Every Pop Culture Reference on "The Marshall Mathers LP 2"

Now with more Die Hard.

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Christopher Reeve, the Backstreet Boys, and Monica Lewinsky, be warned: There's a new Eminem album out in stores today, and none of you are safe.

Actually, nobody existing within pop culture's wide-spanning radar is impervious to Marshall Mathers' lyrical wrath.

The music industry's most playful jab artist, Eminem is back in top form on The Marshall Mathers LP 2, paying homage to his classic 2000 record The Marshall Mathers LP by returning to that album's dexterous blend of bare-knuckle MCing and unfiltered, personal revelations. In regards to the former, Em spends six minutes embarrassing damn near every other person who's ever written a rhyme on the monstrous verbal exhibition "Rap God." On the more introspective side, he's eased off on lambasting his mother, finally, now directing his vitriol towards the father listeners have heard little about up until now. And, for nostalgia's sake, on the phenomenal opening track, "Bad Guy," he introduces us to the equally demented brother of "Stan," that obsessed, tragic fan from his 2000 single.

Amidst all the lyrical acrobatics and closet-cleaning, of course, are the many, many shots fired at your favorite celebrities and metaphors incorporating everything from Star Wars to the Brothers Grimm. All of which have been compiled here—behold Every Pop Culture Reference on The Marshall Mathers LP 2, including call-outs to movies, TV, national news stories, and politics.

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Charles Manson in "Rhyme or Reason"

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Die Hard in "Rhyme or Reason"

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Rain Man in "Rhyme or Reason"

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Star Wars and Picasso in "Rhyme or Reason"

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Michelangelo in "Rhyme or Reason"

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The L Word in "So Much Better"

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The Smurfs in "So Much Better"

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The Oscar for Best Original Song in "So Much Better"

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Optimus Prime in "Asshole"

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Where's Waldo? in "Asshole"

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William Shakespeare, Freddie Roach, and Helen Keller in "Asshole"

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The Aurora Shooting in "Asshole"

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Kim Kardashian, Lamar Odom, and Future in "Berzerk"

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Ren & Stimpy and Run DMC in "Berzerk"

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Thor and Odin in "Rap God"

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Rapunzel in "Rap God"

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Columbine in "Rap God"

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General Zod in "Rap God"

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Bill Clinton in "Rap God"

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The Unabomber in "Brainless"

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21 Jump Street in "Brainless"

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Bonnie and Clyde and Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in "Stronger than I Was"

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Bruce Lee in "The Monster"

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Newsweek in "The Monster"

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Rumpelstitskin in "The Monster"

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Jeff VanVonderen in "The Monster"

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Jed Clampett and Fred Sanford in "So Far"

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The Legend of Zelda in "So Far"

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Norman Bates and Andrea Yates in "Love Game"

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Tori Spelling in "Love Game"

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Wee-Bey from The Wire in "Love Game"

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George Zimmerman in "Love Game"

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Superman in "Evil Twin"

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Jerry Mathers from Leave it to Beaver in "Evil Twin"

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Forgetting Sarah Marshall & Sarah Palin in "Evil Twin"

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Heath Ledger in "Evil Twin"

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O.J. Simpson and Casey Anthony in "Evil Twin"

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Lorena Bobbitt in "Evil Twin"

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