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EMINEM Released His Third Album ‘THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP’ 25 Years Ago

Posted on by JL

24 May 2025

Marshall Bruce Mathers III aka massive rap star EMINEM released his
top-tier LP THE MARSHALL MATTERS on 23 May 2000, 25 years ago.

Upon release, the album went straight to number one on the Billboard 200, staying atop for eight consecutive weeks. A significant commercial success compared to the release of The Slim Shady LP a year before. The record sold 1.78 million copies in its first week, which made it among the fastest-selling studio albums in the US.

Its key single Stan, featuring songstress Dido, got no further than #51 in the US, but topped the charts in twelve other countries, including the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, and Ireland.

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EMINEM: Facebook

Happy 50 To Hip-Hop-Pop Marshall EMINƎM!

Posted on by JL

17 October 2022

Marshall Bruce Mathers III was born on 17 October 1972
in St. Joseph, Missouri, U.S. Happy 50 to rap hero EMINƎM
who put pop in hip-hop.

He canned 11 LPs between 1996 and today, with The Real Slim Shady (1999),
The Marshall Matters LP (2000) and The Eminem Show (2002) as his biggest blockbusters. His most recent one is Music To Be Murdered By, released in 2020.
He acted in movies now and then, with a leading role in the semi-autobiographical
drama movie 8 Mile (2002). Marshall’s still in the picture but his groundbreaking
heydays are over.

3 big EMINƎM moments

– STAN –
From ‘The Marshall Matters LP’ – 2000

– WITHOUT ME –
From ‘The Eminem Show’ album – 2002

– LOSE YOURSELF –
From the 8-MILE soundtrack (2002)

EMINƎM: Bio – Discography – Instagram

(Image on top: cover of ‘Lose Yourself’ single)

Massive Hit ‘STAN’ By EMINEM Came Out 20 Years Ago Today

Posted on by JL

Top singles from the past…

9 December 2020

Artist: EMINEM
Single: STAN

Released: 9 December 2000 – 20 years ago today
Score: #1 in the UK and most of the European countries,
only 51 in the US

Album: The Marshall Matters LP – his third album

My tea’s gone cold
I’m wondering why I got out of bed at all
The morning rain clouds up my window
And I can’t see at all
And even if I could it’d all be gray
But your picture on my wall
It reminds me that it’s not so bad, it’s not so bad

Let’s hear it Eminem/Dido…

EMINEM: Facebook