Statistically speaking, this album should have been a disappointment. The Eminem Show (Interscope) is Eminem’s third great album in 40 months-an astonishing output comparable to the peak creative bursts of the Beatles, the Stones and Dylan-and the only one you’ll need to get through the summer. But the wait is over and the results are as thrilling as they are unsettling. Besides, as my sitcom-writing friend Danny Zuker said, “We’re actually the perfect fans for him, because we’re the least likely to shoot up a school after listening to him.”Īs the man himself points out in his infectious new hit, “Without Me,” the airwaves felt empty without him. There should be no stigma attached to being an Adult Who Loves Eminem. For the rock ‘n’ roll generation, Eminem, né Marshall Mathers III, is the most compelling figure to have emerged from popular music since the holy trinity of Dylan, Lennon and Jagger. Chances are that you’re a little uneasy about your Eminem enthusiasm and that you don’t share this guilty pleasure indiscriminately, lest someone who still dismisses him as an obscene lout will think you insane.
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