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Universal acclaim- based on 1850 Ratings
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Positive: 1,699 out of 1850
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Mixed: 39 out of 1850
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Negative: 112 out of 1850
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Jun 5, 2012This album makes it Eminem's third classic consecutive album, proving to everyone what a rap sensation he really is, destroying his competition lyrically as well as commercially.
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Nov 1, 2018This **** is dope as **** one of the best rap albums ever. The lyricism is brilliant and the beats are phenomenal and (as always) Em sounds great. 10/10
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Nov 15, 2022This is one of the greatest hip-hop albums ever released, no doubt. Even in 2022, it has aged so well that it sounds even better than the first time. Em is absolutely one of the GOATs for sure.
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JamesJ.Jun 21, 2002Clearly, the rap album of the year, if not the album of the year. Its a masterpiece from track 1 to 20. The production is great. His rhyming patterns are unmatchable. In my view, he is the greatest lyricist of all time
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Nov 16, 2010An amazing lyrical genius, this album holds what Eminem truly is. From the whitty-ness of "without me" to the seriousness of "Sing for the moment" its an album Ive bought and glad I did.
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Mar 2, 2011
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May 12, 2011finally eminem raps like a black person. this album was banging. this is my personal favorite by him. but the Marshall Mathers Lp was better though. i liked every song on this album it was better than average. some of his best lyrics is on this album.
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Jun 8, 2011You see Eminem expand a lot more on his personal side a lot more than he did on the Marshall Mathers LP. This is lot more serious but his lyricism is emmaculate
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May 19, 2015Now this is something special, this was the first Eminem album I listened too so I have nostalgia with it. It's an amazing album with only 1 song I'm not too fond of on it.
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May 21, 2020One of the greatest rap albums of all time and definitely my favourite from Eminem. The combination of Em's biblical flow and these legendary beats make for an absolute masterpiece packed full of classics.
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Jun 5, 2019This is such an amazing album, a masterpiece from the 2000s, Eminem gave excellent beats and lyrics and its singles are amazing
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Jan 19, 2020A masterpiece that's the only way to call this album.
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Jan 22, 2020My favorite album of all time. The beats and ems flows get me fired up. It’s like all his best qualities finally cane together.
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Jan 22, 2020Another great fantastic awesome wonderful beautiful album by rap god eminem.
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Jan 22, 2020icone
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Oct 27, 2020This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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May 17, 2021Eminem just proved that age is just a number, more than 20 years of career and still outselling and creating great albums
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Aug 13, 2010
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Jul 22, 2012Classic album with a little bit of everything. Beats are on point, and eminem's lyrics prove why he is one of the greatest to do it. It's disgusting how a professional critic could rate something like this so low.
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Sep 8, 2011i love this album. love every aspect of it.. when im gone is so perfect., infact this whole album is so perfect. loved the style and speed of rapping from eminem in this album. i hope he carries on with the same !!
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Nov 9, 2012It is shy of greatness, but not by much. Eminem has put a variety of fantastic tracks on this album, and each one has different tricks up its sleeve.
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Sep 11, 2014the best album of all times
in this album em talks about everything
in the top of his music career
about his past life arguing with mom talking about hailie
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Jan 27, 2015This is one of Eminem's worst albums, yet it its amazing! He is the best rapper ever .
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Mar 8, 2019The Eminem Show is a fantastic album. I loved all the song, the beats are dope, and Eminem's lyrics are getting better and better. The Eminem Show is my second favorite album next to Marshall Mathers LP. I highly recommend it.
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MarkDec 24, 2002I find it interesting that everyone that gave this album a 10 has yet to master the English language.
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May 10, 2018Eminem is a very technically talented rapper, but he has consistently wasted it on unfunny and offensive lyrics which basically amount to mocking random celebrities and gay people for no reason. THis is no different.
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MattOct 1, 2002The reason he's so popular is he's a white person who can rap with the best of rappers - nothing else. He makes such good rap albums that they transcend the genre.
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JohnaN.Aug 6, 2002this album has helped me through so much crap! i love it! and for those of you who dont.... you obviously cant hear because its awesome!
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tigamathersFeb 8, 2003eminem is my baby.... i wan to marry him hes totally hott, and his music rocks hes the best rapper in the history of any rapper
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sebasMar 2, 2003This Cd is the best of Em!!!!!!!!
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[Anonymous]Oct 26, 2004Eminem is cool! :)
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FlikSMay 5, 2004Probably the greatest rap album of all time..i would say better than tupac's all eyes on me..the albums kicks ass...go slim!!WE LOVE YOU!
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PeterS.BizarreJul 10, 2004Metacritic doesn't know anything about Eminem. This isn't his third album, this is his 5th! Here's the list: Infinite The Slim Shady EP The Slim Shady LP The Marshall Mathers LP The Eminem Show That's 5, not 3. Anyway, this is a good album. Buy it.
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DavidASep 6, 2004I've always been an Eminem fan and I have to say this is one of his best yet.
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TheillusionistAug 4, 2005this is asolid return for eminem and the album has alot of good components such as hard as nails production, amazing lyrics, memorable hooks and some truly epic tracks along the way.The best tracks are cleaning out my closet, superman and sing for the moment.
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nickhOct 5, 2006this album was the best and so is eminem he is so hot i love him i am gay i wish i could $uck him offf woot woot
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JakeB.Jun 12, 2002best he has made yet, cannot wait to here the next one he put his heart into this album and i give him a 10 for that. keep it up
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OliverB.Jun 14, 2002this album is one of the best albums ive ever owned. Eminem is the best rapper in the world
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AmanL.Jun 21, 2002Great follow up to his last great album the MM LP.
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SethB.Jun 2, 2002Incredible! I actually agree with most of the critics. My opinion of this album is a hybrid of the New Musical Express's and E! Online. 'Nuff Said. Almost... He's sold about as much as Britney with only about 1/3 of the promo.
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SunnyS.Sep 14, 2002i love this album.eminem is at his best.the slick beats r too cool
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amytMar 12, 2003i love eminem he is sosexy and this cd is cool
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robdApr 16, 2003i believe eminem is a genius, and this is my reason, do you think einstien would of wrote any of this shit??
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CaitlynPoliceJan 7, 2004this cd is awsome i don't know why some of you dont like it but it was fuckin sick
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VandonNAug 4, 2005
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BrannonMApr 2, 2007He's said if he was black he would have sold have, i disagree, he would have sold less than that. The music media(especially rolling stone magazine)raised him up on an undeserved petastal. He is talented lyrically, but today in 2007, all his flows he uses he's used before and numbers don't equal talent.
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Bryanm.Sep 13, 2007it got lots of awards, and is his best Cd. so what if they don't have gay songs like i am the real slim shady. it is still good.
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ShadyS.Feb 4, 2008This has got to B the best album ever made by Slim Shady! I've listened to every song every rhyme and every comment made on these works of art and i gotta say........ GIVE IT UP FOR EMINEM! without a doubt Shady has set the standard for rappers across the globe......... a side from 50 CENT of course.
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BenF.Feb 10, 2009Eminem is amazing. I mean, he is a fabulous rapper. Why 75? It should be a lot higher than that.
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RyanT.Aug 22, 2002His weakest album yet. Not as shocking as his 2nd album or as funny as his 1st. His rhymes this time around are just not as interesting. What saves him though is his lyrical flow and there are a few great songs on the album Cleanin Out My Closet, and Sing For The Moment after that most of the songs are just medicore.
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May 3, 2011yeah this is the best album of music i ever listen i love this album so much eminem forever really the best album of all time and no other noob is like eminem !he is **** perfect!
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Jul 6, 2011Eminem matures and takes more of a political view in this album. May not be his best album ever but it is definitely my favorite album Eminem has ever created.
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Jun 23, 2011Phenomenal album...probably in the running as the best album of 2002. The only knock on it is that it had to follow up the expectations set by The Marshall Mathers LP, which it almost does.
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Aug 8, 2014Straight up classic. Great storytelling, has a concept that may seem boring at first but is interesting and intriguing as heck. Funny at time, serious at others, a great album.
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Mar 21, 201510/10 ................................................................................................................................................
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Feb 4, 2018of course this album is my second favorite album of all time, behind MMLP, those albums sounds so perfect
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Jan 22, 2020Genuinely poor form. One of his worst albums by far. After the greatness of SSLP and MMLP I would be ashamed if I made this
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Sep 21, 2018
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Jan 22, 2020Horrible album. This man has fallen so hard. Why do his fans dare play with us and the best album of the decade?
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Jan 25, 2020just doing my part.........................................................
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Jan 22, 2020this is classic this is classic this is classic this is classic this is classic this is classic
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Jan 23, 2020This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Jan 23, 2020This isn’t a good album it’s very boring and the lyricism is average at best, in sick of this mumble rap garbage
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Jan 24, 2020yell about cumming on people, rinse, dry, repeat. boring and not better than to pimp a butterfly.
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Jul 25, 2020The third major-label album of one of the best MCs of all time , Eminem, is a beautiful rock-influenced hip hop album. He is mature and aware of his position in the rap game. Top-notch technicalities, storytelling and pure emotions are blinded in making this LP a masterpiece.
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Aug 2, 2023the goaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat
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LloydB.May 30, 2002this his best one ever
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PhillM.Jun 21, 2002What would have been nice would have been a few more songs where Eminem rags on his x wife. I think 18 out of twenty wasn't quite enough. Love him or hate him when without me comes on white black young or old I defy you not to at least tap your foot.
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KhahlaB.Aug 14, 2002eminem is the best ' i love him and his cd '
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xxxxxxxxSep 13, 2002em rocks
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BobbyR.Sep 27, 2002This album rocked and that halies song is great, that is the best song you have!!!
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AlexPNov 14, 2003it was F!!!!!!! Cool I love it
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DanielVMar 4, 2003one of his hottest records out
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jeff?Aug 26, 2003this is the best c.d. in history id rate it 100 if i could. This is the best c.d. in history. eminem knows how to make music unlike justin timberlake and them gay ppl.
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AaronADec 13, 2004doesnt quite compare to the marshal mathers lp but its still his 2nd best album ever beatin encore, infinate and slim shady lp
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curefreakFeb 29, 2004while eminem is starting to repeat some of his themes to the point of beating them to the ground the best songs are when he attacks the government and explains that after 9/11 we need him now more than ever the only bad song is the aerosmith sampling ballad the album could have used more of eminems sense of humor sense the album runs a bit long
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GaborAMar 1, 2004Eminem proves that no matter how his life changes he can always make good rap songs about it but his power is limited to altering his own life and entertaining his listeners. He simply isnt able to change our lives as the gods of music do.
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DawnSMay 2, 2004This was an awesome CD!! I loved it!!
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Jess.L.S.M.Dec 10, 2007Jen C. obviously is a friggin nun, cuz she has not taste in music. or are you a guy? haha, fucker, get a life. "The Eminem Show" is the best shit, and it don't take a fuckin genius to figure that out. keep spittin, Marshall!
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JackROct 14, 2008i know this cd was out 6 years ago but it is by far his best a without a doubt classic and is one of the best ever.
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RyanM.Mar 17, 2008Greatest ever.
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JaffarR.Apr 8, 2008Best ever baby!! Intense lyrical vibe.
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krissNov 15, 2002its a mature step foward in the growth of an artist.more serious than the first two albums, yet it still cotains its share of funny moments.
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AmberE.Jul 27, 2002Eminem is still the best i still havent got sick of his cd i listen to it whenever i can He is soooo sexy too.
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AndersE.Aug 14, 2002Every single song on this CD was incredible and thats hard to find.
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EmilyH.Aug 31, 2002I luv this album soooooo much. I think this has to be his best work ever. He has the guts to say what people think and I admire that and respect him.
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ShawnaSep 29, 2002My favourite CD ever!
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BrittanyRNov 21, 2003This is a great cd. Eminem rocks and for all of you people who do not like him, then there is something wrong with you in the head. And for all of use who doubt him, that just aint right cause you dont know him and to everyone that gave him less then a five, you need to get a clue. For real yo. im out. peace.
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RobbieHDec 12, 2003shady's the shit the only reason I rap is cause of em all u motha fuckas can suck my dick if you got a problem wit shady this album is his best
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willrApr 21, 2003eminem is the coolest and jen c, if thats wat u think u betta sit down and hav second thougts because his da best ever o and eminem u RULE with 4 capitals. and mark, get a grip cause nobodys perfect!! besides thats how rappers RAP!!!
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FinfroskSep 24, 2005Eminem is the best rapper ever. His lyrics are incredible, no other rapper comes close. And the best track is sayin goodbye to hollywood.
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KaseyNJan 26, 2006I love The Eminem Show. It is one of the best albums made. Eminem is a lyrical genios,if you doubt that you should sit the fuck down, and shut the fuck up.
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AdamBFeb 19, 2006Possibly his best work. Any one who says differnt is crap. He is the master of rap and music right now. Is the best selling rapper of all time and is just all around great rapper.
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AlainCJun 22, 2009This is his best album fr me it should be 9.5 out of 10. i mean its not perfect but its mad ill.
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RoshanNov 18, 2003wicked cd, packed with bad mouthed crap. i loved it!
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KatiePDec 26, 2003Eminem has matured. But he is still as funny and as clever as always. A great CD.
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Aug 30, 2010A fantastic album, almost flawless lyrically - his rhyming and flow are at his peak on here. This is a more mature Eminem though we still see the dark side of him in tracks like Cleaning Out My Closet and Slim Shady type tracks like Without Me. Overall a solid album, possibly his best.
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Awards & Rankings
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Eminem just may have made the best rap-rock album in history
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With each successive album Eminem finds new depth and excitement within the same themes and structures he used way back on The Slim Shady LP, so even if new songs contain earmarks of Eminem classics, they still feel reinvigorated.
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UncutBehind the hype and the swagger, he's still baring enough of his soul for The Eminem Show to be compelling theatre. [Aug 2002, p.118]