The Eminem Show

by Eminem

The Eminem Show cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 28 May 2002
  • Label: Aftermath
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:17:19
  • Community rating: 3.9/5 from 13 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Expanding his role as a producer, 'The Eminem Show' integrates arena-rock samples and highly theatrical beats into Eminem's aggressive hardcore hip-hop framework. The album balances provocative, shock-rap humor with surprisingly vulnerable confessions regarding his fame and family life. It represents the commercial and critical peak of his early-2000s cultural dominance.

Genres

Descriptors: confessional, theatrical, rap, conscious, storytelling, classic, commercial

Tracklist

  1. Curtains Up - Skit (00:29)
  2. White America (05:24)
  3. Business (04:11)
  4. Cleanin' Out My Closet (04:57)
  5. Square Dance (05:23)
  6. The Kiss - Skit (01:15)
  7. Soldier (03:46)
  8. Say Goodbye Hollywood (04:32)
  9. Drips (04:45)
  10. Without Me (04:50)
  11. Paul Rosenberg - Skit (00:22)
  12. Sing For The Moment (05:39)
  13. Superman (05:50)
  14. Hailie's Song (05:20)
  15. Steve Berman - Skit (00:33)
  16. When The Music Stops (04:29)
  17. Say What You Say (05:09)
  18. Till I Collapse (04:57)
  19. My Dad's Gone Crazy (04:27)
  20. Curtains Close (01:01)

Credits

  • Dr. Dre - executive-producer, executive producer
  • Jason Noto - art direction, design
  • Brian Gardner - mastering
  • Jonathan Mannion - photography

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