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![The Eminem Show [Limited Edition w/ Bonus DVD]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/410VJKV78VL._SL160_.jpg) | The Eminem Show [Limited Edition w/ Bonus DVD] Audio CD Artist: Eminem Publisher: Interscope Records Release Date: May 2002 UPC: 606949329129
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 Slim Shady Lp UPC: 606949028725 List Price:$13.98
 Marshall Mathers Lp UPC: 606949062927 List Price:$13.98
 Encore (Deluxe Edition) UPC: 602498646717 List Price:$19.99
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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. --Amy Linden
Tracks: Curtains Up White America Business Cleanin Out My Closet Square Dance The Kiss Soldier Say Goodbye Hollywood Drips Without Me Paul Rosenberg Sing For the Moment Superman Hailie's Song Steve Berman When the Music Stops Say What You Say 'Till I Collapse My Dad's Gone Crazy Curtains Close
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