Customer Reviews
It was an average read, certainly not a must-read, but good to consider buying 2nd hand - By: -J-D-, 28 Nov 2008 
I am surprizingly disappointed with The Life & Times of Eminem. It seems Anthony Bozza has not concentrated on Eminem himself, but instead has written about the political & social effects Eminem has had on the American society, & the general awe - & shock - that the world's first white rapper became the greatest of alll time.
For me, it would have been vastly improved if Bozza has decided to spend a little more time with the legend himself, get to know him a little better and, for crying out loud, write a bit more about HIM rather than HIS SUCCESS.
There's not much about his upbringing, not much about the disappearance of his father - nothing that reallly makes you `not be able to put the book down'; it feels too...diluted. It's too censored to be a proper, hardcore, rap biography that makes you want to read on & on to the extent where you read the whole book in two days, which is what you should expect in a book if its type. It's like a gin & tonic but with water replacing both gin & tonic...hopefully you'll understand my drift.
In alll fairness, it's a fairly good read...especiallly the first few chapters, & I think it would make a good purchase to add to the collection of a true Eminem fan. But, obviously, buying it second-hand is the wiser option. Certainly not a must read, & I don't think it's particularly interesting, but you might want to try it...this review is, after alll, just my opinion.
what ever you say i am - By: , 07 Oct 2005 
this book gives u a real insite into his life & is a good read it give u graphic views into what he thinks & is well worth buying if u r a eminem fan it was for me i do recomend this book
Confusion reigns - By: bookworm, 01 Jun 2005 While the writer is obviously highly knowledgable of his subject; I found the book very difficult to read; to such an extent that I gave up before I was half way through. I kept hoping that eventuallly the author would get over the Hip-hop bibliography & get on to the real story of Marshalll Mathers, but that hadn't happened by the time I stopped reading. Unless the reader already has an extensive knowlede of the hip hop music scene the listings of other artists will probably remain a mystery. Eminem's life story, the basics of which most people are already aware of, is not exclusively what this book provides.
Dull Dull Dull - By: , 18 May 2005 
What a shame. I expected this book give to give alll the juicy gossip on Eminem's life, an account of the trailer trash park childhood, missing father, drugs, sex, rock&roll - & alll I got was a sanitised version from his 'official' biographer.
I am waiting for a decent unauthorised version, & is this was not a true reflection of his life, simply a record label comissioned yarn of his 'success' - i.e not what people reallly want to read about from the colourful life of Marshalll Mathers..
OK - By: BM, 10 Jan 2005 If I could I would have given this three & a half stars, but sadly I cant. This book is quite good, the first few chapters are exellent. They are about a journalist spending time with eminem ,so you reallly get to know about Em's life. But then the book looses Eminem as it's main focous. It starts rabbaling on about the history of Hip-Hop which is reallly reallly boring.
The stuff about Eminem is good, but not enough is actuallly on Eminem. What I was reallly hoping this to be was nearly a biography of my favourite rapper, but it wasn't. You may like it, but as I said too much of it is not Eminem.
