This book critically analyses Eminem's studio album releases from
his first commercial album release The Slim Shady LP in 1999, to
2020's Music To Be Murdered By, through the lens of storytelling,
truth and rhetoric, narrative structure, rhyme scheme and type,
perspective, and celebrity culture. In terms of lyrical content, no
area has been off-limits to Eminem, and he has written about
domestic violence, murder, rape, child abuse, incest, drug
addiction, and torture during his career. But whilst he will always
be associated with these dark subjects, Mathers has also explored
fatherhood, bereavement, mental illness, poverty, friendship, and
love within his lyrics, and the juxtaposition between these very
different themes (sometimes within the same song), make his lyrics
complex, deep, and deserving of proper critical discussion. The
first full-length monograph concerning Eminem's lyrics, this book
affords the same rigorous analysis to a hip-hop artist as would be
applied to any great writer's body of work; such analysis of
'popular' music is often overlooked. In addition to his rich
exploration of Eminem's lyrics, Fosbraey furthermore delves into a
variety of different aspects within popular music including
extra-verbal elements, image, video, and surrounding culture. This
critical study of his work will be an invaluable resource to
academics working in the fields of Popular Music, English
Literature, or Cultural Studies.
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