THE rap album that changed it all, changed the way world looked at rap. It broke the myth that white guys cudnt rap and as a black rapper put it “whites don’t have enough force and passion, they live comfortably in suburbs and they don’t know what streets are like”
ENTER EMINEM...and in eminems own words ill quote
“when I was Underground, no one gave a fuck I was white, no labels wanted to sign me, almost gave up, I was Like, fuck it, until I met Dre, the only one to look past, gave me a chance, and I lit a fire up Under his ass, helped him get back to the top”
And lit a goddamn fire he did....
Gentlemen , presenting the album that holds the guiness record for the fastest album sold ever, (breaking snoop dogs and britneys records), the album that redefined rap, that between the east coast and west coast shit a rapper greater than all of them would rise Detroit and rewrite all the rules.
THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP
But anyways, the force with which Eminem burst onto us ranting abuses at his mother and wife, took us by surprise .The first real rap song i fell in love was “ Stan” and as i am sure it must be a fav of many of the guys. Simple brilliance. Because:
1)dido’s angelic voice blends smoothly in the flow with perfect background score
2)it acts like a perfect song for pop to rap transition
After stan the big brotherly voice of Eminem changes into the angry poison spitting ( grade b, grad a is ‘kim’) ‘who knew’ , before this people knew you could put love into songs and sadness into songs, but such raw naked ugly anger was something new for all of us.
Then comes the blast.
“the real slim shady”
This doesn’t tell the truth to you, It spits it out onto your face, and that too with amazing melody.He lambasted the teen pop icons in this song while keeping a amazing meaning at the core and that mixed with a catchy rhythm was the success mantra. Released as the first single for marshall mathers lp, this gave the album lot of credibility.
“Im back” was kinda jayz thing but still sounded good in em’s voice . 2.5/5 for this song
“Marshall mathers” 5/5 from me
Till the 10th track i thought that Eminem sung only in the super angry abuse ranting bitch slapping mode, but magically he showed that by a little voice modulation he could intertwine sadness into his songs too. One of my fav raps.
“Drug ballad”
A rap album isn’t a rap album until it has a lot of drugs in it. This classic song Em’s tribute to this practise.( but superman is a better drug ballad than this)
“KIM”
.Sometimes I feel guilty that I like this song, When Marshall Mathers was released in India they censored this song.. 4/5 from me
“under the influence”;
Em’s own words are enough for this song and fittingly enough this was the last song of the album
“You can suck my dick if don’t like my shit
I was high when i wrote this so
Suck my dick”
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Hell yeah...’nephew’
I like Eminem, but what I like most about him is how he has evolved. P.S. Couldn't is spelled, couldn't...just so you know. Spell check yourself, before you wreck yourself. LOL :)
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