''Angry Blonde'' is a 2000 non-fiction book by American rapper
Eminem
Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), known professionally as Eminem (; often stylized as EMINƎM), is an American rapper and record producer. He is credited with popularizing hip hop in middle America and is critically acclai ...
. The book was first published on November 21, 2000 by
HarperEntertainment
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and features Eminem's commentary of his songs as well as several pictures that had not been previously published. A paperback edition was released in 2002. The book was listed as one of the
ALA's "Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers" for 2002.
Synopsis
In the book Eminem comments on songs that he wrote, almost solely on those that have received controversy for explicit lyrics. The songs' lyrics are listed in the work uncensored (leading to the book being sold with a
Parental Advisory
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sticker), with Eminem's personal take on each one. Songs listed in the book include "
Kim
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", "
The Way I Am" and "
The Real Slim Shady
"The Real Slim Shady" is a song by American rapper Eminem from his third album ''The Marshall Mathers LP'' (2000). It was released as the lead single a month before the album's release.
"The Real Slim Shady" was Eminem's first song to reach numb ...
".
Reception
Andrew Motion
Sir Andrew Motion (born 26 October 1952) is an English poet, novelist, and biographer, who was Poet Laureate from 1999 to 2009. During the period of his laureateship, Motion founded the Poetry Archive, an online resource of poems and audio reco ...
reviewed ''Angry Blonde'', commenting "Such metaphorical life as his lines possess is always a prey to his rhymes, which (to put it mildly) sound lucky or opportunistic, rather than definite and resourceful" and that ultimately "writerly, he ain't." ''
Third Way
The Third Way is a centrist political position that attempts to reconcile right-wing and left-wing politics by advocating a varying synthesis of centre-right economic policies with centre-left social policies. The Third Way was born from a ...
'' cited a similar opinion in their review of the book and were not overly impressed with the text.
See also
* ''
The Way I Am''
References
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2000 non-fiction books
Books by Eminem
American autobiographies
HarperCollins books
Hip hop books
Music autobiographies