Eminem Album: “E. [Video/DVD]”

An Eminem DVD was basically improbable to never come out, so sure enough, Aftermath releases "E" just when Eminem's career is soaring to nose-bleeding heights. A pretty impressive collaboration of basically every Eminem video ever has crisp audio and offers a nice, sharp picture. All of the songs on here are excellent (except for MAYBE Role Model, which I'm not too crazy about) and it even has a little mockumentary called "The Marshall Mathers Home," which is simply a spoof of the Blair Witch Project about two friends who go up to Eminem's house and ultimately suffer dire consequences. Spotty, but funny. Another little extra is "The Making of Stan," which shows Dre, Em, Dido and the whole Aftermath squad hard at work during a tedious 5-day shooting period. Hell yes, it's worth your $20+, but why did I give it 4 stars? I would have really loved to see "Guilty Conscience" uncut, even though it was initially filmed without cursing anyway. But still, it's well-worth your money and time. Fans of Eminem won't be disappointed at all.

When I first bought Eminem's DVD, 'E', I was kinda disappointed and glad at the same time. Since I didn't have MTV, it was my first time watching his music videos. It was really great, showing the most recent videos first then the not so most recent ones last: STAN, THE WAY I AM, THE REAL SLIM SHADY, .. etc.. When I was watching Stan, I thought wow, such a good music video, and I was hoping the others would be as great as this one. It turns out that I only liked Stan, The Way I am, & The Real Slim Shady the best. The other music videos were alright. Also, they had 2 bonus footages, including The Mathers' Home and the Making of Stan. I really liked both of them as well. The Mathers' Home is like a mini footage of The Blair Witch Project and what a surprise at the end! But anyway, if you really like Eminem like I do, then you should go buy it anyway, if you don't.. But wanna know more 'bout him by watching his music videos, then go ahead and buy it too!

So, this is something like every Eminem videoclip from Slim Shady LP and Marshall Mathers LP. The videoclips are mostly good, but I was expecting something more than that... Anyways, these are the videoclips presented in this DVD:

- My Name Is: One of the funniest, features Marilyn Manson. This videoclip, as Eminem said himself, was just him trying to show who he was (just like Snoop Dogg has done in the "My Name Is" song). Lyrics have been changed in some parts to fit the censorship rules.

- Guilty Conscience: It does have a very different camera move (something like the ones from Matrix movies), very nice indeed. This videoclip features well-known rapper Dr Dre. This clip is about the devil and the angel who live in eveyone's head. Eminem is the devil and Dre is the angel in the clip. Lyrics have been changed too.

- Role Model: This is one of the best, if you ask me. It doesn't features anyone, but there is a cartoon part in the middle of the videoclip. One of the funniest too. The lyrics have drastically changed from the LP version to fit the censorship, since this song contains really explicit content in some parts. But it's still very worth to watch!

- Just Don't Give A F*ck: This is a black & white, low budget videoclip. The song is very fine, but the video is a little boring, it doesn't have funny parts like the others.

- The Real Slim Shady: Well, you all know this videoclip, who features D12. It's really funny (remember the "my bum is on your lips" part?), both the lyrics and the video. Very worthy.

- Stan: I think this is the most well-produced videoclip Eminem has ever done. It really looks like a movie. Features singer Dido and actor Davon Sawa from Final Destination. Really nice, really worthy!

- The Way I Am: Best lyrics, without a doubt. The videoclip is angry just like the song, but there's no big deal about this one, even though it is good.

There are two extras in the DVD, and here they are:

- The Making Of Stan: A making-of for the videoclip Stan. It's very nice, really goes into the backstage parts, with little interviews with the guys who have made the videoclips, actors and everything.

- The Mathers' Home: Eminem Meets Blair Witch Project. What? Weird? Yes! Some guys enter Eminem's childhood home and they find something very strange in there... It's just a dumb little movie.

There is that little "Explicit Content" label in the cover, and you all know why that is that way. Some violence in the clips, language, but no big thing.

Overall, it is a fine DVD, it's cool to have all these videos in 5.1 sound. But if you're not an Eminem fan, just forget it. Prefer something like Up In Smoke World Tour if you're not really into Eminem. But if you are, give it a try, this DVD is not bad.

I don't know why people want to do this to their fans... It's too expensive for what you're getting... a few videos. There's a D12 song for promotional purposes and a worthless little tour of Eminem's house you'll never watch twice. The best part was the making of 'Stan'. Could've included a concert performance or interviews. 'Buyer Beware'

I enjoyed watching this DVD as I am a big Eminem fan, but I felt that it could have been better. Barely an hour's worth of play, the video is even worse as it doesn't have the 'Bonus Footage' (Making Of Stan and The Mathers' Home). I think it's a good DVD, it's a lot better than watching music channells just to find them cutting out words like 'cut'. As for people saying that this is actually censored, it's not. Only the clean version of Guilty Conscience was filmed, Role Model is the same. All in all though I'd say this was worth the £20, the audio and visual are good, I was disappointed with the content though. What about the making of The Way I Am and The Real Slim Shady that was around a while back?