The Slim Shady LP - Eminem

This is a what i would call a groundbreaking album! My first real taste of the rap scene and I loved every beat and lyric of it. A lot of comedy, some commercial and indeed some very dark and perhaps shocking songs; all bursting with intelligent rhymes. Tracks: PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT - Short comedy intro/skit perhaps gives a little taste of what is to come on the rest of the album. MY NAME IS - The most commercial and perhaps lyrically random song on the album. 'Guilty Conscience' - Great track featuring Dr Dre. BRAIN DAMAGE - Darker song offering something of an insight into Eminem's childhood. PAUL - Brief ...  Read the complete review

The Slim Shady LP was the 1999 debut commercial album from Detroit rap superstar Eminem aka Slim Shady. Since its release you'd have to have been living in a cave not to have heard of Eminem, he's probably one of the most successful rappers ever, with a bank roll that only Dr Dre and Jay-Z and their business projects can compare to, love him or hate him Eminem is one of the all time greats in rap. The album debuted at #2 in the US Billboard Album charts and sold 283,000 copies in its first week, it has since gone 5x Platinum. Eminem originally released the 'Infinite' EP as a debut in 1996 on an independent record label, when speaking of the record Eminem says ...  Read the complete review

The Slim Shady LP is Eminem's first studio album, and was released in 1999 to a wide critical acclaim and created a rap sensation that would follow with numerous other successful albums. This, for my money, isn't as stunning as The Marshall Mathers LP that followed it, but it's still a fantastic album that set the building blocks for his future success. What's so fascinating is how he works as a satirist, but obviously, people judge him on the profane content of his songs without actually listening to them - Eminem is a very smart guy and here he scathingly skewers various cultural elements of the world that he deems silly, from lampooning rubbish celebrities, ...  Read the complete review

Clichéd, I know. Actually, it's even worse than that. And, besides the thought of writing another 'Eminem in general' opinion, writing an opinion on the album that gave him the fame that was actually credible to get, is as bad as it gets. Probably. Eminem. The Slim Shady LP. 1999. That's it. Kinda maybe better than earlier release 'Infinite', probably also better than the commercial, if not, at times, questionable pop-rap hybrid that was all too frequently obvious on follow-up album The Marshall Mathers LP, too. You'd be lying if you said to me you haven't heard of Eminem, ever. Simply you have, and you know it. And, if ...  Read the complete review

This was the first of Eminem's two hit albums, 'The Slim Shady LP' and 'The Marshall Mathers LP'. I personally feel this is the better of the two albums. Nearly all of the songs on both albums have explicit lyrics (they both display well deserved 'Parental Guidance' stickers) and strong feelings of anger and contain his sick fantasies ('97 Bonnie and Clyde for example) fuelled by his lyrical temper. I think they should be taken as humorous. The reason I feel 'The Slim Shady LP' is better is because I can relate to the tracks more as I think Eminem is expressing his feelings rather than trying to come up ...  Read the complete review