EMINEM THE SLIM SHADY LP</br></br>Product Description</br></br>NEED REF</br></br>Amazon.com</br></br>On <i>The Slim Shady LP</i>?? Eminem wants it all. He's conflicted?? you see; the world has treated him badly?? and he wants to respond in kind. But he isn't a straight-up gangsta--this is?? after all?? the first release on Dr. Dre's Aftermath Records?? his post-Death Row-era venture--and Eminem (born Marshall Mathers) doesn't really want anyone to follow in his footsteps?? which leads to some interesting contradictions on this album. In the first single?? "Is??"he's self-deprecating?? rapping about his poor upbringing and his hairy palms. But on the very next song?? "ilty Conscience??"he plays the devil to Dr. Dre's angel--that is?? until Eminem brings up an incident from Dre's devilish past?? rapping?? " gonna take advice from someone who slapped Dee Barnes?" Later?? on "97 Bonnie & Clyde??"he turns Will Smith's "Just the Two of Us" on its ear?? making it a tale of murder; but on "y Fault??"he actually feels bad--though whether it's for the girl he overdosed or for himself is tough to figure out. With his nasal Midwestern tone?? Mathers has a clean?? clear flow?? and the production--by Dr. Dre?? Marky?? and Jeff Bass--is crisp but consistently fun. With his outlook?? it's tough to take Eminem too seriously?? but he's made an album you don't have to take seriously to enjoy. <i>--Randy Silver</i></br><br/>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00000I5JQQ> When inserting t