The story of marshall mathers lp
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In my high school, you were either a rocker or a guido.
A “rocker,” a term coined and used by the guidos, encompassed anyone who wasn’t into rap, ignoring the several hundred thousand shades of subtlety between Linkin Park and Fugazi. “You a rockah, bro? You like that kill-ya-motha-kill-ya-fatha shit? Like, Marilyn Manson, bro?” By default, I was a rocker.
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A “guido,” a term used by us dirty rockers, was any kid whose Honda Civic had tinted windows, neon floor kits, comically large spoilers, and any other automotive wastes of pizzeria paychecks that would soon be made famous by The Fast and the Furious franchise. If you blasted Puff Daddy out of it on your way to the tanning salon, you were a guido. Keep in mind this was a full decade before the Italian fishbowl reality sensation Jersey Shore was even a glimmer in the eye of an MTV producer.
For four years, the two social circles seldom crossed paths to agree on anything save for the occasional episode of South Park. Then in my senior year, while the guidos were listening to “Hypnotize” and the rockers were raging against [insert whatever trend was popular among the guidos here], Eminem dropped The Marshall Mathers LP and suddenly the lines blurred.
Eminem was the one artist
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The Marshall Mathers LP
2000 studio album by Eminem
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| Released | May 23, 2000 (2000-05-23) |
| Recorded | September 1998 • July 1999–March 2000[1] |
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| Length | 72:04 |
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The Marshall Mathers LP is the third studio album by American rapper Eminem. It was released on May 23, 2000, by Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records. Production on the album was handled by Dr. Dre, Mel-Man, F.B.T., Eminem, and The 45 King. The album spawned three hit singles: "The Real Slim Shady", "The Way I Am" and "Stan", and features guest appearances from Dido, RBX, Sticky Fingaz, Dina Rae, Bizarre, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Xzibit, Nate Dogg, Paul Rosenberg and D12.
Recorded over a two-month period in several studios around Detroit, the album features introspective lyricism reflecting Eminem's thoughts on his rise to fame, criticism of his music, and estrangement from his family. As a transgressive work, it incorporates hardcore hip-hop, satirical hip-hop, and horrorcore. Like its predecessor, The Marshall Mathers LP was surrounded by significant controversy upon its release, while also propelling Eminem to the forefront of American pop culture. Criticism centered on l
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