Cleaning Out My Closet

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Summary: Interesting Read
Review: Aside from the poor grammatical style of the book (the editor ought to have his/her english degree revoked!) I thought the book was not bad. I tend to disbelieve anything I read about any celebrity and actively avoid celebrity gossip, but I couldn't help myself on this book.
This book reads more like a confessional at times than an expose of Eminem's life, and there are certain areas in relation to his dating life that make me suspect to Watkins motivations, but I agree that it seems this rap star has more people hanging on to him for his money than anything. This book reminded me why I would never want to be famous.
I would've given it 4 stars, but, again, the grammatical errors glared out at me too often.
Faith McLaughlin - a.k.a "nobody" ...

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Summary: A totally different perspective
Review: Cleaning out my Closet is quite short and it's obviously self-published and went out without much editing.... BUT, the typos and poor syntax do not detract from the fascinating story JR Watkins has to tell. It's a refreshing story that talks about Eminem's life from all angles and aspects. Cleaning Out My Closet is not a history of Eminem; it's a memior of a friend of his who was privy to the inner working of his life for a few years at the height of his fame. This is not a hatchet-job -- it's an honest, gritty, and often heartwarming story of a dad, a rapper, a husband, and a friend. There are some interesting photos from the author's personal collection, as well. Definitely worth buying for fans of Em.

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Summary: Good book!
Review: I am a Eminem fan and I happen to like this book. I recommend all of his fans read it, they wont be sorry. Jenny if your reading the reviews, you did a great job.

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Summary: don't bother
Review: I wouldn't even bother buying this book-and that says a lot considering I'm a HUGE Eminem fan...The author can't even string together a sentence, let alone keep you entertained for an entire book!
I hear there's one coming out in the Fall by that Rolling Stone writer, Anthony Bozza. MTV says it's the more "intellectual one," looking at Eminem's role in hip-hop, etc. He wrote that first Eminem cover story-and in my opinion it's the best friggin' article I've ever read!! He did another one at the time of the Eminem Show. I'd save my money for that one.

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Summary: Tell the truth the WHOLE truth
Review: I'm going to buy the book, no matter what people say about it. True, I believe by the "Kim, the Thorn In Marshall's Side" that J.R. Watkins was truly jealous of Kim. She's expressing it through the form of a book. And since this is the closest to solid proof of his life that we have, you might as well believe what it says.

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Summary: English Composition 101
Review: There is a large amount of required learning needed.

I hope her 1 1/2 minutes of fame was worth it.

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Summary: Say What?
Review: Where to begin? First and foremost the english usage in this book is horrendous. Is this book interesting? Well, that all depends on how one would define "interesting". If women who use abortions as birth control, and mothers who like to party, and use illegal drugs sound cool, then yes, you will find this book interesting. Give me a break! I will give J.R. some credibility though, at least she had enough balls to tell the world what a... bag, alcoholic Em's ex-wife is. I don't understand the whole concept of telling an entire population of avid readers about yourself doing drugs, for your kids to read? Yes, sadly they will eventually, thus perpetuating the nasty, evil cycle all over again. Supermom, I think not, unless acting like a repressed, drug loving adolescent is cool to your prepubescent children. The moral of the story, sad, but true Marshall needs to leave Kim alone, I will agree with the author on that point. If even half of the stories about Kim are true, no, I take that back, even one, what ... is he doing? There are far better women out there. Women who don't come onto anything that even looks like a man. I understand where the thought process was going, although I am somewhat jaded at how I look at Eminem, I just don't understand why one person would tolerate the behavior of someone who is close to you, why even be close to anyone if your choice was Kim? Overall, worth taking a look at, if for nothing else to remind yourself how sane, normal, respectable, you actually are.