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Studio album by Eminem
Released May 26, 2002[1]
Recorded July 2001 - April 2002
Studio
Encore (Burbank, California)
Marshall Mathers` house (Detroit, Michigan)
54 Sound (Ferndale, Michigan)
Genre
Hip-hoprap rock
Length 77:30
Label
ShadyAftermathInterscopeWEB
Producer
EminemDr. Dre (exec.)DJ HeadJeff BassLuis RestoMr. Porter
Eminem chronology
The Marshall Mathers LP
(2000) The Eminem Show
(2002) Encore
(2004)

The Eminem Show is the fourth studio album by American rapper Eminem, released on May 26, 2002, through Aftermath Entertainment, Shady Records and Interscope Records.[1] Eminem produced most of the album himself, with additional production by Dr. Dre, Jeff Bass, and Mr. Porter. While Eminem`s previous two albums explored the frustration of life among America`s underclass, The Eminem Show marked a drastic thematic shift. Guest appearances include Obie Trice, D12, Dr. Dre, Nate Dogg, Dina Rae and Eminem`s daughter, Hailie Jade.

The Eminem Show`s themes are predominantly based on Eminem`s prominence in hip-hop culture, as well as his ambivalent thoughts of fame. It also features political commentary on the United States, including references to 9/11, Osama bin Laden, the war on terror, President George W. Bush, Lynne Cheney and Tipper Gore. It notably also incorporates a heavier use of rap rock than Eminem`s previous albums. Due to its less satirical and shock factor lyrical approach, The Eminem Show was regarded as Eminem`s most personal album at the time and a step back from the Slim Shady alter ego. The album was widely considered the most anticipated album of 2002.

The Eminem Show debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and stood there for six non-consecutive weeks. It sold over 1.3 million copies in its second week in the US, where it registered a full week of sales. It also topped the UK Albums Chart for five consecutive weeks and topped the charts in 16 other countries. It produced four commercially successful singles, `Without Me`, `Cleanin` Out My Closet`, `Superman`, and `Sing for the Moment`, and it features one of his most popular songs, "Till I Collapse`. The album was a critical success, with praise directed at Eminem`s mature, introspective lyricism and the album`s experimental production. Several publications named it the best album of 2002 and among the best albums of the 2000s.

The Eminem Show was both the best-selling album of 2002 in the United States and the best-selling album worldwide of 2002. The album has since been certified 12× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and its worldwide sales of 27 million copies make it one of the best-selling albums of all time, the second-best-selling album of the 21st century, and the best-selling hip hop album of all time. At the 2003 Grammy Awards, it was nominated for Album of the Year and won Best Rap Album, while `Without Me` won Best Music Video.

Background
Speaking to Spin, Eminem said, `Eventually, I might need some drama in my life to inspire me [...] With The Marshall Mathers LP, everything that everybody was saying–I took that, and it was my ammo. And then when shit died down a little bit, I had other turmoil in my personal life, so that was what I was able to dump out on The Eminem Show. Now, I just gotta wait for the next phase of my life. But something always seems to happen, man; something`s always gotta be fucking turbulent.`[6]

Eminem cited that the inspiration for the album was taken from the Peter Weir-directed 1998 science fiction comedy-drama film The Truman Show.[6] Jim Carrey starred in the film as the lead character Truman Burbank, a man who unwittingly lives inside a TV show, where his life is broadcast to viewers around the world. Eminem spoke on the film`s influence, saying, `My life felt like it was becoming a circus around that time, and I felt like I was always being watched [...] Basically, Jim Carrey wrote my album.`[6]

Recording
Speaking with Rolling Stone in 2002, Eminem said "Sing for the Moment` was the first song I wrote for the album; `Cleanin Out My Closet` was the second. I had the line in `Cleanin Out My Closet` — `I`d like to welcome y`all out to The Eminem Show`—and it was just a line, but I sat back and I was like, `My life is really like a fucking show`. I have songs on the album that I wrote when I was in that shit last year, with a possible jail sentence hangin` over my head and all the emotions going through the divorce. I went through a lot of shit last year [lawsuits, divorce and the threat of jail time] that I resolved at the same time, all in the same year. And, yeah, that`s when half of the album was wrote`.[7]

Eminem had started recording the album around the same time he was filming 8 Mile. Production was used for both the soundtrack of the film and his album. The album also saw Eminem take a substantially more predominant production role; most of it was self-produced, with his longtime collaborator Jeff Bass co-producing several tracks (mainly the songs which eventually became the released singles). Dr. Dre, in addition to being the album`s executive producer, produced only three individual tracks: `Business`, `Say What You Say`, and `My Dad`s Gone Crazy`. Regarding his increase in producing, Eminem told Rolling Stone, `I actually know how to program a drum machine now. It used to be so simple—just writing lyrics and raps, laying vocals and leaving the studio was great. But now that I`m so into producing, it`s a fucking job.`[7]

Singles
`Without Me` was released as the album`s lead single on May 14, 2002.[2]

`Cleanin` Out My Closet` was released as the album`s second single on July 29 of that same year.[3] Releasing singles from this album went on a hiatus when `Lose Yourself` (one of the singles from 2002 soundtrack, 8 Mile: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture) was released on October 28.[8]

Releasing singles from this album resumed when `Superman` (which features Dina Rae) was released as the third single on January 21, 2003.[4]

`Sing for the Moment` was released as the fourth single on February 25 of that same year.[5]

`Business` was released as the fifth and final single on July 22, though it was unreleased in the United States.

Music and lyrics
Stylistically, The Eminem Show has a lighter tone than The Marshall Mathers LP[9] and incorporates a heavier use of rap rock than Eminem`s previous albums,[10] featuring mixed guitar-driven melodies with hip-hop rhythms. In an interview with British magazine The Face in April 2002, Eminem said that he treated the album like it was a rock record. He continued that he `tried to get the best of both worlds` on the album.[11] Eminem spoke on specific rock influences, saying, `I listened to a lot of `70s rock growing up, when I was real little. When I go back and listen to them songs, like Led Zeppelin or Aerosmith, Jimi Hendrix...`70s rock had this incredible feel to it.`[12] Notably, `Sing For The Moment` contains a sample of Aerosmith`s `Dream On` as well as a reinterpretation of its guitar solo. Another rock sample on the album is the kick-clap beat of "Till I Collapse`, which is an interpolation of the intro from Queen`s `We Will Rock You`.[13]

While Eminem`s previous two albums explored the frustration of life among America`s underclass, The Eminem Show marked a thematic shift.[14] The themes of The Eminem Show are predominantly based on Eminem`s prominence in hip-hop culture and the subsequent envy towards him, as well as his thoughts on his unexpected enormous success and its consequential negative effects on his life.[9] The album also touches on Eminem`s thoughts on themes surrounding American politics, including references to 9/11,[15] Osama bin Laden,[15] the war on terror[16] President George W. Bush,[17] Lynne Cheney[18] and Tipper Gore.[18] Speaking on his use of political commentary on the album, Eminem told Rolling Stone, `You put your shit out there for the world to see and to judge, and whoever agrees with you agrees with you. Even my most die-hard fans don`t agree with everything I say. These are my views, this is how I see it. You may have your own opinion, but you may not get to project it to the world like I do.`[7] Writing for Spin, rock critic Alan Light said that the album may have proved that Eminem is the most `dexterous, vivid writer in pop music`.[19] The album also sees Eminem dissing several artists, including Mariah Carey, Moby, Canibus and Limp Bizkit, while Dr. Dre disses Jermaine Dupri on the song `Say What You Say`, and so does Timbaland at the very end of the song.[18]

Lyrically, the album also displays a dramatic shift from the misogynistic and homophobic lyrics presented on The Marshall Mathers LP.[20] Eminem told Spin, `One of the frustrating things was people saying, `He`s got to cuss to sell records,` [...] That`s why with this album, I toned it down a bit as far as shock value. I wanted to show that I`m a solid artist, and I`m here to stay.`[6] Due to its less satirical and shock factor lyrical approach, The Eminem Show was regarded as a departure from Eminem`s previous albums[9] with it being more personal and reflective and a step back of the Slim Shady alter ego.[21] Eminem said during an interview with MTV that he felt that The Eminem Show was his `best record so far`.[22] In 2006, Q said that Eminem`s first two albums `aired dirty laundry, then the world`s most celebrated rapper [Eminem] examined life in the hall of mirrors he`d built for himself.`[9]

With the release of The Eminem Show, Eminem was considered to be more socially acceptable: there were no protests over his lyrics, boycotts, and talk shows discussing his impact on America`s youth. A columnist of The New York Observer wrote that Eminem had become a `guilty pleasure` for baby boomers, describing him as `the most compelling figure to have emerged from popular music since the holy trinity of [Bob] Dylan, [John] Lennon, and [Mick] Jagger.`[19]

Censored version
The `clean version` of The Eminem Show censors many more profanities and derogatory words than in clean versions of Eminem`s previous albums, in which the words `goddamn`, `prick`, `bastard`, `piss`, `bitch`, `ass`, and `shit` were allowed. This album allowed no profanities, and the profanities were either muted, obscured by sound effects, or back-masked. In addition to this, entire sentences were sometimes removed from the censored version for being very sexually charged. The entire song `Drips` was removed in early clean versions and is heard only as four seconds of silence moving on to the next track, `Without Me`. Later on, digital releases of the clean version removed `Drips` completely, moving the next 11 songs up on the tracklist. Some copies of the clean version, however, feature an edited version of `Drips`.[23]

There are some inconsistencies in the clean version`s censorship. In the skit `The Kiss`, Eminem`s shouting of the word `motherfucker!` is still audible in the censored version. In the track, `Soldier`, which is a continuation of `The Kiss`, the word `bitch` was used three times, and can be clearly heard once. Also, in `White America`, the word `flag` is back masked when he raps, `To burn the flag and replace it with a parental advisory sticker`.[23]

No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
1. `Curtains Up (Skit)` Marshall Mathers Eminem 0:30
2. `White America`
MathersJeff BassLuis RestoSteve KingKevin Bell
EminemJeff BassLuis Resto[a]
5:24
3. `Business`
MathersAndre YoungTheron FeemsterMike Elizondo
Dr. Dre 4:11
4. `Cleanin` Out My Closet`
MathersBass
EminemBass
4:57
5. `Square Dance`
MathersBassResto
EminemBass[a]
5:23
6. `The Kiss (Skit)`
MathersBass
Eminem 1:15
7. `Soldier`
MathersRestoKingBellBassElizondo
Eminem 3:46
8. `Say Goodbye Hollywood`
MathersElizondoResto
Eminem 4:32
9. `Drips` (featuring Obie Trice)
MathersObie TriceDenaun PorterBass
EminemBass
4:45
10. `Without Me`
MathersBassMalcolm McLarenAnne DudleyTrevor HornBellUrban KrisShawn Baumgardner
EminemBass[a]DJ Head[b]
4:50
11. `Paul Rosenberg (Skit)` Paul Rosenberg
EminemDr. Dre
0:22
12. `Sing for the Moment`
MathersBassRestoKingSteven Tyler
EminemBass[a]
5:39
13. `Superman` (featuring Dina Rae)
MathersBassKing
EminemBass[b]
5:50
14. `Hailie`s Song`
MathersResto
Eminem 5:20
15. `Steve Berman (Skit)`
MathersSteve Berman
Dr. Dre 0:33
16. `When the Music Stops` (featuring D12)
MathersOndre MooreDenaun PorterVon CarlisleDeShaun HoltonRufus JohnsonFeemster
EminemMr. Porter[a]
4:29
17. `Say What You Say` (featuring Dr. Dre)
MathersFeemsterElizondo
Dr. Dre 5:09
18. "Till I Collapse` (featuring Nate Dogg)
MathersNathaniel HaleRestoBrian May
Eminem 4:57
19. `My Dad`s Gone Crazy` (featuring Hailie Jade)
MathersYoungFeemsterElizondo
Dr. Dre 4:27
20. `Curtains Close (Skit)` Mathers Eminem 1:01
Total length: 77:19
Personnel
Jeff Bass – producer (track 4), co-producer (2, 10, 12), additional production (13), keyboards (4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13), guitars (2, 4, 7, 9, 10, 12), bass (2, 4, 9, 10, 12, 13)
Steve Baughman – engineer and mixing (track 16)
Steve Berman – performer (track 15)
Bizarre – featured vocals (track 16)
Bob Canero – assistant engineer (tracks 3, 19)
Dr. Dre – featured vocals (track 17), producer (3, 17, 19), mixing (3, 10, 14, 17, 19)
Mike Elizondo – keyboards (tracks 1, 17, 19), bass (3, 8, 19), guitars (3, 17), additional keyboards (7)
Eminem – vocals, producer (tracks 1, 2, 4–10, 12–14, 16, 18)
Ron Feemster – keyboards (tracks 1, 3, 16, 17, 19)
Shy Felder – background vocals (track 3)
Francis Forde – assistant engineer (tracks 1, 16)
Marti Frederiksen – Joe Perry`s guitar engineer (track 12)
Brian `Big Bass` Gardner – mastering
DJ Head – additional production (track 10), drum programming (2, 12), additional drum programming (4, 7)
Mauricio `Veto` Iragorri – engineer (tracks 1, 3, 16, 17, 19), additional engineering (10), mixing (1), mix engineer (14)
Steve King – engineer (tracks 2–10, 12, 13, 17–19), mixing (2, 4–9, 12–14, 18), mix engineer (14), guitar and bass (18), additional guitars (2), television voiceover (19)
Gary Kozlowski – background vocals (track 6)
Urban Kris – assistant engineer (tracks 2–4, 7–10, 13, 14, 18, 19)
Kuniva – featured vocals (track 16)
Hailie Jade Mathers – featured vocals (track 19)
James `Flea` McCrone – assistant engineer (tracks 3, 14, 17, 19)
Swifty McVay – featured vocals (track 16)
Mel-Man – drum programming (track 8)
Nate Dogg – featured vocals (track 18)
Traci Nelson – background vocals (track 3)
Conesha Monet Owens – background vocals (track 3)
Joe Perry – guitar solo (track 12)
Steven Tyler – vocals (track 12)
Denaun `Kon Artis` Porter – featured vocals, co-producer, and drum programming (track 16)
Proof – featured vocals (track 16)
Lynette Purdy – background vocals (track 6)
Dina Rae – featured vocals (track 13), additional background vocals (track 2)
Luis Resto – keyboards (track 8)
Alex Reverberi – assistant engineer (tracks 3, 10, 19)
Paul D. Rosenberg, Esq. – performer (track 11)
Thomas Rounds – assistant engineer (track 16)
Mike Strange – assistant engineer (tracks 2–10, 12–14, 17–19)
Timbaland – phone call (track 17)
Obie Trice – featured vocals (track 9)
Barbara Wilson – background vocals (track 3)