The Marshall Mathers LP

The Marshall Mathers LP
Studio album by Eminem
Released May 23, 2000 (2000-05-23)
Recorded August 1999 – April 2000
Studio The Mix House, Encore Studios, Larrabee Sound Studio, The Record Plant, and 54 Sound
Genre Hardcore hip hop
Length 72:14
Label
Producer
Eminem chronology
The Slim Shady LP
(1999)		 The Marshall Mathers LP
(2000)		 The Eminem Show
(2002)
Alternate cover
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: October 17, 2000
  4. "I'm Back"
    Released: April 3, 2001

The Marshall Mathers LP is the third studio album by American rapper Eminem. It was released on May 23, 2000, by Aftermath Records, Interscope Records, and Eminem's newly founded label, Shady Records in the United States,[2] and on September 11, 2000, by Polydor Records in the United Kingdom.[3] The album was produced mostly by Dr. Dre and Eminem, along with The 45 King, Bass Brothers, and Mel-Man. Released a year after Eminem's breakout album The Slim Shady LP, the record features more introspective lyricism including the rapper's response to his sudden rise to fame and controversy surrounding his lyrics.

The album sold more than 1.76 million copies in the US in the first week alone, becoming the fastest-selling studio album by any solo artist in American music history.[4] This record was later broken after 15 years following the release of the album 25 by Adele, which sold over 2.433 million albums within three days of release in November 2015. In 2001, the album won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album and was nominated for Album of the Year. The album was certified diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America in March 2011 for shipping 10 million copies in the United States.[5][6] By May 2015, the album had sold over 11 million copies in the United States and more than 32 million copies worldwide.[7]

A sequel to the album, The Marshall Mathers LP 2, was released on November 5, 2013.[8]

Background

Inspired by the disappointment of his debut studio album, Infinite (1996), Eminem created the alter ego Slim Shady, whom he introduced on the Slim Shady EP (1997).[9] After placing second in the annual Rap Olympics, Eminem was noticed by the staff at Interscope Records and eventually CEO Jimmy Iovine, who played Slim Shady EP for rapper Dr. Dre.[9] Eminem and Dr. Dre then recorded The Slim Shady LP (1999), which was noted for its over-the-top lyrical depictions of drugs and violence.[9] The Slim Shady LP became a commercial and critical success, debuting at number two on the Billboard 200 chart and selling 283,000 copies in its first week.[10] 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.[11]

The Slim Shady LP turned Eminem from an unknown rapper to a high-profile celebrity. The rapper, who had previously struggled to provide for his daughter Hailie, noted a drastic change in his lifestyle.[12] 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.[13] The rapper became uncomfortable with the level of fame he had achieved, and reflected, "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."[12] 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".[9]

Recording

Eminem (pictured in 2009) 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.[14] 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.[14] He described himself as a "studio rat" who benefited creatively from the isolated environment of the studio.[15] 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. "[16] 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.[15] "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.[16]

"Kim" was the first song the rapper recorded for the album, shortly after finishing work on The Slim Shady LP in late 1998.[17] 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.[17] 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.[18] 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'. "[19] 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".[20] 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. "[20] 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. '"[21]

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. "[20] After the album was finished, the record label felt that there were no songs that had potential to be a lead single.[20] 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. "[20] 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".[20] The song also discusses Eminem killing Dr. Dre. The producer reflected, "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. "[16]

Music and lyrics

Dr. Dre (pictured in 2008) produced most of the first half of the album, together with Mel-Man

Much of the album's first half was produced by Dr. Dre and Mel-Man,[22] 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".[23] Bass Brothers and Eminem produced most of the second half,[22] 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.[22]

The Marshall Mathers LP contains more autobiographical themes in comparison to The Slim Shady LP.[24] 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, most notably his mother and Kim Mathers, his former wife.[25] Unlike Eminem's debut, The Slim Shady LP, The Marshall Mathers LP is more introspective in its lyrics and uses less of the Slim Shady persona, with Stephen Thomas Erlewine writing that the album's lyrics "[blur] the distinction between reality and fiction, humor and horror, satire and documentary".[23] 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. "[24] 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."[26]

Most songs cover Eminem's childhood struggles and family issues, involving his mother ("Kill You"),[27] the relationship struggles with his wife ("Kim"),[27] his struggles with his superstardom and expectations ("Stan", "I'm Back", & "Marshall Mathers"),[27] his return and effect on the music industry ("Remember Me?", "Bitch Please II"),[27] his drug use ("Drug Ballad"),[27] his effect on the American youth and society ("The Way I Am", "Who Knew"),[27] and reactionary barbs to critical response of his vulgarity and dark themes ("Criminal").[27] 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.[28][29]

The record also contains lyrics that have been considered to be homophobic.[30] 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. "[30] The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) condemned his lyrics and criticized the album for "encourag[ing] violence against gay men and lesbians".[31] 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'. "[30] 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 that "I think its 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. "[32]

Songs

"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.[33] In the song, Eminem also talks of raping his mother, and "notes the irony of magazines trumpeting his mother-raping self on their covers'. "[33] 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.[34] "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".[35] He also laments the negative media attention received by controversial public figures such as himself and Marilyn Manson in the wake of disasters such as the Columbine High School massacre. The rapper criticizes the media for focusing on tragedies such as school shootings while ignoring inner-city violence that occurs on a daily basis.[35] "The Real Slim Shady" pokes fun at pop culture icons such as Spears, Christina Aguilera and Will Smith.[36] "Remember Me?" follows and features rappers RBX and Sticky Fingaz, who "kick seriously Stygian darkness on the ominous track".[27] "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".[33] 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 and NSYNC.[36][37]

"Drug Ballad" features Dina Rae[38] 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".[39] "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.[28] "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.[27] "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".[28] 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.[40] As the song ends, Eminem kills her while taunting, "Bleed, bitch, bleed!"[40] "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.[27] "Criminal" features production from Dr. Dre, 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...'".[27] 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".[41]

Censorship

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 song "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] "The Kids" was also featured on limited edition copies of the uncensored album. However, it was only sold in Australia.[29]

Significant edits were made to aggressive and violent lyrics that were aimed at police, prostitutes, women, homosexuals, 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.[41] Mike Rubin of Spin called the censorship a "curious decision, given that lyrics like 'Take drugs / Rape sluts' are apparently permissible".[41] 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."[41] 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]

The intro track "Public Service Announcement 2000" is replaced with two seconds of silence on the clean version of the album.

Release and commercial performance

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.[46] 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.[46][47]

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.[20] 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. "[20] The other cover features the rapper seated in a fetal position beneath a loading dock with alcohol and prescription pill bottles at his feet.[33] 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."[33]

The Marshall Mathers LP sold 1.76 million copies in its first week, which made it the fastest-selling rap album in history and also was fastest selling solo artist album until Adele surpassed the record with 25. It sold twice as much as the previous record holder, Snoop Dogg's 1993 album Doggystyle, and also topped Britney Spears' record for highest one-week sales by any solo artist.[4] The album sold 800,000 in its second week, 598,000 in its third week, and 519,000 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. By the end of 2000, The Marshall Mathers LP had become the second highest-selling album of the year with over 7.9 million sold.[48] The album's first single, "The Real Slim Shady", became Eminem's biggest hit up to that point and peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and topping the UK Singles Charts.[49][50] The Way I Am which was released as the album's second single peaked at number 8 on the UK Singles Chart[51] and number 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.[53] "I'm Back" was released as a single on April 3, 2001, in France,[54] where it charted at number 49.[55]

In 2010, the Nielsen Company 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.[56] By February 2014, the album had sold 10,818,000 copies in the United States, being Eminem's best selling album in his native country.[57]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[23]
Entertainment WeeklyA–[33]
Los Angeles Times[24]
Melody Maker[58]
NME9/10[59]
Q[60]
Rolling Stone[28]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[61]
Spin6/10[62]
The Village VoiceA[63]

The Marshall Mathers LP received generally positive reviews from critics. 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.[64] Rolling Stone magazine's Touré complimented 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.[28] Melody Maker said that Eminem's startlingly intense vision of "rap's self-consciousness" is truly unique,[58] while NME praised the album as a misanthropic and "gruelling assault course of lyrical genius" that critiques malevolent aspects of contemporary society.[59] 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.[65] In his consumer guide for the newspaper, 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".[63] 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".[33]

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.[66] 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."[24] 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.[60] 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".[67] On the other hand, Spin felt that the rapping is excellent, but plagued more so by unremarkable music and lackluster tracks.[62] In 2000, The Marshall Mathers LP won in the Best Album category at the MTV Europe Music Awards.[68] It also won in the Best Rap Album category at the 43rd Annual Grammy Awards in 2001.[69]

Retrospective acclaim and Legacy

In 2003, The Marshall Mathers LP was ranked number 302 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time;[70] it was moved up to number 244 in the magazine's revised 2012 edition of the list.[71] IGN named it the twenty-fourth greatest rap album of all time in a 2004 list.[72] 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".[73] In The Rolling Stone Album Guide (2004), Cheo Hoker said that the album "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."[61]

In 2006, The Marshall Mathers LP was chosen by Time as one of the 100 greatest albums of all time.[74] That same year, Q ranked it number 85 on a list of the greatest albums of all time, the highest position held by any rap album on the list.[75] The Marshall Mathers LP was also the highest ranked rap album on the National Association of Recording Merchandisers & the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's list of the 200 greatest albums of all time, where it was placed at number 28.[76] It has been named one of the greatest albums of the 2000s decade by Rolling Stone, who ranked it seventh,[77] Complex, who ranked it fourth,[78] and Pitchfork Media, who ranked it 119th.[79]

The Marshall Mathers LP has been ranked as one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time by Rolling Stone,[80] Time,[81] and XXL.[82][83] Rolling Stone placed the album at number 7 on its list of the best albums of the 2000s.[77] The album was ranked number 244 by Rolling Stone on their list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.[84] In 2010, Rhapsody ranked it at number 1 on their list of "The 10 Best Albums by White Rappers".[85] In 2015, the album was ranked number 81 by About.com on their list of "100 Best hip-hop albums of all time".[86]

American Rapper, Hopsin, said in an interview with XXL (magazine) that the album influenced him:

"The album, it was just—I used to listen to it religiously, and everything that Eminem said on it was just ill. It taught me how to rap. It guided me on how to get my mind right after dropping out of high school. I read between all the negativity on the album and saw the positive stuff. That he actually came from nothing, and it really inspired me. Just knowing that he came from nothing and made himself into one of the biggest rappers."[87]

Singer Ed Sheeran also said in a interveiw with XXL (magazine), that it was one of his favorite albums by eminem.[88] Rappers B.o.B, Ab-Soul, Danny Brown (rapper), Prodigy (rapper), and many others stated the album as their favorite and Eminem's best album.[89] Rapper Stalley from Maybach Music Group, spoke about the album as well:

"The Marshall Mathers LP. That would probably be my favorite. That whole album pushed him over for me as far as lyricism and standing ground to who he is. He was out the shell already, but he became more expressive about who he was, what he represented, and what he didn't like. That is when I realized you could write a conceptual rap album. Every song was formatted perfectly. The album is more than just 'Hi, my name is.' It was all real songs. 'Stan,' that song was amazing to me. All the tracks work because they stay true to consistent theme and tone."

Controversy

Lynne Cheney called for age-restrictions on music sales after citing lyrics from "Kill You" from The Marshall Mathers LP.

At a United States Senate hearing, former chairman 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".[90] In her claim, 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".[90] Cheney drew a link between the Columbine massacre and violent music, mentioning artists Eminem and Marilyn Manson as musicians that 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.[90]

On October 26, 2000, Eminem was to perform at a concert in Toronto's Skydome.[91] 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.[91] 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?"[91] Eminem's fans argued that this was a matter of free speech and that he was unfairly singled out.[91] 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.[92] In a Globe and Mail editorial, author Robert Everett-Green wrote, "Being offensive is Eminem's job description."[93] Eminem was granted entry into Canada.[94]

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%.[95][96] 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. "[96]

Protests against the album's content reached a climax when it was nominated for four Grammy Awards in 2001 including Album of the Year, marking the first time a hardcore rap album was ever nominated in this category.[83] At the ceremony, Eminem performed "Stan" in a duet with openly gay artist Elton John playing piano and singing the chorus, as a response to claims by GLAAD and others who claimed his lyrics were homophobic. GLAAD did not change its position, however, and spoke out against Elton John's decision.[97] 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".[98] 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.[98] 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.[98]

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".[99]

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s)Producer(s) Length
1. "Public Service Announcement 2000 (Skit)"     0:25
2. "Kill You"  
 4:24
3. "Stan" (featuring Dido)
 6:44
4. "Paul" (skit)   0:10
5. "Who Knew"  
  • Dr. Dre
  • Mel-Man
 3:47
6. "Steve Berman" (skit)   0:53
7. "The Way I Am"  MathersEminem 4:50
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"  
 5:20
12. "Ken Kaniff" (skit)   1:01
13. "Drug Ballad" (featuring Dina Rae)
  • Mathers
  • J. Bass
  • M. Bass
  • Bass Brothers
  • Eminem
 5:00
14. "Amityville" (featuring Bizarre)
  • Bass Brothers
  • Eminem
 4:14
15. "Bitch Please II" (featuring Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Xzibit and Nate Dogg)
  • Dr. Dre
  • Mel-Man
 4:48
16. "Kim"  
  • Mathers
  • J. Bass
  • M. Bass
Bass Brothers 6:17
17. "Under the Influence" (featuring D12)
  • Bass Brothers
  • Eminem
 5:21
18. "Criminal"  
  • Mathers
  • J. Bass
  • M. Bass
  • Bass Brothers
  • Eminem
 5:15
19. "The Kids" (bonus track)
  • Mathers
  • J. Bass
  • M. Bass
  • Steve King
  • Bass Brothers
  • Eminem
 5:06
Sample credits

Personnel

Credits for The Marshall Mathers LP adapted from AllMusic.[101]

Performers

Producers

Engineers

  • Aaron Lepley
  • Akane Nakamura (also mixing)
  • Chris Conway (also mixing)
  • James McCrone
  • Lance Pierre
  • Michelle Lynn Forbes (also mixing)
  • Mike Butler (also mixing)
  • Steven King
  • Rob Ebeling (also mixing)
  • Richard Huredia (also mixing)
  • Rick Behrens (also mixing)

Musicians

  • Camara Kambon (keyboards)
  • John Bigham (guitar)
  • Mike Elizondo (bass, guitar, keyboards)
  • Paul Herman (guitar)
  • Tommy Coster (keyboards)

Other

  • Jason Noto (art direction, design)
  • Joe Martin (production coordinator)
  • Joe-Mama Nitzberg (art coordinator, photography)
  • Jonathan Mannion (Photography)
  • Kirdis Tucker (project coordinator)
  • Larry Chatman (project coordinator)
  • Les Scurry (production coordinator)

Charts

Chart (2000) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[102] 1
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[103] 1
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[104] 1
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[105] 3
Canadian Albums (CRIA)[106] 1
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[107] 1
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[108] 1
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[109] 2
European Top 100 Albums[110] 1
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[111] 1
French Albums (SNEP)[112] 2
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[113] 3
Greece (IFPI Greece)[114] 1
Hungarian Albums (Mahasz)[115] 3
Irish Albums (IRMA)[116] 1
Italian Albums (FIMI)[117] 7
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[118] 52
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[119] 1
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[120] 3
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[121] 9
South African Albums (RISA)[122] 1
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[123] 2
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[124] 2
UK Albums (OCC)[125] 1
US Billboard 200[126] 1
US Top Catalog Albums (Billboard)[127] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2000) Position
US Billboard 200[128] 3
Chart (2001) Position
US Billboard 200[129] 72
Chart (2011) Position
US Billboard 200[130] 199

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Argentina (CAPIF)[131] Gold 20,000
Australia (ARIA)[132] 4× Platinum 280,000
Austria (IFPI Austria)[133] Platinum 30,000
Belgium (BEA)[134] 2× Platinum 100,000
Brazil (ABPD)[135] Gold 50,000
Canada (Music Canada)[136] 8× Platinum 800,000
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[137] 2× Platinum 100,000
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[138] Platinum 40,055[138]
France (SNEP)[139] 2× Platinum 600,000
Germany (BVMI)[140] 2× Platinum 600,000
Greece (IFPI Greece)[114] Gold 15,000
Hungary (MAHASZ)[141] Gold 10,000
Mexico (AMPROFON)[142] Platinum 150,000
Netherlands (NVPI)[143] Platinum 80,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)[144] 5× Platinum 75,000
Norway (IFPI Norway)[145] 2× Platinum 100,000
Poland (ZPAV)[146] Platinum 100,000
South Africa (RISA)[122] 2× Platinum 100,000^
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[147] Platinum 100,000
Sweden (GLF)[148] 2× Platinum 160,000
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[149] 4× Platinum 200,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[150] 8× Platinum 2,400,000
United States (RIAA)[151] 10× Platinum (Diamond) 12,540,000[152]
Summaries
Worldwide[153] 25,000,000+[7]

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

See also

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