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my list of favorite between those vs. which is the BEST is different. Personally, Eminem Show is my favorite even though I think it's demonstrably the worst of those 3 (IE has the most not-good songs), but the peaks he hits on that album are among my favorite moments in all of rap. After that I like SSLP and MMLP in that order, mostly because the anger and acidity of MMLP does not resonate with me like it did in middle school lol.

but in terms of his greatest albums, I'd flip it around. I think MMLP was a massive album in every way and deserves recognition as his best album, with SSLP coming in after as an excellent album that lacks the breakout tracks of MMLP, and Eminem Show is too long and has several skip-worthy tracks.

I think me and Wise Ways are in the minority in thinking that Relapse is right behind those 3 albums, above Encore, Recovery and MMLP2.