The Marshall Mathers LP
It's from 2000, before you were born.
- Artist
- Eminem
- Genre
- Hip-hop
- Released
- 2000
- Note
- one of the fastest-selling rap albums ever
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About
As of 2026, it's 26 years old.
The Marshall Mathers LP is Eminem at the absolute peak of his powers and his controversy — a record so technically dazzling and so deliberately provocative that it became one of the fastest-selling albums in history while drawing protests and headlines for its content. 'Stan' alone, a chilling story-song about an obsessive fan, became so iconic the word entered the dictionary.
'The Real Slim Shady' and 'The Way I Am' showcased a virtuoso lyricist who could be hilarious, harrowing, and infuriating in the same verse.
Brilliant, incendiary, and culturally seismic, The Marshall Mathers LP is the album that made Eminem the most talked-about — and gifted — rapper on the planet.
