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LIMITED EDITION with DVD! prod. by Dr. Dre
Any lingering doubts as to the depth of Eminem's skills or his potential for raw yet compelling honesty are dispelled on The Eminem Show's first track. Armed with a quicksilver flow and a thundering rhythm track (the record was exec produced by longtime mentor and partner Dr. Dre), "White America" finds Eminem ferociously mauling the hand that feeds him, lambasting his critics, the industry, and the racism that, in many ways, helped make Marshall Mathers more than just another rapper. "Let's do the math," Em sneers, "If I was black I would have sold half/ I could be one of your kids/ Little Eric looks just like this." After the bombast of The Marshall Mathers LP and Eminem's well-noted use of sexual epithets, this kind of material is made more controversial because it actually rings true. From a brutal retort to his long-estranged and equally troubled mother ("Cleaning Out My Closets") to a surprisingly tender ode to his child ("Hailie's Song"), Eminem examines his life, loves, arrests, addictions, failures, and successes with surprising insight, making this a funk-drenched hip-hop confessional well worth the hype.
Note: This limited-edition version includes a DVD that features concert and interview footage.
TRACKLIST
Curtains Up
White America
Business
Cleaning Out My Closet
Square Dance
The Kiss
Soldier
Say Goodbye Hollywood
Drips (feat. Obie Trice)
Without Me
Paul Rosenberg
Sing For The Moment
Superman (feat. Dina Rae)
Hallie's Song
Steve Berman
When The Music Stops (feat. D-12)
Say What You Say (feat. Dr. Dre)
Till I Collapse (feat. Nate Dogg)
My Dad's Gone Crazy (feat. Hailie Jade)
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