Eminem - The Slim Shady LP
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Rolling Stone Rating: 3.5
Hyped hip-hop phenoms are like new cars: They depreciate in value as soon as they drive off the lot. For every Nas living up to his advance buzz, there's a Canibus done in by the heads' great expectations. Eminem has plenty of hype to justify. He's not only the first new protTgT from Dr. Dre in years, he's the first new sound from Dr. Dre in years. He's also a white MC in a rap scene that hasn't gotten any less black in two decades. A twenty-four-year-old ghetto child from Detroit - a town with a history of race tricksters, from Funkadelic to Madonna -- Eminem has to bring something new to the table, and he does with The Slim Shady LP. Simply put, Eminem will crack you up -- proclaiming,...
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