The Eminem Show
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  • Summary: Working once again with producer Dr. Dre, Marshall Mathers returns with his third album.

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Without Me
Obie Trice, real name no gimmicks Two trailer park girls go round the outside Round the outside, round the outside Two trailer park girls go round... See the rest of the song lyrics
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 20
  3. Negative: 1 out of 20
  1. Pitchfork
    91
    He's playing the same old marshall vs shady real-or-fake game as usual and its as interesting and complex as it ever was.
  2. The A.V. Club
    90
    Where The Marshall Mathers LP sounded like a primal howl of rage, The Eminem Show showcases an artist trying to make sense out of the chaos and turmoil in his personal and professional life.
  3. Entertainment Weekly
    83
    Beyond allowing peeks into his life, Eminem's other gambits are self-pity and self-mythologizing, and they aren't nearly as potent.
  4. CDNow
    70
    The Eminem Show lacks the overwhelming, single-minded force that The Marshall Mathers LP had.
  5. CultureDose.net
    70
    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.
  6. E! Online
    67
    He often riffs for too long, so by the time he's singing to his daughter on "Hailie's Song," you feel the album's nearly 80-minute length.
  7. Salon
    20
    We're unlikely to hear another platinum-selling album in 2002 that sounds as tired and thoroughly played out as the fourth offering from the troubled young Marshall Mathers.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 106 out of 109
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 109
  3. Negative: 0 out of 109
  1. AmberE.
    Jul 27, 2002
    10
    Eminem is still the best i still havent got sick of his cd i listen to it whenever i can He is soooo sexy too.
  2. JoshuaStDenis
    Jun 5, 2012
    10
    This album makes it Eminem's third classic consecutive album, proving to everyone what a rap sensation he really is, destroying hisThis 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.… Expand
  4. amyt
    Mar 12, 2003
    10
    i love eminem he is sosexy and this cd is cool
  5. Muhammadomer
    Sep 8, 2011
    10
    i 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 ofi 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 !!… Expand
  6. Emin3m
    Sep 11, 2014
    10
    the 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    the 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
    and so on    … Expand
  7. manuel
    May 3, 2011
    9
    yeah 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 otheryeah 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!… Expand
  8. Mark
    Dec 24, 2002
    4
    I find it interesting that everyone that gave this album a 10 has yet to master the English language.

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