tbh The Eminem Show is the MGS3 of Eminem albums - a totally superb crowdpleaser that is unfortunately a disappointment because it comes off one of the most important postmodernist works of the turn of the millennium

i understand that for most people MMLP does not allow them to completely transcend time. and they would rather rock out to his 'i am the richest, most beloved and most beautiful white heterosexual man in the entire world and i want to down a bottle of pills and die' songs

but still there is going to be a lot of chin-stroking about 'do we really need this in 2022? songs about ass-fucking George Bush with lube?'

answer: yes

at least I needed that

"rape is never funny" it is when a man is on stage rapping about raping his own mother, then immediately shifting to rap in character as an appalled music journalist complaining about them giving this guy a platform, and THEN immediately taking responsibility for the Columbine shooting, in intricate vowel-modulation driven rhyming over a broken toy beat

but that's not on The Eminem Show. of course

on The Eminem Show there is a truly excellent homophobic joke about him having his balls pickled, bronzed and hung up next to Elton John's glasses because he's been fucking Dre the whole time

anyway, pray for me, because I am going to have to read some utterly annihilating "Drips at 20: Why we need to continue re-evaluating the misogyny of the 2000s" thinkpieces while Amber Heard is getting smeared in real time