The Marshall Mathers LP

I really thought I would love this album but once I listened to it I realized much of it was filler. And the 2 main subjects were killing and dick sucking. There were a few songs I did like...

My best: Kill you, the way i am(Australian), who knew, the real slim shady

Gross and uncomfortable lyrics and subject matter (1 star), but outside that everything else is quite good (4-5 stars). Kind of a familiar refrain for me with these hardcore hip hop albums, but I like this one more than any of the others I've encountered here. Decided to split the difference on it and land in the middle on 3 stars. But worst skits of any album so far, I think.

Legendary album that launched a legend

I really wanted to give it a four but the last song just really turned me off with the violence towards his ex.

well, wanted more from that album. majority of songs are hits, another are quite boring for me. slim shady lp is better for me. 20/27

he's got skills but you'd swear he invented internal rhyme according to the hype. the best rapper of all time if you've never heard rap before or you don't listen to black people. if only he'd used his powers for good. instead we get more gay jokes about nsync over some of the weakest beats in hip hop history. shit sucked when it came out and its just embarrasing now. best moment is the LFO parody.

This is the best Eminem but is too horribly intense to get a 5. Lots of tracks on here are difficult to listen to

7.8/10

Didn't expect this, almost avoided the album, but it was a high 4. This is a cultural time capsule of the early 2000s through the lens of the most skilled participant. The hits exploded and his ability to rap in the hyper-pop culture space made him an icon. There is some reprehensible content, but it is this guy grappling for every midwest teenage male with the new world of MTV and constant entertainment.

Good to hear the hits again, which really are exceptional songs (Stan, The way I am, The Real slim Shady). But others are mid to bad, like Remember Me, which I skipped.

Despite the outdated slurs and references and duds in the tracklist - this thing slaps. Shocking. Vile. And when it hits, it hits.

it’s probably up there with Slim Shady which surprisingly I liked. Having said that it’s pretty much the same, and this is the problem I have with hip hop and rap, everything is quite samey. I’m sure that other genres can be accused of being the same, I’m just not a big fan of this genre. It’s all a bit too produced for my liking and seems to have a cast of thousands, who helped put it together + plenty of guest artists. In the final equation I don’t totally dislike it but it just seems to be more of the same

While there is some nostalgia factor weighing my ranking more heavily, I have a similar thought about this album as I did when I was a kid hearing Eminem for the first time - “I’m not supposed to be listening to this.” The shock for the sake of shock factor didn’t really age well, and as raunchy as the homophobia and woman-bashing was then it feels even worse now. I guess to a certain extent, that’s the point? But it doesn’t necessarily make it any easier to listen to songs like “Kim”. All of that said, there are two absolute Eminem classics on this album that elevate the ranking of this album, “Stan” and “The Real Slim Shady”. With just one of these the album might be a 2, but both definitely help justify a higher ranking even amidst all schlock.

Crass, juvenile, offensive, not helped by run-of-the-mill production.

The music and beat is great. But...the lyrics, inexcusable.

This is truly a classic hip hop album. It’s a little more serious in tone and content than Eminem’s first record. It’s introspective, emotional, violent, and aggressive. It’s easy to see how this isn’t for everyone, but there’s a reason this record has sold over 25 million copies, and is one of the best selling albums of all time. There’s a lot of lyrics that certainly would not fly today in the mainstream, but this is absolutely a product of its time, not that it wasn’t insanely controversial at the time. I can understand how one would consider a lot of this album to be childish and immature, but I think it’s far more complex than that. It’s hard to not love the contrast between Dido’s beautiful singing and Eminem’s devastating storytelling on “Stan” I also love Bizarre’s feature on “Amityville”. It’s hard to overstate just how influential and important this record is. 5*

Eminem is undoubtedly a clever lyricist with a knack for wordplay and the talent to deliver his rhymes so quickly and with such enunciation is very impressive. Many of the beats on this album are very good and the features are good as well. At times there are some genuinely interesting and thought-provoking musings on the burden of fame and whether public figures have a responsibility to be role models. “Stan” is a great track and a deserved classic. That is all to say, I can find quite a bit of merit in this album. Unfortunately, the heinous shock jockeying with gratuitous, graphic and puerile descriptions of physical and sexual violence are just really too much and too off-putting for me. I get that it’s a persona and that that’s the point, and there are some other horrorcore rappers that I do like, but this is just beyond the pale for me. I’m a bit conflicted on how to rate this because I think its biggest flaw for me is that it set out what intended to do, which is to offend my delicate sensibilities. I’d give it 2.5 ⭐️ if I could but im gonna round down because I will absolutely not be listening to any of these songs again except for “Stan”.

Regular advisory: rap isn't my favorite. In as far as the 'art of rap', this is well done. Insults to competitors, ✅. Insults to minority groups, ✅. Actually getting a story told, double ✅

banger, should pick this up on vinyl

There's a lot of anger in this album, and it hits hard. Stan and Real Slim Shady are masterpieces. But the in-between segments and Eminem's crass, childish humor gets a bit much at times. Still, it's a legendary album for the rap scene.

Controversial, loving it or hating it hinges on how you interpret it. Either you believe shady is a character that asks the audience why they desire music with such crass topics and thus this album is clever commentary on the industry and society. Or you believe this is a cheap excuse to be vulgar and juvenile. I tend to fall on the former, but understand people ruling the latter.

Fav: Stan Least Fav: Marshall Mathers I just don’t get Eminem

why do i actually ... like this? kind of sick and twisted . definitely better than slim shady LP i mean he still should die but the sampling is excellent and there are so many hits on here its hard not to get sucked in. i didnt even realize stan was SEVEN MINUTES long

The flow holds up. The misogyny and homophobia don't.

Just listening to the beginning of the first track confirmed what I suspected, absolute trash.

I meean preety good but grown out of it

La violence de certaines pièces est dure à encaisser. Ça témoigne du talent d'Eminem et de ses producteurs pour la mise en scène et la narration. Sans compter que son débit est plutôt hallucinant. Un chef-d’œuvre, je dois le dire

Peak Eminem.

Strongly dislike

Jesus these lyrics do not age well at all lol

Christ another turn of the millenium rap album? Ofc the singles are unbeatable greats, but the edge of "I hate being famous I hate my fans, also I hate women and gay people but not really isn't it funny teehee" that makes these singles interesting gets really blunted when there's 60 more minutes of the exact thing, but way more angsty. There's something to be said about Eminem tapping into this then poorly-understood facet of North American white men that is now their defining identity, but I don't want to blame him for it, he too seems to resent it. Moments of self-reflection are great but too few and far in between, Dre's beats made this easier to go through, even if Em's flow gets rather played-out by the halfway mark. Edit: Kim is one of the worst songs I've ever heard why is it 6 min long?

I did not use a private session for Spotify. There are a couple of treasures on this album, but dear lord, so much anger, misogyny and homophobia. I have nothing against angry music, but this was over my limit. Get help. Why must hip hop albums have skits?

Oh ho boy. Here we go. Untalented angry white boy listens to talented angry white boy from a quarter century ago. I’ve worn a sideways hat or two in my day. No stolen valour here. Man. Apparently Slim Shady is going to kill me. There are so many skits in rap albums. I hate it. Yeeesh. These lyrics are so cheesy. I can almost feel being 12 again and thinking I wasn’t supposed to listen to this. I probably shouldn’t have to be fair. This is trying too hard. Every slur in the book for no reason. Lame. Stan is a good song. The hook is fantastic, the rapping is excellent and multi-faceted. It lays it on a little thick, but at least there is an attempt to address some level of emotional depth. I do like to think that Eminem only writes in rhyme. Addressing letters to the PhD committee on behalf of prospective Dr, “Dre.” Hi it’s ME, Dearest committEE, it’s imperaTIVE that you GIVE my homIE Dre this doctorate, this PhD. Uhh. That’s all I got. He really does make fight music for high school kids. I also have to say. This is Christina Aguilera for boys. Same era too. If that crushes some souls, it might be time to put down the monster energy and go outside. Ooh boohoo oh no Marshall. Nooo. He has fans??? That. I can’t say it. Want to *sob* talk to him?? How does this appeal to the destitute middle schooler in Winnipeg or some shit. None of us care about your fame. Be relatable or at least less annoying. This is WAY overdramatic. Bad. This is “My Name Is” part 2. I remember this shocking me as a very young fellow. I would much rather hear this irreverent, goofy Eminem, than the hyper aggressive school shooter hoodie Eminem. This has some level of attitude and subversion. Remember Me? Huh? Me??? Who? If you’re asking if I remember “Sticky Fingaz” or “RBX,” the answer is no. They weren’t bad though. This one wasn’t bad overall apart from that bone-headed chorus. I’m Back is pretty entertaining. Again, fewer slurs. Less drywall punching. A little more of that self-deprecating, yet somehow sinister vibe that made early Eminem interesting. School shooting bars don’t age well, but hey, when you’re American, you rap about what you see. What a dump. Man, the homophobia is BRUTAL. Like why was being gay the worst fate that could befall a human? I mean I hate ICP like any rational human, but the bevy of material there before you have to bring up homosexuality is dizzying. This sucks. One of the worst songs I’ve heard on this entire list. What is happening? Aside from the LOUD eh “aural” scene, the next song “blows” too. Terrible circus beat (that’s a coincidence hey?) and an even worse flow. Booooooring. Oooh the most shocking lyrics of all time. Who cares? ADULTS released this. It’s not even accompanied by a cool tone. I love death metal which has a horror atmosphere. Anger distilled into abrasive sounds. This? There’s no atmosphere here. The second Eminem verse is decent. At least it’s about something kind of real. I don’t think “Bizarre” (who are these morons?) did any of the things he laid out in his verse. Thankfully. Big features here. I don’t think Dr. Dre will say anything about raping everybody or whatever. At least I hope not. Nathaniel Dogg is a Hoss and Xzibit just threatened to fill my Toyota Corolla with mud flap monitors that exclusively play this song. This one is a highlight at this point. Are we supposed to cheer for Eminem? This is like the end of “Down with the Sickness,” extended over 6 endless minutes. Terrible. Torturous. D12 as a squad has a better flow than most. I have to say. I almost chuckled at the line “it’s going to cost $300 dollars to get my pit bull an abortion” but upon review, it’s apparent that this rapper is NOT a pro-choice queen, and was rapping about impregnating dogs to be edgy. This is devoid of brain cells. I feel like I’m being chirped by dimwit hockey players again. I’m surprised “heterophobic” hasn’t caught on in the intellectually dull online sector. This song floated by. I think I lost IQ points. Maybe I’ll start defending billionaires online. Maybe the conspiracy theorists are right and whatever is in the food or the “chemtrails” (see jet streams) are making me a woke moron (see not misogynistic/homophobic), but this thing sucks for the most part. I felt embarrassed listening to it. This feels like the soundtrack for teen couples who are 38 now and instead of drinking heavily and rallying against the system, they’re drinking heavily and posting misinformation on Facebook or pining for the “good old days” when you could say slurs. Listen, some of these were good songs that had a rebellious tone, but most of the Marshall Mathers LP is ham-fisted drivel intended to piss off middle class moms rather than say anything of substance. Tastes evolve and this is at the bottom of that evolution wallowing in primordial ooze. 1.5-2 HIGHLIGHTS: Stan, The Real Slim Shady, I’m Back, Bitch Please II

Actually listening to Stan was really powerful, but this is not my music style at all.

Eminem's flow is great. Really interesting rhythmic stuff going on against static (albeit pretty cool) beats. Not one that I'll go back to often, but it's really good. 4 stars.

Didn't like it as much as I thought I would. Still 3 stars for the big hits.

Album that has some classic songs on it. I reserve five stars for very few albums so a four star rating is really good.

Good overall with some skipables

Kim :[]

Ik denk dat ik The Eminem Show net wat beter vind, maar dat was ook het eerste album dat ik van hem had gehoord destijds, dus komt daardoor prolly. Hoe dan ook, Stan, The Way I Am, Kill You, Real Slim Shady.. classics

vind ik curtain call chiller, vroeger vond ik dit fantastisch maar nu, eh, vind de 'gevoellige' eminem het chillst

Hard to listen to start to finish, with all of the vulgar and offensive lyrics but I still love Eminem. While harsh and angry, the way he strings rhymes together is always impressive.

Listening now..I can already say that I hold Eminem in high esteem for his immense talent, but he always sounds angry and they lyrics are often too nasty for me, so I have never enjoyed listening to him for long - a couple of tracks here and there but that's it so I'm giving him a 3

He has so much talent and carved out an ample space in a genre and industry that initially rejected him. That being said, working through his deep-rooted trauma may feel cathartic for some, but it always comes at the expense of women. Rap has a long history of treating women poorly, and he's just another example of that. I'm sorry he is dealing with unresolved issues with your mother - sucks - but I much prefer when he sings about your daughter. It's hard to listen to and a full album...ugh. That said...If you don't listen to the words - it's delightful.

Two things are certain. 1) Eminem is an unbelievably skilled rapper and by a certain metric pretty much changed the game - like Dylan - what you could sing about, how you could sing about it. And the phrasing - the otherworldly phrasing. Theres before Eminem and after Eminem. 2) I'm not sure it was worth it. I respect it but it's just so dark. So much bile. I'm all for a diss track but it fells like nothing but. It's cut with humor and again - the skill. But an hour of it is not for me. I'm just young enough to have heard the first three albums but old enough that they were more of a curiosity than sacred scrolls. Time hasn't changed that - for me.

i know its such an increasingly cold take that eminem was always bad that theres no provocativeness left in it anymore (much like eminem himself lol). if anything i expect the backlash to the backlash to hit sometime soon just cuz people are tired of it and its not like people like(d) eminem for no reason. but also, holy shit, it cannot be emphasized enough, eminem was *ALWAYS BAD*, and not just bad but like some of the worst shit Ever. if ur going to latch onto eminem's obvious talent and technical prowess as a shield against the fact that he has absolutely nothing to say and genuinely embarrassing artistic/musical taste, i hope ur willing to extend that same defense to jacob collier or whoever. front to back meaningless and myopic faux-subversion occasionally dressed in unearned gravity that only exists long enough for em to deflect criticism with another "dont take what i say seriously i didnt ask to be famous" self-deflation...in a world where the surface level of puritian conservative culture has revealed itself to be just a malleable/discardable tool for the actual underlying horrors of white supremacist imperialism, which dumbass provocateurs like em never gave a shit about, who actually thinks this has any meaning whatsoever? important record for the fantasy of Free Speech, where a bunch of already privileged people diffuse whatever tension they feel under the world order by being loud and offensive and claiming thats the Authenticity we really need. if ur gonna do a shitty bit, at least commit to it without drowning urself in self-deflation (the lack of which might make kim the most enduringly vivid and artful song on the record, a level of genuine depravity he doesnt allow in his other edgy songs). for all the genuine shit eminem went thru in his life, its still comes across like he has absolutely no life experience whatsoever...too small, too self-centered, too reliant on the larger culture it pretends to subvert. and god has any acclaimed artist in the genre EVER been worse at hooks than this guy???

An absolute masterpiece with plenty of bangers but damn listening to "Kim" is brutal.

A few really good songs, but most just didn't hit as much for me. Standout tracks: Stan, The Real Slim Shady

There is just so much more wrong about Eminem than there is good. Can't take it.

4.5

heel nice, ik vond Kim wel heel ver gaan, en ken kaniff skit was ook een beetje overbodig. 9/10

For me, the thing with Eminem has always been the struggle to reconcile the humanity in tracks like “Stan” with the inhumanity in tracks like “Kill You” and the homophobia, etc. in many of the other tracks. Although he says on tracks like “Criminal” that he doesn’t mean everything he says, there is the Howard Campbell, Jr. (look it up) element of being “who we pretend to be.” It’s the same with a lot of rap from that era. There’s no denying his talent as an artist, and he definitely puts all of his issues out there!

If he had just stuck to politics, posers, and positively neurotic fans this would be a great album. Unfortunately, the ultra homophobic and misogynistic songs weigh too heavy and sway my vote.

Not a fan. Maybe if his lyrics weren't like a 13 year old trying to be provocative?

3/5 An interesting listen. Production is well executed. Overall the album is well-executed. Culturally significant - you can see the impact this had on middle america and scruffy white dudes all over. Imbodiment of fuck you and finding success against the corporate influences in music of the time. Can see the dynamic of the voilent/outraguous/controversial artist mirrored in artists like Tyler the Creator. Singles are plain fun to listen to. But it's not to my taste - I find a lot of it cringe, similar I imagine to how people hate seinfeld due to its influence on subsequent sitcoms - hence the rating.

Oh man, I remember when this album came out and I undoubtedly played it quite a lot. Most of this album is a reaction to the reaction to his first album, as well as Eminem saying all sorts of ridiculous things now that he had a very public forum to do so. Yeah, tons of misogyny on here and it is hard to celebrate too much when so much of the album plays out like a horror movie in musical form. I always found it interesting that he put "Stan" as the second real song on the album since it is so down-tempo and very different from all the other things that Eminem had to say and couldn't wait to say. In part, this is a time capsule album and I really don't like ICP so a lot of the misogyny directed towards them is not acceptable but was a part of the beef at the time. This album is a "separate the music from the person and the person from the things he says in the music" type of album. Eminem had a forum for his most angry and somewhat introspective thoughts and he was in no way going to waste it.

What I got from The Marshall Mathers LP is that Eminem had a 'gay' experience — a gay man giving him oral pleasure — and realized men might be better at it than women, which clearly didn’t sit well with him. Standout track: the Dido collab.

Some of this has aged well (stan, way I am & the real slim shady) but some of this hasn’t (Kim especially!). This was on everywhere back in the day so it was nice to refresh with it.

As with his other album I reviewed, looking back on this it comes across as so juvenile, edgy, and embarrassing. I didn't realise he could mine so much content from being violent towards women, raping people, and slagging off gay people. Were people in the studio down with it, or were they cringing while he laid the tracks down? I guess the sales speak for themselves, but jeez. Stan is arguably the most accomplished song on here, but after the Dido bit came in, I kind of wanted that to continue and sing along with that song instead. That kind of shows where I'm at these days, compared with listening to this as a kid, where it had more appeal. It gets some points because the beats and lyrical skill are there.

What to even do with this album. Moments are great, parts are ugly, there’s a few throw away tracks but it’s also bracing.

It was fine. Something I might play in the kitchen while cooking to zone out to. Otherwise no real pull to listen to again.

i remember when this came out (get off my lawn) and people were freaking out about it. i really didn't care, didn't listen to em, figured people were just freaking out because it was new and scary. since then, of course, we've moved on, for the most part, to freaking out about other, more exciting things, and people being up in arms about eminem seems kinda silly. but i guess i can see what they were upset about - i mean, he's going right after some pretty big names here, and isn't at all shy about it. anyway, this was cool. i still don't really know his stuff that well, but i did like this.

So obscene but so good lol. Could NOT be made today

Wow. I was gonna rate this higher because he is talented as hell and I think gets a lot of hate for being corny as an older guy… but Kim made me really uncomfortable so… 3 stars!

Great album. I'm not a rap fan, but this record is easy to listen to for a non-fan.

Gold

It's eminem. It's his early days. Of course he's offensive. It's fucking eminem. He didn't get that rep by being a choir boy. The way I am perfectly summarizes him. He says goofy ass lewd shit and gets blamed for the world's awful things. As if we are not responsible for our own actions.

Probably would have been 4/5 if I'd stopped half way but the album trails off towards the last third. Still some bangers on here but didn't care for the skits.

Very rarely do I connect with Eminem's lyrics, but like nearly everyone living in my time and place I've heard a lot of his records. The Marshall Mathers LP is no exception. Listening to it today, it's even more difficult to enjoy despite one or two standout tracks. And that's likely going to be a significant factor in this review: I have reached the point where I want to enjoy what I'm listening to. The rough edges don't need to be sanded down for that to happen. I enjoy challenging music. I enjoy provocative lyrics and themes. I enjoy sonically interesting production including decisions that most might call harsh or extreme. But I'm not shy about wanting to be hooked into a landscape of sound, rhythm, texture and imagery that I find compelling. I want music I hunger to listen to on repeat. This record ain't it.

Solid all the way through with a couple skips. Flow is samey throughout but it's a great flow so it doesn't matter too much. Lyrics are genius and hilarious at time, I read along front to back and wasn't bored for a second. Favorite Song: The Way I Am

No

This is a difficult one. As a cultural touchstone, it's epic. It's Eminem's magnum opus. No one can rhyme like Em, no one can tell a story like Em. It's actually difficult to listen to this while doing something else, it's almost like reading a book. You're doing yourself a disservice if you're not listening to the words. On the other hand, It's a tough listen in places. The violent and constant homophobia is gross. The violent and constant misogyny is exhausting. I'm not pearl clutching here, I know they're "jokes" or whatever, and I'm not offended, as it were, but it's just not appealing. I guess that's what happens when you push the line to get a reaction - eventually the line moves and what are you left with? An album that was once shocking but now, as society and culture have progressed, can come across as tired and cringe. If I rank it according to its popularity at the time of release, it's an easy 5 stars. If I rank it based on how I feel about it now, I don't think its repeat listenability is at the level you'd expect from a 5 star. Honestly, whether I rank it 4 or 5 stars, it'll be both very fair and extremely unfair.

Ironclad flow, beats that make it impossible to not nod your head and lyrics that still manage to make people upset after 24 years. What a follow up to the Slim Shady LP.

never listened in full before, super emotional and great tracks all around. 7/10

At first I was not into listening to this. Just wasn't vibing with the rap thing. But I did listen. And honestly I liked it. It was way braver and deeper and more honest, even awkward at times, than I had ever envisioned. Now, with that said, it also kept going. Violent, confronting mental health, homophobia, capitalism, suicide, hate... And... it kept going. And going. Like as in "fuck man, this is super depressing" level. It is like one of those movies you watch once and realize you can never watch it again, even if it was pretty great. I often speak of "tonal value" when I review films. The tone here is dark dark dark! The humor is extremely sarcastic, the stories do not have happy endings. I don't think I will revisit this anytime soon, as good as it is.

Putting the C in rap!

I was 13 when this came out and got it for Christmas from my parents - not sure I was old enough to listen to it in hindsight, given the lyrical content. Nothing is off limit as Eminem seeks to shock throughout - rape, murder, homophobia, drugs, school shootings, and more No denying what a great songwriter and rapper he was at this point, the lyrics constantly throw up incredible wordplay and the storytelling is incredibly vivid. He's capable of intricate flow and the album is packed with hooks in nearly every song, that make it very immediate. Dre's beats are great as usual without overshadowing the rapping. Some of the songs are pretty hard to listen to, in particular Kim, so I suppose I give 5* on the basis of he was going out of his way to shock by saying some of these things as opposed to actually wanting to do it. Mission accomplished, you gotta say

This was a difficult album to listen to. The music was good in places, but very dark. There was a lot of extremely violent and angry lyrics, particularly directed against his wife / partner. But they, for the most part, didn't feel like glorification. The album tails off towards the end and after the intense first half, that did mean it dragged on a little.

I dunno. I wanted to like it. If it was in another language and I didn't know what he was saying, maybe. Or better yet, in a made-up language so nobody knew what he was saying. Yeah, that's the ticket....

Eminem is a very talented rapper, but a lot of this hasn’t aged well. He does seem to have the self awareness to know that it’s an act and what he’s saying is horrible, but he still says it. It probably had more impact when this was everywhere, but with the separation of time, the album is left alone to stand on its own merits. Unfortunately, it’s a very abrasive experience, and not an enjoyable one or a good listen. Not only is it hateful, it’s also so long. The 90s references in “The Real Slim Shady” are hilarious in retrospect.

Fav song: The Real Slim Shady This album aged really badly. The singles are still good - I see why they were picked as the stand out release tracks. It feels a little bit like an episode of South Park with no jokes in it at it's worst and a sub-part west coast gangster rap album at it's best. I was really looking forward to giving this one a full listen because I LOVE hip hop but this one really misses for me. Maybe it was 'you had to be there' type of thing.

The Marshall Mathers LP is a powerful album that showcases Eminem's lyrical genius and raw creativity. The rhythm and flow of his words are masterful, creating verses that are both thought-provoking and hauntingly vivid. Each track pulls you into Eminem's world, where he doesn't hold back—he's raw, authentic, and unfiltered. However, this album carries a significant undertone of anger and darkness, which, while intense and impactful, can also feel unsettling. Eminem’s storytelling here is both brutally honest and emotionally charged, exploring themes that many artists might shy away from, and he does so with a fearless, almost cathartic energy. As someone sensitive to the vibrational energy of music, I found *The Marshall Mathers LP* to be more of an emotional deep dive than an album for uplifting vibes. It captures a particular mood brilliantly, but it’s not one to play if you're looking to raise your spirits. Eminem has created something raw and unique—an album that, while not lighthearted, holds an undeniable place in the hip-hop world.

I feel like I have to give this a four because he's one of the most skilled lyricists of this generation. But the production we were getting in the 2000s just feels so generic, with few exceptions.

This was better than the Slim Shady LP on this list. I can’t really see listening to it again, but there were some good moments. Stan in particular stands out as brilliant. I realize there the case is made for “artistic merit,” but it’s just too much profanity, misogyny, violence, hatred, etc. as a whole for me. And for a civilized society. At the same time, a lot of the rap on this list falls into the same category. Ice Cube and 50 Cent have both been on this list so far, and both were too full of misogyny, et al for me to continue to listen to them. Why should Eminem get a pass? Does he have better hooks? Yeah, probably. I think some of his stuff is better written even. But the hate is still the hate and the violence is still the violence. I just don’t need it and I can’t imagine the world would be better off if we didn’t have people glamorizing such attitudes and actions. Maybe Marshall needs to write this stuff to get his demons out and if it helps him, that’s fantastic. But we shouldn’t be idolizing him. I think that’s part of why I like Stan so much. Even Eminem kind of gets it. Ultimately I guess I’ll go with 2/5 because it’s actually more listenable than a lot of the other albums of its ilk. And I just really think Stan is fantastic. But it probably deserves less for the hate mongering. And while I assume it’s part of his creative expression, I can’t imagine anyone actually enjoying listening to Kim. That’s just disturbing. Maybe identifying with the emotions or something, but if that song makes you happy? Seek counseling. Fast.

An album I loved at the time, and obviously one that had a huge influence. It doesn't really hold up outside of a few tracks, but still a nice nostalgia trip. 3/5

This album surprised me, and I see how Em became the sensation he is. While there are some cringe moments based in what was "edgy" at the time (especially in the skits), there are also classic rap songs that have stood the test of time. The Real Slim Shady and Stan are still referenced all the time. Best Songs: Kill You, Stan, The Real Slim Shady, Drug Ballad, Bitch Please II Worst Songs: Remember Me?, Ken Kaniff (Skit), Kim,

I find the lyrics on this album overly violent and problematic. Eminem most certainly has a style that he has developed and this is worth listening to. But it is far darker and less introspective than others that I like more.

Dark but fun and nostalgic

No voy a escuchar Eminem. No creo que Eminem deba estar ni siquiera cerca de esta lista. Literalmente su única gracia es ser un "rapero blanco". Y uno podría tener discusiones de que Elvis también cantaba música negra siendo blanco. Creo que el contexto importa y en este caso, es sumamente importante. Elvis inspiró a una generación de músicos, blancos y negros, a interesarse en el rock'n'roll, ayudando de cierta forma a llegar al fin de la segregación (de cierta forma, insisto). Marshall (o Eminem como se conoce), hizo todo lo contrario. Su actitud agresiva y su estilo se transformó en un refugio para las personas racistas que quieren escuchar rap, un estilo inminentemente afroamericano que a lo largo de los '90s se transformó en el estandarte de las luchas sociales de las comunidades negras, puedan hacerlo. Eminem es el puntapié inicial del Rap blanco. Sin Eminem no hay Dom McDonald. No lo olviden.

Stan hits hard, even 24 years later (!). 4 stars. I'd listen again, but still guilty pleasure for being a piece of poo.

Why is this man yelling at me for an hour?? But the bars were there, the lyrics are cringe in hindsight and i remembered why this is my favorite version of Eminem. He’s not spending an hour trying to prove that he can rap which has grown tiresome. Knocking off a star because that “Kim” record was uncomfortable. I know that should speak to the level artistry to be able to make the listener feel something but it was too much for me.

Listened to this as a teenager. I remember that even back then I did not like some of the songs and did not like the skits. Still do not like the skits and the lyrics are... Well, typcial for the genre but questionable. I'll give it 3/5 because of the classic The Real Slim Shady, Stan and The Way I am.

This album was popular in my early teens so I have a lot of memories from moments and music videos on MTV from these songs. A lot of great songs that I still listen to too this day and still love. Maybe its the memories, maybe its the songs just being that good. Either way this album will be my background noise for the rest of the day on repeat. As it has many times before.

Lyder virkelig barnlig! Har faktisk aldrig hørt albummet før. Stan fungerer ikke nær så godt når den er omgivet med den slags sange, han præsenterer som satire i Stan. Eminem er en god (overvurderet imo) rapper, han er dygtig men virkelig begrænset. Det er meget at lytte på i 70+ minutter. Ok beats, kunne bare godt tænke mig noget mere variation der også

Svær at rate, for han rapper virkelig godt og jeg synes beats'ene er virkelig fede, men teksterne har godt nok ældet som et franskbrød der har ligget ude i regnen. Havldelen er ekstrem misogyni og homofobi, og den anden halvdel er KAN I IK TA EN JOKE ELLER HVAD / whiner som en lille baby over den offentlige reaktion på hans tekster. Jeg ka som udgangspunkt godt ta en joke, men der er en begrænset mængde offentlige "jokes" du kan lave på en time om hvor meget du har lyst til at myrde bøsser før jeg begynder at tro at du måske ikke er helt cool med bøsser.

This was way to long.. it had that one good song

A juvenile but undeniable classic. Epic rhymes and dope beats yo. That said, the skits are just as annoying as they were 25 years ago.

There's no doubt of his skill in the craft, and it is an interesting social commentary on the state of influence and stature that popular figures and music can have on people, but some of the content here was awfully challenging to listen through. I know the world can be cruel. I know that exaggeration as satire is part of Eminem's intent, but I'd usually prefer music to not leave me feeling like I need a shower afterwards. 3 or 4 for the music, but in terms of how it speaks to me and how likely I am to play the whole album again, it really pulls the rating down for me. Stan is brilliant though.

All my general Eminem thoughts in my review for The Slim Shady LP still stand; it's all intentionally offensive, so it's hard to rate appropriately. I almost wish this album were in a foreign language so I could just say "sounds cool" because it does, in fact, sound pretty good. I wish I could throw out about 5 tracks, though. 3.9

I am capable of truly respecting Eminem's skills. But I seeming am not capable of wanting to listen to this record. 5/5 skill, 1/5 listenability = 3/5

Another 5/5 from middle school. I think this one actually holds up worse than the slim shady lp. It’s strange looking back and the legend he now and listening to him do two separate lame gay jokes to ICP in this album. So not 5 now looking back but I think it eeks out a 4 still.

I've never really been a fan of album skits—they often feel like filler and this album was no exception past the the first few listens they always got skipped. Back in the 2000s, it was on heavy rotation on the stereo at Woo Towers. Despite my general dislike for skits, the rest of the album had something compelling that kept me coming back to it. As for standout tracks, rather predictably"Stan" is my favorite. It’s one of those songs that stays with you long after it's over. That said, I can't ignore the album's more problematic aspects. Lyrically, it’s undeniably filled with homophobic and misogynistic content, which makes it a bit difficult to listen to through a modern lens. But there’s no denying the rapper's skill—his flow and rhyme are impressive, and he knows how to command attention. It's a complicated mix of admiration and discomfort with this album, but it holds a place in my musical history regardless.

Good

Very clever.

2.5/5

Listened to it with my ears, enjoyed it, although the skit of him getting sucked off by a couple of blokes was a problem, I was so turned on it distracted me from the rest of the album a bit. 8.5/10.. 9 without the erection interference.

10/10 for Nostalgia alone. Felt like the epitome of music when I was a kid and still love it all. I remember singing Kim as a kid and the public service announcement in front of my dad. Still holds up, from story telling to wordplay, peak Eminem

A pop culture assault and cartoon violence rap masterclass.

White thrash.... Utroligt at det blev så hypet dengang. Meget forvirrende album. Mange udgaver af Eminem som vil have plads.. Desværre er Ingen af dem noget for mig.

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

I’ve never heard a Eminem album so this should be interesting. It definitely feels pretty edgelord, but that cultural movement was probably inspired by this album in part. There’s a weird amount of lyrics about school shootings. I guess maybe because it was new thing back then. First half has a few great songs, production is very good all around. Most songs are dense with little details. Definitely new things to notice on relisten. Ken Kaniff is probably the worst skit ever. The second runs a little long and can be annoying. Kim is a pretty wild song. Definitely a highlight. Good album overall. Fav song: The Way I Am Least Fav song: I’m Back

Funky

Second Eminem album within the space of a week. Production is once again ridiculously on point. And again I can't help but feel that a lot of the controversy about his lyrics at the time had to do with insufficient listening comprehension. Or lack of willingness to pay attention. Which isn't to say that there isn't stuff in there that isn't up to scratch. But for a lot of the big items at the time, there's mostly a very obvious second layer. Most obviously in Stan, where it's clear the artists doesn't condone quite a lot of what he's expressing in his lyrics. I also realise it's a - welcome? - change to listen to the uncensored version rather than the cleaned up edits that MTV used to play all the time. Overall, though, this is a bit too aggressive compared to the Slim Shady album (which I gave a 4/5), and not as melodic/playful, and I was kind of glad when it was over. So... As I kind of feel like I'd listen to the Slim Shady album again, while I'd give this a pass, we got a 2/5 on our hands here.

Reminds me of middle school

Another world changer. Almost beyond criticism.

Nope. I didn't make it two minutes into this. I had some trepidation, because I really don't like Eminem's obsession with violence and especially misogynistic violence. But the opening announcement alone was enough proof that he intended to be as offensive as possible, and that I could suck his dick. I feel disrespected by the artist. Interestingly, Eminem won't use the n-word (out of respect for black people?) but is happy to malign women in disturbing detail. I swear, he uses the word "slut" at least three times in the first 60 seconds of the first song. Eminem is an adolescent edgelord who confuses provocation with value. There's nothing to recommend here, other than his linguistic dexterity. But I don't care how good your flow is, if the words that come out are so noxious. Did not enjoy, will not listen.

Again, I really like the music and the flow of this. Lyrics are pretty crazy though.

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.

Rating: 10/10 One of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time. This album is simultaneously shocking and thought-provoking, Eminem speaks his mind in a one-of-a-kind way that was later imitated many times but never duplicated. Incredible flow, lyrics, wordplay, and production, this is a hip-hop classic. Favorite songs: pretty much all of them. Worst songs: Ken Kaniff, Kim.

I can't believe this project makes people listen to Kim. That track messed me up as a kid. But man this album is great. Insane, but great

One of the greatest rap albums ever recorded its was a game changer his storytelling ability and how he connetcs by rapping legibly although fast as fuck while following a coherent line of thinking and chronological order and time stamps. Know this album top to bottom and back again. Perfection at its top level.

2.75

Another I've heard before, but it has been years since I've given it a complete listen. Stan is a truly great song, and one of the best of Em's career. The rest is... a bit of a mixed bag. He's an edgelord with multiple grudges, and it can be mean, insulting, bigoted, and dorky. But it also feels true to the person making it. He's also, as always, a solid wordsmith, making a good line out of even the worst parts of it. It doesn't have the introspection required to elevate the whole album, like, say, My Beautiful dark Twisted Fantasy, or even later Eminem albums, but it gives a glimpse into a real person and shows how he became this way. Purely on its own, it's a fine album, with some great singles and a some unfulfilling filler tracks, but the arc of Eminem's career as a whole is very interesting, and this gives a ton of insight into a great writer as he evolves. Also, skits in rap albums. Have they ever been good? Were they fun at the time? All I can say, in retrospect, is that they almost always take me out of the flow of the album, are usually, at best, cheesy and dumb, and absolutely ruin my shuffle whenever I buy a rap album.

Enjoyed this one

A classic. The production from Dre and Em is impeccable. A lot of hits. The lyrics deserve to be explored

The Real Slim Shady

This is a really hard one to rate. It's so offensive and uncomfortable to listen to while also slapping relentlessly hard. I certainly can't forgive its content even though it's supposedly satirical but it certainly made me feel strongly which is what good art's supposed to do, right? I think I'm going to split the difference. I might listen to this again but certainly not in a hurry.

A few good tracks but the shock in his lyrics which gained him popularity are just trashy now

Shit man white boy really can rap Also my first time seriously listening to em and its good

21/10/24 I enjoyed this more than I thought i would.

This dude is fucking obnoxious, always has been.

Better than i remember. Maybe his most famous album

Great famous songs but a bit dated

He's trying so hard to be offensive and he's also whining that people are offended. I'm not saying he shouldn't be allowed to rap about violence with women screaming in the background. I just don't want to listen to it.

Nice to revisit this masterpiece. While I still hate “skits” in albums, there’s no denying how amazing and influential this album is and what it did for Detroit.

This album is still a banger. Slim has some of the best lyricist style and flow ever.

I haven’t listen to this in a while but it’s still a great album if you like this kind of music. Stan is still one of the best and famous storytelling songs in rap imo. Eminem turned 52 just one day after I received this entry - nice coincidence!

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.

Album 566 of 1001 Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP (2000) Rating : 2.5 / 5 Not my favorite genre. Even worse is when it is full of simple, sophomoric crap. I look at this in a more comical light than anything else. He has taken much flack for his constant uses of a particular slur but knowing more about what is going on in that world, I now wonder who those comments were really directed at. It has a couple of moments.

i think if i discovered eminem today i wouldnt have listened to the whole thing 3 good songs cause they remind me of my teenage years, otherwise the beats are repetitive and meh, slim shady is a self-fulfilling prophecy, whatever

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.

Tough really. Some massive tunes on here but not a great deal else in all honestly. His style grates song after song and some of the lyrics are deeply offensive.

Back when Em's music was fun. Lots of dark comedy with a heap of Don't give a fuck attitude.

so very grotesque at times it begs the question if it’s even creativity? can’t deny that some of the tunes are great

Against all my instincts I think this is a good album. I wasn’t an angry enough young white boy to be into Eminem when he was making his hits but he’s obviously a very talented and creative artist and this album has a lot to say

Good stuff although an hour and 12 minutes of Eminem is a lot

Nah. This isn't it for me. I like hip-hop and rap, but I made the mistake of listening to the words and realising it was just not it. A lot of "if you're offended by me saying this you're a moron who doesn't get it"... I think the issue was I understood it, but it just didn't have a lot more to say beyond "ooh aren't a scary tough homophobe". Production was good, but it genuinely bothered me enough that it's the second album I've tapped out of, should be a 1 if this wasn't so subjective.

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.

Eminem has got that unique sound. And he has got the hits "Stan" and "The Real Slim Shady" on this. Quite strong album for a hip-hop act, but way too long. And "Kim" is hard to stand for me! 2,5

It was very raw and introspective. Edgy and violent and rough. Glad I tried it, probs pass in future

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!

Finding this a tough listen. It was misogynistic and infantile when I was a teenager, and that hasn't changed.

Amazing album

Classic

loved it. I got the slim shady EP a few days ago, and this one feels so much more "mature" like he has his own style figured out, and it's such so special.

I had listened to a few tracks from this LP before and had really enjoyed them, so I was expecting to give this album around a 3, or maybe a 4, but by the 8th track I knew I had to give it a 5. Firstly, the album is coherent and thoughtful (I'll come back to this in a second), it's a dark reflection on Eminem's childhood, relationships, and dealings with fame, all of which I thought were well done. The edginess and transgressiveness album did throw me off at times, and it obviously would've aged better without it (specifically much of the homophobia and misogyny), however on specific tracks I think the abrasiveness works really well, like on Kim. Outside of that, I enjoy the amount of character the album has while also being lyrically complex (as in rhyme schemes and patterns, not lyrical depth). As for the lyrics themselves, I found they were very hit or miss (in terms of humor), and more often than not a bit cringy, but not so bad as to make any song unlistenable -- exception for Ken Kaniff, I usually enjoy skits in albums and enjoyed the ones earlier, but this actually yanked me out of my listening experience and was unbearable to listen to for the few seconds I did. Despite all of that, I would still say the album tells a great story (Stan and The Way I Am really stand out here) with some angriness and abrasiveness that does manage to work really well on certain tracks, for every cringy moment (which there were a lot), there were moments of deep introspection, decent humor, and great word play -- overall I would give this album a weak 9, no less and no more.

i find marshall mathers the washed up provocateur desperately trying to maintain relevance through a mix of autocritique and deflection infinitely fascinating whereas eminem at peak cultural relevance is maybe the least compelling artist of all time with the worst influence over the next 25 years of music (flat, shallow, boasting an insecure disdain for the listener) 1/10

pretty good

He was really hitting back at the time but some of those lyrics have not aged well

Het is een beetje wisselend vind ik. De 'suck my dicks' enzo hoeven van mij niet zo, evenals de vrouwonvriendelijke dingen. Hij moet iets te vaak benadrukken dat het allemaal niks uitmaakt. We weten het na de eerste skit ook wel hoor, hoeft niet in de helft van de nummers ook nog benoemd te worden. Je zou haast denken dat hij het voor zichzelf goed moet praten, en dat het hem stiekem heel veel doet wat mensen vinden. Verder heb je wel weer kneitergoede nummers met Stan, The Real Slim Shady, Marshall Mathers, The Way I Am. Dus ja, 3 of 4 sterren?

this sucked in 2000, it sucks even more now. it sucks that a belittling phrase ('stan') has entered the lexicon from this. world's dumber for having this in it. something I can say for 2024 is that even preteen boys would be embarrassed to they like Eminem now. or I hope so anyway.

Butthole Splatters LP Ha ha, we like to have a laugh. But seriously, approaching it critically, Butthole Splatters LP

Peak

Absolute classic

It’s not his best work in my opinion but there’s some great ones on here. Way better than his new stuff

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.

This bloke hates his wife and/or girlfriend, also I don't think I've heard cunt in a song before.

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.

Bitch Please II is great but Eminem is over-rated. The features are the best part of this album. Production is good. Edge-lord shit. 3.28

Emotive.

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

It's Eminem. It's all the same.

Not really my sort of thing but a couple of half decent tracks. After a while gets very dull listening to Eminem constantly whinging.

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.

Eminem's masterpiece of provocative entertainment—witty, personal, and incredibly delivered wordplay and storytelling!

Obviously Eminem is good at what he does, but I feel like the Slim Shady character was so acclaimed in his time and I listen back and it's just... an angry man. Like it's not that deep, it's just an angry dude. An angry dude who I feel falls into the same category as Homelander from the Boys and Fight Club of "appeals to men who kinda miss the point". Idk I haven't done a deep dive, I've just listened to it. 3.5 / 10 Alright track: Stan (Dido a nice palate cleanser here)

I think 10 years ago, I would've enjoyed this album a lot more than I am now. I don't find this album as lyrical or as entertaining as I once did.

The Good: MnM knows how to weave language The Bad: just weaving won't make a great suit The Ugly: out-dated on certain songs Still, MnM is able to start telling a story and keep you listening, and in the case of a song like "Stan" can keep you coming back for more and more... Of all the hip-hop, till now, my favorite album. 3*

Musically interesting, but lyrically abrasive.

The misogyny and homophobia is pretty tired sounding, even though it's all done with a "ha ha only kidding" attitude. The skits just break the flow (as they always do; why do rap albums so often contain skits?). But Eminem's rapping is fun, and often funny, and I particularly like the song that Dre and Snoop are on; the combo of voices is good.

Bias Alert: This was a formative album in my life, having listened to it probably a hundred times when I was in high school, and numerous times in the years since. I simply cannot spin this album without thinking of how much I loved it 24 years ago when it came out, so an objective review is not in the cards. There's a lot to hate about this album if you're looking for it, especially if your'e approaching it with only 2024 ears. A lot of the content is overly provocative (to give all the benefit of the doubt to Em) or downright shitty (to give no benefit of the doubt to Em). The truth is that it's in the middle, having been made 24 years ago. The music hits almost exactly the same as it did for me in my Mazda B2000 Pickup truck in 2001, driving around town. Eminem's flow remains undefeated, and is one of the most unique artists in history, and this album is him doing his thing at the peak of his powers.

Not my style

This was huge back in its day, and it still is huge today. Not only is it huge, it is also long, and once you dig into it, the deeps cuts aren't anything that special. Overall, it is pretty fun and well-written and performed. Key tracks: Stan The Way I Am The Real Slim Shady

Putain, mais qu'est-ce que c'est que cette merde ? Voilà en substance ce que j'ai dû me dire en 2000 quand cette bombe thermonucléaire a explosé à la face du monde. Faut remettre les choses dans leur contexte. J'ai 30 piges, le rap, j'en bouffe depuis des années, j'ai vu passer le meilleur comme le pire. Mais ça… ça, c'était autre chose. Un petit blanc-bec du Michigan qui débarque avec la rage d'un pitbull enragé et un flow qui pourrait décaper la Tour Eiffel. J'avoue, au début, j'étais sceptique. Encore un produit marketing calibré pour vendre du "gangsta rap" aux kids des banlieues pavillonnaires ? Sauf que le mec en question était produit par Dr. Dre. Et ça, ça change tout. Le premier album, "The Slim Shady LP", avait déjà posé les bases : un humour noir décapant, une technique irréprochable et un personnage, Slim Shady, complètement taré, qui disait tout haut ce que tout le monde pensait tout bas, en pire. Mais avec "The Marshall Mathers LP", on est passé à un autre niveau. Fini de rire. Enfin si, on rit, mais jaune. C'est l'album de la confirmation, de l'explosion, du "allez tous vous faire foutre" globalisé. C'est un de ces disques qui te prend aux tripes et ne te lâche plus. Un uppercut de 72 minutes. C'est un album de combat, et c'est exactement ça. Eminem, ou plutôt Marshall Mathers, règle ses comptes. Avec qui ? Avec tout le monde, sans exception. La liste est longue comme le bras : la presse qui le traîne dans la boue, les critiques qui ne comprennent rien, les fans trop collants, les autres rappeurs qui le jalousent, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, *NSYNC… toute cette soupe pop qui inondait les ondes. Sa mère, bien sûr, qui en prend plein la gueule sur "Kill You". Sa femme, Kim, dans une chanson d'une violence inouïe qui porte son nom et qui se termine par le bruit d'une voiture qui plonge dans un lac. Sa maison de disques, les radios, le gouvernement, Dieu lui-même et, surtout, lui. Une auto-flagellation en règle. C'est ça, la force de ce disque. Cette schizophrénie constante entre Marshall, le gamin paumé de Detroit qui a galéré toute sa vie, et Slim Shady, son double maléfique, son exutoire, ce monstre qu'il a créé et qui le dépasse. C'est lui qui se charge des basses besognes. C'est Shady le misogyne, l'homophobe, le raciste, le sociopathe. C'est un artifice, une provocation ultime. Et bordel, qu'est-ce que c'est bien fait. Il pousse le bouchon tellement loin que ça en devient presque de l'art. Il a fait de la vulgarité une poésie. Une poésie crade, violente, dérangeante, mais une poésie quand même. Il a cette façon unique de jongler avec les mots, les rimes internes, les allitérations, une technique qui a mis à genoux les plus grands noms du rap. Comment un blanc a-t-il pu s'imposer dans un milieu si codifié, si majoritairement noir ? Il le dit lui-même sur "Who Knew" : "I don’t do black music/I don’t do white music". Il fait sa propre musique. Une musique de combat pour les gamins du lycée, comme il le clame. Une musique qui parle de la frustration, de la colère, du sentiment d'être un paria. Et ça, c'est universel. Que tu sois un gamin blanc du Nebraska ou un jeune noir du Bronx, tu peux te reconnaître dans cette rage. C'est là qu'il a réussi le tour de force de populariser le hip-hop dans des couches de la société qui en étaient jusqu'alors hermétiques. Vingt-cinq ans plus tard, le disque n'a pas pris une ride. Les prods de Dre sont toujours aussi monstrueuses, ce mélange de G-funk lancinant et de samples cartoonesques fonctionne à merveille. Les flows d'Eminem sont d'une précision chirurgicale, changeant de rythme, de ton, avec une facilité déconcertante. Des morceaux comme "Stan", ce dialogue épistolaire tragique avec un fan obsessionnel, samplant la douce Dido, c'est du génie pur. "The Way I Am", cette explosion de colère brute contre la célébrité. "The Real Slim Shady", ce tube planétaire à l'humour potache mais au flow dévastateur. Il n'y a rien à jeter. C'est un classique, un putain de chef-d'oeuvre. Un album qui a marqué son époque et qui continue de résonner aujourd'hui. Il est au sommet de sa discographie, à égalité avec "The Eminem Show" qui viendra confirmer son statut de superstar. C'est un monument. Alors ouais, un gros 5/5. Et pour ceux que ça dérange… "So you can suck my dick if you don't like, my shit".

Certainly a time capsule for humor in the early 2000's. I feel like the thing that ages worse than the edginess is all the topical references. Still, there's some fun tracks here. Also Sticky Fingaz and Xzibit crushed their features.

The rapping is immaculate and there are some good songs. But oh my god, the immaturity that permeates throughout every track - you don't need to say 'I don't give a fuck' and 'I give people the finger' four times every song. And that doesn't even deal with the violence aspect, which we can say in hindsight was actually problematic.

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!

Em taught me a lot about life at a very young age. I thought he was pretty cool, growing up. What did I know, I was a kid and he was loud and nonconformist, daring to do and say shocking things angry kids can only fantasize about. His songs are still amazing. But now looking back, I have the mental ability to recognize this the impact of this album in the golden era of rap misogyny and glorification of homophobia. For Em, I can easily trace it back to his mommy issues, to being bullied, and to growing up in bad environments.

hell yeah

There are just too many good songs from Eminem

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 :'(

I have a friend who loves this album, so again I was interested to hear it. He does have a good voice for this sort of music. And as I have said beforei don't mind this genre. But I just didn't enjoy this. It could have been the swearing though it had all been blanked out except for the intro. (Can't see the point in that.) It's just too in your face, it's too...... I can't really define what but can't give it higher than 1.

I really shouldn’t like this because of many things, but mainly because of the continuous homophobia and misogyny. But, somehow I do. I can’t take him too seriously and I don’t actually think he takes himself too seriously either. There’s no denying that his vocals are superb. He has such variation of styles and the music is too catchy.

I tend to appreciate shock, anger and rudeness in songs (I'm being polite in my description of certain lyrics), and feel the mood the artist is trying to create. I just feel rappers just take it too far in their boring rags to riches life stories- they are all obsessed with this. No one actually cares (I hope). I've always hated Eminem, because of his whney, whingeing voice but I'd give this a fair crack. It's horrible. The only redeeming song was 'Stan' as I liked the dark humour and story to the lyrics. For that he still gets a 1 star.

On the one hand I really liked the pop influences and the rapid, clever wordplay. A lot of the songs are really quite catchy. On the other hand, I found the misogyny and violence directed towards women really off-putting to the point that it really detracted from the album for me.

Pure trash.

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

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looooook no denying eminem's lyrical genius, it's absurd how long yet poetically brilliant he can be. BUT gotta say there's horrendous phrases and views..... lol interesting critique of celebrity, influence, the record industry, being a role model and parasocial fan relationships... ALSO is this really above Recovery???? Or dare I say the Eminem show... Dr. Dre producing is abundantly clear (watch the defiant ones on HBO if you want some BTS on Dr. Dre he's a musical savant). Conceptually as well this album is good but a lot of these songs just give me such bore, like yes the lyrics are dope but meh vibes

solid record

Iconic songs along with additional filler with anger and misogynistic lyrics.

At one time I would have argued Eminem was a master. Others will do that nowadays. But listening to this with fresh ears it’s hard to get past the sophomoric humour which basically boils down to raping women and being scared of homosexuals. The skits are bad. The rhymes are fine but I’ve heard better rappers. What I still do believe is that “Stan” is a great examination of a superstar trying to reckon with the responsibility of influencing the younger generation. It still works for me. But the rest of it is best forgotten. 2/5

L E G E N D

Meh

I don’t need a rap album to hear the thoughts of dirtbags whose brains have never fully developed because of fetal alcohol syndrome or whatever is wrong with them. They will tell you their thoughts. Loudly. UFOs are making chem trails turn everyone on the flat earth gay and their ex’s boyfriend been talking shit and is about to get fucked up, not to mention their bitch-ass parole officer and their whore mom. Cool. They’ll gladly pour their half-thought out nonsense into your ears any chance you give them. Or you can listen to the Joe Rogan podcast. There are plenty of sources of dirtbag ramblings. You don’t need to listen to an album to hear them. There are so many things worth rebelling against, but when you start to lump into that category the fact that you’re not allowed to drive drunk or hit women or kill people that piss you off, then I assume you’re not a serious person and I’m not going to listen to you. I think that is something that bothers me about a lot of music geared towards angry young men. Youth rebellion is such a powerful force, but life beats you down so fast that it only really lasts from ages 15 to 25. If we could concentrate that force at something, we could change the world. But not the whole world. Just maybe one big thing. But pop/rap/punk music is the thumb over the nozzle of the hose that makes that anger come out fast and hard in a bunch of pointless directions. If an entire generation was like “we’re really angry at the way the world is!” and all of their pop/rap/punk stars were to say “Yes. The world has a lot of problems. Let’s fix one.” then they could end employer-sponsored healthcare in a generation. Then the next generation could end fossil fuel usage. Then the next could reform policing from the ground up. They could use their anger to make real change instead of having it spray out uselessly in the stupidest possible directions. All of these “rebellious” musicians are just tools of the man taking the power of youthful frustration and diverting it away from anything that could create real change.

So honestly this isn't my thing. A couple of the songs weren't band so I'm not giving it a 1, but I hope that I don't get any more Eminem albums lol

Weak

I just can't get into this. The Real Slim Shady is catchy and fun in a nostalgic way, but most of the rest is boring and the lyrics are just garbage. Does not need this many tracks. A couple of almost-interesting ones arrive in the 2nd half, but I almost didn't make myself listen that much... This really won a Grammy?

One of the best rap album of all time.

Damn, this is a great album! I didn't expect this list to acknowledge any actually great albums, this one stands above like every album I have rated for at least 2 weeks. 5/5

12 year old me got this album for Christmas from Santa, I then asked my unsuspecting parents if I could put it on, it was switched off very quickly and I was only allowed to listen to this album in my room and to make sure my 7 year old brother didn’t hear it. This is a good album, but far too over the top to enjoy these days

Was a great workout album…who knew

Nope. I remember buying the is n disc when it came out and absolutely hating it. Since then I’ve grown into an Em ‘appreciator’. There is some undeniably killer material on this.The Way I am, Stan and others are brilliant. The misogyny, homophobia and immaturity are too much to take. I cannot support it, even if some of it is meant to be therapeutic or tongue in cheek. Nope. Fuck that. Fuck him. We have to do better.

Listened to this enough when I was a kid, great album

Pure freakin genius. Often disturbing, but still genius.

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

- war früher schon mega Eminem Fan und immer wieder, wenn ich ihn höre, weiß ich auch warum - absolute Banger dabei (man kennt natürlich auch schon einiges davon), einfach ein hammerAlbum, love it!

The first few Eminem albums are incredible. The use of persona and alter ego, the samples used, the lyrics and the delivery are all top notch. What a start to the millennium

I have now read a lot of negative reviews of this album and I agree with all of them. I hate this.

Sorry Slim, it's a no for me.

внимательно переслушивала вчера (хоть и отлично наизусть помню), в среднем меньше хитов, чем сслп, но сколько драмы. Бритни за одну бейби уан мор тайм пять звёзд не дала, но ммлп за Стэна можно было бы. но и без Стэна столько важного и устанавливающего! спасибо Эминему за моё американское произношение

8/10. It's dope, and it's dark.

No thanks

This album is a mix of highs and lows for me. I don't love Eminems goofier rap style like in The Real Slim Shady but can't deny it's catchy af. Stan was a favorite of mine back in the early 2000s but I just think it feels a bit old and not as deep as it felt back then. That said, I do appreciate the darker style of The Way I Am and I'm Back (I'm a sucker for the bell soundeffect in The Way I Am, it flows so well). In total this is not an album I would put on and listen to in it's entirety, especially since the interludes really ruins the pace, but I can't deny it's a classic with some real bangers.

Tolle Platte. Wirklich Gut gealtert.

Important, crass, and catchy.

On the one hand this album has aged like milk, even if Eminem moved past this juvenile edgelord phase a lot quicker than his fans, it's a pretty shit legacy. On the other hand it's so well executed. Incredible talent. The storytelling in Stan is so good it changed the English language, Kim remains to this day the most lyrically uncomfortable song I've ever heard. 10/10 A highly flawed and dated classic

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.

Kill You 2.8 Stan 4 Paul (skit) n/a Who Knew 2.5 Steve Berman (skit) n/a The Way I Am 3 The Real Slim Shady 4 Remember Me? 2.7 I'm Back 2.9 Marshall Matters 2.4 Ken Kaniff (skit) n/a Drug Ballad 2.8 Amityville 2.9 Bitch Please II 2.6 Kim 2.8 Under the Influence 2.5 Criminal 2.5 Score: 2.885714286

Aikamoista uhoomista :D Ihan jees mut liikaa samaa

That man can deliver the longest sentences!

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.

But why's he so angry??? I used to listen to this a lot in college. It hasn't really aged that well. He's massively talented but it's pretty hard to make it through an entire album.

Few songs explain the cultural development of America better than "Stan" and "The Real Slim Shady"

there's a scene at the beginning of the music video for the Bloodhound Gang's "The Bad Touch" where the band stares in faux-shock/amazement at a monkey fucking on TV. In spite of how much he wants me to believe in his rhyming prowess, what the Eminem of 2000 really wants is for me to make that expression every time he drops a well-timed "fuck" or "faggot", but all i can do is roll my eyes. He's extremely fucking lucky he gets one extra point for "Stan".

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.

Bought it back in the day due to Stan. Rest of it is just too much for me. Not a fan. Can respect it, but not enjoy it.

Love his earlier albums, like listening more cause he’s a wordsmith than the music itself. 3.4

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

A pretty good album. Eminem is clearly trying to be a troll in these songs with some hits and a number of misses. The skits/flows were mostly good. Some of the songs were too long and became uninteresting. 3/5

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

I’m nervous to say this… But I don’t love Eminem. I find his music to be very aggressive, and I don’t love that. I will say, I know his cultural importance, and that people regard him as one of the best.

Yeah, I'm at the point in my life where I'll side eye people who listen to this for enjoyment now

I like Em.

He sucks so bad

I don't enjoy rap that much but I liked Stan, The Real Slim Shady and I'm Back.

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.

Eminem (or whatever persona he's choosing in the moment) is a very technically proficient rap artist. However, I have never been on board with his music because I didn't like him particularly much, but this also means that I have never listened to this album. This was absolutely disgusting. It was an onslaught of extreme homophobia (he is OBSESSED with gay sex), misogyny and violence and I don't care what point he is trying to make, many of these lyrics are not okay. I struggle because I listen to a lot of music where I have issues with similar attitudes, but I have definitely found my line. I felt physically sick listening to "Kim"; actually, I felt physically sick listening to quite a few of the tracks. It took me three days to get through this album. I know he has matured since this time, I stand by the fact that his rapping skill is phenomenal, and he has put out some really motivational tracks since, but I am absolutely horrified how popular this album was in its time and I don't care if he has skill, this doesn't deserve anything other than a 1. Fave Track: Stan Rating: 1

ja, eminem, je bent boos... we weten het ondertussen... werk het uit op een ander

Never liked Eminem. Even as a lover of hip-hop I just don't get him. Can't stand his whiny nasal voice and it just feels like he's trying too hard to be controversial to get attention. There's some great beats on here, but that's all down to Dre. Stan is a classic and one of the few times this rises above the puerile shock factor shit on the rest of the record.

I am probably in the minority here, but outside of “The Real Slim Shady” there are about 2 other tracks on this album that I would not immediately punch out on if they just came up on a mix. Just too many B,D,F, and N bombs. Also, cussing out and lambasting your GF/Wife is not what I would consider creative lyrics. I get he was groundbreaking and innovative, and I love me some 8 Mile. For those reasons Ill round up to a 3, but I was so glad when this was over. 2.5/5

I can see the relevance of this one if I place myself in the year 2000 of its release. It hits like a wrecking ball. But nearly 25 years later, it doesn’t hold up near as well. I get it…angry much? Mr. Mathers is much better when he takes a less obvious or humorous approach to the lyrics as he does here and there. But the blatant misogynistic, homophonic and violent lyrics are tired and seem elementary nearly a quarter century later.

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.

Not into rap. Didn’t like the consistent use of profanity. Depressing music.

one of the greats for sure but one artist whos music dont age that good for my listening experience at least. The Huge Big Songs always gonna stay as a classic but the overall album experince was def better when i was younger. Still a big MC that i loove and fw

I feel the same way about this as I did with Straight Outta Compton. Eminem could probably have been considered the best in the game at one point. And at 42 years old, I’m not sure about how much of this I actually enjoy listening to.

I go back and forth on this one...he is talented, he talks of his experiences in a way that are somewhat deep and reflects on a culture of blaming media for everything instead of looking inside. With that said...he is so derogatory, sexist, homophobic and mean. I agree that the media is not to blame, but you are also not blameless using such angry rhetoric and not expecting others to connect with you and feel justified. Is he talented, yes...did I enjoy him when it first came out, yes...does it hit different today, most definitely

His toxic masculinity makes him sound like a little bitch.

I know his lyrics can be ridic, but I’m an Eminem fan. He’s such a talented rapper and I love that he doesn’t give a fuck. I don’t like this album as much as The Eminem Show though. It doesn’t have the same lighthearted catchy vibes that kind of soften the problematic things he sings about. This one feels a lot darker.

Artiste connu de nom uniquement. Répétitif et inintéressant. Arrêt au 3eme morceau. =>1/5

This may be a nostalgic rating. I’m not sure how many Eminem albums are on here but this is the one I will always direct people to start with.

life is too short to listen to a full eminem project

Fast and furious lyrics with some pretty fun flow and awesome backing music cannot save this album from the really trashy lyrics. I know Eminem was young and rebellious and a lot of his lyrics are his method of lashing out, but damn this is pretty vile at times. I do like most of the music and if I zone out and don't focus on the lyrics, it works pretty well. But then when I snap back to it, I can't possibly listen to this on good faith on a normal listen.

I must admit, I’ve avoided this artist as much as possible. He always struck me as an overrated, wannabe edge lord. His whole brand is insufferable. The misogyny, violence and bigotry are pervasive and oppressive. It’s an onslaught of words, like Bob Dylan, but few of them are pleasant. I get that there was a big audience for this. It’s just miserable to listen to. The music is pretty good. I just wish he’d stfu and let me enjoy it.

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

Best Eminem Album. Most of the songs are good, not filler -- compare that to his modern albums where there's 1 good(ok?) song for an hour of fast foward fuel.

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

A few classic tracks (especially Stan which is probably his best song) but freakishly too long and repetitive in its themes, filled with filler and shitty sketches. Obviously the homophobia and misogyny are rampant, but there’s also nothing lamer than a rapper who keeps dunking on boys bands and Britney Spears. Eminem is a talented and unique voice in hip hop but supremely overrated bc white non-rap fan critics could identify with where he came from and what he was saying. Gen Z proceed to cancel Eminem. He needs to leave Christopher Reeves alone :/

So many big hits from Eminem's early catalog. Amazing rap album, one of the GOATs.

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

tough one to rate… really enjoyed the production, plus a lot of the songs are catchy, but i just can’t rate it higher due to the lyrics. dunking on women and gay people for laughs and shock value was the best he could do i guess.