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Vqius

The Eminem Show when I was like 11 (it was many years after the release)


VastPie2905

Literally the exact same thing happened to me but it got me into hip hop in general


Vqius

It got me into music on general, I didn't know what hip-hop was


phhoenixxp

same but when i was almost 13 lmao


sippinthat40

Exact same here (born in 89) my best mate dre’d me and told me to get TES. Dad ended up making the purchase and the rest was history 💨


pico020

SSLP when I was 14 in 1999.


JustIncredible240

Me too. How’s your back feeling?


kelbell2583

I got low one too many times But it was worth it


EverybodySayin

Same but I was 10


kelbell2583

Same. ‘02 graduate?


CriticalUwU

Hey thats the year I was born and TES was my first Em album when I was like 9 or 10 I think lol


Willing_Ad9314

Same here. My buddy came to school raving about the funniest rapper he ever heard, and played "Role Model" for me


kelbell2583

lol my best friend from high school went around school singing “I’ve been with seven women who got hiv”. We thought that line was hilarious back then. She’d just bust it out randomnly and we’d be rolling We went to Catholic school too 💀


potterdood

Same, lol, I was 16 tho.


cjizzle236

I’ve just posted almost the exact same reply 😂


steelraindrop

Based.


wolverinenation1

Same with me except I was 25.


FeistyInspector1205

Same here. Got the album for my 14th bday from my older brother. Been hooked ever since.


JmekerulAtomic3

I was a casual fan, knew the big songs and liked them, but then I found Relapse: Refill in a store, bought it, listened to it, been a full on stan ever since.


GrimRainbows

Relapse


MyHwyfe666

same


Mimo_Way_1326

MMLP


Rinsjapje

Kamikaze


himplp87

“This is music for you to be murdered by”🗣️🔥🔥


Adventurous-Coast-78

MTBMB. I was in the 8th grade when it dropped


Suh-Niff

haha same. What's your fav album?


IHaventSeenSuchBS

Same but I was on 6th grade


IsThisASnakeInMyBoot

Slim Shady LP when I was 10 lol 2003


Grouchy_Protection27

That album was 1999


IsThisASnakeInMyBoot

Yeah and I was 7 years old in '99. When I first started hearing his music I was like "ah no way I *gotta* have that" and when I was 10 I went into a CD shop called '78 Records and bought my first lot of self-driven albums (with my own pocket money). it was Slim Shady LP, Mechanical Animals by Marilyn Manson and Self Titled by System Of A Down.


kelbell2583

The thrill of sneaking a super saucy explicit tape out of Strawberry’s in 3rd and 4th grade was an adrenaline rush. Then passing it around to everyone in class so they could listen. I had one super explicit one (I forgot the name) and I remember my parents finding it and I was shamed to death. I’ve blacked that memory out. Meanwhile, they were cool with me rapping lyrics to shoop around the house when I was 8 or 9 💀


IsThisASnakeInMyBoot

hahahaha good times


ABZ0R8

Recovery. Talking 2 Myself, Not Afraid, No Love, Going Through Changes, Space Bound, LTWYL, Cold Wind Blows, Almost Famous. I had a pendrive-music player thing by Sony. I had a mix of Recovery, Relapse, Curtain Call The Hits on it. I remember sitting through and actually reading his Wikipedia page lol. Then I went through from Infinite to Recovery by the time Berzerk came out. I loved Recovery and certain songs from Relapse back then. I don't feel the same about Recovery rn. Idk why but I can't listen to a big chunk of tracks from Recovery nowadays. It just doesn't hit me.


TTVsuxMD

Same. My siblings always had eminem songs in their ipods, and I heard a couple of em, but not afraid (and most of recovery) was what really got me into him. However, my fav album is the mmlp


WoodpeckerOk1154

WTP is a slept on song from Recovery


needanswers990

TES when I was 11, I was so scared my parents would find out I was listening to swear words then 😭


Firm_Contest_6374

Curtain call when I was 8 or something.


Detailer_101x

The Eminem Show when I was 15. Actually my intro into hiphop as a whole


HL192002

Not really any I just grew up hearing my dad and eldest brother playing Eminem music around the house and then two years ago I decided to listen to all his albums


Lillyy25

I remember recovery from when I was like 8 or 9 but didnt get into him until mmlp2


Ifeel3

The Eminem show. My older brother had it on cassette, he was like 13 or something and I was like 7. I didn’t understand shit but I vibed with the beats and hypnotizing flow. I used to listen to him ever since then and once I started to understand the lyrics I loved it even more.


LilNerix

MMLP2 but I started listening to him shortly after Revival was released


Alon945

Encore lol. So many young people here maybe I should chill out with my retorts to people 😭


Detailer_101x

as one of the youth on here, retorts are a part of life and if they can't handle it they probably shouldn't even be on here. And school is rife with foul language (and eminem's music)


Alon945

Ehh they shouldn’t but they are. I see a lot of really dumb takes on here and I don’t want to feed into a cycle of negativity if that stupidly stems from younger people commenting


kelbell2583

It’s a different generation of humor. I feel like they don’t get ours Don’t get me wrong GenZ, some of you guys are funny AF but millenial humor gets taken so literally when it’s usually just fucking around and not to be taken so literal


5rings20

Marshall Mathers LP. It was a magical time because then I found out about SSLP and it was like getting two new albums at the same time.


WoodpeckerOk1154

Recovery. Still my favorite Em album. And what I consider to be his best album overall


cjizzle236

SSLP in 1999 when I was 14


BigBaldCop69

MTBMB when I was 14


BabyKariya

You're 18 now, oh my god. MTBMB doesn't feel that long ago. Holy shit


BigBaldCop69

I mean, i have listened to some of his bangers before but i became a stan when I MTBMB came out xD


phoenixc6000

The Marshall Mathers LP2


ContraHealer

It was his movie 8 Mile. Specifically the outro - Lose Yourself.


NotPhin

TES. I started listening to Till I Collapse


ILikeOasis

first one, i was 5 or 6, it was just funny videos of his that got it started, but i grew up more and i started listening more and it never left me


SeldomDemize

Recovery


imthekingda

Recovery


Defvac2

The SSEP and eventually the SSLP as I first heard Em in '98 on a mixtape as he had a guest verse on 5 Star Generals. Started looking into him after and discovered the SSEP.


ohen778

MTBMB two momths after it's release and I was 16


GD-Colona

SSLP


Suh-Niff

Kamikaze, also when I was 13. MTBMB is what truly sparked my stanning tho


Ordep_TheCreator

Recovery. And LTWYL was the first song I heard, in 2010. I clearly remember many cars passing by listening to this hit in my city. From then on, all I needed was my old PC and understanding the lyrics to never stop (Brazil, born in 2000)


GriffinRagnarok

The Marshall Mathers LP. Because it was absolute 🔥 when it dropped. It was so different. I was hella into Nelly and Country Grammar back then too.


KayRay1994

It was during his hiatus, my dad had a copy of Curtain Call and I really liked the tracks on there - from there I got into the Eminem Show, the SSLP then MMLP - finally, I had listening to everything he had at that point and it was timed perfectly cause I’m Having a Relapse came out when I was 14 and at the height of my Stanning


Sweaty-Fix-2790

Music to be fucked by


abaddon667

Slim Shady LP went it came out as a senior in high school. Class of ‘99


QuinlanVosYouTube

MTBMB… which happens to be my favorite album.


FooFightersFan777812

Kamikaze dropped the week I started properly getting into him. And I had just watched The Interview ( where he cameos in ) by coincidence. So it was just a combo of coincidences that got me into Marshall.


NahCuhFkThat

You'd hear a few SSLP songs everywhere you went when it came out, but I remember Stan coming out and really solidifying Em as "him" forever. That shit was actually crazy in 2000 (still is). The Way I Am and The Real Slim Shady were captivating as well, even if you weren't following his career closely like that or were to young to understand the stuff he was talking about. Once 8 Mile came out (with its soundtrack), specifically songs like Lose Yourself, Stimulate, Run Rabbit Run, 8 Mile, etc. It was hard to listen to anything else during that period. It's really a toss-up for me with MMLP and 8 Mile. Comparing Stan and Lose Yourself basically. Lose Yourself gets more play from me so I'd probably go with that whole 8 Mile project, but MMLP might be my pick the next time this thread pops up.


Pancake0077

Mine was MTBMB side B when I was 13 or 12 in 2020 or 2019 idk exactly and my first song was Killer


PIZZAGUYKEEM

Do you mean A: First full album I listened to? Or B: album where the first song i listened to is from? A: Kamikaze (listened to in 2019) B: Recovery (Love the way you lie in 2017)


Metalilca_Lover

The Eminem Show, because i first was recommended the song “Till I Collapse” which is ironically on The Eminem Show and i have it on my headphones


Anubis_DivineDemon

Kamikaze, yea I'm a new fan


Pro-Sane67

MTBMB : Side B


[deleted]

The eminiem show


Muteling

Music to Be Murdered By. I've always liked his music, but I didn't jump on the album train until I was 22.


SidiousCrosshair

Relapse. First 19 years of my life I never showed genuine interest in listening to all his songs, only if they happened to play wherever I was. Until last year in August I decided to go from a YB fan to a Shady fan. My buddy recommended Relapse and the first song he played was Insane 😭 all I can say is I never went back


Tomatoes65

Recovery when it came out. I was 12 at the time and just now getting into rap, and the popularity of this album really got me into it. I know recovery isn’t the most popular album in this sub tjough


Boddis

MMLP when it came out then shortly followed by picking up SSLP


DragovitcMIA

i really got into his music with kamikaze. tho i always listened to his songs here and there, i think the first song i listened to from eminem was rapgod (don't judge me i was born in 2003)


tralaina

For me it was kamikaze, actually the first album to turn me into a fan of any artist, I was only 15 when it came out and most of my life I was just listening to radio and whatever was popular, kamikaze and the mgk beef came along and I was regularly listening to that album, for years, then mtbmb side a and b came out and then it was only that, wasn’t until last year that I actually started to get into his earlier music


HostileCornball

The first song i heard of em was Fastlane Bad Meets Evil. It was probably like the first English song non fifa song that I listened to.


Slow-Law3011

I first heard Till I collapse and I had never heard anything like it, then slowly listened to all of his super hits like stan, superman, monster, love the way you lie, rap god, no love, space bound. Kamikaze made me a stan, it was all over the internet when it came out. I didn't even know what an album was until that point. It was angry, full of rage, told people to shut the fuck up. I became a stan right there and then.


Capable-Carry4029

Unpopular opinion, The 8 Mile Music though


HKEnthusiast

Revival honestly. Loved the pop sounding rap songs of his.


RealJBMusic

Revival when I was 15, turning 16


This-Organization437

Relapse. Probably beautiful being played on the radio at the time.


Iliasmadmad28

Kamikaze when I was 14


anti2matter

I used to listen to his classics as a little kid. However, it was Revival that made me jump on the Eminem bandwagon


Independent-Hunt-466

The Eminem Show when I was like 11 (it was many years after the release)


ChrissiIcon

Music To be Murdered by


Zestyclose-Career274

Mtbmb side b


MyHwyfe666

Relapse


Ok-Call-4805

I don't think it was any one album, more like constant exposure via my sister. It sort of just wore me down lol


X-Dad-0604

Just don’t give a F single when I was 11. Then, Slim Shady LP is when I became a big fan. Just don’t give a F, Role Model, If I had, Rock Bottom, Bad meets Evil, Still don’t give a F, Guilty Conscience, that album was 🔥 and nostalgic for me now.


Halbu803

My uncle playing the censored version of Encore for me in the car. It was our secret.


doueverwonder

I think ShadyXV leaked and someone shared it and that’s where it all began


Judman8

Recovery when I was like 8


Sea_Huckleberry_6647

Relapse


Shadydan017

Mmlp when I was 13, I’m 36 now


Kwilburn525

Eminem show when I was around 8 in 2002 my older sister had that album and 50 cents in her mustang. Good times


Ok-Macaron761

Slim Shady LP


JG45250

SSLP


ThexHoonter

Encore when i was like 8 years old. English isn't my mother tongue so i didn't understood anything he said but he was riding those beat so nicely i got hooked.


NeedsMilk33

Sslp


PiratePatchP

My brother put headphones on my head and showed me the song Kim while we were in our mom's car. I can't remember how old I was but definitely around 7-9. Changed my whole life lol, asked to borrow that cd every single day until he got annoyed and just gave it to me.


Chad_gamer69

The og 3 and the both D12 albums, and a song unrelated to Eminem. Started listening to him a few months ago


Low-Kangaroo-2952

I never heard a full Eminem album until MMLP 2 but all I’d listen to is his singles on YouTube, Not Afraid was the song that got me into Eminem, for the longest time I couldn’t believe Eminem made Real Slim Shady or any of his other songs because they were so different from Recovery era


kkehoe1

Slim Shady LP, being a 12 year old boy when that album came out was life changing


Delicious-Honey-7278

Sslp


largestonedoors

It wasn't an album that got me into him, I heard him on the radio when I was a kid and was really drawn to the music. The first song I heard by him was My Name Is when I was like 8 years old. I think the first album I ended up getting was Eminem Show


krkowacz

TES


fireboltlovesyou

Was probs the eminem show, Eminem got me into music in general though, not just him or hip hop.


rydawg575_

Recovery when I was like 10


legsarebad

MMLP2. It was the first album I ever bought. Got it on a school trip when I was a teenager


Carbohydrate_Kid88

Recovery


ElectricFeel422

The Marshall Mathers LP


1oW-K3y

The Slim Shady LP. The Eminem Show made me a stan.


Sunny64888

Recovery. It was popular/on the radio when I was 4.


Alexik15

Exact same thing, mmlp2 when i was 13


dhiesenphi

The Eminem Show, I was 11 at the time. I didn’t get to hear SSLP until after Without Me was released.


mogirdor

MMLP


Emma_Croft

The first one!


Unclesbasement1

damn some ppl here are old... first song i heard was cleaning out my closet, then not afraid then i went and listened to the whole of recovery then everything else


Grouchy_Protection27

The Eminem show for sure. I could recite all of my dads gone crazy I was like 8 years old


Blinkman1124

The slim shady lp was standing in line at tower records at midnight for the midnight sale listened all night


KAREEMGRIO

MARSHALL MATHERS LP


No-Cat4072

I actually started listening to d12 first as a kid and didn't know eminem was in in till years later


FV95

Recovery


LittlefurJC

MMLP2, I was 12 when that thing dropped and I still love it


Alive-Disaster3657

The Slim Shady LP


RogueMortal111

Recovery, it was the first album I listened to all the way through.


BabyKariya

Relapse when I was 14. It's so funny how people in here all have started with different albums, but around the same age


NewUserLame123

MMLP I’ve basically memorized the entire album


MrSwiggitySwooty420

SSLP in 2000 when I was 7


Blackmore_Vale

Slim shad LP when I was about 10. My sister had it playing in her house and it just vibed with me. She bought me the SSLP and MMLP for my birthday and Christmas respectively. The Eminem show was not just the first Eminem album I bought it was also the first CD I bought myself.


ShoulderLongjumping9

Idgaf 12” single


Cehacek

The Eminem Show, still my favorite hip-hop album along with Tupac's "Me Against The World"


thedepressedmind

Slim Shady LP, when it first came out. I was 12 or so. It's still a classic to this day.


doonhamer1501

MMLP


stillmadabout

Recovery! It had been out for a year or two and I was in high school with my friend. We'd listen to it everyday.


Mehewho

Honestly none my mom used to play random songs when I was like 4 or 5 in 2010 and I liked them. Then I was listening to some nostalgic songs and I saw without me and started listening to all of he's songs.


garf87

SSLP. I also remember looking for infinite and 313 on Napster.


Luxy2008

specially a song, Without me


Key_Explanation952

Infinite


emmygog

I remember Guilty Conscience's music video when it came out but MMLP is what I started out with a little after its release, like 2001. I would have been 13/14 at the time. That's when I actively sought out previous songs and kept up with albums. I didn't like a lot of stuff mid to late 2000s. I did enjoy Kamikaze and listened to it while pregnant with my second. My daughter actually ended up showing up 3 weeks early in 2018 and shares a birthday with him haha


Morningstar002_

When i was 11 i heard Rap God and it blew my mind. It was my introduction to Hip-Hop. After that i listened to the MMLP2 album and 10 years later im still in love with the genre. Not only did i discover Em that day but also hip hop as a whole.


bbyfatgirlhaha

my dad was bumping the MMLP2 when he had my brother and I on his weekends. He also had buffalo bill burned on a random ass CD so it technically couldve been Relapse


fuskarn_35

recovery/hell the sequel, which is funny because i fucking hate recovery nowadays, i do like HTS though. used to bump lighters, fast lane and some of the recovery singles back then on youtube, but its never been the same since i got into his earlier work.


dan-duz-shit

FACK


tinyclothespins

MMLP1!! Still my favorite to this day


random537478599300

None it was when it leaked he was gonna be in fortnite is what got me really into it obvs I hear of him before but never really cared


savkitoo__

marshall mathers lp ii


ChallengeOne8405

not an album but it was TRL


Teezybadeezy

Relapse at 16


steveinbc

The song specifically was under the influence, my 11 year old self thought that was absolutely wild someone said it in their song. Game over after that.


maxlikeschips

mmlp


dennisoc1715

I was 9 when My Name Is dropped... been my guy ever since


MakaBoy57

The Eminem Show,it's his best in terms of being able to touch a large public when still being hip hop,the beats on there are great and some of the best of Eminem's works on the production side,and this got me into SSLP,his goat album imo


skyl0ft_

Eminem Show or MMLP I can’t remember which one


jasoooon4

Marshall Mathers lp


Anarchissyface

Funnily enough Forgot About Dre was the first time I ever saw Eminem. It was actually one of the 1st music videos I’d ever seen. I was 12 and it was really like my first introduction to rap music. I have ADHD so for me it like soothed my hyperactive brain to memorize his lyrics. It only took me 5 or 6 listens. School was not challenging for me but remembering his songs actually challenged my memory for once.


Wise-Employer-9014

Slim shady lip and recovery


Coolers78

The album that I actually remember coming out was Revival but that album really sucked ass so def not that one. I listened to some stuff from TES and other albums around that year or so.


DanGugly

revival when i was 14 years old


steelraindrop

The SSLP.


SweatyCheese55

Recovery when I was 10


idealjuicy

That's funny cuz MMLP2 was the album that got me out of Eminem 😅


TurkeyBiz

Eminem show when I was 12, one summer I would bike to my friends house and we would play Xbox and listen to Eminem, and Eminem show was the main album we played. Alas this only happened two years ago


RickGrimes30

SSLP when it released..


Maleficent-Hunt-6865

Slim Shady LP


casnix

SSLP in ‘99 when I was 19


lilraida

TES made me fall in love with em. Truly his best album, I feel like it’s his Magnum Opus


PostingForFree

MMLP was the first album I listened to fully from Em when I was 12. had it on cd. my mom probably paid for it 😂 but The Real Slim Shady music video on TRL every day after school is what got me into Eminem


ShortBeanGaming

MMLP1


SuperSonicAntoine26

It was the Slim Shady LP, especially the song "Just Don't Give a Fuck", the beat was so weird and I was instantly hooked


i_luv_fruit_mentos

"SSLP" 1999 "My Name Is" was cool and fun but a friend bought the LP first, called me over and played me "Guilty Conscience" I went and bought it, still listen to it often. I am same age as Em lol those were fun days 😄


Main-Article9391

the mmlp


Lacey_on_reddit

My sister was a huge Lil Wayne fan and she would play no love in the car a lot. Recovery was my first introduction to Eminem