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The Eminem Show was originally scheduled for release on June 4, 2002; however, pirated and bootlegged copies appeared online via peer-to-peer networks and began surfacing on the streets. It was provided by Rabid Neurosis (RNS), an MP3 warez release organisation who pirated the album twenty-five days prior to release. Radio show Opie and Anthony broadcast the entire album on May 17, 2002. Interscope decided to release the album earlier than planned, on May 28 to prevent bootlegging. However, many stores in the United States began selling it even earlier than the new release date on Sunday, May 26, and some put the album out as early as Friday. Promotional posters in stores read, \"America Couldn't Wait\". Due to the premature release by many retailers on a Sunday, the album had only one day of official sales for the chart week and was unavailable in Walmart stores during that period. The Eminem Show was Eminem's first album to include lyrics to all its songs inside the CD booklet. Additionally, the first 2,000,000 copies of the album shipped in the United States included a bonus DVD with an exclusive interview and live footage. A week before the album's release, it was the second-most played CD on computers, the highest ranking ever for an unreleased title. It was considered the most anticipated album of 2002.
Eminem :: The Eminem ShowLabel: Aftermath RecordsAuthor: Steve 'Flash' JuonI honestly have no idea if this interview already aired, hasn't aired yet, or never will; but last week I spoke via phone to Tavis Smiley (formerly of BET, recently of NPR) about hip-hop and the internet along with Felicia Palmers from Support Online Hip-Hop. One thing you have to say about Mr. Smiley is that he's always got the latest scoop; because halfway through he said to both of us, \"Eminem's new album has been pushed up a week due to online bootlegging. Can I get your thoughts on that\"Of course, I was prepared with an on-the-fly answer about online bootlegging (people want to preview albums, not steal them) but after the interview was over and my nerves settled down (you don't talk to Tavis Smiley every day) I thought about what he just said: Eminem's new album got pushed up a week. To this I smiled, knowing that historically in rap the release dates of rap albums are usually pushed BACK as opposed to FORWARDS. With more time to consider my answer and a longer format show, I would have told Mr. Smiley that the REAL reason Eminem's album was pushed up was a marketing gimmick, and that \"online bootlegging\" was just a good excuse.As if to prove me right, I walked into a K*Mart store in middle America while on vacation this Saturday (I won't say which or where, you'll see why in a minute) and saw \"The Eminem Show\" with a \"limited time only limited edition DVD\" packaged inside sitting on the shelf over in entertainment. Given that new albums usually come out on Tuesday, I was needless to say a little confused. I assumed some naive employee had made a mistake and put a shipment that arrived over the weekend out early; but to make sure I went to another music store and checked. The clerk there promptly told me what that K*Mart did was illegal and they could get in big trouble, because the album wasn't being released until Sunday.\"Sunday\" I was incredulous. \"Are you sure you don't mean Tuesday\"\"No,\" he replied, \"it's being released nationwide this Sunday. We're having a big release party for the album here at midnight.\"That just proves my theory was right. After returning to the undisclosed location of the aforementioned K*Mart and buying a copy (it even rang up at the sale price of $11.88) I smiled like a kid on Halloween with a bucket full of candy. Sure, it wasn't much of an exclusive given that there WAS a widely distributed bootleg online AND the album was coming out nationwide the next day, but I still felt a little bit smug that thanks to K*Mart's mistake I had \"The Eminem Show\" early. So without further adieux, let's make like Mr. Mathers on the opening skit of the album and bring the \"Curtains Up\" on his new album.In typical Eminem fashion, the opening song \"White America\" is directly intended to poke a finger in the eye of his critics who decry the very freedom of speech he Constitutionally enjoys. Produced by Em and his long-time collaborator Jeff Bass, the sound of Eminem's wrath attacks over a track of crunchy guitar stabs that give the plodding beat a truly ominous sound. The point Eminem is making may be somewhat predictable, but that doesn't make it any less true:\"All I hear is: lyrics, lyrics, constant controversy, sponsors workinground the clock to try to stop my concerts early, surelyHip-Hop was never a problem in Harlem only in BostonAfter it bothered the fathers of daughters startin to blossomSo now I'm catchin the flack from these activists when they ragginActin like I'm the first rapper to smack a bitch or say faggot, shit!Just look at me like I'm your closest palThe posterchild, the motherfuckin spokesman now\"To lighten up the mood a little bit, Eminem and Dr. Dre follow this song with \"Business,\" a song with silly references to Batman & Robin that obviously conceptually inspired the \"Without Me\" video. The jokes don't last very long though, because Eminem's next song \"Cleanin Out My Closet\" is a direct attack on his mother for not really being one.\".. now I blew up, it makes you sick to ya stomachdoesn't it Wasn't it the reason you made that CD for me MaSo you could try to justify the way you treated me MaBut guess what You're gettin older now and it's cold when your lonelyAnd Nathan's growin up so quick he's gonna know that your phonyAnd Hailie's gettin so big now; you should see her, she's beautifulBut you'll never see her - she won't even be at your funeral!See what hurts me the most is you won't admit you was wrongBitch do your song - keep tellin yourself that you was a mom!But how dare you try to take what you didn't help me to getYou selfish bitch; I hope you fuckin burn in hell for this shitRemember when Ronnie died and you said you wished it was meWell guess what, I +AM+ dead - dead to you as can be!\"It's safe to say this ends up being the same formula we already know and love from Marshall Mathers: lyrics that are so personal it's hard to believe they're fictional, paired with songs that have comically over-the-top violence and scathing attacks on entertainment icons. For those who have accused him of only taking on white artists (N'Sync and Limp Bizkit) or softball targets (Christina Aguilera and Will Smith) those who hear \"Square Dance\" will be glad to hear him call out Canibus with the words, \"Not even on my radar; so won't you please jump off my dick, lay off and stay off.\" Em obviously wasn't pleased when Canibus rapped an entire song as his character \"Stan\" on the otherwise almost forgettable \"C True Hollywood Stories,\" but if history is any indication Canibus is at his best when responding to a diss so a comeback may be in order.Unfortunately the album drags a little at this point, starting with the unnecessary \"Kiss\" skit that relives the incident that got Eminem a weapons posession charge. \"Soldier\" is a self-produced song that not uncoincidentally soungs like it might have been produced by No Limit Records; with a militaristic chorus and a fat heavy bassline. This is a good sound, but it's not HIS sound, it belongs to Mystikal or Mr. Serv-On. \"Say Goodbye to Hollywood\" is a little better - a joint production between Eminem and Mel Man where he talks about being blinded from seeing his own mistakes by the bright lights of stardom. He really shines on \"Drips\" though, a hilarious duet with Obie Trice about the dangers of unprotected sex. While both rappers are raw, Trice really steals the show and gives yet another indication why Slim signed him to his Shady Records label:\"She foamin at the lips, the ones between her hipsPubic hairs lookin like some sour cream dipwithout the nacho, my dick hit the spot thoughPussy tighter than conditions of us black folksWe in the final stretch, the last part of sexI bust a FAT ASS NUT, then I woke up nextlike what the fuck is goin on here The bitch evaporatedPussy and all just picked up and vacatedNow I'm frustrated cause my dick was unprotectedAnd Dr. Wesley, tellin me I really got that shit!\"As Ice Cube might say, it's two-thousand-two BITCH, and look who's burnin. While this song might serve as a cautionary tale to some, it's still all about saying anything that's raunchy or dead wrong for a laugh to Eminem. His fearlessness continues on the lead single \"Without Me\" when he lambasts everyone from Dick Cheney's wife to the leading electronic artists of the day:\"A-tisket a-tasket, I go tit for tat withanybody who's talkin this shit, that shitChris Kirkpatrick, you can get your ass kickedworse than them little Limp Bizkit bastardsAnd Moby You can get stomped by ObieYou thirty-six year old baldheaded fag, blow meYou don't know me, you're too old, let goIt's over, nobody listen to technoNow let's go, just gimme the signalI'll be there with a whole list full of new insultsI been dope, suspenseful with a pencilever since Prince turned himself into a symbol\"\"Sing For the Moment\" may throw his fans a curveball though: a song which appears to sample Aerosmith's \"Dream On\" yet simultaneously features the REAL Joe Perry playing guitar. Obviously not a stretch for the hard rock icons though, who are still remembered for recording \"Walk This Way\" with Run-D.M.C. back in the 1980's, so it's an enjoyable diversion from non-stop hardcore hip-hop. \"Superman\" features Eminem playing with his flow in a stuttered cadence, but he's done the gimmick before and his beat on this one inspires only partial attention to his flow. Things get a little more interesting though when he actually SINGS to his daughter on \"Hailie's Song\" - as heartfelt a tribute from father to child as Creed's \"Arms Wide Open\":\"My baby girl keeps gettin older, I watch her grow up with pridePeo