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The Marshall Mathers LP

February 07, 2023

The Marshall Mathers LP is the third studio album by American rapper Eminem, released on May 23, 2000, by Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records. The album was produced mostly by Dr. Dre and Eminem, along with The 45 King, the Bass Brothers, and Mel-Man. Recorded over a two-month period in several studios around Detroit, the album features more introspective lyricism, including Eminem's thoughts on his rise from rags to riches, the criticism of his music, and his estrangement from his family and wife. A transgressive work, it incorporates horrorcore and hardcore hip hop, while also featuring satirical songs. Featured appearances include Dido, RBX, Sticky Fingaz, Bizarre, Snoop Dogg, Xzibit, Nate Dogg, and D12.

The Marshall Mathers LP
Studio album by
Eminem
ReleasedMay 23, 2000 (2000-05-23)
Recorded1999–2000[1]
Studio
Genre
Length72:04
Label
Producer
Eminem chronology
The Slim Shady LP
(1999) 		The Marshall Mathers LP
(2000) 		The Eminem Show
(2002)
Alternate cover art
Tour Edition cover art
Singles from The Marshall Mathers LP
  1. "The Real Slim Shady"
    Released: April 15, 2000
  2. "The Way I Am"
    Released: September 7, 2000
  3. "Stan"
    Released: November 20, 2000
  4. "I'm Back"
    Released: April 3, 2001
  5. "Bitch Please II"
    Released: May 23, 2001

Like its predecessor, The Marshall Mathers LP was surrounded by significant controversy upon its release, while also propelling Eminem to the forefront of American pop culture. Criticism centered on lyrics that were considered violent, homophobic, and misogynistic, as well as a reference to the Columbine High School massacre. Future second lady Lynne Cheney criticized the lyrics at a United States Senate hearing, while the Canadian government considered refusing Eminem's entry into the country. Despite the controversies, it received acclaim from critics, who praised Eminem's lyrical ability and considered the album to have emotional depth.

The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, staying atop for eight consecutive weeks. A significant commercial success compared to the release of The Slim Shady LP just the previous year, the album sold 1.78 million copies in its first week, which made it among the fastest-selling studio albums in the United States. The album produced the singles "The Real Slim Shady", "The Way I Am", "Stan", "I'm Back" and "Bitch Please II". Among other publications, Rolling Stone named it the best album of 2000.

The Marshall Mathers LP has been included in numerous all-time lists and is widely regarded as Eminem's greatest album. It has sold 25 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time, and is certified 11× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It was nominated for Album of the Year and won Best Rap Album at the 2001 Grammy Awards, while "The Real Slim Shady" won Best Rap Solo Performance. The Marshall Mathers LP 2, the album's sequel, was released in 2013.

Background

Inspired by the disappointment of his debut album, Infinite (1996), Eminem created the alter ego Slim Shady, whom he introduced on the Slim Shady EP (1997).[2] After placing second in the annual Rap Olympics, Eminem was noticed by the staff at Interscope Records and eventually CEO Jimmy Iovine, who played the Slim Shady EP for hip hop producer Dr. Dre.[2] Eminem and Dr. Dre then met and recorded The Slim Shady LP (1999), which was noted for its over-the-top lyrical depictions of drugs and violence.[2] The Slim Shady LP was a critical and commercial success, debuting at number two on the Billboard 200 chart and selling 283,000 copies in its first week.[3] At the 42nd Grammy Awards in 2000, the record won Best Rap Album, while the album's lead single "My Name Is" won Best Rap Solo Performance.[4]

The Slim Shady LP turned Eminem from an underground rapper into a high-profile celebrity. The rapper, who had previously struggled to provide for his daughter Hailie, noted a drastic change in his lifestyle.[5] In June 1999, he married his girlfriend Kimberly Ann "Kim" Scott, the mother of Hailie, despite the fact that the song "'97 Bonnie & Clyde" from The Slim Shady LP contains references to killing her.[6] The rapper became uncomfortable with the level of fame he had achieved, and said, "I don't trust nobody now because everybody I meet is meeting me as Eminem...I don't know if they are hanging with me 'cause they like me or because I'm a celebrity or because they think they can get something from me."[5] Eminem also became a highly controversial figure due to his lyrical content. He was labeled as "misogynist, a nihilist and an advocate of domestic violence", and in an editorial, Billboard editor in chief Timothy White accused Eminem of "making money by exploiting the world's misery".[2]

Eminem considered naming the album Amsterdam after a trip to the city shortly after the release of The Slim Shady LP, in which he and his friends engaged in heavy drug use.[7] The "free" use of drugs Eminem observed during his time in Amsterdam greatly influenced his desire to openly discuss drug use in his music and inspired some of the content on the album.[7][8]

Recording

 
Eminem (pictured in 1999) wrote the majority of The Marshall Mathers LP while in the studio

The Marshall Mathers LP was recorded in a two-month-long "creative binge", which often involved 20-hour-long studio sessions.[9] Eminem hoped to keep publicity down during the recording in order to stay focused on working and figuring out how to "map out" each song.[9] He described himself as a "studio rat" who benefited creatively from the isolated environment of the studio.[10] Much of the album was written spontaneously in the studio; Dr. Dre noted, "We don't wake up at two in the morning, call each other, and say, 'I have an idea. We gotta get to the studio.' We just wait and see what happens when we get there."[11] Eminem observed that much of his favorite material on the album evolved from "fucking around" in the studio; "Marshall Mathers" developed from the rapper watching Jeff Bass casually strumming a guitar, while "Criminal" was based on a piano riff Eminem overheard Bass playing in studio next door.[10] "Kill You" was written when Eminem heard the track playing in the background while talking to Dr. Dre on the phone and developed an interest in using it for a song. He then wrote the lyrics at home and met up with Dr. Dre and the two recorded the song together.[11]

"Kim" was the first song the rapper recorded for the album, shortly after finishing work on The Slim Shady LP.[12] Eminem wrote "Kim" at a time in which he and his wife were separated, and he had just watched a romantic movie alone at a theater.[12] Originally intending to write a love song for her while using ecstasy, the rapper hoped to avoid overt sentimentality and thus began writing a song of hate.[13] With the track, the rapper aimed to create a short horror story in the form of a song. Once the couple reconciled, Eminem recalls, "I asked her to tell me what she thought of it. I remember my dumb ass saying, 'I know this is a fucked-up song, but it shows how much I care about you. To even think about you this much. To even put you on a song like this'."[14] The song "Stan" was produced by The 45 King. Eminem's manager, Paul Rosenberg, sent Eminem a tape of the producer's beats, and the second track featured a sample of English singer-songwriter Dido's "Thank You".[15] Upon hearing the song's lyrics, Eminem felt they described an obsessed fan, which became the inspiration for the song. The writing process for "Stan" differed greatly from Eminem's usual strategy, in which song concepts form during the writing: "'Stan' was one of the few songs that I actually sat down and had everything mapped out for. I knew what it was going to be about."[15] Dido later heard "Stan" and enjoyed it, and observed, "I got this letter out of the blue one day. It said, 'We like your album, we've used this track. Hope you don't mind, and hope you like it.' When they sent ['Stan'] to me and I played it in my hotel room, I was like, 'Wow! This track's amazing.'"[16]

The record label speculated that Eminem would be the first artist to sell one million copies in an album's first week of release. These expectations placed a large burden on Eminem, who recalled, "I was scared to death. I wanted to be successful, but before anything, I want respect."[15] After the album was finished, the record label felt that there were no songs that had potential to be a lead single.[15] Feeling pressured, Eminem returned to the studio and wrote "The Way I Am" as his way of saying, "Look, this is the best I can do. I can't give you another 'My Name Is.' I can't just sit in there and make that magic happen."[15] However, after the song was added to the album, Eminem felt the urge to write another song, and gave a hook to Dr. Dre for him to create a beat, and went home to write new lyrics; the song eventually became "The Real Slim Shady".[15] The song also discusses Eminem killing Dr. Dre. The producer stated, "It was funny to me. As long as it's hot, let's roll with it ... in my opinion, the crazier it is the better. Let's have fun with it and excite people."[11]

Music and lyrics

 
Dr. Dre produced most of the first half of the album, together with Mel-Man

Considered both a horrorcore and a hardcore hip hop album,[17][18] much of the album's first half was produced by Dr. Dre and Mel-Man, who employed their typical sparse, stripped-down beats, to put more focus on Eminem's vocals. The background music on the record employs "liquid basslines, stuttering rhythms, slight sound effects, and spacious soundscapes".[19] Bass Brothers and Eminem produced most of the second half, which ranges from the laid-back guitars of "Marshall Mathers" to the atmosphere of "Amityville". The only outside producer on the album was The 45 King, who sampled a verse from Dido's song "Thank You" for "Stan", while adding a slow bass line.

The Marshall Mathers LP is considered a transgressive work,[20] and contains more autobiographical themes in comparison to The Slim Shady LP.[21] Much of the album is spent addressing his rise to fame and attacking those who criticized his previous album. Other themes include his relationship with his family, including his mother and Kim Mathers, his ex-wife.[22] Unlike Eminem's major-label debut, The Slim Shady LP, The Marshall Mathers LP is more introspective in its lyrics and uses less of the Slim Shady persona, with music critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine writing that the album's lyrics "[blur] the distinction between reality and fiction, humor and horror, satire and documentary".[19] The record showcases a variety of moods, ranging from irreverent and humorous to "dark and unsettling enough to make you want to enlarge the parental warning stickers on the album."[21] According to Neil Strauss of The New York Times, "Eminem never makes it clear which character—Slim Shady or Marshall Mathers—is the mask and which is the real person, because there is no clear-cut answer, except that there's a little bit of each character in all of us."[23]

Most songs cover Eminem's childhood struggles and family issues, involving his mother ("Kill You"), the relationship struggles with his wife ("Kim"), his struggles with his superstardom and expectations ("Stan", "I'm Back", and "Marshall Mathers"), his return and effect on the music industry ("Remember Me?", "Bitch Please II"), his drug use ("Drug Ballad", "The Kids"), his effect on the American youth and society ("The Way I Am", "Who Knew"), and reactionary barbs to critical response of his vulgarity and dark themes ("Criminal").[24] Despite the large amount of controversy regarding the lyrics, the lyrics on the album were overwhelmingly well received among critics and the hip hop community, many praising Eminem's verbal energy and dense rhyme patterns.[17]

The record also contains lyrics that have been considered to be homophobic.[25] The song "Criminal" features the line "My words are like a dagger with a jagged edge/That'll stab you in the head whether you're a fag or les...Hate fags?/The answer's yes".[25] The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) condemned his lyrics and criticized the album for "encourag[ing] violence against gay men and lesbians".[26] However, writing for the LGBT interest magazine The Advocate, editor Dave White writes, "If he has gay-bashed you or me, then it logically follows that he has also raped his own mother, killed his wife, and murdered his producer, Dr. Dre. If he's to be taken literally, then so is Britney Spears' invitation to 'hit me baby, one more time'."[25] Eminem noted that he began using the word "faggot" more frequently when "people got all up in arms about it...to piss them off worse", but added, "I think it's hard for some people to understand that for me the word 'faggot' has nothing to do with sexual preference. I meant something more like assholes or dickheads."[27] Evangelical Christian religious figure James Dobson also heavily criticized Eminem.[28]

Songs

 
"Kill You"
The second song on the album, "Kill You" exemplifies the album's over-the-top descriptions of violence, confrontational vocal delivery, and criticism of the media, record label expectations, and Eminem's mother.
"Stan"
The album's third single has been referred to as the album's centerpiece and features a sample of Dido's "Thank You". During the verses, Eminem portrays both himself and an obsessive fan, with pen-scratching sounds in the background to indicate communication via letters.
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The first track, "Kill You", discusses the controversy that surrounded the rapper's first album, nightmares of "ladies' screams", and being raised by a single mother.[29] In the song, Eminem also talks of raping his mother, and "notes the irony of magazines trumpeting his mother-raping self on their covers'."[29] The six-and-a-half minute long "Stan" samples Dido's "Thank You" and tells the story of an exchange between the rapper and an obsessive fan, where the titular character berates Eminem for not responding to his letters, which later turns to the fan committing suicide with his pregnant girlfriend.[30] On "Who Knew", the rapper addresses criticism regarding glorification of violence in his lyrics, pointing out perceived hypocrisy in American society. According to Gabriel Alvarez of Complex, Eminem's response ranges oscillates from "smart-ass ('Oh, you want me to watch my mouth, how?/Take my fuckin' eyeballs out and turn 'em around?') to smart ('Ain't they got the same moms and dads who got mad when I asked if they liked violence?/And told me that my tape taught 'em to swear/What about the makeup you allow your 12-year-old daughter to wear?')."[31] "Who Knew" is followed by the "Steve Berman" skit, where the president of sales at Interscope Records angrily confronts the rapper about his lyrical content. He notes that Dr. Dre was successful because he rapped about "big-screen TVs, blunts, 40's, and bitches", while Eminem raps about "homosexuals and Vicodin", and believes that the album will be a commercial disaster.[32]

"The Way I Am" is a meditation on the pressure to maintain his fame, and his fear of being "pigeon-holed into some poppy sensation/to cop me rotation at rock 'n' roll stations".[33] He also laments the negative media attention received by controversial public figures such as himself and Marilyn Manson in the wake of shootings, including the Columbine High School massacre and the West Side Middle School shooting in Jonesboro, Arkansas. The rapper criticizes the media for focusing on tragedies such as school shootings while ignoring inner-city violence that occurs on a daily basis.[33] "The Real Slim Shady" pokes fun at pop culture icons such as Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera and Will Smith.[34] "Remember Me?" follows and features rappers RBX and Sticky Fingaz, who "kick seriously Stygian darkness on the ominous track".[24] In the song, he states "I'm tryna clean up my fuckin' image / So I promised the fuckin' critics / I wouldn't say 'fuckin' for six minutes/(Six minutes, Slim Shady, you're on)". Despite saying the word "fuck" one more time in "Remember Me", and three times at the beginning of "I'm Back", he does not say the word "fuckin" for seven minutes and 29 seconds after delivering the original promise, saying it again in the song "Marshall Mathers".[32]

 
"Marshall Mathers"
This song, with its sparse, minimalist production featuring an acoustic guitar, is a diss track aimed at pop artists such as NSYNC, Ricky Martin, and Britney Spears. It also expresses frustration at people who have tried to use Eminem for his fame.
"Kim"
The album's most controversial track, "Kim" is a chaotic murder fantasy where Eminem plays both himself and the voice of his wife Kim. The production samples "When the Levee Breaks" by Led Zeppelin.
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"I'm Back" features Eminem's observations regarding his rise to fame, explaining that he "became a commodity/'Cause I'm W-H-I-T-E".[29] The next song, "Marshall Mathers", mocks the chorus of LFO's "Summer Girls", while criticizing the lack of artistic merit of pop stars such as Britney Spears, the Backstreet Boys, NSYNC, and Ricky Martin. The song also takes aim at rap duo Insane Clown Posse, where Eminem raps about Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope being flaming homosexuals.[34][35] "Drug Ballad" features Dina Rae[36] and describes the rapper's struggles with his drug addiction, and writes about some of his experiences under the influence, including ecstasy which makes him "sentimental as fuck, spilling guts to you/we just met, but I think I'm in love with you".[37] "Amityville" is a bass-heavy ode to living in Detroit, where the rapper discusses the city's crowning as murder capital of the United States.[17] "Bitch Please II" features Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg, and Xzibit, and contains elements of g-funk, as well as R&B crooning from Nate Dogg on the chorus.[24]

"Kim", the prequel to "97 Bonnie and Clyde" from The Slim Shady LP, features Eminem "screaming at his ex in an insane stream-of-consciousness hate spew".[17] The song begins with Eminem talking softly to his daughter, but as the beat starts, the rapper takes on portraying two characters, utilizing his own enraged, threatening voice, and the terrified shrieks of his wife Kim.[38] As the song ends, Eminem kills her while taunting, "Bleed, bitch, bleed!"[38] "Kim" is followed by "Under the Influence", which sees Eminem speaking in gibberish for the chorus, and later rap group D12 "runs rampant" on the track.[24] "Criminal" features production from F.B.T., which consists of "piano licks, swerving synth, and a deceptively simplistic bass rumble over which Em snakes and snarls and warns that 'you can't stop me from topping these charts...'".[24] He pokes fun at critics who take his lyrical content seriously, explaining that "half the shit I say, I just make it up to make you mad".[39]

Release

The Marshall Mathers LP was released on May 23, 2000, by Aftermath Entertainment, Interscope Records, in the United States,[40] and on 11 September 2000, by Polydor Records in the United Kingdom.[41] The Marshall Mathers LP was released with two different album covers. The original features Eminem sitting on the porch of the house he lived in during his teenage years.[15] He reflected on the photo shoot by saying, "I had mixed feelings because I had a lot of good and bad memories in that house. But to go back to where I grew up and finally say, 'I've made it', is the greatest feeling in the world to me."[15] The other cover features the rapper seated in a fetal position beneath a loading dock with alcohol and prescription pill bottles at his feet.[29] Will Hermes of Entertainment Weekly likened Eminem's appearance on the cover to a "dysfunctional Little Rascal", viewing the image as indicative of the rapper's musical evolution: "Easy to read, right? The debut: a violent fantasy, the acting-out of a persona. The follow-up: the vulnerable artist unmasked."[29]

Censorship

 
Lyrics referencing the Columbine High School massacre were censored on The Marshall Mathers LP

In his book Edited Clean Version: Technology and the Culture of Control, author Raiford Guins writes that the clean version of The Marshall Mathers LP "resembles a cross between a cell phone chat with terrible reception...and a noted hip-hop lyricist suffering from an incurable case of hiccups."[42] This version of the album often either omits words completely or obscures them with added sound effects.[42] The clean version of the album did not censor all profanity. Words like "ass", "bitch", "goddamn", and "shit" were uncensored. However, on the track "The Real Slim Shady", the words "bitch" and "shit" were censored out, as they used the clean version released for radio. References to violence and weapons were also significantly altered, and the songs "Kill You", "Drug Ballad" and "Bitch Please II" are written as "**** You", "Ballad" and "***** Please II" on the back cover of the album.[42] The song "Kim" is removed completely and replaced by the South Park-themed "The Kids".[43]

Significant edits were made to aggressive and violent lyrics that were aimed at police, prostitutes, women, homosexuals, bullies and schools. In response to the attack that had occurred at Columbine High School in April 1999, names of guns and sounds of them firing were censored. Interscope Records insisted on censoring the words "kids" and "Columbine" from the line, "I take seven [kids] from [Columbine], stand them all in line" from "I'm Back", even on the explicit version of the album.[39] Mike Rubin of Spin called the censorship a "curious decision, given that lyrics like 'Take drugs / Rape sluts' are apparently permissible".[39] Eminem commented on his lyrics regarding the shooting, "That Columbine shit is so fucking touchy. As much sympathy as we give the Columbine shootings, nobody ever looked at it from the fuckin' point of view of the kids who were bullied—I mean, they took their own fucking life! And it was because they were pushed so far to the fucking edge that they were fucking so mad. I've been that mad."[39] The full line appears uncensored in Eminem's song "Rap God" from The Marshall Mathers LP 2.[44] The line "It doesn't matter [your attorney Fred Gibson's a] faggot" was also censored from "Marshall Mathers", which refers to his mother Debbie Nelson's lawyer, who assisted her in filing a lawsuit against the rapper for defamation regarding lyrics from The Slim Shady LP.[45]

Commercial performance

 
Eminem (left) at the ARCO Arena for the Up in Smoke Tour, in June 2000, a month after the album's release

The Marshall Mathers LP sold 1.78 million copies in its first week, which made it one of the fastest-selling studio albums in the United States.[46] The album sold twice as much as the previous hip hop record holder for first week sales in the US, which was Snoop Dogg's 1993 album Doggystyle.[47] The Marshall Mathers LP sold over 800,000 copies in its second week, 600,000 copies in its third week, and 520,000 copies in its fourth week for a four-week total of 3.65 million. It also became one of the few albums to sell over half a million copies for four consecutive weeks. In total, the album spent eight weeks at number one on the US Billboard 200, ranking it fourth on the current all-time list of weeks spent at number one by a hip hop album.[48] By the end of 2000, The Marshall Mathers LP had become the second-best-selling album of the year with over eight million copies sold.[49] The Marshall Mathers LP was also the best-selling album of 2000 in Canada, selling 679,567 copies.[50]

According to Billboard, as of 2022, The Marshall Mathers LP is one of the 15 best-performing 21st-century albums without any of its singles being number-one hits on the Billboard Hot 100.[51] The first single, "The Real Slim Shady", became Eminem's biggest hit up to that point. It peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the UK Singles Chart.[52][53] "The Way I Am", which was released as the album's second single, peaked at number eight on the UK Singles Chart[52] and 58 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Stan", the third single released from the album, became a number-one hit in both the United Kingdom[52] and Australia.[54] The song, which details around a crazed fan of the same name, has been highlighted as a work of poetry by critics, and soon gave rise to the Oxford English Dictionary term stan.[55][56][57]

In 2010, Nielsen SoundScan reported that up until November 2009, The Marshall Mathers LP had sold 10,216,000 copies in the US, making it the fourth-best selling album of the decade.[58] The album has been certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and its sales stand at over 11 million copies in the United States, making it Eminem's best-selling album in his home country.[59] In worldwide sales, the album has sold 25 million copies, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time.[60] A sequel to the album, The Marshall Mathers LP 2, was released on November 5, 2013.[61]

Critical reception

Contemporary professional reviews
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic78/100[62]
Review scores
SourceRating
Chicago Sun-Times    [63]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[29]
Los Angeles Times    [21]
Melody Maker     [64]
NME9/10[65]
Q     [66]
Rolling Stone     [17]
The Source4/5[67]
USA Today    [68]
The Village VoiceA[69]

The Marshall Mathers LP was met with highly positive reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 78, based on 21 reviews.[62]

Rolling Stone magazine's Touré applauded Dr. Dre's production and Eminem's varied lyrical style on what is a "car-crash record: loud, wild, dangerous, out of control, grotesque, unsettling", but ultimately captivating.[17] Melody Maker said that Eminem's startlingly intense vision of "rap's self-consciousness" is truly unique,[64] while Steve Sutherland of NME praised the album as a misanthropic and "gruelling assault course of lyrical genius" that critiques malevolent aspects of contemporary society.[65] Chuck Eddy from The Village Voice said that Eminem is backed by attractive music and displays an emotionally complex and witting quality unlike his previous work.[70] In the newspaper's consumer guide column, Robert Christgau called him "exceptionally witty and musical, discernibly thoughtful and good-hearted, indubitably dangerous and full of shit", while declaring the album "a work of art whose immense entertainment value in no way compromises its intimations of a pathology that's both personal and political".[69] Will Hermes of Entertainment Weekly wrote that as the first significant popular music album of the 2000s, The Marshall Mathers LP is "indefensible and critic-proof, hypocritical and heartbreaking, unlistenable and undeniable".[29]

On the other hand, music journalist Greg Kot said the reaction to The Marshall Mathers LP was "mixed", or reluctantly positive, among critics who praised Eminem's "verbal skills and transgressive humor" but decried some of the subject matter.[71] In his review for the Los Angeles Times, Robert Hilburn reserved his praise because of homophobic lyrics on what he felt is an otherwise conceptual and personal work, "docked a half star because of the recurring homophobia—something that may be de rigueur in commercial rap, but which still is unacceptable."[21] Steve Jones of USA Today opined that Eminem's "vicious and patently personal lyrical assaults" would "almost grow tedious if he weren't as inventive as he is tasteless."[68] Q magazine felt that the subject matter does not make for an enjoyable listen, even though Eminem's disaffected and nihilistic lyrics can be provocative.[66] Slant Magazine's Sal Cinquemani was more critical in a one-and-a-half star review and found his raps extremely distasteful: "The only thing worse than Eminem's homophobia is the immaturity with which he displays it".[72] On the other hand, Spin felt that the rapping is excellent, but plagued more so by unremarkable music and lackluster tracks.[73]

Among other publications, Rolling Stone and Melody Maker named The Marshall Mathers LP the best album of 2000.[74] In 2000, the album won in the Best Album category at the MTV Europe Music Awards.[75] It also won in the Best Rap Album category at the 43rd Grammy Awards in 2001.[76] The Marshall Mathers LP was nominated for Album of the Year, but lost to jazz-rock duo Steely Dan's Two Against Nature.[77]

Legacy and reappraisal

Since its initial release, The Marshall Mathers LP has been highly acclaimed in retrospective critic reviews. It has been regarded by critics as Eminem's best album and has been ranked in multiple lists of the greatest albums of all time.[85][86][87] According to Acclaimed Music, it is the 192nd most acclaimed album in history.[88] In The Rolling Stone Album Guide (2004), Christian Hoard said it "delved much deeper into personal pain [than The Slim Shady LP], and the result was a minor masterpiece that merged iller-than-ill flows with a brilliant sense of the macabre." According to Sputnikmusic's Nick Butler, The Marshall Mathers LP stands as a culturally significant record in American popular music, but also "remains a truly special album, unique in rap's canon, owing its spirit to rock and its heritage to rap, in a way I've rarely heard".[82] Insanul Ahmed of Complex wrote, "At a time when the Billboard charts were dominated by squeaky-clean pop acts like NSYNC and Backstreet Boys, Eminem offered a rebuttal to the hypocritical American mainstream that criticizes rap music while celebrating—and, worse, commercializing—sex, violence, and bigotry in other arenas. This album turned Eminem into a global icon. There was a huge amount of hype and controversy around it [...] But none of that takes away from its musical achievement. This album definitively proved that the Detroit rapper was a gifted lyricist, a brilliant songwriter, and a visionary artist."[87] Mike Elizondo, a former collaborator on Eminem's albums, said, “I felt like Marshall was part of this wave with Quentin Tarantino, Pulp Fiction (1994) and Reservoir Dogs (1992) [...] This next level of art with incredible graphic imagery that Marshall had the ability to paint. Love it or hate it he was obviously very skilled at the stories he was telling.”[89]

Jeff Weiss of The Ringer wrote, "The Marshall Mathers LP certified Eminem as an alienated voice of a generation, a caustic wedge issue distilling the spirits of Elvis, Holden Caulfield, Johnny Rotten, Kurt Cobain, Cartman from South Park, and Tupac if he shopped at Kroger. In a postmodern abyss where everything’s performative, it might have been the last album that possessed the capacity to genuinely shock."[90] Dan Ozzi of Vice highlighted that "Eminem was the one artist high school kids seemed to unanimously connect with. [...] he represented everything high school years are about: blind rage, misguided rebellion, adolescent frustration. He was like a human middle finger. An X-rated Dennis the Menace for a dial-up modem generation."[91] Max Bell of Spin wrote that the album remains "one of the most critically-acclaimed, commercially-successful, and influential albums in rap history", citing rappers influenced by the album, such as Tyler, the Creator, Earl Sweatshirt, Kendrick Lamar, and Juice WRLD.[92] Bonsu Thompson of Medium described the album as "a masterful confluence of punk, bluegrass, and subterranean hip-hop that gave life to a singular brand of Americana rap."[28] Thompson further praised the album's impact on white rappers, saying, "For a snapshot of the album’s seismic influence, compare the pre–Marshall Mathers LP decade of White rappers like Everlast and MC Serch with the post-2000 landscape of Action Bronson, G-Eazy, and the late Mac Miller [...] Eminem homogenized the White rapper."[28]

Eminem's upending of the mainstream, particularly through the release of The Marshall Mathers LP, earned him countless enemies. From religious groups to government officials, he faced no shortage of protesters, but while Middle America – as well as occupants of other suburban areas around the world – hated him, their kids loved him, his music and his rebellious nature. You can love him or loathe him, but the fact we’re still talking about The Marshall Mathers LP 20 years later speaks to its undeniable impact.

– Will Lavin of NME, speaking on The Marshall Mathers LP[93]

In 2003, The Marshall Mathers LP was ranked number 302 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time;[94] it was moved up to number 244 in the magazine's revised 2012 edition of the list,[95] and moved to 145 on the 2020 edition.[96] IGN named it the twenty-fourth greatest rap album of all time in a 2004 list.[97] In 2006, The Marshall Mathers LP was included by Time in its list of the 100 Greatest Albums of All Time.[98] That same year, Q ranked it number 85 on a list of The Greatest Albums of All Time, the highest position held by any hip hop album on the list.[99] The Marshall Mathers LP was also the highest ranked hip hop album on the National Association of Recording Merchandisers & the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's list of the 200 Definitive Albums of All Time, where it was placed at number 28.[100] It has been named one of the Top 100 Albums of the Decade (2000s) by Rolling Stone, who ranked it seventh,[101] Complex Magazine, who ranked it fourth,[102] and Pitchfork, who ranked it 119th.[103] The Guardian ranked the album at 29 on its Top 50 Albums of the decade.[104] The A.V. Club ranked the album at 36 on its Best Albums of the Decade list.[105] Popdose listed The Marshall Mathers LP as the 10th best album of the decade.[106] Spinner ranked the album at 22 on its Best Albums of the 2000s list.[107] In 2010, Rhapsody ranked it at number 1 on their list of "The 10 Best Albums by White Rappers".[108] In 2015, the album was ranked number 81 by About.com on their list of 100 Best Hip-Hop Albums of All Time.[109] In 2020, The Marshall Mathers LP was included at the 100 Best Albums of the 21st Century list of Stacker, being ranked at 69.[110] The album was also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[111] In 2022, it was ranked 25 by Rolling Stone on their list "The 200 Greatest Rap Album of All Time".[112]

Controversies

Nobody is excluded from my poking at. Nobody. I don't discriminate, I don't exclude nobody. If you do something fucked up, you're bound to be made fun of. If I do something fucked up, I'll make fun of myself—I'm not excluded from this.

—Eminem, on the album's controversy.[113]

While the album was hugely controversial and criticized, Eminem propelled to the forefront of American pop culture.[114] At a United States Senate hearing, Lynne Cheney criticized Eminem and sponsor Seagram for "promot[ing] violence of the most degrading kind against women", labeling him as "a rap singer who advocates murder and rape".[115] She specifically cited lyrics from "Kill You", explaining, "He talks about murdering and raping his mother. He talks about choking women slowly so he can hear their screams for a long time. He talks about using O.J.'s machete on women, and this is a man who is honored by the recording industry".[115] Cheney drew a link between the Columbine massacre and violent music, mentioning artists Eminem and Marilyn Manson as musicians who contribute to the United States' culture of violence. Although she stated that she has "long been a vocal supporter of free speech", Cheney called for the music industry to impose age-restrictions on those who can purchase music with violent content.[115]

On October 26, 2000, Eminem was to perform at a concert in Toronto's SkyDome.[116] However, Ontario Attorney General Jim Flaherty argued that Canada should stop Eminem at the border. "I personally don't want anyone coming to Canada who will come here and advocate violence against women", he said.[116] Flaherty claims to have been "disgusted" when reading transcriptions of Eminem's song "Kill You", which includes lines like "Slut, you think I won't choke no whore/till the vocal cords don't work in her throat no more?"[116] Eminem's fans argued that this was a matter of free speech and that he was unfairly singled out.[116] Michael Bryant suggested that the government let Eminem perform and then prosecute him for violating Canada's hate crime laws, despite the fact that Canada's hate-crime legislation does not include violence against women.[117] In an editorial in The Globe and Mail, author Robert Everett-Green wrote, "Being offensive is Eminem's job description."[118] Eminem was granted entry into Canada.[119]

A 2001 and 2004 study by Edward Armstrong found that of the 14 songs on The Marshall Mathers LP eleven contain violent and misogynistic lyrics and nine depict killing women through choking, stabbing, drowning, shooting, head and throat splitting. According to the study, Eminem scores 78% for violent misogyny while gangsta rap music in general reaches 22%.[120][121] Armstrong argues that violent misogyny characterizes most of Eminem's music and that the rapper "authenticates his self-presentations by outdoing other gangsta rappers in terms of his violent misogyny."[121] A fifteen-year-old boy in Fresno, California was arrested in September 2015 for making terrorist threats, after sharing the Columbine-related lyrics to "I'm Back" on Instagram.[122]

Reactions from other artists

 
Elton John performed "Stan" with Eminem at the Grammys despite negative reactions from the LGBT community.

Protests against the album's content reached a climax when it was nominated for four Grammy Awards in 2001 including Album of the Year.[123] At the ceremony, Eminem performed "Stan" in a duet with openly gay artist Elton John playing piano and singing the chorus. This performance was a direct response to claims by GLAAD and others who claimed his lyrics were homophobic, with Eminem stating, "Of course I'd heard of Elton John, but I didn't know he was gay. I didn't know anything about his personal life. I didn't really care, but being that he was gay and he had my back, I think it made a statement in itself saying that he understood where I was coming from."[124] GLAAD did not change its position, however, and spoke out against Elton John's decision.[125] Despite significant protests and debate, The Marshall Mathers LP went on to win Best Rap Album.

Singer Christina Aguilera was upset about the lyric, "Christina Aguilera better switch me chairs so I can sit next to Carson Daly and Fred Durst / and hear 'em argue over who she gave head to first" from "The Real Slim Shady", calling the rapper's claim "disgusting, offensive and, above all, not true".[126] Eminem included this line after becoming angry with the singer for informing the public during an MTV special without his consent about the rapper's secret marriage to Kim Mathers.[126] However, the two later settled their differences after hugging backstage at the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards, with the singer appearing at the premiere of 8 Mile months later.[126]

In 2002, French jazz pianist Jacques Loussier filed a $10 million lawsuit against Eminem, claiming the beat for "Kill You" was stolen from his song "Pulsion".[127]

Track listing

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes[128] and Tidal[129]

The Marshall Mathers LP – Standard edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Public Service Announcement 2000" (performed by Jeff Bass and Eminem)
0:25
2."Kill You"
4:24
3."Stan" (featuring Dido)
6:44
4."Paul" (skit) (performed by Paul "Bunyan" Rosenberg)
 0:10
5."Who Knew"
  • Mathers
  • Young
  • Bradford
  • Dr. Dre
  • Mel-Man
3:47
6."Steve Berman" (skit) (performed by Eminem and Steve Berman)
  • Mathers
  • Young
  • Bradford
  • Rosenberg
  • Dean Geistlinger
  • Dr. Dre
  • Mel-Man
0:53
7."The Way I Am"MathersEminem4:50
8."The Real Slim Shady"
  • Dr. Dre
  • Mel-Man
4:44
9."Remember Me?" (featuring RBX and Sticky Fingaz)
  • Dr. Dre
  • Mel-Man
3:38
10."I'm Back"
  • Mathers
  • Young
  • Bradford
  • Dr. Dre
  • Mel-Man
5:10
11."Marshall Mathers"
  • Eminem
  • F.B.T.
5:20
12."Ken Kaniff" (skit)Mathers
  • Dr. Dre
  • Mel-Man
1:01
13."Drug Ballad" (featuring Dina Rae[b])
  • Mathers
  • Bass Brothers
  • Eminem
  • F.B.T.
5:00
14."Amityville" (featuring Bizarre)
  • Eminem
  • F.B.T.
4:14
15."Bitch Please II" (featuring Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Xzibit and Nate Dogg)
Dr. Dre4:48
16."Kim"
  • Mathers
  • Bass Brothers
F.B.T.6:17
17."Under the Influence" (featuring D12)
  • Eminem
  • F.B.T.
5:21
18."Criminal"
  • Mathers
  • Bass Brothers
  • Eminem
  • F.B.T.
5:18
Total length:72:04
The Marshall Mathers LP – Special edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
19."The Kids"
  • Eminem
  • F.B.T.
5:06
Total length:77:10
The Marshall Mathers LP – Limited edition (bonus disc)
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."The Real Slim Shady" (instrumental) 
  • Dr. Dre
  • Mel-Man
4:46
2."The Way I Am" (instrumental) Eminem4:52
3."Stan" (instrumental) 
  • The 45 King
  • Eminem[a]
6:45
4."The Kids" (explicit version)
  • Eminem
  • F.B.T.
5:06
5."The Way I Am" (Danny Lohner remix, featuring Marilyn Manson)
4:58
Total length:98:31
The Marshall Mathers LP – Limited edition – enhanced portion
No.TitleDirector(s)Length
6."The Real Slim Shady" (music video) (director's cut)
4:27
7."The Way I Am" (music video) (LP version)Paul Hunter5:01
8."Stan" (music video) (director's version)
  • Dr. Dre
  • Atwell
8:09
Total length:116:08

Notes

  • ^[a] signifies a co-producer
  • ^[b] Dina Rae goes uncredited as being featured
  • ^[c] signifies a remixer

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes[128] and Tidal[129]

  • Eminem – vocals (tracks 1–3, 5–19), production (tracks 1, 7, 11, 13, 14, 17–19), mixing (tracks 3, 14, 17, 19), co-production (track 3)
  • Dr. Dre – mixing (tracks 1, 2, 4–6, 8–13, 15, 16, 18), production (tracks 2, 5, 6, 8–10, 12, 15), vocals (track 15)
  • Richard "Segal" Huredia – engineering (tracks 2, 3, 5–18)
  • Mike Elizondo – bass (tracks 2, 3, 5, 7–10, 14, 15), guitar (tracks 7, 8), keyboards (tracks 15)
  • F.B.T. – production (tracks 1, 11, 13, 14, 16–19)
  • Mel-Man – production (tracks 2, 5, 6, 8–10, 12)
  • Jim McCrone – engineering assistance (tracks 2, 5, 8, 10, 14, 15)
  • Thomas Coster Jr. – keyboards (tracks 2, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12)
  • DJ Head – drum programming (tracks 11, 13, 14, 17–19)
  • Michelle Forbes – engineering assistance (tracks 6, 8, 12)
  • Sean Cruse – guitar (tracks 2, 3)
  • John Bigham – guitar (tracks 5, 10)
  • Jeff Bass – vocals (track 1)
  • The 45 King – production (track 3)
  • Dido – vocals (track 3)
  • Paul "Bunyan" Rosenberg – vocals (track 4)
  • Steve Berman – vocals (track 6)
  • Thomas Rounds – engineering assistance (track 7)
  • RBX – vocals (track 9)
  • Sticky Fingaz – vocals (track 9)
  • Camara Kambon – keyboards (track 9)
  • Dina Rae – vocals (track 13)
  • Bizarre – vocals (track 14)
  • Snoop Dogg – vocals (track 15)
  • Xzibit – vocals (track 15)
  • Nate Dogg – vocals (track 15)
  • D-12 – vocals (track 17)
  • Mike Butler – engineering (track 17)
  • Aaron Lepley – engineering (track 17)
Credits
  • Dr. Dre – executive production
  • Paul D. Rosenberg, Esq. – Eminem management
  • Joel Martin – F.B.T. productions management
  • Joe Mama-Nitzberg – photography and art coordination
  • Jason Noto – art direction and design
  • Jonathan "Xtra Gangsta" Mannion – photography
  • Karen Pinegar – F.B.T. assistance
  • Sarah Catlett – F.B.T. assistance
  • Richard Segal Huredia – engineering
  • Steve King – engineering
  • Chris Conway – engineering
  • Mike Butler – engineering
  • Lance Pierre – engineering
  • Rob Ebeling – engineering
  • James McCrone – engineering
  • Aaron Lepley – engineering
  • Rich Behrens – engineering
  • Michelle Forbes – engineering
  • Akane Nakamura – engineering
  • Brian "Big Bass" Gardner – mastering
  • Cara Lewis – Eminem booking
  • Marc Labelle – Eminem road management

Charts

Certifications and sales

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF)[220] Gold 30,000^
Australia (ARIA)[221] 4× Platinum 280,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[222] Platinum 50,000*
Belgium (BEA)[223] 2× Platinum 100,000*
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[224] Gold 100,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[225] 8× Platinum 800,000^
Central America (CFC)[226] Platinum  
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[227] 5× Platinum 100,000 
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[228] Platinum 40,055[228]
France (SNEP)[229] 2× Platinum 600,000*
Germany (BVMI)[230] 3× Platinum 900,000 
Greece (IFPI Greece)[142] Gold 15,000^
Hungary (MAHASZ)[231] Gold  
Italy
2000-2001 sales 		— 200,000[232]
Italy (FIMI)[233]
sales since 2009 		Platinum 50,000 
Japan (RIAJ)[234] Platinum 200,000^
Mexico (AMPROFON)[235] Platinum 150,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[236] Platinum 80,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[237] 5× Platinum 75,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway)[238] 2× Platinum 100,000*
Poland (ZPAV)[239] Platinum 100,000*
South Africa (RISA)[151] 2× Platinum 100,000*
South Korea — 106,486[240]
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[241] Platinum 100,000^
Sweden (GLF)[242] 2× Platinum 160,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[243] 4× Platinum 200,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[244] 9× Platinum 2,700,000 
United States (RIAA)[247] 11× Platinum 12,540,000[245][246]
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[248] 6× Platinum 6,000,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
  Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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The Marshall Mathers LP is the third studio album by American rapper Eminem released on May 23 2000 by Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records The album was produced mostly by Dr Dre and Eminem along with The 45 King the Bass Brothers and Mel Man Recorded over a two month period in several studios around Detroit the album features more introspective lyricism including Eminem s thoughts on his rise from rags to riches the criticism of his music and his estrangement from his family and wife A transgressive work it incorporates horrorcore and hardcore hip hop while also featuring satirical songs Featured appearances include Dido RBX Sticky Fingaz Bizarre Snoop Dogg Xzibit Nate Dogg and D12 The Marshall Mathers LPStudio album by EminemReleasedMay 23 2000 2000 05 23 Recorded1999 2000 1 StudioThe Mix Room Burbank California Encore Burbank California Larrabee Sound Hollywood Chung King New York Record Plant Los Angeles 54 Sound Detroit GenreHorrorcore hardcore hip hopLength72 04LabelAftermath Interscope WebProducerDr Dre also exec Eminem F B T Mel Man The 45 KingEminem chronologyThe Slim Shady LP 1999 The Marshall Mathers LP 2000 The Eminem Show 2002 Alternate cover artTour Edition cover artSingles from The Marshall Mathers LP The Real Slim Shady Released April 15 2000 The Way I Am Released September 7 2000 Stan Released November 20 2000 I m Back Released April 3 2001 Bitch Please II Released May 23 2001Like its predecessor The Marshall Mathers LP was surrounded by significant controversy upon its release while also propelling Eminem to the forefront of American pop culture Criticism centered on lyrics that were considered violent homophobic and misogynistic as well as a reference to the Columbine High School massacre Future second lady Lynne Cheney criticized the lyrics at a United States Senate hearing while the Canadian government considered refusing Eminem s entry into the country Despite the controversies it received acclaim from critics who praised Eminem s lyrical ability and considered the album to have emotional depth The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 staying atop for eight consecutive weeks A significant commercial success compared to the release of The Slim Shady LP just the previous year the album sold 1 78 million copies in its first week which made it among the fastest selling studio albums in the United States The album produced the singles The Real Slim Shady The Way I Am Stan I m Back and Bitch Please II Among other publications Rolling Stone named it the best album of 2000 The Marshall Mathers LP has been included in numerous all time lists and is widely regarded as Eminem s greatest album It has sold 25 million copies worldwide making it one of the best selling albums of all time and is certified 11 platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA It was nominated for Album of the Year and won Best Rap Album at the 2001 Grammy Awards while The Real Slim Shady won Best Rap Solo Performance The Marshall Mathers LP 2 the album s sequel was released in 2013 Contents 1 Background 2 Recording 3 Music and lyrics 4 Songs 5 Release 5 1 Censorship 6 Commercial performance 7 Critical reception 8 Legacy and reappraisal 9 Controversies 9 1 Reactions from other artists 10 Track listing 11 Personnel 12 Charts 12 1 Weekly charts 12 2 Year end charts 12 3 Decade end charts 13 Certifications and sales 14 See also 15 ReferencesBackgroundInspired by the disappointment of his debut album Infinite 1996 Eminem created the alter ego Slim Shady whom he introduced on the Slim Shady EP 1997 2 After placing second in the annual Rap Olympics Eminem was noticed by the staff at Interscope Records and eventually CEO Jimmy Iovine who played the Slim Shady EP for hip hop producer Dr Dre 2 Eminem and Dr Dre then met and recorded The Slim Shady LP 1999 which was noted for its over the top lyrical depictions of drugs and violence 2 The Slim Shady LP was a critical and commercial success debuting at number two on the Billboard 200 chart and selling 283 000 copies in its first week 3 At the 42nd Grammy Awards in 2000 the record won Best Rap Album while the album s lead single My Name Is won Best Rap Solo Performance 4 The Slim Shady LP turned Eminem from an underground rapper into a high profile celebrity The rapper who had previously struggled to provide for his daughter Hailie noted a drastic change in his lifestyle 5 In June 1999 he married his girlfriend Kimberly Ann Kim Scott the mother of Hailie despite the fact that the song 97 Bonnie amp Clyde from The Slim Shady LP contains references to killing her 6 The rapper became uncomfortable with the level of fame he had achieved and said I don t trust nobody now because everybody I meet is meeting me as Eminem I don t know if they are hanging with me cause they like me or because I m a celebrity or because they think they can get something from me 5 Eminem also became a highly controversial figure due to his lyrical content He was labeled as misogynist a nihilist and an advocate of domestic violence and in an editorial Billboard editor in chief Timothy White accused Eminem of making money by exploiting the world s misery 2 Eminem considered naming the album Amsterdam after a trip to the city shortly after the release of The Slim Shady LP in which he and his friends engaged in heavy drug use 7 The free use of drugs Eminem observed during his time in Amsterdam greatly influenced his desire to openly discuss drug use in his music and inspired some of the content on the album 7 8 Recording Eminem pictured in 1999 wrote the majority of The Marshall Mathers LP while in the studio The Marshall Mathers LP was recorded in a two month long creative binge which often involved 20 hour long studio sessions 9 Eminem hoped to keep publicity down during the recording in order to stay focused on working and figuring out how to map out each song 9 He described himself as a studio rat who benefited creatively from the isolated environment of the studio 10 Much of the album was written spontaneously in the studio Dr Dre noted We don t wake up at two in the morning call each other and say I have an idea We gotta get to the studio We just wait and see what happens when we get there 11 Eminem observed that much of his favorite material on the album evolved from fucking around in the studio Marshall Mathers developed from the rapper watching Jeff Bass casually strumming a guitar while Criminal was based on a piano riff Eminem overheard Bass playing in studio next door 10 Kill You was written when Eminem heard the track playing in the background while talking to Dr Dre on the phone and developed an interest in using it for a song He then wrote the lyrics at home and met up with Dr Dre and the two recorded the song together 11 Kim was the first song the rapper recorded for the album shortly after finishing work on The Slim Shady LP 12 Eminem wrote Kim at a time in which he and his wife were separated and he had just watched a romantic movie alone at a theater 12 Originally intending to write a love song for her while using ecstasy the rapper hoped to avoid overt sentimentality and thus began writing a song of hate 13 With the track the rapper aimed to create a short horror story in the form of a song Once the couple reconciled Eminem recalls I asked her to tell me what she thought of it I remember my dumb ass saying I know this is a fucked up song but it shows how much I care about you To even think about you this much To even put you on a song like this 14 The song Stan was produced by The 45 King Eminem s manager Paul Rosenberg sent Eminem a tape of the producer s beats and the second track featured a sample of English singer songwriter Dido s Thank You 15 Upon hearing the song s lyrics Eminem felt they described an obsessed fan which became the inspiration for the song The writing process for Stan differed greatly from Eminem s usual strategy in which song concepts form during the writing Stan was one of the few songs that I actually sat down and had everything mapped out for I knew what it was going to be about 15 Dido later heard Stan and enjoyed it and observed I got this letter out of the blue one day It said We like your album we ve used this track Hope you don t mind and hope you like it When they sent Stan to me and I played it in my hotel room I was like Wow This track s amazing 16 The record label speculated that Eminem would be the first artist to sell one million copies in an album s first week of release These expectations placed a large burden on Eminem who recalled I was scared to death I wanted to be successful but before anything I want respect 15 After the album was finished the record label felt that there were no songs that had potential to be a lead single 15 Feeling pressured Eminem returned to the studio and wrote The Way I Am as his way of saying Look this is the best I can do I can t give you another My Name Is I can t just sit in there and make that magic happen 15 However after the song was added to the album Eminem felt the urge to write another song and gave a hook to Dr Dre for him to create a beat and went home to write new lyrics the song eventually became The Real Slim Shady 15 The song also discusses Eminem killing Dr Dre The producer stated It was funny to me As long as it s hot let s roll with it in my opinion the crazier it is the better Let s have fun with it and excite people 11 Music and lyrics Dr Dre produced most of the first half of the album together with Mel Man Considered both a horrorcore and a hardcore hip hop album 17 18 much of the album s first half was produced by Dr Dre and Mel Man who employed their typical sparse stripped down beats to put more focus on Eminem s vocals The background music on the record employs liquid basslines stuttering rhythms slight sound effects and spacious soundscapes 19 Bass Brothers and Eminem produced most of the second half which ranges from the laid back guitars of Marshall Mathers to the atmosphere of Amityville The only outside producer on the album was The 45 King who sampled a verse from Dido s song Thank You for Stan while adding a slow bass line The Marshall Mathers LP is considered a transgressive work 20 and contains more autobiographical themes in comparison to The Slim Shady LP 21 Much of the album is spent addressing his rise to fame and attacking those who criticized his previous album Other themes include his relationship with his family including his mother and Kim Mathers his ex wife 22 Unlike Eminem s major label debut The Slim Shady LP The Marshall Mathers LP is more introspective in its lyrics and uses less of the Slim Shady persona with music critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine writing that the album s lyrics blur the distinction between reality and fiction humor and horror satire and documentary 19 The record showcases a variety of moods ranging from irreverent and humorous to dark and unsettling enough to make you want to enlarge the parental warning stickers on the album 21 According to Neil Strauss of The New York Times Eminem never makes it clear which character Slim Shady or Marshall Mathers is the mask and which is the real person because there is no clear cut answer except that there s a little bit of each character in all of us 23 Most songs cover Eminem s childhood struggles and family issues involving his mother Kill You the relationship struggles with his wife Kim his struggles with his superstardom and expectations Stan I m Back and Marshall Mathers his return and effect on the music industry Remember Me Bitch Please II his drug use Drug Ballad The Kids his effect on the American youth and society The Way I Am Who Knew and reactionary barbs to critical response of his vulgarity and dark themes Criminal 24 Despite the large amount of controversy regarding the lyrics the lyrics on the album were overwhelmingly well received among critics and the hip hop community many praising Eminem s verbal energy and dense rhyme patterns 17 The record also contains lyrics that have been considered to be homophobic 25 The song Criminal features the line My words are like a dagger with a jagged edge That ll stab you in the head whether you re a fag or les Hate fags The answer s yes 25 The Gay amp Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation GLAAD condemned his lyrics and criticized the album for encourag ing violence against gay men and lesbians 26 However writing for the LGBT interest magazine The Advocate editor Dave White writes If he has gay bashed you or me then it logically follows that he has also raped his own mother killed his wife and murdered his producer Dr Dre If he s to be taken literally then so is Britney Spears invitation to hit me baby one more time 25 Eminem noted that he began using the word faggot more frequently when people got all up in arms about it to piss them off worse but added I think it s hard for some people to understand that for me the word faggot has nothing to do with sexual preference I meant something more like assholes or dickheads 27 Evangelical Christian religious figure James Dobson also heavily criticized Eminem 28 Songs Kill You source source track The second song on the album Kill You exemplifies the album s over the top descriptions of violence confrontational vocal delivery and criticism of the media record label expectations and Eminem s mother Stan source source track The album s third single has been referred to as the album s centerpiece and features a sample of Dido s Thank You During the verses Eminem portrays both himself and an obsessive fan with pen scratching sounds in the background to indicate communication via letters Problems playing these files See media help The first track Kill You discusses the controversy that surrounded the rapper s first album nightmares of ladies screams and being raised by a single mother 29 In the song Eminem also talks of raping his mother and notes the irony of magazines trumpeting his mother raping self on their covers 29 The six and a half minute long Stan samples Dido s Thank You and tells the story of an exchange between the rapper and an obsessive fan where the titular character berates Eminem for not responding to his letters which later turns to the fan committing suicide with his pregnant girlfriend 30 On Who Knew the rapper addresses criticism regarding glorification of violence in his lyrics pointing out perceived hypocrisy in American society According to Gabriel Alvarez of Complex Eminem s response ranges oscillates from smart ass Oh you want me to watch my mouth how Take my fuckin eyeballs out and turn em around to smart Ain t they got the same moms and dads who got mad when I asked if they liked violence And told me that my tape taught em to swear What about the makeup you allow your 12 year old daughter to wear 31 Who Knew is followed by the Steve Berman skit where the president of sales at Interscope Records angrily confronts the rapper about his lyrical content He notes that Dr Dre was successful because he rapped about big screen TVs blunts 40 s and bitches while Eminem raps about homosexuals and Vicodin and believes that the album will be a commercial disaster 32 The Way I Am is a meditation on the pressure to maintain his fame and his fear of being pigeon holed into some poppy sensation to cop me rotation at rock n roll stations 33 He also laments the negative media attention received by controversial public figures such as himself and Marilyn Manson in the wake of shootings including the Columbine High School massacre and the West Side Middle School shooting in Jonesboro Arkansas The rapper criticizes the media for focusing on tragedies such as school shootings while ignoring inner city violence that occurs on a daily basis 33 The Real Slim Shady pokes fun at pop culture icons such as Britney Spears Christina Aguilera and Will Smith 34 Remember Me follows and features rappers RBX and Sticky Fingaz who kick seriously Stygian darkness on the ominous track 24 In the song he states I m tryna clean up my fuckin image So I promised the fuckin critics I wouldn t say fuckin for six minutes Six minutes Slim Shady you re on Despite saying the word fuck one more time in Remember Me and three times at the beginning of I m Back he does not say the word fuckin for seven minutes and 29 seconds after delivering the original promise saying it again in the song Marshall Mathers 32 Marshall Mathers source source track This song with its sparse minimalist production featuring an acoustic guitar is a diss track aimed at pop artists such as NSYNC Ricky Martin and Britney Spears It also expresses frustration at people who have tried to use Eminem for his fame Kim source source track The album s most controversial track Kim is a chaotic murder fantasy where Eminem plays both himself and the voice of his wife Kim The production samples When the Levee Breaks by Led Zeppelin Problems playing these files See media help I m Back features Eminem s observations regarding his rise to fame explaining that he became a commodity Cause I m W H I T E 29 The next song Marshall Mathers mocks the chorus of LFO s Summer Girls while criticizing the lack of artistic merit of pop stars such as Britney Spears the Backstreet Boys NSYNC and Ricky Martin The song also takes aim at rap duo Insane Clown Posse where Eminem raps about Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope being flaming homosexuals 34 35 Drug Ballad features Dina Rae 36 and describes the rapper s struggles with his drug addiction and writes about some of his experiences under the influence including ecstasy which makes him sentimental as fuck spilling guts to you we just met but I think I m in love with you 37 Amityville is a bass heavy ode to living in Detroit where the rapper discusses the city s crowning as murder capital of the United States 17 Bitch Please II features Dr Dre Snoop Dogg Nate Dogg and Xzibit and contains elements of g funk as well as R amp B crooning from Nate Dogg on the chorus 24 Kim the prequel to 97 Bonnie and Clyde from The Slim Shady LP features Eminem screaming at his ex in an insane stream of consciousness hate spew 17 The song begins with Eminem talking softly to his daughter but as the beat starts the rapper takes on portraying two characters utilizing his own enraged threatening voice and the terrified shrieks of his wife Kim 38 As the song ends Eminem kills her while taunting Bleed bitch bleed 38 Kim is followed by Under the Influence which sees Eminem speaking in gibberish for the chorus and later rap group D12 runs rampant on the track 24 Criminal features production from F B T which consists of piano licks swerving synth and a deceptively simplistic bass rumble over which Em snakes and snarls and warns that you can t stop me from topping these charts 24 He pokes fun at critics who take his lyrical content seriously explaining that half the shit I say I just make it up to make you mad 39 ReleaseThe Marshall Mathers LP was released on May 23 2000 by Aftermath Entertainment Interscope Records in the United States 40 and on 11 September 2000 by Polydor Records in the United Kingdom 41 The Marshall Mathers LP was released with two different album covers The original features Eminem sitting on the porch of the house he lived in during his teenage years 15 He reflected on the photo shoot by saying I had mixed feelings because I had a lot of good and bad memories in that house But to go back to where I grew up and finally say I ve made it is the greatest feeling in the world to me 15 The other cover features the rapper seated in a fetal position beneath a loading dock with alcohol and prescription pill bottles at his feet 29 Will Hermes of Entertainment Weekly likened Eminem s appearance on the cover to a dysfunctional Little Rascal viewing the image as indicative of the rapper s musical evolution Easy to read right The debut a violent fantasy the acting out of a persona The follow up the vulnerable artist unmasked 29 Censorship Lyrics referencing the Columbine High School massacre were censored on The Marshall Mathers LP In his book Edited Clean Version Technology and the Culture of Control author Raiford Guins writes that the clean version of The Marshall Mathers LP resembles a cross between a cell phone chat with terrible reception and a noted hip hop lyricist suffering from an incurable case of hiccups 42 This version of the album often either omits words completely or obscures them with added sound effects 42 The clean version of the album did not censor all profanity Words like ass bitch goddamn and shit were uncensored However on the track The Real Slim Shady the words bitch and shit were censored out as they used the clean version released for radio References to violence and weapons were also significantly altered and the songs Kill You Drug Ballad and Bitch Please II are written as You Ballad and Please II on the back cover of the album 42 The song Kim is removed completely and replaced by the South Park themed The Kids 43 Significant edits were made to aggressive and violent lyrics that were aimed at police prostitutes women homosexuals bullies and schools In response to the attack that had occurred at Columbine High School in April 1999 names of guns and sounds of them firing were censored Interscope Records insisted on censoring the words kids and Columbine from the line I take seven kids from Columbine stand them all in line from I m Back even on the explicit version of the album 39 Mike Rubin of Spin called the censorship a curious decision given that lyrics like Take drugs Rape sluts are apparently permissible 39 Eminem commented on his lyrics regarding the shooting That Columbine shit is so fucking touchy As much sympathy as we give the Columbine shootings nobody ever looked at it from the fuckin point of view of the kids who were bullied I mean they took their own fucking life And it was because they were pushed so far to the fucking edge that they were fucking so mad I ve been that mad 39 The full line appears uncensored in Eminem s song Rap God from The Marshall Mathers LP 2 44 The line It doesn t matter your attorney Fred Gibson s a faggot was also censored from Marshall Mathers which refers to his mother Debbie Nelson s lawyer who assisted her in filing a lawsuit against the rapper for defamation regarding lyrics from The Slim Shady LP 45 Commercial performance Eminem left at the ARCO Arena for the Up in Smoke Tour in June 2000 a month after the album s release The Marshall Mathers LP sold 1 78 million copies in its first week which made it one of the fastest selling studio albums in the United States 46 The album sold twice as much as the previous hip hop record holder for first week sales in the US which was Snoop Dogg s 1993 album Doggystyle 47 The Marshall Mathers LP sold over 800 000 copies in its second week 600 000 copies in its third week and 520 000 copies in its fourth week for a four week total of 3 65 million It also became one of the few albums to sell over half a million copies for four consecutive weeks In total the album spent eight weeks at number one on the US Billboard 200 ranking it fourth on the current all time list of weeks spent at number one by a hip hop album 48 By the end of 2000 The Marshall Mathers LP had become the second best selling album of the year with over eight million copies sold 49 The Marshall Mathers LP was also the best selling album of 2000 in Canada selling 679 567 copies 50 According to Billboard as of 2022 The Marshall Mathers LP is one of the 15 best performing 21st century albums without any of its singles being number one hits on the Billboard Hot 100 51 The first single The Real Slim Shady became Eminem s biggest hit up to that point It peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the UK Singles Chart 52 53 The Way I Am which was released as the album s second single peaked at number eight on the UK Singles Chart 52 and 58 on the Billboard Hot 100 Stan the third single released from the album became a number one hit in both the United Kingdom 52 and Australia 54 The song which details around a crazed fan of the same name has been highlighted as a work of poetry by critics and soon gave rise to the Oxford English Dictionary term stan 55 56 57 In 2010 Nielsen SoundScan reported that up until November 2009 The Marshall Mathers LP had sold 10 216 000 copies in the US making it the fourth best selling album of the decade 58 The album has been certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA and its sales stand at over 11 million copies in the United States making it Eminem s best selling album in his home country 59 In worldwide sales the album has sold 25 million copies making it one of the best selling albums of all time 60 A sequel to the album The Marshall Mathers LP 2 was released on November 5 2013 61 Critical receptionContemporary professional reviewsAggregate scoresSourceRatingMetacritic78 100 62 Review scoresSourceRatingChicago Sun Times 63 Entertainment WeeklyA 29 Los Angeles Times 21 Melody Maker 64 NME9 10 65 Q 66 Rolling Stone 17 The Source4 5 67 USA Today 68 The Village VoiceA 69 The Marshall Mathers LP was met with highly positive reviews At Metacritic which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications the album received an average score of 78 based on 21 reviews 62 Rolling Stone magazine s Toure applauded Dr Dre s production and Eminem s varied lyrical style on what is a car crash record loud wild dangerous out of control grotesque unsettling but ultimately captivating 17 Melody Maker said that Eminem s startlingly intense vision of rap s self consciousness is truly unique 64 while Steve Sutherland of NME praised the album as a misanthropic and gruelling assault course of lyrical genius that critiques malevolent aspects of contemporary society 65 Chuck Eddy from The Village Voice said that Eminem is backed by attractive music and displays an emotionally complex and witting quality unlike his previous work 70 In the newspaper s consumer guide column Robert Christgau called him exceptionally witty and musical discernibly thoughtful and good hearted indubitably dangerous and full of shit while declaring the album a work of art whose immense entertainment value in no way compromises its intimations of a pathology that s both personal and political 69 Will Hermes of Entertainment Weekly wrote that as the first significant popular music album of the 2000s The Marshall Mathers LP is indefensible and critic proof hypocritical and heartbreaking unlistenable and undeniable 29 On the other hand music journalist Greg Kot said the reaction to The Marshall Mathers LP was mixed or reluctantly positive among critics who praised Eminem s verbal skills and transgressive humor but decried some of the subject matter 71 In his review for the Los Angeles Times Robert Hilburn reserved his praise because of homophobic lyrics on what he felt is an otherwise conceptual and personal work docked a half star because of the recurring homophobia something that may be de rigueur in commercial rap but which still is unacceptable 21 Steve Jones of USA Today opined that Eminem s vicious and patently personal lyrical assaults would almost grow tedious if he weren t as inventive as he is tasteless 68 Q magazine felt that the subject matter does not make for an enjoyable listen even though Eminem s disaffected and nihilistic lyrics can be provocative 66 Slant Magazine s Sal Cinquemani was more critical in a one and a half star review and found his raps extremely distasteful The only thing worse than Eminem s homophobia is the immaturity with which he displays it 72 On the other hand Spin felt that the rapping is excellent but plagued more so by unremarkable music and lackluster tracks 73 Among other publications Rolling Stone and Melody Maker named The Marshall Mathers LP the best album of 2000 74 In 2000 the album won in the Best Album category at the MTV Europe Music Awards 75 It also won in the Best Rap Album category at the 43rd Grammy Awards in 2001 76 The Marshall Mathers LP was nominated for Album of the Year but lost to jazz rock duo Steely Dan s Two Against Nature 77 Legacy and reappraisalRetrospective professional reviewsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic 19 Encyclopedia of Popular Music 78 The Great Rock Discography9 10 79 Pitchfork9 4 10 80 The Rolling Stone Album Guide 81 Sputnikmusic5 5 82 Tom Hull on the WebA 83 XXL5 5 84 Since its initial release The Marshall Mathers LP has been highly acclaimed in retrospective critic reviews It has been regarded by critics as Eminem s best album and has been ranked in multiple lists of the greatest albums of all time 85 86 87 According to Acclaimed Music it is the 192nd most acclaimed album in history 88 In The Rolling Stone Album Guide 2004 Christian Hoard said it delved much deeper into personal pain than The Slim Shady LP and the result was a minor masterpiece that merged iller than ill flows with a brilliant sense of the macabre According to Sputnikmusic s Nick Butler The Marshall Mathers LP stands as a culturally significant record in American popular music but also remains a truly special album unique in rap s canon owing its spirit to rock and its heritage to rap in a way I ve rarely heard 82 Insanul Ahmed of Complex wrote At a time when the Billboard charts were dominated by squeaky clean pop acts like NSYNC and Backstreet Boys Eminem offered a rebuttal to the hypocritical American mainstream that criticizes rap music while celebrating and worse commercializing sex violence and bigotry in other arenas This album turned Eminem into a global icon There was a huge amount of hype and controversy around it But none of that takes away from its musical achievement This album definitively proved that the Detroit rapper was a gifted lyricist a brilliant songwriter and a visionary artist 87 Mike Elizondo a former collaborator on Eminem s albums said I felt like Marshall was part of this wave with Quentin Tarantino Pulp Fiction 1994 and Reservoir Dogs 1992 This next level of art with incredible graphic imagery that Marshall had the ability to paint Love it or hate it he was obviously very skilled at the stories he was telling 89 Jeff Weiss of The Ringer wrote The Marshall Mathers LP certified Eminem as an alienated voice of a generation a caustic wedge issue distilling the spirits of Elvis Holden Caulfield Johnny Rotten Kurt Cobain Cartman from South Park and Tupac if he shopped at Kroger In a postmodern abyss where everything s performative it might have been the last album that possessed the capacity to genuinely shock 90 Dan Ozzi of Vice highlighted that Eminem was the one artist high school kids seemed to unanimously connect with he represented everything high school years are about blind rage misguided rebellion adolescent frustration He was like a human middle finger An X rated Dennis the Menace for a dial up modem generation 91 Max Bell of Spin wrote that the album remains one of the most critically acclaimed commercially successful and influential albums in rap history citing rappers influenced by the album such as Tyler the Creator Earl Sweatshirt Kendrick Lamar and Juice WRLD 92 Bonsu Thompson of Medium described the album as a masterful confluence of punk bluegrass and subterranean hip hop that gave life to a singular brand of Americana rap 28 Thompson further praised the album s impact on white rappers saying For a snapshot of the album s seismic influence compare the pre Marshall Mathers LP decade of White rappers like Everlast and MC Serch with the post 2000 landscape of Action Bronson G Eazy and the late Mac Miller Eminem homogenized the White rapper 28 Eminem s upending of the mainstream particularly through the release of The Marshall Mathers LP earned him countless enemies From religious groups to government officials he faced no shortage of protesters but while Middle America as well as occupants of other suburban areas around the world hated him their kids loved him his music and his rebellious nature You can love him or loathe him but the fact we re still talking about The Marshall Mathers LP 20 years later speaks to its undeniable impact Will Lavin of NME speaking on The Marshall Mathers LP 93 In 2003 The Marshall Mathers LP was ranked number 302 on Rolling Stone s list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time 94 it was moved up to number 244 in the magazine s revised 2012 edition of the list 95 and moved to 145 on the 2020 edition 96 IGN named it the twenty fourth greatest rap album of all time in a 2004 list 97 In 2006 The Marshall Mathers LP was included by Time in its list of the 100 Greatest Albums of All Time 98 That same year Q ranked it number 85 on a list of The Greatest Albums of All Time the highest position held by any hip hop album on the list 99 The Marshall Mathers LP was also the highest ranked hip hop album on the National Association of Recording Merchandisers amp the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame s list of the 200 Definitive Albums of All Time where it was placed at number 28 100 It has been named one of the Top 100 Albums of the Decade 2000s by Rolling Stone who ranked it seventh 101 Complex Magazine who ranked it fourth 102 and Pitchfork who ranked it 119th 103 The Guardian ranked the album at 29 on its Top 50 Albums of the decade 104 The A V Club ranked the album at 36 on its Best Albums of the Decade list 105 Popdose listed The Marshall Mathers LP as the 10th best album of the decade 106 Spinner ranked the album at 22 on its Best Albums of the 2000s list 107 In 2010 Rhapsody ranked it at number 1 on their list of The 10 Best Albums by White Rappers 108 In 2015 the album was ranked number 81 by About com on their list of 100 Best Hip Hop Albums of All Time 109 In 2020 The Marshall Mathers LP was included at the 100 Best Albums of the 21st Century list of Stacker being ranked at 69 110 The album was also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die 111 In 2022 it was ranked 25 by Rolling Stone on their list The 200 Greatest Rap Album of All Time 112 ControversiesNobody is excluded from my poking at Nobody I don t discriminate I don t exclude nobody If you do something fucked up you re bound to be made fun of If I do something fucked up I ll make fun of myself I m not excluded from this Eminem on the album s controversy 113 While the album was hugely controversial and criticized Eminem propelled to the forefront of American pop culture 114 At a United States Senate hearing Lynne Cheney criticized Eminem and sponsor Seagram for promot ing violence of the most degrading kind against women labeling him as a rap singer who advocates murder and rape 115 She specifically cited lyrics from Kill You explaining He talks about murdering and raping his mother He talks about choking women slowly so he can hear their screams for a long time He talks about using O J s machete on women and this is a man who is honored by the recording industry 115 Cheney drew a link between the Columbine massacre and violent music mentioning artists Eminem and Marilyn Manson as musicians who contribute to the United States culture of violence Although she stated that she has long been a vocal supporter of free speech Cheney called for the music industry to impose age restrictions on those who can purchase music with violent content 115 On October 26 2000 Eminem was to perform at a concert in Toronto s SkyDome 116 However Ontario Attorney General Jim Flaherty argued that Canada should stop Eminem at the border I personally don t want anyone coming to Canada who will come here and advocate violence against women he said 116 Flaherty claims to have been disgusted when reading transcriptions of Eminem s song Kill You which includes lines like Slut you think I won t choke no whore till the vocal cords don t work in her throat no more 116 Eminem s fans argued that this was a matter of free speech and that he was unfairly singled out 116 Michael Bryant suggested that the government let Eminem perform and then prosecute him for violating Canada s hate crime laws despite the fact that Canada s hate crime legislation does not include violence against women 117 In an editorial in The Globe and Mail author Robert Everett Green wrote Being offensive is Eminem s job description 118 Eminem was granted entry into Canada 119 A 2001 and 2004 study by Edward Armstrong found that of the 14 songs on The Marshall Mathers LP eleven contain violent and misogynistic lyrics and nine depict killing women through choking stabbing drowning shooting head and throat splitting According to the study Eminem scores 78 for violent misogyny while gangsta rap music in general reaches 22 120 121 Armstrong argues that violent misogyny characterizes most of Eminem s music and that the rapper authenticates his self presentations by outdoing other gangsta rappers in terms of his violent misogyny 121 A fifteen year old boy in Fresno California was arrested in September 2015 for making terrorist threats after sharing the Columbine related lyrics to I m Back on Instagram 122 Reactions from other artists Elton John performed Stan with Eminem at the Grammys despite negative reactions from the LGBT community Protests against the album s content reached a climax when it was nominated for four Grammy Awards in 2001 including Album of the Year 123 At the ceremony Eminem performed Stan in a duet with openly gay artist Elton John playing piano and singing the chorus This performance was a direct response to claims by GLAAD and others who claimed his lyrics were homophobic with Eminem stating Of course I d heard of Elton John but I didn t know he was gay I didn t know anything about his personal life I didn t really care but being that he was gay and he had my back I think it made a statement in itself saying that he understood where I was coming from 124 GLAAD did not change its position however and spoke out against Elton John s decision 125 Despite significant protests and debate The Marshall Mathers LP went on to win Best Rap Album Singer Christina Aguilera was upset about the lyric Christina Aguilera better switch me chairs so I can sit next to Carson Daly and Fred Durst and hear em argue over who she gave head to first from The Real Slim Shady calling the rapper s claim disgusting offensive and above all not true 126 Eminem included this line after becoming angry with the singer for informing the public during an MTV special without his consent about the rapper s secret marriage to Kim Mathers 126 However the two later settled their differences after hugging backstage at the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards with the singer appearing at the premiere of 8 Mile months later 126 In 2002 French jazz pianist Jacques Loussier filed a 10 million lawsuit against Eminem claiming the beat for Kill You was stolen from his song Pulsion 127 Track listingCredits adapted from the album s liner notes 128 and Tidal 129 The Marshall Mathers LP Standard editionNo TitleWriter s Producer s Length1 Public Service Announcement 2000 performed by Jeff Bass and Eminem Marshall MathersJeff BassEminemF B T 0 252 Kill You MathersAndre YoungMelvin BradfordDr DreMel Man4 243 Stan featuring Dido MathersDido ArmstrongPaul HermanThe 45 KingEminem a 6 444 Paul skit performed by Paul Bunyan Rosenberg MathersPaul Rosenberg 0 105 Who Knew MathersYoungBradfordDr DreMel Man3 476 Steve Berman skit performed by Eminem and Steve Berman MathersYoungBradfordRosenbergDean GeistlingerDr DreMel Man0 537 The Way I Am MathersEminem4 508 The Real Slim Shady MathersYoungBradfordTommy CosterMike ElizondoDr DreMel Man4 449 Remember Me featuring RBX and Sticky Fingaz MathersYoungEric CollinsKirk JonesDr DreMel Man3 3810 I m Back MathersYoungBradfordDr DreMel Man5 1011 Marshall Mathers MathersBass BrothersEminemF B T 5 2012 Ken Kaniff skit MathersDr DreMel Man1 0113 Drug Ballad featuring Dina Rae b MathersBass BrothersEminemF B T 5 0014 Amityville featuring Bizarre MathersBass BrothersRufus JohnsonEminemF B T 4 1415 Bitch Please II featuring Dr Dre Snoop Dogg Xzibit and Nate Dogg MathersYoungBradfordMike ElizondoCalvin BroadusAlvin JoynerDr Dre4 4816 Kim MathersBass BrothersF B T 6 1717 Under the Influence featuring D12 MathersDeShaun HoltonJohnsonOndre MooreVon CarlisleDenaun PorterEminemF B T 5 2118 Criminal MathersBass BrothersEminemF B T 5 18Total length 72 04 The Marshall Mathers LP Special editionNo TitleWriter s Producer s Length19 The Kids MathersBass BrothersSteve KingEminemF B T 5 06Total length 77 10 The Marshall Mathers LP Limited edition bonus disc No TitleWriter s Producer s Length1 The Real Slim Shady instrumental Dr DreMel Man4 462 The Way I Am instrumental Eminem4 523 Stan instrumental The 45 KingEminem a 6 454 The Kids explicit version MathersBass BrothersSteve KingEminemF B T 5 065 The Way I Am Danny Lohner remix featuring Marilyn Manson MathersBrian WarnerEminemDanny Lohner c 4 58Total length 98 31 The Marshall Mathers LP Limited edition enhanced portionNo TitleDirector s Length6 The Real Slim Shady music video director s cut Dr DrePhilip Atwell4 277 The Way I Am music video LP version Paul Hunter5 018 Stan music video director s version Dr DreAtwell8 09Total length 116 08 Notes a signifies a co producer b Dina Rae goes uncredited as being featured c signifies a remixerPersonnelCredits adapted from the album s liner notes 128 and Tidal 129 Eminem vocals tracks 1 3 5 19 production tracks 1 7 11 13 14 17 19 mixing tracks 3 14 17 19 co production track 3 Dr Dre mixing tracks 1 2 4 6 8 13 15 16 18 production tracks 2 5 6 8 10 12 15 vocals track 15 Richard Segal Huredia engineering tracks 2 3 5 18 Mike Elizondo bass tracks 2 3 5 7 10 14 15 guitar tracks 7 8 keyboards tracks 15 F B T production tracks 1 11 13 14 16 19 Mel Man production tracks 2 5 6 8 10 12 Jim McCrone engineering assistance tracks 2 5 8 10 14 15 Thomas Coster Jr keyboards tracks 2 5 7 8 10 12 DJ Head drum programming tracks 11 13 14 17 19 Michelle Forbes engineering assistance tracks 6 8 12 Sean Cruse guitar tracks 2 3 John Bigham guitar tracks 5 10 Jeff Bass vocals track 1 The 45 King production track 3 Dido vocals track 3 Paul Bunyan Rosenberg vocals track 4 Steve Berman vocals track 6 Thomas Rounds engineering assistance track 7 RBX vocals track 9 Sticky Fingaz vocals track 9 Camara Kambon keyboards track 9 Dina Rae vocals track 13 Bizarre vocals track 14 Snoop Dogg vocals track 15 Xzibit vocals track 15 Nate Dogg vocals track 15 D 12 vocals track 17 Mike Butler engineering track 17 Aaron Lepley engineering track 17 CreditsDr Dre executive production Paul D Rosenberg Esq Eminem management Joel Martin F B T productions management Joe Mama Nitzberg photography and art coordination Jason Noto art direction and design Jonathan Xtra Gangsta Mannion photography Karen Pinegar F B T assistance Sarah Catlett F B T assistance Richard Segal Huredia engineering Steve King engineering Chris Conway engineering Mike Butler engineering Lance Pierre engineering Rob Ebeling engineering James McCrone engineering Aaron Lepley engineering Rich Behrens engineering Michelle Forbes engineering Akane Nakamura engineering Brian Big Bass Gardner mastering Cara Lewis Eminem booking Marc Labelle Eminem road managementChartsWeekly charts Chart 2000 2001 PeakpositionAustralian Albums ARIA 130 1Austrian Albums O3 Austria 131 1Belgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 132 1Belgian Albums Ultratop Wallonia 133 3Canadian Albums Billboard 134 1Canadian R amp B Albums Nielsen SoundScan 135 1Danish Albums Hitlisten 136 1Dutch Albums Album Top 100 137 2European Top 100 Albums 138 1Finnish Albums Suomen virallinen lista 139 1French Albums SNEP 140 2German Albums Offizielle Top 100 141 3Greek Albums IFPI Greece 142 1Hungarian Albums MAHASZ 143 3Irish Albums IRMA 144 1Italian Albums FIMI 145 7Japanese Albums Oricon 146 52New Zealand Albums RMNZ 147 1Norwegian Albums VG lista 148 3Polish Albums ZPAV 149 9Portuguese Albums AFP 150 2South African Albums RISA 151 1Spanish Albums AFYVE 152 6Swedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 153 2Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 154 2UK Albums OCC 155 1UK R amp B Albums OCC 156 1US Billboard 200 157 1US Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums Billboard 158 1Chart 2002 PositionUS Top Catalog Albums Billboard 159 1 Year end charts Year end chart performance for The Marshall Mathers LP Chart 2000 PositionAustralian Albums ARIA 160 30Austrian Albums O3 Austria 161 12Belgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 162 9Belgian Albums Ultratop Wallonia 163 12Canadian Albums Nielsen SoundScan 164 1Danish Albums Hitlisten 165 20Dutch Albums Album Top 100 166 5European Albums Music amp Media 167 4French Albums SNEP 168 10German Albums Offizielle Top 100 169 12New Zealand Albums RMNZ 170 9Norwegian End of School Period Albums VG lista 171 5Norwegian Spring Period Albums VG lista 172 8Norwegian Summer Period Albums VG lista 173 1South Korean International Albums MIAK 174 41Swedish Albums amp Compilations Sverigetopplistan 175 3Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 176 12UK Albums OCC 177 3US Billboard 200 178 3US Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums Billboard 179 2Worldwide Albums IFPI 180 2Chart 2001 PositionAustralian Albums ARIA 181 12Australian Hip Hop R amp B Albums ARIA 182 3Austrian Albums O3 Austria 183 7Belgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 184 9Belgian Albums Ultratop Wallonia 185 9Canadian Albums Nielsen SoundScan 186 107Canadian R amp B Albums Nielsen SoundScan 187 25Canadian Rap Albums Nielsen SoundScan 188 12Danish Albums Hitlisten 189 46Dutch Albums Album Top 100 190 44European Albums Music amp Media 191 5French Albums SNEP 192 58German Albums Offizielle Top 100 193 24Italian Albums FIMI 194 40New Zealand Albums RMNZ 195 24Spanish Albums AFYVE 196 37Swedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 197 90Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 198 17UK Albums OCC 199 40US Billboard 200 200 72US Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums Billboard 201 65Chart 2002 PositionAustralian Hip Hop R amp B Albums ARIA 202 12Canadian Alternative Albums Nielsen SoundScan 203 87Canadian R amp B Albums Nielsen SoundScan 204 50Canadian Rap Albums Nielsen SoundScan 205 26Chart 2003 PositionAustralian Hip Hop R amp B Albums ARIA 206 16German Albums Offizielle Top 100 207 74UK Albums OCC 208 169Chart 2011 PositionUS Billboard 200 209 199US Catalog Albums Billboard 210 16Chart 2014 PositionUS Catalog Albums Billboard 211 28Chart 2019 PositionAustralian Hip Hop R amp B Albums ARIA 212 72New Zealand Albums RMNZ 213 43Chart 2022 PositionBelgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 214 197Swedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 215 74Decade end charts Chart 2000 2009 PositionAustralian Albums ARIA 216 79UK Albums OCC 217 16US Billboard 200 218 7US Top Hip Hop R amp B Albums Billboard 219 2Certifications and salesRegion Certification Certified units salesArgentina CAPIF 220 Gold 30 000 Australia ARIA 221 4 Platinum 280 000 Austria IFPI Austria 222 Platinum 50 000 Belgium BEA 223 2 Platinum 100 000 Brazil Pro Musica Brasil 224 Gold 100 000 Canada Music Canada 225 8 Platinum 800 000 Central America CFC 226 Platinum Denmark IFPI Danmark 227 5 Platinum 100 000 Finland Musiikkituottajat 228 Platinum 40 055 228 France SNEP 229 2 Platinum 600 000 Germany BVMI 230 3 Platinum 900 000 Greece IFPI Greece 142 Gold 15 000 Hungary MAHASZ 231 Gold Italy2000 2001 sales 200 000 232 Italy FIMI 233 sales since 2009 Platinum 50 000 Japan RIAJ 234 Platinum 200 000 Mexico AMPROFON 235 Platinum 150 000 Netherlands NVPI 236 Platinum 80 000 New Zealand RMNZ 237 5 Platinum 75 000 Norway IFPI Norway 238 2 Platinum 100 000 Poland ZPAV 239 Platinum 100 000 South Africa RISA 151 2 Platinum 100 000 South Korea 106 486 240 Spain PROMUSICAE 241 Platinum 100 000 Sweden GLF 242 2 Platinum 160 000 Switzerland IFPI Switzerland 243 4 Platinum 200 000 United Kingdom BPI 244 9 Platinum 2 700 000 United States RIAA 247 11 Platinum 12 540 000 245 246 SummariesEurope IFPI 248 6 Platinum 6 000 000 Sales figures based on 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