The Eminem Show
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| Release Date: |
May 26, 2002 |
| Label: |
Interscope Records |
| Rating: |
4.0 |
Description: Any lingering doubts as to the depth of Eminem's skills or his potential for raw yet compelling honesty are dispelled on
The Eminem Show's first track. Armed with a quicksilver flow and a thundering rhythm track (the record was exec produced by longtime mentor and partner Dr. Dre), "White America" finds Eminem ferociously mauling the hand that feeds him, lambasting his critics, the industry, and the racism that, in many ways, helped make Marshall Mathers more than just another rapper. "Let's do the math," Em sneers, "If I was black I would have sold half/ I could be one of your kids/ Little Eric looks just like this." After the bombast of
The Marshall Mathers LP and Eminem's well-noted use of sexual epithets, this kind of material is made more controversial because it actually rings true. From a brutal retort to his long-estranged and equally troubled mother ("Cleaning Out My Closets") to a surprisingly tender ode to his child ("Hailie's Song"), Eminem examines his life, loves, arrests, addictions, failures, and successes with surprising insight, making this a funk-drenched hip-hop confessional well worth the hype.
--Amy Linden
Tracklist of The Eminem Show
Reviews:
2nd best album
Most people think that Encore shows a more mature side of Eminem. I say thats bullcrap. Just cuz he made like 3 mature songs doesn't mean he's more mature. Half that damn album is retarded songs that make no sense (i.e., ass like that, big weenie, rain man). this album is like the opposite, with 2 "funny songs" and a billion mature songs. the best songs are: my dad's gone crazy, sing for the moment, say what you say, and white america. Also, in Say Goodbye To Hollywood, he says "f--- the guns/i'm done" and then there's the D12 cd with like a billion gun songs and on encore theres 1 shot 2 shot. so whatever. the john kerry of rap. stick with what you say marshall.
Awesome
The Eminem Show CD is Awesome. I love all the songs on this CD. I would like to say that Eminem is the bomb, and all of his songs should be #1 cuz he is the best there ever is.
I love you EMINEM.
Eminem the show BY Eminem
EMINEM
I think that Eminem is a good CD. His CD was released on May 6th 2002. Eminem CD has 20 different songs on his CD. Some of his songs are good and some of them are bad. My favorite song is Hailey's song. That song has a lot of meaning to it. To him and to me! I got this CD from my brother for my birthday. He bought it for me at Wal-Mart. It was only $25.98 for both CD'S but he of course wanted the other one.
Some of the other songs that I like are curtains up, cleaning out my closet, Soldier, without me, Super man, till I collapse, and my dads gone crazy and most important Hailey's song. I think that if you changed some of your songs on the CD you would be happy with the whole thing. Some people think that you were eight her to out of it to write your songs or you were just thinking of something really messed up. Maybe, one day you'll find out what everyone likes and write about people or something instead of telling everyone what your life is about talk about how the world is that revolves around you! Let me tell you the first impression I got on this CD was wow this is a stupid CD but then I sat down and actually listened to it and I thought wow that is almost how my life goes. Well I think you could inspire a lot of people in writing music because it all comes from your heart and not from other people's words. That is exactly how I got as far as I did in writing music I have a song that's not quite finished but almost there it doesn't have a title yet but yeah. Well thanks for everything. GREAT JOB!
Ashley Armknecht
8th grade
Wasilla Middle School
Hot
this album wuz my fav when it came out eminem is so sexi and i love his rhymes on this album and encore is a real good follow up to this
Review:
Curtians Up (Skit) - N/A
White America - 10/10
Business - 10/10
Cleaning Out My Closet - 8/10
Square Dance - 10/10
The Kiss (Skit)- N/A
Soldier - 8/10
Saying Goodbye To Hollywood - 7/10
Drips - 10/10
Without Me - 9/10
Paul (Skit)- N/A
Sing For The Moment - 10/10
Superman - 9/10
Hailies song - 10/10
Steve Berman (Skit) - N/A
When The Music Stops - 8/10
Say What U Say - 9/10
Till I Collapse - 8/10
My Dads Gone Crazy - 10/10
Curtains close (Skit) - N/A
Solid Album- There are some ignorant reviewrs
Some of the reviews of this album are pathetic. It is a great solid album with chart toping songs and it gives you an in depth view in the life of Marshal Mathers. But it bothers me when a person who obviously knows nothing of music, writes a bogus review. I realy found it intresting where one review says, " songs like soldier, and the kiss have nothing to do with eminem." If maybe the reviewer knew anything about the artist before even writting the review, he would have known that eminem's X-Wife Kim cheated on him witch obviously relates to the song. And the song soldier was a way for him to spill out his frustration on lawyers, judges, and IGNORANT PEOPLE.
Overall the album was solid, though it seemed to be to comercail for eminem. The Marshal Mathers LP was a higher time for eminem with more feeling and thought was put into the album.The Eminem show is a great album to own.
the eminem what?
Frankly i have no idea what's gotten into me. Yes, no doubt about the fact that I like eminem and his music. But this album, lets just say,if you are a hip-hop music fan, you'll enjoy this one. If you are not, stay clear of this cd and everything will be fine. First single "White America" is a major pain(the fact that he screams in the song) but its not the best. Actually, this is my first time listening to an album by eminem so,Lets put it in simpler words: this album is ok but not the best one he put up so far. If you ask me, black rappers'
music is better.Eminem can't rap, he sounds like a wannabe rapper,exaggerating this cd with tons of swear words. Basically I do not understand the songs square dance, soldier,drips and the kiss. Relates nothing about him.The rest of the songs are ok eg:business, claening out my closet, say goodbye to hollywood,superman, hailie's song blah blah blah. I think eminem can come up with something better.All's not lost though, some songs are bubblin.But the others should rest in a time capsule. Not bad. But im not recommending it.