Eminem

Dibbs looks back on ten Scribble Jams

Hey, Mr. Z: Mind if we call you Shawn?

Independents' Day

Hip hop's next generation searches for a new label

Victory Strikes Again part 1

Hip hop's next generation searches for a new label

The Popstream's Underrated '08: eLZhi

Obie Trice

Eminem releases video for "We Made You"

Wait a minute, wait a minute-- who made who? We're confused.

Shelter: Derrick May

Wait a minute, wait a minute-- who made who? We're confused.

ECID

Economy Size goDD Costume

Mac Lethal

Economy Size goDD Costume

Blueprint: 1988

Economy Size goDD Costume

Artists Of The Year

From escapist entertainment to aesthetic ecstasy: Twenty-nine writers script valentines to twelve months of culture

Penny Wise, Pound Foolish, Barely Awake

Corporate rap cipher 50 Cent sleeps his way to the top

The Filth And The Fury

Eminem spews more bile at his fans. Everybody throw up and get down!

50 Cent: Get Rich or Die Tryin'

Eminem spews more bile at his fans. Everybody throw up and get down!

Greatest Hits, 2002

Eminem spews more bile at his fans. Everybody throw up and get down!

Top of the Pop

The Year's Best National Albums (A Wholly Objective and Statistically Sound List)

Class Act

'8 Mile' charts Eminem's path from poverty to self-empowerment

Show Us Your Hits!

The naked truth about this summer's radio singles

White America

A lonelier Eminem explains himself for the benefit of his homies in the suburbs

Off Beat

A lonelier Eminem explains himself for the benefit of his homies in the suburbs

Princess Superstar: Princess Superstar Is

A lonelier Eminem explains himself for the benefit of his homies in the suburbs

Lik It Up

While critics' taste for politically conscious rap continues, Tha Liks prefer to lap up their Olde E and have a good time

Sensational: Get on My Page

While critics' taste for politically conscious rap continues, Tha Liks prefer to lap up their Olde E and have a good time

Smut Peddlers: Porn Again

While critics' taste for politically conscious rap continues, Tha Liks prefer to lap up their Olde E and have a good time

2000: The Year In Music

While critics' taste for politically conscious rap continues, Tha Liks prefer to lap up their Olde E and have a good time

Weird Like Us

While critics' taste for politically conscious rap continues, Tha Liks prefer to lap up their Olde E and have a good time

All the Rage

Eminem learns to sharpen his battle rhymes, but not to choose his battles

Single Life

Eminem learns to sharpen his battle rhymes, but not to choose his battles

Song of Myself

With her sophomore outing Da Real World, Missy Elliot empowers her pocketbook--and not much else

Class Clown

Eminem turns the trials of the white urban poor into a scabrous comedy with himself as the punch line--and punching bag

Bizarre: Attack of the Weirdos: The EP

Eminem turns the trials of the white urban poor into a scabrous comedy with himself as the punch line--and punching bag

Eminem reveals video for 3am

Okay. This is just getting embarrassing now.

Eminem's Relapse is a sorry slip

Eminem can't mask his boredom on this ghastly return to the studio.

Pawlenty compares GOP to Eminem during Bruno ass-encounter

While speaking to the College Republicans National Convention this weekend in Washington, D.C., he managed to compare the GOP's current state to that of Eminem during his stunt with Sacha Baron Cohen's character Bruno during the MTV Movie Awards.

Olbermann rips Pawlenty's Eminem admiration

The governor sure pulled that metaphor out of his ass.

Cage

The governor sure pulled that metaphor out of his ass.

Freddy Fresh joins faculty at McNally Smith

The hip-hop diploma program fleshes out its staff.

Free Ticket Tuesday: Moby at The Fine Line 10/1

He's made of stars and is coming to shine upon us this October.

The Songs We Can't Escape

He's made of stars and is coming to shine upon us this October.

"Let's Be Professional" by Tribe and Big Cats!: It's awesome and free, cop it already

A rundown of the four best tracks on the new Big Cats! and Tribe mixtape.

Eminem, "Not Afraid"

A new single of synth ambiance, baby grand, tight little drum, Jame Foxx for some reason, and a chorus of Ems singing about moving on from the past few years of stuttered releases, promotions, and relatively bad records. Here we hear Marshall apologizing (twice) for Relapse, "let's be honest, tha ... More >>

5ingles

A new single of synth ambiance, baby grand, tight little drum, Jame Foxx for some reason, and a chorus of Ems singing about moving on from the past few years of stuttered releases, promotions, and relatively bad records. Here we hear Marshall apologizing (twice) for Relapse, "let's be honest, tha ... More >>

Phantom Tails, Trama featured in this week's City Pages

Photo by Areca Roe​What up, Wednesday? Today's the day we drop our old-school print edition onto newsstands across the city -- but you don't have to pick up a hard copy to read this week's music section. Here's a sampling of what we have in store for our readers:Phantom Tails unleash their freneti ... More >>

Nicki Minaj releases "Roman's Revenge" featuring Eminem

Seriously​On Friday we 'examined' Kesha's recently released "Sleazy", which comes off as a talent-divorced Nicki Minaj pose; affectation lacking experimentation. Today our mostly unprayed prayers get answered, as Minaj releases a single from her upcoming Pink Friday, featuring Eminem in full fuck ... More >>

The Week That Was: Wyclef v. Bieber, Talib Kweli returns, N.E.R.D.'s self-canonization

​Last week, you hurried to begin Christmas shopping, finish buying Thanksgiving trimmings, and scrounge enough spare change to buy yourself a copy of Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday. And while you weren't paying much or any attention - and who could blame you? - all of this stuff happened.

The Grammys: The good, the bad, and the really, really awkward

​Perhaps the biggest surprise from this year's Grammy Awards broadcast is that there are actually some honest-to-god surprises to report, the biggest of which was notoriously indie artists Arcade Fire coming out on top in the Album of the Year category.Here, we present a rundown of some of the mos ... More >>

Lollapallooza 2011 lineup revealed; Atmosphere on bill again

​ While we expect there are a few more surprises to be announced where Lollapalooza 2011 is concerned, an early lineup debuted today on the festival website and features hometown heroes Atmosphere in the first few lines. This will be the third time in the last several years that Slug & Co. hav ... More >>

Lollapalooza: Day 2 at Grant Park, Chicago, 8/6/11

PHOTO BY DENIS JEONG PLASTER​If the first day of Lollapalooza is marked by enthusiasm, the second day is marked by hitting limits.  The Day 2 crowd was more pronounced and did not wait until late in the day to show up, and police presence increased to meet the new demands.  Partiers line ... More >>

Lil B, 'I Got AIDS': Is this what progress looks like?

​So the first rapped lyrics on "I Got AIDS" are, indeed, "I got AIDS." This isn't a song that fucks around; it straddles the elephant in the blog comment box and starts beating that sucker on the ears with a spiked riding crop. This is significant in a number of ways, not least of which are these: ... More >>