▁personal ▁and ▁political ". ▁Will ▁Herm es ▁of ▁Entertainment ▁Week ly ▁wrote ▁that ▁as ▁the ▁first ▁significant ▁popular ▁music ▁album ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 0 s , ▁The ▁Marshall ▁Math ers ▁LP ▁is ▁" in def ens ible ▁and ▁critic - proof , ▁hyp oc rit ical ▁and ▁heart bre aking , ▁un list enable ▁and ▁und eni able ". ▁ ▁On ▁the ▁other ▁hand , ▁music ▁journalist ▁Greg ▁Kot ▁said ▁the ▁reaction ▁to ▁The ▁Marshall ▁Math ers ▁LP ▁was ▁" m ixed ", ▁or ▁rel uct antly ▁positive , ▁among ▁critics ▁who ▁pra ised ▁E min em ' s ▁" ver bal ▁skills ▁and ▁trans gress ive ▁humor " ▁but ▁de cri ed ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁subject ▁matter . ▁In ▁his ▁review ▁for ▁the ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁Times , ▁Robert ▁Hil burn ▁reserved ▁his ▁pra ise ▁because ▁of ▁hom oph ob ic ▁lyr ics ▁on ▁what ▁he ▁felt ▁is ▁an ▁otherwise ▁concept ual ▁and ▁personal ▁work , ▁" d ock ed ▁a ▁half ▁star ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁rec urr ing ▁hom oph ob ia — something ▁that ▁may ▁be ▁de ▁r igue ur ▁in ▁commercial ▁rap , ▁but ▁which ▁still ▁is ▁un accept able ." ▁Steve ▁Jones ▁of ▁USA ▁Today ▁op ined ▁that ▁E min em ' s ▁" v icious ▁and ▁pat ently ▁personal ▁lyr ical ▁assault s " ▁would ▁" al most ▁grow ▁ted ious ▁if ▁he ▁wer en ' t ▁as ▁invent ive ▁as ▁he ▁is ▁t ast eless ." ▁Q ▁magazine ▁felt ▁that ▁the ▁subject ▁matter ▁does