It may not shock the censors today, but to an entire generation, they still spit out each word in defiance. The Eminem Show is a music album by Eminem released in 2002. The Eminem Show stands the test of time as an example of Eminem’s unparalleled flow and provocative lyricism. The album would go on to win two Grammy awards and land on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. But Shady’s cute, Shady knew Shady’s dimples would help.”Įminem also mixes things up stylistically on the album, fusing guitar-driven melodies with rap rhythms on tracks like “Sing For The Moment,” where he heavily samples Aerosmith‘s “Dream On” and the stomp-stomp-clap from Queen’s “We Will Rock You” on “Til I Collapse,” striking crossover appeal to rock fans. If they were brown, Shady’d lose, Shady sits on the shelf.
He’s also refreshingly self-aware, as he takes shots at his own privilege on tracks like “White America” when he raps “Look at these eyes, baby blue, baby just like yourself. On The Eminem Show, Mathers had figured out the formula for a successful set of album singles: cheesy and hooky, if a bit dim, first. “Cleanin’ Out My Closet” would become one of the unexpected hits of Marshall’s career, achieving the chart status that equally introspective songs “The Way I Am” and “Stan” only came close to. Cleanin’ Out My Closet (from The Eminem Show, 2002). On The Eminem Show, it’s all about Marshall Mathers, whether he’s exorcising his family demons on “Cleaning Out My Closet” speaking on fame in “Without Me” or reflecting on being a father on “Hailie’s Song,” he’s one of the few rappers wholly capable of conveying regret, anger or even despair. With his previous albums, Eminem had introduced the world to his amplified alter ego Slim Shady, but also managed to sneak in personal details, all while maintaining an unassailable shield of masculine bravado. It appeared everyone wanted tickets to The Eminem Show. This song has a lot of emotional significance for me, and is overall super powerful especially the gut punches in the third verse. The rest of the song also holds up extremely well, the flow is so addicting. The second verse of this song is genuinely in my top 3 rap verses of all time absolutely legendary. It immediately shot to No 1 on the Billboard 200 and became the best-selling album of 2002. The Eminem Show songs, ranked (My Opinion) The Eminem Show Rankings: Square Dance. To minimize the collateral damage, Interscope decided to release the album early and The Eminem Show instantly sold 284,000 in its first 24 hours. Let’s agree to disagree.The hype bar had been raised to say the least, and just 25 days prior to The Eminem Show‘s intended release date of June 4, the album had been leaked. And still it pained this author to leave a heap of personal favorites on the cutting-room floor (“Amityville,” “So Bad,” “Evil Deeds,” “Love You More,” etcetera, etcetera, etcetera). The result is a list of songs that both captured Em’s maniacal, mischievous (and, yes, sensitive) mind at the time of release and remain undeniably great today. But when you hurl so much spaghetti on your sweater, not all of it is gonna stick.Īs far as parameters are concerned, we've eliminated cameo tracks on other artists’ albums (sorry, no “Dead Wrong” or “Patiently Waiting” or “ Caterpillar”), Em’s work as D12’s band leader (but we still bump “Purple Pills” and “How Come”) and tracks from the excellent Bad Meets Evil rhymefests. Of course, we were also met with the cold splash of the flops and misses. Re-listening to 20-plus years of album cuts, smash singles and loosies reminds us how versatile and volatile, how ingenious and risky Eminem has been.
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