Marshall Mathers LP

by Eminem

Entertainment Reviews:

Rolling Stone - 1/4/01, p.106

Ranked #1 in Rolling Stone's Top 10 Albums of 2000 - "...His tortured conscience gives the album its complex emotional kick..."

Rolling Stone - 7/20/00, pp.135-6

4 stars out of 5 - "...He's more funny and much more scary....A car-crash record: loud, wild, dangerous, out of control, grotesque, unsettling. It's also impossible to pull your ears awat from."

Spin - 1/01, p.73

Ranked #3 in Spin's "Top 20 Albums of the Year [2000]" - "...What 'going too far' means: really, finally brought that psycho rude s*** home to the 'burbs....leaving more things unsettled than when he started."

Entertainment Weekly - 6/2/00, pp.76-7

"...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..." - Rating: A-

Q - 1/01, p.90

Included in Q's "50 Best Albums of 2000".

Q - 8/00, p.98

3 stars out of 5 - "...[His] disaffection sucks you in and the wholesale nihilism can still provoke shivers..."

Uncut - 8/00, p.90

4 stars out of 5 - "...You might not like where he's dragging you, but there's no denying the style with which he does it..."

CMJ - 1/08/01, p.10

Included in CMJ's "Best of the Year" for 2000.

CMJ - 6/12/00, p.3

"...Musically, the album is a triumph....You can't deny [the lyrics'] searing honesty, and that's what makes [him] one of pop's compelling artists."

Vibe - 8/00, p.162

"...Should forever erase the notion that [he] is the Elvis Presley of hardcore hip hop. If anything, he's rap's Eric Clapton: a white boy who can hang with the best black talent based on sheer skill - enhancing the art form instead of stealing from it."

The Source - 8/00, pp.225-6

4 mics out of 5 - "...You wanna peep [this LP], if not for the intense lyrics and witty punch lines, at least for the chance of witnessing one of the craziest MCs grow up right before ya ears."

Melody Maker - 6/6/00, p.54

4 stars out of 5 - "...It has an answer to everything, filling every parking-spot in the towering multi-storey of ego with a triple-bluffmobile....No one else puts such a rocket under rap's self-consciousness or makes it so shocking..."

Rap Pages - 7/00, p.45

"...Even more abrasive and offensive....proving again that his imagery and storytelling abilities stand tall over most other rappers..."

Mojo (Publisher) - p.57

Ranked #78 in Mojo's "100 Modern Classics" -- "The results were brutal, politically insane, loaded with pop hooks, and hysterically funny."

NME (Magazine) - 12/30/00, p.77

Ranked #7 in NME's "Top 50 Albums Of The Year".

NME (Magazine) - 6/3/00, p.39

9 out of 10 - "...Real twisted...one long, disillusioned whine....[It] may be the white noise of America's Most Unwanted, but it also the product of a talent supremely Untouchable."