classic
One of the better rap albums of all time, I got this cd when it came out over 10 years ago and it still hasnt gotten old

Pathetic
More stupid rap with a rapper using pouty lips trying to act black. The music sucks.

First Album, Major Hysteria
The album that drove not just his ex wife, but the entire media off the cliff.

And what a great start it turned out to be! Until 2003, Eminem could not be stopped and this album paved the way. Compared to some of the beats later on, this album isn't as bangable now as others. When you play it, it really doesn't hold up to other old classics, but it still is one of the greatest rap albums in my opinion. I would rate this 4 and a half stars if I could only because of the fact that you can REALLY tell it's old production wise, but it definately holds up higher than 4 so a 5 will do for now.

Like "The Marshall Mathers LP" and "The Eminem Show", all songs are great. I have to say a few songs such as "My Fault" and "As the World Turns" weren't as great as some of the others on this album, but they eventually too grew on me until I liked them just the same.

This was the album that gave the young Detroit kid a chance. Real creative and different, nothing coming out at this time had a sound like this. I also semi-miss that old squeakier voice he had, he hadn't developed the profound voice most people know him from.

Still a great album. True to hip hop by all means necessary.

Shady's not shabby
A great debut CD from Eminem. Obviously not for little kids; very adult content. Put aside the issue of profanity and accept the fact that Em ain't actually gonna do the stuff he raps about, he's just putting his feelings out on paper. Then you'll appreciate his stuff. Em is definitely a creative writer, and his flow when rapping is excellent. He puts down and communicates his feelings about life when he was a "down and outer" and nobody gave a rip about him. Good raps:



My Name Is - definitely catchy. The sanitized version got tones of airplay of course.



Guilty Conscience - insightful rap into what happens when 3 different young men are confronted by powerful temptations/emotions [need for money, sex, wife cheats]



Brain Damage - creative rap about a kid who's taken too much crap at school and home and fights back



If I Had - rapper muses on what he'd do if he had money



'97 Bonnie and Clyde - most genuinely disturbing rap. Depicts covering up murder of wife in company of daugther.



My Fault - rapper causes death of girl by letting her eat way too many shrooms



Cum on Everybody - gets listener hopping around



Rock Bottom - a look at feelings of a guy for whom everyday life is a struggle with poverty



Just Don't Give a



I'm Shady - has a thumping groove



Bad Meets Evil - Em is joined by Royce Da 5-9 in a parody on a Wild West Ghost Town story

not slim shady lp
this says it is slim shady lp but it is really marshall mathers lp anyone else notice that?