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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

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

“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

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

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."

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

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

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

One of my favorite albums I've ever heard!

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.

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.

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.

That Ken Kaniff skit reaction had me dying

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

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.

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.

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

42mins of JD. Can’t get much better

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

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.

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.

Drug Ballad is one of my fav Em songs

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!

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.

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 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

I feel like drug ballad is so fucking underrated

My favorite album of all time

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

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

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

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

Great reaction. your channel just popped up on my KZfaq 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.

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

“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. 😂

I’ve waited my whole life for this.

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

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.

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

the greatest rap album ever imo every song is a banger

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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 😅😅

This an extreme album on all levels.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Relapse better be coming up 🙌🏻 too underrated

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

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.

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😭

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

Great vid, as always!

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

Love this album

That was great to revisit this amazing album.👏

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

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

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

"damn, how much damage can you do with a pen?"

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

The uncomfortable head nodding 😂 during kim

Eminem is held to the higher standard. He barely drops below it. You can't expect Stan every single track for 2 decades.

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

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.

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

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

ty for making a long video.

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

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

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💪

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

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.

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!

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

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

This album brings me to my younger days

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

I remember hearing Stan on the radio as an exclusive and after it finished I just sat there stunned. It was brilliantly dark

Woah you’ve never heard this?????? I can’t wait to watch this.

This is one of your best videos

lovely album

Nice - that was fun

feud between Em and ICP started before Em was famous, I think it was 1997 after the release of The Slim Shady EP. Eminem was handing flyers with names of other rappers and crews from Detroit who were supposed to play on this party. ICP was one of them and it was something like "ICP will play (maybe)". then Eminem asked them if they want to play or not. Clowns got angry with it because they felt like Em tried to capitalize on them without asking before. after that Em send little shots at ICP in few underground tracks, but it really took off after the success of My Name Is. ICP parodied it as a one big gay joke and called it Slim Anus

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

im 32 eminem was my first rapper i listened too i wanted the eminem show because of the song "without me" and i bought mmlp not know the actual song at that time and well i think it was 100000% worth it.

Jon got some drip on 🔥🔥