The Marshall Mathers LP
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Eminem
The Marshall Mathers LP is the second major-label studio album by Eminem, released on May 23, 2000, through Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records. Make sure to check out the liner notes and the cover art breakdown.
Building off the success of his second album The Slim Shady LP, Eminem came back harder and with even more targets. While his first album depicted multiple acts of violence, the anger on his sophomore effort now had specific targets, namely his critics, wife, and mother. This album is the first that really started to blur the line between Eminem, Slim Shady, and Marshall Mathers.
“The Kids” replaces “Kim” on the clean version of the CD.
Considered by many as his magnum opus, The Marshall Mathers LP also set the one week sales record for a solo artist’s album. It went on to become diamond, and is considered by many as one of the finest records of the 21st century, if not all time.
Via Spin, Eminem originally intended to call this album Amsterdam “not only because it’s the Ecstacy-producing capital of the world, but also because the questions he was asked by Dutch journalists irked him so much that he wrote four songs about them on the plane ride home [from his tour there].”
Em released a sequel to the album in 2013.
On April 15, 2018, Pitchfork gave the first MMLP a rare 9.4 rating.