Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP REACTION (First Time Hearing) 

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I loled A LOT with the fact that people were sooo shocked with "we cry together" and I was like... havent you heard "kim" before?, bothe incrediiible pieces of writting, performance and real rage.

1:36 kill you 5:58 stan 11:08 paul skit 11:15 who knew 14:42 steve berman 15:00 the way i am 18:12 the real slim shady 20:05 remember me? 21:51 i’m back 24:41 marshall mathers 27:38 ken kaniff skit 28:00 drug ballad 30:49 amityville 32:28 bitch pleae II 34:29 kim 38:08 under the influence 39:38 criminal

“Who knew” beat is absolute perfection

No matter how great this album is, my all time favorite Em album is The Eminem Show, it’s a damn near perfect album.

Time stamps 1:28 Public Service Announcement 2000 1:34 Kill You 5:58 Stan 11:07 Paul 11:11 Who Knew 14:41 Steve Berman 14:59 The Way I Am 18:12 The Real Slim Shady 20:05 Remember Me? 21:50 I’m Back 24:38 Marshall Mathers 27:37 Ken Kaniff 28:02 Drug Ballad 30:49 Amityville 32:26 Bi*** Please ll 34:28 Kim 38:06 Under The Influence 39:38 Criminal

24 years of loving this man. I’m 42 and I can’t believe he is 50. He is a poet and a genius

How he carries stories on from other songs and relates back to them is amazing. For example Kim is the prequel to 97 Bonnie and Clyde

90's to around 03 Em was untouchable. His storytelling and lyrics was next level, give me the likes of Kill you, Way i am, and Stan over any of his newer double rapping nonsense.

JD: really listen to the bars Em: skiddy beebop a Christopher reeves 😂😂 solid timing

Reaction to Kim is spot on, really puts you in a weird position listening to something like that

One of my favorite albums I've ever heard!

I'll often go, like, a whole year without hearing Stan. And then I hear it again, and I'm like, "Yeah. That might be the best rap song ever written."

Criminal was always one of my favorites. Never noticed that it most definitely loses impact after Kim, but as a stand alone song it's one of the Em songs I always come back to

I get shit talked for saying this, but man I wish Eminem would go back to this style of rapping. He brings it out every now and then, like Killshot, but man... I miss this style of production, too. That unmistakable Eminem/Dre sound with more of a boom bap feel to it.

That Ken Kaniff skit reaction had me dying

I’m so glad you didn’t even get to the end of the first track before you mentioned how incredible the rhyme schemes/structures are. That for me is what makes this album. It’s incredible for a number of reasons. But the rhyme schemes are on a whole other level all the way through the album

42mins of JD. Can’t get much better

I could listen to ‘Stan’ every single day for the rest of my life and I’d still get chills each time. One of the greatest songs ever made.

First time hearing? You lucky bastard.. I'd give anything to be able to hear it for the first time again

“The Greatest Rapper to Ever Get on a Microphone He Goes by the Name of Eminem” - Drake

Ems flow is genuinely insane he can switch up so effortlessly from track to track or verse to verse and it always sounds incredible even his new tracks I love his new tracks I think he has some insane verses but I can see why it’s not everyone’s cup of tea but I love just pure bars

Bro your SO spot on. His old stuff is so wildly genius and almost perfect. His new stuff is good to great, but it's not the same level as before. He did more with less when younger. But part of that was fueled by his emotional life which I think he's overcome. Without that same exact drive and also becoming so drugged amd needing rehab that he literally had to relearn how to rap.

In 'Believe' he answers to all the 'it's not the old Em anymore. 'But how do you keep up the pace And the hunger pangs once you've won the race? When that dual exhaust is coolin' off 'Cause you don't got nothin' left to prove at all 'Cause you done already hit 'em with the coup de grâce Still you feel the need to go full tilt That Bruce Willis, that Blue Steel, that true skill When that wheel's loose, I won't lose will Do you still believe?'

Eminem's production is so distinctive, even though he got a lot of flak for it you can't deny he produced all these classics too.

The album of my late teens and early 20s WHILE I was training as a professional opera singer. My personal dichotomy. It remains everything. So wonderful to see someone else experience it for the first time.

Loved your rereaction to Kim. Loved to see kendrick draw inspiration from it to write we cry together. so fun to see the viceral reaction from those hearing it!

Drug Ballad is one of my fav Em songs

He still has story telling masterpieces. Bad guy, darkness, legacy, castle/arose… he’s just constantly held to the standard of “Stan” because it was such a success. Yes he is more technical with his rapping lately, but he still has songs with substance. He’s also said that he isn’t really looking to make the big hits anymore. The man is 50 years old and he’s having fun while showing that nobody can out rap him.

I got my hands on this album the year it came out, aged 10. To say it blew my mind is an understatement, it was just so dirty and badass, granted a lot of it went over my little head. Kim scared the living shit out of me, took me a long time before I could listen to it for the second time

The fact that this albums was as controversial as it was and it's the best selling rap album of all time shows how everyone was and it's till this day sick of this dumb crap that happens in society, Eminem was the incarnation of freedom of speech, he impacted rap by opening a route to not having to fear expressing your believes while also acknowledging and being aware of your own flaws as a human being.

This dudes gone so far ahead of everyone else he's come back around and now gets compared... He's the best, no one has mastered rapping like him. Many come close, but he's better.

I’ve waited my whole life for this.

I liked the editing you did with the Stan intro, beat switch was smooooth. 24:07 great timing on the 'mmmm'

Great reaction. your channel just popped up on my RU-vid feed. look forward to checking out your content. I think your gonna enjoy em's newer stuff more than you think. I'm here for it.

To this day Stan can bring tears to my eyes man. What a fucking song

Finallyyyyy :) Been waiting for so long lets go!!

My favorite album of all time

As far as Eminem being "...bored and doing too much now", I think there's some truth in that. I repeat; *some.* Overall, however, his golden years have been waaaay better than what I've seen other all time greats release. For example, who's put out superior content in their latter years- Eminem or Metallica? Eminem or Madonna? How about Michael Jackson? Garth Brooks? Snoop Dogg? Slipknot? Lady Gaga? It's really not even close. What Eminem has achieved with his career is unprecedented, honestly. He's an anomaly the entertainment industry has never seen before. Yes, I'm aware those comparisons are subjective and several would probably try to argue in favor of some of the others I listed, but you're being intellectually dishonest if you can't at least concede that no other performer has remained as culturally relevant, or successful at expanding their fanbase with new, younger listeners the way Eminem has with his career. P.S: As far as Andrew Tate goes, 'misogyny' is just a cover story. They didn't silence him over a few unflattering comments he made about women in the past. They silenced him for revealing the wealthy globalist cabal's agenda.

went to his concert when I was a kid, forever grateful goat.

I feel like drug ballad is so fucking underrated

I remember listening to this album everyday, riding around my bike. My discman tucked into this little EastPak bag. Cant believe this was 22 years ago.

The thing with em is a lot of his older music definitely got fuelled by a lot of hate, a lot of anger and ALOT of repressed feelings that needed off his chest. Nowadays em has a pretty great life. He’s not got the same drive or the same story telling in his songs, but I don’t necessarily think he needs it either. He’s earned his praise with all of this older stuff, nowadays he just makes what he wants to whether it lands or doesn’t. And for him being 50 and still doing this and arguably doing it better than a lot half his age is something to be admired. He’ll never make hits like Stan, but songs like stepping stones that came out recently show he still has a touch of that narrative drive buried deep in there somewhere.

how I wish I could hear this album again for the first time!

I agree nothing will ever be the same as early Em but the more I’ve listened to the new albums, i definitely appreciate and respect the level of lyricism and intricacies. Lucky you, Best Friend, Bad Guy, so many others, are crazy but yes…this shit here is classic.

Xzibit is one of my favorite rappers. Him and Eminem is always masterclass.

Look forward to watching this series seen your sslp reaction a couple years ago

Love this album, I still need to find it on vinyl. You definitely have to do other old albums like you mentioned at the end though.

Jon Denton, you've done it again! Great video

I know many prefer his older stuffs, but people still overlook his storytelling from his last albums unless you are part of the fans that actually enjoy the complexity....Even all the back to 2013 which is the sequel to this, Bad Guy. Never Love Again and Darkness is up there. Medicine Man verse gives the "White America vibe" although a bit different, Kings Never Dies is mad inspirational, reminds me of Till i Collapse, but its more effective in modern time talking about his legacy rather than the way to the top. Also my all time favourite songs probarbly is Gon Learn and Not Alike actually. I just love the schemes on those two songs..Gon Learn water scheme with reference to Napoleon lost battle at Waterloo and Guns/muscle scheme at Not Alike. The aggressive rapping at Not Alike and the constant top notch bars at Gon Learn. Royce da 5`9 got a insane good verse at Gon Learn as well, they are neck in neck on that song

Can't wait for the 'Relapse' reaction. personally, it's a top 3-4 Em album. idk if you'd like it, but I'm always intrigued to hear other peoples opinions on that album.

Would love to see a journey through outkast albums next if you haven’t heard them already :)

I was 12 when this CD released and my parents wouldn't buy me the explicit version. On the edited version Kim is replaced by a song called The Kids. I remember going to school and everyone was talking about the Kim track, and someone showed me on their walkman good times! The Kids is a pretty funny track too

I never noticed the importance of who knew coming directly after stan, really powerful in retrospect.

SSLP, MMLP and the Eminem show are the holy trinity of Em and imo his greatest work is within those 3 albums

I mean god dude Eminem is 50 he aint gonna be performing like hes in his prime. its remarkable he still makes albums of any quality nowadays. especially ones like Music To Be Murdered By.

Love this album

6:08 Nice jump cut from the first iteration of the chorus to the second, almost without missing a beat. :P

Remember me? Is the most underrated on the album. That track is heat

The Eminem Show approaches the highs of this album almost. In it's own way, which is what is amazing.

Amazing album. Looking forward to seeing you do The Eminem Show

You just experienced what I listened to on the bus to school every day in middle school.

Just learning renaissance poetry and the 4 beat and how hard it is to do, Eminem is a master poet

That was great to revisit this amazing album.👏

Great vid, as always!

They released another version of this album that removed the song 'Kim' and replaced with it with a song called 'The Kids' You should give it a listen, tbh when I was 10 years old I'm glad I had that version, my 10 year old brain wouldn't have been able to comprehend or handle that song at all.

It’s really scary the fact that the day before you did this I decided to listen to this album for the first time in my life. I’m 23 and first heard of him from the album recovery. And has been a fan ever since but somehow never went back to this amazing album😭

“I’m tryna develop these pictures of the devil to sell em’” 😂don’t why I love this ancient line from “Kill You” so much but it’s always been a vast favorite of mine. Out of all music, any artist, I love that line so much. There’s just something about evil absurdity that I enjoy. 😂

This was great been a long time since I've heard that Album, kinda forgot how many hits on on it.

There’s no denying the impact of Eminem between 99-02. Those first three albums are timeless classics and Em was undoubtedly the best rapper in the world at that time. It’s a shame none of his music after had quite the same effect but he set the bar extremely high and never quite reached it himself again. But regardless, the first three albums by themselves cement Em’s status and legacy in hip hop.

ty for making a long video.

If you’re gonna go through Em’s discography I hope you listen to d12’s first album “devil’s night” it’s one of the most underrated albums of em’s discography. I haven’t seen any reaction channels listen to that album but it’s a slept on classic

HOLY SHT!!! This you're first time listen?? This album is literally from start to finish one of the best albums of all time. 🙌 Im excited 😊 I'm going to be rapping every word 😅😅

*MMLP is a classic. TES is my favorite Em project.*

Fav reaction of my fav album hope to see my stuff covered by you one day

I've been waiting for this day for a very long time

Eminem is doing this and a whole lot more in his new music. It's exactly what he speaks of, that everyone holds him to this album. This is a radio play album minus a few tracks. So it comes across as more nuanced. It's just easier to digest. His new stuff is just harder to casually listen to because the same thing is said within doubles and triples. It just doesn't appeal commercially anymore.

the greatest rap album ever imo every song is a banger

Hi Jon, Love the reaction. Just a question: could you maybe add time stamps to make it more clear what song starts when? Just to be able to find it back throughout the video. Keep it up💪

Relapse better be coming up 🙌🏻 too underrated

I’ve never heard more creative bars in my life than Drug Ballad. That track was toooooo insane

This an extreme album on all levels.

This is one of the best pieces of rap in history period. if 2pac or biggie came back and asked for 1 cd id give him this.. that being said i dont even listen to eminem anymore.. i miss THIS eminem with a normal flow. i really really REALLY hate that we will never hear this eminem again

“This puppy’s lucky I didn’t blast his ass yet” This line makes me laugh more than almost any other lyric all time

lovely album

He doesn't try to do too much, it's just that now there isn't many subjects he's not done if any so it's more lyrical aerobics and technical rapping now basically just trying to outrap himself and show his ability. Even whilst doing that he still manages to provide context.

This album brings me to my younger days

Loved this! Regardless of his newer stuff, I doubt we’ll see anything like when he burst onto the scene again. Shook up the game, dropped 3 classics back to back plus a movie. The man is a certified legend!

Where did you get that flannel jacket!? It’s dope

The uncomfortable head nodding 😂 during kim

Can’t wait for you to get to Marshall Mathers LP 2, one of my favourite lyrical albums personally

SSLP came out my sophomore year of HS, needless to say I’ve been a fan for 25Ish years, but Amityville is one of his most underrated tracks…

Nice - that was fun

who knew ... stan...gosh these might even be more relevant songs today than they were at the time of release, wild.

Would love some D12 reactions

I think you definitely should do re-reactions to some albums you've heard before!

Love the idea of you reacting to older LPs. Too many reactors react to the new which is understandable but there is so much from before the reaction heyday that deserves love and attention. Also yh Kim is harrowing so I usually skip it which makes Criminal a much better track.

man I know you’ll get to it but Ab Soul - Do Better just WOW never thought I hear a song like that from Soul can’t wait for the reaction. But this album is one of my favorite albums of all time, and the stuff he raps about I don’t think it’s shock value I think he really trying to be the best rapper out at that time and his drug mind comes up with this crazy shit but raps it so fucking amazing.

Damn wasnt expecting anymore Em reactions from you lol. Would love for you to check out Dr Dres Compton album from 2015, has to be the one of the most underrated albums of all time imo. Lots of Kendrick and Anderson Paak fts, and phenomenal beats

The fact that you said stans while listening to Stan is great 😂