Track By Track (Continued)

I'm Back
Once again blurring the line between Eminem the cultural icon and Eminem the cultural critic, the rapper claims to reach inside the head of a degenerate, “just to see if he’s influenced by me.”
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Marshall Mathers
Over a downbeat guitar line, Em protests he really is just a regular guy - of course this is before using his musical soapbox to mock anyone he might have already missed, including boy bands and Britney Spears.
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Ken Kaniff (skit)
Members of Em’s nemeses, the Insane Clown Posse, orally service Ken Kaniff - a gay alter ego the rapper introduced on The Slim Shady LP. The moment is lost when ICP’s Shaggy shouts out Eminem’s name in the heat of passion.
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Drug Ballad
On one of the album’s poppiest tracks, Eminem charts his addictions from glue to ecstasy, and then imagines himself as an old man left to look after the grandkids while his daughter is out getting high.
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Amityville
To Em’s mind, Detroit beats Compton when it comes to being the murder capital of the world. “We don’t do drive-bys,” says the Motor City’s most vicious son, “We park in front of houses and shoot/when the police come we f*ckin’ shoot it out with them, too!”
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Please Bitch II
Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and Xzibit throw props Em’s way while the man himself does a mean Snoop impersonation. Along the way he pulls yet another zigzag, wishing listeners could see “the decent human being” inside him, and then denying the existence of that very same guy.
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Kim
Eminem’s psychotic nadir is an argument between the rapper and his wife that ends in bloody murder. In its crazy love-hate fantasy, this slice of horrorcore is “Stan’s” unpalatable companion.
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Under The Influence
The D-12 crew is introduced on this number, each with their favorite violent scenario, except for one rapper who claims he’s “sweeter than bake sales.”
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Criminal
Eminem uses six different voices to destroy any sense of a stable artistic persona. “A lot of people think that what I say on record, I actually do in real life,” he taunts. “If you believe that, then I’ll kill you.”
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