The Marshall Mathers LP (2007) Album Review

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Music critics combined give The Marshall Mathers LP a score of 2.9183 out of 4

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Featured Reviews:

Entertainment Weekly

''The Marshall Mathers LP'' is indefensible and critic-proof, hypocritical and heartbreaking, unlistenable and undeniable; it's a disposable shock-rap session, and the first great pop record of the 21st century. Read more about The Marshall Mathers LP on Entertainment Weekly

All Music Guide

A fairly brilliant expansion of his debut, turning his spare, menacing hip-hop into a hyper-surreal, wittily disturbing thrill ride. Read more about The Marshall Mathers LP on All Music Guide

All Music Guide

It's hard to know what to make of Eminem, even if you know that half of what he says is sincere and half is a put-on; the trick is realizing that there's truth in the joke, and vice versa. Read more about The Marshall Mathers LP on All Music Guide

Rolling Stone

He is, simply, better than any other MC in hip-hop except for Jay-Z.... The Marshall Mathers LP is a car-crash record: loud, wild, dangerous, out of control, grotesque, unsettling. It's also impossible to pull your ears away from. Read more about The Marshall Mathers LP on Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone

Welcome to the summer of Shady. Where a very blond, white-trash homeboy from Detroit named Marshall becomes the king of hip-hop. It's like something out of science fiction. Read more about The Marshall Mathers LP on Rolling Stone

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