![]() To talk bad about it is kind of like criticizing those Bugs Bunny cartoons in which he makes fun of Japanese people-it represents different cultural norms, and to criticize them without taking the time they were made into account doesn’t tell the whole picture. Fine, I get that my opinion is kind of invalid because I’m talking about this album in retrospect while The Marshall Mathers LP so obviously lives in the year 2000. As such, The Marshall Mathers LP is an album that Eminem had every right to make, and if you say anything negative towards it, you hate hip-hop or you are gay (tee hee, you like kissing people of the same gender) or you don’t understand it or your opinion is invalid because it sold millions of copies. There’s no other choice, really-the alternative is censorship, never a healthy option. ![]() When phrased like that, the logical conclusion is to side in favor of the artist. “what’s good for the kids” (read: what stuffy white folks think is good for their kids). The smartest decision made in marketing The Marshall Mathers LP, Eminem’s third full-length album and his second to be released on a major label, was to accentuate the argument between the rights of the artist vs. With Eminem’s new album hitting shelves next week, we have decided to take a look back at the man’s most celebrated album.
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