"Fuck my last CD, that shit’s in my trash" , says the most famous rapper in the world about his multi million selling album 'Relapse' on 'Cinderella Man' . You can see why he’s keen to disown it: not only was it shoddy, but, as Eminem’s...
He created a monster, and just like in all the best B-movie horror flicks, the monster came back to destroy him. Five albums spent channelling the pill-guzzling psycho Slim Shady left his creator, Marshall Mathers in the grip of drug dependency,...
Wherein Marshall Mathers takes a break from gorging himself on prescription medication to drop another bit of twisted science for all the fucked-up children of the world. The violin-laden ‘When I’m Gone’ finds Em torn between fans, family,...
Eminem: Curtain Call – The Hits
It’s only six years since Eminem launched himself on the world’s consciousness, but it seems like so much longer. Back in the mists of 1999, his producer and mentor Dr Dre was in the middle of ensuring that hip-hop was still the most...
At the back of Michael Stipe’s fridge, conspicuously uncorked, a jeroboam of organic, environmentally-friendly champagne nestles, waiting for another, better day. In Bruce Springsteen’s cooler, rows and rows of suitably blue-collar celebratory...
Bless them for trying and everything, but it’s unlikely that many of rock’s most prominent anti-Bush campaigners have done much to change anyone’s vote. REM can’t even write a catchy tune these days, let alone effect lasting political...
Various Artists : More Music from '8 Mile'
Though this cover rather cheekily boasts a tasty mug shot of Eminem , this isn't an Eminem album. Instead 'More Music From 8 Mile' is a faithful soundtrack to the movie rather than an inspired by collection, like last year's US chart topping '8...
As '8 Mile' is a 'Rocky' for the 21st century, its fitting that the film's title track should rattle along with the vim of a hip-hop 'Eye Of The Tiger'. Forsaking the free-form comedy of 'Without Me' or the introspection of 'Cleaning Out My...
Eminem/Various Artists : 'Music From And...
Two things are certain. One: Eminem 's not Madonna . While Swept Away got swept away on a tide of braying abuse, the word from those American critics who've seen 8 Mile is that Eminem is Oscar material. "It's a classic" said one. "Up there...
Eminem : Cleanin' Out My Closet
The man who defends himself in court has a fool for a client, and here Eminem manages to prove the same is true of the man who produces himself, too. The second single from 'The Eminem Show' may be long on hate but it's short on hooks, and as...
