Reviews (page 6 of 14)
Puha det er svært det her. Hvordan skal man gribe Eminem an? Hvordan skal man forstå det lort han lukker ud? Man kan ikke tage det 100% som humor/satire/provokation, for der er noget ubehageligt ved hans person. Men man kan heller ikke udelukke at det er et show, at Slim Shady er en karikatur. Som underholdning er vi tæt op af horrorgenren hvis man skal sammenligne med filmmediet. Det er ubehageligt, men sætter også spot på nogle af de tendenser der er i samfundet. Det er bare svært at holde af/med antihelten. Musikalsk er der ikke nogen tvivl om at Dr. Dre peaker på det her tidspunkt. Denne og hans eget 2001 er måske de bedste beats og produktioner han har lavet. Det flyder med lækker musik og Eminems aggressive måde at speed rappe på er lige i øjet. Men pladen har også nogle totale missere. Ikke mindst Kim. Men modsat de andre hip hop albums vi har haft ind til videre, så er der ikke mange fillers
Nostalgia plays a role in my review, but damn, this was so formative and integral to getting me into rap. This has definitely aged extremely poorly in some areas, and was probably rightfully criticized at the time. However, the songs are great and I owe my appreciation for rap to this record. I fall into the camp that, despite there being an autobiographical bend, it is intentionally shocking and not to be taken literally.
Enjoyed this one
The Real Slim Shady
Better than i remember. Maybe his most famous album
Great famous songs but a bit dated
This was an interesting listen, and challenging to rate. I really dislike some of his stuff, but he's iconic and genuinely some of the music is fun/catchy. I think he's genuinely talented as well. The feeling of raw unhinged rage he channels is interesting too. However, I don't necessarily need that many songs about women in trunks even if it's a character or whatever. But I also recognize he's the reaction to the perfect polished produced boy and girl bands of that era. There was just something so right about this coming out in the era it did. I think it caused a lot of conversations to have to happen around the weight words hold and some of the topics he rapped about. For cultural impact from the perspective of someone who was in middle school when this came out this is a 5*. For overall enjoyment of the album maybe a 3? I guess to my own shock that means it's probably a 4 in my book, all things considered.
Every so often does an album come out that not only defines an artist’s career, but also serves as a defining moment for the genre. It’s not difficult to see that’s the case for The Marshall Mathers LP. This is prime Eminem and he really takes no prisoners on this record (as the song “Criminal” would suggest, no pun intended either). The lyrics are overall emotional, authentic and intense, backed by solid, pulsing instrumentals and beats. The album also demonstrates good cohesion and the songs flow well together overall. There’s no real duds on this album.
I am surprised how many songs that I like from back in the day are in this one album. I enjoyed jamming to this and the majority of the songs in this album were familiar and great jams.
Back when Em's music was fun. Lots of dark comedy with a heap of Don't give a fuck attitude.
Good stuff although an hour and 12 minutes of Eminem is a lot
Marshal Mathers Gordon Sumner Reginald Dwight Top 3 greatest names not used to record their material in history. Never listened to this back in the day, so for the whole album it was a first for me. Impressive performance and incredible delivery of his lyrics. I wish I knew who all the people were he is talking about. I feel like I need a nice diagram.
Not his best work but a hugely successful well received album. You’re allowed to be offended by his music all you want but it shows your lack of critical thinking. Eminem is the most commercially successful rap artist of all time for a reason.
A classic. Stan, Real Slim Shady, I'm Back, etc. Em as his fame was on the rise but his inspo/talent hadn't yet gone down
The storytelling and ability to stay around the central theme of the shock of fame are excellent. Beats don’t quite do it for me tho.
more introspective than i thought it would be! high octane and stimulating. it was fun hearing the singles in context. probably would have never listened to this in my life if not for this website. i can see why he had such an influence, if i was a 12 yr old white boy with adhd hearing this it would be over!
pretty good
Absolute classic
There was some real fucked up shit in that but I was entertained nonetheless, not to mention Em is a great performer regardless. Turns out you can rap about homosexuals and Vicodin and still sell records.
Pretty edgy white boy stuff here, but production is good and he's a good raper. Stan is an amazing song White boy approved 🤓👍
Epic rap battles of history EMINEM VS IBS YO MY NAME IS EMINEM ANS I LIKE TO RAP, WH- *comically loud fart noise, followed by sounds of liquid hitting a toilet bowl* AWWWWWAHHHHHHHH
The first half has all the hits and they still slap, second half is the Eminem we all know and hate.
The kids of today will never understand how many teen boys bleached their hair after Eminem blew up.
Its a classic. some weird songs and bits but maybe the real slim shady just needs to stand up
Great album, some of the skits aren’t for me but overall 4.5/5
Even with this being a challenging listen at times there are some truly outstanding tracks on this album. Drags a bit in the second half but worth it for the highs it hits.
Great album but, Mr Mathers, relax a little.
Oh man, I used to jam this album non-stop back in the day. Very well put together, flawless production. The first half has some genuine chart-topping hits, and deservedly so. The second half is pretty difficult to listen to, lyrics-wise. He was quite an angry fellow back then.
The real slim shady did step up
I forgot how good this is. Is it full of awful themes and words? Yes, but in a performative way that feels like binge watching a dark psychological drama. The juxtaposition of his chaotic rap verses with catchy-hooked choruses of varying pop sensibilities pulls you right into the messed up world of his carefully crafted characters.
Very good album that is more introspective than I would have thought. Although I pretty much only know Eminem from his hits, so I didn't expect this consistency.
Been a while since I heard them! They are so trash it's funny!
I never thought I would say this, but I actually enjoyed a hip hop album. From the lyrics to the music, this was quite entertaining. It even got me a bit emotional with Dido :'(
Eminem is Loud Junior High Kids in the Back of the Bus™️ music. For me, that is literal. Even though I was only in 2nd grade around the time when this record came out, I was quiet, which earned me a seat in the back of the school bus with the 5th graders, who were all very sweet and acted like they were my older siblings, even though I’m sure I annoyed them. But in this process, they exposed me to a lot of early 2000s media, arguably a bit too early – Final Fantasy and Grand Theft Auto, Adult Swim and Inuyasha, Seventeen and boy band crushes, coffee, and, of course, Eminem. As a result, I have a really, really, really hard time listening to The Marshall Mathers LP in a vacuum. And given that it was never my preferred Eminem album, I was a bit concerned that this listen would be just pure nostalgia without criticism, or a dated regretful mess. Turns out, it’s a bit of both. First and foremost, I’m not going to pretend like Em isn’t insane on the mic. He is so technical, but he presents his intense rhyme schemes and lyrical miracle schtick in a way that feels alluring and enjoyable. His style is never obnoxious, and that earns a lot of points, because it’s always digestible. A lot of people complain that this grew stale by the end of the 2000s, but listening to this is a night and day comparison; his whole style changed, for the worse, and became less natural and less playful than it is here. Now, similarly, I was concerned about the beats, which were never the best part of an Eminem record. However, a *lot* more of this record is produced by Dre than I remember, and Em’s own beats are not as hallow as I recall. Beyond that, the biggest criticism is the skits, but they aren’t really as intrusive as they seem, especially when compared to other great hip-hop albums. So, that took away my face-value concerns about what I remember of Em’s talent in his prime. Starting out, this is an incredible record. I would say that the first 10 tracks, skits included, make up one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time. The over-the-top, everything-phobic Slim Shady persona is clearly meant to be cartoonish, and each Shady track is contrasted with a very serious Marshall track that is directly telling the listener that if they believe the horrorcore ridiculousness at face value, then they should probably work on improving their media literacy. The features are limited to essentials who bring it, the beats are almost all Dre so they’re god-tier, and the complexity on the mic is there as an added bonus. Sure, Eminem talking about his woes with fame and referencing bullshit that only mattered in 1999 might feel banal today, but if you happened to be there, it’s easy to dismiss. But then there’s the back half…I’d say from “Marshall Mathers” to “Amityville” is a rough listen. It’s still very good – again, a man in his prime – but it’s so much worse than the first half of the record that your brain wants to dismiss it outright. The Ken Kaniff skit isn’t the roughest in hip-hop, but it’s close, and while I like the beat and Em’s verse in “Amityville,” Bizarre basically ruins that song. And that’s the other issues, the beats; now that we’re spending less time with Dre behind the boards, Em’s beats start to show their fault lines. I think “Bitch Please II” does just enough to bring the energy back up and includes great verses from Xzibit and Em, but “Kim” comes in and slaps you in the face. I’ll give “Kim” credit though as a haunting, devastating work of art, so even though I’m not going to casually revisit it as a song, I’m glad Em wrote it. From there, though, we’re kind of lost at sea with Eminem, a man still processing his old life and his new life and not handling either well, and the meta-commentary of the first half now starts to feel banal not because who gives a fuck about Carson Daly, but because anyone who could write “Kim” should probably not be famous and should instead be in therapy. We’re now 5 songs away from any material that, if not enjoyable, was at least relistenable. Where do we go from here? A rehashed version of “Drug Ballad” now featuring D12 be varying levels of okay-to-bad, and “Criminal,” which sounds like it was just left on the cutting room floor from the Slim Shady LP sessions. By the end of The Marshall Mathers LP, you can literally hear Em run out of material. You hear him exhaust not only what made him stylistically unique in tone, but also on the mic. He’s painting himself into metaphor corners, into subject area corners, into reference point corners. His beats are beginning to feel formulaic. He’s already made the most shocking songs he could possibly make, so that’s gone now forever, and talking about fame isn’t going to stay interesting for very long. Sure, the man can rap faster, he can up his pen game to write only internal rhyme schemes, and he can maybe try to explore more lyrical sincerity, but if “Criminal” is any indication, he’s going to fall flat. There’s this blaze of glory element to The Marshall Mathers LP that very few records have, where you can see the star burn out in real time. At its beginning, it’s a man in his prime making one of the greatest hip-hop albums ever made. By the middle, it’s a man in his prime rap well but lose his focus and feature too many of his friends, tripping into a couple brilliant niche moments in the process. By the end, it’s a man still in his prime still rapping well but going back to the well, failing to push his own career forward, and it leaves the listener confused how something that started so great could end so flat. Throughout it all, though, Eminem is still in his prime, and that alone means that even the worst moments here are great hip-hop. It just doesn’t stick the landing. Am I nostalgic for the old Eminem? Yeah, up through “I’m Back.” After that, I’ve been hearing the same man since “Marshall Mathers,” and frankly, no matter how talented he is, he isn’t for me, but I respect it. But the good outweighs the bad here, and that is what matters most for me with this album.
01) Public Service Announcement 2000 - / 02) Kill You - 9,0 03) Stan - 10,0 04) Paul (skit) - / 05) Who Knew - 8,0 06) Steve Berman (skit) - / 07) The Way I Am - 10,0 08) The Real Slim Shady - 10,0 09) Remember Me? - 8,0 10) I'm Back - 8,5 11) Marshall Mathers - 8,0 12) Ken Kaniff (skit) - / 13) Drug Ballad - 8,0 14) Amityville - 8,0 15) Bitch Please II - 8,0 16) Kim - 7,0 17) Under the Influence - 7,5 18) Criminal - 7,5 TOTAL: 8,39 (84/100) Current ranking: 72/312
Was a great workout album…who knew
made me even whiter again
- Beim Hören ist mir aufgefallen, dass ich dieses Album wohl noch nie ganz gehört habe. Dachte ich irgendwie immer, aber zwei, drei Songs waren mir unbekannt - Was will man sagen, der Typ ist einfach Legende und für 2000er auch da schon absolut state of the art. - Geiler einzigartig Flow, einer der besten Texter im Buis, lediglich die seeehr eingängingen Hooks und Beats sind hier noch etwas seltern vertreten. 4,25/5
8/10. It's dope, and it's dark.
Tolle Platte. Wirklich Gut gealtert.
Classic. Throw back to my childhood and convincing my mum to let me listening to music with swearing in because my cousins were! Just played some D12 after! Not sure I’d bring it back into frequent rotation, but it was great to play it again.
Viele coole Hits.
Some horrendous phrases and views. But. This was an absolute game changer of a record, as well as an interesting critique of celebrity, influence, the record industry, being a role model and parasocial fan relationships.
Tough one. There are some real classics from my childhood days here, but since then my English has improved somewhat and the misogyny in the lyrics is hard to miss now. And it's quite disgusting to listen to. Especially "Kim", what a revolting domestic violence manifesto. Unfortunately, everything else still slays, so maybe I'll give it a 4? I just remembered the blowjob skit... men should be forbidden from making music.
Stan is legitimately incredible storytelling, the production on this whole album is top tier, it's kinda hard to rate though? Like em's talent is obvious but the general misanthropy makes it hard to give it a 5. Also rap skits, not just on this album but in general, fucking suck.
Em is very talented and not for me.
Down to relisten.
That slim shady character is a menace
cmon now it’s Eminem. Album so good, got another listen out of it which is always nice
First half - 3/4 of the album is as good as it gets. Trails off just a little in the end to keep it from being a 5. 4.5.
Classic
Would probably have rated it 5/5 ten years ago. It has some of his best songs, and the production is great throughout the album. Some aspects haven't aged too well.
Changed what was accepted as creditable rap music. Content and attitudes grate at time but no denying the genius of the high moments.
No comment
Quite the opening intro. Stan? Real slim shady? Quality album.
Solid album but found it a little tiresome to listen to this much…anger? That said, great album with some solid hits. 4/5
Easily one of the best and most listened to albums of my teenage life and beyond. So many memories of highschool shenanigans accompany this album. Listen again: of course Purchase for my collection: own it Favourite Song: hard to pick!!! Only losing one star for so many interludes and talk about dick sucking.
Classic
Vile but perversely refreshing. Like taking an ice bath in ammonium. One of the few records I allow myself to skip on. The hits and unmistakeable style prevent it from anything less than a 4
I think Eminem matured a lot on this album (as a musician not as a person). The songs seem a lot more complete and not as repetitive. I do still think that the album is too long, but I didn't find it as annoying. Some good songs and some good beats. I found this album a lot more engaging than the last one. 3.5
this was way more inconsistent than I remember, but the highs are really fucking high. it's not about the music here, it's the lyrical pyrotechnics and the pre-2008 eminem attitude. I dont think a musician has been worse served by getting off the drugs (see the "you have to be brave" tweet) - but also the gangsta rap braggadocio that he's taking to its logical conclusion doesn't really exist in the same way anymore, and neither does Family Friendly Rap like will smith, so the joke is lost now. he's billed as a sorta hip hop prankster/enfant terrible but i don't think that's quite the full story. makes it hard to properly assess it nowadays, I think
II loved this album when it came out, that said I was 22 years younger then. Listening to it again after so long I had the following thoughts. There are some great songs on this like Stan, the way I am and the real slim shady. the album is too violent Its homophobic and misogynistic However, I can’t work out if this is sarcasm or not! Favourite song: The way I am Least favourite: all good Album artwork: Good cover
I had fun with it. I don't support how raw he is in the lyrics but I dig the music and I get his style
Another classic from my teenage years. It's value has gone down a bit but still bops. I probably don't appreciate it as much as I would if I was going into it fresh. 3.5/5
Arguably, one of the greatest lyricists in hip hop history. Em’s wordplay, vocabulary and lyrical ability made him notable. His early, often violent, content made him controversial. I’ve been listening to him since the Slim Shady EP (pre-LP) and even went back to Infinite, but that’s a very underdeveloped version of him. This album was always one I appreciated, but not as much as the Slim Shady series. This is certainly one of his most thoroughly-violent records. The opening few tracks are really great though as he showcases his lyrical talent and creativity. His ability to rhyme such an expansive lexicon of the English language while maintaining an entertaining cadence and rhyme style is really what makes him captivating for me. His violent content is unsavory and difficult to listen to at times (e.g. Kim”), but I feel he’s saying and expressing anger in a way that probably some of us feel at times but know better than to let it out into the world among our friends and family. Em uses his musical platform to express himself, and for this record, he had embraced and recognized his meteoric rise. On an engineering level, the mastering of this record is very well done - no surprise with Dre being the mastermind. I was also reminded how great of a song “Stan” is. Vividly painting a story of a young fan with little to no self-direction. Another reminder that therapy is for everyone. The record loses its appeal a bit for me in the middle and end with the exception of the west coast star-studded “Bitch Please”, and “Criminal” is nostalgic, but overall I’d rate this 3.5/5, so a 4 it is.
Offensive, appalling, juvenile, and completely off the rails. So, just about everything you come to expect from Eminem. And that's kind of the point. Yet weirdly, it's also incredibly self-aware and a few parts of it border on humility (e.g. Who Knew) In the end, its catchy as hell, oddly clever and even poetic despite the subject matter, and doesn't pretend to be anything it's not. I can't fault that. And actually, I kind of enjoy it.
++: Stan, Paul, Steve Berman, The Way I Am, Marshall Mathers, Ken Kaniff, Drug Ballad, Bitch Please II, Kim, Criminal +: Public Service Announcement 2000, Kill You, Who Knew, The Real Slim Shady, Remember Me?, I'm Back, Amityville, Under The Influence 8,0/10
This was a top tier album with a great mix of good rap and skits
Heard before. Pretty good.
Wow - so many hits. Eminem was everywhere in the early 2000s - and it is understandable. Both the hits and the rest of the songs on here are so catchy - I really like his rapping/rhyming style, and the production is just amazing, but the skits in between are a little too much. I could live without his singing in Marshall Marhers, and I din’t really like Drug Ballad and Kim. Time has not been kind to many of his lyrics on this record. It was a different time”.
If you removed a lot of the crazy Eminem skits and misc stuff in this album I would probably give it a 5. It's a 4.5 for me. So many songs I have loved Stan, Real slim sahdy, I'm back, drug ballad, bitch please II, Criminal. This album was such a big fuck you to everyone back then. I wish I could have experienced it coming out older than 9 lol.
Very real and very raw album. Definitely a weird one to listen to at 8am on a Tuesday. I'm happy Eminem is as real as he is because I feel like if he wasn't well adjusted he would be saying some absolutely off the wall stuff in the media these days.
This is as antagonistic as it gets. I think everything that’s come after is just trying to replicate the angst. Nearly had me clutching pearls, and I don’t even own pearls. Maybe it's contrived controversy. And maybe it still sells because he can get away with being this angry in America…because he’s white. Good social commentary. Good flow, beats, and some solid tracks. Some duds. Feels like the first classic album I’ve come across, but maybe that’s just the hype at the time...
Severely out of date ideologies, probably one of the original trolls of music. He is however an excellent lyricist.
This holds up better that SSLP not because it is less ridiculously offensive and outdated in rhetoric, but because the quality supersedes those faults. This is his best album. At times a very difficult listen, but his talent pulls you in.
Rap isn't my thing, but this album feels nostalgic (in a good way) and reminds me of my teens. I remember overplaying 'Stan' to death back in the day, and I still think it's an incredible track. Some of the things he says on the album can be hard to stomach, but I've always liked his delivery; very tongue-in-cheek and self-aware. Of course, this was written back in the day when tolerance for a certain type of 'jokes' was much higher, so I had to look at it through different lens. 'Kim' and some of the skits are still awful, but otherwise, it is probably one of the very few rap albums I'd listen to front to back. 4 stars
4.6
fully understand why someone wouldn't like this, but this is one of the most provocative albums by one of the most technically proficient mcs ever and litchrally invented stan culture idk.
Horrible news: I really enjoyed this album.
As entertaining as it is crass
This is still exceptionally clever and seems more like a play than a musical album at times. However, I must be getting old because I now found parts of this disturbing and now think, 'would I like it if my teenage kids listened to this?'. A big change to when I first heard it as 20yr old. The answer may still be yes, but take note to the parts where he spouts not to take his rap persona as the real person he is.
Another nostalgic piece for me, I guess I’m still mad at the world. This is just as good as The Slim Shady LP in my opinion.
Big classic. Sadly, only like 3-4 good songs. But I like eminem.
3 songs carry this album
Man, this album was huge. It wasn’t my thing back then, and it’s not my thing now, but this album definitely held my attention. This album has its ups and downs, and even deeper downs, but for me overall its highlights earn a surprising four stars.
Eminem is so talented and this album is a masterpiece. He’s a fantastic song writer and performer. I still listen to his albums every once in a while. That being said: I can’t get behind his whole “I’m just saying it. I don’t mean it or condone it” thing while pointing at the media and parents as the villains. A lot of his content is reprehensible. So that all drags this down a star.
I was literally a Slim Shady lurking working at Burger King Spittin on your onion rings
Great album
So much has been said about Eminem's misogyny, rage and homophobia, so I'm not sure what much more this will add, but here is: My first roommate out of college was a gay man raised in the Midwest, who was bullied throughout high school for his orientation. His time as a kid gave him an almost pathological aversion to standard straight guy activities, which was a point of discussion every time I had friends over to play games. I never really emotionally understood how pervasive homophobia was in the early 2000s until listening to this album - the fact that one of the best rappers in the world at the time poured so much of his talent into dumping on gay men and women is such a marker of the cultural landscape (see Ken Kaniff for the best example). This makes me feel really conflicted about this album. For straight musicality, Stan, The Real Slim Shady, Marshall Mathers, Amityville, Kim, Criminal by themselves are absolute standouts in the overall rap landscape. Massive cultural impact aside, I first listened to Stan in high school, and despite being a huge Dido fan, it was the first song which made me realize that sampling wasn't just "stealing" music from other artists. Kim was so visceral that it nullifies the criticism of it promoting domestic violence - the way he captured the blinding rage in the moment is spine chilling, and you would have to be pathologically messed up to want to imitate that. But at the same time, I think about my roommate and how bad things were for him as a kid (egged on in part by stuff like this), and it makes it tough for me to enjoy listening to it. I'm giving it a 4/5 because some tracks really sagged (Kill You, Who Knew, The Way I Am, Drug Ballad) in my estimation, but I honestly wonder how my roommate or girlfriend would rate this - prob significantly lower because the rage hits closer to home.
I get the lyrics have not aged well, but for the time this was released, great project. Favorite Song: Stan Rating: 3.7/5
Some of the women beating bars have aged incredibly poorly but the classic still go hard, don’t remember the way I am being so good jeez
A classic album for many 90s kids like myself. In the album Eminem explores the similarities, differences, and blurring of lines between himself, marshall, and the slim shady character, a modern day villain. What is real, what is for show, etc. Would be a 5/5 but for the incessant homophobia and misogyny, which of course was of that time but unfortunately takes away from the timelessness.
Damn lotta rap coming through now, another easy classic, didn't age as bad as I thought
I think we can all agree that this record was huge for rap and hip hop. It changed a lot of what people thought of rap/hip hop. The singles on this record are huge! And a lot of the lesser known songs on this record could be singles too if it weren't for the crazy amount of explicit content. But the rapping is fantastic. Over all, this record is great. But plagued by rap cliche skits. The intro skit was perfect. It was short, to the point, and set the tone of the record. I get that Eminem is sarcastic and tongue in cheak (pun not intended) but do we need to hear asmr quality blow jobs? Nope. Yes, it's fake.... But for an album, it really is unnecessary. This doesn't add to the album. It takes away the tonality and aggressiveness of this record. It does have the "I don't give a Fuck" vibe that is throughout... But drastically not needed. I'm sure this is the most skipped song on any album ever made. Lyrically, Eminem is a genius. The way he bends his rhymes, his speed, and his punches are perfect. But the content is often times disgusting and, I repeat, I get he's being sarcastic, telling stories and not truths, and is being shocking for the sake of being shocking... But rapping about raping your mom is just fucked. Even if it is used in a joking way... Still fucked. Would be a perfect album if the skits weren't included.
♥️
Another struggle. It's unapologetic, it's catchy. But my stars its just so profane. Not one I could review at work.
Loses steam toward the end but there's no denying this is a big classic. Probably the biggest album of 2000, at least from a popular culture perspective. Some beats got a bit old but mostly in a charming way, like Old Snoop Dogg albums or something.
Probably his best work. Great all the way!
Another hardcore hip-hop classic given by a very provocative and vulgar Eminem. The album is too long winded and looses power in the end, but fortunately, there's enough hits and strong songs to compensate that.
That one skit made me almost stop listening Public Service Announcement 2000 - X/5 Kill You - 4.6/5 Stan - 5/5 Paul (Skit) - X/5 Who Knew -3.8/5 Steve Berman - X/5 The Way I Am -4/5 The Real Slim Shady -5/5 Remember Me? - 3.5/5 I'm Back - 4.5/5 Marshall Mathers - 4.7/5 Ken Kaniff (Skit) - X/5 Drug Ballad - 4.2/5 Amityville - 4.4/5 Bitch Please II - 4.7/5 Kim - 4.9/5 Under The Influence - 3.7/5 Criminal - 4.8/5 Total - 4.4/5
Peak aggro Eminem, can't argue with the sheer power and capability but gotta say it's pretty cringe to modern ears
Classic but a bit too much swearing
first time for me I heard a complete Eminem album and was suprised, since this is not my genre. I enjoyed it!
die 2. und eine der besseren
Kim and Stan on the same album holy cow. Honestly, brutal lyrics and the vibe of the 2000's. But mostly brutal lyrics. Made me anxious throughout, interesting experience.
The edge has been dulled in the ~quarter century since it's been released, but the good songs are still REALLY good, and the not-so-good ones are still pretty great.
Yep
Would you look at that? We've got a topical album today! Because of his recent single and upcoming album, people have been talking about Eminem more than they have been for some time, so getting this album when myself and many others are thinking about Eminem is pretty neat! Anyways, this album's an absolute classic. I don't really need to explain why it's on here. It's probably the most acclaimed album from one of the most iconic rappers of all time. It really just boils down to that. The album's certainly an interesting one to look at today. The big thing people look at is the writing and the nature of the writing. Look, I'll say that there were parts where this album was a tough listen. Songs like "Marshall Mathers" and "Kim" are the obvious examples of this. However, I feel like there were points to be made. Like, one could say that the writing is just offensive for no reason, but I'm here to say that it's offensive for a reason. I think some songs boil down to it being from a character's perspective like on the opener "Kill You," while others make a point about the world like on "Who Knew." I'm not excusing it per se, I'm just saying that I can still see the appeal of the album today. Speaking of which, the musical contents are pretty good. The beats are fun, and when they're not fun, they're like that on purpose like on songs such as "Stan." I enjoy the rapping. I think Em is at his slimmest and shadiest when he's just having fun and not trying to be the fastest rapper or whatever. The technical skills are still there though, and they're great. The features are solid and the skits are tolerable. Also, there are some great songs on here. The obvious highlights are the aforementioned "Stan" as well as "The Real Slim Shady." These two songs represent a great dichotomy between fun Eminem songs and serious Eminem songs. Overall, while I have problems like the album, namely certain lines and the overall pacing, there's no denying that this is an interesting and very important album that I would say I enjoyed as a whole. Light 4/5.
groundbreaking
pleasantly surprised by this album after getting the slim shady LP literally 2 days ago and finding it mid at best. marshall mathers is where i feel eminem peaked still would not touch the album with a 10 foot pole on an average day but its far better than other eminem releases 3.7/5
Wow. These are something. I've never listened to the early Eminem. It's tough. Had a very visceral reaction to Kim. If music can do that, then it's important.
Im not a hip hop/rap fan but remember this coming out as a kid. Unbelievable to think this was 20+ years ago. Several iconic tracks on this album. Even though it was quite long even the filler songs were decent. I still dont get these skits that they do. Good beats, lyrics and a few banging tunes. Overall id give it a low 4/5 with it having 3-4 massive songs on there.
Lots to like here: Dre's beats are first-rate and Eminem is off-the-charts as a rapper, and there's real anger and humor and creativity in it, though also an excess of sophomoric humor and a smugness that's not nearly as clever as it thinks it is. The many interesting bits – the Dido sample, say – but just as many nasty, misogynistic, racist, etc. bits. Further on the downside, the skits are silly (as on so many other hip-hop records). What's great about the record is intrinsically caught up in what's truly awful/despicable about it; take "Kim" – one's put in the mind of the Doors' "The End" but clearly this isn't such a dramatic statement (or maybe it's intended to be?); it's debatably briliant but indisputably rephrensible/degenerate at the same time. Also, shouldn't the Snoop Dogg track be on, like, an actual Snoop Dogg record? More broadly, as concept, this is overdone by an order of magnitude. One has to care a lot to grok the character and track the sublteties and interconnections, and one just doesn't care that much, especially now (actuallly one might care more now than one did then, when furor was all distraction and made it all seem very much not worth effort). The question is, just how serious should this be taken today, two decades out. It's also safe to say that the both the prudish haters and the passionate backers (and Stans) were both exactly right about this record, which is why it's worth knowing, even if one isn't inclined to listen very often.
First Album
Good listen
Good
its def a vibe
I don’t have a ton of nostalgia for Eminem, he’s never been my favorite rapper. There are some standout tracks here though, the ones everyone knows. Those are worth the 4 stars, but this album definitely didn’t need to be this long
Tiene una tremenda energía
LP
Aside from the f slurs being thrown around, this was pretty good.
Pretty entertaining. Some of it doesn't really hold up I don't think. But I also kind of think that was the point.
Vulgar and classic.
the older I get the less I like Eminem. Yes, he is undoubtedly talented and has a ton of hits, but I cant get past the ex/mother hate stuff anymore. That being said I'd be lying if I said I didnt enjoy a bunch of these songs regardless. Also it has Stan which has one of the choppiest ending lines to a song that feels like a reverse cumshot but I still listen to the full thing. "Come to think about it, his name was, it was you. Damn"
This album better than most captures the angst and powerlessness felt by young men who feel they need to last out and bring people down in order to bring themselves up. It sounds immature because that's the point.
My first full listen-through of this record even though I've heard all of these tracks separately so many times before. (Don't tell my wife who is obsessed with these early Eminem records) I love that Eminem was such a phenom- such a force, and he came and never left. Sure, these early records are the ones that did all of the paradigm shifting, all of the milieu reinventing, but he's still an incredible rapper and lyricist and it's funny that young up and coming rappers (like the vastly inferior MGK) try and fail to take shots at him. He's earned this "untouchable" status I think. One of my favorite sounds here is the jokey music/beats, and the jokey and silly flow that both contrast the often serious lyrical content. Eminem is a master of this sound because it is his sound. I think there's other rappers who have tried it, but these early records are so unique in it. This blend made it palatable for things like "Total Request Live", and heavily censored radio plays. In fact, it seems like radios HAD to play these songs back in the day. It's funny to me that in this album there are times where he mentions both TRL and radio stations having problems playing his songs. Only realizing that after I wrote this note! I can't believe this album goes from "Kill You" to "Stan". What a crazy eclectic 1-2 punch. I also completely forgot that "Stan" and "The Real Slim Shady" were on the same record. "The Real Slim Shady" is one of the funniest wackiest and best rap songs ever. Sure, it feels dated and a bit too silly these days, but I actually think that's a testament to the current culture of popular music (which unfortunately I think attempts to be abnormally serious) rather than a reflection on the song. The music video is also one of the best music videos of all time, and watching it again now, probably some 20 plus years later, I can still remember so many of the scenes. Watching his mannerisms in the video in the more acted out "skits", you can tell that he has "it"; that he has an eye for funny moments in the visuals, and that he is more than just the person who supplied the audio track. Man I love him talking trash about Carson Daily and MTV in that track. Then they gotta play it on TRL. So, so, so funny. The pop culture references throughout are timeless in a funny way while also feels like a time capsule to these "issues" then. I'm pondering the simplicity of life in 2000, a year before the US had started to change, and how all of these problems in the music industry wouldn't really be problems in today's day. The downside of this album is that I think that Eminem pushes the boundaries a little too much at times, and it's hard to conceptualize the challenges in his life into the songs and at what point does he fall into hyperbole for the sake of a more dramatic lyric. I ended up listening to this album twice, and a little bit of his next album, "The Eminem Show", and I was pretty consistently turned off how gross some of his lyrics get, or how many times he needs to reiterate a homophobic slur to get to a punchline lyric that isn't funny or enjoyable beyond what I would imagine some frat bros would get a chuckle at. For those reasons would I give it a much harsher rating than I want? I'm not really sure. I think that for someone to truly the push the boundaries in art they have to go beyond what they think a norm could be, and then reel it in from there. I get that- it makes sense to me when I listen to the atonal music of Schoenberg in the early 20th century, I understand that he isn't always writing this music for people to simply enjoy, he is testing the maxim to see what can be done. Later atonal music is much more listenable because of these early explorations. Eminem I kind of see as the same in a way. Regardless, he's one of the best rappers of all time and there's no doubt this record is on a plateau with legends.
This was a mixed bag. Basically therapy session as artistic musical expression and shared with the world. Some true bangers: Stan is so good it literally has become the cultural standard for representing (troubled) superfans; Em has proven to be prescient with this cut. And his technical rapping ability is on point, fitting perfectly with Dre’s production style. Amazing for sure, but damn if I wasn’t wincing with some of the misogyny, violence and homophobia. Very misogynistic and violent
Absolute classic.
If you can’t bring yourself to believe this is satire, you’re gonna hate this. Or you should, anyway. I’m only giving this a four because the intent is veiled enough that this really reinforced some negative beliefs for some imperceptive people.
TRL but also Kill You is fun.
I always chuckle at how mainstream Eminem has become over the years, to the point where his music (maybe not lyrics) are featured over sports broadcasts by Disney owned affiliates whenever a Detroit team is playing. This album is dark and twisted but also impressive and self-aware.
Can’t bring myself to give this one 5 stars bc of the disturbing abuse and misogyny themes heavily present throughout the album. But i was surprised by how much i did really like the flow and production of this album. I’m a little too young to have listened to Eminem during his prime era, and not really in the target audience anyway but i enjoyed the quirkiness, experimentalism, and honesty present throughout this album. And it helps that it’s a pretty fun listen too.
Some bangers, some famous guests, some frightening violence. Missed this on release. Bet it made for a lot of pissed-off parents.
This album is a milestone! its Comical, Dark, Violent a person struggling with an insane amount attention and constant scrutiny but takes the time to examine his place in the spotlight and turn the tables on his accusers to say whats your role in the misdeeds of the world? Some things have aged poorly like the track "Kim" it was difficult to listen to such graphic telling of violence but that said his artistry is insane and its a compelling story if not down right terrifying. The hits are blockbusters and the rest are amazing I dont think theres a skip on this album.
Some absolute classics on here clearly but what are rappers always so self indulgent. Some of the nonsense and filler later in the album marks it down a bit. Don’t let the ego run rampant. Less is more guys!
Personally I could've done without the skits, but some great songs on here.
we should be together, too...
The homophobia is hard to look past, but this album does have some hits
High shock value, I am all angry this morning pounding through emails - great.
The beat on kill you slaps so hard but I felt physically sick listening to the lyrics fr! Production is so so so good wtf !!!! it’s just a shame the hatred towards women/ gay people is so pungent. I understand why BO greasy boys like him so much LOL Nevertheless, really enjoyed. Dre popped off 👍
Bara klassík, en pirrandi að þurfa að hlusta á sanitised útgáfu
Em is angry and you can tell.
Huge songs on this album, even the tracks kept off the radio have great beats and memorable moments. Eminem is not my favorite rapper, but he has a place in the history of rap music, and his massive popularity teaches us a lot about the music industry and society in general. He's the best selling rap artist of all time, does he deserve that spot? Does it matter?
Powerful
I personally prefer Em's next few albums over MM, but this classic put him on the map. Some all-time great cuts but a bit too long as an entire body of work. Favorite tracks: Stan, I'm Back
4.4
Well you can't say that today..... still 4 stars
Amazingly raunchy and vulgar lyrics! Fun listen though, good beats, amazing rap flow, some classics.
This album basically doubles down on The Slim Shady LP, but also reflects on the new found fame that album brought Eminem. Shocking, painful, and innovative, Em continues to explore the dark sides of humanity with his cutting lyrics and twisted sense of humor. It takes me back to high school and the people I knew that came from broken homes, this album struck a chord with a lot of people for more than just its shock value. Whereas The Slim Shady LP was mostly black comedy, this album blurs the lines between what is serious and what is satire. Dr. Dre’s sparse production on the first half also gives room for Em to get the message out clearly before the second half when the lyrics weld with the production to punctuate the anger and despair on tracks like Amityville and Kim. Human nature is complex and messy, it’s not all sunshine and butterflies, there is anger and grief in all of us, and so for all the love songs in the world there is also Eminem to balance things out based on reality.
Never listened to an Eminem album all the way through. He is so polarizing and I really can understand why people are so drawn to him. Not only is he so talented but he has such raw emotions and humans can relate to on such a deep level
For the insane influence and banger singles like 'Stan' and 'Real Slim Shady' that are still classics now, it should be a 5. Unfortunately it goes on a little too long and ends up throwing some weak tracks at you towards the end. 'Amityville' is clunky, the D12 features on 'Under the Influence' just aren't nearly as good or funny as Eminem is, and 'Kim' for how raw it is is insanely long and bad. If you stopped it before that last section of the album I think it's a 5.
Yeah, free speech.
Some of the second half songs didn't live up to the first half. 4/5
Eminem is such a good rapper, but this was never my style of music. Wish I had listened to this when it came out
Favourite song- stan
this album was pretty good, some good tracks, it’s kind of annoying that literally every track is 5+ minutes long, i feel the choruses are a bit too repetitive and some tracks don’t stand out to me too much, that’s all i’d say is bad about the record, the album was good overall tho light 7
The highs are so unbelievably high. And the craft is *ridiculous*. He’s so fucking talented. It’s just so long and inconsistent, featuring too many questionable tracks. 3.5/5
I go back and forth on this. There are parts where it's great - the storytelling flows, it's a great take on the impact of fame and the overlap between him and the character he plays (probably not one of his major influences, but the sentiment is very much similar to the middle/end of The Wall) - but there are also parts where it gets a bit lazy. The shockjock homophobia and wifebeating stuff goes a bit OTT, and the skits are pretty much all painful. Still, where it's good it's really good. 4/5.
Has some very good songs and iconic eminem rap parts, but I don't think many of the skits or some songs aged well. In general I'm not a huge fan of skits in albums anyways.
Such a dramatic album but still only getting 4 stars because of all the skits
i forgot how dark eminem's early stuff was - his flow though is unparalleled.
Favourite songs: The Real Slim Shady, The Way I Am, Bitch Please II, Stan, Under the Influence, I'm Back, Criminal, Remember Me? Least favourite songs: Public Service Announcement 2000, Paul, Steve Berman, Ken Kaniff (fuck skits) 4/5
Eminem is very much a polarizing figure in hip-hop, that much I will agree with. I was exposed a bit to Em growing up, and thus am very much familiar with this album. This might honestly be his best work, but I usually go back and forth between this and his previous album "The Slim Shady LP" in determining that label. Em's..."charged" delivery and explicit lyrical content may not be for everyone ("Kim" has all of that and then some), but the first half of the album sets the tone nicely, featuring some of the more iconic songs from Em's vast library.
dope
Ja iconisch. Goud. fantastisch
Oh, that’s pleasant. His M-in-ence gives a great job here! A lot of variety, rhythms, moods, and positions. Drug Ballad is the best rap on the album, followed by The Way I Am (how does he not mention green eggs and ham somewhere in this one?) Who Knew he likes to suck dick so much that he raps eloquently about it in more than half the songs. Sounds like it sucks to be The Real Slim Shady… Makes the list because he’ll say any (negative) thing about anyone / everyone and because it’s good. Didn’t really like it, but unfortunately can’t rate it any lower than (4.4*s)
kind of a brutal listen. There is a equal amount raw emotion of an artist coming to grips with his fame and the demands stemming from that, and homophobic, misogynistic shock rap, which take away from the fact that Eminem is one the most talented rappers in the world.
M&M is some dark entertainment not to be taken too seriously. He proves it with this shock and awe album, but also has a way of saying his twisted mind doesn’t mean he’s doing the things he sings about. He just likes pissing everyone off. And he’s made a good career out of not giving a fuck.
Pick out several songs for download
I was all for giving this a 5 - Kill You, Stan, The Way I Am, Real Slim Shady - but there's definitely quite a bit of filler, and the album goes on for longer than I would have liked. That said the good stuff is proper good - I'm not a huge hip-hop-head but I'd consider Stan one of the best songs ever written. I can't think of a song that does a better job of telling a story that's equal parts personal and social-commentary, plus it's only got more relevant with time AND it was a smash-hit. A song like that should have been an under the radar opus, but of course it was enormous, which is a testament for just how good Eminem is.
One of the most meta things I've heard in a while
Lyrically interesting and emotional all the way through. A few of the tracks miss the mark. Stan, Real Slim Shady, and Kim were some standouts
Stan forever changed the vocabulary of music discussion. Kim is great and I never want to listen to it again. Cartoonishly vulgar and violent. Forever hate sex skits on hip hop albums even if they’re played for laughs. Favorite songs are Stan, The Real Slim Shady, and Bitch Please II.
So good. Especially the first half. And funny too 4.4
I have this album. I have not listened to it in a decade at least. It's terrible and awesome. I wrote what I wrote. The raw emotion on it still draws me in and his lyrics are catchy. Some of it is really hard to listen to now and I always skipped over Kim. Best tracks: Drug Ballad, Marshall Mathers
Favourite Song: Stan Yes I'm biased. I admitted that early. I listened to this album a lot as a white girl teen who wanted to be cool but angsty. Despite the poor intention behind listening to it, it was completely different to the other music I was listening to and I loved it. I have had a lot of hip hop albums early into my 1001 albums, a genre I don't know too well, but this album will always be at the top.
favourite song: the real slim shady good album shame abt some of the lyrics
Eminem is famous, and boy, is he pissed off about it!
Great
4.4/5 great listened 2x
I'm learning to really appreciate what this guy has done in the rap world.
Eminem has this cool, unique style of rapping where it sounds like someone is having a conversation and it just happens to rhyme. Not sure if that's the best description, but that's all I got. It's impressive as is this album. Song quality goes down in the 2nd half but the first half is an all time great and there are definite 5-star moments in the 2nd half. The only issue for me is that it's hard to tell if/when he's playing a psychotic/ultraviolent psycho and when it's really him. I tell myself he's just pretending but I think I'm wrong a lot, which is kind of disturbing. 4.5 stars
Iconic. Forgot how good Stan was
Wild album. If it came out today Eminem would be cancelled .
Angry. Satirical. Dark. Eminem’s giant middle finger to frankly all his haters. Good bars, fun backing tracks some are a lil repetitive and lose their charm mid song.
Yes it’s satire but boy was this written by a very lyrically talented angry and bitter guy
great lyrics
very raw, powerful; quality is uneven
Stan, Who Knew, and The Way I Am, even The Real Slim Shady holds up pretty good. I never really liked the antics / skits in rap albums that much. Some songs, like Kim, I don't like at all... A lot of it wears on... but still great production. Amazing rapping. Iconic album. 4/5
Great album. Full of misogyny and anti gay sentiment but the man knows how to string words together. Will be coming back to it. Nostalgia bait.
crazy but cool a tough attitude
Eminem legend. Old school love it. Stan best song. Didn’t have time to listen to the whole album, shame.
Not for me it used fowl language way to often
To quote Christgau, "a devastating wordslinger." But docking a point for something he can't control, his gift being more innate than learned.
Really enjoyed this one. It's not your typical "rap" album and has great hooks, good lyrics, and a little tongue-in-cheek weirdness.
Eminem at his best. It’s a good listen to know the artist and what made him an icon. He’s one of the best singers this type of free flowing lyricism and combining catchy tunes and beat.
There were like two songs here that I was able to listen to with my kids in the car. I really enjoy Eminem and I think he is an amazing rapper and truly one of the greats. I thought I would just power through and not censor anything, but the kids started asking questions indicating that they were clearly listening. Whoops.
At 17 I thought this album had everything I needed. At 40, I hear nothing but the anger and put downs. It is stil worth a listen, but I don't think this album holds up for being 24 years since its release. Did Em figure out his anger and find a way to make himself more at peace? I haven't listened to him since the Eminem Show in 2002 aside from 2010 'Love the Way you lie'
Some are great but some are just skits lmao
Eminem is unapologetically brutal in both his lyricism and attitude. This project really showcases his range by incorporating elements of horrorcore and gangsta rap. It definitely didn’t hurt to have Dr Dre co-producing. This album definitely determines wether or not Eminem is for you. Yes he has some weirder, satirical songs that make him sound like a middle-school edgelord, but you cannot deny the lyrical talent that he possesses.
Damn this white boi MAD
Tons of raw talent. I like how he has matured through his career. Some of the songs are emotionally raw and can even be a bit difficult to listen to. But there are some huge hits on here. Fun to listen to.
The best horror core album, if it was just the first 9 songs it would be 5/5 The last half of the album Is unfortunately not nearly as good Best song: Stan Worst song: Ken Kaniff (LMAO)
So many bitches. So misogynistic. The homophobia. The violence. These are fighting songs... Then there is Dido. It bangs and I feel like a hypocrite enjoying it.
Wow this was a lot. Great album and story if you put aside some of the lyrics. Definite murder music this guy wants to kill someome
Ah what a fantastic first album. The PSA at the beginning is great, very Eminem. Stan is great, pretty much the best song in the album. Thank You by Dido really ties everything together. The Way I am is surprisingly catchy. The Real Slim Shady is absolutely classic Eminem. Very catchy too. I'm Back has such a catchy reff. I cant believe its my first time hearing this song. Marshall Mathers feels great to hear. Ken Kaniff - Skit is just weird as fuck lol Kim is.. Something else.. Overall very enjoyable I'd say.
Just a nostalgic fun album to relisten to. Not something I would play over and over
not mine but good
Hard work at times but worth it
It would be five stars if not for the painful to listen to kidnap skits.
Similar to how I reviewed the Slim Shady LP, it's all a play on personas; the artist, the mask and the cartoon. This one felt more of what life could've been like if he hadn't of made it. The satire, the skits, the coulda woulda shoulda.
I was prepared to hate this bc of the violent lyrics but Stan is powerful and there is much artistry here despite some of the difficultly I have with the messages.
The man earned his crown as king of the angry white boys, and he proves it here. Some of the song go on a little too long for my taste. It also made me wonder, how he would have been with out all the homophobia. Because it's very prominent. I don't think he hates gay people or anything. But my God does he use it as an insult and in demeaning ways. Makes you wonder what he would have been like without it. I don't really care for the skits. But overall a good listen. I think Berserk is my favorite (big surprise there lol)
M'encanta Eminem, i aquest àlbum té un parell de cançons que per mi es troben entre les millors que ha fet mai. Però sí que penso que cap al final perd una mica el ritme i la força del principi i perd el shock factor que té al principi. Expected Lorenzo Rating: 4
1.5.24
I was a teenager when this record was popular. Contains some timeless songs, and for some reason I even got to appreciate the song "Kim". Nevertheless, some very cringy quotes, and simply annoying songs.
This listen makes me feel some types of ways. Part of me wondered why I didn’t give this a listen when it came out, but I remember being very anti rap music back then. After listening to the full album for the first time today I feel like I missed out. It’s silly, full of depth, character, energy, and charisma. Highly recommend!
forgot how great this album is, starts to trail off a bit with the last few songs though
Good
The man in his prime. He's truly talented and the album is a classic. I'd always hear him passively from my environment without much active listening so I'm glad this app made me slow down and look at his work closer.
Very iconic man. Heard a bunch of these before. Nice listen. Still prefer the original Thank You by Dido though.
Very catchy, great beats and riffs. Stan is a classic. Lyrics and rapping are introspective even if the subject matter is very crass.
BRABOOOOOOOOO
Favs: Im back ❤️
Amazing album
And since birth I've been cursed with this curse to just curse And just blurt this berserk and bizarre shit that works And it sells and it helps in itself to relieve All this tension dispensing these sentences Getting this stress that's been eating me recently off of this chest
This album will always hold a place in time for me and listening to it really brought me back to the early 2000's (but maybe not in the best way). Every angry teen grasped the vulgarity and senselessness at the time but listening to it now felt yuck at times. All of the stupid skits and the overly violent, misogynistic, dark songs I once loved were just too hard to stomach this time around. That being said, Eminem is still a beast and the music hits. There's some great songs on this album that I do love, but I will play them individually henceforth.
Whether you like M or not, the guy has talent. One of the only emcees that doesn't just rap about money and hoes. Love that he goes off the wall with some rhymes and pushes it past the line. He's a true wordsmith that can even rhyme with orange. This album def influenced me when it came out...I even bleached my hair.
Eminem was huge while I was in middle to high school. I'm pretty sure I've heard nearly all of the songs on this album but this is the first time I've ever listened to it in unison. I always knew he had a reputation for anger and violent references but didn't realize how extreme until listening in one sitting. Regardless the songs are catchy and entertaining. Eminem is clearly a master lyricist. His skill is on display throughout. This is a fantastic album that deserves respect even if rap isn't your genre of choice. 4.20 stars, would get my ears fucked again. P.s. never realized the direct diss/ callouts to ICP before which are fantastic.
Gut produziertes Album, einige eingängige Songs.
Why didn't I ever listen to this when it came out? I would have loved it.
PSA - 3 Kill You - 5 Stan - 5 Who Knew - 3 Steve Berman - 3 The Way I Am - 5 The Real Slim Shady - 5 Remember Me? - 3 I'm Back - 4 Marshal Mathers - 5 Ken Kaniff - 6 Drug Ballad - 5 Amityville - 4 Bitch Please II - 5 Kim - 5 Under the Influence - 4 Criminal - 5 4. Super solid. Mix of some nostalgia and phat beats.
Did not expect to like it as much as I did. Slim Shady LP was also a pleasant surprise but this one pretty much blows that album out of the water. There's some really great songs here. I always kind of underestimated Eminem; yeah he had some songs I liked but I always thought he was so popular just because he was white so he felt "safer" to non-rap fans. Honestly, if that's why people took to him it probably only helped the genre when you think about it. Most of these songs go hard. Eminem comes across as really sincere and very, very angry for sure. The downside is that some of this stuff has seriously not aged well in the lyric department. I understand because I was in high school when this dropped and casual homophobia was pretty normal. It wasn't right, but that's how it was. Much like Bonnie & Clyde 1997 from Slim Shady LP I could really do without Kim. It's downright unpleasant and frankly disturbing; and keep in mind that I like to listen to a lot of bands like Cannibal Corpse, Carcass, Exhumed, etc in my non-1001 albums time. I also grew tired of his almost constant usage of "I dont give a fuck" or some variation thereof. I get it dude. You're a solid lyricist. Express that feeling another way maybe? I didn't expect to type this much up. I just got going. I'm tempted to give this a 5 for the impact it had but I have to subtract 1 star as that probably more accurately represents my enjoyment.
December 13, 2023 Good album.
Strong album with Standouts in Stan, The Real Slim Shady, Marshall Mathers, and Drug Ballad - but the album is held back by occasional off-putting misogyny.
fun, entertaining. Don't be a snowflake and enjoy it
Marshall is obviously one hell of a rapper, but let's not kid ourselves - The Marshall Mathers LP could easily have been trimmed down be excluding skits and tracks like 'Remember Me?'. Also, could we not kill a woman in every song please?
Go easy on the women, Slim. Eminem is one hell of a rapper and his ability to go back and forth between styles and personalities in a matter of seconds is superb. There are a few bad songs that could’ve been cut and a few skits that go on for too long. But other than that this album is just filled with hit after hit.
7/10 a classic but not my preferred genre nowadays
Probably the darkest album I know. Impressive that m&m can stay as lighthearted as he does throughout it. The stuff he raps about it shocking, twisted, and evil, and he makes it believable, but when you step out of the moment it is obviously detached from reality. It is an exploration into the depth of what human thought is capable of, built off of the demons that Em must have been battling (or just accepting) in reality. Beats, rhymes, production, and flow are great. Favorite Track: Stan, The Real Slim Shady, I'm Back
Stadig fantastisk
I used to listen to this album a lot. It is better than Slim Shady LP. It is a long album though. The skits are not necessary. I have never liked them. The album starts off very strong and if it ended after Marshall Mathers plus Bitch Please II, it would be a five. I will round down.
Nuevamente, esta web me está presentando otro disco de hip hop/rap que no había escuchado (en este caso, siendo contemporáneo a Eminem). ¿Casualidad? ¿Auto-convencimiento de que se trata de una señal irracional? De niño, me cautivaba la capacidad de éste tipo para insultar y cantar de una manera tan poética y musical: hoy, con 34, esa sensación persiste. Caigo también en la cuenta que, pese a no haber escuchado el disco de forma continua, conozco varios temas por MTV y la radio del 2000. Gran momento de ambos medios En conclusión. Otor buen disco que se me presenta, con momentos más arriba y otros más introspectivos.
not bad except f word
starts kinda weak but then it's banger after banger
Can’t help it, I know I shouldn’t but I like it. 2001, you were something.
Tormented, forced me to listen. Some iconic tracks
Incredible nice album
Makes you feel a really wide range of emotions. It's funny, appalling, sad, impressive, genius, cheap, dirty, thought-provoking, ... An album that has an artistic quality. Not purely enjoyable, though, which makes it a 4/5 for me.
By far the best Eminem Album
Eminem raps his ass off and changed the genre, but I can’t give it the full 5 to an album of impotent range that is “just clowning” when advocating senseless violence.
Brilliant in it's freedom and concept. I admire Eminem's confrontational honesty. Listening through to the album some of the guest appearances seem forced trying to sound as filthy as Eminem. A masterpiece in its own right.
Hard to listen to some of the dated lyrics but the craft in the lyrics is easy to identify.
Vulgar but fun. Well produced
Another nostalgia heavy album that is now difficult to look past the misogyny, homophobia and violence. Stan will always be a classic and Kim is still unbearably uncomfortable to sit through. There's no denying his talent, his ability to shock with his lyrics and or the fantastic hooks/beats scattered throughout this one.
Would be a five, but the general outgoing, egregious energy of slim kinda wears thin over its 70 minute runtime. Trim it down and you have a pure classic, with top-tier dre beats and em's obvious natural charisma, and this would be an absolute classic.
I wasn't sure how I was gonna like it. Hadn't listened to these tracks in 20 years (yikes). It's more meaningful than my former tween self would've gotten and it has a really nice flow to it. Good album.
One of my favorite albums growing up. Brought me into the rap scene at 12 years old. Though, my first listen in a long time. A lot will find the language and themes to be exploitative or excessive, but it helped Eminem stand out. I remember the moral crisis, but trauma and anger can bring the best art into the zeitgeist. White rappers have came up in the mainstream before this, but this was the first "gangster rap" white rapper. Eminem crashed through a dividing wall and I think has made ripple effects still felt today in helping bring different groups of people together. Don't mean to wax poetic about it, but looking back I can say this was one of the most important cultural album of the 2000s. It helps that the songs are catchy and creative, both lyrically and musically. I think it still stands up as one of the most influential rap albums ever. Taking off the nostalgia goggles, a lot of the homophobia has not aged well and even Eminem has come to regret it so I can't recommend this album to everyone. Also, the quality tapers off by the end of the album and most of the songs are about his own notoriety he gained from the Slim Shady LP, so not entirely relatable.
I've listened to this album many times before as I bought it on release. It still stands up today.
fun listen
Album was good. Haven’t listened to too much Eminem so it was nice to listen to some of his earlier work. I was surprised by his earlier sound compare to what his music is nowadays. Found a few good songs on the album. It’s not my favourite style of rap but I can see the appeal. 4/5.
Like the Slim Shady LP, but with better music, lyrics, and with actual serious songs. Seriously, I can’t imagine the sheer whiplash a new listener would get from ‘Kim’. It does have ‘Ken Kaniff’, though, so I don’t think I can’t give it 5 stars in good faith.
Half of the songs I know and are bangers. The other I don't know and didn't really stay with me except for Kim. What an emotional song
The album is a marathon of Eminem's over the top/aggressive style, but manages to switch tone enough to keep it from getting stale.
A throwback
Ken Kaniff was 😳 solid album overall
Yeah, some of the lyrics on here haven’t aged well but Eminem’s personality and Dr. Dre’s production work still make this album very enjoyable Favourite tracks: Kill You, Stan, The Way I Am, The Real Slim Shady, Bitch Please 2
Gran álbum, excelente producción e impactantes letras. Eminem mucho más maduro, que no duda en responderle a todo el mundo, tanto a las críticas, a MTV, a las productoras, a los padres ofendidos, a famosos. No queda quién por responder. Un gran despliegue de habilidades, tanto de rimas como de juego en palabras y de ritmos. A veces tira frases de formas casi percusivas, que demuestran que con un track cualquiera puede entretenerse como quiera. Lo único que criticar es que a veces las melodías cantadas no le quedan tan bien. Hitazo: the real slim shady Canción favorita: the way I am Peor canción: kim Sorpresa: drug ballad
Eminem is one of the few rappers I like, good album
this album is very nostolgic for me, it hit like 8th grade and just was the right time for eminem's early immature, agressive, irreverent style i remember when it came out how much discourse there was about how homophobic the lyrical content. and revisiting it now is making me feel icky, which is bad cause I think there are a lot of good songs here but so many of them and the album as a whole is ruined by it
Un discazo. No lo supe apreciar en la secundaria.
>this album was generated on his birthday thats funny Its decent, it has too many filler songs that dont really fit the mood but the songs that do slap are so good so I cannot with a good heart give this lower than a 4 as well
For a white lady in her 50s, this album is surprisingly perfect for days when I'm feeling extra spicy or need to get moving and release some energy
Enjoyed this one. The beats are great and I didn't pay much attention to the lyrics, even though they sounded quirky but not that interesting. It's interesting how the beats are purposefully lacking momentum, they don't give any sense of movement. This is made up for by eminem's flow, he feels like he is falling forward all the time.
stand out track - Bitch Please II
At points, I love it, at other points I am shocked by the pervertedness and inappropriateness of it. While I know Eminem’s real views today, points of this album still make me uncomfortable with its use of homophobia and misogyny. Part of me wonders if this is just the chapter Em is trying to play, and he was going for the shock factor. If so, he succeeded. Though, From a purely musical standpoint, I think this is a great album. Low 4.
I mean it's eminem at his best...not my type of music normally but got some great tracks and compared to everything else from that time, really stands out.
Muito bom. Muita pedrada.
p859. 2000. 4 stars. Foul mouthed white boy rap which usually would be an immediate nope, but this is good. At its best it's articulate, incisive, funny, and has some great riffs. Point deducted for usual racist, sexist and homophobic lyrics that come with the genre.
That album is something I could listen over and over again. It's literally "not like the other rap albums". And it does that so effortlessly. Pure skill and talent of Eminem. 4.5/5.
classique. très agressif. paroles mal vieillies. 8/10
Good theme album; favorite song: Criminal. 8/10
Funky beats, interesting rhythms. Eminem definitely attacks interesting topics. Sometimes it’s serious, sometimes he’s fucking with you, sometimes it’s dramatic or sad. He pokes at pop culture, hip hop of the era, public expectations across many of the songs. He wasn’t afraid to take totally different approaches and makes it known. The beats seem unusual for the era. Sometimes way out of left field. He also raps or sings in unusual ways for 2001. I don't recall rappers straying far from plain rapping at the time. They might push traditional technique with complexity, but Eminem gets quite wild at times in this album.
A fantastic impressive second album. Eminem definitely made a whole new sound with this. It cause get repetitive with at times but for most part definitely deserves the attention it gives. 7/10
Back when Eminem was good
Probably his best. I had this in high school and played it often. It's wild that so many of his best overall songs came from this same album. Real Slim Shady, The Way I Am, Stan, Drug Ballad, and so on. The production is definitely a product of the era, and there are way too many skits (which aren't funny and just feel like filler to pad out the play time) but it's a classic for sure.
Listened to this on repeat when I was too young to understand what was said. Now that I listen to this again I realise how problematic this album is, but nostalgia keeps me from giving it low ratings. 4/5 but if I didn't know the album and listened to it for the first time now I would probably rate it 2~3/5.
Eminem was one of the worst things I ever could have listened to growing up because it was so vulgar, let alone listen to rap at all. Going back to it though, there's a lot of justification and emotions hidden behind the way he writes and presents himself. Not always the right thing, but a really incredible / essential moment in rap history
This album fucks but is not for everyone.
Thought I’d hate it, like the creativity of lyrics. Not bad! 7.5/10
I remember being blown away by this when it came out. Listening back now, you can hear the anger and emotion in a lot of these tracks, how fame hasn't helped him at all, particularly in The Way I Am, Marshall Mathers and Kim (the latter maybe a bit too much). Massively prefer this rap to the type that just bang on about how amazing/rich they are. Still quite a few weak tracks on the album, all the ones when he gets someone else involved as well as a few others towards the end. But there's 5 or 6 absolute bangers in here. The skits are terrible I should add, why on earth include them. Pointless and detract from the serious issues discussed on the album. 3.5*
Drug Ballad is really good. Some of the lyrics haven't aged well. Loads of hits on here though.
4.5 stars. This album is hilarious and scary.
There isn't much here redeemable and that's the point. Will I revisit this? Probably not. Is it a bad album? Not at all. Like a film or a book which is intended to shock, or make you feel uncomfortable and disgusted.
Lækker 4/5
dobre biciory, kilka hiciorów, na minus okazjonalne biadolenie
4/5. A heavy, hitting and personal album. Aged a bit with certain phrases but there is still some progressive and mature themes within the album about toxic masculinity and abusive relationships despite his age. The beats and instrumentation was unique yet rock-inspired. I did really like the album but it was a little long. If this was a 40 minute run time, this would be a 5/5.
Fun story… ten years back, I had a weekend ticket for Leeds Festival which was headlined by Buddy Clyro, Green Day and Eminem. However, our tent too built so shoddily that we were basically sleeping in a puddle, and ended up just going back home on the last day rather than staying for the music. So despite having the opportunity to see Eminem live, we were so sleep deprived that we picked a real bed instead. Songs I already knew: Kill You, Stan, Who Knew, The Way I Am, The Real Slim Shady, Remember Me? Favourites: Stan, Who Knew I was very surprised by how much of this album I actually recognised. I thought I only knew a handful of songs but I knew quite a lot here. The rapping is as perfect as we would expect. The lyrics are often very witty without being a simple comedy song. My only gripe is that I can’t quite tell if he’s super homophobic and misogynistic or if it is a satirical perspective. I have heard though, that Elton John said Eminem can’t be homophobic because his wedding gift from him was a pair of diamond cock rings. So there’s that.
as a piece of art this album is definitely a 5/5. but as music it’s like a 2. i just don’t like his voice and it’s hard to get around that. so i’m gonna give it a 4 but i will basically never listen to any of these songs again
Well it went from middleschool edgy to highschool edgy. Still gross, but the production value really increased and the flow is sick. This one I don't mind listening to nearly as much. And the Real Slim Shady is truly amazing track, but on the other hand I don't want to meet someone who likes listening to Kim. No thank you.