The Marshall Mathers LP is the critically acclaimed third studio album by American rapper Eminem, released in 2000. The album sold more than 1.79 million copies in its first week just in the U.S., earning a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records as the fastest selling solo album ever. It has won the grammy award for Best Rap Album and got nominated for Album of the Year. It has gone on to be certified 9x platinum by the RIAA in the United Sta...
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The Marshall Mathers LP is the critically acclaimed third studio album by American rapper Eminem, released in 2000. The album sold more than 1.79 million copies in its first week just in the U.S., earning a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records as the fastest selling solo album ever. It has won the grammy award for Best Rap Album and got nominated for Album of the Year. It has gone on to be certified 9x platinum by the RIAA in the United States, and has sold over 19 million units as of August 2009.
Often cited as Eminem's magnum opus, The Marshall Mathers LP is often regarded as one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time, along with The Slim Shady LP and The Eminem Show being ranked so by magazines such as Rolling Stone, TIME, and XXL.Rolling Stone placed the album at #7 on its list of the best albums of the 2000s.
In the album's title, The Marshall Mathers LP is a more serious and personal album than his major-label debut, The Slim Shady LP, which predominantly featured his...
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