After more than a decade in the game, Marshall Mathers III, better known as Eminem, continues to break records, holding his own against viral sensations like Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber. From his fledgling rhymes with New Jacks and D-12 through Billboard chart-busting epics like “My Name Is” and “Stan,” Eminem has dazzled with his lyrical genius, satirical wit, and enjoyably gratuitous offensiveness. Now, the entire oeuvre of this immensely gifted poet and street-culture purveyor is put under the critical microscope, song by brilliant song.
After more than a decade in the game, Marshall Mathers III, better known as Eminem, continues to break records, holding his own against viral sensations like Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber. From his fledgling rhymes with New Jacks and D-12 through Billboard chart-busting epics like “My Name Is” and “Stan,” Eminem has dazzled with his lyrical genius, satirical wit, and enjoyably gratuitous offensiveness. Now, the entire oeuvre of this immensely gifted poet and street-culture purveyor is put under the critical microscope, song by brilliant song.
David Stubbs was a staff writer for the legendary Melody Maker, where he was responsible for the popular “Talk Talk Talk” section, as well as for conducting innumerable interviews with figures as wide-ranging as Kraftwerk, De La Soul, Public Enemy, R.E.M., and The Butthole Surfers. In recent years he has written for Uncut, the Times, the Guardian, NME, GQ, Spin, and Arena, among others, profiling and interviewing figures including Ian Wright, Morgan Freeman, Tony Bennett, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, Steve Coogan, and Tim Robbins. David currently lives in Blackheath, London, England.
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After more than a decade in the game, Marshall Mathers III, better known as Eminem, continues to break records, holding his own against viral sensations like Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber. From his fledgling rhymes with New Jacks and D-12 through Billboard chart-busting epics like “My Name Is” and “Stan,” Eminem has dazzled with his lyrical genius, satirical wit, and enjoyably gratuitous offensiveness. Now, the entire oeuvre of this immensely gifted poet and street-culture purveyor is put under the critical microscope, song by brilliant song.