
Two trailer park girls go round the outside "Without Me", and samples "Rap Name" by Obie Trice (uncredited) and contains resung elements from "Buffalo Gals" by Malcolm McLaren.Record Needle Scratch: At the start of "Without Me".Real Life Writes the Plot: As usual many songs are about Eminem's pet peeves again: people criticizing him and his family troubles.Protest Song: "White America", aimed at white suburban America.
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No Celebrities Were Harmed: Subverted by "Without Me", where then US Vice President Dick Cheney is electrocuted and Moby kicked in the groin.Eminem said he wanted to achieve a sound that bridged the gap between rock and hiphop. New Sound Album: Production style switched to a more cinematic high end sound beginning with The Eminem Show.My Country Tis of Thee That I Sting: "White America" is a vicious attack on white suburban America, though in the end, as a Call-Back to "Kill You" from The Marshall Mathers LP he just laughs: "I'm just playing, America, you know I love you.".List Song: "'Till I Collapse" references several rappers Eminem sees as the best: Redman, Jay-Z, Tupac Shakur, The Notorious B.I.G., Andre 3000, Jadakiss, Kurupt, Nas and himself.Ladies and Germs: "Business" begins with Eminem saying to listeners, "Bitches and gentlemen.".If they were brown, Shady'd lose, Shady sits on the shelf. Look at these eyes, baby blue, baby, just like yourself. Disappeared Dad: Discussed in "Cleaning Out My Closet":.Eventually he waves a white flag and can convince everybody to dance along with him, which everyone seems to think is a whole lotta fun! Dancing Is Serious Business: Near the end of "Without Me" Osama bin Laden is chased away by a bunch of rappers.Played with on "My Dad's Gone Crazy" note A song featuring his daughter's singing, when Eminem goes on a verse long rant that's at least 30% cuss words, and then gets told off by his then 7 year old daughter.At the end of the video, just as the kid is about to insert the album CD, Em manages to rip it from his hands, shaking his head, doing a Finger Wag, and reminding the kid of the "parental advisory" label on the album. Children Are Innocent / Harmful to Minors: In the music video of "Without Me", Em and Dre are sent into action after a kid purchases The Eminem Show without his mom being aware.Calling the Old Woman Out: "Cleanin' Out My Closet" is, from the first until the final line, a song that addresses Eminem's troubled relationship with his mother.Bowdlerise: Due to the songs explicit subject matter, "Drips", which is about how Obie Trice and Eminem had sex with a girl that gave them both STDs, was removed from the albums clean version.The music video for "Cleanin' Out My Closet" begins with a door opening and ends with the same door closing.The first track is called "Curtains Up" and the final one "Curtains Close".
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It turned out to be one of the most celebrated songs on the record. Dre talked him into it after playing it for his friends.

With this album, Em had extremely big shoes to fill, considering his last two releases ( The Slim Shady LP and The Marshall Mathers LP) became some of the greatest critical and commercial successes hip-hop had ever seen, and everyone was wondering if Em could pull off the threepeat. The Eminem Show is the fourth album by Eminem, released just before summer 2002.
