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The Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem
Retail Price (not our price): $13.98
Release Date: 2000-05-23
Manufacturer: Interscope Records
Format: Audio CD
Discs: 1

Track List
Now here, for your listening pleasure, the tracks...

Disc 1

Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):

1) Amazon.com
Will the real Slim Shady please stand up? On Eminem's sophomore album, he can't decide who he wants to be: the deranged pseudo-psycho of the Slim Shady LP, or a nice guy who just likes to rhyme about slicing and dicing his girlfriend ("Kim"). Of course, according to Eminem, he's just kidding. He refuses to take responsibility for the misogynistic, homophobic bile he spews, whining that he's the victim of people who don't get his unique sense of humor. It's good old America's fault if the kids aren't alright (Eminem blames bad parenting), and he's just capitalizing on Uncle Sam's dark side. On the Marshall Mathers LP, he's ambivalent about his fame, angry at his life, pissed off that people take him seriously, and fightin' mad at boy bands--and a lot of other white people. But the blue-eyed brat is acutely aware of his status as rap's resident alien: he has the most offensive mouth running, but never uses the "N" word. He gives lyrical love to tragic (black) legends like Tupac and Biggie while dissing white rappers hard. Even sitting duck Puffy gets the kid-gloves treatment. Of course, Eminem is an interesting, witty rapper, and there's some nice production on this CD, courtesy of Dr. Dre and others. But the hatred in Eminem's rhymes makes the album rotten at its core. And his protests that Slim Shady is just a persona become less convincing with each arrest. Then again, Eminem's got it hard: he's rich, famous, white, and male. --Lizz Mendez Berry

2) Album Description
UK version of the controversial rapper's sophomore album, one of the fastest-selling rap albums of all time. Includes one bonus track, 'The Kids'. 2000 release. Standard jewel case.

3) Album Details
Explicit Version of Slim Shady's Multiple Platinum 2000 Smash; Includes a Bonus Track.

Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5

1) Perfect, completely perfect   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
I can't decide whether I like this or The Eminem Show better...honestly it's very close they both are amazing albums but completely different.I love this one because of the psycho mood it portrays. No joke this is probably the darkest album I've ever bought (then again I'm not into metal or emo or any of that crap) and actually enjoyed beginning to end. I bought it rather young and at first I could vibe with it, but not as much since honestly there is only one happyish song ("The Real Slim Shady") on an album of 18 tracks. As I got older, however, this album really strikes a nerve. A mix of politics, gangsta rap, lyricality, psychotic ish, and Dr. Dre beats....right up my alley.Gritty and clever album. Completely genius once again. Proved that Eminem had real credibility. This will always be a favorite if not my favorite CD.Best tracks:"Who Knew", "The Real Slim Shady" (too damn catchy), "Kill You", "Amityville", "Bitch Please II"...and every other song pretty much, haha.

2) Lizz Mendez Berry wrote the worst review Ive ever seen   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Im been an Eminem fan for a VERY long. That aside the review that Lizz Mendez Berry wrote on this CD is the most unproffesional review that ive ever seen. Mrs. Berry needs to realize that she is not a pundit, she is a critic. It is not the job of a critic to judge a persons character or personal life. She needs to judge CD's WITHOUT bias.

3) Shock value....   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
If you actually listen, you'll find that he is one of the most talented MC's in the game currently. Very deep as you get past the initial shock of his dramatic flows.

4) Solid Sophmore Set   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Worthy follow up to the Slim Shady LP. In this disc, Em goes back to his roots in some tracks, but also talks about life now that he's made it. All the writing strength is still there, and the guy still flows great. Good raps:Stan - excellent, almost chilling, rap about the pyschology of an obsessed fan who progressively comes unglued when Em doesn't answer his fan mail right away. The chorus from Dido's tune is excellently woven into the rap. Very grim ending. Em's critics couldn't write anything this insightfulWho Knew - good, sarcastic examination of critics who blame music for some wacko's actions.The WAy I Am - Em gets off his chest frustrations of being famous and never getting a second's privacy from fans who never think maybe he likes to be let alone once in a while.The REal Slim Shady - very bouncy, catchy rhythm and lyrics. Got lots of radio and video playRemember Me? - hardcore rapl Em gets to yelling in it. Features other rappers. Very heavyI'm BAck - Em is back, again knocks/mocks people who blame him for others' actions. Kinda slow and slurry at times, like a record being draggedAmityville - very heavy, Em yelling in this one tooThe Kids - funny rap w/South Park references. Would be lighthearted, except people wind up meeting bad ends. Criminal - another rap aimed at people who blame Em for violence

5) A rapper even a white lady and mother can love!   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Eminem is one cool white boy poet among rappers! Over the past few years, I've been avoiding these 'in your face','woman hater',nasty rapper boys and their songs. I'd heard the stock stuff that's been the popular rap fare on the radio, and saw my 'innocent' young boys (my sons, age 12 and 10) rocking to it, intoning the lyrics along with the nasty boy on the air at that moment: "shut up b...ch', 'I'm gonna slap you, h.!', etc. blah blah blah. I would inwardly frown, and try to keep my 'wet blanket' hostile attitude to myself! After all, I fancied myself a 'modern' Mom, who'd let her boys decide for themselves what music they like. I wasn't afraid it would 'turn them into' angry girl-haters or street thugs. I knew, and still believe, that, when they see a Mom who respects their freedom to hear whatever they like (ok, with a few lines in the sand, when they go totally overboard), and come to the best decison about women, violence, rebellion, and all! The key turning point, that made me decide to tune into Eminem, and see whether he actually has something good to offer with his stuff, that maybe, just maybe, has passion, soul, and POWER,(as any song that's heavy on sex and violence inevitably MUST also have, or else it becomes truly just angry junk food music), was my viewing of the movie "Scary Movie 3". Specifically, when I saw the white 'farm boy' rapper, who my boys told me was actually a parody of EMINEM, do his priceless 'rap' contest performance, then, I thought....This is totally cool! Let's buy an Eminem CD, and check out the boy!Well, it only took one spin of Tracks 1,2, and 3,(and one or two later tracks, with a twist on the same themes as the first 3 songs), with their amazing powerful tongue-in-cheek, SLAMMINGLY effective, simultaneous parody of self (Mr. Slim Shady),and the 'ladies' (girlfriend, husband-blaming, wallowing in victimhood, mother, who he wants to 'f..', or bossy ladies on the warpath, or music executives who want to 'silence' his music's soul, cause it's too full of anger at their greed and jaded materialism, and so tell him in bored, whiny voices to try to write stuff that 'sells'), to fall in love with this POET EXTRAORDINAIRE, and his lyrics, which do some heavy duty spittin' on ladies (and men), but also can end with a softly spoken, sweet "I'm just foolin' ladies! You know I love you". I knew at once that this young man moved me, and that he spoke to me as well as to the boys groovin' to his beat and his poetic honest, no b.s., lyrics!THIS IS ONE GENIUS THAT SHOWS WHAT RAP AT ITS BEST CAN BE, AND I AM HOOKED. I do laugh and shake my head, and cringe at times, when EMINEM spits out one or another line about his g.f. tied up in the trunk! But I also can't help but privately rock myself, and 'rap' with him, and say, keep on rocking Mr. Slim Shady...You got a soul, and you keep on sharing it with your generation, mine, and my kids' !!