14th Anniversary Of Marshall Mathers LP

Building off the success of his first 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, best shown on the track Kim. This album is the first that really started to blur the line between Eminem, Slim Shady, and Marshall Mathers.

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.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 2011 for shipping 10 million copies in the United States.Since its release in 2000, the album sold 10,766,000 copies in the United States and more than 21 million copies worldwide.

The Marshall Mathers LP has been ranked as one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time by Rolling Stone, Time,and XXL.Rolling Stone placed the album at number 7 on its list of the best albums of the 2000s.The album was ranked number 244 by Rolling Stone on their list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.In 2010, Rhapsody ranked it number 1 on their "The 10 Best Albums by White Rappers" list.

Building off the success of his first 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, best shown on the track Kim. This album is the first that really started to blur the line between Eminem, Slim Shady, and Marshall Mathers.


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.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 2011 for shipping 10 million copies in the United States.Since its release in 2000, the album sold 10,766,000 copies in the United States and more than 21 million copies worldwide.


The Marshall Mathers LP has been ranked as one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time by Rolling Stone, Time,and XXL.Rolling Stone placed the album at number 7 on its list of the best albums of the 2000s.The album was ranked number 244 by Rolling Stone on their list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.In 2010, Rhapsody ranked it number 1 on their "The 10 Best Albums by White Rappers" list.