Is Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP a Classic?

[Dipsey Doo]

This album is basically nikkaz 4 Life for white boys. It mostly holds up, but there is cringe level to it now 25 years later.

 

[Mystic]

Only fans would say otherwise

 

[Methodical]

Absolutely Classic album. My favorite Eminem album, def best album.

 

[TheMailMan]

Good but not classic. #3 behind the Eminem show and relapse.

 

[Polofresh4]

I think it’s a classic but not timeless. For the times, it was inescapable and it was the perfect package of “shock rap” and A1 rapping ability. In 2025, it may be hard to understand how much of a counter pop culture Em was.