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 | Title : The Slim Shady LP
Author : Eminem
Release Date : 19990223
Binding : Audio CD
Regular Price : $18.98
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Editorial Reviews :
On The Slim Shady LP, Eminem wants it all. He's conflicted, you see; the world has treated him badly, and he wants to respond in kind. But he isn't a straight-up gangsta--this is, after all, the first release on Dr. Dre's Aftermath Records, his post-Death Row-era venture--and Eminem (born Marshall Mathers) doesn't really want anyone to follow in his footsteps, which leads to some interesting contradictions on this album. In the first single, 'My Name Is,' he's self-deprecating, rapping about his poor upbringing and his hairy palms. But on the very next song, 'Guilty Conscience,' he plays the devil to Dr. Dre's angel--that is, until Eminem brings up an incident from Dre's devilish past, rapping, 'You gonna take advice from someone who slapped Dee Barnes?' Later, on ''97 Bonnie & Clyde,' he turns Will Smith's 'Just the Two of Us' on its ear, making it a tale of murder; but on 'My Fault,' he actually feels bad--though whether it's for the girl he overdosed or for himself is tough to figure out. With his nasal Midwestern tone, Mathers has a clean, clear flow, and the production--by Dr. Dre, Marky, and Jeff Bass--is crisp but consistently fun. With his outlook, it's tough to take Eminem too seriously, but he's made an album you don't have to take seriously to enjoy.
Buyer Reviews :
...this is the most brilliant album i have ever listened to in my whole entire life. Eminem is an amazing lyricist and he tells life just as it is...He is the first rapper i know that sings about the real [stuff] that is in life. He sings about being broke, the problems with his family, and even tells stories in songs like 'brain damage'.
oh yeah by the way he loves his daughter more than life in itself and he would never do ANYTHING to hurt her so all of you who think otherwise, well how wrong you are. he has made a song in ode to her, and the slim shady LP is dedecated to her, he even has a tatoo of her name on his arm.
other singers seem afraid to say anything remotley real. all they sing about is sappy love stories and great lifes, when most peoples lives are far from that. as eminem says 'i rap about[stuff] around me, [stuff] i see', and (from marshall mathers lp) 'im only givin you things you joke about with your friends inside your living room, the only difference is i've got the balls to say it and i dun gotta be false or sugar coated at all, i just get on the mic and spit it'
(by Liz Hall)
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