The Marshall Mathers LP

thrived producing countless top tracks and albums becoming a household name. In his Grammy award winning album The Marshall Mathers LP 2, Slim Shady enhances his old persona in the song “Rap God”. Starting his career off as a battle rapper shows in this song as it is bursting with quick witted rhymes but in they way he wove them together shows how he has evolved as a lyricist. Marshall will no doubt go down in history as one of the kings of hip-hop influencing the new type rap genre to this day.…

Teens in the Bronx needed a way to express themselves and invented a new way to do it. Hip-Hop music is a great medium to express yourself in a fun way. There was a wreckless genre of music that was growing in the Bronx, now it is one of the most changed and defined genre in the world. Teens in the Bronx wanted a way to show they felt. So they took elements from other genres of music and made something new. The new medium was heard around the world and was named Hip-Hop music. Often looked down…

After that, Eminem stardom began to grow to levels never before seen. He released 7 albums under Aftermath setting numerous records along the way. His first album, The Slim Shady LP, was released in February 1999 and went triple platinum by the end of the year. His follow up and most successful album, The Marshall Mathers LP, was released in May 2010 and sold over 19 million copies across the world. It won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album and received a nomination for Album of the year. His…

Producers Of The Year Besides Neptunes, Dr. Dre is the only hip-hop producer to have ever won the Producer of the Year awardf at the Grammys. The album that he produced that go him an award at the grammy for producer of the year was "The Marshall Mathers LP" which sold appxormiailtey 1.76 million within the first week of its relase. 6) Dr Dre Started The Phrase And Song"F--- Tha Police" N.W.A is known for being the first group to coin the phrase "F--- That Police." In an interview that was…

Dowling Advanced English 9, Hour 4 October 23, 2014 “The Monster” Lyrics Analysis The song that I have chosen for a lyrics analysis is “The Monster” by Eminem featuring Rihanna. “The Monster” was released on October 29, 2013 as part of the “Marshall Mathers LP 2” album. The songs theme is about Eminem trying to escape his troubled past but it will always still with him and he can never escape from it. The song is about the monster that is inside of Eminem's head and he will never be able to…

“Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality,” said Edgar Allan Poe ("15 Pieces of Wisdom from Edgar Allan Poe 's Work"). When this guy, Poe, is introduced into your English Literature class, most kids are thinking, what book do we have to read now? For most of my time in middle school, English was the boring class. The class no one wanted to show up to. The class you wished you didn’t have to take. Well, in my high school English classes, Edgar Allan…

The most successful rap album of all time, The Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem, sold 10.6 million copies and there is no way the album would be so popular if it wasn’t for those 10.6 million people who bought it and by buying it they were giving support. Some artists would be no where if it wasn’t for the support…

Marshall Mathers, or Eminem, had to live his entire life not knowing his father who abandoned him when he was still an infant. He had to move schools frequently, usually two or three times a year, never making any friends most of the time. This had the biggest…

and explicit themes are what makes rap music often subject to controversy. Looking at Eminem, a notorious artist known for his provocative and explicit songs, is very often criticized for the vulgar themes and aggressive behavior. His “The Marshall Mathers LP” album details his rage with drugs, his relationship with his estranged wife Kim and his mother, and his price for fame. Despite the major backlash, the album was the fastest-selling studio album by any solo artist in American music history…

How Race and Ethnicity affected the music of Eminem In this assignment i will be focusing on Rap music and how race and ethnicity affected the music of Eminem, both positively and negatively. I have chosen to research this topic as i found it very interesting, with many valid opinions and points of view to look into. Rap music, also known as Hip Hop began in the 1970’s in the lower class areas of New York, also known as the ‘ghetto’, as a way for the public to voice their political frustration…