EminemThe Eminem Showon 2LP

2002sThe Eminem Showis the fourth studio album from Detroit hip hop artistEminemand follow-up to his 2000 masterworkThe Marshall Mathers LP. Largely self-produced with assistance fromDr. Dre,The Eminem Showdebuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart and went on to become the biggest selling album of 2002.
The 20-track set earnedEminemhis second consecutive Grammy nomination for Album of the Year and was his third release in four years to take home the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. Incorporating much more of a rap-rock feel than prior releases and with plenty of material inspired by the pitfalls of fame, his ex-wife, estranged mother and daughter,The Eminem Showproduced four top 15 singles including Without Me, Cleanin Out My Closet, Sing for the Moment and Superman.
Eminems last album, 2000s The Marshall Mathers LP, made him nothing less than the biggest and best pop star in the world. A true artist, no one since Kurt has raged so hard and articulately, no-one since David Bowie has played with their persona with more intelligence, and no-one since the Sex Pistols has pissed more people offPart of the power of The Marshall Mathers LP was that it seemed to come from nowhere certainly it was a quantum leap from his 1999 debut.
Fame and familiarity means that Eminem can never pull that trick off again, but he can improve his music, find new things to talk about, refine his amazing flow. The Eminem Show sees Marshall Mathers doing all these things, backing away from the scorched-earth nihilism of his last album towards a more personal, vulnerable, even gulp mature artistic vision. Alex Needham, NME
EminemThe Eminem ShowTrack Listing:
LP11. Curtains Up (skit) 2. White America 3. Business 4. Cleanin Out My Closet 5. Square Dance 6. The Kiss (skit) 7. Soldier8. Say Goodbye Hollywood9. Drips 10. Without Me
LP21. Paul Rosenberg (skit) 2. Sing For The Moment 3. Superman 4. Hailies Song 5. Steve Berman (skit)6. When The Music Stops 7. Say What You Say 8. Till I Collapse 9. My Dads Gone Crazy 10. Curtains Close (skit)