Eminem

Still the voice of all-American teenage male malaise, even if he's thirty-two in real life, Marshall Mathers brings the pain on Encore. "Like Toy Soldiers" samples Martika, paving the way for a full-fledged Kids Incorporated revival, and "Mosh" picks off the president and takes Em's anger to a level he's never reached before.

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