Eminem - Marshall Mathers LP ( 2LP )

Release date: 20-08-2016(Originaly released in 2000)
 
2016 EU represse on 180g 2LP+download- Eminem's masterful second record has the chops and the credentials to go along with it. The Marshall Mathers LP won the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Rap Album, "The Real Slim Shady" won the Grammy for Best Rap Solo Performance and the record was also nominated for the Grammy for Album Of The Year. Expanding upon his debut, Eminem's follow-up is both funnier and darker than his debut and the production is nearly as evocative as the raps, with liquid basslines, stuttering rhythms, slight sound effects and spacious soundscapes

Tracks:(2LP)
LP1
A1     Public Service Announcement 2000
A2     Kill You
A3     Stan
A4     Paul (Skit)
A5     Who Knew
A6     Steve Berman   
 
B1     The Way I Am
B2     The Real Slim Shady
B3     Remember Me?
B4     I'm Back

LP2
C1     Marshal Mathers
C2     Ken Kaniff (Skit)
C3     Drug Ballad
C4     Amityville
C5     Bitch Please II

D1     Kim
D2     Under The Influence
D3     Criminal
Credits:
    Producer – Eminem, F.B.T.
    Artwork – Jason Noto
    Executive-Producer – Dr. Dre
    Mastered By – Brian Gardner
    Mastered By [Vinyl Cut] – Jack Adams (2)
    Photography By – Jonathan "Xtra Gangsta" Mannion*
    Photography By, Art Direction [Co-ordination] – Joe Mama-Nitzberg

It's hard to know what to make of Eminem, even if you know that half of what he says is sincere and half is a put-on; the trick is realizing that there's truth in the joke, and vice versa. Many dismissed his considerable skills as a rapper and social satirist because the vulgarity and gross-out humor on The Slim Shady LP were too detailed for some to believe that it was anything but real. To Eminem's credit, he decided to exploit that confusion on his masterful second record, The Marshall Mathers LP. Eminem is all about blurring the distinction between reality and fiction, humor and horror, satire and documentary, so it makes perfect sense that The Marshall Mathers LP is no more or no less "real" than The Slim Shady LP. It is, however, a fairly brilliant expansion of his debut, turning his spare, menacing hip-hop into a hyper-surreal, wittily disturbing thrill ride. It's both funnier and darker than his debut, and Eminem's writing is so sharp and clever that the jokes cut as deeply as the explorations of his ruptured psyche. The production is nearly as evocative as the raps, with liquid basslines, stuttering rhythms, slight sound effects, and spacious soundscapes. There may not be overpowering hooks on every track, but the album works as a whole, always drawing the listener in. But, once you're in, Eminem doesn't care if you understand exactly where he's at, and he doesn't offer any apologies if you can't sort the fact from the fiction. As an artist, he's supposed to create his own world, and with this terrific second effort, he certainly has. It may be a world that is as infuriating as it is intriguing, but it is without question his own, which is far more than most of his peers are able to accomplish at the dawn of a new millennium. -allmusic.com