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#352 Eminem, 'The Slim Shady LP' (1999)

This album is a problem for me. On his major label debut, Eminem re-introduces his alter-ego, Slim Shady, a character unleashed on the world on his 1997 EP, ‘The Slim Shady EP.’ Through that character, Eminem raps about murder, date rape (of a 15-year old girl, no less), rape, misogyny, guns, drugs etc. Eminem is actually a great rapper. Machine gun-like delivery. So much better than this.

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