ido ' s ▁song ▁" Thank ▁You " ▁for ▁" St an ", ▁while ▁adding ▁a ▁slow ▁bass ▁line . ▁ ▁The ▁Marshall ▁Math ers ▁LP ▁contains ▁more ▁aut obi ographical ▁them es ▁in ▁comparison ▁to ▁The ▁S lim ▁Sh ady ▁LP . ▁Much ▁of ▁the ▁album ▁is ▁spent ▁address ing ▁his ▁rise ▁to ▁fame ▁and ▁attack ing ▁those ▁who ▁critic ized ▁his ▁previous ▁album . ▁Other ▁them es ▁include ▁his ▁relationship ▁with ▁his ▁family , ▁including ▁his ▁mother ▁and ▁Kim ▁Math ers , ▁his ▁ex - w ife . ▁Un like ▁E min em ' s ▁major - label ▁debut , ▁The ▁S lim ▁Sh ady ▁LP , ▁The ▁Marshall ▁Math ers ▁LP ▁is ▁more ▁intros pective ▁in ▁its ▁lyr ics ▁and ▁uses ▁less ▁of ▁the ▁S lim ▁Sh ady ▁persona , ▁with ▁Stephen ▁Thomas ▁Er le w ine ▁writing ▁that ▁the ▁album ' s ▁lyr ics ▁"[ bl ur ] ▁the ▁distinction ▁between ▁reality ▁and ▁fiction , ▁humor ▁and ▁horror , ▁sat ire ▁and ▁document ary ". ▁The ▁record ▁show cases ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁m ood s , ▁r anging ▁from ▁irre ver ent ▁and ▁hum orous ▁to ▁" dark ▁and ▁un sett ling ▁enough ▁to ▁make ▁you ▁want ▁to ▁en large ▁the ▁parent al ▁warning ▁stick ers ▁on ▁the ▁album ." ▁According ▁to ▁Neil ▁Stra uss ▁of ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times , ▁" E min em ▁never ▁makes ▁it ▁clear ▁which ▁character — S lim ▁Sh ady ▁or ▁Marshall ▁Math ers — is ▁the ▁mask ▁and ▁which ▁is ▁the ▁real