Eminem: “The Marshall Mathers LP”
Pitchfork tells us: ‘â€The Real Slim Shady†wasn’t rap about what was happening on the streets of Brooklyn or Compton or Atlanta or even Detroit. It was rap about what was on television. Specifically, what was on television at that very moment. It was an echo-chamber of MTV-watchers, a real-time “Beavis and Butt-Head†for those who would be later be crowned millennials. As reality TV gained traction, Eminem’s dressing-down of celebrities endeared him to a generation who would soon find “drama†to be the coin of the entertainment realm. He knew it before many: People like the stuff they recognize. That’s pop music.’
