Eminem's supreme gifts are an expansive vocabulary and vivid imagination, which he unleashes with wicked humor and unsparing anger in equal measure. There have been more violent songs in rap, but few more disturbing, and it's not because of what it describes, it's how he describes it - how the perfectly modulated phrasing enhances the horror and black humor of his words. Of course, nowhere is this more true than on "97 Bonnie and Clyde," a notorious track where he imagines killing his wife and then disposing of the body with his baby daughter in tow. This was unsettling in 1999, when nobody knew his back-story, and years later, when his personal turmoil is public knowledge, it still can be unsettling, because his words and delivery are that powerful. The Slim Shady LP bristles with this tension, since it's never always clear when Marshall Mathers is joking and when he's dead serious. Then, it wasn't clear to every listener that Eminem was, as they say, an unreliable narrator, somebody who slung satire, lies, uncomfortable truths, and lacerating insights with vigor and venom, blurring the line between reality and parody, all seemingly without effort. THESE ITEMS ARE EXCLUSIVE TO THE OFFICIAL EMINEM STORE AND WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE ANYWHERE ELSE.Given his subsequent superstardom, culminating in no less than an Academy Award, it may be easy to overlook exactly how demonized Eminem was once his mainstream debut album, The Slim Shady LP, grabbed the attention of pop music upon its release in 1999. EXCLUSIVE TO THE EMINEM STORE.īAD GUYS ALWAYS DIE (FROM THE WILD WILD WEST SOUNDTRACK)Ģ0 YEARS LATER, STILL DON’T GIVE A F*CK! THE SECOND SLIM SHADY LP 20TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION FEATURES LIMITED EDITION MUSIC PRODUCT, MINIFIGS, APPAREL, AND A SHADOWBOX USING FILM STRIPS FROM DANNY HASTINGS ORIGINAL PHOTO SHOOT FOR THE ALBUM COVER. THIS IS THE LAST PRODUCT WE ARE OFFERING WITH THE ORIGINAL AND PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED SKAM2? ILLUSTRATIONS FOR SSLP20!įOLIO STYLE LP HOLDER (HOLDS THREE 180 GRAM OPAQUE COLOR LP'S)Ģ4 PAGE LP SIZE BOOK THAT REIMAGINES THE ORIGINAL ALBUM BOOKLET PAGES WITH NEVER BEFORE SEEN PHOTOGRAPHY FROM DANNY HASTINGS AND ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS BY SKAM2?. LIMITED EDITION COLLECTOR’S ITEM FOR THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SLIM SHADY LP.
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