The Marshall Mathers LP [Explicit Lyrics]

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Editorial reviews

Amazon.co.uk Review
His second album finds Eminem struggling to contain the pressures of success. And he's dealing it with it disgracefully. The Detroit rapper's multiple identities are more mixed up than ever, with Marshall Mathers fighting for prominence against his alter egos: Eminem, Slim Shady, Kenneth Kaniff and his public image. Don't be fooled by the album title: apart from the eponymous "Marshall Mathers" (which runs the lyrical gamut from maudlin to maniacal) you won't learn too much about "the real Slim Shady" here. As fiction bleeds into reality, Eminem aggravates the wound to increase the flow. The Dr Dre/Mel-Man productions on this record don't have the slap-happy bounce of those from the Slim Shady LP; all drums and bass, they're ghostly, minimised slabs of roto-funk. Except, of course for the gleefully self-referential single "The Real Slim Shady", for which Dre appropriately cuts in some of the picked-guitar from his own "Forgot About Dre". Eminem's own co-productions with F.B.T. veer from the bounce to the ounce of "Drug Ballad" to the full-metal jacket of "Kim", where you get to find out all the gruesome details of how Eminem's paramour ended up in the back of that trunk (from Slim Shady's "'97 Bonnie and Clyde"). And believe me, it ain't pretty. If anything there's a lesson to be learnt here: money, success, drugs, murderous intent, mental trauma and schizophrenia are all just as American as apple pie. --Chris Campion

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Customer reviews

review by: bluenirvana date: 2008-06-20 rating:
Words from a rap genius...
I was in the States when this album came out and it was huge (of course). It's been several years since I listened to it but I have to say it's lost none of its power. Eminem is a warped genius who offends everyone but still manages to endear himselt to everyone at the same time. This was probably the high point of Eminem's career, although some of his later albums are pretty good.

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review by: date: 2007-12-01 rating:
LOVE HIS MUSIC
Okay my song owns all of Eminem Albums (even the 8Mile soundtrack, whenever we're in a car we always put this album on, my favourite songs on it is "The Kids", "Kill You", "The Real Slim Shady", "Under The Influence" and "The Way I Am". I must say that out of all of his albums this is a very comical one even though he admits he makes "Fight Music" but on such songs as "The Kids", eventhough it's ment to be a serious song about drugs but you can't help but laughing at the intro bit and the South Park characters and the kids in the song

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review by: date: 2007-11-05 rating:
Energising, Disturbing, Powerful!
The first album of Eminem's I heard, now that I own them all (apart from the Slim Shady EP, though trying to work on that) I realise that this is Eminem's most agressive personality and this album is the most feircely confrontational. Others may directly challenge the powers that be, the government, etc, but in these tracks you can imagine him with veins bulging, spitting and screaming down the mic with all the raw emotion he had. Now he's rich, popular, owns his own recording label and has artists working for him, he's a business man now. He no longer has to fight on the streets with everyone who doubts him, this is what fuelled the Eminem you all listen to today. The further back you go the more the words come from the heart. Now he just says it for the shock value and the press, but on this album he will kill you if you doubt him! An experience to listen to! Think about the way you feel when you've just finished listening to it, just don't kill nobody!

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review by: date: 2007-08-16 rating:
The debate continues, but I reckon song-for-song this is his best
Everyone has their favourite Eminem album. For some it was the startling debut of the Slim Shady Album, for younger fans his more recent work. Now that he seems to have retired from performing and is sticking to producing (the odd slip aside - even Eric Clapton will never REALLY retire), it's interesting to look back on his output and, for me, this is the clear winner.

There is, of course Stan and The Real Slim Shady and The Way I Am, all copper-bottomed hits. Kim is as painful to listen to now as it was when he recorded it. Since then he married her again...and divorced her again. Not since Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton was there so much pain in a celebrity pairing.

The best one for me, though, doesn't appear on all versions of this album - but seek out the Special Edition with its bonus track The Kids, Marshall's tribute to his love of South Park. It is the funniest thing he has ever done, and dare I say the best?

I saw the man himself when he played Milton Keynes - his last perfomances in Britain, as it turns out - and the songs from this album excited the fans most. It's easy to see why.


review by: mr_pee date: 2007-01-07 rating:
Astonishing
Wow! This album broke down boundaries like no other in recent times. I'm a heavy metal fan & don't really enjoy rap, hip-hop or whatever u wanna call it.

But this one blew me away. Before this i thought eminem was a comedy act. The album is stunning though. It's not just rap, it's a masterpiece in storytelling. Young Marshall certainly had a lot on his mind & what a way to let it out!

This is not rap, rock, pop or any kind of stereotype, it's a modern day popular music masterpiece. Stan is amazing & without it, a dull lady called Dido wouldn't have ever appeared (Marshall - report to my office now!!!). Still, complete & utter genius.

It's a work of art. Stan is one of my top 3 tracks ever and, coming from a metal fan, this is saying something.

This album transcends genres, race and generations. It's just a shame that M&M hasn't gotten close to this kind of quality since :(

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