‘The Marshall Mathers LP’ is real twisted shit – one long, disillusioned whine. Surely this was the classic case of success being the sweetest revenge for all those years of broken homes and bully beatings. A perfect parable of how the freaks shall inherit the earth, the more controversy stuck to the gloriously revved-up repugnancy of ‘Slim Shady’ like turd to a blanket, the more attention he gained and the more rekkids he sold. Basically South Park times a million, ‘Slim Shady’ was a cartoon orgasm, high on the sheer audacity of turning a mirror to society and selling that grotesque reflection back to the very suburbs and ghettos from whence it came. His first, of course, was ‘The Slim Shady LP’, an hilarious collection of scurrilous fictions based on the proposition that the grossest equals the mostest. His name is Marshall Mathers, you know him as Eminem and this is his second major album.
We are fortunate right now to live in a time of great misanthropy, and we are blessed with the smartest mouthpiece for that perfect loathing that maybe there ever was. Just don’t hang out with him, that’s all. An equal prejudice employer, he hates us all. No time for such petty factional concerns as racism, sexism, misogyny, homophobia, narcissism, xenophobia… the misanthropist is the real deal. It's also impossible to pull your ears awat from.", Ranked #78 in Mojo's "100 Modern Classics" - "The results were brutal, politically insane, loaded with pop hooks, and hysterically funny.", ".Even more abrasive and offensive.proving again that his imagery and storytelling abilities stand tall over most other rappers.", Ranked #3 in Spin's "Top 20 Albums of the Year 2000" - ".What 'going too far' means: really, finally brought that psycho rude s*** home to the 'burbs.leaving more things unsettled than when he started.There is much to admire in misanthropy. If anything, he's rap's Eric Clapton: a white boy who can hang with the best black talent based on sheer skill - enhancing the art form instead of stealing from it.", ".Indefensible and critic-proof, hypocritical and heartbreaking, unlistenable and undeniable it's a disposable shock-rap session, and the first great pop record of the 21st century." - Rating: A-, Included in CMJ's "Best of the Year" for 2000., "The virtuosity of 'The Way I Am' gained Eminem access to an audience that believed that the better you were at your instrument, the better music you made.", 4 mics out of 5 - ".You wanna peep this LP, if not for the intense lyrics and witty punch lines, at least for the chance of witnessing one of the craziest MCs grow up right before ya ears.", Ranked #1 in Rolling Stone's Top 10 Albums of 2000 - ".His tortured conscience gives the album its complex emotional kick.", 4 stars out of 5 - ".He's more funny and much more scary.A car-crash record: loud, wild, dangerous, out of control, grotesque, unsettling. The Marshall Mathers LP Ĥ stars out of 5 - ".It has an answer to everything, filling every parking-spot in the towering multi-storey of ego with a triple-bluffmobile.No one else puts such a rocket under rap's self-consciousness or makes it so shocking.", 4 stars out of 5 - ".You might not like where he's dragging you, but there's no denying the style with which he does it.", 3 stars out of 5 - ".His disaffection sucks you in and the wholesale nihilism can still provoke shivers.", Ranked #7 in NME's "Top 50 Albums Of The Year"., 9 out of 10 - ".Real twisted.one long, disillusioned whine.It may be the white noise of America's Most Unwanted, but it also the product of a talent supremely Untouchable.", ".Musically, the album is a triumph.You can't deny the lyrics' searing honesty, and that's what makes him one of pop's compelling artists.", Included in Q's "50 Best Albums of 2000"., ".Should forever erase the notion that he is the Elvis Presley of hardcore hip hop.
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