Edna Gundersen of USA Today gave it a 3 out of 4 stars and wrote that Eminem is "as good as he gets but in the end inflicts more damage on himself, hoisting The Eminem Show to a level of self-absorption rivaled only by Woody Allen". of Pitchfork gave it a 9.1 out of 10 Kris Ex of Rolling Stone gave it a 4 out of 5 stars. Neva Chonin of Houston Chronicle gave the album a 4 out of 5 stars.Īlex Needham of NME gave it a 9 out of 10, hailing The Eminem Show as a "fantastic third album that "is bigger, bolder and far more consistent than its predecessors". Robert Christgau of Christgau's Consumer Guide gave it an A- and David Browne of Entertainment Weekly gave it a B+. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave it a 4 out of 5 stars, saying it "proves Eminem is the gold standard in pop music in 2002, delivering stylish, catchy, dense, funny, political music that rarely panders". On Metacritic, the record has a score of 75 out of 100 based on 20 reviews. The Eminem Show was well received by music critics.
The track "Cleaning Out My Closet" can be pretty hard to take seriously after hearing "Headlights".Just like The Marshall Mathers LP, Eminem uses the homophobic slur "f*ggot", which can be offensive.The Limited Bonus DVD of the album adds live performances Em's previous songs.It, along with The Slim Shady LP and The Marshall Mathers LP, are one of Eminem's best projects.Most of the lyrics are funny as the music videos.Along with The Marshall Mathers LP, it was one of the fastest selling albums in the United States.Eminem's flow on this album is phenomenal as usual.The production on this album is excellent.The music videos for this album are also great and funny.Most of the songs were great, hilarious and very memorable such as "Cleanin' Out My Closet", "Sing for the Moment", "Without Me", and "Till I Collapse.In 2000, the album was followed by The Marshall Mathers LP, which was also a success. Dre, Em and Dre recorded The Slim Shady LP, which was released in 1999 and was a critical and commercial success. After Interscope Records' CEO Jimmy Ivorne played the EP to rapper Dr. Inspired by disappointment of his first album Infinite (1996), Eminem introduced his violent and sadistic alter ego Slim Shady in his 36-minute long extended play Slim Shady EP.
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