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Slim Shady is Back!

A Review by

The Goc


We've all heard it, and hell probably most of us all have it already...that's right, Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP. It had the biggest debut for a solo artist, but GYEAH.COM felt a CD review section without Eminem, would be greatly lacking. A thing to note about the review, we compared our original review of it (before release) to how we feel now, and here is our comprehensive review:

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT 2000 Another classic intro from Eminem. This one didn't give me the pure adrenaline rush as the last one, but it kicks off this CD..perfectly. Pretty much sums up the whole damn thing, if you don't think so...

"Sue Me".

Track Rating: $0.50

KILL YOU The beat on this one is something only Eminem could flow to. If you doubt me...think about it. The truth will hit you harder than Dirk Diggler. But seriously, this song is what we've come to expect from Eminem, tons of -ish talking and comedy.

"OKAY! I'm ready to go play! I got the machete from OJ and ready to make everyone's throats ache!"

$2.00

STAN (feat. Dido.) Now this song is just plain eerie. This is one of those songs that gives ya goosebumps whenever ya hear.  This song is in the same vein as the "Kim" (Bitch so Wrong) track. But this time its about a obsessed fan and his letters...insane really. Even if you don't like Em, listen to this...trust me you will change your mind.

"I'm in a car right now, doing 90 on the freeway. Hey Slim, I drank a 5th of Vodka, you dare me to drive?"

$5.00

PAUL (Skit) A Paul Rosenberg skit like the last album. Pretty pointless, but has some history.

"Fuck it."

$0.10

WHO KNEW Some of the lyrics you may have already heard, from an unreleased song with Fred Durst and Em, "Turn Me Loose," . But after the first few verses, its all new material. This track is all about the backlash in the media about song lyrics and the effect they have. Em uses logic...obviously a weakness of his opponents.

"My life's like, kinda what my wife's like...fucked up, after I beat her fucking ass every night! Eik. So how much easier would life be, if 19 million motherfuckers grew up to be just like me?"

$1.50

STEVE BERMAN (Skit)Another skit. I figure this Steve Berman character is supposedly the head of Interscope or whoever's distributing for Aftermath. Berman gives Eminem a hard time about his content, pretty hilarious.

"You're rapping about homosexuals and vicatin. I can't sell this shit."

$0.50

THE WAY I AM I personally thought this would be the last song that Eminem would release as a single, but boy was I wrong. Became a huge hit, almost even rivaling "The Real Slim Shady." On the track Eminem tears up intrusive fans and the media, but somehow ya still gotta love him. I still am really liking this song, every time I hear it I feel like punching a hole in the wall :).

"Call you a lawyer, file you a lawsuit. I'll smile in the courtroom, and buy you a wardrobe."

$3.00

THE REAL SLIM SHADY - I was just like you, I used to love this track. As soon as I got an advance of the album, I wore this song out like cheap underwear. But by the time the video hit MTV, I was already sick of this song. But all in all, its a good song that you might actually get to hear in the horrible clubs around Iowa. It's getting very tired, but still good in small doses.

"Ya act like ya never seen a white person before...jaws all on the floor."

$2.00

REMEMBER ME (ft. RBX & Sticky Fingers)Okay now I just plain love this one. The beat screams DR. DRE! Anyone who really follows Hip Hop will remember the Dre diss track off RBX's previous CD The RBX Files, and this uses a very similar hook. But this time RBX is on Aftermath, and Sticky Fingers and Eminem are along to help. They shout out their "forgotten" most memorable lines for the hook, and show that Aftermath is more than just Dre and Em. This song should be on muzak in heaven.

"You retarded? Cause I grab the mic and get down, like syndrome."

$5.00

I'M BACK I could see this as being one of the next singles, but its got too much of a similar hook and feel to his other stuff, so I doubt it will, but I wouldn't be surprised. I've grown pretty tired of this song personally, perhaps a better hook would've stopped that. But I still can't forget some of the classic lines in it:

"You hear this finger? Oh, its just upside down. Hear let me turn this motherfucker up right now."

"Its Ken Kaniff on the Internet, trying to lure your kids..into bed."

$3.00

MARSHALL MATHERS - The track that introduces Marshall Mathers, the other side of the Eminem, but its alot harder than you'd expect. Has lots of ish talking to boy bands and everyone's favorite rappers..Vanilla Ice and ICP. I put them in the same sentence for a reason. A slow track, reminds me of "I still don't give a fuck."

"New Kids on the block sucked alot of dick. Boy girl groups make me sick. I can't wait till I catch you faggots in public, I'm gonna like it."

$3.00

KEN KANIFF (Skit)Another skit, this one with the most popular ass clown since Elton John, Ken Kaniff. ICP pleasures him orally on this one...Don't forget this freshness. As funny as it is, I still can't stand playing this song. I feel like people might confuse my sexuality or think I'm watching gay porn or something. Ya know?

"Oh, this is why they call you 2 dope, aint it?"

Rating: $0.50

DRUG BALLAD – Very similar to "Cum on Everybody" from the last CD. Has the similar female voice and beat, but that's about the only comparison. This track flows about Em's love of nature....gotta love it.

"If I get caught cheating, I'm stuck with you."

$3.00

AMITTYVILLE - (feat. Bizarre)A slower track, which I doubt is going to be anyone's favorite, but Bizarre still gets his chance to rhyme. Which can't hurt his career considering how many times this disc will go platinum. Talks of slitting throats, rape, and what not...typical D-12 topics.

"My mother wasn't raped, I ate her pussy while she sleep."

$1.50

BITCH PLEASE II (feat. Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Xzibit, Nate Dogg)I guarantee everyone who bought this cd and read this on the back of the packaging skips right to this track. BITCH PLEASE 2 WITH EM AND DRE! Who said the sequel can never surpass the original? It's not going to get the airplay of the original, but it still is on the same level. Xzibit is his usual hard-core self, Snoop's part is the weakest...I weep thinking of the Doggystyle days. Dre also does his part, and Eminem is masterfully in imitating Snoop. INSTANT CLASSIC!

"Here, want me to tone it down? Suck my fucking dick you faggot..you happy now?"

$5.00

KIMLISTEN TO THIS! This is the craziest song I've ever heard. If this doesn't blow the masses brains...I will be insanely surprised. I really can't believe they are releasing this, its just plain nuts. I'd heard this track before, so I wasn't as taken back, but its still the same crazy ass track. I can't believe the masses didn't burn Eminem for this, somehow it avoided the bad publicity that I thought would haunt it.

"BLEED BITCH! BLEED!"

$10.00

UNDER THE INFLUENCE (ft. D-12) Eminem and his crew....nothing to really say besides that. Pretty wet track. Gives ya a chance to check out the Dirty Dozen Em always talks about, now ya know why he does...

"My DJ's in a coma for letting the record skip. For letting the record skip."

$2.00

CRIMINAL Hands down, my favorite track. I heard snippets of this on the teaser and I was singing around "I'M A CRIMINAL" and now with the rest of the song...can I be stopped? I annoy all at gyeah.com with my "Criminal" singing, deal with it. And still to this day, I can't stop loving this song, I just play it alot less often.

"How many records you expecting to sell after your second LP sends directly to jail?"

$7.50

Jay Z had a sophomore slump, so did Nas. Slim Shady averts that with the impressive MARSHALL MATHERS LP. If you downloaded this in mp3, buy this DAMN album, I wouldn't be able to sleep at night not paying for it.

This CD will go down in my all-time favorites. And its not about shock-value, or music videos, or the color of his skin. It's because its a great hip hop album, and that's that.

Album worth: $55.10

Album price: $13.28

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