Marshall Mathers LP

Included in CMJ's "Best of the Year" for 2000. CMJ (1/08/01, p.10)

...Musically, the album is a triumph....You can't deny [the lyrics'] searing honesty, and that's what makes [him] one of pop's compelling artists. CMJ (6/12/00, p.3)

...Indefensible and critic-proof, hypocritical and heartbreaking, unlistenable and undeniable; it's a disposable shock-rap session, and the first great pop record of the 21st century..." - Rating: A- Entertainment Weekly (6/2/00, pp.76-7)

4 stars out of 5 - "...It has an answer to everything, filling every parking-spot in the towering multi-storey of ego with a triple-bluffmobile....No one else puts such a rocket under rap's self-consciousness or makes it so shocking... Melody Maker (6/6/00, p.54)

Ranked #7 in NME's "Top 50 Albums Of The Year". NME (12/30/00, p.77)

9 out of 10 - "...Real twisted...one long, disillusioned whine....[It] may be the white noise of America's Most Unwanted, but it also the product of a talent supremely Untouchable. NME (6/3/00, p.39)

Included in Q's "50 Best Albums of 2000". Q (1/01, p.90)

3 stars out of 5 - "...[His] disaffection sucks you in and the wholesale nihilism can still provoke shivers... Q (8/00, p.98)

...Even more abrasive and offensive....proving again that his imagery and storytelling abilities stand tall over most other rappers... Rap Pages (7/00, p.45)

Ranked #1 in Rolling Stone's Top 10 Albums of 2000 - "...His tortured conscience gives the album its complex emotional kick... Rolling Stone (1/4/01, p.106)

4 stars out of 5 - "...He's more funny and much more scary....A car-crash record: loud, wild, dangerous, out of control, grotesque, unsettling. It's also impossible to pull your ears awat from. Rolling Stone (7/20/00, pp.135-6)

Ranked #3 in Spin's "Top 20 Albums of the Year [2000]" - "...What 'going too far' means: really, finally brought that psycho rude s*** home to the 'burbs....leaving more things unsettled than when he started. Spin (1/01, p.73)

4 mics out of 5 - "...You wanna peep [this LP], if not for the intense lyrics and witty punch lines, at least for the chance of witnessing one of the craziest MCs grow up right before ya ears. The Source (8/00, pp.225-6)

4 stars out of 5 - "...You might not like where he's dragging you, but there's no denying the style with which he does it... Uncut (8/00, p.90)

...Should forever erase the notion that [he] is the Elvis Presley of hardcore hip hop. If anything, he's rap's Eric Clapton: a white boy who can hang with the best black talent based on sheer skill - enhancing the art form instead of stealing from it. Vibe (8/00, p.162)