist today, Eminem has matured in many ways over the years (even though I also grew up in the same environment where the F slur was mainly used not in regard to sexuality but just the same as calling someone a bitch). It also odd seeing critisism coming from people aren't even the target demographic (this coming from a black dude who has dated men and women) like jeez man calm down before doing a whole disertation on how someone is inherently evil given one thing the say, research why the say something, music is a form of expression so there is going to be many ways things could be interpreted so the artists actual meaning can be easily changed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Public Service Announcement 2000 - skit Kill You - 7.5/10: just dragged on; it had solid rapping, but it went on too long. Stan - 10/10: not only did it create a new word to describe people who are too obsessed with celebrities, but also Eminem's storytelling ability on this song is immaculate. I find this song to be ironic, mainly because the song was him trying to tell his fans not to take his lyrics literally, as it was just him expressing random things that came to mind, but in all the reviews of the album, people bring up the content of the lyrics. Also, Thank You by Dido is a banger in and of itself. Paul - skit Who Knew - 8/10, not a bad song by any means, but it's hard to handle the pressure coming right after Stan. The premise of the song is that he was using music to cope with his feelings, and he didn't think he would gain a cult following that would repeat the actions he rapped about. Trying to tell them it's not a good thing is really interesting. Steve Berman - skit The Way I Am - 9/10, it's an excellent single from this record and one of my favorite em tracks. The Real Slim Shady - 10/10. This is a classic, so it's no surprise it's rated so high. He also says, "We can hump dead animals and antelops, then there's no reason a man and another man can't elope." Once again proving that he is not homophobic, he hates everyone equally. Remember Me? - 7/10 it was just ok I'm Back - 8/10, the instrumental alone is a banger. Since Reeve's passing, he needs to find a new dude to rhyme their last name, preferably not Diddy. Mainly because I don't want to hear his name anymore Marshall Mathers - 9/10 see above message for reasoning. Ken Kanuff - skit Drug Ballad - 9/10 fantastic storytelling, but also really enjoy the cadence Eminem uses throughout this song. Amityville - 8/10 Bitch Please II - 10/10, this posse cut is probably one of my favorites out of Ems' discography Kim - 8/10 lowkey kind of goofy, sure the technical ability is there, but are we actually deadass Under The Influence - 9.5/10 iconic song, enjoyable D12 features Criminal - 9/10 great premise of the song, which only serves to say that people shouldn't take his lyrics literally
My best friend in high school refused to listen to anything else other than this album for a year after it came out. Needless to say (and much like the tuna sandwiches I had for lunch every single day in grade school) I'm okay if I never experience it again, even all these years later. Still, based on memory its a pretty good album. I liked the first one better.
I really don’t know how to rate this, because there’s no one else like him and when this came out it was SUCH a moment - that sounds wanky but it’s TRUE, I was there 👵🏻 - but also there are basically no occasions in life or moods I might be in where I’d actually want to listen to this. I’m listening to Kim as I write this. Is this music, or is it something else? I think for me, this is something to spend time with once and never again.
(3)
Eminem is genuinely one of the greatest rappers of all time and an absolute genius when it comes to rhymes. It’s unfortunate that he uses those powers to make music for dudes with poor emotional regulation who blame all of their problems on people not knowing “the real them”. Unfortunately, The Marshall Mathers LP has more of that kind of music than Slim Shady and The Eminem Show. The dude can rap though.
It has some really strong songs but other so not stand my test of time.
Sumt er ansi skemmtilegt og grípandi, en ofbeldislýsingarnar og hómófóbían eru verulega fráhrindandi og ég hef litla löngun til að hlusta á þetta aftur.
It would have been a lot better without the homophobic slurs
I do like a Couple of songs on here, but he’s not really my kinda muzik- did listen though
Yesterday was Kanye and today is Eminem. Entering the 200's has been quite an experience so far. I've never listened to this before. I was working in a behavioral health clinic back when Eminem came to prominence, and many of the kids I worked with would quote his lyrics. I was appalled at the time, and just refused to even listen to any of his songs. This turned out to be both a surprise to me, as well as exactly what I thought it would be. Musically I thought it was great throughout, and some songs like Stan and Kim were amazing lyrically as well as with the emotional response to both. However there were too many songs where violence towards women and homophobia were ever present, and it was just too much. Like with the Kanye album from yesterday, I'm not exactly sure how I'll rate this. I'm leaning toward a three, but truthfully I understand both the fives and ones.
WHAT AN ALBUM!!!! I had already heard some songs from this EP but hadn't listened to it completely. I will definitely listen to it again, what an amazing album!
Not really my thing.
This isn't bad at all, better than I expected, but it gets to a fucking point man where I'm like "I get it"
Great rhymes but yeah a bit anti-feminist…
Uh no. Can’t believe this is what my 10 and 11 year old kids were listening to.
This did not age all that well...
Boy this one is hard to rate in 2025. There's no denying the homophobia and sexism of the late 90s. But there's also no denying how impressive a vocal and lyrical performance this album is. Also impressively open and self reflective.
tbh I kinda worshipped Eminem from the ages of 10-12, then 15-17 (3 years in-between was all punk with a bit of crossover). What to say that hasn't already been said... There are MANY bangers on this album. Eminem is truly one of the greatest, it's not an understatement in the slightest. Nostalgia is def coming into play for me here but idk, the dude can write a rap haha. Also the production sounds like 1000000 dollars. Idk if this is a controversial or common opinion but Stan might be a 10/10 song. Do I like it? No. But it's extremely well written. Eminem basically is a voice actor and this is a radio drama. The imagery is impossibly strong, the sound design is actually really great (the scribbling foley throughout verse 1,2 and 4), the way verse 2 opens up spatially to create a sense of unease, and verse 3 puts us in Stans car with the tight "car" reverb.. like it's really fucking well done. Other thoughts - I think Marshall has anger issues he hasn't addressed. Kim is a way more fucked up song than Stan. Didn't he get sued over that one? If not, he should have. The vocal performance is really fucking good though. Album took a bit of a weird turn at Remember Me I felt, this song feels a little out of place to me Ken Kaniff skit is crazyyyy. Em is so fucking homoerotic and so homophobic (hand in hand, I guess). I forgot how many times the f-slur is dropped in this music. I think I kinda forgot how much of a shock factor he was. Honestly not sure what to rate this. Am I docking points just because he's... the way he is??
Lots of classic tracks on here from my basketball days. 12 year old rebellion. Stan is a fucking incredible song. Still holds up tbh. Some shit is pretty tough to listen to (Ken Kaniff). Kim is straight up terrifying. I love Eminem. Some of this shit is dated and/or pretty fucked up, but he is a lyrical genius.
Pretty good
Generally not my thing, but still a fun listen, and technically great.
I knew Kill you, Stan, and The real slim shady. First half was good. Now that I'm older I realize how immature Eminem sounds. I still like him over other rappers because of his energy though.
He’s the Bob Dylan of rap. I mean, look at all of the things he got to rhyme with “Amityville”. And he actually has something to say and you can actually understand what he’s saying and the backing tracks are put together with rock sensibilities.
I can see the humour and defiance in amongst the bleakness it good at what it does but not an easy listen.
There are so many problems with the lyrics, but the musicianship and wording is pretty amazing. Hate to support the guy, but it is an interesting album.
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.
4/5
Undoubtedly, Shady is a great artist. Equally talented and honest, a proven lyricist and rapper. Because it is so well done and familiar to me, I do not dislike this album. However, I cannot relate to the themes as much as I did in my youth. He portrays a lot of anger and violence in this album, which may at one time during my angsty youth phase. I still enjoyed the listen, but it gave me feelings that I didn't care to feel any more.
This is really pretty awful stuff. Well over an hour of ranting.
The best
Outrageous, satirical, realist, and forthright, Eminem's magnum opus only gets better w/ age, no matter how 'of its time' his hatreds and vulgarisms are. 'You want me to fix up lyrics while our president gets his dick sucked?' Right he is to call out the engine of hypocrisy his country often runs on, but his wit and penned social-awareness only works b/c, as a technical rapper, he's indisputably a genius. It's more than the rhyming, tho 'taught 'em to swear' and 'daughter to wear,' or 'two kids, sixteen,' 'M-16,' 'ten clips each,' 'them shits reach,' 'six kids each,' 'Bill Clint's speech,' 'fix these streets' are prolific displays of the skillset. It's beyond his flow as well. It's his tone, as angry as it is resigned: urgent yet nonchalant, it's a dosage of deep clarity.
i will never enjoy this mans music. i don't even care about the lyrism, i find outrageous shit funny, this shit just sounds so bad. like a hate his aesthetics so much. the production so ass, the rapping so corny. all of the bar about people being offended by him and him not giving af reads so sensitive, shit corny af. buddy just stand on business. lame ass shit i'll never understand why he's so beloved stream boolymon thats real rap
I have to rate it lower for all the slurs and hateful lyrics
Gold such a good fucking album
4.5 (72:17, 18 tracks, (4 skits), 2000 third album) The album that ensured Marshal would be a cultural phenomenon. After this album no one didn't know who Eminem was. I enjoyed the Mel-Man productions far more than the horrorcore of F.B.T.
Despite having a distinct, somewhat nostalgic fleur, the album remains a unique and enjoyable listen both lyrically and melodically, full of catchy controversy (which does feel tired here as opposed to Eminem's later records) and BOPs. However, the record is bleak in the wider context of contemporary rap music, especially in terms of beats and basses. Further, songs like "The Way I Am", "Marshall Mathers", "Remember Me?" etc. sound dated and irrelevant to the modern ear. The impact of the record also remains limited to put it politely: clown-like trolls with technical flow faded away and lost out to thought-provoking lyricists / "weed&chill" hip-hop artists, with very few exceptions in pale Eminem wannabees. Thank you for the adolescence memories and IAMTHESLIMSHADY, don't want to revisit this again.
Really enjoyed listening to this again. I'm
Always wanted to hear a full Eminem album, and know more of his songs. And I'm damn glad I did!
Way too long to be a classic, he has about 8 fillers that could be dropped to make it a very good album.
Aw man huge huge step up from the last one - a lot more conscious and emotionally sensitive than we had come to expect from Eminem. The blatant homophobia and misogyny is rough here - unfortunately part of the 90s rap scene but it is a bit jarring now. Stops this from being as good as it could be. Key pieces to the puzzle here are Stan and Kim. Where before there is an aloof nature to Eminem's antics now there is genuine emotion and it makes you uncomfortable in a different (better - think a good horror movie) way.
thank you for bravely fighting this necessary and specific war against the insane clown posse, marshall.
This - https://youtu.be/1gC7M6DRwuE?si=cD7ZNDoB1q9_Vcc3
ambitious, hard to listen to, and so so angry. its pretty incredible that it did so well, to be frank. It's not my lane of hip hop but I appreciate his game.
He sounds like everyone I went to high school with. A few great bangers though.
This is truly a great album. Really creative rhyming schemes with a super adept delivery and flow to actually make them work. And then insanely catchy hooks to drive it all home. An interesting, humorous, and at times unfortunately poorly dated lyrical snapshot of that time, as edgy as the lyrics may be. Not to mention insane Dr Dre production.
Unfortunately very groovy with cutting lyrics. Coming a week after I listened to a Kendrick album, you don't have to look up the lyrics to hear what Eminem says or understand what he means. He is funny, horrifying and to the point.
There's...so much to unpack here, it's actually ridiculous. And unfortunately I don't really have the time or patience to get to all of it. There's no denying Eminem is a master of the form. He touches on so many interesting questions on this LP, about his place in the industry as a white guy, about the power words hold (or not), and within all of it is a ton of genuinely funny satire. For me, the actual sound of the music is pretty trash, so that drops it a lot. I also feel like at times, it's genius, and at times, it's perhaps too on the nose. What do I know. I'm giving it a three. Fave tracks: - Who Knew - The Way I Am - The Real Slim Shady - Marshall Mathers - Kim
Apart from nostalgia surrounding friends who listened to this in high school, I get nothing out of this but depressing thoughts.
Harder to listen to now because of the homophobia, but at the time of its release, one of the most important hip hop albums of all time.
Eminem is at the peak of his powers in this period. His lyrical genius and flow never cease to impress me. Just downright silly at times. This album would absolutely get him cancelled by today’s standards but barring some pretty outrageous songs, it’s a classic for a reason. Definitely deserving of being included in the 1,001 but there are other Eminem albums I enjoy more from start to finish.
Stan is the real star of this album
"Eminem" was an experiment conducted by the US Army to help recruiters identify & select pliable high schoolers for military service. Thank You For Your Participation in The Marshall Mathers Project. DMX does the shock-jock horrorcore thing with a bit more verve but The MMLP has its place on the podium. The further Eminem in real life gets away from the persona, the stronger the album is. It's always been intended as a meathead meta-commentary on violence in culture & music, it's explicitly responding to critiques on violent music WRT Columbine while also intentionally encroaching on the hostility and violent imagery found on DMX's stuff or in Southern Hip-hop. It's not doing an egghead critique on it, and some of that misogyny/homophobia is real but the characters of the album are so heightened and offensive that it all comes across as the Grand Guignol interpretation of the popular alternative aesthetics - sort of like Gravediggaz a few years prior. It's not much different than like, Crass. It's goading and wants you to clutch your pearls, real Howard Stern stuff, but it's funny. The characters are roundly pathetic and Eminem creates enough distance between himself and his characters that I think it registers. The beats are also hot, the features are good. It's a strong effort for something that is unambigiously pretty juvenile. I get being annoyed or frustrated at the music if you were a high schooler in 1999-2009 and had to listen to your classmates bump this constantly & also totally miss the album's generally ironic character but it has kept its teeth sharp with time which goes to prove that it is a big flex with real talent underneath. Favorite Tracks: Stan, The Real Slim Shady, Remember Me?, Under the Influence
One of those albums, that unless you have a massive disdain for hip-hop in general, I can't fathom not understanding the importance of at least 4-5 songs, much less the full album. Probably within the first 10 albums you would list regarding hip-hop, if you had to sit and create this list yourself of 1001 albums. As for the actual album review, it's Eminem in his bag both lyrically and sonically, it's him at his absolute peak, knowing the influence he has (whether he wants it or not) and weaponizing it in such an unbelievable manner unrivaled in music. I'm not a huge fan of horror-core at times, especially cause it's a thin line between shock value, and just plain corniness, but for the most part the line is toed very well. Not my favorite Hip-Hop album of all time, but you can't tell the story of the 2000's without Slim Shady.
A profoundly impactful debut album from one of the best, if not THE best rapper in the world. This album pushed basically every boundary that there was at the time, tested every limit, and came out as a piece of work that is still relevant today. #stan
Everything about this is perfect--except when it's deeply misogynist and gay bashing. He even makes fun of himself for being terrible and seems to try and have it both ways. Perhaps he is creating terrible characters and claiming it's just a song, but this LP in particular is supposed to be him and it's very cringy. When he has other things to say the album is much better--Stan is maybe a top 5 rap track--I'm just not interested in his feuding with Kim, or Xtina, or NSYNC. That said, he is still unparalleled as a lyricist and the album slaps. A 3.5 for me, but bumping for critical acceptance.
boooooooo
ugh
It was a pretty good album. I was able to find two good songs on it
I have never really been a big Eminem fan. I enjoyed 8 mile and can appreciate his lyrical ability but I don't like particularly his delivery. My bigger problem is him hiding behind his alter ego's to rap provocative statements that his less educated/ mature fans take a face value without realizing that Eminem does not actually mean it...
The Marshall Mathers LP It’s easy to forget what an impact Eminem had, and listening to this it definitely captures that specific late 90s MTV-Shock-Reality-Celebrity cultural moment in a way other hip hop stars didn’t - for the very obvious skin coloured reason. Often his comedic instincts are sharp, and when aligned with his dark horror influenced OTT style, his obvious technical skill and Dr Dre’s production and ear for a hook it’s very good. Kill You, Stan, The Way I Am, The Real Slim Shady, I’m Back, Marshall Mathers are all very strong. And in particular the triumvirate of Stan, The Way I Am and The Real Slim Shady are superb; excellent storytelling, hooks, production and delivery wrapped up in an OTT mix of melodramatic fun and emotional, confessional earnestness, baiting parental and media led hypocrisy, and studded with brilliant lines. But too often the humour slips into boring crassness, and his reliance on shock value, especially the casual homophobia that threads through several tracks, has aged poorly, reading today as more mean-spirited edge lordery than subversion. And the problem is that the album's high points are surrounded by a considerable amount of filler. At 18 tracks, with too many skits, the runtime stretches the concept thin, diluting the emotional and artistic punch of the good songs. Ultimately it feels like a mix of brilliance and a lack of editing. Undeniable peaks, but with a decent amount of flaws. Think it ends up at a high 3. ⚪⚪⚪ Playlist submission: The Real Slim Shady
It gets bloated at over an hour long - what could've been a strong 4-star gets diluted. For instance 'Kim' feels a less sophisticated retread of Stan, and basically reveals something if a narcissistic personality and becomes very grating. 'Under the Influence' is a pale 'Real Slim Shady' imitation with nothing new to say. He is also strangely preoccupied with dissing gays and ejaculating in bottoms. It's puerile, and unforgivably it's not funny. I'm sure Dr Freud would resolve.this preoccuparion in a matter of moments. Yet amongst all that are some all out bangers that have genuine crossover appeal - 'Stan', 'The Way I Am', 'Criminal', 'Real Slim Shady', 'Drug Ballad'. It's a shame. It's a three.
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
Many bangers, very few mid tracks