History YMMV / TheEminemShow

* CrossesTheLineTwice: Not quite as present here as ''Music/TheMarshallMathersLP'', but definitely present. In particular, "My Dad's Gone Crazy" has the line "More pain inside of my brain, than the eyes of a little girl
Inside of a plane aimed at the World Trade" on an album that came out less than a year after 9/11.

*** Moreover, one of the pot-shots issued at Moby was the lyric "Nobody listens to techno". It was pretty accurate in 2002, when ElectronicMusic was a ''very'' niche thing in America (to the point that American [=DJs=] and electronic musicians had to go abroad to find success). Come to TheNewTens, where EDM became a major genre and has permeated several different genres, [=EDM=] [=DJs=] are in high demand, and EDM festivals can pull in crowds numbering at over 100,000. Moby himself later noted in a [[http://wtop.com/entertainment/2016/06/moby-talks-porcelain-bourne-taking-high-road-eminem/slide/1/ 2016 interview]] how that particular lyric would be HilariousInHindsight later on.

* AwardSnub: When it once again came time for the Grammy for Album of the Year to be handed out, ''The Eminem Show'' had not only fellow rapper Music/{{Nelly}}'s ''[=Nellyville=]'' to combat, but the Music/DixieChicks' ''Home'', Norah Jones' debut album ''Come Away with Me'' and Music/BruceSpringsteen's ''The Rising'' as well. The Academy chose ''Come Away with Me'', apparently because it was a safer choice than a hardcore hip hop album, a raunchy pop rap album, a feminist bluegrass album or a [=9/11=]-inspired heartland rock album. (Eminem apparently cried about the snub, and was comforted by Springsteen.)

* AwardSnub: When it once again came time for the Grammy for Album of the Year to be handed out, it had not only fellow rapper Music/{{Nelly}}'s ''[=Nellyville=]'' to combat, but the Music/DixieChicks' ''Home'', Norah Jones' debut album ''Come Away with Me'' and Music/BruceSpringsteen's ''The Rising'' as well. The Academy chose ''Come Away with Me'', apparently because it was a safer choice than a hardcore hip hop album, a raunchy pop rap album, a feminist bluegrass album or a [=9/11=]-inspired heartland rock album. (Eminem apparently cried about the snub, and was comforted by Springsteen.)

** [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/now-this-looks-like-a-job-for-me "Now this looks like a job for me,"]] typically used as a punchline to jokes in which an individual offers to partake in certain acts, typically of the [[BlackComedy comedically heinous]] variety.

*** Moreover, one of the pot-shots issued at Moby was the lyric "Nobody listens to techno". It was pretty accurate in 2002, when ElectronicMusic was a ''very'' niche thing in America (to the point that American [=DJs=] and electronic musicians had to go abroad to find success). Come TheNewTens, where EDM has become the sound of youth and has permeated several different genres, [=DJs=] are hailed as the new rock stars, and EDM festivals can pull in crowds numbering at over hundred-thousand. Moby himself later noted in a [[http://wtop.com/entertainment/2016/06/moby-talks-porcelain-bourne-taking-high-road-eminem/slide/1/ 2016 interview]] how that particular lyric would be HilariousInHindsight later on.

* HarsherInHindsight: In "Cleaning Out My Closet", Eminem raps about how his father had walked out on him and his mother when he was little, with such lyrics as "Wonder if he even kissed me goodbye? / No, I don't. On second thought, I just fuckin' wish he would die!" On June 26, 2019, [[https://people.com/music/eminem-estranged-father-dead/ Marshall Bruce Mathers Jr.]] (Eminem's dad) died of a heart attack at age 67.

* ToughActToFollow: This was arguably Eminem's most praised album in terms of fans and critics, as later albums ('''''especially''''' ''Encore'' and ''Revival'') such as ''Relapse'', ''Recovery'', and even ''Kamikaze'' were somewhat mixed to alright.

* MemeticMutation: "Guess who's back...back again? [X] is back. Tell a friend."

** Becomes equally hilarious as the "Rapmobile" in the Without Me video is a Lamborghini Murcielago (Spanish for "bat"). In ''Film/BatmanBegins'', Bruce Wayne himself would drive a Murcielago.

* ToughActToFollow: This was arguably Eminem's most praised album in terms of fans and critics, as later albums (''''especially''''' ''Encore'' and ''Revival'') such as ''Relapse'', ''Recovery'', and even ''Kamikaze'' were somewhat mixed to alright.