Ranking All 9 Eminem Studio Albums From Worst To Best
4. The Slim Shady LP
Eminem's second studio album and the first major label release found a huge amount of success, thanks partly to the production by Dr Dre, but also to the creation of Eminem's infamous alter ego, Slim Shady. The lyrical content and profanity made an instant stamp on listeners and marked Eminem for greatness, having found his unique voice to take his incredible talent for lyricism to the next level.
The Grammy-winning, quadruple-platinum album shot Eminem to superstardom almost instantaneously, with the album's first single, "My Name Is" serving as Eminem's first entry on the Billboard top 100 in America, and becoming one of the most instantly recognisable, calling-card songs in Eminem's impressive career, following his legacy throughout the decades of his career so far, and surely cementing itself, and its performer, in the annals of music history.
The character of Slim Shady was born prior to the LP's release with The Slim Shady EP two years prior, but with this full-length outing for the mass-murdering, foul-mouthed alter ego, there is a clear and impressive through-line of personality, violent themes, and unapologetically profane lyricism on display. With this album, a peerless and prime to take over the rap game Slim Shady was born in to pop culture, and he just doesn't seem to be leaving anytime soon.