I'd take Infinite, SSLP or MMLP over The Eminem Show. Now that I've heard Encore, The Eminem Show seems a lot better, but it's still weaker than his first three. Lyrically it was OK; a little sloppy in places, and the humour was hit-and-miss. TES contained early examples of his current, incredibly lazy flow which he seems to have adopted since 50 came into the picture. Production-wise I really didn't like it. 'Til I Collapse was the only beat I really liked, and on songs like Square Dance and Business I thought it was really quite bad. Encore has better production, but the other areas have gone downhill since The Eminem Show. I'd rank Encore below Devil's Night, and only just above D12 World.