<sod>The first track, "Kill You", discusses the controversy that surrounded the rapper's first album, nightmares of "ladies' screams", and being raised by a single mother.<ref name="EW review" /> In the song, Eminem also talks of raping his mother, and "notes the irony of magazines trumpeting his mother-raping self on their covers'. "<ref name="EW review" /> The six-and-a-half minute long "Stan" samples Dido's "Thank You" and tells the story of an exchange between the rapper and an obsessive fan, where the titular character berates Eminem for not responding to his letters.<ref name="Hasted 68">Hasted, p. 68</ref> "The Way I Am" is a meditation on the pressure to maintain his fame, and his fear of being "pigeon-holed into some poppy sensation/to cop me rotation at rock 'n' roll stations".<ref name="Vanhoozer8384">Vanhoozer, pp. 83-84</ref> He also laments the negative media attention received by controversial public figures such as himself and [[Marilyn Manson]] in the wake of disasters such as the [[Columbine High School massacre]]. The rapper criticizes the media for focusing on tragedies such as school shootings while ignoring inner-city violence that occurs on a daily basis.<ref name="Vanhoozer8384" /> "The Real Slim Shady" pokes fun at pop culture icons such as Spears, [[Christina Aguilera]] and [[Will Smith]].<ref name="Ellis256">Ellis, p. 256</ref> "Remember Me?" follows and features rappers [[RBX]] and [[Sticky Fingaz]], who "kick seriously [[Stygia (Conan)|Stygian]] darkness on the ominous track".<ref name="ign" /> "I'm Back" features Eminem's observations regarding his rise to fame, explaining that he "became a commodity/'Cause I'm W-H-I-T-E".<ref name="EW review" /> The next song, "Marshall Mathers" mocks the chorus of [[LFO (American band)|LFO]]'s "[[Summer Girls]]", while criticizing the lack of artistic merit of pop stars such as Britney Spears, the [[Backstreet Boys]] and [[NSYNC]].<ref name="Ellis256" /><ref name="ghero">{{cite news|url=http://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2000/jun/18/features.review37|title=Misogynist, homophobe... hero|last=Wazir|first=Burhan|date=June 18, 2000|accessdate=February 7, 2014|work=The Guardian}}</ref><eod>
<sod>The first track, "Kill You", discusses the controversy that surrounded the rapper's first album, nightmares of "ladies' screams", and being raised by a single mother.<ref name="EW review" /> In the song, Eminem also talks of raping his mother, and "notes the irony of magazines trumpeting his mother-raping self on their covers'. "<ref name="EW review" /> The six-and-a-half minute long "Stan" samples Dido's "Thank You" and tells the story of an exchange between the rapper and an obsessive fan, where the titular character berates Eminem for not responding to his letters.<ref name="Hasted 68">Hasted, p. 68</ref> "The Way I Am" is a meditation on the pressure to maintain his fame, and his fear of being "pigeon-holed into some poppy sensation/to cop me rotation at rock 'n' roll stations".<ref name="Vanhoozer8384">Vanhoozer, pp. 83-84</ref> He also laments the negative media attention received by controversial public figures such as himself and [[Marilyn Manson]] in the wake of disasters such as the [[Columbine High School massacre]]. The rapper criticizes the media for focusing on tragedies such as school shootings while ignoring inner-city violence that occurs on a daily basis.<ref name="Vanhoozer8384" /> "The Real Slim Shady" pokes fun at pop culture icons such as Spears, [[Christina Aguilera]] and [[Will Smith]].<ref name="Ellis256">Ellis, p. 256</ref> "Remember Me?" follows and features rappers [[RBX]] and [[Sticky Fingaz]], who "kick seriously [[Stygia (Conan)|Stygian]] darkness on the ominous track".<ref name="ign" /> "I'm Back" features Eminem's observations regarding his rise to fame, explaining that he "became a commodity/'Cause I'm W-H-I-T-E".<ref name="EW review" /> The next song, "Marshall Mathers" mocks the chorus of [[LFO (American band)|LFO]]'s "[[Summer Girls]]", while criticizing the lack of artistic merit of pop stars such as Britney Spears and [['N Sync]].<ref name="Ellis256" /><ref name="ghero">{{cite news|url=http://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2000/jun/18/features.review37|title=Misogynist, homophobe... hero|last=Wazir|first=Burhan|date=June 18, 2000|accessdate=February 7, 2014|work=The Guardian}}</ref><eod>