Trivia

• In “Marshall Mathers,” Eminem takes aim at Backstreet Boys, Ricky Martin, NSYNC, Britney Spears, and New Kids on the Block; fires back at Vanilla Ice, Insane Clown Posse’s “Slim Anus”, and XXL; and targets his mother and her attorney, Aristotle.
• The album-era singles discussed around this period include “I’m Back,” among other tracks from The Marshall Mathers LP.

Words from Eminem

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While putting together my second album, I kind of wanted to come up with an “I Don’t Give A Fuck”, Part 3. Jeff from F.B.T. was playin’ this acoustic guitar track. He then started singing the hook, “’Cause I’m just Marshall Mathers.” It’s ill, because every time we’re fucking around in the studio we seem to come up with the dopest shit. […]

When I thought [of the rest] of the chorus, I felt that what I needed to talk about in the verses was just me and my opinions. I wanted to just spit fire in each verse and have that soft-ass innocent chorus. I think it captures the whole “front porch” feel depicted on the album’s cover. When I recorded this I decided to call the album The Marshall Mathers LP.