The average rapper wouldn't be able to grace the pages of Rap Pages, VIBE, Spin, The Source, URB and Stress and go on a national tour months before their major label debut album is released. Then again, Eminem isn't an average rapper. He's phenomenal.

The release of "The Slim Shady LP," his first set on Aftermath/Interscope Records, already had hip hop heads fiending for Eminem.

Chock full of dazzling lyrical escapades that delve into the mind of a violently warped and vulgar yet extremely talented wordsmith, the 14 cut collection contains some of the most memorable and demented lyrics ever recorded.