THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP
| Eminem
THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP
The Marshall Mathers LP is the third studio album by American rapper Eminem, released on May 23, 2000 by Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records. The album was produced mostly by Dr. Dre and Eminem, along with The 45 King, the Bass Brothers, and Mel-Man. It was recorded over a two-month period in several studios in the Detroit area, and during this time, Eminem felt significant pressure to improve upon the success of his previous record. Released a year after Eminem's breakout album The Slim Shady LP, the album features more introspective lyricism including the rapper's response to his sudden rise to fame and controversy surrounding his lyrics. Musically, the album has been associated with the genres of hardcore hip-hop and horrorcore. -Wikipedia
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Pitchfork
The album’s centrifugal force is thrilling and it is to Eminem’s great credit that he doesn’t once let go of his grasp.
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Billboard
Eminem’s demons are as present on “The Marshall Mathers LP 2” as they were on its 2000 predecessor -- except 13 years later, they have mutated from being his prey to now being his muse.
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Rolling Stone
The Marshall Mathers LP is a car-crash record: loud, wild, dangerous, out of control, grotesque, unsettling. It’s also impossible to pull your ears away from.
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Noiset
intricately layered and brilliantly crafted
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The Source
As beautifully painful as this album is, it is not for the faint of heart.
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NME
the product of a talent supremely Untouchable
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Entertainment Weekly
”The Marshall Mathers LP” is 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.
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NOOGA Today
With “The Marshall Mathers LP,” Eminem tore out his heart and held it up for our inspection. And we couldn’t look away.
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The Young Folks
richly deserves its place on any list of the greatest rap albums of all time
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The BOOM BOX
one of the best albums in his expansive discography
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Not Your Dads Vinyl
This is the big one. The classic.
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All Music
The production is nearly as evocative as the raps, with liquid basslines, stuttering rhythms, slight sound effects, and spacious soundscapes.
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Cue Point
it’s one of the best albums ever made
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Music Musings and Such
What attracts me about The Marshall Mathers LP is its sheer scope and quality.
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Hear and Now
a brutally honest, abrasive journey into the head of one of the music industry’s most talented rappers, and arguably his best piece of work
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Ambrosia for Heads
This is the album that every artist over the last 15 years hopes to end up with, in creative control, in impact, and in accolades.
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Sputnik Music
truly special album, unique in rap's canon, owing its spirit to rock and its heritage to rap, in a way I've rarely heard
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