Dre’s Aftermath label, Eminem uses The Marshall Mathers LP as an opportunity to display his talents as a producer. Though still operating under the aegis of Dr. On The Marshall Mathers LP Eminem cleverly resurrects the earnestly self aware, Masta Ace-idolizing backpacker of his indie debut The Infinite, and introduces him to Slim Shady’s gleeful nihilism, birthing a compelling new persona to guide us through this, his third, and perhaps finest album. Eminem has always been something of a shape shifter, a constructor of elaborately self-referential personas whose penchant for self-exploration can often take the form of snide, self-consciously juvenile lyrical play, bracingly bitter tirades, or ice grilled hip-hop classicism.
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