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Review of: The Eminem Show

Captain Marin

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As its Predecessor being Marshall Mathers LP and the Eminem Show being the 4th Solo Album by Eminem, Eminem has proven towards the world as a whole, that he too, can come up with an unexpected turn of events, changing his style a bit, and yet create a flawless album at the same time. The Eminem Show has some tracks that is dedicated for laughs with Without Me, Business, Superman and My Dad's Gone Crazy, but most of it is dark-toned and discusses serious matters. Eminem takes a moment to address his real life issues he had to deal with whether it is fame and his career (Say Goodbye Hollywood, When the Music Stops, Say What You Say), his past (Cleanin Out My Closet, Drips, Sing For the Moment), motivation (Till I Collapse), politics (White America, Square Dance), or his responsibility as a father (Hailie's Song), or just repping the Shady Pride (Soldier).

He appears to be more harsh on himself and accepting the criticism and accusation most critics of Marshall accuses him of being with "If I were black, I would've sold half", "I thought I was tough enough to stick it out with Kim/ but I wasn't tough enough to juggle two thing at once/ I found myself laying on my knees and cuffs/" "I look at Hailie, and I couldn't picture leaving her side/ Even if I hated Kim, I grit my teeth and I'd try /To make it work with her at least for Hailie's sake/ I maybe made some mistakes" as stated throughout the Eminem Show album, but alas, he takes a few tracks to lit a lyrical flame against the asses of those same critics.

The album appears to be more influenced on rock rap than the horrorcore genre as Slim Shady and Marshall Mathers LPs have focused on ludicrous yet hilarious lines, and shows a side of Marshall Mathers the world has never seen before. In the end, Eminem has admitted that he did make mistakes in the past, but he is willing to accept them, move on, and vociferate to every Shady hater to not spend their whole lives envying his success; his love for Hailie is unconditional, his mother was a clear psychopath, and that ultimately, Eminem is, was, and ever will be the G.O.A.T.

Curtains Up (Skit) - 9/10 for a skit

White America - 10/10

Business - 8/10

Cleanin Out My Closet - 10/10

Square Dance - 9/10

The Kiss (Skit) - -10/10 as a Skit

Soldier - 10/10

Say Goodbye Hollywood - 10/10

Drips - 8/10

Without Me - 9/10

Paul Rosenberg (Skit) - 5/10 as a Skit

Sing for the Moment - 10/10

Superman - 7.5/10

Hailie's Song - 8/10

Steve Berman (Skit) - 10/10 as a Skit

When the Music Stops - 8.5/10

Say What You Say - 8/10

Till I Collapse - 10/10

My Dad's Gone Crazy - 8/10

Curtains Close (Skit) - 6/10 as a Skit

Overall: 9.5/10

Coming Soon Reviews: Language of My World, Recovery, Success Is Certain, Street Hop,and Welcome to: Our House

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the rebel

My least favourite album of his, seemed to focus too much on the (pop)ular side of the industry which left the "oldskool" fans confused on his change of style.

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Captain Marin

My least favourite album of his, seemed to focus too much on the (pop)ular side of the industry which left the "oldskool" fans confused on his change of style.

I believe you are confusing the Eminem Show with Recovery. As it has been titled as overrated and too mainstream, I believe Recovery was one of the best albums lyrically if we exclude the instrumentals, but I will go in more depth in its content and author a review soon enough.

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the rebel

I believe you are confusing the Eminem Show with Recovery. As it has been titled as overrated and too mainstream, I believe Recovery was one of the best albums lyrically if we exclude the instrumentals, but I will go in more depth in its content and author a review soon enough.

Nope not confusing the two, I had the first four albums with the Eminem Show being his fourth, back in 2002 I was 16. After that I stopped listening to most future pop rap crap

Maybe I just prefer his older stuff and to me during the 2002 album onwards it seemed to be mostly mainstream and making music to suit whats popular that year, rather than make it real and meaningful.

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Neo Uruk

Eminem is only considered GOAT by anyone for breaking the white rapper barrier. He's paved the way for Mac Miller, MGK, Yelawolf, Logic (who is actually Caucasian and African American) etc. That said, he hasn't really made as good music since he left the underground scene. His pop-crossover songs are nice, and some of his less mainstream songs are nifty, but he was built up from shock value and quickly wrote that out of his gameplan.

Nas would be a far better choice for GOAT status. While he did break the trend of more cohesive albums with Illmatic having multiple producers, he also made that !@#$ sound damn good. He's continually made concious, intelligent rap without selling himself out or trying too hard a la Lupe and other concious rappers, and somehow has stayed relevant over a 20-year run. Also, Ether.

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