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Articles
Overview
Eminem Eminem discography Eminem production discography List of awards and nominations received by Eminem 1 1 28 57 70 87 87 89 94 107 118 127 145 162 162 167 174 180 180 182 184 188 197 197 199 203 207 209 217 221

Studio albums
Infinite The Slim Shady LP The Marshall Mathers LP The Eminem Show Encore Relapse Recovery

Compilation albums
Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture 8 Mile Curtain Call: The Hits Eminem Presents: The Re-Up

Miscellaneous releases
The Slim Shady EP Straight from the Lab The Singles Hell: The Sequel

Singles
"Just Don't Give a Fuck" "My Name Is" "Guilty Conscience" "Nuttin' to Do" "The Real Slim Shady" "The Way I Am" "Stan"

"Without Me" "Cleanin' Out My Closet" "Lose Yourself" "Superman" "Sing for the Moment" "Business" "Just Lose It" "Encore" "Like Toy Soldiers" "Mockingbird" "Ass Like That" "When I'm Gone" "Shake That" "You Don't Know" "Crack a Bottle" "We Made You" "3 a.m." "Old Time's Sake" "Beautiful" "Hell Breaks Loose" "Elevator" "Not Afraid" "Love the Way You Lie" "No Love" "Fast Lane" "Lighters"

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Collaborative songs
"Dead Wrong" "Forgot About Dre" "Renegade" "One Day at a Time (Em's Version)" "Welcome 2 Detroit" "Smack That" "Touchdown" "Forever" "Drop the World" "Love the Way You Lie (Part II)"

"Roman's Revenge" "That's All She Wrote" "I Need a Doctor"

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Other charted songs

"'Till I Collapse" "Mosh" "Jimmy Crack Corn"

Tours
Up in Smoke Tour Anger Management Tour The Recovery Tour The Home & Home Tour

Related
Shady Records D12 Bad Meets Evil Shade 45

References
Article Sources and Contributors Image Sources, Licenses and Contributors 458 471

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Overview
Eminem
Eminem

Eminem performing in 2011 Background information Birth name Born Marshall Bruce Mathers III October 17, 1972 Saint Joseph, Missouri, U.S. Detroit, Michigan, U.S. Hip hop Rapper, record producer, songwriter, actor 1992present Interscope, Aftermath, Shady, Web

Origin Genres Occupations Years active Labels

Associated acts D12, Bad Meets Evil, Obie Trice, Dr. Dre, 50 Cent, Yelawolf, Lloyd Banks, Royce da 5'9", Slaughterhouse Website [www.eminem.com www.eminem.com]

Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972),[1] better known by his stage name Eminem or his alter ego Slim Shady, is an American rapper, record producer, songwriter and actor. Eminem's popularity brought his group, D12, to mainstream recognition. As well as being a member of the Detroit rap group D12, Eminem is also one half of the Detroit hip hop duo Bad Meets Evil, with Royce da 5'9". Eminem is one of the best-selling artists in the world and is the best selling artist of the 2000s.[2] He has been listed and ranked as one of the greatest artists of all time by many magazines including the Rolling Stone magazine which has ranked him 82nd on its list of The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.[3] The same magazine has declared him The King of Hip Hop.[4] Including his work with D12 and Bad Meets Evil, Eminem has achieved ten number-one albums on the Billboard 200. He has sold more than 42million tracks and 41million albums in the United States,[5] and 86 million albums worldwide.[6] Eminem quickly gained popularity in 1999 with his major-label debut album, The Slim Shady LP. That first album, The Marshall Mathers LP and his third major album, The Eminem Show, all won Grammy Awards, making Eminem the first artist to win Best Rap Album for three consecutive LPs. The Marshall Mathers LP is also considered one of Eminem's best and most successful albums. Eminem then went on hiatus after touring in 2005. He released his first

Eminem album since 2004's Encore, titled Relapse, on May 15, 2009. In 2010, Eminem released his seventh studio album Recovery, which was an international success. Recovery was also named the best selling album worldwide of 2010 joining The Eminem Show, which was the best seller of 2002. Eminem won Grammy Awards for both Relapse and Recovery, giving him a total of 13 Grammys in his career. Eminem has named Masta Ace, Big Daddy Kane, Newcleus, the Beastie Boys, Dr. Dre, Tupac Shakur, AZ, Nas, and Ice-T amongst others as his influences. Eminem has opened other ventures since the beginning of his success. He founded his own record label, Shady Records with his manager Paul Rosenberg. He also has his own radio channel, Shade 45. Eminem began an acting career in 2002, when he starred in the hip hop drama film 8 Mile in which he won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, becoming the first rap artist ever to win the award.[7] He is also set to star in the 2013 films Shady Talez and Have Gun, Will Travel. He has also made cameo appearances in The Wash (2001), Funny People (2009) and television series Entourage.

Life and career

197291: Early life and beginnings
Eminem was born Marshall Bruce Mathers III on October 17, 1972, in Saint Joseph, Missouri, the only child of Deborah R. Nelson Mathers-Briggs and Marshall Bruce Mathers, Jr.[8] He is of Scottish,[9] English, German, Swiss, Polish, and Luxembourgian ancestry.[10] His father abandoned the family when he was 18 months old, and he was raised solely by his mother. By the age of 12, Mathers and his mother had moved between various cities and towns in Missouri (including Saint Joseph, Savannah, and Kansas City)[11] before they settled in Warren, Michigan, and in Mathers' teenage years, Detroit.[12] When Mather was 11 years old, his maternal uncle Ronald "Ronnie" Nelson introduced him to hip hop. After obtaining a copy of the Beastie Boys album Licensed to Ill as a teenager, Mathers became interested in music, performing amateur raps at age 14 under the pseudonym "M&M" and joining the group called "Bassmint Productions" and released their second EP, Steppin' Onto The Scene. They later changed their name to "Soul Intent" and around 1995 they released their first single called "Fuckin' Backstabber" under the record label Mashin' Duck Records.[1] Although he was enrolled at Lincoln High School in Warren, he frequently participated in freestyle battles at the now-defunct Osborn High School on Detroit's east side.[13] Despite a well-documented struggle succeeding in a predominantly African-American industry, he gained the approval of underground hip hop audiences.[1][8][14] After repeating the ninth grade twice due to truancy and near-failing grades,[15] he dropped out of high school at age 17. In 1991, Mathers was devastated by the suicide of his uncle. He has a tattoo reading "Ronnie R.I.P." on his upper left arm.[16] Ronnie was mentioned in the songs "Stan", "Cleanin' Out My Closet" and "My Dad's Gone Crazy".

199296: Early career and Infinite

One of Mathers' early mentors as a rapper was local rapper Champtown, who got Mathers his first studio time; Mathers made his first music video appearance in Champtown's 1992 video "Do-Da-Dipity".[17] Mathers and Champtown later had a falling out.[17] Mathers was initially signed to FBT Productions in 1992, run by brothers Jeff and Mark Bass. Mathers also held a minimum-wage job of cooking and dishwashing at the restaurant Gilbert's Lodge at St. Clair Shores for some time.[18] In 1996, his debut album Infinite, which was recorded at the Bassmint, a recording studio owned by the Bass Brothers, was released under their independent label Web Entertainment.[19] Eminem recalled, "Obviously, I was young and influenced by other artists, and I got a lot of feedback saying that I sounded like Nas and AZ. 'Infinite' was me trying to figure out how I wanted my rap style to be, how I wanted to sound on the mic and present myself. It was a growing stage. I felt like 'Infinite' was like a demo that just got pressed up."[20] Subjects covered in Infinite included his struggles with raising his newborn daughter Hailie Jade Mathers while on limited funds and his strong desire to get rich.[21] Early in his career, Eminem collaborated with fellow

Eminem Detroit MC Royce da 5'9" under the stage name Bad Meets Evil.[22] After the release of Infinite, Eminem's personal struggles and abuse of drugs and alcohol culminated in an unsuccessful suicide attempt.[1] Jimmy Iovine, CEO of Interscope Records, requested a demo tape of Eminem's after Eminem placed second at the 1997 Rap Olympics. Eminem had also won Wake Up Show's "Freestyle Performer of the Year" award, helping him acquire a record deal.[23] Iovine played the tape for record producer Dr. Dre, founder of Aftermath Entertainment. The two began recording tracks for Eminem's upcoming major-label debut The Slim Shady LP, and Eminem made a guest performance on the album Devil Without a Cause by Kid Rock.[1] Hip-hop magazine The Source featured Eminem in its "Unsigned Hype" column in March 1998.[24]

199799: The Slim Shady LP

The Slim Shady EP is a debut extended play by Eminem, published by Web Entertainment in 1997. The Slim Shady EP was released on cassette, vinyl, and CD. The vinyl and CD versions were released in 1998. Eminem first introduced his "Slim Shady" persona on this EP, and his lyrics are a marked departure from those found on Infinite, featuring constant references to drug use, sexual acts, mental instability, and over-the-top violence. Another departure was his exploration of more serious themes of dealing with poverty, his direct and self-deprecating response to criticism, and of marital and family difficulties. His flow is also noticeably different than on Infinite; whereas critics claimed he sounded too much like Nas and AZ on that album. Eminem also began utilizing story telling on this EP. The production value of the music on the tracks from previous collaborators DJ Head, The Bass Brothers, and Mr. Porter was also noticeably higher than on prior album efforts. According to Billboard, at this point in his life Eminem had "realized his musical ambitions were the only way to escape his unhappy life". After being signed to Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope Records in 1998, Eminem released his first major studio album, The Slim Shady LP, heavily based on the production by Dr. Dre, one year later in 1999. Billboard praised the album as "light years ahead of the material he had been writing beforehand".[25] It went on to be one of the most popular albums of 1999, going triple platinum by the end of the year.[26] With the album's popularity came controversy surrounding many of the album's lyrics. In "'97 Bonnie and Clyde", he describes a trip with his infant daughter, disposing of his wife's body. Another song, "Guilty Conscience", ends with his encouraging a man to murder his wife and her lover. "Guilty Conscience" marked the beginning of the friendship and musical bond that Dr. Dre and Eminem would share. The two label-mates would later collaborate on a line of hit songs, including "Forgot About Dre" and "What's the Difference" from Dr. Dre's album 2001, "Bitch Please II" from The Marshall Mathers LP, "Say What You Say" from The Eminem Show, "Encore/Curtains Down" from Encore and "Old Time's Sake" and "Crack a Bottle" from Relapse. Dr. Dre would go on to make at least one guest appearance on all of Eminem's studio albums under the label Aftermath.[27] The album has now been certified 4 platinum by the RIAA. With the release of it, Eminem was accused of imitating the style and subject matter of underground rapper Cage.[28][29]

200002: The Marshall Mathers LP and The Eminem Show

The Marshall Mathers LP was released in May 2000. It went on to sell 1.76million copies in its first week, breaking the records set by Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle as the fastest-selling hip hop album and Britney Spears' ...Baby One More Time as the fastest-selling solo album in United States history.[30][31] The first single released from the album, "The Real Slim Shady", was a success and created some controversy by insulting celebrities and making dubious claims about them; he states, among other things, that Christina Aguilera performed oral sex on Fred Durst and Carson Daly.[32] In his second single, "The Way I Am", he reveals to his fans the pressures from his record company to top "My Name Is" and sell more records. Although Eminem had parodied shock rocker Marilyn Manson in the video "My Name Is", the artists are reportedly on good terms. They performed a remix of the song "The Way I Am" together in concert.[33] In the third single, "Stan" (which samples Dido's "Thank You"), Eminem attempts to deal with his new-found fame, taking on the persona of a deranged fan who kills himself and his pregnant girlfriend,

Eminem mirroring "'97 Bonnie & Clyde" on The Slim Shady LP.[8] In the music video of "Stan", Eminem was shown writing with his left hand, ending the fan debate over his dominant hand. Q magazine named "Stan" the third-greatest rap song of all time,[34] and the song came tenth in a similar survey conducted by Top40-Charts.com.[35] The song has since become highly acclaimed and was ranked 290th in Rolling Stone magazine's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list.[36] In July 2000, Eminem became the first white person to be featured on the cover of The Source magazine.[24] This album has been certified 10 Platinum by the RIAA. Eminem performed with Elton John at the 43rd Grammy Awards ceremony in 2001;[37] the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), an organization that perceived Eminem's lyrics to be homophobic, condemned the openly gay John's decision to perform with Eminem.[38] Entertainment Weekly put it on its end-of-the-decade, "best-of" list, saying, "It was the hug heard 'round the world. Eminem, under fire for homophobic lyrics, shared the stage with a gay icon for a performance of "Stan" that would have been memorable in any context."[39] On February 21, the day of the ceremony, GLAAD held a protest outside the Staples Center, the venue where the Grammy ceremony was held.[40] Music tours that he participated in for 2001 included the Up in Smoke Tour with rappers Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Xzibit, and Ice Cube[41] and Family Values Tour with the band Limp Bizkit.[42] Eminem's third major album, The Eminem Show, was released in summer 2002 and proved to be another hit for the rapper reaching number one on the charts and selling well over 1 million copies in its first week of release.[26] It featured the single "Without Me", in which he makes derogatory comments about boy bands, Limp Bizkit, Dick Cheney and Lynne Cheney, and Moby, among others. The Eminem Show has been certified 10 Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The album reflected on the impact of his rise to fame, his relationship with his wife and daughter, and his status in the hip-hop community. He also addresses the charges he faced over assaulting a bouncer he saw kissing his wife in 2000. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic felt that while there was clear anger present on several tracks, this album was considerably less inflammatory than The Marshall Mathers LP.[43] However, L. Brent Bozell III, who previously criticized The Marshall Mathers LP for perceived misogynistic lyrics in the album, noted The Eminem Show for its extensive use of obscene language, giving Eminem the nickname "Eminef" for the bowdlerization of motherfucker, an obscenity prevalent in the album.[44] The Eminem Show was the best-selling album of 2002.[45]

200305: Encore
On December 8, 2003, the United States Secret Service admitted it was "looking into" allegations that Eminem had threatened the President of the United States.[46] The lyrics in question: "Fuck money/I don't rap for dead presidents/I'd rather see the president dead/It's never been said, but I set precedents ..." The song in question, "We As Americans", wound up on a bonus CD accompanying the album.[47] In 2004, Eminem released his fourth major album, Encore. The album was another chart-topper, as it was driven by the single "Just Lose It", notable for being disrespectful towards Michael Jackson. On October 12, 2004, a week after the release of "Just Lose It", Eminem's first single off Encore, Michael Jackson called into the Los Angeles-based Steve Harvey radio show to report his displeasure with the video, which parodies Jackson's child molestation trial, plastic surgery, and an incident in which Jackson's hair caught on fire while filming a Pepsi commercial in 1984. The lyrics to "Just Lose It" refer to Jackson's legal troubles, however he does state in his song "... and that's not a stab at Michael/That's just a metaphor/I'm just psycho...." Many of Jackson's supporters and friends spoke out about the video, including Stevie Wonder, who called the video "kicking a man while he's down" and "bullshit",[48] and Steve Harvey, who declared, "Eminem has lost his ghetto pass. We want the pass back."[48] In the video, Eminem parodied Pee-wee Herman, MC Hammer, and "Blond Ambition"-era Madonna.[49] Regarding Jackson's protest, "Weird Al" Yankovic, who parodied the Eminem song "Lose Yourself" on a track titled "Couch Potato" on his 2003 album Poodle Hat, told the Chicago Sun-Times, "Last year, Eminem forced me to halt production on the video for my "Lose Yourself" parody because he somehow thought that it would be harmful to his image or career. So the irony of this situation with Michael is not lost on me."[50] Black Entertainment Television was the first channel to stop airing

Eminem the video. MTV, however, announced it would continue airing the video. The Source, through its CEO Raymond "Benzino" Scott, wanted not only the video to be pulled, but the song off the album, and a public apology to Jackson from Eminem.[51] In 2007 Jackson and Sony bought Famous Music LLC from Viacom. This deal gave him the rights to songs by Eminem, Shakira and Beck, among others.[52] Despite the comedic theme of the lead single, Encore had its fair share of serious subject matter, including the anti-war track "Mosh". On October 25, 2004, a week before the 2004 US Presidential election, Eminem released the video for "Mosh" on the Internet.[53] The song featured a very strong anti-Bush message, with lyrics such as "fuck Bush" and "this weapon of mass destruction that we call our president".[54] The video features Eminem gathering up an army of people, including rapper Lloyd Banks, presented as victims of the Bush administration and leading them to the White House. However, once the army breaks in, it is revealed that they are there to simply register to vote, and the video ends with the words "VOTE Tuesday November 2" on the screen. After Bush was re-elected, the video's ending was changed to Eminem and the protesters invading while Bush was giving a speech.[55]

200508: Musical hiatus

In 2005, some industry insiders speculated that Eminem was considering ending his rapping career after six years and several multi-platinum albums. Speculation began in early 2005 about a double-disc album to be released late that year, rumored to be titled The Funeral.[56] The album later manifested itself as a greatest hits album under the name Curtain Call: The Hits in December. In July 2005, the Detroit Free Press broke news of a potential final bow for Eminem as a solo performer, quoting members of his inside circle who said that he would begin to fully embrace the role of producer and label executive. On the same day of the release of the compilation album, Eminem denied that he was retiring on Detroit-based WKQI's "Mojo in the Morning" radio show, but implied that he would at least be taking a break as an artist, saying "I'm at a point in my life right now where I feel like I don't know where my career is going ... This is the reason that we called it 'Curtain Call', because this could be the final thing. We don't know."[57] He released The Re-Up with the members of his record label, Shady Records. It was released in 2006.

Eminem performing live on the Anger Management Tour in August 2005

In 2005, Eminem was a subject of Bernard Goldberg's book, 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America; he ranked No. 58.[58] Goldberg cited a 2001 column by Bob Herbert of The New York Times claiming, "In Eminem's world, all women are whores and he is eager to rape and murder them."[59] Goldberg cited Eminem's song "No One's Iller" from The Slim Shady EP as an example of misogyny in his music.[60] In summer 2005, Eminem embarked on his first US concert run in three years, the Anger Management 3 Tour, featuring 50 Cent, G-Unit, Lil Jon, D12, Obie Trice, The Alchemist, and others. In August 2005, Eminem canceled the European leg of the tour and subsequently announced that he had entered drug rehabilitation for treatment for a "dependency on sleep medication".[61] Curtain Call: The Hits was released on December 6, 2005, under Aftermath Entertainment.[62] In its first week it sold nearly 441,000 copies in the US and was Eminem's fourth straight No. 1 album on the Billboard Hot 200.[63] The album has been certified 2 Platinum by the RIAA.[64] In September 2007, Eminem called into New York radio station Hot 97 during an interview with 50 Cent and said he was "in limbo" and "debating" about when and if he would release another album. He said, "I'm always working I'm always in the studio. It feels good right now, the energy of the label. For a while, I didn't want to go back to the studio ... I went through some personal things. I'm coming out of those personal things [and] it feels good."[65]

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200809: Relapse and Refill

Eminem made an appearance on his Sirius channel Shade 45 in September 2008 in which he said, "Right now I'm kinda just concentrating on my own stuff, for right now and just banging out tracks and producing a lot of stuff. You know, the more I keep producing the better it seems like I get 'cause I just start knowing stuff."[66] It was around this time that Interscope finally confirmed the existence of a new Eminem album,[67] with Spring 2009 later being stated as the period span in which the album is due.[68] In December 2008, he gave more details on the album, which he recently reported was being titled Relapse. He said, "Me and Dre are back in the lab like the old days, man. Dre will end up producing the majority of the tracks on 'Relapse'. We are up to our old mischievous ways ... let's just leave it at that."[69]
Eminem, along with D12, performing in 2009

On March 5, 2009, Eminem reported in a press release that he would be releasing two new albums that year. Relapse, the first album, was released on May 19, while "We Made You", the first official single and its music video, were released on April 7.[70] While Relapse did not manage to sell as well as Eminem's previous efforts, it was still a commercial success that received some critical acclaim, while also re-establishing his presence in the hip hop world. Relapse was named one of the top albums of 2009. Relapse has sold more than five million copies worldwide. During the 2009 MTV Movie Awards, Sacha Baron Cohen descended upon the audience wearing an angel's costume and landed on top of Eminem with his buttocks facing towards Eminem's face, resulting in Eminem storming out of the awards ceremony in disgust. Three days later, Eminem stated it was a staged act that they had planned together.[71] On October 30, Eminem performed at the Voodoo Music Experience in New Orleans as a headliner in his first full performance in 2009.[72] The performance included several songs from Relapse, as well as many of Eminem's older hits and an appearance by D12. On November 19, Eminem announced on his website that Relapse: Refill would be released on December 21. The album was a re-release of the Relapse album with seven bonus tracks, including "Forever" and "Taking My Ball". In a statement he described the forthcoming CD: I want to deliver more material for the fans this year like I originally planned ... Hopefully these tracks on The Refill will tide the fans over until we put out Relapse 2 next year ... I got back in with Dre and then a few more producers, including Just Blaze, and went in a completely different direction which made me start from scratch. The new tracks started to sound very different than the tracks I originally intended to be on Relapse 2, but I still want the other stuff to be heard.[73]

2010present: Recovery and Bad Meets Evil reunion

On April 14, 2010, Eminem tweeted, "There is no Relapse 2", to his followers. This caused people to believe that he was not releasing an album at all, but it simply meant that the album title would be changed to Recovery. He confirmed this by tweeting, "RECOVERY", with a link to his website. Eminem said, "I had originally planned for Relapse 2 to come out last year. But as I kept recording and working with new producers, the idea of a sequel to Relapse started to make less and less sense to me, and I wanted to make a completely new album. The music

Eminem and Rihanna performing "Love the Way You Lie" at E3 Expo Party in 2010

Eminem on Recovery came out very different from Relapse, and I think it deserves its own title." His seventh studio album, Recovery, was released on June 18.[74] In the US, Recovery sold 741,000 in its first week to land atop the Billboard 200.[75][76] It became Eminem's sixth consecutive number-one album in the US and achieved international commercial success, charting at number one in several other countries. It stayed at number-one on the US Billboard 200 chart for five consecutive weeks and a total of seven weeks.[77][78] Recovery was reported by Billboard to be the best-selling album of 2010, making Eminem the first artist in Nielsen SoundScan history to have two year-end best-selling albums.[79] Recovery is the best selling digital album in history.[80] The first single, "Not Afraid", was released on April 29, and debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100. The music video was released on June 4.[81] "Not Afraid" was followed by a second single, "Love the Way You Lie," which debuted at number 2 and then rose to the top.[82] "Love the Way You Lie" was the best-selling single of 2010 in the United Kingdom even though it did not reach number 1 there, this is the first time this has happened in the UK since 1969.[83] Despite some criticism towards its consistency, Recovery received positive reviews from most music critics. As of November 21, 2010, the album had sold three million copies in the US.[84] Recovery was also named the best selling album worldwide of 2010 joining The Eminem Show, which was the best seller of 2002 giving him two worldwide year end number one albums.[85][86] With Recovery, Eminem achieved the record for most successive US No.1 albums by a solo artist.[87] Eminem appeared at the 2010 BET Awards,[88] performing "Not Afraid" and "Airplanes, Part II", with B.o.B. He also performed at the Activison E3 concert. In June 2010, Eminem and Jay-Z announced they would perform together in a pair of concerts in Detroit and New York. The event was dubbed The Home & Home Tour. The first two concerts rapidly sold out, prompting the scheduling of an additional show at each venue.[89] BET also named Eminem the number one rapper of the 21st century.[90] Eminem opened the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards on September 12, 2010, by performing "Not Afraid" and "Love the Way You Lie", with Rihanna performing the chorus.[91] Due to the success of Recovery and the Home & Home Tour, he was named the 2010 Hottest MC in the Game by MTV[92] and "Emcee of the Year" by hip hop news website HipHopDX.[93] Eminem and Rihanna collaborated once again to make "Love the Way You Lie (Part II)", the sequel to their hit single "Love the Way You Lie". Rihanna is the lead singer, as opposed to Eminem being the main singer in the original "Love the Way You Lie". The song is said to be from the female perspective.[94] Nicki Minaj collaborated with rapper Eminem on a song titled "Roman's Revenge" that appears on her album Pink Friday.[95] The song references Minaj's alter-ego Roman Zolanski and features Eminem's alter-ego Slim Shady.[95] Eminem is featured on the track "That's All She Wrote" on T.I.'s album No Mercy.[96] He also featured on I Need a Doctor, the second single from Detox.[97] In December 2010, in Billboard's "The Top 25 Music Moments of 2010", The "Great Eminem Recovery" was named the number one music moment of 2010.[98] Eminem appeared at the 2011 Grammy Awards on February 13, 2011, by performing "Love the Way You Lie (Part II)" with Rihanna and Adam Levine, and "I Need a Doctor" with Dr. Dre and Skylar Grey.[99] In February 2011, it was announced that "Space Bound" would be released as the fourth single off of Recovery along with a music video for the song which was shot with former porn star Sasha Grey.[100][101] The long-awaited video was released on June 24 on the iTunes Store.[102]

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In 2010, Eminem started collaborating with Royce da 5'9" on their first EP as Bad Meets Evil. The duo was formed in 1999 and has reunited. The EP, entitled Hell: The Sequel, was released on June 14, 2011.[103] Eminem was featured on 'Writer's Block' with Royce Da 5'9", which was officially released on April 8, 2011.[104] On May 3, 2011, they released the lead single "Fast Lane" for the upcoming sequel,[105] for which a music video was shot.[106] In March 2011, within days of each other, both The Eminem Show and The Marshall Mathers LP were certified diamond by the RIAA. This makes Eminem the only rapper to Eminem performing at Lollapalooza 2011 on the have two diamond-certified albums.[107] Also, Eminem climbed to the second day of the festival top of the Facebook charts by being the most followed person with more than 50 million "likes", outscoring Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Rihanna and Michael Jackson.[108] Eminem is also the first artist in five years to have two number one albums in a 12-month period: Recovery and the collaborative Hell: The Sequel.[109] Early in 2011, Eminem leaked "2.0 Boys", for which Yelawolf and Slaughterhouse collaborated upon signing to Shady Records in January 2011 and performing it in April 2011.[110] Bad Meets Evil released their next single, "Lighters", on July6,2011 and premiered a music video in late August.[111][112] On August6,2011, Eminem took several of his songs throughout his music career to a live performance at the Lollapalooza 2011, performing with various artists featured in their respective songs.[113]

Other ventures
Shady Records and D12
As Eminem succeeded in multi-platinum record sales, Interscope granted him his own record label. He and his manager Paul Rosenberg created Shady Records in late 1999. He followed this by signing his own Detroit collective D12 and rapper Obie Trice to the label. In 2002, Eminem signed 50 Cent through a joint venture between Shady and Dr. Dre's Aftermath label. In 2003, Eminem and Dr. Dre signed Atlanta rapper Stat Quo to the Shady/Aftermath roster. DJ Green Lantern, the former DJ for Eminem, was signed to Shady Records until a dispute related to the 50 Cent and Jadakiss feud forced him to depart from the label; he is no longer associated with Eminem. The Alchemist is now officially Eminem's tour DJ. In 2005, Eminem signed another Atlanta rapper, Bobby Creekwater, to his label along with West Coast rapper Cashis.[15]

D12 performing live at the Anger Management Tour in 2005

On December 5, 2006, Shady Records released compilation album, Eminem Presents: The Re-Up. It started out as a mixtape but Eminem found that the material was better than expected and released it as a full album. It was meant to help launch the new artists under the roster, like Stat Quo, Cashis and Bobby Creekwater.[114] Around the time of recording Infinite, Eminem and rappers Proof and Kon Artis gathered the group of rappers now collectively in the group D12, short for "Detroit Twelve" or "Dirty Dozen", performing in the manner of the multi-man group Wu-Tang Clan.[115] In 2001, Eminem brought his rap group, D12, to the popular music scene, and the group's debut album Devil's Night came out that year.[116] The first single released off of the album was "Shit on You", followed by "Purple Pills", an ode to recreational drug use. For radio and television, the censored version was heavily rewritten to remove many of the song's references to drugs and sex and was renamed "Purple Hills". While that single was a hit, the album's second single, "Fight Music", was not as successful.[117]

Eminem After their debut, D12 took a three-year break from the studio, later regrouping to release their second album, D12 World, in 2004, which featured the popular hit single release "My Band".[116] In April 2006, D12 member (and Eminem's childhood friend) Deshaun "Proof" Holton was killed in a club brawl on 8 Mile Road in Detroit, Michigan, with US military veteran Keith Bender, Jr., who also died in the fray. The eruption is suspected to have been due to an argument over a game of pool. Proof was then allegedly shot by the bouncer Mario Etheridge, Bender's cousin. He was taken by private vehicle to St. John Health's Conner Creek Campus, an outpatient emergency treatment site, but pronounced dead on arrival. Eminem and former Detroit Shady Records artist Obie Trice spoke at the funeral.[118] D12 member Bizarre said that Eminem is not featured on his new album Blue Cheese & Coney Island because "he's busy doing his thing".[119] D12 released a mixtape in 2011 titled Return of the Dozen Volume 2 only featuring Eminem on one song, "Fame" unlike the groups previous mixtape Return of the Dozen where Eminem is not on any tracks.

Acting career
Although he had a cameo in the 2001 film, The Wash, Eminem made his official Hollywood acting debut with the semi-autobiographical 8 Mile, released in November 2002. He has said the movie is not an account of his life, but a representation of growing up in Detroit. He recorded several new songs for the soundtrack, including "Lose Yourself," which won an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2003. "Lose Yourself" would go on to become the longest running No. 1 hip hop single.[120] However, the song was not performed at the ceremony, due to Eminem's absence at the ceremony. His collaborator, Luis Resto, who co-wrote the song, accepted the award.[121] Eminem has participated in various voice acting roles. Some of these include the video game 50 Cent: Bulletproof, where he voices an aging corrupt police officer who speaks in Ebonics and guest spots on the Comedy Central television show Crank Yankers, and a web cartoon called The Slim Shady Show, which has since been pulled off-line and is instead sold on DVD.[122] He will be involved in either the soundtrack or scoring.[123] He was also in the running for the part of David Rice in 2008's film Jumper after Tom Sturridge was dropped just two weeks before filming. Concerns over not having a more prominent actor prompted the director, Doug Liman, to consider other actors for the role. He eventually selected Hayden Christensen over Eminem.[124] He also had a cameo appearance in the 2009 movie Funny People, in which he is involved in an argument with Ray Romano. It was reported on November 8, 2009, that Eminem will star in the upcoming 3D horror anthology, Shady Talez, to be produced by John Davis.[125][126] A four-issue comic book series based on the film was expected to be published sometime in 2010.[127] Eminem appeared alongside Christina Aguilera on the Entourage Season 7 finale titled 'Lose Yourself' as himself.[128] Eminem is set to play a boxer in the upcoming film Southpaw. Peter Schiff will produce the film,[129] and Antoine Fuqua is reportedly the leading candidate to direct.[130] In January 2011, a report surfaced that Eminem will star in the upcoming thriller, Random Acts of Violence.[131]

Memoirs
On October 21, 2008, Eminem released a tell-all autobiography entitled The Way I Am, which details his struggles with poverty, drugs, fame, heartbreak and depression, along with stories about his rise to fame and commentary on past controversies. This book also contains some of the original lyric sheets from songs such as "Stan" and "The Real Slim Shady."[132] Also, Eminem's mother, Debbie Nelson, released an autobiography entitled My Son Marshall, My Son Eminem, which explains about Nelson's life growing up, meeting Marshall Bruce Mathers, Jnr. (Eminem's father) and Eminem's rise to, and struggle with, fame.

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Advertising
Eminem was featured in two commercials that aired during Super Bowl XLV. The first, for Lipton's Brisk Iced Tea, was a one-minute spot that featured him as a claymation figure.[133] The other was a two-minute ad, the longest in Super Bowl history, for the Chrysler 200. It featured Eminem driving through Detroit and ended with him taking the stage at the Fox Theatre with "Lose Yourself" playing as the soundtrack.[134][135]

Charity
Eminem has also founded his own charity named The Marshall Mathers Foundation, assisting disadvantaged youth.[136]

Artistry
Influences and rapping technique
Eminem has named several MCs who influenced his rapping style, in-addition to his mentor, Dr. Dre, who share the same type of music: thick, muscular loops that evoked the terror and paranoia that his music conjured,[137] these influences included Esham,[138] Kool G Rap,[139] Masta Ace,[140] Big Daddy Kane,[139] Newcleus,[140] Ice-T,[140] Mantronix,[140] Melle Mel (specifically the track "The Message"),[140] LL Cool J,[140] Beastie Boys,[140] Run-DMC,[140] Rakim,[140] and Boogie Down Productions.[140] In the book How to Rap, Guerilla Black notes that Eminem studied other MCs to create his rapping technique: "Eminem listened to everything and that's what made him one of the greats".[141] In the same book, Eminem is praised for various aspects of his rapping technique by numerous other MCs; these techniques include his varied and humorous subject matter,[142] connecting with his audience,[143] carrying a concept over a series of albums,[144] complex rhyme schemes,[145] his ability to bend words so that they rhyme,[146] his use of multisyllabic rhymes,[139] fitting many rhymes in each bar,[147] complex rhythms,[148] clear enunciation,[149] use of melody,[150] and syncopation.[151] He is also known to write the majority of his lyrics down on paper, as documented in his book The Way I Am, as well as taking a few days or a week to craft lyrics,[152] being a "workaholic",[153] and "stacking" vocals.[154]

Alter egos
Eminem uses alter egos in his song to use different styles of rapping and subject matters. His most famous and popular alter ego, "Slim Shady" originated from The Slim Shady EP. While under this personality, Eminem makes violent and dark songs with a comical twist.[155] Though his Slim Shady persona has remained, Eminem did not include it in Recovery as much because he did not feel it fit the theme.[156] Eminem is considered to be an alter-ego itself, with his true self being Marshall Mathers. Another character Eminem has portrayed is Ken Kaniff. Ken was originally played by fellow Detroit rapper Aristotle in the Slim Shady LP, who appeared in a prank call skit towards Eminem. After the Slim Shady LP, an argument led to Eminem taking the character of Ken Kaniff and playing him in several skits starting in the Marshall Mathers LP and onwards (except for Recovery and Encore). In his Ken Kaniff personality, Ken is a homosexual who pokes fun at Eminem's songs. Aristotle, the original creator of Ken Kaniff, became angry over Eminem taking his character and created a mixtape in which he raps in his Ken persona dissing Eminem.[157]

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Featurings and productions

Although he typically collaborates with various rappers under Aftermath Entertainment and Shady Records, such as Dr. Dre, 50 Cent, D12, and Obie Trice, Eminem has collaborated with many other artists, including Redman, Kid Rock, DMX, Missy Elliott, Jay-Z, Method Man, Jadakiss, Fat Joe, Sticky Fingaz, T.I. and others. Eminem rapped a verse in a live performance of Busta Rhymes' "Touch It" remix at the 2006 BET Music Awards on June 27, 2006. Eminem was featured on Akon's single "Smack That" which appeared on his album Konvicted. He was featured on Lil Wayne's hit song Drop the World. Eminem is also an active rap producer. Besides being the executive producer of D12's first two albums, Devil's Night and D12 World, he has executive produced Obie Trice's Cheers and Second Round's on Me as well as 50 Cent's Get Rich or Die Tryin' and The Massacre.[158] In addition, Eminem has produced songs by other famous rappers, such as Jadakiss' "Welcome To D-Block", Jay-Z's "Renegade" and "Moment of Clarity" Lloyd Banks' "On Fire", "Warrior Part 2", and "Hands Up", Tony Yayo's "Drama Setter", Trick-Trick's "Welcome 2 Detroit", and Xzibit's "My Name" and "Don't Approach Me".[159] Most of The Eminem Show was produced by Eminem himself, with co-production from longtime collaborator Jeff Bass.[160] He split the production with Dr. Dre on Encore. In 2004, Eminem was the Executive Producer of 2Pac's posthumous album Loyal to the Game with 2Pac's mother Afeni Shakur.[161] He produced the UK No. 1 single "Ghetto Gospel" which featured Elton John.[162] He has produced "The Cross" off Nas's album God's Son.[163] On August 15, 2006, Obie Trice released Second Round's on Me. Eminem produced 8 tracks on the album. He was featured in the song "There They Go".[164] Eminem produced some tracks on the new Trick-Trick album, The Villain. He is also featured in "Who Want It".[165] With regard to the productions on his own records, Eminem is seen as having an unusual style in that rather than write to beats he typically starts with an idea of how he wants his song to be structured based on the lyrics and then creates music according to that.[166] A notable exception to this was the song "Stan", which came from an idea and scratch track produced by Mark the 45 King.[166]

Comparisons to other artists

As Asher Roth gained prominence being a white performer in a predominantly black musical genre, Roth has earned many comparisons to Eminem, so much so that he devoted a track on his album to the famed rapper, entitled "As I Em."[167] In an interview with XXL Magazine, Eminem cosigned Asher Roth, saying when asked about the comparison: "I haven't had a chance to, like, really get into everything, like, really get into what he's about, because I've only heard a couple songs. There was talk about people saying he sounded like me, and he was doing this and that and, you know, trying to take what I do and do it. You know, shit like that. I've heard things. But the stuff that I've heard from him honestly, which certainly isn't enough for me to make my own opinion and say, Yeah, he does sound like me' or No, he doesn't.' But the couple of songs I've heard, I don't really think he does. You know what I mean? He's doing his own thing. I can respect it, too, because at the end of the day, I think he's dope."[168] Eminem and Christian hip hop artist KJ-52 were often compared to each other, as many called KJ-52 the "Christian counterpart" of Eminem.[169] One of the most notable mainstream reactions to Gospel rap was to KJ-52 and his single "Dear Slim", which was written to Eminem in an attempt reach him with the message of Christianity, though Eminem claims to be a Christian. The song became famous and controversial among Eminem fans when it was featured on the hit show Total Request Live. KJ-52 began to receive hate mail (including death threats) from Eminem's fans, though KJ-52 claimed that the song was not a "diss".[170] This also led to the single being disparaged by VH1 as No. 26 on their "Top 40 Worst Moments in Hip Hop".[171] As more and more White rappers emerge onto the Hip-Hop scene, they can't help being compared to Eminem. These rappers include Mac Miller, Machine Gun Kelly, inZanity, and Sam Adams. In 2011, rapper Mac Miller received a

Eminem comment from Donald Trump after Miller's music video titled "Donald Trump" reached 20 million views on Youtube. Trump praised Miller and called him "...the next Eminem." Criticism of this remark led MTV news to talk to Miller about the comment, with Miller responding "...all he meant was Im a white rapper and Im blowing up."[172]

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Personal life
Family
Marshall Mathers has been the subject of much scrutiny, both as a rapper as well as in his personal life.[31] He was married twice to Kimberley Anne Scott, whom he met in high school. Kimberly had run away from her home as a teenager, along with her sister Dawn. They moved in with Marshall and his mother when he was 15. Kim and Marshall began their on-and-off relationship in 1989, and were married on June 14, 1999. In 2000, they filed for divorce shortly after Kim's second drunk driving conviction.[173] The couple first divorced in 2001[174] but remarried in January 2006. Their second divorce was finalized in December of the same year, with the couple agreeing to share custody of their daughter, Hailie Jade Mathers (born December 25, 1995).[174][175][176] Hailie Mathers has often been referenced or featured on various songs by Mathers[177] including "'97 Bonnie & Clyde", "Hailie's Song", "My Dad's Gone Crazy", "Mockingbird", "When I'm Gone", "Beautiful", "Airplanes Pt. II", "Going Through Changes", and "You're Never Over". In early 2010, Mathers responded publicly to tabloid reports of his pending reunion with Kim with a firm denial.[178] Mathers adopted two other daughters: Alaina "Lainie" Mathers, the child of Kimberley Scott's sister,[174] who has been referenced by name in some songs including "Mockingbird", "Airplanes Part II" and "Going Through Changes"; and Whitney, Scott's child from a previous relationship. Whitney is mentioned in the song "Deja Vu" as well as "Going Through Changes". Mathers is also the legal guardian of his younger half-brother, Nathan who has been mentioned in "Cleanin' Out My Closet" and "My Mom".

Legal troubles
In 1999, Mathers' mother sued him for around US$10million over alleged slander about her in his lyrics regarding The Slim Shady LP; she won only about US$1,600 in damages in 2001.[179] Mathers was arrested on June 3, 2000 during an altercation at a car audio store in Royal Oak, Michigan, with Douglas Dail, where he pulled out an unloaded gun and kept it pointed at the ground.[180] The following day, in Warren, Michigan, he allegedly saw his then wife, Kim, kiss bouncer John Guerrera in the parking lot of the Hot Rock Caf, and he assaulted him and was then arrested.[174][175][180] Eminem recreated the Guerrera assault in a skit on his junior album The Eminem Show on a track called "The Kiss (Skit)." Mathers was charged with possession of a concealed weapon and assault. Mathers plead guilty to the charges and was given two years probation for both episodes.[181] On July 7, 2000, Eminem's then-wife, Kimberly Scott attempted suicide by slashing her wrists.[182] Scott sued Eminem for defamation after he depicted her violent death in his song "Kim".[174][175] On October 26, 2000, Eminem was to perform at a concert in Toronto's Skydome.[183] However, Ontario Attorney General Jim Flaherty argued that Canada should stop Eminem at the border. "I personally don't want anyone coming to Canada who will come here and advocate violence against women," he said.[183] Flaherty claims to have been "disgusted" when reading transcriptions of Eminem's song "Kill You", which includes lines like "Slut, you think I won't choke no whore/till the vocal cords don't work in her throat no more?"[183] The opinion of the general public to the requests made by the province were negative. Others said the issue was one of free speech. Liberal MPP Michael Bryant suggested that the government lay hate crime charges against Eminem for the advocation of violence against women found in his lyrics.[183] In a Globe and Mail editorial, author Robert Everett-Green wrote, "Being offensive is Eminem's job description."[184] Eminem's Toronto concert went on as planned that night.[185]

Eminem D'Angelo Bailey, a sanitation worker, sued Mathers in 2001 and accused him of invading his privacy by publicizing unreasonable information that put him in a false light. Bailey admitted that he picked on Mathers but said he merely "bumped" him at school and threw a "little shove." On October 20, 2003, the charges were dismissed in court.[8] On June 28, 2001, Mathers was sentenced to one year probation on weapons charges that stemmed from an argument with an employee of Psychopathic Records, assessing him a fine around $2,000 as well as several hours of community service.[186] On March 31, 2002, French jazz pianist Jacques Loussier filed a $10million lawsuit against Eminem and Dr. Dre, claiming the beat for "Kill You" was stolen from his song.[187] Loussier demanded that all sales of the album be halted and any remaining copies destroyed. A trial date was set to begin in June 2004. The case was later settled.[188] On December 8, 2003, the United States Secret Service admitted it was "looking into" allegations that Eminem had threatened the President of the United States, George W. Bush,[189] after the song "We as Americans", as an unreleased bootleg, circulated with the lyrics "Fuck money, I don't rap for dead presidents. I'd rather see the president dead, it's never been said but I set precedents." The incident was later referenced in the video for his song "Mosh" as one several news clips on a wall, along with other newspaper articles about other unfortunate incidents in Bush's career. The song eventually appeared on the album's bonus disc, where the lyrics were extensively censored. In 2005, Eminem's aunt and uncle, Jack and Betty Schmitt, sued him, alleging that he has promised them a $350,000 house and the money to keep it up, and instead has kept it in his name and tried to evict them.[8] In 2007, his music publishing company, Eight Mile Style LLC, together with Martin Affiliated LLC, filed suit against Apple Inc. and Aftermath Entertainment claiming Aftermath did not have the appropriate authority to negotiate a deal with Apple for digital downloads of 93 Eminem songs on Apple's iTunes service.[190][191] The case against Apple was settled shortly after trial began in late September 2009.[192] In July 2010 the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled in F.B.T. Productions, LLC v. Aftermath Records that F.B.T. Productions and Eminem were owed a royalty of 50% of the net revenue Aftermath obtained by licensing Eminem's recordings to companies like Apple Inc., Sprint, Nextel, Cingular, and T-Mobile. In March 2011 the Supreme Court of the United States upheld this ruling.[193]

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Drug issues
Eminem has spoken openly about his addiction to prescription drugs, including Vicodin, Ambien, Valium and Methadone.[194] His group-mate Proof from D12 stated that Mathers "sobered up" in 2002 from drug and alcohol dependence.[195] However, he did turn to zolpidem (Ambien) sleeping pills for relief from sleeping troubles. This caused Mathers to cancel the European leg of the Anger Management Tour in August 2005 and eventually go into rehab for treatment for a "dependency on sleep medication".[61][196] In a 2009 interview with British talk-show host Jonathan Ross, Mathers admitted that at the height of his addiction, he considered suicide, saying that, "I just wasn't taking care of myself, at times I wanted to just give it up."[197] He also confirmed that he is now sober, commenting that, "[R]ap was my drug ... Then I had to resort to other things to make me feel that. Now rap's getting me high again."[197]

Proof's death
On April 11, 2006, Eminems best friend and fellow D12 member, Proof was killed by a gunshot wound to the chest at the CCC Club by club bouncer Mario Etheridge on 8 Mile Road in Detroit, Michigan after fatally shooting Keith Bender, Jr. On April 19, 2006, Eminem, D12, 50 Cent, and thousands of others attended the funeral of Proof at The Fellowship Chapel, Detroit.[198] Eminem made two songs about Proof's death on his album Recovery titled "Going Through Changes" and "You're Never Over", and mentions him in songs on Relapse and Recovery ("Deja Vu", "Beautiful", and "Cinderella Man")

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Feuds
Insane Clown Posse
The feud began in 1997, when Eminem was throwing a party to promote his debut EP, The Slim Shady EP. He gave Violent J a flyer which stated "Featuring appearances by Esham, Kid Rock, and ICP (maybe)."[199] Bruce asked why Eminem was promoting a possible Insane Clown Posse appearance without first contacting the group. Eminem explained, "It says 'maybe.' Maybe you will be there; I don't know. That's why I'm asking you right now. You guys comin' to my release party, or what?"[199] Bruce, upset over not being consulted, responded, "Fuck no, I ain't coming to your party. We might have, if you would've asked us first, before putting us on the fuckin' flyer like this."[199] Eminem took Bruce's response as a personal offense, subsequently attacking the group in radio interviews. Bruce and Utsler responded later in 1999 by releasing a parody of Eminem's "My Name Is" entitled "Slim Anus".[199] Eminem continued to insult Insane Clown Posse on various tracks from his album The Marshall Mathers LP (2000), including the songs "Marshall Mathers" and "Ken Kaniff". In 2002, Eminem also briefly dissed them on his single "Business" from his album The Eminem Show. Insane Clown Posse talked about the feud being squashed in an interview with MTV, saying that Proof squashed the conflict in 2005, which was followed by a bowling game between members of D12 and Psychopathic Records.[200] Violent J stated that, "He contacted us and we had a bowling game it was really cool. We're something different. They could have skipped over us and said forget them, but they included us and said let's squash it."[200] In an interview with MTV, Violent J stated that they no longer had problems and used the example "If you had beef with someone in high school and you see him ten years later at the reunion, are you still going to have problems with the kid? It's just foolish."

Everlast & Limp Bizkit

In the early 2000s, Eminem was notified while on the Anger Management Tour that former House of Pain member Everlast had mocked him on a song. Everlast claimed that while passing by Mathers in a hotel lobby, Mathers gave him a "weird look."[201] Everlast's verse from the Dilated Peoples all star track "Ear Drums Pop (Remix)" contained a thinly veiled reference to Eminem ("Cock my hammer, spit a comet like Haley/I buck a .380 on ones that act shady"), and went on to warn "You might catch a beatdown out where I come from" in his recounting of the incident.[202] Taking offense to this, Eminem and D12 quickly began work on a retaliatory song, "I Remember", which ripped Everlast several times in public and with the song. Everlast responded with the track "Whitey's Revenge," released only on his official website. While the song contained references to Eminem's strained relationships with his wife and mother, it was "Better run and check your kid for your DNA", again referring to Eminem's daughter, Hailie Jade Mathers, that set Eminem off.[203][204] Eminem & D12 responded with "Quitter," the second half of which is a take off on 2Pac's "Hit 'Em Up" (a diss song aimed at The Notorious B.I.G.).[205] The track ends with the spoken words, "Fuck him, thats it, I'm done, I promise, I'm done, that's it." In a TRL interview, Limp Bizkit member DJ Lethal made a statement that if Mathers and Everlast were to fight in real life, Everlast would win. This enraged Eminem, and an insulting track aimed at both Everlast and Limp Bizkit (namely Durst and Lethal) named "Girls" appeared on D12's mainstream debut, Devil's Night. Recently, things seem to have settled, and Eminem has no longer been heard insulting Everlast or Limp Bizkit. It is currently unknown if the dispute is resolved.[206]

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Canibus
The animosity between Canibus and Eminem started when Canibus and Wyclef Jean confronted Eminem and asked him if he ghost-wrote the track "The Ripper Strikes Back" by LL Cool J.[207] Eminem denied that he wrote the track, and later said Canibus was "rude" to him.[207] Two years later, Canibus went to see Eminem on the Warped Tour and apologized to him for his reactions and asked him if he still wanted the track. Eminem agreed, but when he heard the track "Phuck U" from Canibus' album 2000 B.C., he thought the track was directed at him and LL Cool J.[207] Shortly afterwards, Eminem released his 2nd album The Marshall Mathers LP (2000) and Canibus decided to continue the "story" of Eminem's single "Stan". He titled the track "U Didn't Care", and it continued to take shots at Eminem.[208] Eminem decided to take more shots at Canibus on his album The Eminem Show (2002) on tracks such as "Say What You Say", "When The Music Stops" and "Square Dance".[207] Even though Canibus did not immediately respond to the tracks, Eminem continued to take shots at him, including a track Eminem was featured on with Xzibit, titled "My Name" from Xzibit's album Man vs. Machine. On November 19, 2002 Canibus responded with the track titled" Dr.C PhD". Over a year later Eminem released the track "Can-I-Bitch". He attacked Canibus in a humorous matter. Since then the hostilities have cooled down, but Canibus tried to provoke a re-ignition of it when he leaked a track titled "Air Strike (Pop Killer)", that featured vocal parts of D12, where Canibus takes shots at Eminem and his deceased friend Proof. D12 member Swift responded to the record publicly, and had the following to say about DZK (another rapper featured on the track). "[He] asked us to do a track with him when he already was teamed up with Canibus without us knowing. They dissed Em, took our verses and added them to the song, so they can bring traffic and make it seem like we were turning on Em... as a desperate attempt to be heard after ducking and dodging Em for 7 years. It was a straight hoe move."[209]

Ja Rule
Eminem's conflict with Ja Rule started after 50 Cent signed to Shady Records and Aftermath. Ja Rule stated that he had a problem with Eminem and Dr. Dre of signing someone he had conflict with.[210] On November 19, Ja Rule and Irv Gotti were special guests on Star and Bucwild's morning show on Hot 97 NYC. Irv Gotti had some 'legal documents' stating the order of protection 50 'has on him'.[211] Ja Rule threatened that if 50 Cent released any diss track, he would take action towards his two producers.[210][211] However, Dr. Dre was the one who produced 50 Cent's vicious track "Back Down" in 2003 from the album Get Rich Or Die Tryin', which not only called out Murder Inc., but 50 Cent was extremely disrespectful towards Ja Rule's mother, wife and kids. In the song 50 rhymes: "Your Mami, your Papi, that bitch you chasin' your lil dirty ass kids, I'll fuckin' erase them."[212] Busta Rhymes decided to join the conflict when he was featured on the track "Hail Mary 2003", with Eminem and 50 Cent. The feud intensified when Ja Rule released a diss called "Loose Change" in which he took shots at 50 Cent and as well Eminem calling him "Feminem" and Dr. Dre as "bisexual" and claimed that Suge Knight knew of Dre "bringing transvestites home".[212] It includes also the lyrics insulting Eminem's mother Debbie, his ex-wife Kim and went on to reference his then 8-year-old daughter Hailie: "Em you claim your mother's a crack head and Kim is a known slut, so what's Hailie gonna be when she grows up?"[210] This angered Eminem greatly, causing him to immediately get his rap group D12 involved, as well as the major part of his label, Shady Records, including Obie Trice, his close friend.[212] They responded together on the track titled "Doe Rae Me" (aka "Hailie's Revenge"). Since then the rift has cooled down.[210]

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Michael Jackson
The music video for "Just Lose It" generated controversy by parodying singer Michael Jackson's child molestation trial, plastic surgery and an incident in which Jackson's hair caught on fire while filming a Pepsi commercial in 1984.[213] It was banned on the BET channel, after complaints from Benzino and others (but was later reinstated, as critics of the ban argued that Nelly's "Tip Drill" video could be seen). Both were only seen on BET: Uncut. However MTV did not drop it, and the video became one of the most requested on the channel. A week after the release of "Just Lose It", Jackson called into the radio show of Steve Harvey to report his displeasure with the video. "I am very angry at Eminem's depiction of me in his video," Jackson said in the interview. "I feel that it is outrageous and disrespectful. It is one thing to spoof, but it is another to be demeaning and insensitive." The singer continued: "I've admired Eminem as an artist, and was shocked by this. The video was inappropriate and disrespectful to me, my children, my family and the community at large."[214] Many of Jackson's supporters and friends spoke out about the video, including Stevie Wonder, who called the video "kicking a man while he's down" and "bullshit",[48] and Steve Harvey, who declared, "Eminem has lost his ghetto pass. We want the pass back."[48]

Mariah Carey & Nick Cannon

Eminem has written several songs referring to a relationship with singer Mariah Carey, although she denies the claim.[215] She says that they hung out but nothing sexual or intimate occurred. Eminem has referenced her on many songs that include "Superman", "Jimmy Crack Corn", "Bagpipes From Baghdad", and "The Warning". While "Superman" was released in 2003, Carey released a song entitled "Clown" on her Charmbracelet album, released in 2002, which makes similar references in line with her 2009 hit "Obsessed". Eminem's "Bagpipes From Baghdad" from his album Relapse may be his most well-known reference to Carey due to the controversy it caused. The song disparages Carey and husband Nick Cannon's relationship.[216] Cannon responded to Eminem by saying his career is based on "racist bigotry", and that he would get revenge on Eminem, joking that he may return to rapping.[217] Eminem later stated that the couple misinterpreted the track and it was wishing the two the best.[216] Cannon also stated that there were no hard feelings, and that he just had to express his feelings about the song.[218] In 2009, Carey released "Obsessed" in which she sings about an obsessed man who claims to be having a relationship with her.[219] Cannon claimed that the song was not an insult directed at Eminem.[220] However, Eminem responded in late July 2009 by releasing a track titled "The Warning". It contained samples of voice mail recordings which Eminem claimed were left by Mariah Carey when the two were together.[221] Eminem also hinted that he had other evidence of their relationship in his possession. A little over a year later in September 2010 Nick Cannon responded with the song "I'm a Slick Rick" which in Slick Rick's flow he takes shots at Eminem.[222]

Sacha Baron Cohen

While introducing an award at the 2009 MTV Movie Awards, Sacha Baron Cohen was lowered upside-down from the rafters dressed as an angel right into rapper Eminem's lap after an apparently staged problem with his wire harness. Baron Cohen had only a jockstrap on underneath and fully exposed his buttocks in Eminem's face. Eminem swore repeatedly, demanding that his friends, members of D12, each of whom were sitting next to Eminem, remove Baron Cohen, then left the auditorium.[223] Baron Cohen then announced the winner (Zac Efron) while still hanging from the wires above the stage. It was later revealed that Eminem and Baron Cohen had planned the gag together.[224]

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Moby
After the release of The Marshall Mathers LP, popular electronic music artist Moby began speaking out against the album's lyrics, citing references to misogyny and homophobia as unacceptable.[225] Eminem responded back with several disprespectful lines about Moby in "Without Me", the lead single off his next album The Eminem Show. Moby kept quiet until 2004, when he praised Eminem for his courage in bashing then-U.S. President George W. Bush in the song "Mosh", a track from Encore.[226] The feud has since died.[227]

Gay-rights activists
Eminem was involved in many controversies over lyrics which have been perceived as being homophobic; an Australian politician attempted to ban entry for Eminem because of these lyrics.[228] However, Eminem is a friend of gay singer Elton John,[229] and publicly supports gay rights.[230]

Legacy
Eminem is the best-selling artist of the 2000s decade on the US Nielsen SoundScan,[231] and has sold more than 86.5million albums worldwide to date, making him one of the best-selling music artists in the world.[232] He has totaled over 1billion views on his music videos on his official Vevo page on YouTube.[233] Eminem was ranked 82nd on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.[234] He was also named the Best Rapper Alive by Vibe magazine in 2008.[235] In December 2009, Eminem was named the Artist of the Decade by Billboard magazine.[236] In 2010, MTV Portugal ranked Eminem as the seventh biggest icon in pop music history.[237] During 2010, Eminem's music generated 94 million streams, more than any other music artist.[238] Also according to Billboard, Eminem has two of his albums among the top five highest selling albums of the 2000s. In the UK, Eminem has sold over 12.5million records.[239] Eminem has also sold more than 33 million track downloads and 40.9 million albums in the United States alone.[][238] Including his work with D12, Eminem has achieved ten No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200, seven solo (six studio albums, one compilation), two with D12 and one with Bad Meets Evil.[240] Eminem has had 13 number one singles worldwide. His albums The Eminem Show, The Marshall Mathers LP, and Encore ranked as the 3rd, 7th, and 40th best-selling albums of the 20002009 decade respectively by Billboard magazine.[241][242] In August 2011 Eminem was named "The King of Hip-Hop" by Rolling Stone.[4] The magazine looked at solo rappers who released music between 2009 and the first half of 2011 by analizing their album sales, rankings on the R&B/hip-hop and rap charts, YouTube views, social media, concert grosses, industry awards and critics' ratings,[4] and the data accumulated named Eminem the king of the time period. Eminem's second major label studio album, The Marshall Mathers LP, became the fastest-selling solo album in United States history.[30] The album has been ranked as one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time by such magazines as Rolling Stone, Time, and XXL.[243] Rolling Stone placed the album at number seven on its list of the best albums of the 2000s.[244] The album's third single, "Stan", is one of Eminem's most critically acclaimed songs, having been ranked by About.com as Eminem's best song and referred to by Pitchfork Media as "a cultural milestone".[245] In 2005, Eminem was ranked 79th on the VH1 100 Greatest Artists of All-Time.[246]

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Discography
Infinite (1996) The Slim Shady LP (1999) The Marshall Mathers LP (2000) The Eminem Show (2002) Encore (2004) Relapse (2009) Recovery (2010)

Filmography
Year Title Himself Himself Various Concert film Role Notes

2000 Da Hip Hop Witch 2000 Up in Smoke Tour 2000 The Slim Shady Show 2001 The Wash 2002 8 Mile

Chris Jimmy "B-Rabbit" Smith, Jr.

Uncredited Academy Award for Best Original Song MTV Movie Award for Best Video from a Film Lose Yourself MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Male Performance ASCAP Award for Most Performed Song from a Motion Picture Lose Yourself Critics Choice Award for Best Song Lose Yourself Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actor Drama/Action Adventure Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Breakout Star Male BMI Film Award for Music BMI Film Award for Most Performed Song from a Film Lose Yourself Nominated Golden Globe for Best Original Song from a Motion Picture Lose Yourself Nominated CFCA Award for Most Promising Performer Nominated Golden Satellite for Best Original Song Lose Yourself Nominated OFCS for Best Breakthrough Performance Nominated PFCS for Best Original Song Lose Yourself Nominated Grammy for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media Lose Yourself Documentary

2003 50 Cent: The New Breed 2004 Crank Yankers 2009 Funny People 2010 Entourage

Himself

Billy Fletcher Himself Himself

(season 2: episode 21) Cameo [247]

"Lose Yourself" (season 7: episode 10)

Awards and nominations

Eminem has thirteen Grammy Awards. He has been praised for having "verbal energy", high quality of lyricism and has been ranked number nine on MTV's list of The Greatest MCs of All Time.[248][249] In 2003 he was listed as number thirteen on MTV's 22 Greatest Voices in Music[250] and number 82 on Rolling Stone's "The Immortals".[3] In 2008, the readers of Vibe Magazine voted him "The Best Rapper Alive".[251] He was also named "Best Rapper Ever" in a poll conducted by music fans on the Vibe website.

Eminem Ironically, "The Real Slim Shady", one of the songs from his second Grammy-winning album, The Marshall Mathers LP, slammed the Grammy Awards in its second verse, and stated the opinion that negative feelings about his material would keep him from ever winning one.

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Business ventures
Shady Records Shade 45 Sirius Shady Ltd. Clothing Shady Games Eight Mile Style LLC[190] The Marshall Mathers Foundation

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Further reading
Bozza, Anthony (2003). Whatever You Say I Am: The Life and Times of Eminem. New York, New York, United States: Crown Publishing Group. ISBN1400050596 Edwards, Paul (2009). How to Rap: The Art & Science of the Hip-Hop MC. Chicago, United States: Chicago Review Press. ISBN1556528167 Goldberg, Bernard (2005). 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America. New York City, United States: HarperCollins. ISBN0060761288

External links
Official website (http://www.eminem.com) Eminem (https://twitter.com/EMINEM) on Twitter Eminem (https://www.facebook.com/eminem) on Facebook Eminem (http://www.myspace.com/eminem) on Myspace Eminem's channel (https://www.youtube.com/user/EminemMusic) on YouTube YouTube Vevo channel (http://www.youtube.com/user/EminemVEVO) Eminem (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004896/) at the Internet Movie Database

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Eminemdiscography

Eminem performing live at the DJ Hero Party 2009

Releases Studio albums Compilation albums EPs Singles Video albums Music videos Collaborations 7 3 2 32 5 27 78

Eminem, an American rapper, has released seven studio albums, three compilations, two extended plays (one solo and one as Bad Meets Evil), thirty-one singles, five video albums and one soundtrack. His music has been released on record labels Web Entertainment and Interscope Records, along with subsidiaries Aftermath Entertainment, Goliath Artists and Shady Records. Eminem is the best-selling hip-hop artist of all-time[1] and the best-selling artist of the 2000s[2] with US album sales at over 32.2 million during the decade.[3] Eminem has sold over 41 million albums in the United States as a solo artist.[4] His worldwide albums sales stand at 86 million.[5] He has earned forty-two platinum certifications from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[A] In this discography, music videos and collaborations are included as well. In 1996, Eminem released his first studio album, Infinite, under Web Entertainment. The album sold about a thousand copies[6] but failed to rank on national charts. After signing a contract with Interscope Records and Aftermath Entertainment, the rapper released his sophomore and commercial debut album The Slim Shady LP in 1999 and reached the number two spot on the Billboard 200, and received four platinum certifications in the United States from the RIAA. In the same year, the rapper, along with manager Paul Rosenberg, founded the imprint label Shady Records.[7][8] In the subsequent year, Eminem released his third studio album The Marshall Mathers LP, which sold 1.76 million copies in its first week of distribution, breaking records for the fastest-selling hip hop album of all-time and the fastest-selling solo album in the United States.[9][10] With more than ten million copies sold,[11] the album was the third best-selling record of the year in the United States,[12] where it also earned nine platinum certifications. The lead single "The Real Slim Shady" became Eminem's first song to enter in the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100. "Stan" was the most successful single outside of the States, while it failed to reach the top fifty in the rapper's home country. In 2002, Eminem's fourth album, The Eminem Show, debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and reached the top spot on various charts internationally, as it went on to sell over nineteen million copies worldwide.[13] In the

Eminem discography United States, The Eminem Show was the highest-selling album of the year,[14] with sales of almost ten million copies.[15] The album received a diamond certification from the RIAA in 2011. The album also received a diamond certification in Canada, equivalent to the shipment of one million units. The album received eight platinum certifications from New Zealand's Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. In the same year, Eminem's "Lose Yourself", from the 8 Mile soundtrack, became the rapper's first number one song on the Hot 100 and remained on the top for twelve weeks.[16] The song also reached the top of various national charts worldwide. The 8 Mile soundtrack peaked to the number one position in the United States, where it sold more than four million[15] of the nine million copies distributed internationally.[17] In 2004, Eminem's fifth studio album Encore became the rapper's third consecutive studio album to reach number one in the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and United Kingdom. Sales, however, were significantly less than the two previous studio albums, with over five million sold copies in the United States[18] and eleven million worldwide.[19] Much success for Encore's singles came from the United Kingdom, where "Just Lose It" and "Like Toy Soldiers" went on to top the UK Singles Chart and two other songs, "Mockingbird" and "Ass Like That" reached position number four. Eminem released in 2005 a greatest hits album Curtain Call: The Hits, which sold almost three million copies in the US[18] and received a double platinum certification from RIAA. In the following year, Shady Records released Eminem Presents: The Re-Up, a compilation album performed by Eminem along various artists from the record label. The album received a platinum certification from the RIAA in 2007 and sold slightly over a million copies in the United States.[15] In 2009, the song "Crack a Bottle", a collaboration with label-mates Dr. Dre and 50 Cent, became Eminem's second number one on the Hot 100 and broke the record for opening week download sales in the United States, with 418,000 copies sold in the first week.[20] After a break of more than four years, Relapse, Eminem's sixth studio album, was released in 2009 and was the rapper's fourth consecutive studio album to once again top the Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom and US as well as various worldwide charts, with domestic sales of over two million copies.[21] In the subsequent year, Eminem released his seventh studio album Recovery, which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and reached the top spot on various charts internationally. Recovery's singles "Not Afraid" and "Love the Way You Lie" featuring Rihanna, became the rapper's third and fourth number one songs on the Hot 100; the latter also reached the top of various national charts worldwide. As of November 2010 Eminem had four songs that have sold over three million downloads in the United States.[22] Eminem has sold more than 42 million track downloads in the United States alone.[4] In January 2011 Eminem was identified as the first artist in Nielsen SoundScan history to have two year-end number-one albums.[23] Eminem was named the best selling artist of 2010 in Canada selling over 530,000 albums.[24]

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Albums
List of albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications Sales

[25] [26]

US AUS BEL CAN FRA GER JPN NZ SWI UK [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] (FL)
[27]

Infinite

[35]

Released: November 12, [35] 1996 Label: Web Format: LP, cassette

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2 49 9 52 51 39 23 12

The Slim Shady LP

Released: February 23, [36] 1999 Label: Aftermath, Interscope Format: CD, LP, cassette, digital download

7[C]

25[B]

RIAA: 4 [37] Platinum ARIA: [38] Platinum BPI: 2 [39] Platinum CRIA: 2 [40] Platinum IFPI SWI: [41] Gold RIANZ: [42] Gold RIAA: [37] Diamond ARIA: 4 [38] Platinum BPI: 6 [39] Platinum BVMI: 2 [45] Platinum CRIA: 8 [40] Platinum IFPI SWI: 4 [41] Platinum RIANZ: 5 [46] Platinum SNEP: 2 [47] Platinum RIAA: [37] Diamond ARIA: 8 [38] Platinum BPI: 4 [39] Platinum BVMI: 2 [45] Platinum CRIA: [40] Diamond IFPI SWI: 3 [41] Platinum RIANZ: 8 [52] Platinum SNEP: 2 [53] Platinum

US: 5 [43] million

The Marshall Mathers LP

Released: May [44] 23, 2000 Label: Aftermath, Interscope Format: CD, LP, cassette, digital download

US: 10.4 [48] million FRA: [49] 614,700 World: 19 [50] million

The Eminem Show

Released: May [51] 28, 2002 Label: Aftermath, Interscope Format: CD, LP, cassette, digital download

US: 10 [54] million FRA: [49] 750,400 World: 19 [50] million

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1 1 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 1

Encore

Released: November 12, [55] 2004 Label: Aftermath, Interscope Format: CD, LP, cassette, digital download

RIAA: 4 [37] Platinum ARIA: 6 [56] Platinum BPI: 3 [39] Platinum BVMI: [45] Platinum IFPI SWI: [41] Platinum RIAJ: [57] Platinum RIANZ: 5 [58] Platinum SNEP: 2 [59] Gold

US: 5.2 [60] million FRA: [61] 258,100 World: 11 [19] million

Relapse

Released: May [62] 15, 2009 Label: Aftermath, Interscope Format: CD, LP, digital download

RIAA: 2 [37] Platinum ARIA: [63] Platinum BPI: [39] Platinum BVMI: [45] Gold IFPI SWI: [41] Platinum [64] RIAJ: Gold RIANZ: [65] Platinum SNEP: [66] Gold RIAA: 4 [37] Platinum ARIA: 3 [71] Platinum BPI: 2 [39] Platinum BVMI: [45] Platinum IFPI SWI: [41] Platinum [72] RIAJ: Gold RIANZ: [73] Platinum SNEP: [74] Platinum

US: 2.1 [67] million FRA: [68] 69,450 World: 5 [69] million

Recovery

Released: June [70] 18, 2010 Label: Aftermath, Interscope Format: CD, LP, digital download

US: [75] 4,040,000 CAN: [76] 435,000 World: 7 [77] million

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Independent releases List of albums, showing year released

Title (with Bassmint Productions) Steppin' onto the Scene Still in the Bassmint [78] [78] Album details Released: 1990 Label: Bassmint Productions Formats: CS Released: October 6, 1992 Label: Bassmint Productions Formats: CS Released: February 25, 1995 Label: Mashin' Duck Records Formats: CS Released: December 6, 1997 Label: Web Format: CD, CS, LP

(with Soul Intent)

[78]

Soul Intent

(with Soul Intent)

The Slim Shady EP

Compilation albums List of albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications Sales

[25] [26]

US AUS BEL CAN FRA GER JPN NZ SWI UK [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] (FL)
[27] 6 1 1 1 1 1 3 1

8 Mile soundtrack

Various artists soundtrack Released: October 29, [79] 2002 Label: Interscope, Shady, UMG soundtracks (493508) Format: CD, CS, MD, LP

RIAA: 4 [80] Platinum ARIA: 4 [38] Platinum [39] BPI: Silver CRIA: 5 [81] Platinum IFPI EUR: 2 [82] Platinum IFPI SWI: [41] Platinum RIANZ: 4 [52] Platinum [83] SNEP: Gold

World: 9 [17] million

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1 1 10 1 7 3 1 5 1

Curtain Call: The Hits

Greatest hits album Released: December 6, [84] 2005 Label: Aftermath, Interscope, Shady (5881) Format: CD, MD, LP

RIAA: 2 [37] Platinum ARIA: 3 [56] Platinum BPI: 3 [39] Platinum IFPI EUR: 2 [85] Platinum IFPI SWI: [41] Gold RIAJ: 2 [86] Platinum RIANZ: 4 [87] Platinum SNEP: 2 [88] Gold

US: 2.9 [18] million FRA: [61] 169,100 World: 7 [89] million

Eminem Presents: The Re-Up

Various artists album Released: December 4, [90] 2006 Label: Interscope, Shady (8502) Format: CD, MD, LP

17

44

41

15

3[D]

RIAA: [91] Platinum [92] ARIA: Gold IFPI SWI: [41] Gold RIANZ: 2 [93] Platinum

US: 1.051 [15] million

"" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Video albums List of albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications Notes

US AUS Video DVD

[94] 1 [95] 1 The Up in Smoke Tour

Released: December 5, [96] 2000 Label: RED Distribution, Eagle Rock (30001) Format: DVD, UMD, VHS

RIAA: 6 [97] Platinum ARIA: 7 [98] Platinum

The Up in Smoke Tour is a concert film of a concert held in Worcester, Massachusetts as part of the 2000 Up in Smoke Tour. It features live performances as well as backstage content from various rappers, including Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube and [96] Eminem. The film, rendered for DVD in Dolby Digital 5.1 audio compression, is directed by Philip G. Atwell and narrated by [99] Dr. Dre.

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5

Released: December 12, [100] 2000 Label: Aftermath, Interscope, PolyGram Video (60819) Format: DVD, VHS Released: June [101] 18, 2002 Label: Interscope (493313) Format: DVD, VHS Released: June [103] 28, 2005 Label: Interscope (9883138) Format: DVD Released: December 3, [107] 2005 Label: Showtime (TV), Eagle Rock (DVD 302339) Format: TV broadcast (2005), DVD (2007)

RIAA: [37] Platinum ARIA: [98] Platinum CRIA: [40] Platinum

E features seven director's cut versions of Eminem's music videos released up to 2000, as well as footage of the making of the "Stan" video. All songs are taken from his second and third studio albums [100] The Slim Shady LP and The Marshall Mathers LP.

All Access Europe

ARIA: 2 [98] Platinum RIAA: [37] Platinum

Directed by John 'Quig' Quigley, All Access Europe documents Eminem's European tour to promote The Marshall Mathers LP. The video album is divided in segments based on the concert locations, which included Hamburg, Oslo, Paris, London, and [102] other European destinations.

Eminem Presents: The Anger Management Tour

ARIA: [104] Gold

Live from New York City 2005

Eminem Presents: The Anger Management Tour, directed by Donn J. Viola, highlights the 2002 concert in Detroit, part of the Anger Management Tour. The concert features performances from Eminem and the Shady Records roster, as well as backstage footage and a free download option of the "Ass Like That" music [105][106] video with the purchase of the DVD. Live from New York City 2005 is Eminem's fourth and to-date final concert film. The film documents his 2005 live concert at the Madison Square Garden in New York, part of the Anger Management Tour 3. The taped event, directed by Hamish Hamilton, originally premiered on Showtime on December 3, 2005, while the DVD was released on November 13, [107][108] 2007.

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Miscellaneous releases List of albums, showing year released

Title Straight from the Lab The Singles Album details Released: November 7, 2003 Label: Bootleg Format: CD, CS [109]

Released: December 23, 2003 Label: Shady/Aftermath Format: CD

[110]

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Singles
As lead artist
1990s

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album

[111] [112]

US AUS BEL CAN GER IRL NZ SWE SWI UK [114] [115] [116] [117] [118] [119] [120] (FL)
[113] 33 13 38 37 40 4 12 4 16 25 29 2 5 The Slim Shady LP

"Just Don't Give a Fuck"[E] 1998 "My Name Is" "Guilty Conscience" 1999

116 36

(featuring Dr. Dre)

"" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

2000s

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album

[111] [112]

US AUS BEL CAN GER IRL NZ SWE SWI UK [114] [115] [116] [117] [118] [119] [120] (FL)
[113] 7 4 11 6 7 1 15 3 2 1 [39] BPI: Gold [45] BVMI: Gold IFPI SWE: [121] Platinum IFPI SWI: [41] Gold IFPI SWE: [121] Gold ARIA: 2 [122] Platinum BPI: [39] Platinum BVMI: [45] Platinum IFPI SWI: [41] Gold The Marshall Mathers LP

"The Real Slim Shady" 2000

"The Way I Am"

58

34

16

19

19

"Stan" (featuring Dido)

51

14

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[37] RIAA: Gold ARIA: 3 [123] Platinum [39] BPI: Gold [45] BVMI: Gold IFPI SWE: [124] Platinum IFPI SWI: [41] Platinum RIANZ: 4 [125] Platinum ARIA: [123] Platinum IFPI SWE: [126] Gold RIANZ: [127] Gold [37] RIAA: Gold ARIA: 4 [128] Platinum [39] BPI: Gold [45] BVMI: Gold IFPI SWE: [124] Platinum IFPI SWI: [41] Platinum RIANZ: [129] Platinum 8 Mile soundtrack

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2002 2 1 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 The Eminem Show

"Without Me"

"Cleanin' Out My Closet"

"Lose Yourself"

"Superman"

2003

15

42

(featuring Dina Rae)

"Sing for the Moment" 14 5 6 2 5 3 5 11 8 6 ARIA: [128] Platinum ARIA: Gold [128]

The Eminem Show

"Business"

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15

14

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[37] RIAA: Gold ARIA: [130] Platinum RIANZ: [131] Platinum

37
2004 6 1 6 2 2 1 12 1 1 Encore

"Just Lose It"

"Encore"

25

(featuring Dr. Dre and 50 Cent)

"Like Toy Soldiers" 2005 34 4 11 8 3 2 14 3 1 [37] RIAA: Gold [132] ARIA: Gold [37] RIAA: Gold [132] ARIA: Gold ARIA: Gold [132] Curtain Call: The Hits

"Mockingbird"

11

30

15

15

14

"Ass Like That" "When I'm Gone"

60 8

10 1

20 8

31 6

4 5

9 2

25 7

4 4

[37] RIAA: Gold [133] ARIA: Gold RIANZ: [134] Gold IFPI SWE: [135] Gold

"Shake That"

2006

59

(featuring Nate Dogg)

"You Don't Know" 12 7 5 32

(with 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks and Cashis)

"Jimmy Crack Corn"[F] 101

Eminem Presents: The Re-Up

(with 50 Cent)
"Crack a Bottle" 2009 1 18 39 1 6 6 9 4 4 Relapse

(featuring Dr. Dre and 50 Cent)

"We Made You" 9 1 13 6 9 1 1 11 4 4 ARIA: [136] Platinum RIANZ: [137] Gold

"3 a.m." "Old Time's Sake"

32 25

38 76

24 14

49

56 61

(featuring Dr. Dre)

"Beautiful" 17 33 16 8 39 22 4 12 8 12 RIANZ: [138] Gold Relapse: Refill

"Hell Breaks Loose"

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21

(featuring Dr. Dre)

"Elevator" 67 59

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List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album

[111] [112]

US AUS BEL CAN GER IRL NZ SWE SWI UK [114] [115] [116] [117] [118] [119] [120] (FL)
[113] 13 1 4 1 9 3 8 5 2 5 [139] ARIA: 2 Platinum [41] IFPI SWI: Platinum [140] RIANZ: Platinum [37] RIAA: 5 Platinum [141] ARIA: 6 Platinum [142] BVMI: Platinum IFPI SWI: 3 [41] Platinum RIANZ: 2 [140] Platinum ARIA: Gold [139] Recovery

"Not Afraid"

2010

"Love the Way You Lie"

(featuring Rihanna)

"No Love"

23

21

24

17

33

22

39

33

(featuring Lil Wayne)

"Space Bound"[G] 2011 119 51 17 31 34

"" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

As featured performer List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album

[143] [112]

US AUS BEL CAN GER IRL NZ SWE SWI UK [144] [115] [116] [117] [118] [119] [120] (FL)
[113] Born Again

"Dead Wrong"[H]

1999

115

(The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Eminem)

"Forgot About Dre" 2000 25 41 20 26 29 37 7 2001

(Dr. Dre featuring Eminem)

"Rock City" 2002 45 30 37 Rock City (Version 2.0)

(Royce da 5'9" featuring Eminem)

"One Day at a Time (Em's Version)" 2004 80

(2Pac featuring Eminem and Outlawz)

Tupac: Resurrection soundtrack

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2005 100 20 The People vs.

"Welcome 2 Detroit"

(Trick-Trick featuring Eminem)

"Smack That" 2006 2 2 3 5 1 1 3 3 1 RIAA: 2 [145] Platinum ARIA: [146] Platinum [147] BEA: Gold IFPI SWE: [148] Gold RIANZ: [149] Platinum Konvicted

(Akon featuring Eminem)

"Forever"

2009

99

26

41

68

42

(Drake featuring Kanye West, Lil Wayne and Eminem)

"Drop the World" 18 56 24 43 51 RIAA: [150] Platinum

More Than a Game soundtrack

Rebirth

(Lil Wayne featuring Eminem)

"Roman's Revenge" 2010 56 125

Pink Friday

(Nicki Minaj featuring Eminem)

"That's All She Wrote" 18 46 158 No Mercy

(T.I. featuring Eminem)

"I Need a Doctor" 2011 4 12 3 8 25 14 23 56 33 8 RIAA: 2 [151] Platinum ARIA: 2 [141] Platinum Non-album single

(Dr. Dre featuring Eminem and Skylar Grey)

"Writer's Block" 199

(Royce da 5'9" featuring Eminem)

Success Is Certain

"" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other charted songs

List of songs, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Album

[111]

US

US US AUS BEL CAN FRA SWI UK [154] [155] [156] [119] [157] R&B Rap (FL)
[152] [153] 111 76 [113] The Slim Shady LP 2001

"Role Model"[I] "What's the Difference"

1999

(Dr. Dre featuring Eminem and Xzibit)

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2000 102 61 The Marshall Mathers LP

"Kill You"[J] "Bitch Please II"

(featuring Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Xzibit and Nate Dogg)

"Drug Ballad" 2001 71

(featuring Dina Rae)

"I'm Back" "My Dad's Gone Crazy" 2002 64 5 49 The Eminem Show

(featuring Hailie Jade)

"Hailie's Song"[K] "Say What You Say"[L] 113 110 110 112

(featuring Dr. Dre)

"'Till I Collapse" 73

(featuring Nate Dogg)

"Hellbound" 4 53 85 183 Game Over

(with J-Black and Masta Ace)

"8 Mile"[M] "Patiently Waiting" 2003 102 54 56 8 Mile soundtrack Get Rich or Die Tryin'

(50 Cent featuring Eminem)

"Hail Mary"[N] 111 33 18 Non-album song

(with 50 Cent and Busta Rhymes)

"Mosh"[O] "The Re-Up"[P] 2004 2006 119 112 Encore Eminem Presents: The Re-Up

(with 50 Cent)
"No Apologies"[Q] "Touchdown"[R] 2007 121 109

T.I. vs. T.I.P.

(T.I. featuring Eminem)

"Peep Show"[S] 116 Curtis

(50 Cent featuring Eminem)

"Insane" "Dr. West (skit)"[T] "My Mom" "Bagpipes from Baghdad" "Music Box" "Drop the Bomb on 'Em"[U] "Buffalo Bill"[V] "Taking My Ball"[W] "Careful What You Wish For"[X] "The Warning"[Y] 2009 85 105 82 103 117 123 125 108 23 63 83 182 166 187 Non-album song Relapse (and Refill)

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2010 62 67 65 82 Recovery

"Won't Back Down"

(featuring Pink)
"Cold Wind Blows" "Talkin' 2 Myself" 71 88 97 148

(featuring Kobe)
"25 to Life" "Cinderella Man"[Z] "Love the Way You Lie (Part II)" 92 112 90 19 160 Loud

(Rihanna featuring Eminem)

"" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Guest appearances
List of guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name
Title "Trife Thieves" "We Shine" "Fuck Off" [158] Year 1998 Other performer(s) Bizarre, Fuzz Scoota Da Ruckus Kid Rock The Anonymous Album Attack of the Weirdos Da Ruckus, Episode 1 Devil Without a Cause Green & Gold

[159]

[160] [161]

"Green and Gold"

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1999 Feel-X Behind the Doors of the 13th Floor Soundbombing II This or That

"Hustlers & Hardcore" [163]

"Any Man"

Chino XL, Kool G Rap, KRS-One, Jayo Felony, Pharoahe Monch, RZA, Sway & King Tech, Tech N9ne, Xzibit Sway & King Tech

[164] "The Anthem" [164]

"Get You Mad"

This or That and DJ Hero: Renegade Edition Wild Wild West and DJ Hero: Renegade Edition Da Real World Home Field Advantage Tell 'Em Why U Madd End of Days 2001

"Bad Guys Always Die"

[165]

Dr. Dre

"Busa Rhyme"

[166] [167]

Missy Elliott The High & Mighty The Madd Rapper Dr. Dre, Xzibit Dr. Dre

"The Last Hit" "Stir Crazy"

[168] [169] [170]

"Bad Influence"

"What's the Difference" "Forgot About Dre"

[170]

"Murder, Murder" [171] (Remix) [172] "Dead Wrong" "If I Get Locked Up" "Rush Ya Clique" "Watch Deez" [173] 2000

Next Friday soundtrack

The Notorious B.I.G. Dr. Dre Outsidaz Thirstin Howl III J. Black, Masta Ace

Born Again The Tunnel Night Life Skillosopher and Skilligan's Island Game Over

[174]

[175]

"Hellbound" (H&H [176] Remix) "3 6 5" [177]

Skam

Restaurant: ... It Ain't Always on the Menu Nutty Professor II: The Klumps soundtrack Kill the DJ Black Trash: The Autobiography of Kirk Jones The Mix Tape, Volume 4: 60 Minutes of Funk Restless The Professional, Pt. 2 The Blueprint Man vs. Machine Rock City (Version 2.0)

"Off the Wall"

[178]

Redman

"Desperados"

[179] [180]

Bugz, Proof, Almighty Dreadknaughts Sticky Fingaz

"What If I Was White"

"Words Are Weapons"

[181]

Funkmaster Flex

"Don't Approach Me" "What the Beat" "Renegade"

[182]

Xzibit Method Man, Royce da 5'9", DJ Clue 2001 2002 Jay-Z Xzibit, Nate Dogg Royce da 5'9"

[183]

[184] [185] [186]

"My Name"

"Rock City"

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2003 50 Cent 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks DMX, Obie Trice Obie Trice [189] [189] Obie Trice, Dr. Dre Obie Trice, 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, Tony Yayo Obie Trice Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E., B-Real 2Pac, Outlawz West Koasta Nostra Tupac: Resurrection soundtrack Cradle 2 the Grave soundtrack Cheers Get Rich or Die Tryin'

"Patiently Waiting" "Don't Push Me" "Go to Sleep" "Lady"

[187]

[188]

[189]

"Shit Hits the Fan"

"We All Die One Day" "Hands on You" "911" [190]

[189]

"One Day at a Time (Em's [191] Version)" "Freestyle" "I'm Gone" [192] 2004

Obie Trice, DJ Kayslay

The Streetsweeper Vol. 1 The Streetsweeper Vol. 2: The Pain from the Game Kiss of Death The Hunger for More Loyal to the Game

"Welcome to D-Block" "Warrior, Pt. 2"

[193]

The LOX 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, Nate Dogg 2Pac 2Pac, Kastro, Young Noble 2005 The Game 50 Cent Fat Joe, Lil Jon, Mase, Remy Ma Bizarre Obie Trice, Tony Yayo Hush, Kuniva, Swifty McVay The Notorious B.I.G., Obie Trice, Diddy Trick-Trick Proof, Trick-Trick 2006 Busta Rhymes Obie Trice, Big Herk Akon 2007 Cashis T.I. 50 Cent 2008 Trick-Trick

[194] [195]

"Soldier Like Me" "Black Cotton" "We Ain't"

[195]

[196] [197]

The Documentary The Massacre All or Nothing Hannicap Circus Thoughts of a Predicate Felon Bulletproof Duets: The Final Chapter The People vs.

"Gatman and Robbin'" "Lean Back" (Remix) "Hip Hop" [199]

[198]

"Drama Setter"

[200] [201] [202] [203]

"Off to Tijuana"

"It Has Been Said"

"Welcome 2 Detroit" "No More to Say"

[203]

"I'll Hurt You" "There They Go" [204]

Second Round's on Me Konvicted The County Hound EP T.I. vs T.I.P. Curtis The Villain

[205] "Smack That" "Pistol Poppin'" "Touchdown" "Peep Show" [206]

[207]

[208] [209]

"Who Want It"

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2009 The Alchemist Drake, Kanye West, Lil Wayne 50 Cent 2010 Lil Wayne B.o.B, Hayley Williams Chemical Warfare More Than a Game soundtrack Before I Self Destruct Rebirth B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray Loud

"Chemical Warfare" "Forever" "Psycho" [211]

[212] [213] [214]

"Drop the World"

"Airplanes, Part II"

"Love the Way You Lie (Part [215] II)" "Roman's Revenge" "Celebrity" [216]

Rihanna

Nicki Minaj Lloyd Banks, Akon Lloyd Banks T.I. 2011 Royce da 5'9" B.o.B Yelawolf, Gangsta Boo 2012 Obie Trice

Pink Friday H.F.M. 2 (Hunger for More 2) H.F.M. 2 (Hunger for More 2) No Mercy Success Is Certain E.P.I.C. (Every Play Is Crucial) Radioactive Bottoms Up

[217] [218] [219]

"Where I'm At"

"That's All She Wrote" "Writer's Block"

[220] [221]

"Things Get Worse" "Throw It Up" "Richard"

[222]

[223]

Music videos
List of music videos, with directors, showing year released
Title Year Director(s) Darren Lavett [224] [224]

"Just Don't Give a Fuck" 1998 "My Name Is" "Guilty Conscience" "Role Model" "The Real Slim Shady" "The Way I Am" "Stan" "Without Me" "White America" "Cleanin' Out My Closet" "Lose Yourself" "Superman" "Sing for the Moment" 2003 2002 2000 1999

Dr. Dre, Phillip G. Atwell

Paul Hunter

[224] [224]

Dr. Dre, Phillip G. Atwell Joseph Kahn N/A [224]

[224] [224] [225]

Dr. Dre, Phillip G. Atwell

Eminem, Paul Rosenberg, Phillip G. Atwell Paul Hunter [224]

[224] Phillip G. Atwell, Jeff Grippe

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[224] Ian Inaba Phillip G. Atwell [224] [224]

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"Mosh" "Just Lose It" "Like Toy Soldiers" "Mockingbird" "Ass Like That" "When I'm Gone" "Shake That" "You Don't Know" "We Made You" "3 a.m." "Beautiful" "Not Afraid" "Love the Way You Lie" "No Love" "Space Bound" 2011 2010 2009 2006 2005 2004

The Saline Project Eminem, Quig

[224] [224] [224]

Phillip G. Atwell

Anthony Mandler Plates Animation

[224] [224]

The Saline Project Joseph Kahn

[224]

[224] Syndrome Anthony Mandler Rich Lee [224]

[224] [224] [224]

Joseph Kahn

Chris Robinson Joseph Kahn

[224]

Notes
A The forty-two platinum certifications by the Recording Industry Association of [37] America include twenty-nine platinum certifications credited as a solo artist and [80][91][97] eleven certifications with various artists. N "Hail Mary" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 11 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as a 25-song extension [226] to the Hot 100. O "Mosh" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number 12 on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart, which acts as a 25-song extension to the R&B/Hip-Hop [227] Songs chart. P "The Re-Up" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 19 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as a [229] 25-song extension to the Hot 100. Q "No Apologies" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 21 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as a [232] 25-song extension to the Hot 100. R "Touchdown" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 9 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as a 25-song [234] extension to the Hot 100.

B The reported chart positions are of the latter release The Slim Shady LP (Special Edition). The original album release peaked up to number forty-six on the Belgian [27][33] Ultratop and seventy-seven on the Swiss Record Charts.

C For certifications of The Slim Shady LP and E, enter Eminem in the "artist name" [228] field.

D The reported peak chart positions are indicative of the UK Compilation Albums Chart, as soundtracks and compilation albums by various artists are not eligible for [230][231] the UK Albums Chart.

E "Just Don't Give a Fuck" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 21 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as a 25-song [233] extension to the Hot 100.

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F "Jimmy Crack Corn" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 1 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as a 25-song extension to [235] the Hot 100.

S "Peep Show" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 16 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as a [236] 25-song extension to the Hot 100. T "Dr West (skit)" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 5 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as a 25-song [238] extension to the Hot 100. U "Drop the Bomb on 'Em" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 3 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts [240] as a 25-song extension to the Hot 100. V "Buffalo Bill" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 17 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as a [242] 25-song extension to the Hot 100. W "Taking My Ball" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 23 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as a [244] 25-song extension to the Hot 100. X "Careful What You Wish For" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 25 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts [246] as a 25-song extension to the Hot 100.

G "Space Bound" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 19 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as a 25-song extension to the [237] Hot 100.

H "Dead Wrong" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 15 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as a 25-song extension to the [239] Hot 100.

I "Role Model" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number 11 on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart, which acts as a [241] 25-song extension to the R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

J "Kill You" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number 2 on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart, which acts as a 25-song [243] extension to the R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

K "Hailie's Song" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 13 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as a 25-song extension to the Hot 100. It did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number 10 on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart, which acts as a 25-song [245] extension to the R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. L "Say What You Say" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number 10 on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart, which acts as a [247] 25-song extension to the R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

Y "The Warning" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number 8 on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart, which acts as a 25-song extension to the [248] R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Z "Cinderella Man" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 12 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as a [250] 25-song extension to the Hot 100.

M "8 Mile" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 2 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as a 25-song extension to the Hot [249] 100.

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[31] " [Eminem album ranking history]" (http:/ / www. oricon. co. jp/ prof/ artist/ 48489/ ranking/ cd_album/ ) (in Japanese). Oricon. . Retrieved April 15, 2011. [32] Peak chart positions for albums in New Zealand: All except 8 Mile soundtrack: "Discography Eminem" (http:/ / charts. org. nz/ showinterpret. asp?interpret=Eminem). charts.org.nz. Hung Medien. . Retrieved November 11, 2008. 8 Mile soundtrack: "Soundtrack 8 Mile" (http:/ / charts. org. nz/ showitem. asp?interpret=Soundtrack& titel=8+ Mile& cat=a). charts.org.nz. Hung Medien. . Retrieved January 2, 2012.

[33] Peak chart positions for albums in Switzerland: All except 8 Mile soundtrack: "Eminem (albums)" (http:/ / swisscharts. com/ artist/ Eminem) (select "Charts" tab, and then "Alben" tab). swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. . Retrieved January 2, 2012. 8 Mile soundtrack: "Soundtrack 8 Mile" (http:/ / swisscharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Soundtrack& titel=8+ Mile& cat=a). swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. . Retrieved January 2, 2012. [34] "Eminem" (http:/ / www. theofficialcharts. com/ artist/ _/ Eminem) (select "Albums" tab). The Official Charts Company. . Retrieved December 31, 2011. [35] "Infinite" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r590116). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved January 1, 2012. [36] "The Slim Shady LP" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r397821). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved March 9, 2009. [37] "RIAA Searchable Database: Eminem" (http:/ / www. riaa. com/ goldandplatinumdata. php?artist=Eminem). Recording Industry Association of America. . Retrieved November 8, 2011. [38] "ARIA Certification 2003" (http:/ / www. aria. com. au/ pages/ aria-charts-accreditations-albums-2003. htm). Australian Recording Industry Association. . Retrieved November 15, 2008. [39] "BPI Certification Database" (http:/ / www. bpi. co. uk/ certifiedawards/ search. aspx). British Phonographic Industry. . Retrieved January 10, 2010. [40] "Gold Platinum Database: Eminem" (http:/ / www. musiccanada. com/ GPSearchResult. aspx?st=& ica=False& sa=Eminem& sl=& smt=0& sat=-1& ssb=Artist). Canadian Recording Industry Association. . Retrieved July 9, 2011. [41] "Suche nach: Eminem" (http:/ / hitparade. ch/ search_certifications. asp?search=Eminem). swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. . Retrieved June 30, 2011. [42] "Top 50 Album Chart: Chart# 1160 (Sunday 23 May 1999)" (http:/ / www. rianz. org. nz/ rianz/ chart. asp?chartNum=1160& chartKind=A). Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. . Retrieved March 14, 2011. [43] "Grammy Awards Best Rap Album Winners 1996 - 2007" (http:/ / rap. about. com/ od/ awards/ ig/ Grammy-Best-Rap-Album-Winners/ Eminem---The-Slim-Shady-LP. htm). About.com. . Retrieved September 28, 2011. [44] "The Marshall Mathers LP" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r480358). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved March 9, 2009. [45] "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Eminem)" (http:/ / www. musikindustrie. de/ gold_platin_datenbank/ ?action=suche& strTitel=& strInterpret=Eminem& strTtArt=alle& strAwards=unchecked) (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. . Retrieved December 1, 2010. [46] "Top 50 Album Chart: Chart# 1277 (Sunday 16 September 2001)" (http:/ / www. rianz. org. nz/ rianz/ chart. asp?chartNum=1277& chartKind=A). RIANZ. . Retrieved March 14, 2011. [47] "Certifications Albums Double Platine - anne 2001" (http:/ / www. disqueenfrance. com/ fr/ page-259165. xml?year=2001& type=13). Disque en France. SNEP. . Retrieved October 25, 2010. [48] Grein, Paul (May 19, 2011). "Chart Watch Extra: 20 Years, 20 Records - Chart Watch" (http:/ / new. music. yahoo. com/ blogs/ chart_watch/ 74367/ chart-watch-extra-20-years-20-records/ ). Yahoo! Music. Yahoo!. . Retrieved September 28, 2011. [49] "InfoDisc: Les Albums Double Platine" (http:/ / www. infodisc. fr/ CDCertif_P2. php?debut=100). InfoDisc.fr. . Retrieved October 25, 2010. [50] Byrne, Ciar (August 18, 2005). "The real Slim Shady stands up the fans on his European tour" (http:/ / www. independent. co. uk/ arts-entertainment/ music/ news/ the-real-slim-shady-stands-up-the-fans-on-his-european-tour-503319. html). The Independent (London). . Retrieved May 2, 2010.

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[51] "The Eminem Show" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r589988). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved March 9, 2009. [52] "Top 50 Album Chart: Chart# 1363 (Sunday 22 June 2003)" (http:/ / www. rianz. org. nz/ rianz/ chart. asp?chartNum=1363& chartKind=A). RIANZ. . Retrieved March 14, 2011. [53] "Certifications Albums Double Platine - anne 2003" (http:/ / www. disqueenfrance. com/ fr/ page-259165. xml?year=2003& type=13). Disque en France. SNEP. . Retrieved October 25, 2010. [54] Grein, Paul (October 5, 2010). "Week Ending Oct. 2, 2010. Albums: Rookie Bumps A Legend" (http:/ / music. yahoo. com/ blogs/ chart-watch/ week-ending-oct-2-2010-albums-rookie-bumps-a-legend. html). Yahoo! Music. Yahoo!. . Retrieved January 14, 2012. [55] "Encore" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r717546). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved March 9, 2009. [56] "ARIA Certification 2006" (http:/ / www. aria. com. au/ pages/ ARIACharts-Accreditations-2006Albums. htm). Australian Recording Industry Association. . Retrieved November 15, 2008. [57] " 200411" (http:/ / www. riaj. or. jp/ data/ others/ gold/ 200411. html). RIAJ. 2004. . Retrieved August 31, 2010. [58] "Radioscope: Latest Gold / Platinum Albums" (http:/ / www. radioscope. net. nz/ index. php?option=com_content& task=view& id=79& Itemid=62). Radioscope.net.nz. . Retrieved March 14, 2011. [59] "Certifications Albums Double Or - anne 2004" (http:/ / www. disqueenfrance. com/ fr/ page-259165. xml?year=2004& type=11). Disque en France. SNEP. . Retrieved October 25, 2010. [60] Herrera, Monica (June 25, 2010). "Eminem: The Billboard Cover Story" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ news/ eminem-the-billboard-cover-story-1004100816. story). Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. . Retrieved September 28, 2011. [61] "InfoDisc: Les Albums Double Or" (http:/ / www. infodisc. fr/ CDCertif_O2. php?debut=250). InfoDisc.fr. . Retrieved October 25, 2010. [62] "Aussie Stores Break Eminem Embargo" (http:/ / www. undercover. com. au/ News-Story. aspx?id=8326). Undercover. May 15, 2009. . Retrieved May 15, 2009. [63] "ARIA Certification 2009" (http:/ / www. aria. com. au/ pages/ httpwww. aria. com. aupagesARIACharts-Accreditations-2009Albums. htm). Australian Recording Industry Association. . Retrieved June 7, 2009. [64] " 20095" (http:/ / www. riaj. or. jp/ data/ others/ gold/ 200905. html). RIAJ. 2009. . Retrieved August 31, 2010. [65] "Top 50 Album Chart: Chart# 1673 (Monday 15 June 2009)" (http:/ / www. rianz. org. nz/ rianz/ chart. asp?chartNum=1673& chartKind=A). RIANZ. . Retrieved March 14, 2011. [66] "Certifications Albums Or - anne 2009" (http:/ / www. disqueenfrance. com/ fr/ page-259165. xml?year=2009& type=8). Disque en France. SNEP. . Retrieved October 25, 2010. [67] Grein, Paul (December 29, 2010). "Week Ending Dec. 26, 2010: What Santa Brought" (http:/ / music. yahoo. com/ blogs/ chart-watch/ week-ending-dec-26-2010-what-santa-brought. html). Yahoo! Music. Yahoo!. . Retrieved January 15, 2012. [68] "InfoDisc: Les Albums Or" (http:/ / www. infodisc. fr/ CDCertif_O. php?debut=1000). InfoDisc.fr. . Retrieved October 25, 2010. [69] "Eminems Latest Album Leaked On Internet - Thaindian News" (http:/ / www. thaindian. com/ newsportal/ entertainment/ eminems-latest-album-leaked-on-internet_100377641. html). Thaindian.com. Thaindian News. June 9, 2010. . Retrieved September 28, 2011. [70] "Eminem - Recovery" (http:/ / www. towerrecords. ie/ product/ Eminem_Recovery/ 486894). Tower Records Ireland. . Retrieved July 6, 2010. [71] "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2010 Albums" (http:/ / www. aria. com. au/ pages/ httpwww. aria. com. aupageshttpwww. aria. com. aupagesARIACharts-Accreditations-2010Albums. htm). Australian Recording Industry Association. . Retrieved April 28, 2011. [72] " 201105 [Works Receiving Certifications List (Gold, etc) (May 2011)]" (http:/ / www. riaj. or. jp/ data/ others/ gold/ 201105. html) (in Japanese). RIAJ. June 10, 2011. . Retrieved June 13, 2011. [73] "Top 50 Album Chart: Chart# 1735 (Monday 23 August 2010)" (http:/ / www. rianz. org. nz/ rianz/ chart. asp?chartNum=1735& chartKind=A). RIANZ. . Retrieved March 14, 2011. [74] "Certifications Albums Platin - anne 2010" (http:/ / www. disqueenfrance. com/ fr/ page-259165. xml?year=2010& type=12). Disque en France. SNEP. . Retrieved March 2, 2011. [75] Jacobs, Allen (September 28, 2011). "Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 9/25/2011 | Get The Latest Hip Hop News, Rap News & Hip Hop Album Sales" (http:/ / www. hiphopdx. com/ index/ news/ id. 17021/ title. hip-hop-album-sales-the-week-ending-9-25-2011). HipHop DX. Cheri Media Group. . Retrieved September 28, 2011. [76] Cross, Alan (January 5, 2011). "Weekly CD Sales Report and Year-End Wrap-Up" (http:/ / exploremusic. com/ new-releases/ weekly-cd-sales-report-and-year-end-wrap-up/ ). ExploreMusic. Corus Entertainment. . [77] Gensler, Andy (February 22, 2011). "Eminem Passes 1 Billion YouTube Views" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ #/ news/ eminem-passes-1-billion-youtube-views-1005043822. story). Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. . Retrieved February 26, 2011. [78] "Bassmint Productions/Soul Intent/Eminem 90-" (http:/ / eminem-world. ru/ bassmint-productionssoul-intent_3386. html). eminem-world.ru. August 7, 2011. . Retrieved August 7, 2011. [79] "8 Mile" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r612799). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved March 9, 2009. [80] "RIAA Searchable Database: 8 Mile" (http:/ / www. riaa. com/ goldandplatinumdata. php?artist="8 Mile"). Recording Industry Association of America. . Retrieved November 8, 2011. [81] "Gold Platinum Database: 8 Mile" (http:/ / www. musiccanada. com/ GPSearchResult. aspx?st=8 Mile& ica=False& sa=& sl=& smt=0& sat=-1& ssb=Artist). Canadian Recording Industry Association. . Retrieved July 9, 2011.

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[82] "IFPI Platinum Europe Awards 2007" (http:/ / www. ifpi. org/ content/ section_news/ plat2007. html). Ifpi.org. . Retrieved December 30, 2011. [83] "Disque en France" (http:/ / www. disqueenfrance. com/ fr/ page-259165. xml?year=2003& type=8). Disque en France. SNEP. . Retrieved September 28, 2011. [84] "Curtain Call: The Hits" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r809615). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved March 9, 2009. [85] "IFPI Platinum Europe Awards - 2005: December" (http:/ / www. ifpi. org/ content/ section_news/ plat2005. html). IFPI. . Retrieved 2010-08-09. [86] " 20061" (http:/ / www. riaj. or. jp/ data/ others/ gold/ 200601. html). RIAJ. 2006. . Retrieved August 31, 2010. [87] "Top 50 Album Chart: Chart# 1510 (Monday 1 May 2005)" (http:/ / www. rianz. org. nz/ rianz/ chart. asp?chartNum=1510& chartKind=A). Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. . Retrieved March 14, 2011. [88] "Certifications Albums Double Or - anne 2005" (http:/ / www. disqueenfrance. com/ fr/ page-259165. xml?year=2005& type=11). Disque en France. SNEP. . Retrieved October 25, 2010. [89] "Eminem - Discography, biography, music, MP3s, credits, pictures & videos at SoundUnwound" (http:/ / www. soundunwound. com/ music/ eminem/ 425?ref=XX& pageType=contributor). Soundunwound.com. Amazon Services. . Retrieved September 28, 2011. [90] "Eminem Presents: The Re-Up" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r867997). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved March 9, 2009. [91] "RIAA Searchable Database: The Re-Up" (http:/ / www. riaa. com/ goldandplatinumdata. php?artist="The Re-up"). Recording Industry Association of America. . Retrieved November 8, 2011. [92] "ARIA Certification 2007" (http:/ / www. aria. com. au/ pages/ httpwww. aria. com. aupagesARIACharts-Accreditations-2007Albums. htm). Australian Recording Industry Association. . Retrieved November 16, 2008. [93] "Top 50 Album Chart: Chart# 1555 (Monday 12 March 2007)" (http:/ / www. rianz. org. nz/ rianz/ chart. asp?chartNum=1555& chartKind=A). RIANZ. . Retrieved March 14, 2011. [94] Peak chart positions for the Top Music Video/Billboard Comprehensive Music Videos: "Billboard Top Music Video chart for The Up in Smoke Tour" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ bbcom/ esearch/ chart_display. jsp?cfi=388& cfgn=Videos& cfn=Top+ Music+ Video& ci=3041108& cdi=7698815& cid=03/ 31/ 2001). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. . Retrieved December 21, 2008. "Billboard Top Music Video chart for E" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ bbcom/ esearch/ chart_display. jsp?cfi=388& cfgn=Videos& cfn=Top+ Music+ Video& ci=3040307& cdi=7668488& cid=01/ 13/ 2001). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. . Retrieved November 18, 2008. "Billboard Top Music Video for All Access Europe" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ bbcom/ esearch/ chart_display. jsp?cfi=388& cfgn=Videos& cfn=Top+ Music+ Video& ci=3046063& cdi=7876910& cid=07/ 06/ 2002). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. . Retrieved November 18, 2008. "Billboard Top Music Video for Eminem Presents: The Anger Management Tour" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ bbcom/ esearch/ chart_display. jsp?cfi=388& cfgn=Videos& cfn=Top+ Music+ Video& ci=3059676& cdi=8370698& cid=07/ 16/ 2005). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. . Retrieved November 18, 2008. "Billboard Top Music Video for Live from New York City 2005" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ bbcom/ esearch/ chart_display. jsp?cfi=388& cfgn=Videos& cfn=Top+ Music+ Video& ci=3088379& cdi=9519786& cid=12/ 01/ 2007). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. . Retrieved November 18, 2008. Peak chart positions for the Top 20 DVD:

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[95]

"The ARIA Report Issue 650" (http:/ / pandora. nla. gov. au/ pan/ 23790/ 20021002-0000/ Issue650. pdf) (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. . Retrieved December 21, 2008. (Chart positions for The Up in Smoke Tour and All Access Europe) "The ARIA Report Issue 816" (http:/ / pandora. nla. gov. au/ pan/ 23790/ 20051020-0000/ issue816. pdf) (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. . Retrieved December 21, 2008. (Chart positions for The Anger Management Tour) [96] "The Up in Smoke Tour (Video/DVD)" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r508655). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved March 9, 2009. [97] "RIAA Searchable Database: Up in Smoke Tour" (http:/ / www. riaa. com/ goldandplatinumdata. php?artist="Up in Smoke Tour"). Recording Industry Association of America. . Retrieved November 8, 2011. [98] "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2004 DVD" (http:/ / www. aria. com. au/ pages/ aria-charts-accreditations-dvd-2004. htm). Australian Recording Industry Association. . Retrieved November 19, 2008. [99] Philip G. Atwell (Back cover). The Up in Smoke Tour (Liner notes). Eagle Rock Entertainment. 30001. [100] "E. (Video/DVD)" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r510495). Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved March 9, 2009. [101] "All Access Europe (Video/DVD)" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r596729). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved March 9, 2009. [102] Deming, Mark. "Eminem: All Access Europe > Overview" (http:/ / www. allmovie. com/ work/ eminem-all-access-europe-264295). allmovie. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved June 14, 2009. [103] "Eminem Presents the Anger Management Tour-DVD" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r1250417). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved November 19, 2008. [104] "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2005 DVD" (http:/ / www. aria. com. au/ pages/ aria-charts-accreditations-dvd-2005. htm). Australian Recording Industry Association. . Retrieved November 19, 2008.

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[105] Deming, Mark. "Eminem Presents: The Anger Management Tour > Overview" (http:/ / www. allmovie. com/ work/ eminem-presents-the-anger-management-tour-327736). allmovie. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved June 14, 2009. [106] Donn J. Viola (Booklet). Eminem Presents: The Anger Management Tour (Liner notes). Interscope Records. 9883138. [107] "For The Record: Quick News On Britney Spears, Kevin Federline, Paris Hilton, Beyonce, Beanie Sigel, Madonna & More" (http:/ / www. mtv. com/ news/ articles/ 1513363/ 20051109/ spears_britney. jhtml). MTV News (MTV Networks). November 9, 2005. . Retrieved June 14, 2009. [108] "Live from New York City 2005" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r1240320). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved March 9, 2009. [109] "Straight from the Lab" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r688284). Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved March 9, 2009. [110] "The Singles (Box Set)" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r674163). Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved May 13, 2010. [111] Peak chart positions for singles in the United States: [112] All except "You Don't Know", "Crack a Bottle": and "3.a.m.": "Eminem Album & Song Chart History: Hot 100" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ #/ artist/ eminem/ chart-history/ 315925?f=379& g=Singles). Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. . Retrieved December 31, 2011. "You Don't Know": "Hot 100: Week of December 23, 2006" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ #/ charts/ hot-100?chartDate=2006-12-23& order=gainer). Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. . Retrieved December 31, 2011. "Crack a Bottle": "Hot 100: Week of February 21, 2009" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ #/ charts/ hot-100?chartDate=2009-02-21). Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. . Retrieved December 31, 2011. "3 a.m.": "Hot 100: Week of May 16, 2009 (Biggest Jump)" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ #/ charts/ hot-100?chartDate=2009-05-16& order=gainer). Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. . Retrieved December 31, 2011. Peak chart positions for singles in Australia: All except "Old Time's Sake", "Space Bound", "Forever" and "Drop the World": "Discography Eminem" (http:/ / australian-charts. com/ showinterpret. asp?interpret=Eminem). australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. . Retrieved December 31, 2011.

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"Old Time's Sake": "The ARIA Report: Week 1003 (Week Commencing 18 May 2009)" (http:/ / pandora. nla. gov. au/ pan/ 23790/ 20090520-0000/ issue1003. pdf) (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. p. 2. . Retrieved December 31, 2011. "Space Bound": "The ARIA Report: Week 1092 (Week Commencing 31 January 2011)" (http:/ / pandora. nla. gov. au/ pan/ 23790/ 20110221-0001/ Issue1092. pdf) (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. p. 4. . Retrieved December 31, 2011. "Forever": "The ARIA Report: Week 1042 (Week Commencing 15 February 2010)" (http:/ / pandora. nla. gov. au/ pan/ 23790/ 20100305-0000/ Issue1042. pdf) (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. p. 2. . Retrieved December 31, 2011. "Drop the World": "The ARIA Report: Week 1041 (Week Commencing 8 February 2010)" (http:/ / pandora. nla. gov. au/ pan/ 23790/ 20100205-0000/ issue1041. pdf) (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. p. 2. . Retrieved December 31, 2011. [113] "ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS" (http:/ / www. ultratop. be/ en/ search. asp?lang=nl& cat=s& cat2=s& search=Eminem). ULTRATOP & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. . Retrieved September 10, 2010. [114] Peak chart positions for singles in Canada: "My Name Is": "Canadian Top Singles positions" (http:/ / www. collectionscanada. gc. ca/ rpm/ 028020-110. 01-e. php?PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5& q1=Eminem& q2=Top+ Singles& interval=20). RPM. . Retrieved May 11, 2010. "The Real Slim Shady", "Without Me", "Lose Yourself" and "Sing for the Moment": "Eminem > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles" (http:/ / allmusic. com/ artist/ eminem-p347307/ charts-awards/ billboard-singles). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved December 31, 2011. "Crack a Bottle": "Canadian Hot 100: Week of February 21, 2009" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ #/ charts/ canadian-hot-100?chartDate=2009-02-21). Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. . Retrieved December 31, 2011. "We Made You", "Old Time's Sake", "Beautiful", "Not Afraid", "Love the Way You Lie" and "No Love": "Eminem Album & Song Chart History: Canadian Hot 100" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ #/ artist/ eminem/ chart-history/ 315925?f=793& g=Singles). Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. . Retrieved December 31, 2011. "Hell Breaks Loose" and "Elevator": "Canadian Hot 100: Week of January 02, 2010 (Biggest Jump)" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ charts/ canadian-hot-100?chartDate=2010-01-02& order=gainer). Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. . Retrieved December 31, 2011. [115] "charts.de: Eminem (Singles)" (http:/ / www. charts. de/ search. asp?search=Eminem& x=8& y=10& cat=s& country=de) (in German). charts.de. Media Control Charts. . Retrieved July 12, 2011. [116] "Discography Eminem" (http:/ / www. irish-charts. com/ showinterpret. asp?interpret=Eminem). irish-charts.com. Hung Medien. . Retrieved June 27, 2010. [117] "Discography Eminem" (http:/ / charts. org. nz/ showinterpret. asp?interpret=Eminem). charts.org.nz. Hung Medien. . Retrieved November 11, 2008. [118] "Discography Eminem" (http:/ / swisscharts. com/ artist/ Eminem). swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. . Retrieved November 11, 2008. [119] "Eminem (songs)" (http:/ / swisscharts. com/ artist/ Eminem) (select "Charts" tab). swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. . Retrieved June 30, 2011. [120] Peak chart positions for singles in the United Kingdom: All except "Roman's Revenge", "That's All She Wrote" and "Writer's Block": "Eminem" (http:/ / www. theofficialcharts. com/ artist/ _/ Eminem) (select "Singles" tab). The Official Charts Company. . Retrieved December 31, 2011. "Roman's Revenge": Zywietz, Tobias (February 6, 1997). "Chart Log UK: M My Vitriol" (http:/ / zobbel. de/ cluk/ CLUK_M. HTM). Zobbel.de. Tobias Zywietz. . Retrieved June 14, 2011.

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"That's All She Wrote": Zywietz, Tobias (February 6, 1997). "Chart Log UK: New Entries Update 5.02.2011 (wk4)" (http:/ / www. zobbel. de/ cluk/ 110205cluk. txt). Zobbel.de. Tobias Zywietz. . Retrieved June 14, 2011. "Writer's Block": Zywietz, Tobias (February 6, 1997). "Chart Log UK: New Entries Update 14.05.2011 (wk18)" (http:/ / www. zobbel. de/ cluk/ 110514cluk. txt). Zobbel.de. Tobias Zywietz. . Retrieved June 22, 2011. [121] "(Guld & Platina) R 2000 [(Gold & Platinum) Year 2000]" (http:/ / www. ifpi. se/ wp/ wp-content/ uploads/ ar-20002. pdf) (in Swedish) ("The Real Slim Shady" at #2063, "The Way I Am" at #2131). IFPI Sweden. pp. 8, 10. . [122] "ARIA Certification 2001 - Songs" (http:/ / www. aria. com. au/ pages/ aria-charts-accreditations-singles-2001. htm). Australian Recording Industry Association. . Retrieved November 25, 2008. [123] "ARIA Certification 2002 - Songs" (http:/ / www. aria. com. au/ pages/ aria-charts-accreditations-singles-2002. htm). Australian Recording Industry Association. . Retrieved November 25, 2008. [124] "(Guld & Platina) R 2003 [(Gold & Platinum) Year 2003]" (http:/ / www. ifpi. se/ wp/ wp-content/ uploads/ ar-20032. pdf) (in Swedish) ("Lose Yourself" at #2732, "Without Me" at #2794). IFPI Sweden. pp. 8, 10. . [125] "Top 50 Singles Chart: Chart# 1327 (Sunday 22 September 2002)" (http:/ / www. rianz. org. nz/ rianz/ chart. asp?chartNum=1327& chartKind=S). RIANZ. . Retrieved March 14, 2011. [126] "(Guld & Platina) R 2002 [(Gold & Platinum) Year 2002]" (http:/ / www. ifpi. se/ wp/ wp-content/ uploads/ ar-20021. pdf) (in Swedish) ("Cleanin' Out My Closet" at #2670). IFPI Sweden. p. 9. . [127] "Top 50 Singles Chart: Chart# 1332 (Sunday 27 October 2002)" (http:/ / www. rianz. org. nz/ rianz/ chart. asp?chartNum=1332& chartKind=S). RIANZ. . Retrieved March 14, 2011. [128] "ARIA Certification 2003 - Songs" (http:/ / www. aria. com. au/ pages/ aria-charts-accreditations-singles-2003. htm). Australian Recording Industry Association. . Retrieved November 25, 2008. [129] "Top 50 Singles Chart: Chart# 1342 (Sunday 26 January 2003)" (http:/ / www. rianz. org. nz/ rianz/ chart. asp?chartNum=1342& chartKind=S). RIANZ. . Retrieved March 14, 2011. [130] "ARIA Certification 2004 - Songs" (http:/ / www. aria. com. au/ pages/ aria-charts-accreditations-singles-2004. htm). Australian Recording Industry Association. . Retrieved November 25, 2008. [131] "Top 50 Singles Chart: Chart# 1439 (Monday 20 December 2004)" (http:/ / www. rianz. org. nz/ rianz/ chart. asp?chartNum=1439& chartKind=S). RIANZ. . Retrieved March 14, 2011. [132] "ARIA Certification 2005 - Songs" (http:/ / www. aria. com. au/ pages/ aria-charts-accreditations-singles-2005. htm). Australian Recording Industry Association. . Retrieved November 25, 2008. [133] "ARIA Certification 2006 - Songs" (http:/ / www. aria. com. au/ pages/ ARIACharts-Accreditations-2006Singles. htm). Australian Recording Industry Association. . Retrieved November 25, 2008. [134] "Top 50 Singles Chart: Chart# 1439 (Monday 13 February 2006)" (http:/ / www. rianz. org. nz/ rianz/ chart. asp?chartNum=1499& chartKind=S). RIANZ. . Retrieved March 14, 2011. [135] http:/ / www. ifpi. se/ wp/ wp-content/ uploads/ ar-20071. pdf [136] "ARIA Certification 2009 - Songs" (http:/ / www. aria. com. au/ pages/ httpwww. aria. com. aupageshttpwww. aria. com. aupageshttpwww. aria. com. aupagesARIACharts-Accr. htm). Australian Recording Industry Association. . Retrieved June 7, 2009. [137] "Top 50 Singles Chart: Chart# 1499 (Monday 1 June 2009)" (http:/ / www. rianz. org. nz/ rianz/ chart. asp?chartNum=1671& chartKind=S). RIANZ. . Retrieved March 14, 2011. [138] "Top 50 Singles Chart: Chart# 1687 (Monday 21 September 2009)" (http:/ / www. rianz. org. nz/ rianz/ chart. asp?chartNum=1687& chartKind=S). RIANZ. . Retrieved March 14, 2011. [139] "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2010 Singles" (http:/ / aria. com. au/ pages/ httpwww. aria. com. auaccreds2010. htm). Australian Recording Industry Association. . Retrieved January 5, 2011. [140] "Radioscope: Latest Gold / Platinum Singles" (http:/ / www. radioscope. net. nz/ index. php?option=com_content& task=view& id=77& Itemid=63). Radioscope.net. . Retrieved March 14, 2011. [141] "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2011 Singles" (http:/ / www. aria. com. au/ pages/ httpwww. aria. com. aupageshttpwww. aria. com. auSINGLEaccreds2011. htm). Australian Recording Industry Association. . Retrieved October 6, 2011. [142] "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Eminem;'Love the Way You Lie')" (http:/ / www. musikindustrie. de/ gold_platin_datenbank/ ?action=suche& strTitel=Love+ the+ Way+ You+ Lie& strInterpret=Eminem& strTtArt=alle& strAwards=unchecked) (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. . Retrieved December 14, 2010. [143] Peak chart positions for guest appearances in the United States: "Forgot About Dre" and "I Need a Doctor": "Dr. Dre Album & Song Chart History: Hot 100" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ #/ artist/ dr-dre/ chart-history/ 22573?f=379& g=Singles). Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. . Retrieved December 30, 2011. "One Day at a Time (Em's Version)": "2Pac Album & Song Chart History: Hot 100" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ #/ artist/ 2pac/ chart-history/ 37157?f=379& g=Singles). Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. . Retrieved December 30, 2011. "Welcome 2 Detroit": "Trick Trick Album & Song Chart History: Hot 100" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ #/ artist/ trick-trick/ chart-history/ 692965?f=379& g=Singles). Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. . Retrieved December 30, 2011. "Smack That": "Akon Album & Song Chart History: Hot 100" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ #/ artist/ akon/ chart-history/ 491541?f=379& g=Singles). Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. . Retrieved December 30, 2011. "Forever": "Hot 100: Week of October 03, 2009" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ #/ charts/ hot-100?chartDate=2009-10-03). Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. . Retrieved December 30, 2011.

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"Drop the World": "Lil Wayne Album & Song Chart History: Hot 100" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ #/ artist/ lil-wayne/ chart-history/ 352101?f=379& g=Singles). Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. . Retrieved December 30, 2011. "Roman's Revenge": "Nicki Minaj Album & Song Chart History: Hot 100" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ #/ artist/ nicki-minaj/ chart-history/ 998160?f=379& g=Singles). Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. . Retrieved December 30, 2011. "That's All She Wrote": "T.I. Album & Song Chart History: Hot 100" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ #/ artist/ t-i/ chart-history/ 447490?f=379& g=Singles). Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. . Retrieved December 30, 2011. [144] Peak chart positions for singles in Canada: "Forever": "Drake Album & Song Chart History: Canadian Hot 100" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ #/ artist/ drake/ chart-history/ 855020?f=793& g=Singles). Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. . Retrieved December 31, 2011. "Drop the World": "Billboard chart search: Lil Wayne 'Drop the World'" (http:/ / api. billboard. com/ apisvc/ chart/ v1/ list?artist=lil_wayne& song=drop_the_world& sdate=1990-01-01& edate=3010-06-27& api_key=bvk4re5h37dzvx87h7rf5dqz) (XML). Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. . Retrieved December 31, 2011. "That's All She Wrote": "T.I. Album & Song Chart History: Canadian Hot 100" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ #/ artist/ t-i/ chart-history/ 447490?f=793& g=Singles). Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. . Retrieved December 31, 2011. "I Need a Doctor": "Dr. Dre Album & Song Chart History: Canadian Hot 100" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ #/ artist/ dr-dre/ chart-history/ 22573?f=793& g=Singles). Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. . Retrieved December 30, 2011. [145] "RIAA Searchable Database: Smack That" (http:/ / www. riaa. com/ goldandplatinumdata. php?artist="Smack That"). Recording Industry Association of America. . Retrieved November 8, 2011. [146] "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2007 Singles" (http:/ / www. aria. com. au/ pages/ httpwww. aria. com. aupagesARIACharts-Accreditations-2007Singles. htm). Australian Recording Industry Association. . Retrieved January 3, 2009. [147] "The Official Belgian Charts and Music Community: Awards 2007" (http:/ / www. ultratop. be/ nl/ certifications. asp?year=2007) (in Dutch). ultratop.be. Hung Medien. . Retrieved January 6, 2012. [148] "(Guld & Platina) R 2006 [(Gold & Platinum) Year 2006]" (http:/ / www. ifpi. se/ wp/ wp-content/ uploads/ ar-20061. pdf) (in Swedish) (PDF). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. p. 6. . Retrieved December 6, 2012. [149] "Latest Gold / Platinum Singles" (http:/ / web. archive. org/ web/ 20110724195845/ http:/ / www. radioscope. net. nz/ index. php?option=com_content& task=view& id=77& Itemid=61). RadioScope. Archived from the original (http:/ / www. radioscope. net. nz/ index. php?option=com_content& task=view& id=77& Itemid=61) on July 24, 2011. . Retrieved December 6, 2012. [150] "RIAA Searchable Database: Drop the World" (http:/ / www. riaa. com/ goldandplatinumdata. php?artist="Drop the World"). Recording Industry Association of America. . Retrieved November 8, 2011. [151] "RIAA Searchable Database: I Need a Doctor" (http:/ / www. riaa. com/ goldandplatinumdata. php?artist="I Need a Doctor"). Recording Industry Association of America. . Retrieved November 8, 2011. [152] Peak chart positions for other charted songs on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart: All except "What's the Difference", "Bitch Please II", "Patiently Waiting" and "Hail Mary" : "Eminem Album & Song Chart History: R&B/Hip-Hop Songs" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ #/ artist/ eminem/ chart-history/ 315925?f=367& g=Singles). Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. . Retrieved December 31, 2011. "What's the Difference": "2001 > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ 2001-r441973/ charts-awards/ billboard-single). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved December 31, 2011. "Bitch Please II": "Billboard chart search: Eminem 'Bitch Please II'" (http:/ / api. billboard. com/ apisvc/ chart/ v1/ list?artist=eminem& song=bitch_please_ii& sdate=1900-01-01& edate=2100-12-25& api_key=bvk4re5h37dzvx87h7rf5dqz) (XML). Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. . Retrieved January 6, 2012. "Patiently Waiting": "50 Cent Album & Song Chart History: R&B/Hip-Hop Songs" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ #/ artist/ 50-cent/ chart-history/ 340706?f=367& g=Singles). Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. . Retrieved December 31, 2011. "Hail Mary": "Billboard chart search: Eminem, 50 Cent & Busta Rhymes 'Hail Mary'" (http:/ / api. billboard. com/ apisvc/ chart/ v1/ list?artist=eminem& song=hail_mary& sdate=1990-01-01& edate=2999-12-31& api_key=bvk4re5h37dzvx87h7rf5dqz) (XML). Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. . Retrieved January 3, 2012. Peak chart positions for other charted songs on the Hot Rap Songs chart in the United States:

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"Hail Mary": "Rap Songs: Week of May 17, 2003 (Biggest Jump)" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ charts/ rap-songs?chartDate=2003-05-17& order=gainer). Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. . Retrieved January 3, 2012. "The Warning": "Rap Songs: Week of September 05, 2009 (Biggest Jump)" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ #/ charts/ rap-songs?chartDate=2009-09-05& order=gainer). Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. . Retrieved January 3, 2012. [154] "Chartifacts - Week Commencing: 28th June 2010" (http:/ / www. ariacharts. com. au/ pages/ chartifacts. htm). Australian Recording Industry Association. . Retrieved July 1, 2010. [155] Peak chart positions for other charted songs in Canada: "Music Box" and "Drop the Bomb on 'Em: "Eminem > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ artist/ eminem-p347307/ charts-awards/ billboard-singles/ chart_name-asc). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved December 31, 2011. "Talkin' 2 Myself": "Eminem Album & Song Chart History: Hot 100 (click in white space around song name to see positions on other charts)" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ #/ artist/ eminem/ chart-history/ 315925?f=379& g=Singles). Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. . Retrieved December 31, 2011.

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"25 to Life": "Eminem Album & Song Chart History: Canadian Hot 100" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ #/ artist/ eminem/ chart-history/ 315925?f=793& g=Singles). Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. . Retrieved December 31, 2011. "Love the Way You Lie (Part II)": "Canadian Hot 100: Week of December 04, 2010 (Biggest Jump)" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ #/ charts/ canadian-hot-100?chartDate=2010-12-04& order=gainer). Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. . Retrieved December 31, 2011. [156] "Discografie Eminem" (http:/ / lescharts. com/ showinterpret. asp?interpret=Eminem) (in French). lescharts.com. Hung Medien. . Retrieved January 3, 2012. [157] Peak chart positions for other charted songs in the United Kingdom: All except "Love the Way You Lie (Part II)": Zywietz, Tobias. "Chart Log UK: E-40 E-Z Rollers" (http:/ / www. zobbel. de/ cluk/ CLUK_E. HTM). Zobbel.de. Tobias Zywietz. . Retrieved November 24, 2010. "Love the Way You Lie (Part II)": Zywietz, Tobias. "Chart Log UK: The Rabble Army RZA" (http:/ / www. zobbel. de/ cluk/ CLUK_R. HTM). Zobbel.de. Tobias Zywietz. . Retrieved July 18, 2011. [158] "Attack of the Weirdoes" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r498172). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved December 30, 2008. [159] "Da Ruckus, Episode 1" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r498173). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved December 30, 2008. [160] "Devil Without a Cause" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r372664). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved December 30, 2008. [161] "Green & Gold" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r401996). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved December 30, 2008. [162] "Presents: Behind the Doors of 13th Floor" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r413403). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved December 30, 2008. [163] "Soundbombing, Vol. 2" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r402070). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved December 30, 2008. [164] "This or That" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r421386). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved December 30, 2008. [165] "Wild Wild West (1999 Original Soundtrack)" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r421390). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved December 30, 2008. [166] "Da Real World" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r421821). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved December 30, 2008. [167] "Home Field Advantage" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r427704). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved December 30, 2008. [168] "Tell 'Em Why U Madd" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r431366). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved December 30, 2008. [169] "End of Days" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r443442). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved December 30, 2008. [170] "2001" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r441973). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved December 30, 2008. [171] "Next Friday" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r447856). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved December 30, 2008. [172] "Dead Wrong" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r445074). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved April 10, 2009. [173] "The Tunnel" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r446190). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved December 30, 2008. [174] "Night Life" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r460462). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved December 30, 2008. [175] "Skilligan's Island" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r595786). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved December 30, 2008. [176] "Game Over" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r479963). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved December 30, 2008. [177] "Restaurant:... It Ain't Always on the Menu" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r473030). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved December 30, 2008. [178] "Nutty Professor II: The Klumps" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r489166). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved December 30, 2008. [179] "Kill the DJ" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r499037). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved December 30, 2008. [180] "Black Trash: The Autobiography of Kirk Jones" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r507235). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved December 30, 2008. [181] "The Mix Tape, Vol. 4: 60 Minutes of Funk" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r506223). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved December 30, 2008. [182] "Restless" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r506166). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved December 30, 2008. [183] "The Professional, Pt. 2" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r506303). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved December 30, 2008. [184] "The Blueprint" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r549749). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved December 30, 2008. [185] "Man vs Machine" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r610792). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved January 3, 2009. [186] "Rock City (Version 2.0)" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r619274). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved April 10, 2009. [187] "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r625452). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved December 30, 2008. [188] "Cradle 2 the Grave" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r626686). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved December 30, 2008. [189] "Cheers" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r655700). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved December 30, 2008. [190] "West Koastra Nostra" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r661026). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved December 30, 2008. [191] "Tupac: Resurrection (Original Soundtrack)" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r666231). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved April 10, 2009. [192] "Streetsweeper, Vol. 2: The Pain from the Game" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r684482). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved December 30, 2008. [193] "Kiss of Death" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r694676). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved December 30, 2008. [194] "Hunger for More" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r696646). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved December 30, 2008. [195] "Loyal to the Game" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r721552). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved December 30, 2008. [196] "The Documentary" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r727123). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved December 30, 2008. [197] "The Massacre" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r730909). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved December 30, 2008.

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[198] "All or Nothing" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r737946). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved December 30, 2008. [199] "Hannicap Circus" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r778274). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved December 30, 2008. [200] "Thoughts of a Predicate Felon" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r781326). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved December 30, 2008. [201] "Bulletproof" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r789479). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved December 30, 2008. [202] "Duets: The Final Chapter" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r803930). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved December 30, 2008. [203] "The People Vs." (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r811378). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved December 30, 2008. [204] "Second Round's on Me" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r837725). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved December 30, 2008. [205] "Konvicted" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r932394). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved April 10, 2009. [206] "County Hounds" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r1068309). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved December 30, 2008. [207] "T.I. vs T.I.P." (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r1078511). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved December 30, 2008. [208] "Curtis" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r1079672). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved December 30, 2008. [209] "The Villain" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r1421963). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved May 15, 2010. [210] "Chemical Warfare" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r1364346). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved May 15, 2010. [211] "Music Inspired by More Than a Game" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r1640107). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved May 15, 2010. [212] "Before I Self Destruct" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r1451331). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved May 15, 2010. [213] "Rebirth" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r1504071). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved May 15, 2010. [214] "The Adventures of Bobby Ray" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r1766891). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved May 15, 2010. [215] "Loud" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r2021129). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved December 30, 2010. [216] "Pink Friday" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r2053577). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved December 30, 2010. [217] "Lloyd Banks f. Eminem & Akon - Celebrity" (http:/ / www. hiphopdx. com/ index/ singles/ id. 12688/ title. lloyd-banks-f-eminem-akon-celebrity). HipHopDX. Cheri Media Group. November 9, 2010. . Retrieved September 28, 2011. [218] "The Hunger for More 2" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r2054505). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved December 30, 2010. [219] "No Mercy" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r1842041). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved December 30, 2010. [220] "Success Is Certain" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ 2228710). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved December 30, 2011. [221] Markman, Rob (November 28, 2011). "B.o.B. Drops E.P.I.C. Mixtape" (http:/ / www. mtv. com/ news/ articles/ 1675029/ bob-epic-mixtape. jhtml). MTV News. MTV Networks. . Retrieved December 30, 2011. [222] "Radioactive" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ 2308192). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved December 30, 2011. [223] "Error: no |title= specified when using {{[[Template:Cite web|Cite web (http:/ / rapradar. com/ 2012/ 01/ 24/ obie-trice-bottoms-up-tracklist/ )]}}"]. Rap Radar. . Retrieved January 25, 2012. [224] "Eminem" (http:/ / www. vevo. com/ artist/ eminem?source=instantsearch). Vevo. . Retrieved December 30, 2011. [225] "Lose Yourself | Eminem | Music Video" (http:/ / www. mtv. com/ videos/ eminem/ 19062/ lose-yourself. jhtml). MTV Music. MTV Networks. . Retrieved December 30, 2011. [226] "Billboard chart search: Eminem, 50 Cent & Busta Rhymes 'Hail Mary'" (http:/ / api. billboard. com/ apisvc/ chart/ v1/ list?artist=eminem& song=hail_mary& sdate=1990-01-01& edate=2999-12-31& api_key=bvk4re5h37dzvx87h7rf5dqz) (XML). Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. . Retrieved January 3, 2012. [227] "Billboard chart search: Eminem 'Mosh'" (http:/ / api. billboard. com/ apisvc/ chart/ v1/ list?artist=eminem& song=mosh& sdate=1990-01-01& edate=3010-06-27& api_key=bvk4re5h37dzvx87h7rf5dqz) (XML). Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. . Retrieved December 30, 2011. [228] "CRIA Certification search database" (http:/ / www. cria. ca/ cert_db_search. php). Canadian Recording Industry Association. . Retrieved November 19, 2008. [229] "Billboard chart search: Eminem 'Mosh'" (http:/ / api. billboard. com/ apisvc/ chart/ v1/ list?artist=eminem_50_cent& song=the_re-up& sdate=1990-01-01& edate=3010-06-27& api_key=bvk4re5h37dzvx87h7rf5dqz) (XML). Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. . Retrieved December 30, 2011. [230] "Chart Log UK: Various Artists" (http:/ / www. zobbel. de/ cluk/ CLUK_VA. HTM). The Official Charts Company. . Retrieved April 29, 2009. [231] "Rules For Chart Eligibility" (http:/ / www. theofficialcharts. com/ docs/ OCC_Chart_Rules_Edition9. pdf) (PDF). Rules For Chart Eligibility. The Official Charts Company. . Retrieved April 29, 2009. [232] "Billboard chart search: Eminem 'No Apologies'" (http:/ / api. billboard. com/ apisvc/ chart/ v1/ list?artist=eminem& song=no_apologies& sdate=1990-01-01& edate=3010-06-27& api_key=bvk4re5h37dzvx87h7rf5dqz) (XML). Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. . Retrieved December 30, 2011. [233] "Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles Issue Date: 1998-10-31" (http:/ / www. webcitation. org/ 601yx2CHx). Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Archived from the original (http:/ / www. billboard. biz/ bbbiz/ charts/ chart-search-results/ singles/ 3031862) on July 8, 2011. . Retrieved December 30, 2011. [234] "Billboard chart search: T.I. 'Touchdown'" (http:/ / api. billboard. com/ apisvc/ chart/ v1/ list?artist=t. i. & song=touchdown& sdate=1990-01-01& edate=3010-06-27& api_key=bvk4re5h37dzvx87h7rf5dqz) (XML). Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. . Retrieved December 30, 2011.

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Eminem production discography

This is a list of all of the songs that Eminem has produced.

1999
Eminem - The Slim Shady LP
"Brain Damage" "If I Had" "97' Bonnie & Clyde" "My Fault" "Cum on Everybody" "Just Don't Give a Fuck" "As the World Turns" "I'm Shady" "Bad Meets Evil"

"Still Don't Give a Fuck"

Bad Meets Evil - Non album track

"Renegade"

2000
Sticky Fingaz - Blacktrash: The Autobiography of Kirk Jones
"What If I Was White"

Tony Touch - The Piece Maker

"Get Back"

Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP

"The Way I Am" "Drug Ballad" "Stan" "Under The Influence" "Marshall Mathers" "The Kids" "Criminal"

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2001
Xzibit - Restless
"Don't Approach Me"

Jay-Z - The Blueprint

"Renegade"

D12 - Devil's Night

"Words Are Weapons" "American Psycho" "That's How..." "Purple Pills" "Instigator" "Pimp Like Me" "Blow My Buzz"

"Devil's Night" "Girls" "Shit on You"

Bones
"These Drugs"

The Wash
"Blow My Buzz"

2002
Nas - God's Son
"The Cross"

Eminem - The Eminem Show

"Curtains Up" "White America" "Cleanin' Out My Closet" "Square Dance" "Soldier" "The Kiss" "Say Goodbye Hollywood" "Drips" "Without Me" "Sing for the Moment" "Superman"

"Hailie's Song" "When the Music Stops"

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Xzibit - Man vs. Machine

"My Name"

8 Mile
"Lose Yourself" "Love Me" "8 Mile" "Rap Game" "Rabbit Run" "Places To Go" "8 Miles and Runnin'" "Rap Name" "'Till I Collapse" "Stimulate"

2003
50 Cent - Get Rich or Die Tryin'
"Patiently Waiting" "Don't Push Me" "High All the Time" (Add.Production by Eminem) "What Up Gangsta" (Add.Production by Eminem)

50 Cent:The New Breed

"8 Mile Road [G-Unit Remix]"

DMX - Cradle 2 the Grave

"Go to Sleep"

Jay-Z - The Black Album

"Moment of Clarity"

2Pac - Tupac: Resurrection

"Ghost" "One Day at a Time (Em's Version)" "Runnin' (Dying to Live)"

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Eminem - Straight from the Lab

"Bully" "We are Americans" "Love You More" "Monkey See, Monkey Do" "Come on in"

King Gordy - The Entity

"Nightmares" "The Pain" "Pass Me the Lighter" "When Darkness Falls"

G-Unit - Beg for Mercy

"My Buddy" "I'm So Hood"

Obie Trice - Cheers

"Average Man" "Cheers" "Got Some Teeth" "Lady" "Don't Come Down" "We All Die One Day" "Hands on You" "Never Forget Ya" "Outro"

Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E. - West Koastra Nostra

"911"

2004
Lloyd Banks - The Hunger for More
"On Fire" "Warrior Pt. II" "Till the End"

Jadakiss - Kiss of Death

"Welcome to D-Block"

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D12 - D12 World

"Git Up" "Loyalty" "Just Like U" "My Band" "6 in the Morning" "How Come" "Leave Dat Boy Alone" "Get My Gun" "Bitch" "Dude" "Bizarre" "Steve's Coffee House" "Bugz 97" "Slow Your Roll"

D12
"B. N. U." (non-album track)

Eminem - Encore
"Yellow Brick Road" "Like Toy Soldiers" "Puke" "My 1st Single" "Spend Some Time" "Mockingbird" "Crazy in Love" "One Shot 2 Shot" "We as Americans" "Love You More" "Ricky Ticky Toc"

2Pac - Loyal to the Game

"Soldier Like Me (Return of the Soulja)" "The Uppercut" "Out on Bail" "Ghetto Gospel" "Black Cotton" "Loyal to the Game" "Thugs Get Lonely Too" "N.I.G.G.A. (Never Ignorant about Getting Goals Accomplished)" "Who Do You Love?" "Crooked Nigga Too" "Don't You Trust Me?"

"Hennessey" "Thug 4 Life"

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Manuel Gmez Morn - Trust

"I Don't Trust You"

Redman - Ill at Will Vol. 1

"I See Dead People"

2005
50 Cent - The Massacre
"Intro" "I'm Supposed to Die Tonight" "Gatman and Robbin" "My Toy Soldier" "Ski Mask Way" (Add.Production by Eminem) "In My Hood" (Add.Production by Eminem)

Eminem - Anger Management Tour

"Anger Management" "2nd Round" "Emulate" "Dirty Steve" "Fubba U Cubba Cubba"

Stat Quo - NBA Live 06

"Like Dat"

The Game - The Documentary

"We Ain't"

D12 - The Longest Yard

"My Ballz"

Bizarre - Hannicap Circus

"Rockstar"

Trick-Trick - The People vs.

"Welcome 2 Detroit" "No More To Say"

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Hush - Bulletproof
"Hush Is Coming" "Off to Tijuana"

The Notorious B.I.G. - Duets: The Final Chapter

"It Has Been Said (The Most Shady)"

Tony Yayo - Thoughts of a Predicate Felon

"Drama Setter" "It Is What It Is" (Add.Production by Eminem)

Proof - Grown Man Shit

"Pray For Me" "Ou, Ouuuuuuuuuu" "Wot's Up" "Oil Can Harry"

Lloyd Banks - "The Big Withdrawal"

"Without My Glock"

Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits

"FACK" "The Way I Am" "Stan" "Lose Yourself" "Shake That" "Sing for the Moment" "Without Me" "Like Toy Soldiers" "Mockingbird" "Guilty Conscience" "Cleanin' Out My Closet" "When I'm Gone"

2006
Obie Trice - Second Round's On Me
"Wake Up" "Violent" "Lay Down" "Ballad of Obie Trice" "Jamaican Girl" "Kill Me a Mutha"

"There They Go" "Everywhere I Go"

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Akon - Konvicted
"Smack That"

Lloyd Banks - Rotten Apple

"Hands Up" "NY NY"

Lil' Scrappy - Bred 2 Die, Born 2 Live

"Lord Have Mercy"

Eminem Presents: The Re-Up

"Shady Narcotics" (Intro) "We're Back" "Pistol Pistol" (Remix) "Murder" "The Re-Up" "You Don't Know" "Jimmy Crack Corn" "Trapped" "Smack That" (Remix) "Public Enemy #1" "Ski Mask Way" (Remix) "Shake That" (Remix) "No Apologies"

Eminem - Non album track

"Jimmy Crack Corn" (Remix) "I'll Hurt You"

2007
Cashis - The County Hound EP
"The County Hound" "Gun Rule" "Ms. Jenkins" "Pistol Poppin'" "Lac Motion"

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50 Cent - Curtis
"Peep Show"

Young Buck - Buck the World

"Lose My Mind"

T.I - T.I. vs. T.I.P.

"Touchdown"

2008
Trick-Trick - The Villain
"Trick Trick" "Who Want It" "Follow Me" "Crazy"

V/A - Delicious Vinyl All-Stars - Rmxxology

Masta Ace - "Slaughtahouse (Eminem RMX)"

2009
Bobby Creekwater - Nothing But Heat Rocks Vol 5
"Chec Chec"

Eminem - Relapse
"We Made You" (Produced With Dr. Dre) "Mr. Mathers" "Beautiful" "My Darling" "Careful What You Wish For"

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50 Cent - Before I Self Destruct

"Psycho"

Eminem - Relapse: Refill

"Elevator"

2010
B.o.B - B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray
"Airplanes, Part II"

Bizarre - Friday Night at St. Andrews

"Down This Road"

Stat Quo - Non album track

"Atlanta on Fire" "The Ruler's Back"

Eminem - Recovery
"Not Afraid" "W.T.P."

2011
Fast Five (soundtrack)
"Furiously Dangerous"

Young Zee - Non album track

"Spinning Wheels"

Bad Meets Evil - Hell: The Sequel

"Fast Lane (co-produced with Supa Dups & JG)" "Lighters (produced with The SmeeZingtons & Battle Roy" "The Reunion (co-produced with Sid Roams)" "Loud Noises (add. production by Mr. Porter)"

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Royce da 5'9 - Success Is Certain

"Legendary (co-produced with The Futuristics)"

Yelawolf - Radioactive
"Let's Roll (co-produced with The Audibles & Mr. Pyro)" "Throw It Up (co-produced with WillPower)" "Everything I Love the Most (co-produced with WillPower)" "In this World (co-produced with WillPower)"

B.o.B - E.P.I.C. (Every Play Is Crucial)

"Things Get Worse"

Upcoming Releases
Obie Trice - Bottoms Up
Manuel Gmez Morn

Joe Budden - The Great Escape

Producer on the album

Produced singles
1999
"Guilty Conscience" "Just Don't Give a Fuck"

2000
"The Way I Am" "Stan"

2001
"Purple Pills"

2002
"Cleanin' Out My Closet" "Without Me" "Sing for the Moment" "Superman" "Lose Yourself" "Say My Name"

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2003
"One Day at a Time (Em's Version)" "My Buddy" "Got Some Teeth" "Shit Hits the Fan" "Don't Come Down" "Wanksta (Em's Version)"

2004
"On Fire" "My Band" "Git Up" "Thugs Get Lonely Too" "Ghetto Gospel" "Like Toy Soldiers" "Mockingbird"

2005
"Rockstar" "Welcome 2 Detroit" "FACK" "Shake That" "When I'm Gone"

2006
"Jamaican Girl" "Smack That" "Hands Up" "You Don't Know" "Jimmy Crack Corn"

2007
"Lac Motion"

2008
"Who Want It"

2009
"We Made You" "Beautiful" "Elevator"

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2010
"Not Afraid"

2011
"Furiously Dangerous" "Fast Lane" "Lighters" "Legendary" "Let's Roll"

References

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List of awards and nominations received by Eminem

Eminem awards and nominations

Eminem performing live at the DJ Hero Party in Los Angeles, California, June 1, 2009 Awards and nominations Award American Music Awards Billboard Music Awards Brit Awards Grammy Awards Juno Awards MTV Europe Music Awards MTV Video Music Awards MuchMusic Video Awards NRJ Music Awards People's Choice Awards Teen Choice Awards World Music Awards Academy Awards Golden Globe Awards Emmy Award
Wins Nominations

10 17 4 13 2 11 12 2 2 7 7 5 1 0 1

20 28 7 38 2 23 43 4 6 8 9 7 1 1 1 Totals

Awards won Nominations

107 198

The following is a comprehensive list of awards received by Eminem, an American rapper, record producer, and actor. He began his career in 1995 with Web Entertainment and has been one of the most popular rap acts in the world since the late-1990s. Eminem quickly gained popularity in 1999 with his major-label debut album, The Slim Shady LP, which won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. The following album, The Marshall Mathers LP, became the fastest-selling

List of awards and nominations received by Eminem solo album in United States history.[1] The Marshall Mathers LP and his fourth album, The Eminem Show, also won Grammy Awards, making Eminem the first artist to win Best Rap Album for three consecutive LPs. He then won the award again in 2010 for his album Relapse, giving him a total of 13 Grammys in his career. In 2003, he won the Academy Award for Best Original Song and nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song for "Lose Yourself" from the film, 8 Mile, in which he also played the lead role. "Lose Yourself" would go on to become the longest running No. 1 hip hop single.[2] Eminem then went on hiatus after touring in 2005. He released his first album since 2004's Encore, titled Relapse, on May 15, 2009. Eminem is the best-selling artist of the decade on the US Nielsen SoundScan,[3] and has sold more than 80 million albums worldwide to date, making him one of the best-selling music artists in the world. In 2010, Eminem released his seventh studio album Recovery. It became Eminem's sixth consecutive number-one album in the US and achieved international commercial success, charting at number one in several other countries. It stayed at number-one on the US Billboard 200 chart for five consecutive weeks and a total of seven weeks.[4][5] Recovery was also reported by Billboard to be the best-selling album of 2010, making Eminem the first artist in Nielsen SoundScan history to have two year-end best-selling albums.[6] Eminem was ranked 79th on the VH1 100 Greatest Artists of All-Time.[7] Eminem was ranked #82 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time [8].[9] He was also named the Best Rapper Alive by Vibe magazine in 2008.[10] Including his work with D12, Eminem has had nine #1 albums on the Billboard Top 200, 7 solo (6 studio albums, 1 compilation) and 2 with D12.[11] Eminem has had 13 number one singles worldwide. In December 2009, he was named the Artist of the Decade by Billboard magazine.[12] His albums, The Eminem Show, The Marshall Mathers LP, and Encore (in order), ranked as the 3rd,[13] 7th,[13] and 40th[14] best-selling albums of the 200009 decade by Billboard magazine. According to Billboard, Eminem has two of his albums among the top five highest selling albums of the 2000s. In the UK, Eminem has sold more than 12.5 million records.[15] He has sold more than 33 million track downloads and 39.6 million albums in the United States alone.[16] In 2010, MTV ranked Eminem as the 7th biggest icon in pop music history.[17] During 2010, Eminem's music generated 94 million streams, more than any other music artist.[16]

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Academy Award
The Academy Award, also known as the "Oscar", is an award presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) at an annual ceremony, in recognition of people in the film industry. Eminem won the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 75th Academy Awards, for his single "Lose Yourself" from the soundtrack of 8 Mile.[18] He was not present at the ceremony, but musician Luis Resto accepted the award.[19]
Year Nominated work 2003 "Lose Yourself" Award Best Original Song Result Won

American Music Awards

The American Music Awards is an annual music awards show launched in 1973, by television personality Dick Clark to compete with the Grammy Awards. Eminem himself has been nominated for 13 awards while his albums were nominated for seven awards; he has won a total of eight awards.[20]

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Year Nominated artist and works 2001 Eminem

Award Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Male Artist

Result Nominated Nominated Nominated Won Won Won Won Nominated Won Won Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated Won Nominated Won

2003

Fan Choice Favorite Hip-Hop/R&B Male Artist Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist The Eminem Show Favorite Hip-Hop/R&B Album Favorite Pop/Rock Album

2005 Encore Eminem 2006 Curtain Call: The Hits 2009 Relapse Eminem

Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Male Artist Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Male Artist Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album Artist of the Year Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Male Artist

2010

Artist of the Year Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Male Artist Recovery Favorite Pop/Rock Album Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album

ASCAP Pop Music Awards

The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) hosts a series of awards shows, honoring people in different music categories; pop music is one of its seven categories. In 2004, Eminem won the ASCAP Pop Music Award for the Most Performed Song for "Lose Yourself".[21]
Year Nominated work 2004 "Lose Yourself" Award Most Performed Song Result Won

Billboard Music Awards

The Billboard Music Award is an honor presented by Billboard magazine at an annual ceremony to acknowledge the accomplishments of musicians. Eminem has won eight awards.[22]

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Year

Nominated artist and works

Award Album of the Year R&B/Hip-Hop Album of the Year

Result Won Won Won Nominated Nominated Nominated Won Won Nominated Nominated Won Won Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated Won Nominated Nominated

2002 The Eminem Show

2011 Eminem

Top Artist Top Billboard 200 Artist Top Digital Media Artist Top Digital Songs Artist Top Male Artist Top Rap Artist Top Social Artist Top Streaming Artist

Recovery

Top Billboard 200 Album Top Rap Album

"Not Afraid"

Top Streaming Song (Video)

"Love the Way You Lie" (featuring Rihanna) Top Digital Song Top Hot 100 Song Top Radio Song Top Rap Song Top Streaming Song (Audio) Top Streaming Song (Video)

BMI Film/TV Awards

American performance rights organization Broadcast Music Incorporated annually hosts the BMI Film/TV Awards to honor musicians based on the BMI catalogue. In 2003, Eminem took home two awards for his work on "Lose Yourself".[23]
Year Nominated work 2003 "Lose Yourself" Best Music Most Performed Song From A Film Award Result Won Won

Brit Awards
The Brit Awards are an annual awards ceremony presented by the British Phonographic Industry, related to popular music. Eminem has been nominated for a total of seven Brit Awards and has won four of them.[24][25][26]

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Year Nominated work 2001 Eminem 2003

Award Best International Male Solo Artist Best International Male Solo Artist

Result Won Won Won Won

The Eminem Show Best International Album 2005 Eminem 2010 2011 Recovery Best International Male Solo Artist

Best International Male Solo Artist Nominated Best International Album Nominated

Detroit Music Awards

The Detroit Music Awards (DMAs) is an annual awards ceremony presented by the Motor City Music Foundation; it was launched in 1998. Eminem won seven awards out of twelve nominations at the 2011 show.[27]
Year Nominated works Award Outstanding National Album Outstanding National Single Outstanding National Album Result Won Won Nominated Nominated Won Nominated Won Won Won Nominated

2001 The Marshall Mathers LP "The Real Slim Shady" 2003 The Eminem Show

Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture 8 Mile Outstanding National Album "Lose Yourself" "Without Me" 2005 Encore 2011 Recovery "Not Afraid" "Love the Way You Lie" (featuring Rihanna) Outstanding National Single Outstanding National Single Outstanding National Major Label Recording Outstanding National Major Label Recording Outstanding National Single Outstanding National Single

Outstanding Video / Major Budget (Over $10,000) Nominated "Not Afraid" Outstanding Video / Major Budget (Over $10,000) Won

Emmy Award
In September 2011, Eminem won the Creative Arts Emmy Award for his Chrysler 200 commercial, titled "Born of Fire: Chrysler 200", which features Eminem driving through his old Detroit neighborhood while the track "Lose Yourself" plays in the background.[28][29]
Year Nominated work Award Result Won

2011 "Born of Fire: Chrysler 200" Creative Arts Emmy Award

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Grammy Awards
The Grammy Award, previously known as the Gramophone Award, is an accolade which has been presented by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences since 1959. Eminem has won 13 awards from 38 nominations.[30]
Year Nominated artist and works Best Rap Solo Performance Best Rap Album Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group Best Rap Solo Performance Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group Best Rap Album Album of the Year 2003 "Without Me" Best Rap Solo Performance Record of the Year Best Short Form Music Video The Eminem Show Best Rap Album Album of the Year 2004 "Lose Yourself" Best Rap Solo Performance Best Rap Song Record of the Year Song of the Year Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media 2005 "Just Lose It" 2006 Encore "Mockingbird" "Encore" (featuring Dr. Dre and 50 Cent) 2007 "Smack That" (with Akon) "Shake That" (featuring Nate Dogg) 2010 "Crack a Bottle" (featuring Dr. Dre and 50 Cent) Relapse "Beautiful" Best Rap Solo Performance Best Rap Album Best Rap Solo Performance Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group Best Rap/Sung Collaboration Best Rap/Sung Collaboration Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group Best Rap Album Best Rap Solo Performance Award Result Won Won Nominated Won Won Won Nominated Nominated Nominated Won Won Nominated Won Won Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated Won Won Nominated

2000 "My Name Is" The Slim Shady LP "Guilty Conscience" (featuring Dr. Dre) 2001 "The Real Slim Shady" "Forgot About Dre" (with Dr. Dre) The Marshall Mathers LP

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Album of the Year Best Rap Album Nominated Won Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated Won Nominated Pending Pending

2011 Recovery

"Love the Way You Lie" (featuring Rihanna)

Record of the Year Song of the Year Best Rap Song Best Rap/Sung Collaboration Best Short Form Music Video

"Not Afraid"

Best Rap Song Best Rap Solo Performance

"Airplanes, Part II" (with B.o.B and Hayley Williams) 2012 "I Need a Doctor"

Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals

Best Rap Song Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

Golden Globe Awards

The Golden Globe Award is presented by Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize excellence in film. Eminem won the award for Best Original Song in 2002.[31]
Year Nominated artist and works 2002 "Lose Yourself" Award Result

Best Original Song Nominated

Japan Radio Popular Disc Awards

The Japan Radio Popular Disc Awards are an annual awards ceremony that takes place in Tokyo. Eminem won the award for Best Male Vocalist in 2001.[32]
Year Nominated artist 2001 Eminem Award Best Male Vocalist Result Won

Juno Awards
The Juno Awards are presented annually by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences to honorable Canadian musicians and artists who are nominated for international categories. Eminem has won two awards for his studio albums.[33][34]

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Year

Nominated works

Award

Result Won Won

2001 The Marshall Mathers LP Best Selling Album (foreign or domestic) 2003 The Eminem Show International Album of the Year

MTV Awards
MTV Asia Awards
The MTV Asia Awards take place biannually to honor Asian and international artists. Eminem was nominated for Favorite Male Artist in 2002.[35]
Year Nominated artist and work 2002 Eminem Award Result

Favorite Male Artist Nominated

MTV Europe Music Awards

Eminem's hip hop group D12 (pictured) won the Best Hip-Hop award.

Year

Nominated artists and works

Award Best New Act Best Hip-Hop

Result Nominated Won Won Nominated Won Nominated Won Nominated Won Won Won Nominated Won Nominated

1999 Eminem

2000

Best Hip-Hop Best Male The Marshall Mathers LP Best Album Best Song Best Hip-Hop Best Male Act

2001 "Stan" (featuring Dido) Eminem

2002

Best Male Act Best Hip-Hop The Eminem Show "Without Me" Best Album Best Video Best Hip-Hop Best Male Act

2003 Eminem

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Best Hip-Hop Best Male Act Best Video Best Male Act Best Hip-Hop Won Nominated Nominated Won Nominated Won Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated Won

2004 D12 2005 Eminem 2009 "We Made You" Eminem

2010

Best Hip-Hop Best Male Act "Love The Way You Lie" (featuring Rihanna) Best Song Best Video

2011 Eminem

Best Male Act Best Hip-Hop Act

MTV Movie Awards

Eminem won two awards for his acting debut in 8 Mile at the 2003 MTV Movie Awards.[36][37]
Year Nominated artist Award Result Won Won

2003 Eminem in 8 Mile Best Male Performance Best Breakthrough Male

MTV Video Music Awards

Year Nominated works Award Best New Artist Best Male Video Best Direction "Guilty Conscience" 2000 "Forgot About Dre" (with Dr. Dre) "The Real Slim Shady" Breakthrough Video Best Rap Video Video of the Year Best Male Video Best Rap Video Viewer's Choice Best Direction Best Editing 2001 "Stan" (featuring Dido) Video of the Year Best Male Video Best Rap Video Best Direction Best Cinematography Result Won Nominated Nominated Nominated Won Won Won Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated

1999 "My Name Is"

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Video of the Year Best Male Video Best Rap Video Best Direction Viewer's Choice Won Won Won Won Nominated Won Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated Won Nominated Nominated Nominated Won Won Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated [38] Nominated Nominated

2002 "Without Me"

2003 "Lose Yourself"

Best Video from A Film Video of the Year Best Male Video Best Rap Video

2005 "Just Lose It" "Mosh" 2009 "We Made You"

Best Rap Video Breakthrough Video Best Hip-Hop Video Video of the Year Best Male Video Best Special Effects

2010 "Not Afraid"

Best Male Video Best Hip-Hop Video Video of the Year Best Art Direction Best Cinematography Best Direction Best Editing Best Special Effects

2011 "Love The Way You Lie" (featuring Rihanna) Best Male Video Best Cinematography Best Direction [39]

[40] Nominated Best Video with a Message

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MTV Video Music Awards Japan

Eminem won the award for Best Collaboration for his work with Rihanna on "Love the Way You Lie".

Year

Nominated artist and works

Award Best Male Best Website

Result Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated Won Nominated Nominated Won Won

2002 Eminem

2003 The Eminem Show "Without Me"

Album of the Year Video of the Year Best Male Video Best Hip-Hop Video

"Lose Yourself" 2010 "We Made You" 2011 Recovery "Not Afraid"

Best Video from a Film Best Hip-Hop Video Album of the Year Best Hip-Hop Video

"Love The Way You Lie" (featuring Rihanna) Best Collaboration

Music of Black Origin Awards

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Year Nominated artist 2009 Eminem

Award Best Hip Hop Act

Result Nominated

Best International Act Nominated 2010 Best International Act Won

MuchMusic Video Awards

Year Nominated works Award People's Choice: Favourite International Artist Best International Artist Video People's Choice: Favourite International Artist International Video of the Year Result Won Won Nominated Nominated Nominated

2001 "The Real Slim Shady" "Stan" (featuring Dido) 2003 "Lose Yourself" 2010 "Beautiful"

2011 "Love the Way You Lie" (featuring Rihanna) International Video of the Year

MuchMusic.com Most Watched Video of the Year Nominated

NAACP Image Awards

Year Nominated work Award Result

2011 "Love The Way You Lie" (featuring Rihanna) Outstanding Duo or Group Nominated

NRJ Music Awards

Year Nominated artist and works Award Best International Song Best International Male Artist International Album of the Year Music Website of the Year International Album of the Year Music Video of the Year Best International Male Artist Result Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated

2003 "Without Me" 2003 Eminem 2003 The Eminem Show 2003 Eminem 2005 Encore 2005 Just Lose It 2005 Eminem 2011 Eminem and Rihanna

Group/Duo/International Cast of the Year Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated

"Love The Way You Lie" (featuring Rihanna) International Song of the Year Video of the Year Eminem International Male Artist of the Year

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People's Choice Awards

Year Nominated artist and works 2003 Eminem 2005 2007 "Shake That" 2010 Eminem 2011 Award Favorite Male Musical Performer Result Won

Favorite Male Musical Performer Nominated Favorite Song Hip-Hop Favorite Hip-Hop Artist Favorite Male Artist Favorite Hip-Hop Artist "Love The Way You Lie" Favorite Song Favorite Music Video Nominated Won Won Won Won Won Nominated Won

2012 Eminem

Favorite Male Artist Favorite Hip-Hop Artist

Soul Train Music Awards

Year Nominated works Award Result

2001 The Marshall Mathers LP "Stan" (featuring Dido)

Best R&B/Soul or Rap Album Of The Year Nominated Best R&B/Soul or Rap Music Video Nominated Won

2010 "Love The Way You Lie" (featuring Rihanna) Hip-Hop Song of the Year

Teen Choice Awards

Year Nominated artist and works Award Choice Movie: Breakout Star Result Won

2003 Eminem in 8 Mile

Choice Lip Lock (shared with Brittany Murphy) Nominated Choice Movie: Actor Drama/Action Adventure 2005 Eminem "Mockingbird" 2009 Relapse 2010 "Love the Way You Lie" (featuring Rihanna) Eminem Choice Music: Rap Artist Choice Music: Rap Track Choice Music: Favorite Album Choice Music: Rap Album Choice Music: Rap/Hip-Hop Track Summer Music Star Male Choice Music: Rap Artist 2011 Choice Music: R&B/Hip-Hop Artist "I Need A Doctor" (with Dr. Dre and Skylar Grey) Choice Music: R&B/Hip-Hop Track Won Won Won Nominated Won Won Nominated Won Won Nominated

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The Source Hip Hop Music Awards

Year Nominated artist and works Award Lyricist of the Year Result Won Won Won

2000 Eminem

"Guilty Conscience" (featuring Dr. Dre) Music Video of the Year 2001 "Stan" (featuring Dido) Best Video of the Year

World Music Awards

Year Nominated artist 2001 Eminem 2003 Award World's Best Selling Rap Artist World's Best Selling Pop/Rock Artist World's Best American Male Artist 2005 World's Best Selling Pop/Rock Artist World's Best Selling Rap/Hip-Hop Artist 2008 2010 Result Won Won Won Won Won

World's Best Selling Rap/Hip-Hop Artist Nominated World's Best Selling Rap/Hip-Hop Artist Nominated

Notes
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Studio albums
Infinite
Infinite
Studio album by Eminem Released Recorded Genre Length Label Producer November 12, 1996 19951996 Hip hop 37:54 Web Jeff & Mark Bass (exec.) Mr. Porter, DJ Head, DJ Rec Eminem chronology

Soul Intent (1995)

Infinite (1996)

The Slim Shady EP (1997)

Professional ratings Review scores

Source Allmusic Sputnikmusic RapReviews (5.5/10) [3] Rating [1] [2]

Infinite is the debut studio album by Eminem, released November 12, 1996, on Web Entertainment. The album was recorded and produced from late 1995 to mid 1996, with help from The Bass Brothers and fellow D12 members Mr. Porter, Proof and Eye-Kyu, along with fellow rapper Three.

History
Infinite is Eminem's first full-length and professionally packaged album. After years of cutting demo tracks with his mentors, the Bass Brothers, at their Ferndale, Michigan studio (dubbed "The Bassmint"), Eminem was ready to release his album. The album was written and recorded in 1995. At the time the album was first conceived, Eminem had been using the stage name M&M. However, he changed his stage name after the release of his first official single, in early 1995. Infinite marks the debut of the name "Eminem". The album was only released on cassette and vinyl, and was originally sold through Mathers himself. Only 1,000 cassettes and 100 vinyl records were made. Only about 1000 copies were sold. Eminem himself, and old friends from around the time Infinite was recorded, have claimed the laid-back and humble nature of the album is due to Eminem purposely making "radio-friendly" songs in

Infinite hopes of getting on the air of Detroit's leading Hip Hop radio station, WJLB. Bootlegged compact-disc copies are commonly found on sites such as eBay. The song "Backstabber" is a re-cut version of a song called "Fuckin' Backstabber", which is featured on Eminem's demo tape released by Soul Intent. While it contains some swearing, Infinite is relatively inoffensive compared to the subsequent albums that would make Eminem famous. In 2003, the album was re-released, and although it seemed legitimate, it was most likely pirated, containing many clicks, pops, and other defects in the sound quality. In 2009, Thisis50.com re-released it as a free download on their website to build anticipation for Eminem's highly anticipated album Relapse.[4] The album received mixed critical reviews and was met with derision from within the local hip-hop community, earning Eminem unfavorable accusations of copying other rappers' styles, particularly Nas and AZ. Eminem recalls:

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Obviously, I was young and influenced by other artists, and I got a lot of feedback saying that I sounded like Nas and AZ. Infinite was me trying to figure out how I wanted my rap style to be, how I wanted to sound on the mic and present myself. It was a growing stage. I felt like [5][6][7] Infinite was like a demo that just got pressed up.

While it contains some swearing, Infinite is relatively inoffensive compared to the subsequent albums that would make Eminem famous. In 2003, this album was rereleased, although it seemed legitimate it was most likely pirated, containing many clicks, pops, and other defects in the sound quality. The "European Re-Issue" contains bonus tracks regarded as freestyles and unreleased tracks. No names for these tracks are given on the case. In 2009, Thisis50.com [8], re-released it for a free download on their website to build anticipation for his highly anticipated album Relapse.[9]

Production
On a DVD about Eminem's life, a former friend and collaborator of Eminem's, named DJ Rec, stated that "Infinite" was produced by a variety of producers who were never credited. The album artwork says the album was produced by Denaun Porter and "Slim" for F.B.T. Productions. However, it may be possible that DJ Rec, and others, contributed to the production of "Infinite." It is known that former D12 DJ, DJ Head, produced the "W.E.G.O." skit on the album. Proof of D12 may have also co-produced the track as well, as his vocals are featured on the skit. Not only that, but on the original cassette artwork, Proof is credited for doing "Additional Drum Programming" on several tracks. Former Bassmint Productions and Soul Intent DJ and co-producer, DJ Butterfingers, also contributed several cuts and scratches to the album. Since he was so involved in that aspect, he may have also done some un-credited production as well. Butterfingers' cuts and scratches appear on "Infinite" and "Tonite".

Track listing
No. Title 1. "Infinite" Producer(s) Length Mr. Porter 4:01 0:21 3:29 4:11 3:43 4:11 4:02 3:38 3:45

2. "W.E.G.O." (interlude) (feat. Proof and DJ Head) DJ Head 3. "It's OK" (feat. Eye-Kyu) 4. "313" (feat. Eye-Kyu) 5. "Tonite" 6. "Maxine" (feat. Mr. Porter and Three) 7. "Open Mic" 8. "Never 2 Far" 9. "Searchin'" (feat. Eye-Kyu) Mr. Porter Mr. Porter Mr. Porter Mr. Porter Mr. Porter Mr. Porter Mr. Porter

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10. "Backstabber" (feat. Proof) 11. "Jealousy Woes II" Mr. Porter Mr. Porter 3:24 3:20

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The Slim Shady LP

The Slim Shady LP
Studio album by Eminem Released Recorded Genre Length Label Producer February 23, 1999 December 1996-January 1999 Hip hop 59:39 Aftermath, Interscope Dr. Dre (exec.) Mark & Jeff Bass (exec.) Eminem, Mel-Man Eminem chronology

The Slim Shady EP (1997)

The Slim Shady LP (1999)

The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)

Special Edition cover Singles from The Slim Shady LP 1. 2. 3.

"My Name Is"

Released: December 27, 1998

"Role Model"
Released: May 26, 1999

"Guilty Conscience"
Released: June 8, 1999

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Professional ratings Review scores

Source Allmusic Robert Christgau Los Angeles Times Melody Maker Mixmag Muzik RapReviews Rolling Stone Spin Piero Scaruffi [6] [4] [7] (A-) [2] [3] [4] [4] [4] [5] Rating [1]

The Slim Shady LP is the second studio album by American rapper Eminem, released on February 23, 1999. It is his major-label debut, and was released under Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment, and Web Records. The album was met with critical, and commercial success. It debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart behind TLC's FanMail with 283,000 copies sold in its opening week. The album went on to be certified quadruple-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. To date, it has sold over five million units in the United States, and over nine million units worldwide. "Just Don't Give a Fuck" was the first, and only underground single from the album. The first official single was "My Name Is". The album won the Grammy Awards for Best Rap Album. It also won Outstanding National Album at the 2000 Detroit Music Awards.[8] In 2003, the album was ranked number 273 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time,[9] the highest ranking of Eminem's albums on the list.

Background
Eminem, born Marshall Bruce Mathers III, began rapping at age fourteen. In 1996, his debut album Infinite, which was recorded at the Bassmint, a recording studio owned by the Bass Brothers, was released under their independent label Web Entertainment.[10] Early in his career, Eminem collaborated with fellow Detroit MC Royce da 5'9" under the stage name Bad Meets Evil.[11] After the release of Infinite, Eminem's personal struggles and abuse of drugs and alcohol culminated in an unsuccessful suicide attempt.[12] Jimmy Iovine, CEO of Interscope Records, requested a demo tape of Eminem's after Eminem placed second at the 1997 Rap Olympics. Eminem had also won Wake Up Show's "Freestyle Performer of the Year" award, helping him acquire a record deal.[13] Iovine played the tape for record producer Dr. Dre, founder of Aftermath Entertainment. The two began recording tracks for The Slim Shady LP, and Eminem made a guest performance on the album Devil Without a Cause by Kid Rock.[12] Hip-hop magazine The Source featured Eminem in its "Unsigned Hype" column in March 1998.[14]

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Music
Upon its release, there were several complaints about The Slim Shady LP's lyrical content. The song "Guilty Conscience" (the album's second single) ends with Eminem, and Dr. Dre apparently succeeding in encouraging a man to murder his wife and a man having sex with her. In 1997, Eminem recorded "'97 Bonnie & Clyde", in which Eminem raps about a journey by car toward the beach with his daughter, with the purpose of this journey being to dispose of his dead wife's corpse. In an interview, Eminem stated that he made the song to relieve anger that he was facing towards his wife at the time. Most songs feature substantial amounts of swearing, numerous references to sex and drugs, and over-the-top descriptions of violence like in the songs "My Name Is", "As The World Turns", "Guilty Conscience", and "Brain Damage". Fans of the album have generally defended it by saying that the lyrics are not to be taken seriously, and the media is equally to blame. Eminem himself has referenced Slim Shady as an exaggerated persona. It is clear that the persona does not accurately represent Eminem's real life, and many lyrics are meant as a joke in contrast to his more serious second effort The Marshall Mathers LP. There are some connections between "'97 Bonnie and Clyde" and the album cover, which depicts Eminem and his daughter Hailie looking down at a pier, as if looking for a perfect place to drop the corpse (the corpse's legs are visible in the open trunk of the car). A huge view of the moon is shown as well, as if the plot takes place in the middle of the night.

Track listing
No. Title 1. "Public Service Announcement" (skit) 2. "My Name Is" 3. "Guilty Conscience" (featuring Dr. Dre) 4. "Brain Damage" 5. "Paul" (skit) 6. "If I Had" 7. "'97 Bonnie & Clyde" 8. "Bitch" (skit) 9. "Role Model" 10. "Lounge" (skit) 11. "My Fault" 12. "Ken Kaniff" (skit) 13. "Cum On Everybody" 14. "Rock Bottom" 15. "Just Don't Give a Fuck" 16. "Soap" (skit) 17. "As the World Turns" 18. "I'm Shady" Mathers, J. Bass, M. Bass Mathers, J. Bass, M. Bass Bass Brothers, Eminem Bass Brothers, Eminem Bass Brothers, Eminem Bass Brothers, Eminem Mathers, J. Bass, M. Bass Mathers, J. Bass, M. Bass Mathers, J. Bass, M. Bass Bass Brothers, Eminem Bass Brothers Bass Brothers, Eminem Mathers, J. Bass, M. Bass Bass Brothers, Eminem Mathers, Young, Melvin Breeden Dr. Dre, Mel-Man Mathers, J. Bass, Mark Bass Mathers, J. Bass, M. Bass Bass Brothers, Eminem Bass Brothers, Eminem Mathers, Young, Siffre Mathers, Young Mathers, Jeff Bass Dr. Dre Dr. Dre, Eminem Bass Brothers, Eminem Writer(s) Producer(s) Length 0:33 4:28 3:19 3:46 0:15 4:05 5:16 0:19 3:25 0:46 4:01 1:16 3:39 3:34 4:02 0:34 4:25 3:31 4:13 4:12

19. "Bad Meets Evil" (featuring Royce da 5'9") Mathers, J. Bass, M. Bass 20. "Still Don't Give a Fuck" Mathers, J. Bass, M. Bass

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The Slim Shady LP: Special Edition Bonus Disc No. Title 1. "Hazardous Youth" (Acapella Version) 2. "Get You Mad" (featuring King Tech) 3. "Greg" (Acapella Version) 4. "Just Don't Give A Fuck" (Music Video) 5. "My Name Is" (Music Video) 6. "Guilty Conscience" (Music Video) 7. "Role Model" (Music Video)

[15] Producer(s) Length 0:47 Sway & King Tech 4:21 0:53

8. "The Slim Shady LP" (Live & Studio Footage)

Sample credits "My Name Is" contains a sample of "I Got The" by Labi Siffre and "I Don't Love You" by Millie Jackson "Guilty Conscience" contains a sample of "Go Home Pigs" by Ronald Stein "If I Had" contains a sample of "Impeach the President" by The Honey Drippers "Cum on Everybody" contains a sample of "Gimme What You Got" by Le Pamplemouse "Bad Meets Evil" contains a sample of "Me & My Girlfriend" by 2Pac and "Modaji" by Dave Grusin "Rock Bottom" contains a sample of "Summertime" by Big Brother & The Holding Company "I'm Shady" is based on "Pusherman" by Curtis Mayfield

Notes "Bitch", "Cum on Everybody", "Just Don't Give a Fuck" and "Still Don't Give a Fuck" are retitled "Zoe", "Come on Everybody", "Just Don't Give" and "Still Don't Give" on the clean version of the album. "If I Had" loosely references the melody to the chorus of "If I Had $1,000,000" by Barenaked Ladies "''97 Bonnie & Clyde" is a longer version of "Just the Two of Us" from The Slim Shady EP.

Charts and certifications

Chart Provider Peak position 49 12 27 Certifications

Australia Albums Chart Austria Albums Chart

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ARIA IFPI Austria IFPI Belgium

Platinum

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Belgium Flanders Albums [19] Chart Special edition Belgium Wallonia Albums [19] Chart Special edition Canadian Albums Chart [20]

IFPI Belgium

CRIA IFPI IFPI Germany NVPI

9 51

2 Platinum Platinum

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European Top 100 Albums Germany Albums Chart [23]

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Netherlands Albums Chart

Gold

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New Zealand Albums Chart Sweden Albums Chart [27]

Gold

Switzerland Albums Charts Switzerland Albums Charts Special edition UK Albums Chart US Billboard 200 [30]

BPI RIAA

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2 Platinum 4 Platinum

[32] [34]

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The Marshall Mathers LP

The Marshall Mathers LP
Studio album by Eminem Released May 23, 2000

Recorded August 1999 - April 2000 at The Mix House, Encore Studios, Larrabee Sound Studio, The Record Plant, 54 Sound Genre Length Label Hip hop 72:14 Aftermath, Interscope

Producer Dr. Dre (exec.) Mel-Man, Bass Brothers, Eminem, The 45 King Eminem chronology

The Slim Shady LP (1999)

The Marshall Mathers LP (2000) Alternative covers Limited edition cover

The Eminem Show (2002)

Singles from The Marshall Mathers LP

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1. 2. 3.

"The Real Slim Shady"

Released: May 16, 2000

"The Way I Am"

Released: September 7, 2000

"Stan"
Released: December 9, 2000

The Marshall Mathers LP is the third studio album by American rapper Eminem. Released May 23, 2000, the album sold more than 1.76 million copies in its first week just in the US.[1] 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 the United States with shipments over 10 million.[2][3] As of 2005 the album had sold over 19 million units worldwide.[4] The Marshall Mathers LP has been ranked as one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all-time by such magazines as Rolling Stone,[5] Time,[6] and XXL.[7][8] Rolling Stone placed the album at number 7 on its list of the best albums of the 2000s.[9] The album was ranked number 302 by Rolling Stone on their list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.[10] In 2010, Rhapsody named it the #1 record on the "The 10 Best Albums by White Rappers" list.[11]

Background
Concept
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 Slim Shady persona. Much of the album is spent addressing his rise to fame and attacking those who criticized his previous album. Other themes include his relationship with his family, most notably his mother and Kim Mathers, his former wife.[12]

Lyrical content
The Marshall Mathers LP was released in both clean and explicit versions. However, some lyrics of the album are censored even on its explicit version. Some songs are censored because of events surrounding the album's release. Unlike Eminem's debut, The Slim Shady LP, The Marshall Mathers LP is more introspective in its lyrics and less of the Slim Shady persona. Most songs cover Eminem's childhood struggles and family issues, involving his mother ("Kill You"),[13] the relationship struggles with his wife ("Kim"),[13] his struggles with his superstardom and expectations ("Stan","I'm Back",& "Marshall Mathers"),[13] his return and effect on the music industry ("Remember Me?", "Bitch Please II"),[13] his drug use ("Drug Ballad"),[13] his effect on the American youth and society ("The Way I Am", "Who Knew"),[13] and reactionary barbs to critical response of his vulgarity and dark themes ("Criminal").[13] Throughout the entire album, the listener is presented with a mix of dark themes, controversy, and life stories, with Eminem intentionally blurring the lines between fact and fiction. Despite the large amount of controversy regarding the lyrics, the lyrics on the album were overwhelmingly well-received among critics and the hip-hop community, many praising Eminem's verbal energy and dense rhyme patterns.[14][15] Eminem went on to answer his critics more frequently in some of his later works. The album contains various lyric samples and references. It features a number of lines mimicking songs from Eric B. & Rakim's album Paid in Full. The chorus to "The Way I Am" resembles lines from the song "As the Rhyme Goes On",[16] and the first two lines from the third verse of "I'm Back" are based on lines from "My Melody".[17] Two lines in "Marshall Mathers" parody the song "Summer Girls" by LFO.

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Clean version
The clean version of the album is only slightly censored, as it leaves words like "ass", "shit", "bitch", and "goddamn" uncensored. The only censored profanities are "fuck" and a few other words which were deemed inappropriate and which are normally either backmasked or blanked, such as "nigga". However, the line from "The Real Slim Shady", "fuck him and fuck you too" was bleeped out as a reference/joke on television censorship. The only content significantly edited were offensive and violent parts that were aimed at police, prostitutes, women, gay people, and schools such as Columbine, and even the names of guns were censored out, along with the sound effects of guns firing bullets is completely cut (in response to the recent Columbine massacre). Explicit drug content was also removed. On many copies, the 25-second "Public Service Announcement" is shortened to just two seconds of silence. On other copies though, the track is still left fully intact. On the clean version, the song "Kim" was completely removed because of the violent messages aimed at his then wife and was replaced with the South Park themed song "The Kids", which was about not doing drugs.[15]

Production
Much of the first half of the album is produced by Dr. Dre and Mel-Man,[18] who typically employ sparse, stripped-down beats, allowing Eminem's rapping to take center stage. Bass Brothers and Eminem produced most of the second half,[18] which ranges from the laid-back guitars of "Marshall Mathers" to the gritty atmosphere of "Amityville." The only outside producer on the album is The 45 King, who sampled a verse from Dido's song "Thank You" for "Stan", while adding a slow bass line.[18]

Reception
Commercial performance
During the first week of sales, the album sold 1.76 million copies, becoming the fastest-selling rap album in history, more than doubling the previous record held by Snoop Dogg's 1993 debut Doggystyle, and topping Britney Spears' record for highest one-week sales by any solo artist.[1] The album sold 800,000 in its second week, 598,000 in its third week, and 519,000 in its fourth week for a four week total of 3.65 million, and became one of few albums to sell over half a million copies for four consecutive weeks. It finished out the year 2000 as the second highest selling album of the year with over 7.9 million sold.[19] In 2010, the Nielsen Company reported that up until November 2009, the album had sold 10,216,000 units in the US, making it the fourth-best selling album of the decade.[20] As of July 17, 2011, it was the best selling rap album ever in the USA with 10,465,000 copies sold.[21]

Critical response Professional ratings Review scores

Source Allmusic Robert Christgau Entertainment Weekly NME PopMatters Rolling Stone (A) [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] Rating [22]

(A)

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(2004)

[29] [30] [31]

Upon its release, the album received positive reviews from most music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 79, based on 20 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[32] Chuck Eddy of The Village Voice gave it a rave review and noted "a self-awareness and emotional complexity... that Eminem previously seemed incapable of".[31] In his consumer guide for The Village Voice, critic Robert Christgau gave The Marshall Mathers LP an A rating,[23] indicating "a record that rarely flags for more than two or three tracks. Not every listener will feel what it's trying to do, but anyone with ears will agree that it's doing it".[33] Christgau called Eminem "exceptionally witty and musical, discernibly thoughtful and good-hearted, indubitably dangerous and full of shit", while declaring the album "a work of art whose immense entertainment value in no way compromises its intimations of a pathology that's both personal and political".[23] Allmusic called the album fairly brilliant and noted its production for its liquid basslines, slight sound effects, and spacious soundscapes.[22] NME gave the album a 9 out of 10 rating and described it as a "[g]ruelling assault course of lyrical genius".[25] Entertainment Weekly commended the album for its diversity, calling it "indefensible and critic-proof, hypocritical and heartbreaking, unlistenable and undeniable" and "the first great pop record of the 21st century".[24] In a largely negative review, Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine found Eminem "repugnant" and panned his lyrics, stating "The only thing worse than Eminem's homophobia is the immaturity with which he displays it".[29] Spin gave the album a mixed review and viewed his rhymes as "outstanding", but ultimately found its beats "mediocre" and called the album "musically, not all that noteworthy".[32] In a restrospective review, Sputnikmusic staff writer Nick Butler noted the album as culturally significant to American popular music and stated "Even if you ignore the album's importance, it remains a truly special album, unique in rap's canon, owing its spirit to rock and its heritage to rap, in a way I've rarely heard".[30] Online music magazine Pitchfork Media placed The Marshall Mathers LP at number 119 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s.[34] The album won Best Rap Album at the Grammy Awards in 2001.[35] It won Best Album at the 2000 MTV Europe Music Awards.[36]

Controversy
On October 26, 2000, Eminem was to perform at a concert in Toronto's Skydome.[37] However, Ontario Attorney General Jim Flaherty argued that Canada should stop Eminem at the border. "I personally don't want anyone coming to Canada who will come here and advocate violence against women," he said.[37] Flaherty claims to have been "disgusted" when reading transcriptions of Eminem's song "Kill You", which includes lines like "Slut, you think I won't choke no whore/till the vocal cords don't work in her throat no more?"[37] Eminem's fans argued that this was a matter of free speech and that he was unfairly singled out.[37] Michael Bryant suggested that the government let Eminem perform and then prosecute him for violating Canada's hate crime laws, despite the fact that Canada's hate-crime legislation does not include violence against women.[38] In a Globe and Mail editorial, author Robert Everett-Green wrote, "Being offensive is Eminem's job description."[39] Eminem was granted entry into Canada.[40] A 2001 and 2004 study by Edward Armstrong found that of the 14 songs on The Marshall Mathers LP eleven contain violent and misogynistic lyrics and nine depict killing women through choking, stabbing, drowning, shooting, head and throat splitting. According to the study, Eminem scores 78% for violent misogyny while gangsta rap music in general reaches 22%.[41][42] Armstrong argues that violent misogyny characterizes most of Eminem's music and that the rapper "authenticates his self-presentations by outdoing other gangsta rappers in terms of his

The Marshall Mathers LP violent misogyny."[42] Protests against the album's content reached a climax when it was nominated for four Grammy Awards in 2001 including Album of the Year, marking the first time a hardcore rap album was ever nominated in this category.[8] At the ceremony, Eminem performed "Stan" in a duet with openly gay artist Elton John playing piano and singing the chorus, as a response to claims by GLAAD and others who claimed his lyrics were homophobic. GLAAD did not change its position, however, and spoke out against Elton John's decision.[43] Despite significant protests and debate, The Marshall Mathers LP went on to win Best Rap Album. In 2002, French jazz pianist Jacques Loussier filed a $10 million lawsuit against Eminem, claiming the beat for "Kill You" was stolen from his song.[44]

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Singles
"The Real Slim Shady" was the first single released from The Marshall Mathers LP. The song was a hit, becoming Eminem's first chart topper in some countries, and garnering much attention for insulting various celebrities. The chorus is: "I'm Slim Shady, yes I'm the real Shady/All you other Slim Shadys are just imitating/So won't the real Slim Shady please stand up, please stand up, please stand up?" "The Way I Am" was released as the second single from The Marshall Mathers LP. "The Way I Am" features a much darker sound and much deeper subject matter than "The Real Slim Shady". It features the first beat Eminem produced on his own, featuring an ominous bassline, a piano loop, and chimes. In the song, Eminem lashes out at people he feels are putting too much pressure on him, including overzealous fans and record executives expecting him to top the success of his hit single "My Name Is". He also shares thoughts on the Columbine school shooting.[45] Marilyn Manson is mentioned in the song in the lines: "When a dude's getting bullied and shoots up his school/And they blame it on Marilyn/And the heroin/Where were the parents at?/And look where it's at/Middle America, now it's a tragedy/Now it's so sad to see/An upper-class city/having this happening."[45] The video features Marilyn Manson with the word "WAR" scrawled on his stomach. The two later toured together performing the song at their own concerts, and often making appearances on stage even when not singing the song. During the chorus, Eminem questions his identity in the face of massive amounts of attention from millions of strangers. While his previous album, The Slim Shady LP, was somewhat more cartoonish than this album, and he rapped therein as a distinct character who goes by Slim Shady, his critics believed that Eminem, Marshall Mathers, and Slim Shady were identical. Similar to other musicians and artists who lost their identity in some fictional construct (David Bowie, Alice Cooper), Eminem expresses his doubts about who he has become. "Stan" was the third single released from The Marshall Mathers LP. It peaked at number one in the United Kingdom and Australia. The song is perhaps Eminem's most critically acclaimed song and has been called a 'cultural milestone'.[46] "Stan" is a story of a fan who is obsessed with Eminem and writes to him but doesn't receive a reply. Stan drives his car off a bridge with his pregnant girlfriend in the trunk. The first three verses are delivered by Stan, the first two in letter form and the third being spoken as he is about to drive off a bridge and is recording a cassette with the intent (but, he realizes too late, not the means) to send it to Eminem. The song makes heavy use of sound effects, with rain, thunder and windscreen wipers heard in the background, as well as pencil scratchings during the first two verses, and then as Stan drives off the bridge, listeners hear tires screeching and a crashing sound, followed by a splash of water, in a style similar to the 1964 songs "Dead Man's Curve" and "Leader of the Pack". The fourth verse is Eminem responding to Stan, only realizing at the last second that he has heard about Stan's death on the news as he was writing to him. The song was produced by The 45 King and samples the first couple of lines of "Thank You" by Dido as the chorus. "Stan" was ranked number 3 on a list of the greatest rap songs in history by Q,[47] and came in tenth in a similar survey conducted by Top40-Charts.com.[48] Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time ranked it number 290. It was also ranked the 270th best song of all time in November 2008 by Acclaimedmusic.net.[49]

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Track listing
All songs written by Eminem.
No. Title 1. "Public Service Announcement 2000" 2. "Kill You" 3. "Stan" (featuring Dido) 4. "Paul" (skit) 5. "Who Knew" 6. "Steve Berman" (skit) 7. "The Way I Am" 8. "The Real Slim Shady" 9. "Remember Me?" (featuring RBX & Sticky Fingaz) 10. "I'm Back" 11. "Marshall Mathers" 12. "Ken Kaniff" (skit) 13. "Drug Ballad" 14. "Amityville" (featuring Bizarre) Bass Brothers, Eminem Bass Brothers Eminem Dr. Dre, Mel-Man Dr. Dre, Mel-Man Dr. Dre, Mel-Man Bass Brothers, Eminem Dr. Dre, Mel-Man Dr. Dre, Mel-Man The 45 King, Eminem (co.) Producer(s) Length 0:25 4:24 6:43 0:10 3:47 0:53 4:50 4:44 3:38 5:10 5:20 1:01 5:00 4:14 4:48 6:17 5:22 5:19

15. "Bitch Please II" (featuring Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Xzibit & Nate Dogg) Dr. Dre, Mel-Man 16. "Kim" 17. "Under the Influence" (featuring D12) 18. "Criminal" Bass Brothers Bass Brothers, Eminem Bass Brothers, Eminem

Censored Version No. Title 1. "Intro" 2. "**** You"

[50] Producer(s) Length 0:02 Dr. Dre, Mel-Man The 45 King, Eminem (co.) 4:24 6:43 0:10 Dr. Dre, Mel-Man 3:47 0:53 Eminem Dr. Dre, Mel-Man Dr. Dre, Mel-Man Dr. Dre, Mel-Man Bass Brothers, Eminem 4:50 4:44 3:38 5:10 5:20 1:01 Bass Brothers, Eminem Bass Brothers 4:35 3:59 4:48

3. "Stan" (featuring Dido) 4. "Paul" (skit) 5. "Who Knew" 6. "Steve Berman" (skit) 7. "The Way I Am" 8. "The Real Slim Shady" 9. "Remember Me?" (featuring RBX & Sticky Fingaz) 10. "I'm Back" 11. "Marshall Mathers" 12. "Ken Kaniff" (skit) 13. "Ballad" (Alternate Version) 14. "Amityville" (featuring Bizarre) (Alternate Version)

15. "***** Please II" (featuring Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Xzibit & Nate Dogg) Dr. Dre, Mel-Man

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Bass Brothers, Eminem Bass Brothers, Eminem Bass Brothers, Eminem 5:03 5:22 5:19

16. "The Kids" (Censored Version) 17. "Under the Influence" (featuring D12) 18. "Criminal"

UK Special Edition Bonus Track No. Title Producer(s)

[51] Length 5:03

19. "The Kids" Bass Brothers, Eminem

The Marshall Mathers LP: Tour Edition Bonus Disc No. Title 1. "The Real Slim Shady" (Instrumental Version) 2. "The Way I Am" (Instrumental Version) 3. "Stan" (Instrumental Version) 4. "The Kids" (Explicit Version)

[52] Producer(s) Dr. Dre, Mel-Man Eminem The 45 King, Eminem (co.) Bass Brothers, Eminem Length 4:46 4:52 6:45 5:06 4:53 4:32 5:06 8:16

5. "The Way I Am" (Danny Lohner Remix) (featuring Marilyn Manson) Eminem 6. "The Real Slim Shady" (Music Video) 7. "The Way I Am" (Music Video) 8. "Stan" (Music Video) Dr. Dre, Mel-Man Eminem The 45 King, Eminem (co.)

Samples "The Way I Am" contains an interpretation from the song "As the Rhyme Goes On" by Eric B. & Rakim. "Stan" contains a sample from "Thank You", as performed by Dido. "Steve Berman" contains a sample from "What's the Difference" by Dr. Dre. "I'm Back" contains an interpretation of the song "My Melody" by Eric B. & Rakim. "Under the Influence" contains an interpretation of the song "Give In to Me" by Michael Jackson.[53] "Amityville" contains a sample from the song "Sorcerer of Isis" by Power of Zeus. "Kim" contains drum sample from the song "When the Levee Breaks" by Led Zeppelin.

Personnel
Vocals: Eminem, Bizarre, Proof, Swifty, Kuniva, Kon Artis, Dr. Dre. Jeff Bass, RBX, Sticky Fingaz, Steve Berman, Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg, Xzibit Bass guitar: Mike Elizondo Electric guitar: John Bigham, Mike Elizondo Keyboards: Tom Coster, Jr., Mike Elizondo, Camara Kambon Engineering: Rick Behrens, Lynch & the lyrical assasinz, Mike Butler, Chris Conway, Rob Ebeling, Michelle Lynn Forbes, Steven King, Aaron Lepley, James McCrone, Akane Nakamura, Lance Pierre Production: Dr. Dre, DJ Mark the 45 King, Eminem, F.B.T. Production coordination: Larry Chatman, Joe Martin, Les Scurry, Kirdis Tucker Mixing: Chris Conway, Rick Behrens, Mike Butler, Dr. Dre, Rob Ebeling, Eminem, Michelle Lynn Forbes, Akane Nakamura Art direction and design: Jason Noto

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Certifications
Country Argentina [54] Certification Gold 4Platinum Platinum 2Platinum Gold 8Platinum 2Platinum 6 Platinum Platinum 2Platinum 2Platinum Gold Platinum Gold Platinum [69] [70] Platinum 5Platinum 2Platinum Platinum 2Platinum 4Platinum [75] 6Platinum Diamond

[55] Australia Austria [56] [57]

Belgium Brazil

[58] [59] [60]

Canada

Denmark

[61] Europe Finland [62]

[63] France Germany Greece Japan [64]

[65]

[66] [67]

Hungary Mexico

[68]

Netherlands

New Zealand Norway Poland [71]

[72] [73] [74]

Sweden

Switzerland

United Kingdom [2] United States

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Chart positions
Chart (2002) Peak position 1 1 [78] [78] 1 3 1 1 1 1 2 3 10 1 7 [88] 2 1 3 9 2 2 1 1

Australian Albums Chart Austrian Albums Chart

[76]

[77]

Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)

Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia) Canadian Albums Chart Danish Albums Chart Europe Albums chart [79]

[80]

[81] [82]

Finnish Albums Chart French Albums Chart

[83] [84] [85]

German Albums Chart

Hungarian Albums Chart Irish Albums Chart [86] [87]

Italian Albums Chart

Netherlands (Mega Album Top 100) New Zealand Albums Chart Norwegian Albums Chart Polish Albums Chart [91] [92] [89]

[90]

Swedish Albums Chart Swiss Albums Chart UK Albums Chart US Billboard 200

[93]

[94]

[95]

Chart precession and succession

Accolades
In 2003, the album was ranked number 302 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. In its book format, the album was moved up to #298.[5] In 2006, the album was chosen by Time as one of the 100 greatest albums of all time.[6] IGN placed the album at number twenty-four on their 2004 list of the greatest rap albums in history.[96] In 2005, Pitchfork Media and Stylus Magazine named the album #93 and #24, respectively, in their list of the best albums released between 2000 and 2004. It was the highest ranked rap album on the National Association of Recording Merchandisers & the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's list of the 200 greatest albums of all time at number 28.[97]

The Marshall Mathers LP In 2006, Q ranked the album #85 on a list of the greatest albums of all time, the highest position held by any rap album on the list.[98] In 2007, Q named it one of the three best and most essential hip hop/rap CDs of all time. The other two were Public Enemy's It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back and Wu-Tang Clan's Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers). It is one of the few albums ever to receive the top ranking of "XXL" from XXL. It was Eminem's first album to be rated by the magazine.[7] It was named the fourth greatest Music Album of 2000's by Complex Magazine.[99] Rolling Stone placed the album at #7 on its list of the best albums of the 2000s.[9]

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The Eminem Show
Studio album by Eminem Released Recorded May 28, 2002 July 2001-April 2002 Detroit, Michigan (Encore Studios) (Marshall Mathers's House) (54 Sound Studio) Hip hop 77:30 Aftermath, Interscope Dr. Dre (exec.) Eminem, Jeff Bass, Mr. Porter Eminem chronology

Genre Length Label Producer

The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)

The Eminem Show (2002)

Encore (2004)

Singles from The Eminem Show 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

"Without Me"
Released: May 12, 2002

"Cleanin' Out My Closet"

Released: September 17, 2002

"Superman"
Released: January 27, 2003

"Sing for the Moment"

Released: February 25, 2003

"Business"
Released: July 22, 2003

The Eminem Show is the fourth studio album by the American rapper Eminem, released in 2002. It was the best-selling album of 2002 in the United States, with sales of 7.6 million copies.[1] At the Grammy Awards of 2003 it was nominated for Album of the Year and became Eminem's third LP in four years to win the award for Best Rap Album. The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling approximately 284,000 units in its first week, which due to a premature release by retailers and street-date violations, counted only a day and a half of sales.[2] The album sold 1,322,000 copies the following week, where it registered a full week of sales.[3][4] The album topped the Billboard 200 for five consecutive weeks.[5][6] The album also spent five consecutive weeks at the top of the UK Albums Chart.[7] It has gone on to sell over ten million copies.[8] On March 7, 2011, the album was certified ten-times-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America,[9] making it Eminem's first album to receive a Diamond certification in the United States. In 2003, the album was ranked #317 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, and was later ranked at #84 on the same magazine's best albums of the 2000s decade. The album received critical praise by most music critics and is often debated as Eminem's most personal and best work. Eminem himself acknowledged during an interview with MTV that was recorded on May 25, 2002, that he felt that The Eminem Show was his "best record so far".[10] The Eminem Show was Eminem's first album to be

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Release
The Eminem Show was first scheduled for release on June 4, 2002; however, pirated and bootleg copies appeared online on peer-to-peer networks and began surfacing on the streets. Interscope decided to release the album early on May 28 to combat bootlegging. However, many stores in the US began selling it early on Sunday, May 26, and some put the album out as early as Friday.[2] Promotional posters in stores read, "America Couldn't Wait". Due to the premature release by many retailers on a Sunday, the album had only one day of official sales for the chart week and was unavailable in Wal-Mart stores during that period.[2][11] Despite the confusion over the exact release date, the album still managed to have a very successful debut on the charts. The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 with sales of 284,000 copies.[2] This marked the first time an album had topped the charts with such an abbreviated sales week.[11] The album sold 1,322,000 copies in its first full week of sales.[3][4] It sold 809,000 copies in its third week and 529,562 copies in its fourth week, to bring its four-week sales total to just under three million copies.[12][13] The album sold 381,000 copies in its fifth week and topped the Billboard 200 for the fifth consecutive week.[14] The first 2 million copies of the album shipped in the US included a bonus DVD with an exclusive interview and live footage.[11] The Eminem Show was Eminem's first album to include lyrics to all songs inside the CD booklet.[15] It was Eminem's most successful album in terms of charting singles. It spawned two top-ten and four top fifteen singles with "Without Me", "Cleanin' Out My Closet", "Sing For The Moment" and "Superman", which managed to reach the top fifteen without a widely-available video counterpart (the video was mostly available on the 8 Mile DVD, rarely being shown on music video channels). In addition, "My Dad's Gone Crazy", "Business", "Hailie's Song", and "White America" were selected airplay singles of the controversial album.

Content
Subject matter
The Eminem Show is a reflective album, featuring Eminem's more personal and serious side. This change gives the album a lighter tone, a departure from his previous albums. One of the most noticeable changes is the generally lighter lyrical content. Over the course of the album, he touches on the issues of race in hip hop ("White America"), his childhood ("Cleanin' Out My Closet"), the United States government, and terrorism. ("Square Dance"), his 2000 assault on a nightclub bouncer and his following conviction ("Soldier"), him coming to terms with fate the downside of fame ("Say Goodbye Hollywood"), his status as a rapper ("Sing for the Moment"), and his relationship with his ex-wife Kim and daughter Hailie ("Hailie's Song"). Also, the song "Say What You Say" (featuring Dr. Dre) is an attack on Jermaine Dupri, and was also the first time that The Source magazine controversy was mentioned by Eminem. Unlike The Marshall Mathers LP, The Eminem Show's release came off without significant complaints about misogyny or homophobia. Some shock-oriented and extremely explicit lyrics are still present, but for the most part they are toned down. Q Magazine's May 2006 review of the album proposes "His two first albums aired dirty laundry, then the world's most celebrated rapper examined life in the hall of mirrors he'd built for himself."

Musical content
The album opens up with a skit of stage curtains apparently being opened, indicative of the "start of the show". It is followed by "White America" a song in which Eminem touches on numerous subjects ranging from his mainly white suburban youth fanbase, his own amazement at his success, and his reception by parents and politicians, it contains a rock based sound, which remains prominent throughout the album. The next track is "Business", which is a song with a light beat that touches on Eminem's success and talent. Following that is "Cleaning out My Closet" a serious song in which Eminem raps about his childhood and explains the reasons behind his distaste for his mother (some being her drug abuse, constant accusations of him stealing money, attempts to take credit for his success).

The Eminem Show "Square Dance" is next, a song which criticizes the Bush Administration for its involvement in the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars, and warns young men of being drafted. "The Kiss", a skit, follows, which is a recreation of Eminem's 2000 pistol-whipping assault of John Guerrra, a bouncer who Eminem witnessed kissing his wife, Kimberly Mathers. "Soldier" follows, a powerful track which takes shots at lawyers, judges, and many who have insulted Eminem or hurt him in some way. This particular song was very well-received by critics for its production and lyrical content. "Say Goodbye Hollywood" is the next track. Eminem raps about "selling" his soul to the Devil and wanting to put an end to the fame and success because it has deadened his character and hurt his life. "Drips" is the next song, featuring fellow Detroit rapper Obie Trice. The song follows the sexual escapades of both men and concludes with them learning they have contracted a sexually transmitted disease from the same woman. Following is "Without Me" a popular single which ridicules pop artists and displays Eminem's wide range of lyrical talent. "Paul Rosenberg", a skit, follows next. Paul, Eminem's manager, has left a voicemail message for the rapper upset with him after learning he has been shooting his gun behind the studio and instructing him to "leave the fucking gun at home." Following the skit is the single "Sing for the Moment", in which Eminem discusses his fame and the negative effects of it, justifies his actions and admits his mistakes, criticizes authority and hypocrisy, and concludes with Eminem supporting children who seem to have nothing else to hang onto but music. After is "Superman" featuring Dina Rae. The song explains Eminem's perception of women, explaining that he does not want to get involved in a relationship and does not appreciate the fact that most women are simply attracted to him because of his wealth. "Hailie's Song" is next, a song which Eminem had not planned to include on the album (but did so after Dr. Dre played the track for two female friends who were crying at the end of it). The track is mainly sung as opposed to rapped. The rapper sings the first two verses and raps the third. The entire content of the song focuses on his daughter, Hailie Jade, and his love for her. The final verse touches on his wife and how he has stayed strong through all of the issues he has faced, simply for his loved daughter. "Steve Berman", another skit, follows in which Eminem is requested to be seen. On The Marshall Mathers LP, a skit with the same title featured Berman criticizing the rapper for the lyrical content of the album. It is implied that Eminem has been called again this time for the same reason, but the rapper is armed with a weapon and the skit concludes with Berman being shot, unbeknownst to listeners whether he is fatally wounded. A skit on Relapse from 2009 indicates Berman survived the shot. "When The Music Stops" featuring D12, follows. The song features each rapper talking about their life and how it has been changed by their fame. "Say What You Say" is next, featuring Dr. Dre. The track insults rappers Canibus and Jermaine Dupri, whom Eminem and Dr. Dre feuded with, respectively. It also touches on Eminem and Dr. Dre's hardworking habits and ends with an insult directed at Dupri by Dr. Dre collaborator Timbaland. The next track "Till I Collapse" features Nate Dogg. The song is considered a classic and considered by many to be Eminem's best song by many people. It is a motivating track which encourages listeners to persevere in times of weakness. Eminem also raps about the denial of his talent by many due to skin color, and criticizes the industry for untalented rappers being popular while those he perceives as having true skill are not popular. The next track is "My Dad's Gone Crazy" featuring Eminem's daughter Hailie Jade (who was 6 years old at the time of recording). The song is comical and opens up with Eminem presumably snorting lines of cocaine when his daughter interrupts him and the song kicks off. Most interpret the song as Eminem explaining that he is comfortable with saying whatever he wants to regardless of how people perceive it. The second verse is laden with profanity. The album closes with "Curtain Close" similar to the opening skit, in which the curtains are now being drawn, indicating the "end of the show." Ken Kaniff, Eminem's fictional gay character, is reintroduced briefly at the end of the skit who makes fun of Eminem's song "Without Me" by changing the words at the beginning of the song.

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Production
The album also saw Eminem take a substantially more predominant production role; most of it was self-produced, with longtime collaborator Jeff Bass co-producing several tracks (mainly the eventual singles). Dr. Dre, in addition to being the album's executive producer, produced three individual tracks: "Business", "Say What You Say", and "My Dad's Gone Crazy". In an interview with The Face magazine in April 2002, Eminem said that he treated the album like it was a rock record, in terms of production, incorporating the use of guitars whilst still having elements of hip-hop. He said that he wanted to capture the '70s rock vibe, which he felt "had this incredible feel", for most of the record. He said that he "tried to get the best of both worlds" on the album.[16]

Censored version
The clean version of The Eminem Show censors all profanities, compared to his previous albums, in which the words "goddamn", "bitch", "ass", and "shit" were allowed. This album allowed no profanities, and the profanities were either muted or back masked. Following this, the censored version even took out entire sentences because they were too sexually charged. In fact, the entire song "Drips" is removed in the clean version and is just heard as four seconds of silence moving on to "Without Me", due to thinking there were so many profanities that editing the song would be pointless. But some copies feature an edited version of "Drips." However, in the skit "The Kiss", it can still be clearly heard that Eminem shouts "Motherfucker!" on the censored version. "Hailie's Song" censors "abort her" when he says "God, I'm a daddy, I'm so glad that her mom didn't abort her."[17] Also, in "White America", in Eminem's speech the word "flag" is backmasked when he says "To burn the flag and replace it with a parental advisory sticker".

Critical reception
Professional ratings Aggregate scores
Source Metacritic Rating (75/100) [18]

Review scores
Source Allmusic Robert Christgau Entertainment Weekly HipHopDX NME Pitchfork Media PopMatters RapReviews Rolling Stone Slant Magazine (9/10) (A-) [20] [21] [22] [17] [23] Rating [19]

(B+)

(9.1/10) (mixed) (8/10)

[24]

[25] [26] [27]

The Eminem Show Initial critical response to The Eminem Show was distinctly positive. It was viewed by many critics and fans as a growth in Eminem as an artist. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 75, based on 20 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[18] Alex Needham from NME gave it a positive review, calling it a "fantastic third album" that "is bigger, bolder and far more consistent than its predecessors".[17] In his review at AllMusic, Stephen Erlewine said the album "proves Eminem is the gold standard in pop music in 2002, delivering stylish, catchy, dense, funny, political music that rarely panders".[19] With a rating of 4 out of 5 stars, Slant Magazine's Sal Cinquemani said The Eminem Show "reveals a little bit of the real Marshall Mathers" that "displays adare I say it?more 'mature' Eminem." And he called "Without Me" "a pop-friendly ditty that displays enough of Eminem's talent for tight rhymes and well-timed controversy to validate his perpetual upward climb."[27] David Browne at Entertainment Weekly concluded, "[l]ike its predecessors, though, The Eminem Show is a testament to the skills of its star. The sludgy rapping of such guests as D12 only confirms Eminem's dizzying prowess, gob-spewing individuality, and wickedly prankish humor." He gave it a grade of B+.[21] Robert Christgau gave the album an A- and said "I like it and I enjoy it; I think it represents an articulate, coherent, formally appropriate response to Eminem's changing position and role, one that acknowledges the privileges and alienations that accrue to all fame as well as the resolution of Marshall Mathers's worst traumas and the specifics of his success."[20] while the reviewer at Pitchfork gave it a 9.1/10 rating, and said "he's playing the same old marshall vs shady real-or-fake game as usual ... and its as interesting and complex as it ever was."[23] Uncut said "Behind the hype and the swagger, he's still baring enough of his soul for The Eminem Show to be compelling theatre. The reviewer at HipHopDX admired both the musical and lyrical aspects of the work, and gave a rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars: "Em flows on beat so effortlessly and naturally you'd swear it was his everyday style. Overlooking his lyrics would be a crime though."[22] RapReviews gave it a rating of 8 out of 10[25] and Rolling Stone gave it a 4-star rating.[26] The record became Eminem's third to win the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album and also swept the MTV Music Video Awards, winning four awards for Best Male Video, Video of the Year, Best Direction, and Best Rap Video. It won Album of the Year & R&B/Hip-Hop Album of the Year at the 2002 Billboard Music Awards.[28] It won Best International Album and International Album of the Year at the Brit Awards and the Juno Awards respectively in 2003.[29] It also won Best Album at the 2002 MTV Europe Music Awards.[30]

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Track listing
No. Title 1. "Curtains Up" (skit) 2. "White America" Marshall Mathers, Jeff Bass, Luis Resto, Steve King Mathers, Andre Young, Ron Feemster, Mike Elizondo Mathers, Bass Mathers, Bass, Resto Mathers, Bass Mathers, Resto Mathers, Elizondo, Resto Mathers, Obie Trice, Denaun Porter, Bass Writer(s) Producer(s) Eminem Eminem, Jeff Bass Length 0:30 5:24

3. "Business"

Dr. Dre

4:11

4. "Cleanin' Out My Closet" 5. "Square Dance" 6. "The Kiss" (skit) 7. "Soldier" 8. "Say Goodbye Hollywood" 9. "Drips" (featuring Obie Trice)

Eminem, Jeff Bass Eminem Eminem Eminem Eminem Eminem

4:58 5:24 1:16 3:46 4:33 4:45

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Mathers Eminem, Jeff Bass, Urban Kris (co.), DJ Head (add.) 4:50

10. "Without Me"

11. "Paul Rosenberg" (skit) 12. "Sing for the Moment" 13. "Superman" (featuring Dina Rae) 14. "Hailie's Song" 15. "Steve Berman" (skit) 16. "When the Music Stops" (featuring D12) 17. "Say What You Say" (featuring Dr. Dre) 18. "'Till I Collapse" (featuring Nate Dogg) 19. "My Dad's Gone Crazy" (featuring Hailie Jade) 20. "Curtains Close" (skit) Mathers, Ondre Moore, Porter, Von Carlisle, Rufus Johnson, Feemster Mathers, Young, Feemster, Elizondo Eminem, Denaun Porter Mathers, Bass, Resto, King, Steven Tyler Mathers, Bass, King Mathers, Resto Eminem, Jeff Bass Eminem, Jeff Bass Eminem

0:23 5:40 5:50 5:21 0:33 4:29

Dr. Dre

5:09

Mathers, Nathaniel Hale, Curtis Jackson, Resto

Eminem

4:57

Mathers, Young, Feemster, Elizondo

Dr. Dre

4:28

Eminem

1:00

Special Edition Bonus DVD No. Title

[31] Feature(s) Length

1. "Brain Damage / Just Don't Give A F***" Live At "Tramps", New York 2. "The Slim Shady Show" 3. "Eminem's Life and New Album" 4. "Just Don't Give A F***" 5. "Eminem: All Access Europe" 6. "The Slim Shady Show" 7. "Producing Tracks" 8. "The Way I Am" 9. "The Real Slim Shady" 10. "The Slim Shady Show" 11. "Thank You's" 12. "8 Mile" 13. "Slimshank Redemption" 14. "The Slim Shady Show" 15. "New Victims" DVD Image #1 Featurette "E" Live Performance Preview DVD Image #2 Featurette Live At The Fuji Rock Festival Live At The Fuji Rock Festival DVD Image #3 Featurette Trailer The Slim Shady Show Skit DVD Image #4 The Slim Shady Show Skit

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Japanese Collector's Box Bonus DVD No. Title 1. "Without Me" 2. "Without Me" 3. "Without Me" Feature(s) Music Video

[32] Length

Karaoke Video Clip Behind The Scenes

4. "Eminem Talk" Interview

Sample credits Information taken from The Eminem Show liner notes:[33] "Without Me" contains resung elements from "Buffalo Gals" by Malcolm McLaren and samples "Rap Name" by Obie Trice (uncredited) "Sing for the Moment" contains elements from "Dream On" by Aerosmith "Till I Collapse" uses the stomp-and-clap interpolation of "We Will Rock You" by Queen (uncredited) Notes "Drips" doesn't appear on the clean version of the album.

Charts
Chart (2002) Peak position 1 1 1 [36] [36] 1 3 1 1 2 1 [39] 1 2 1 2 1 1 [44] 1 1 1

Argentinian Albums Chart Australian Albums Chart Austrian Albums Chart [34]

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Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)

Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia) Canadian Albums Chart [37]

Czech Republic Albums Chart Danish Albums Chart Europe Albums chart Finnish Albums Chart French Albums Chart [38]

[40] [41]

German Albums Chart

Hungarian Albums Chart Irish Albums Chart [42] [43]

Italian Albums Chart

Netherlands (Mega Album Top 100) New Zealand Albums Chart Norwegian Albums Chart [45]

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Swedish Albums Chart Swiss Albums Chart UK Albums Chart US Billboard 200

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Certifications
Region Argentina (CAPIF) Australia (ARIA) [52] Certification Platinum 8 Platinum 2 Platinum Platinum Gold [57] [58] Diamond 2 Platinum 2 Platinum 2 Platinum 2 Platinum Platinum 2 Platinum Gold Platinum 8 Platinum Platinum Gold Platinum 2 Platinum [71] 3 Platinum 4 Platinum Diamond

[53] [54]

Austria (IFPI Austria) Belgium (BEA) Brazil (ABPD)

[55]

[56]

Canada (Music Canada)

Denmark (IFPI Denmark) Finland (IFPI Finland) France (SNEP) [60] [61]

[59]

Germany (BVMI)

Greece (IFPI Greece) Hungary (Mahasz)

[62]

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Mexico (AMPROFON) Netherlands (NVPI)

[65] [66] [67]

New Zealand (RIANZ)

Norway (IFPI Norway) Poland (ZPAV) Portugal (AFP) Sweden (GLF)

[68]

[69]

[70]

Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) United Kingdom (BPI) United States (RIAA) [72]

[9]

Summaries Europe (IFPI) [73] 5 Platinum

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Year Song Chart positions Billboard Hot 100 UK Top 40 Hot Rap Singles Rhythmic Top 40 Top 40 Mainstream Top 40 Tracks 2002 "Without Me" "Cleanin' Out My Closet" 2003 "Business" "Superman" "Sing for the Moment" 2 4 15 14 1 4 6 6 5 5 10 10 1 2 5 18 1 7 10 5 1 5 9 5

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Encore
Encore
Studio album by Eminem Released November 12, 2004

Recorded October 2002September 2004 Genre Length Label Hip hop, hardcore hip hop 76:40 Aftermath, Interscope [1]

Producer Dr. Dre (exec.) Eminem, Luis Resto, Mike Elizondo, Mark Batson Eminem chronology

The Eminem Show (2002)

Encore Relapse (2004) (2009)

Singles from Encore 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

"Just Lose It"

Released: September 28, 2004

"Encore"
Released: November 9, 2004

"Like Toy Soldiers"

Released: January 24, 2005

"Mockingbird"
Released: April 25, 2005

"Ass Like That"

Released: June 7, 2005

Encore is the fifth studio album by American rapper Eminem. Its release was set for November 16, 2004, but was moved up to November 12 (coincidentally, exactly eight years to the day his debut album, Infinite, was released) after the album was leaked to the Internet. Encore sold 710,000 copies in its first three days.[2] Encore sold 1,582,000 copies in its first two weeks of release in the United States in November 2004,[3] and was certified quadruple-platinum there in mid-December.[4] As of June 25, 2010, it had sold 5.2 million copies in the US.[5] Nine months after its release, worldwide sales of the album stood at 11 million copies.[6] Critical reception was generally positive. However, most critics and fans alike did note the subpar quality of the lyrics, which were more simplistic when compared to previous albums. The album was nominated for three Grammys at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards including for Best Rap Album but lost to Kanye West's Late Registration. The album made digital history in becoming the first album to sell 10,000 digital copies in one week.[7]

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Content and censorship

This album touches a variety of subjects, including his relationship with his ex-wife, Kim, ("Puke", "Love You More", and "Crazy In Love"), his daughter Hailie Jade Mathers ("Mockingbird"), some anti-Bush statements ("Mosh" and "We As Americans"). Also, he mentions his childhood ("Yellow Brick Road"), and his relationships with his parents ("Evil Deeds"). "Just Lose It" is a parody of Michael Jackson's "Beat It", as well as a Pepsi commercial in 1984. Similar to Eminem's previous album, The Eminem Show, Encore opens with a skit called "Curtains Up", indicative of the start of the show. Eminem has stated on numerous occasions (including on his 2010 album Recovery) that it was during the recording of Encore that he began to form an addiction to prescription drugs, and that he was not pleased with the album. Simultaneously with the original, a censored version was released, from which the profanities, violent and sexual content, as well the drug references had been edited. "My 1st Single" has a bleep instead of a muted part in the verse "This was supposed to be my first single, my I just fucked that up. Fuck it let's all have some fun" like the clean version of "The Real Slim Shady". The word "ass" isn't censored out in "Yellow Brick Road", "One Shot 2 Shot", "Encore" and "We As Americans", but is in "Ass Like That", "Mosh" and "Spend Some Time". In the "clean" version's album booklet, the written lyrics have been removed, however on the songs "Puke", "My 1st Single" and "Just Lose It", lyrics were changed to avoid long censorship. Other profanities on all other songs are just blanked out; for example, the song "Ass Like That" is listed as "A** Like That". The song "Encore/Curtains Down" took out the shooting sequence that appears at the end of the track. Also, on the track "One Shot 2 Shot", the intro to the song is completely wiped and the censored version starts out right at the first chorus and the clean version has at least half of the lyrics blanked out, most significantly Eminem's verse; during some parts, entire lines, sometimes two in a row, are blanked out.

Reception
Professional ratings Aggregate scores
Source Metacritic Rating (64/100) [8]

Review scores
Source Allmusic Blender Robert Christgau Entertainment Weekly HipHopDX Pitchfork Media NME RapReviews Uncut Rolling Stone (6.5/10) (7/10) (A) [10] [11] [12] [13] Rating [1] [9]

(C-)

[14] [15] [16] [17]

(8.0/10)

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(A)

Upon its release, Encore received positive reviews from most music critics.[20] At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 64, based on 26 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[20] Despite the commercial success of the album, it has been subject to some criticism for its tone and greatly simplified lyricism compared to Eminem's past albums. Conversely, in terms of controversy, this album attracted less notoriety than previous Eminem albums due to the fact that shock-oriented lyrics were toned down somewhat in favor of a lighter approach than Eminem's previous three albums. However, the album did provoke some controversy over anti-Bush lyrics and lyrics that parodied and targeted Michael Jackson, who was upset about Eminem's depiction of him in the video for "Just Lose It". On December 8, 2003, the United States Secret Service admitted it was "looking into" allegations that Eminem had threatened the President of the United States, George Bush,[21] after the song "We as Americans", as an unreleased bootleg, circulated with the lyrics "Fuck money, I don't rap for dead presidents. I'd rather see the president dead." The incident was later referenced in the video for his song "Mosh" as one several news clips on a wall, along with other newspaper articles about other unfortunate incidents in Bush's career. The song eventually appeared on the album's bonus disc, where the lyrics were extensively censored. Eminem himself has shown his disapproval of the album, largely because he became addicted to prescription drugs at this time: the album, along with The Slim Shady LP, The Marshall Mathers LP and The Eminem Show, is mentioned in his song "Be Careful What You Wish For" on the original bonus disc of Relapse. He mentions the critics saying that Encore didn't match the caliber of the other albums. On the song "Talkin' 2 Myself" on his album Recovery, he raps that the album "doesn't count" due to the drugs involved.

Accolades
The album earned Eminem three Grammy Award nominations at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards: these included Best Rap Album, Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for the song "Encore" and Best Rap Solo Performance for the song "Mockingbird". However, it did not win any of them, making it the only Eminem major studio album not to win a Best Rap Album award.

Track listing
No. Title 1. "Curtains Up" (skit) 2. "Evil Deeds" 3. "Never Enough" (featuring 50 Cent & Nate Dogg) 4. "Yellow Brick Road" 5. "Like Toy Soldiers" (featuring Martika) 6. "Mosh" 7. "Puke" 8. "My 1st Single" 9. "Paul" (skit) 10. "Rain Man" 11. "Big Weenie" Dr. Dre Dr. Dre Dr. Dre Dr. Dre, M. Elizondo Eminem, L. Resto Eminem, L. Resto Dr. Dre, M. Batson Eminem, L. Resto Eminem, L. Resto Producer(s) Length 0:47 4:20 2:39 5:46 4:57 5:18 4:08 5:03 0:32 5:14 4:27

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12. "Em Calls Paul" (skit) 13. "Just Lose It" 14. "Ass Like That" Dr. Dre, M. Elizondo Dr. Dre, M. Elizondo 1:12 4:09 4:26 5:11 4:11 4:02 4:27 0:30 Dr. Dre, M. Batson 5:48

15. "Spend Some Time" (featuring Obie Trice, Stat Quo & 50 Cent) Eminem, L. Resto 16. "Mockingbird" 17. "Crazy in Love" 18. "One Shot 2 Shot" (featuring D12) 19. "Final Thought" (skit) 20. "Encore/Curtains Down" (featuring Dr. Dre & 50 Cent) Eminem, L. Resto Eminem, L. Resto Eminem, L. Resto

Deluxe Edition Bonus Disc No. Title 1. "We As Americans" 2. "Love You More" 3. "Ricky Ticky Toc"

[22] Length 4:36 4:44 2:49

Writer(s) Producer(s) Eminem, L. Resto Dr. Dre, Eminem, L. Resto Eminem, L. Resto

Japanese Collector's Box Bonus DVD No. Title 1. "Just Lose It" (Music Video)

[23] Writer(s) Producer(s) Length

2. "Just Lose It" (Music Video - Japanese Version) 3. "Encore Teaser TV Spot" (15 Second Version) 4. "Encore Teaser TV Spot" (30 Second Version)

Don't Lose It: Latin America Collector's Box Bonus Disc No. Title 1. "Wanksta" 2. "Renegade" 3. "The Way I Am" (Danny Lohner Remix) 4. "Freestyle" (DJ Green Lantern Remix) 5. "One Day At A Time" 6. "Many Men" (DJ Green Lantern Remix) 7. "Just Lose It" (Instrumental Version) 8. "Just Lose It" (Acapella Version)

[24] Length

Writer(s) Performer(s) Eminem Eminem & Jay-Z Emimem & Marilyn Manson Eminem Eminem, 2Pac & The Outlawz Eminem, Fat Joe & Nas Eminem Eminem

Sample credits Information taken from Encore liner notes:[25] "Yellow Brick Road" contains interpolations of "Funkin Lesson" by X-Clan and vocal samples of Spectrasonics' "Vocal Planet" "Like Toy Soldiers" contains interpolation from "Toy Soldiers" by Martika and "The Hot Rock" (Main Title) by Quincy Jones.[26] (uncredited) "Puke" contains excerpts from "We Will Rock You" by Queen

Encore "Just Lose It" contains interpolations of "U Can't Touch This" by MC Hammer "Spend Some Time" contains interpolations from "Self Seeking Man" by Spooky Tooth "Crazy in Love" contains excerpts from "Crazy on You" as performed by Heart Notes Dr. Dre has cameo appearances in "Rain Man", "Just Lose It" and "Ass Like That" This is Eminem's first album, other than Infinite (1996), to not have an Ken Kaniff and an Steve Berman skit. They both reappear in Relapse (2009). "Curtains Down" is a skit at the end of "Encore", which Eminem shoots everyone at his concert and kills himself. Some of the pictures in the booklet make reference to this.

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Mike Elizondo keyboards on tracks 2, 3, 6, 10, 11, 13, 14 and 20; guitar on tracks 6, 11, 13 and 20; sitar on track 14 Steve King guitar on tracks 4, 5, 7, 15, 17 and 18; bass on tracks 4, 5, 7 and 17; mandolin on track 4; keyboards on track 11 Luis Resto keyboards on tracks 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 20 Mark Batson keyboards on tracks 2, 6, 10, 11, 13 and 20; bass on track 14 Che Vicious programming on track 20

Singles and chart positions

Year Song US Billboard Hot 100 2004 "Just Lose It" "Encore" 2005 "Like Toy Soldiers" "Mockingbird" "Ass Like That" 6 25 34 US Hot Rap Singles 7 20 Chart positions US Rhythmic Top 40 3 15 33 US Top 40 Mainstream 5 19 24 US Top 40 Tracks 4 13 35 UK Top 40 1 1

11 60

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4 4

"" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory.

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Certification Gold 6Platinum Platinum Gold Platinum 2 Platinum Gold 2Gold Platinum Gold Gold 5Platinum Platinum Gold 5Platinum Platinum Platinum Gold Gold Platinum 3Platinum 4 Platinum

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Peak position [48] 1 2 [50] [50] 2 8 1 1 2 4 1 1 24 1 6 [59] 2 1 2 9 30 2 1 1 1

Australian Albums Chart Austrian Albums Chart

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Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)

Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia) Canadian Albums Chart [51]

Czech Republic Albums Chart Danish Albums Chart [52] [53]

Finnish Albums Chart French Albums Chart

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German Albums Chart

Hungarian Albums Chart Irish Albums Chart

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Italian Albums Chart

Netherlands (Mega Album Top 100) New Zealand Albums Chart Norwegian Albums Chart Polish Albums Chart [60]

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Spanish Albums Chart

Swedish Albums Chart Swiss Albums Chart UK Albums Chart US Billboard 200

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Relapse
Studio album by Eminem Released May 15, 2009 (see release history)

Recorded 20072009 54 Sound, Effigy Studios (Ferndale, Michigan) KDS Music Studios, Phantom City Studios (Orlando, Florida) Record One Studios (Sherman Oaks, California) Studio at the Palms (Las Vegas, Nevada) Genre Length Label Horrorcore 76:16 Aftermath, Interscope [1]

Producer Dr. Dre (also exec.), Eminem, Dawaun Parker, Mark Batson, Trevor Lawrence Jr., Doc Ish, Boi-1da Eminem chronology

Encore Relapse Recovery (2004) (2009) (2010)

Singles from Relapse 1. 2. 3. 4.

"Crack a Bottle"
Released: February 2, 2009

"We Made You"

Released: April 7, 2009

"3 a.m."
Released: April 23, 2009

"Beautiful"
Released: August 11, 2009

Relapse is the sixth studio album by an American rapper Eminem, released on May 15, 2009 by Interscope Records. It was his first album of original material since Encore (2004), following a five-year hiatus from recording due to his writer's block and an addiction to sleeping pills. Recording sessions for the album took place during 2007 to 2009 at several recording studios, and Dr. Dre, Mark Batson, and Eminem handled production. Conceptually, Relapse concerns the ending of his drug rehabilitation, rapping after a fictional relapse, and the return of his Slim Shady alter-ego. One of the most anticipated album releases of 2009, Relapse debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 608,000 copies in its first week. It produced three singles that attained chart success and has been certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. The album received generally mixed reviews from most music critics, who were mostly divided in their responses towards Eminem's lyrics. It earned him two Grammy Awards and has sold 2.2million copies in the United States and 4.5million copies worldwide.

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Background
Since 2005, Eminem intended to take a break from recording his own music to become a hip hop producer for other rap acts, especially for the artists signed on his own label Shady Records.[2] However, Eminem entered his hiatus after cancelling the European leg of the Anger Management Tour in the summer of 2005 because of exhaustion and an addiction to sleeping pills.[3] In the following year, the rapper's remarriage to his former wife Kimberly Scott lasted only eleven weeks before a second divorce,[4] while his closest friend and fellow rapper DeShaun "Proof" Holton was later shot and killed during an altercation outside a Detroit nightclub. Devastated, Eminem relapsed into prescription drug abuse and became increasingly reclusive.[4][5][6] In a June 2009 interview for XXL, Eminem elaborated on the impact of Proof's death on him, stating: Everyone felt [Proof's] loss, from his kids, to his wife, to everyone. But, for some reason, in hindsight, the way I felt was almost like it happened to just me... Maybe at the time I was a little bit selfish with it. I think it kind of hit me so hard. It just blindsided me. I just went into such a dark place that, with everything, the drugs, my thoughts, everything. And the more drugs I consumed, and it was all depressants I was taking, the more depressed I became, the more self-loathing I became...[7] Speculation on an upcoming album by Eminem was reported since mid2007 from announcements made by artists 50 Cent and Stat Quo, a current and former member of Shady Records respectively.[8][9] Also, rapper Bizarre a member of the hip hop group D12 stated that the release of the group's third studio album was on hold because Interscope Records wanted to release Eminem's album first.[10] By the end of the year, additional musicians associated with Shady Records including The Alchemist, Bishop Lamont, Cashis and Obie Trice had confirmed on different occasions that the rapper was effectively working on a new album.[11][12][13][14] On September 12, 2007, during a call at the radio station WQHT Hot 97, Eminem stated that he was in limbo and was not sure whether he would release any new material in the near future. He then elaborated that at that point he was constantly working in the recording studio and had come to terms with his personal issues.[15] However, in December 2007, he was hospitalized because of an overdose of methadone.[16] In early 2008, he began a 12-step program to recover from his addiction; in a later interview, he said he has been sober since April 20, 2008.[16]

Recording
In the initial recording stages of Relapse, record producer and long-time Detroit collaborator Jeff Bass of the Bass Brothers worked with Eminem on 25 tracks, two years after the rapper had received treatment for his sleeping pill addiction in 2005.[5][17] Depressed by Proof's death, Eminem fell into a period of "writer's block", where he felt everything he wrote was not worth recording.[7] To compensate for this, Bass chose to follow a production style that would allow the artist to rap "off the top of his head, as opposed to writing a story".[17] Eminem would then freestyle or record vocals one line at a time before interrupting and then recording another line.[7] At the same time, according to Eminem's song rights supervisor Joel Martin, the rapper began to collect additional songs without noticing it. He would often record or produce material initially intended for the musical projects of other artists, but end up with tracks he really liked.[17] "Beautiful", produced by Eminem, was the only song on Relapse that was recorded in these years while he was not sober.[18] Eminem purchased the Effigy Studio in Ferndale, Michigan, in 2007, and ended his working relationship with much of his former production team of the 54 Sound recording studio, including the Bass Brothers.[17][19] He then continued recording the album with producer In September 2007 Dr. Dre stated his intention to dedicate two months to the production of Relapse.[20][21] Working with Dr. Dre allowed Eminem to concentrate on the processes of songwriting rather than the production, which was largely taken care of by Dre.[20] The rapper justified his choice of using Dr. Dre for the vast majority of the production due to their long collaborative history and a musical "chemistry" only he and Dr. Dre shared.[22] This allowed the rapper to pick the beats from Dr. Dre's catalog that challenged him rhythm-wise to experiment with different flows.[23] The making of the album progressed at the Effigy Studio up to a year after, as recording sessions were then moved to Orlando, Florida in September 2008.[5][7]

Relapse By then, Eminem had began to start writing verses again at such a pace that he often took more time to record the lyrics than write them. He credited sobriety for his new creative run, acknowledging that his mind was free of the clutter that "blocked" him during his drug abuse in the last years.[7][16] Dr. Dre would start the song-writing process by giving a number of his beats on a CD to Eminem, who in a separate room in the studio would listen and select the ones he preferred and inspired him the most. Eminem would then write lyrics to the instrumentals, while Dr. Dre and his production staff continued to create new music. Once he felt he had written lyrics for enough songs, Eminem would dedicate an entire day to record his songs to the point that he would lose his voice for the following days. At that point, the rapper would then begin to write lyrics for new songs.[7][24] The process continued for the next six months and allowed Eminem to have enough material also for a second album Relapse2.[25] During this recording period, a handful of songs intended for Relapse were leaked on the Internet, including an incomplete version of "Crack a Bottle".[22] The song was finished in January 2009 featuring vocals from Dr. Dre and 50 Cent.[26] Despite the leak, the album was being completed in a state of near-total secrecy, according to the British newspaper The Independent.[5] Even Polydor Records, the multinational owner of Interscope, had no information on the album at the time.[5] On April 23, Eminem suggested he and possibly Dr. Dre were the only ones in possession of the final copy of Relapse; his manager Paul Rosenberg added that even Eminem's record labels were not in possession of the music less than a month before its release to prevent possible bootlegging.[27]

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Music
In an interview for XXL, Eminem described the concept behind Relapse to be the ending of his drug rehabilitation and thus rap as if he was on drugs again, as well as the return of his fictional alter-ego Slim Shady.[7] According to the interviewer Datwon Thomas, Eminem's influences for the album came from his own past drug issues and from television shows and documentaries involving crime and serial killers, as the rapper was fascinated by "serial killers and their psyche and their mind states".[16][28] In a May 2009 interview for The New York Times, Eminem discussed his view of serial killers, stating: You listen to these people talk, or you see them, they look so regular. What does a serial killer look like? He dont look like anything. He looks like you. You could be living next door to one. If I lived next door to you, you could be [one].[16]

Content
Relapse opens with the skit "Dr. West", where actor Dominic West voices a drug counselor whose untrustworthiness causes Eminem to fall back to drugs and the return to his Slim Shady character.[29][30] The skit leads to "3 a.m.", where Eminem depicts himself as a serial killer during a murder spree.[31][32] When "3 a.m." was released as a single prior to the album's own release, Eminem noted that the song closely mirrored what he believed was the overall dark tone of the album.[23] On "My Mom", the rapper traces his addictive tendencies to his mother, and shows how he became a drug addict just like her.[16][33] Eminem continues his family tales on "Insane", where he imagines himself as a victim of child molestation.[30] For Eminem, the goal of "Insane" was to make song that would disgust the listeners and "make them puke", adding that he came up with this idea after thinking of the song's first line ("I was born with a dick in my brain/Yeah, fucked in the head").[24] Mariah Carey and her current husband Nick Cannon are targeted in "Bagpipes from Baghdad", where Eminem raps over a pungi loop.[34][35] After "Hello", where Eminem re-introduces himself after years of being absent "mentally",[24] he continues his violent fantasies on "Same Song & Dance", where he abducts and murders Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears.[33][34] The upbeat rhythm of "Same Song & Dance" reminded Eminem of a dance track, which inspired him to write something in order to "get women to dance to it and not really know what the fuck they're dancing to" without listening to the lyrics.[24] On the ninth track of the album, "We Made You", Eminem mocks several celebrities and plays the role of a "pop star serial killer".[36] Eminem noted that his various "celebrity bashings" were not meant to be seen as personal attacks, but it was rather "picking names out of a hat" that rhymed with the words he wanted to

Relapse use during the writing process.[37] On "Medicine Ball" Eminem mocks and impersonates deceased actor Christopher Reeve in order to get his audience to "laugh at it, and then almost feel bad for laughing".[24][33] The next track is "Stay Wide Awake", which Eminem raps about assaulting and raping women. Dr. Dre also has a guest appearance on "Old Time's Sake", a duet Eminem described as a "fun, yet reminiscent record old times" in which he and Dre rap back and forth between each other, advocating the use of marijuana for creative and financial benefits.[24] Song "Must Be the Ganja" follows, where Eminem raps that working in the recording studio is like a drug and an addiction for him.[24] After the skit "Mr. Mathers", where Eminem is recovered to a hospital, "Dj Vu" addresses his overdose in 2007 and drug dependency during his hiatus from music.[16][24] On the song, Eminem also explains how this has affected him in the last five years, to the point where his daughter has become scared of her father's behavior.[38] "Beautiful", a ballad which samples "Reaching Out" by Rock Therapy, also deals with the same time period where Eminem believed he had "reached rock bottom" and lost hope for his future.[24][33] Eminem felt it was important to include "Beautiful" on the album as a reminder to himself as well as "anybody who is in a dark place [...] that you can get out of it".[24] After "Crack a Bottle", a collaboration with Dr. Dre and 50 Cent, Relapse ends with "Underground". On this final track, Eminem sought to bring back to his music and lyrics the subject matter and punchlines reminiscent of "The Hiphop Shop times" (The Hiphop Shop was a clothing store in Detroit where local rappers, including Eminem, would compete in freestyle battles[39]), before he had become famous and thus did not have worry about the explicit content of his lyrics.[24]

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Because Eminem recorded far more material then he could use for one album and felt that he had to offer his fans more music after staying on hiatus for so long, fellow D12 member Swift confirmed that Eminem in fact had planned to put out two albums the same year, following with Relapse2, in late 2009.[40] According to Angela Yee's Shade 45 interview with Eminem on April23, 2009, Relapse2 was to be a continuation of Relapse.[41] During the interview, Eminem confirmed: "It's extremely close to being finished, it just depends on how many songs I want to put on it."[42] Eminem also explained the album was more "emotionally driven" than Relapse, which was, as he explains, "[just] rap records".[43] Guest apparences were expected to come from the likes of Dr. Dre, 50 Cent, D12, Royce da 5'9",[44] Lloyd Banks[45] and Cashis.[46] The album was subsequently pushed back for an early 2010 release, so Eminem decided to re-release Relapse as Relapse: Refill with seven new tracks, including the single "Forever" (originally on More Than a Game soundtrack) and "Taking My Ball" (released with DJ Hero), as well as five previously unreleased tracks. On its re-release, Eminem stated: "I want to deliver more material for the fans this year like I originally planned. Hopefully these tracks on The Refill will tide the fans over until we put out Relapse2 next year."[47] The only tracks from the original Relapse2 project which surfaced were entitled "Insult to Injury", in which Eminem performs in his normal voice, as somewhat of a sequel to Relapse's final track "Underground" and "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" featuring D12, despite the loss of Proof. However, on April 13, 2010, Eminem tweeted "There is no Relapse2", thus announcing that the album has been scrapped in favor of his new project Recovery. While recording Relapse2 and witnessing the mixed reaction of his precessor among fans and critics alike, Eminem decided to throw away most of the recorded material and started from scratch. The result did not seem to him as continuation of Relapse but more of an individual project that deserved its own name. Eminem said: "I had originally planned for Relapse2 to come out last year. But as I kept recording and working with new producers, the idea of a sequel to Relapse started to make less and less sense to me, and I wanted to make a completely new album. The music on Recovery came out very different from Relapse, and I think it deserves its own title."[48] The now-renamed album debuted at number 1 on the US Billboard200 chart, with first-week sales of 741,000copies in the United States.[49] As of September25, 2011, the album had sold 4,040,000copies in the United States[50] and was also it was also the best-selling album of 2010 worldwide,[51] earning a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album.[52]

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Release and promotion

In 2007, Shady Records rapper Cashis discussed the album, referring to it by the title King Mathers and adding that it would be released later that year.[13] However, Eminem's publicist Dennis Dennehy would later deny this and stated that "there [was] no album scheduled for a 2007 release" and that, as of August2007, there was no confirmed title.[53] No other official statement was made for over a year. It was not until September 15, 2008, at an event held by Shade 45 to celebrate the publication of Eminem's autobiography The Way I Am, the rapper confirmed his plans to release a studio album by the title of Relapse. During the party, he also previewed to the audience a song called "I'm Having a Relapse".[54]

"Popsomp Hills", a fictional rehabilitation center established to promote Relapse

In regards to the album's release date, Rolling Stone wrote in its October2008 issue that Virgin Megastores had planned to distribute Relapse on November27, 2008 in the United States.[55] On October 27, a spokesperson for Interscope explained that there was no official date at the time, and that any release dates that had been posted on any website were unfounded.[56][57] In a phone conversation during the finale of Total Request Live on November 16, 2008, Eminem asserted that Relapse would be released during the first quarter of 2009, precisely during either of the first two months of the year, explaining that he was in the process of selecting the songs for the album.[58] Despite the leak two months before, "Crack a Bottle" was eventually released for legal paid digital download as well as a promotional single on February 2, 2009, and also reached the number one position on the US Billboard Hot 100;[59][60] according to Eminem's manager Paul Rosenberg, a music video for the song had been produced and directed by Syndrome and was released in several parts of the world from May to early June. At the time of the release, various contradicting reports disputed whether the song would be included on Relapse,[61][62] but a press release from head label Universal Music Group confirmed the single's inclusion on the album.[25] In similar press statements after March 5, Universal made public the regional release dates for Relapse: as early as May 15, 2009, in Italy and the Netherlands; most other European countries and Brazil on May 18; and the following day in the United States and Australia. Additionally, the record label also announced a second album by Eminem, then called Relapse 2 but later titled Recovery, which was to be released by the end of the year, but expected in June 2010. Eminem explained that he and Dr. Dre had recorded a considerable amount of music and thus, by releasing two albums, would allow listeners to have access to all of his music.[25] After the release of "Crack a Bottle", the music video of the single "We Made You" was aired on April7, and became available for purchase a week later on April13.[63][64] The video was directed by Joseph Kahn and premiered simultaneously on several MTV channels as well as MTV's website.[65] On April28, the third overall single for the album, "3a.m.", was released again for paid music download.[66] A music video for "3a.m." was directed by Syndrome and filmed in Detroit. It premiered on May 2 on Cinemax, several days after a trailer for the video was posted online.[23][67] Two more singles were distributed prior to the album's release, as "Old Time's Sake" and "Beautiful" went on sale on the iTunes Store on May5 and May12 respectively.[68] "My Darling" and "Careful What You Wish For" were made available upon purchase of the Premium version of the album.[69][70] The track "Insane" peaked at position 85 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart on the albums release via iTunes.[71] On April4, 2009, CBS featured Eminem during the network's coverage of the 2009 NCAA Final Four in a segment where he recited the spoken word "Love Letter to Detroit". Later on the same day, the rapper inducted the hip hop group Run-D.M.C. to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Adam Graham of The Detroit News described this as "all part of the calculated promotional push" for Relapse.[72] The rapper performed live at the 2009 MTV Movie Awards on May31,[73] while he appeared on the covers of hip hop magazines Vibe and XXL in their respective issues in

Relapse June2009;[7][74] the second of which was created by a deal struck with Eminem and Marvel Comics, where the rapper would pose as Marvel's main vigilante The Punisher and Marvel created an issue of the comic starring him and The Punisher in order to promote Relapse.[75] An iPhone game to accompany the album was released on May19, 2009.[76] While on the Never Say Never tour, fellow group members Swifty and Kuniva (D12) along with Royce Da 5'9" stopped by KISS 100FM for a live interview and spoke on Relapse. Royce stated that the album will be a game changer and jokingly said he might have to push his own album back three years after Eminem drops his.[40] Kuniva added that D12 recorded many tracks for Relapse but wasn't sure if they would make the album or not.[40] Swifty then confirmed that Eminem would be dropping two albums in 2009, with Relapse 2 following Relapse.[40] Relapse was re-released on December21, 2009, as Relapse: Refill, with seven bonus tracks and including the single "Forever" (originally on More Than a Game soundtrack), "Taking My Ball" (released with DJ Hero), and five previously unreleased tracks. On its re-release, Eminem stated: "I want to deliver more material for the fans this year like I originally planned. Hopefully these tracks on The Refill will tide the fans over until we put out Relapse 2 next year".[47]

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Artwork
The album cover for Relapse was first published through Eminem's Twitter account on April21, 2009.[6] It illustrates a head shot of the rapper composed by a mosaic of thousands of pills. A sticker on the cover resembles a prescription drug label, on which the patient is Eminem and the prescribing doctor is Dr. Dre.[6] Gil Kaufman of MTV News described the cover as a reference to the rapper's struggle and addiction to prescription drugs, adding that it follows Eminem's habit of displaying personal issues in his art.[6] The album booklet and back cover follow a pill prescription design. On the backside of the booklet is a dedication to Proof, where Eminem explains that he's sober and that he tried to write a song for him, but that he didn't found one of them good enough therefore he dedicates the whole album to him. The CD itself is meant to represent the lid on a bottle of prescription pills, grey with the big red inscription "Push Down & Turn".[77] The cover for Relapse: Refill is the same, with the background color changed from black to white. The prescription drug label is scratched out and the writing "Refill" is posed next to it.[77]

Reception
Commercial performance
One of the most anticipated albums of 2009,[78][79][80][81][82] Relapse was the top-selling hip hop album of the year.[83] Upon its release, the album debuted at number 1 on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 608,000 copies in its first week.[84] In Canada, the album sold 64,000 copies in its first week and debuted at number 1 on the Canadian Albums Chart.[85] Outside of North America, Relapse managed to reach the number one spot in its first week in various other countries including Australia, France, Norway, Denmark and New Zealand,[86] while climbing into the Top 5 in many other countries, including Germany, Italy, Finland, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland and Sweden.[86][87] In its second week the album stayed at number one and sold a further 211,000copies, taking its total to 819,000 to become the fifth best-seller of the year.[88] In the third week, Relapse dropped to number two and sold another 141,000 copies, bringing the total U.S. sales to 962,000,[89] Relapse dropped to number three in its fourth week, selling 87,000copies for a total of 1,049,000 in the U.S.[90] The next week, Relapse went down to number four and sold 72,000copies.[91] In its sixth week, the album was at number five and sold another 47,000copies, pushing its total sales to 1,169,000.[92] It dropped down to the number nine in its seventh week, selling 39,000copies and taking its total U.S. sales up to 1,207,000copies.[93] In its eighth week, it remained at number nine and sold a further 34,000copies for a total of 1,241,000.[94] It became the best selling rap album of 2009.[95] Relapse had sold more than two million copies in the US.[96][97] The album was certified double

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Critical response Professional ratings Review scores

Source Allmusic Robert Christgau Entertainment Weekly The Guardian Pitchfork Media PopMatters Rolling Stone Slant Magazine USA Today The Village Voice (4.8/10) (3/10) (B-) (A) [1] Rating [34]

[35] [99] [100]

[101] [33] [102] [103]

(unfavorable)

[104]

Upon its release, the album received mixed reviews from most music critics. It currently holds a score of 59 based on 27 reviews on Metacritic.[105] Despite calling it an "impressively focused and clever work", Los Angeles Times writer Ann Powers gave it a generally mixed review and found its music "not transcendent", stating that "Eminem could have pulled his music into a new category. What he presents is still powerful, but narrowly cast".[106] NME's Louis Pattison gave Relapse a 5/10 rating and found Eminem's wordplay "wicked in the depths of its depravity", but he ultimately felt that "the overriding feel is of an album just too jaded, too joyless to truly count as a return to form".[107] In his consumer guide for MSN Music, critic Robert Christgau gave the album a B- rating and named it "dud of the month",[1] indicating: "a bad record whose details rarely merit further thought. At the upper level it may merely be overrated, disappointing, or dull. Down below it may be contemptible."[108] Christgau expressed a negative response towards Eminem's lyrics and accused him of sensationalism, stating that "this is not a Slim Shady album. Slim Shady had a lightness about him".[1] The Village Voice's Theon Weber panned its sensationalist lyrics, stating that is was "a dank echo chamber wherein he continues his 'shock tactics' in pointless isolation".[104] Alan Ranta of PopMatters gave Relapse a 3/10 rating and wrote that "being insane is simply not a good enough excuse to spread chauvinistic hate-speech like this, especially not when delivered in such a formulaic casing. All in all, Relapse is not much more than a brightly polished turd of old-hat hate, incompatible with the direction society is headed."[101] Sputnikmusic's John A. Hanson gave it 1 out of 5 stars and perceived Eminem's lyrics as lacking substance.[109] Giving it 4 out of 5 stars, Rolling Stone writer Rob Sheffield called it a "more painful, honest and vital record", viewing it as on-par with Eminem's acclaimed fourth album The Eminem Show.[33] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic described the album as "musically white-hot, dense, and dramatic" and said that "his flow is so good, his wordplay so sharp, it seems churlish to wish that he addressed something other than his long-standing obsessions and demons".[34] The Daily Telegraph lauded the album's honest way of showing Eminem's drug addiction and overuse.[110] Entertainment Weekly's Leah Greenblatt gave it an A- rating and stated that "Relapse's real resonance comes from the fragile, harrowing genius that lies behind that painted-on grin".[35] Vibe's Benjamin

Relapse Meadows-Ingram perceived the album's concept as "spotty" but praised Eminem's lyricism, writing that "Em works wonders with words, expanding the boundaries of the art of rap itself ... the composition is experimental and abstract, a master toying with form".[111] At the 52nd Grammy Awards, the album won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album.[112] On his following album Recovery (2010), Eminem makes reference to Relapse and criticizes it in the second verse of the song "Not Afraid": "In fact, let's be honest/ That last Relapse CD was 'ehh'/ Perhaps I ran them accents into the ground/ Relax, I ain't going back to that now".[113] He expresses further criticism of the album in the song "Cinderalla Man", saying "Fuck my last CD, that shit's in my trash".[114]

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Track listing
No. Title 1. "Dr. West" (skit) 2. "3 a.m." Writer(s) Marshall Mathers, Paul Rosenberg Mathers, Andre Young, Mark Batson, Dawaun Parker, Trevor Lawrence, Mike Elizondo Mathers, Young, Batson, Parker, Lawrence Mathers, Young, Batson, Parker, Lawrence, Elizondo Mathers, Young, Batson, Parker, Lawrence, Elizondo, Sean Cruse Producer(s) Dr. Dre, Eminem Dr. Dre Length 1:29 5:19

3. "My Mom" 4. "Insane" 5. "Bagpipes from Baghdad"

Dr. Dre Dr. Dre Dr. Dre, Trevor Lawrence Dr. Dre, Mark Batson Dr. Dre, Eminem Dr. Dre, Dawaun Parker Dr. Dre, Eminem, Doc Ish Dr. Dre, Mark Batson Dr. Dre Dr. Dre Dr. Dre, Mark Batson Dr. Dre, Mark Batson Dr. Dre, Eminem Dr. Dre Eminem Dr. Dre

5:19 3:01 4:43

6. "Hello" 7. "Tonya" (skit) 8. "Same Song & Dance"

Mathers, Young, Batson, Parker, Lawrence Mathers, Rosenberg Mathers, Young, Batson, Parker, Lawrence, Elizondo

4:08 0:42 4:06

9. "We Made You"

Mathers, Young, Batson, Parker, Lawrence, Walter Egan

4:30

10. "Medicine Ball" 11. "Paul" (skit) 12. "Stay Wide Awake"

Mathers, Young, Batson, Parker, Lawrence Mathers, Rosenberg Mathers, Young, Batson, Parker, Lawrence, Elizondo

3:57 0:19 5:19 4:38 4:02 0:42 4:43 6:32 4:57

13. "Old Time's Sake" (featuring Dr. Dre) Mathers, Young, Batson, Parker, Lawrence 14. "Must Be the Ganja" 15. "Mr. Mathers" (skit) 16. "Dj Vu" 17. "Beautiful" 18. "Crack a Bottle" (featuring Dr. Dre & 50 Cent) 19. "Steve Berman" (skit) 20. "Underground" Total length: Mathers, Young, Batson, Parker, Lawrence Mathers, Rosenberg Mathers, Young, Batson, Parker, Lawrence, Cruse Mathers, Luis Resto, Jeff Bass, Don Black, Andy Hill Mathers, Curtis Jackson, Young, Batson, Parker, Lawrence, Jean Renard Mathers, Rosenberg Mathers, Young, Batson, Parker, Lawrence

Dr. Dre Dr. Dre

1:29 6:11 76:16

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iTunes Store deluxe edition bonus tracks No. Title 21. "My Darling" 22. "Careful What You Wish For" 23. "We Made You" (Single Version)

[115] Writer(s) Mathers, Young, Resto, Mike Strange Mathers, Resto, Steve King Mathers, Young, Batson, Parker, Lawrence, Walter Egan Mathers, Curtis Jackson, Young, Batson, Parker, Lawrence, Jean Renard Producer(s) Eminem Eminem Dr. Dre, Eminem, Doc Ish Dr. Dre Length 5:20 3:47 4:46

24. "Crack a Bottle" (Single Version) (featuring Dr. Dre & 50 Cent) 25. "3.A.M" (Music Video) 26. "We Made You" (Music Video) Total length:

5:15

5:31 4:53 85:23

Japanese Bonus DVD No. Title

[116] Length 4:53

1. "We Made You" (Music Video)

Relapse: Refill No. Title 1. "Forever" (Drake featuring Kanye West, Lil Wayne & Eminem) 2. "Hell Breaks Loose" (featuring Dr. Dre) Writer(s) Aubrey Graham, Mathers, Kanye West, Dwayne Carter, Matthew Samuels Mathers, Young, Batson, Parker, Lawrence Producer(s) Boi-1da Length 5:58

Dr. Dre, Mark Batson Dr. Dre, Mark Batson Eminem Dr. Dre Dr. Dre, Dawaun Parker Dr. Dre

4:04

3. "Buffalo Bill"

Mathers, Young, Batson, Parker, Lawrence, Elizondo

3:52

4. "Elevator" 5. "Taking My Ball" 6. "Music Box"

Mathers, Resto Mathers, Young, Batson, Parker, Lawrence Mathers, Young, Batson, Parker, Lawrence

4:52 5:01 5:05

7. "Drop the Bomb on 'Em" Total length:

Mathers, Young, Batson, Parker, Lawrence

4:48 33:40

Sample credits "Insane" contains interpolations from "Jock Box" by The Skinny Boys "We Made You" contains an interpolation of "Hot Summer Nights" by Walter Egan "Beautiful" contains excerpts from "Reaching Out" by Queen + Paul Rodgers "Crack a Bottle" contains interpolations from "Mais dans ma lumire" by Mike Brant

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Personnel
Jeff Bass keyboards, bass and guitar on track 17 Mark Batson keyboards on all tracks except 17 Eric "Jesus" Coomes guitars on tracks 3, 13, 14 and 18; bass on tracks 13, 14 and 18 Sean Cruse guitars on tracks 5 and 16 Dr. Dre executive producer, producer on tracks 116, 1820, mixing engineer on tracks 110, 1216, 1820 Mike Elizondo guitars on tracks 2, 4, 8 and 12; keyboards on tracks 2, 4 and 5; bass on track 2 Paul Foley recording engineer on tracks 15 and 20 Brian "Big Bass" Gardner mastering engineer Conor Gilligan assistant engineer on track 6 Tommy Hicks, Jr. assistant engineer on tracks 3, 4, 13, 14 and 18 Mauricio "Veto" Iragorri recording engineer on tracks 110, 1216, 1820 Trevor Lawrence, Jr. keyboards on tracks 16, 8, 1214 Traci Nelson backing vocals on track 14 Dawaun Parker keyboards on all tracks except 9 and 17 Lizette Rangel assistant engineer on track 20 Luis Resto keyboards on track 17 Robert Reyes assistant engineer on tracks 110, 1216, 1820 Ruben Rivera recording engineer on track 20 Joe Strange assistant engineer on tracks 110, 12, 1520 Mike Strange mixing engineer on track 17, recording engineer on tracks 16, 810, 1220 Charmagne Tripp chorus vocals on track 9

Charts and certifications

Charts
Chart (2009) Peak position 1 2 [120] [120] 1 4 1 1 5 1 2 [126] 13 14 1 4 [129] [130] [131] 1 24 3

Australia (ARIA)

[117][118] [119]

Austria (Top 75 Albums)

Belgium Ultratop 50 Albums (Flanders)

Belgium Ultratop 50 Albums (Wallonia) Canadian Albums Chart [121] [122]

Denmark (Album Top 40) Finland (Top 50 Albums)

[123] [124] [125]

France (Top 200 Albums)

Germany (Top100 Albums)

Greece (Top 50 Foreign Albums) Hungary (Top 40 Albums) Irish Albums Chart Italy (FIMI) [128] [118] [127]

Japan Albums Chart

Mexico (Top 100 Albums)

Netherlands (Mega Album Top 100)

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[132] [133]

137
1 1 1 3 5 3 2 1 1

New Zealand (RIANZ)

Norway (Top 40 Albums) Poland (Top 50 Albums) Russian Albums Chart

[134]

[135] [136] [137] [117]

Spain (Top 100 Albums)

Sweden (Top 60 Albums)

Switzerland (Albums Top 100) UK Albums Chart US Billboard 200 [138]

[139]

Certifications
Territory Australia Austria Belgium France GCC Germany Relapse: Refill Ireland Japan New Zealand Russia Switzerland IFPI Certifier ARIA IFPI Ultratop SNEP IFPI IFPI Certification Platinum Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold [140]

[141] [142] [143] [144] [145]

IRMA RIAJ RIANZ

2 Platinum Gold

[146]

[147] [148]

Platinum Gold

[135] [149] [150] [98]

Platinum Platinum

United Kingdom BPI United States RIAA

2 Platinum

Release history

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Region Australia [151] [152]

Date

Distributing label

Format CD CD CD

Catalog 2703216 0602527032160

May 15, 2009 Universal Music

Germany Italy

[153] [154] May 18, 2009

Netherlands Denmark France

CD CD Polydor, Universal Music CD

0602527032160

[155]

[156] [157]

New Zealand Poland [158]

Universal Music

CD CD CD CD CD

2703216 2708880

Portugal Russia

[159]

[160] [161] [162] Polydor May 19, 2009 Universal Music

Sweden

United Kingdom Brazil [163] [164]

CD CD CD CD CD

2703216 602527032160 B001286302 0602527032160

Canada India

[165] [166] [34] Interscope

Spain

United States

CD

001286302

CD [Clean] 001286402 LP Japan [167] May 20, 2009 Universal Music CD 001286301 UICS-1190

CD + DVD UICS-9106 Argentina [168] May 28, 2009 CD

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External links
Official album website (http://www.therelapse.com/) Relapse (http://www.metacritic.com/music/relapse/critic-reviews) at Metacritic Relapse (http://www.discogs.com/Eminem-Relapse/master/100118) at Discogs

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Recovery
Recovery
Studio album by Eminem Released June 18, 2010 (see release history)

Recorded 20092010 Various recording locations Genre Length Label Hip hop 77:04 Shady, Aftermath, Interscope

Producer Alex da Kid, Boi-1da, Dr. Dre (also exec.), Emile, Eminem, DJ Khalil, Havoc, Jim Jonsin, Just Blaze, Mr. Porter, Supa Dups, Script Shepherd Eminem chronology

Relapse Recovery (2009) (2010)

Singles from Recovery 1. 2. 3. 4.

"Not Afraid"
Released: April 29, 2010

"Love the Way You Lie"

Released: August 9, 2010

"No Love"
Released: October 5, 2010

"Space Bound"
Released: June 18, 2011

Recovery is the seventh studio album by American rapper Eminem, released on June 18, 2010, by Shady Records, Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records. Production for the album took place during 2009 to 2010 at several recording studios and was handled by various record producers, including Alex da Kid, Just Blaze, Boi-1da, Jim Jonsin, DJ Khalil, Mr. Porter and Dr. Dre. Originally recorded as a sequel to Eminem's previous album Relapse (2009), Recovery features more introspective and emotional content than its predecessor. The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 741,000 copies in its first week in the United States. It also charted at number one in several other countries, and produced three singles that achieved chart success, including the Billboard hit "No Love" and international hits "Not Afraid" and "Love the Way You Lie". Despite some criticism regarding its consistency, Recovery received positive reviews from most music critics, who complimented Eminem's rapping and performance on the album, and earned him a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. It is the best-selling album of 2010 and has sold 5.7 million copies worldwide.

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Production and composition

In a press release, Eminem explained that he and Dr. Dre had recorded a considerable amount of music and thus, "Putting out Relapse 2 will let everyone get all of the best stuff."[1] According to Angela Yee's Shade 45 interview with Eminem on April 23, 2009, Relapse 2 was to be a continuation of Relapse.[2] During the interview Eminem also confirmed "It's extremely close to being finished, it just depends on how many songs I want to put on it."[3] He called into Shade 45 and said he was in the studio finishing up the album.[4] Recording sessions for the album took place during 2009 to 2010 at several recording studios, including Allure Sound in Oak Park, Michigan, 54 Sound and Effigy Studios in Ferndale, Michigan, Black Chiney Studios in Lauderdale Lakes, Florida, Boi-1da Studio in Ajax, Ontario, Canada, Playhouse in Parkland, Florida, Avex Honolulu Studio in Honolulu, Hawaii, Encore Studios in Burbank, California, Sun Studios in Temple Bar, London, and Shake 'Em Down Studios in Queens, New York City.[5] Eminem explained the album was more "emotionally driven" than Relapse, which was, as he explains, "[just] rap records".[6] When premiering the debut single, Eminem also let listeners know that there were not any skits on the album (so the album would contain more songs than his previous studio albums).[7] He described a song titled "Insult to Injury", in which Eminem performs in his normal voice, as somewhat of a sequel to "Underground," the final track from the previous album, Relapse. "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" features his rap group D12; Bizarre of D12 said the new song shows the group's strength despite the death of founder Proof. "We're still family, but everybody's got their own situations going on," he added. "No matter what y'all do, you can't hold D12 down. We've been through a lot of shit, but we're still gonna come back and recover."[8] As for guests on the album, Eminem had said back while the album was still titled Relapse 2, he worked with both Dr. Dre and 50 Cent on the album. D12, Royce da 5'9",[9] Lloyd Banks[10] and Cashis[11] had been speculated as possible features on the album. However, none of these artists are actually featured (Recovery only featured guest appearances by rapper Lil Wayne and solo singers Kobe, Pink and Rihanna). He decided to include Pink on "Won't Back Down" after recording his parts first because he "felt like she would smash this record".[12] On the bonus track "Session One", Eminem features supergroup Slaughterhouse, signed with Shady Records.[13] DJ Whoo Kid heard some songs from the album. He bombasted that "The Warning" is a diss record to Mariah Carey, and was not as intense as the entire album would be, saying the album is 'maniacal'.[14] Eminem appeared on Shade 45 with DJ Whoo Kid where he stated that a track with 50 Cent, in which the two rap together on verses, existed.[15] He also confirmed both Just Blaze and Mr. Porter as producers on the album.[15] Bizarre of D12 stated that the group recorded a song for the album tentatively titled "Hit Me With Your Best Shot", which was later leaked onto the internet.[16] On April 13, 2010, Eminem tweeted "There is no Relapse 2" to his followers. Upon this tweet, people started to believe that he was not releasing an album at all, but it meant simply that the album would be changed to Recovery. He confirmed this by tweeting "Recovery" with a link to his website. Eminem said "I had originally planned for Relapse 2 to come out last year. But as I kept recording and working with new producers, the idea of a sequel to Relapse started to make less and less sense to me, and I wanted to make a completely new album. The music on Recovery came out very different from Relapse, and I think it deserves its own title."[17][18] He later released a freestyle titled "Despicable" over "Over" by Drake and "Beamer, Benz, or Bentley" by Lloyd Banks featuring Juelz Santana as promo for the first single, "Not Afraid", which debuted on Shade 45 on April 29.[19] In a recent interview, Eminem said "I must have gone through 200300 beats, for the album and chose 100 of them and recorded it."[20]

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Release and promotion

His seventh studio album,[1][17][21] Recovery was confirmed during a press release by Eminem's label on March 5, 2009 and was originally titled Relapse 2. In June 2009, Eminem said that he expected a release during the fourth quarter of 2009,[4] with Rolling Stone reporting a November 2009 release date,[22] but in November 2009, he stated that he would re-release Relapse, with extra songs, to hold fans over for the release of Relapse 2 in 2010.[23] It was voted the most anticipated album of fall 2009 by XXL,[24] It was slated to be the second Eminem album released in 2009, after Relapse, but was pushed back to 2010.[23] Recovery was released on June 21 in the United States and the United Kingdom, and on June 18 in the rest of Europe.[25] Eminem has done multiple interviews such as with Red Bull in promotion of the album. A commercial for Recovery premiered during Game 6 of the 2010 NBA Finals. It featured Vince Offer from the Slap Chop commercials in a parody of his commercials.[26] Also, a Call of Duty: Black Ops ad with "Won't Back Down" was released; the song appeared in the game as an easter egg as well. On June 15, Eminem appeared among other artists including Usher and Will.i.am for Activision's press conference during the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2010 with Rihanna where the duo performed "Love the Way You Lie". In addition, Eminem performed "Lose Yourself", "Not Afraid", and premiered "Won't Back Down" for the first time.[27] Eminem appeared on E! during their Daily 10 show in an interview. He also appeared in a skit on The Soup. Eminem also performed at the 2010 BET Awards.

Artwork
The album artwork was released through Eminem.com. The album features two covers: One with Eminem walking down a country road and another with him sitting in a transparent living room in the middle of Detroit with the Renaissance Center in the background. The albums liner features pictures of Eminem such as a picture of him "praying" and him posing without a shirt on. The album is dedicated "2 anyone who's in a dark place tryin' to 2 get out. Keep your head up... It does get better!" [sic][28]

Singles
"Not Afraid" was released on Shade 45 and has received free streaming on Eminem's website since then.[29] The song sold 380,000 digital downloads in its first week, and became the sixteenth song in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 to debut at number one.[30] "Not Afraid" is only the second hip hop single to debut at No. 1 following "I'll Be Missing You" by Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112.[31] This song received very positive reviews with special attention to the emotional expression, Eminem's rhyming skills and his reaching out to other producers (his music is typically produced by mentor Dr. Dre or Eminem himself). Rolling Stone praised Eminem's commitment on his new music and lyrical ability noting "Over a dark, operatic beat, Eminem delivers rhymes that are typically acrobatic and typically heavy-handed. But the anger has a gathering quality." The official music video was directed by American music video and commercial director Rich Lee. The video premiered on June5,2011 on music video website Vevo.[32] The music video, shot in Newark, New Jersey, won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards.[33][34] The second single was released on August 9, 2010 titled "Love the Way You Lie", which features Rihanna.[35] The song was highly successful like its predecessor and debuted at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. It has since reached number 1. The song gave Eminem his fourth US Hot 100 number-one hit and Rihanna her seventh. It also claimed the top spot on over 20 other charts worldwide. "Love the Way You Lie" has since been number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 for seven consecutive weeks. The song has received a very positive reception from critics. Michael Menachem from Billboard gave a positive review of the song saying, "Rihanna's chorus is exquisitely melodic and surprisingly hopeful, complementing the turmoil of Em's dark, introspective rant. Producer Alex da Kid has a knack for mainstreaming classical instrumentation, and here he cements the story with a slick, midtempo percussive punch that showcases both performers on equal planes."[36] BBC Radio 1 gave the song four out of five stars stating, "This is not an autobiographical lyric [...] It's one of Eminem's flights of fancy, albeit one into a very

Recovery real situation. Clearly he understands the psychology well, and can express the feelings with enormous clarity. Rihanna's role in all of this is interesting though."[37] The Joseph Kahn directed music video premiered on August5,2010.[38] It stars Dominic Monaghan and Megan Fox in a love-hate relationship. It is currently one of the most viewed music videos on Vevo. "No Love", which features American rapper Lil Wayne, was the third single, released on October 5, 2010.[39][40] The music video, directed by Chris Robinson, premiered September 30 on Vevo and various MTV networks.[41] It is about a young school boy who is bullied but has the urge to stand up after being motivated by listening to Eminem and Lil Wayne songs. The video gained positive attention for its bullying theme. Eminem and Lil Wayne performed "No Love" on Saturday Night Live on December 18.[42] "No Love" was met with very positive reception for sampling "What Is Love" by Haddaway, which was done by hip hop producer Just Blaze.[43][44] The song did not perform as well as the two previous singles, only peaking at 23 on the Billboard Hot 100 and stayed on the charts for 20 weeks (which was longer than "Not Afraid" however).[45] "Space Bound" was announced to be released as the fourth single.[46] English songwriter Steve McEwan provides additional vocals in the chorus.[47] The music video was shot in February 2011 by "Love the Way You Lie" director Joseph Kahn.[38] The uncensored music video was released on June 24, 2011 at 5 PM EST on iTunes only. The video then premiered on Vevo Monday, June 27 at 3 AM EST.[48] The plot stars actress Sasha Grey and Eminem in a relationship, which ends violently. The video caused controversy for a bloody scene in which Eminem shoots himself.[49] The video was slammed by British anti-violence campaigners.[50] Anti-violence group, Mothers Against Violence, told the Daily Mirror, "It's all about the money with these videos. Eminem isn't thinking about the families affected."[51] The "Space Bound" music video, having gained attention for a confusing theme, was analyzed by Sasha Grey and the song's producer, Jim Jonsin. They both agreed that the video has no certain message, but can be interpreted "in many ways".[52][53] Songs "25 to Life", "Won't Back Down", "Cinderella Man", "Talkin' 2 Myself", and "Cold Wind Blows" also debuted on the Hot 100 without release as singles.[54]

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Reception
Commercial performance
The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, with first-week sales of 741,000 copies in the United States.[55] It became Eminem's sixth album to debut at number one in the United States.[56] In its second week of release it remained at number-one and sold 313,000 copies.[57] It also entered at number one on Billboard's R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Rap Albums chart.[58][59] In its ninth week of release the album remained at number one for its seventh non-consecutive week and sold 116,000 copies.[60] In its first nine weeks of release the album sold over 100,000 copies every week. As of March 2011, the album is No. 1 on the all-time list of albums with the most digital sales, with over 922,000 copies digitally sold [61] As of July 2011, the album broke the digital record and became the first album to sell 1 million digital copies.[62] It held the record for most digital albums sold, but was later outsold by Adele's 21 album.[63] As of September 25, 2011, the album has sold 4,040,000 copies in the United States.[64] Since it's United States release, the album has spent a total of 27 weeks in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 which is more than any other hip-hop album since 2003.[65] It spent 7 weeks at number one in both the US & UK amongst over nations.[66] The album debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart, selling 140,000 copies in its first week in the United Kingdom.[67] In Canada, the album sold 85,000 copies in its first week and debuted at number one on Canada's Albums Chart.[68] The album spent six consecutive weeks at number one,[69] and retook the top spot after one week at number 2.[70] As of August 18, 2010, the album has sold 277,000 copies in Canada.[70] In Japan, Oricon recorded a debut of number six with 20,678 units sold.[71] It also went gold in its first week in New Zealand and Australia, debuting at number one in both countries.[72][73] The album has since sold over 210,000 copies in Australia,

Recovery certifying it triple platinum there.[74] By the end of its release year, and only six months after release, Recovery had sold over 5,700,000 albums worldwide.[75] It was the best-selling album of 2010 in the United States with 3.4 million copies, and it sold 2.3 million copies in other territories for a total of 5.7 million copies worldwide.[76][77] According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, it was also the best-selling album of 2010 worldwide.[78] The album was the best-selling album in Canada in 2010 selling 435,000 copies; more than double the album in 2nd place.[79] Recovery was the third best-selling album of 2010 in Australia.[80] As of September 25, 2011, the album had sold 4,040,000 copies in the United States.[81]

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Source Allmusic Robert Christgau Entertainment Weekly The Guardian The New York Times Pitchfork Media Rolling Stone Slant Magazine Spin USA Today (7/10) (mixed) (A-) [83] [84] [85] [86] [87] [88] [89] [90] [91] Rating [82]

(B+)

(2.8/10)

Upon its release, Recovery received generally positive reviews from music critics.[92] At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 63, based on 28 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[92] Despite viewing its structure as inconsistent, Allmusic writer David Jeffries gave it 3 out of 5 stars and praised Eminem's performance as potent and energetic, writing "It may be flawed and the rappers attitude is sometimes one step ahead of his output, but he hasnt sounded this unfiltered and proud since The Marshall Mathers LP".[82] Entertainment Weekly's Simon Vozick-Levinson noted "gratuitous nastiness" as a weakness, but stated "Eminem's lyrical craftsmanship is second to none [...] and there are flashes of new maturity".[84] Benjamin Meadows-Ingrim of Spin viewed that its introspective content "plays to his strengths".[90] Rolling Stone writer Jody Rosen called it Eminem's "most casual-sounding album in years".[88] USA Today's Steve Jones called it "a strong return to the form" for Eminem and complimented his transition in "tone and attitude" from his previous work, stating "He aims for substance over shock value, vividly spilling out details of his various tribulations".[91] Sam Wolfson of NME gave it a 7/10 rating and called Eminem "self aware, technically advanced, intelligent, able to go at speeds other than full throttle".[93] However, Jon Caramanica of The New York Times regarded Eminem as "frustratingly limited in his topical range" and called Recovery "the most insular of all his releases".[86] Andy Gill of The Independent gave it 3 out of 5 stars and stated "there's nothing here quite as witty or engaging as" on his previous work.[94] Pitchfork Media's Jayson Greene perceived a lack of lyrical depth and wrote "for the first time in his career, he actually sounds clumsy".[87]

Recovery Chicago Tribune writer Greg Kot wrote that it "is brutally short on hooks and, most of all, fun. The subversive humor is long gone, and his cultural references... remain dated".[95] Slant Magazine's M.T. Richards called the album's material "unsurprisingly hollow" and panned Eminem's lyrics, stating "his punchlines rarely resonate; his nasal bark of a delivery grows tiring fast; and his pop culture references... are inane".[89] Mike Schiller of PopMatters commended Eminem's "sense of self-awareness", but noted "his hateful asides and misogynist tendencies" and inconsistent shifts in subject matter as the album's flaws.[96] The Observer's Kitty Empire described it as "a long march through Mathers's contradictions, punctuated with splatter-flick levels of lyrical gore".[97] Sean O'Neal of The A.V. Club gave it a B rating and commented "while the endless atonement metaphors threaten to make Recovery a maudlin affair, at moments like these, Eminem soars over his lowered expectations".[98] Despite praising Eminem's lyricism, The Guardian's Paul MacInnes viewed its production as a weakness and wrote "a piecemeal approach to production (Dr. Dre has just one credit) leaves the album lacking an abiding mood and drowning in fashionable soft-rock samples".[85] Los Angeles Times writer Jeff Weiss complimented Eminem's "dazzling internal patterns and clever word play", but panned its production and called it "monochromatic and monotonous".[99] Sean Fennessey of The Washington Post viewed that its songs are "weighed down by some brutal samples" and called it "a morose picture of an artist grappling, and often losing his grip".[100] Giving it a 7/10 rating, RapReviews writer Jesal Padania noted various inconsistencies and found the album "enjoyable", while writing "One individual might completely love it, another hate it for pretty much the same reasons... not his best, nor his worst, but either people will listen incessantly or barely at all. There is no middle ground".[101] In his consumder guide for MSN Music, critic Robert Christgau gave Recovery an A- rating and complimented Eminem's "long-recessive sense of play", while commenting that "The comeback is for Eminem, not Slim Shady-and for Marshall at his most martial. His most confessional as well".[83]

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Accolades
The album appeared on numerous music critics' and publications' end-of-year albums lists. Rolling Stone placed the album at number 9 on their list of 30 best albums of the 2010.[102] Spin placed the album at number 38 on its 40 Best Albums list for 2010.[103] Rolling Stone placed Recovery and its single "Not Afraid" on their lists of Best Albums of 2010 and Best Singles of 2010 at number 9 and number 24 respectively.[104][105] It earned Eminem ten Grammy Award nominations at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year and Best Rap Album,[106] winning the latter.[107] As of April 2011, the album has been nominated for Top Billboard 200 Album and Top Rap Album for the 2011 Billboard Music Awards [108]

Track listing
No. Title 1. "Cold Wind Blows" Writer(s) Marshall Mathers, Justin Smith, S. Byrne, H. Marsh, J. Perry, C. Synge Producer(s) Just Blaze Length 5:03

2. "Talkin' 2 Myself" (featuring Mathers, Khalil Rahman, Chin Injeti, B. Honeycutt Kobe) 3. "On Fire" Mathers, Denaun Porter, C. Wilson, L. Wilson, R. Wilson Mathers, Rahman, Erik Alcock, Liz Rodrigues, Columbus Smith (Rahki) Mathers, Luis Resto, D. Chin-Quee, J. Gilbert Mathers, E. Heynie, J. Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Bill Ward, Geezer Butler

DJ Khalil

5:00

Denaun Porter

3:33

4. "Won't Back Down" (featuring Pink) 5. "W.T.P." 6. "Going Through Changes"

DJ Khalil

4:25

Supa Dups, JG (co.), Eminem (add.) Emile

3:58 4:58

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Mathers, Resto, Matthew Samuels, J. Evans, Matthew Burnett Mathers, Samuels, Burnett, Sly Jordan Mathers, Dwayne Carter, Jr., Smith, Dee Dee Halligan, Junior Torello Mathers, James Scheffer, Steve McEwan Mathers Mathers, Rahman, Rodrigues, Danny Tannenbaum Mathers, Andre Young, Mark Batson, Dawaun Parker, Trevor Lawrence, S. Cruse, Nick Brongers Mathers, Rahman, Rodrigues, Alcock, P. Injeti, Tannenbaum Mathers, Alexander Grant, Holly Hafermann Boi-1da, Jordan Evans (add.), Matthew Burnett (add.), Eminem (add.) Boi-1da, Matthew Burnett (add.) Just Blaze 4:08

7. "Not Afraid"

8. "Seduction" 9. "No Love" (featuring Lil Wayne) 10. "Space Bound" 11. "Cinderella Man" 12. "25 to Life" 13. "So Bad"

4:35 4:59

Jim Jonsin Script Shepherd DJ Khalil Dr. Dre, Nick Brongers

4:38 4:39 4:01 5:25

14. "Almost Famous"

DJ Khalil

4:52

15. "Love the Way You Lie" (featuring Rihanna) 16. "You're Never Over" 17. "Untitled" (hidden track)

Alex da Kid, Makeba Riddick (vocals)

4:23

Mathers, Smith, Mike Mainieri Jr., Gerard McMahon Mathers, Kejuan Muchita, M. Crawford, John Medora, David White

Just Blaze Havoc, Magnedo7 (co.)

5:05 3:14

iTunes Store Deluxe Edition Bonus Tracks No. Title 18. "Ridaz" 19. "Session One" (featuring Slaughterhouse) 20. "Not Afraid" (Music Video)

[109] Producer(s) Dr. Dre Just Blaze Length 5:00 4:28

Writer(s) Mathers, Young Mathers, Ryan Montgomery, Joell Ortiz, Dominick Wickliffe, Smith Mathers, Resto, Matthew Samuels, J. Evans, Matthew Burnett

Boi-1da, Jordan Evans (add.), Matthew Burnett (add.), Eminem (add.)

4:08

(co.) Co-producer (add.) Additional production

Sample credits Information taken from Recovery liner notes:[110] "Cold Wind Blows" contains elements from "Patriotic Song" performed by Gringo "On Fire" contains a sample of "Peace and Love" as performed by Mandrill "Going Through Changes" contains a sample of "Changes" by Black Sabbath "No Love" features a sample of "What Is Love" performed by Haddaway "Space Bound" features interpolations of "Song for Bob" by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis,[111] (uncredited) and "Drive" by R.E.M.[112][113] (uncredited) "You're Never Over" contains a sample of "Cry Little Sister" by Gerard McMann "Untitled" features a sample of "You Don't Own Me" as performed by Lesley Gore

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Personnel
Credits for Recovery adapted from Allmusic.[114]
Erik Alcock Guitar Julian Alexander Art Direction, Design Mark Batson Keyboards Kip Blackshire Choir, Chorus Boi 1da Producer Nick Brongers Producer Matthew Burnett Strings, Additional Production Damon "Bing" Chatman Assistant Coordinator Larry Chatman Production Coordination, Project Coordinator Christian Clancy Marketing Kristen Ashley Cole Choir, Chorus M. Crawford Composer Sean Cruse Guitar Kal "Boogie" Dellaportas Engineer Terry Dexter Choir, Chorus DJ Khalil Producer DJ Mormile A&R Dr. Dre Producer, Executive Producer, Mixing Eminem Mixing, Additional Production Jordan Evans Strings, Additional Production John Fisher Studio Manager Michael Gamble Engineer Brian "Big Bass" Gardner Mastering Christal Garrick II Choir, Chorus Nikki Grier Vocals Havoc Producer Emile Haynie Producer Howie Herbst Assistant Engineer Matt Huber Assistant Engineer Chin Injeti Bass, Guitar Tony Iommi Composer Mauricio Iragorri Engineer Joe Strange Engineer, Assistant Engineer Jim Jonsin Keyboards, Programming, Producer Sly Jordan Saxophone, Vocals, Choir, Chorus Just Blaze Producer, Mixing Danny Keyz Keyboards Alex Da Kid Producer, Mixing Rich King Choir, Chorus Trevor Lawrence Keyboards Spike Lindsey Assistant Engineer Nick Low-Beer Drum Programming Magnedo Producer Deborah Mannis-Gardner Sample Clearance Robert Marks Engineer Rob Marks Mixing Marshall Mathers Composer Steve McEwan Guitar, Vocals on track 10 Tracy McNew A&R Alex Merzin Engineer Danny Morris Keyboards Mr. Porter Producer Dawaun Parker Keyboards Nigel Parry Photography Chris "Trife" Patilis Assistant Engineer Kirdis Postelle Project Coordinator Dwayne "Supa Dups" Chin Quee Drums, Producer, Engineer, Drum Arrangements Rahki Keyboards, Programming Khalil Abdul Rahman Keyboards, Drum Programming Luis Resto Keyboards Robert Reyes Assistant Engineer, Vocal Engineer Makeba Riddick Vocal Producer Liz Rodriguez Vocals Paul D. Rosenberg Executive Producer Matthew "Boi 1da" Samuels Drums, Engineer Jason Sangerman Marketing Coordinator Les Scurry Production Coordination Daniel Seeff Guitar Script Shepherd Producer Manny Smith A&R Mike Strange Guitar (Acoustic), Bass, Guitar, Keyboards, Engineer, Mixing Marcos Tovar Engineer Bill Ward Composer Ryan West Engineer, Mixing Jason Wilkie Assistant Engineer Andre Young Composer Ianthe Zevos Creative Director

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Charts
Weekly charts
Chart (2010) Peak position 1 1 [117] [117] 2 2 1 8 1 1 8 2 2 1 20 1 6 34 2 1 2 2 2 13 5 1 1 1 [58] 1 1

Australia Albums Chart Austria Albums Chart

[115]

[116]

Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)

Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia) Canadian Albums Chart Czech Albums Chart [118]

[119] [120]

Denmark Albums Chart

[121] European Top 100 Albums Finland Albums Chart France Albums Chart [122]

[123] [124][125]

Germany Albums Chart Greece Albums Chart

[126] [127]

Hungarian Albums Chart Irish Albums Chart [128]

Italian Albums Chart

[129] [130] [131]

Mexico Albums Chart

Netherlands Albums Chart

[132] New Zealand Album Charts Norway Album Charts [133]

[134] Polish Album Charts Russian Albums Chart Spanish Albums Chart [135] [130] [136]

Swedish Albums Chart Swiss Albums Chart UK Albums Chart US Billboard 200

[137]

[138]

[139]

US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums [59] US Top Rap Albums

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Year-end charts
Chart (2010) Canadian Albums Chart Danish Albums Chart [140] Position 1 12 4 12 5 34 9 2 Position 19 13 [150] 5

[141] [142]

European Top 100 Albums German Albums Chart

[143] [144]

New Zealand Albums Chart Poland Albums Chart UK Albums Chart US Billboard 200 [145]

[146]

[147]

Chart (2011) Canadian Albums Chart US Billboard 200 [149] [148]

US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

Certifications
Region Australia Austria Belgium Europe France GCC Germany Ireland Italy Japan New Zealand Russia Sweden Switzerland Certification 3 Platinum Platinum Gold [74]

[151]

[152] [153] [154]

Platinum Platinum Gold

[155] [156] [157]

Platinum

3 Platinum Gold Gold

[158] [159] [160] [161]

Platinum Platinum Gold

[162] [163]

Platinum

United Kingdom 2 Platinum[164]

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United States

4 Platinum

Non-single chart positions

Year Song Chart peak positions US Billboard Hot 100 Canadian Hot 100 UK Singles Chart 2010 "25 to Life" "Cold Wind Blows" "Talkin' 2 Myself" "Won't Back Down" 92 71 88 62 [166] [167] [168] [169] 97 65 90 [166] [168] [170] 82

Release history
Region Australia European Union (excluding the UK) United Kingdom United States Japan Brazil June 23, 2010 July 6, 2010 June 21, 2010 Shady, Aftermath, Interscope Universal Music Date Label Format Catalog 2739452 Ref [171]

June 18, 2010 Shady, Aftermath, Interscope CD, Digital download Polydor

B003KUSUG8 [172] B0014411 UICS1214 [173] [174]

602527394527 [175]

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Official website (http://www.eminem.com/notafraid/) Recovery (http://www.discogs.com/Eminem-Recovery/master/264119) at Discogs Recovery (http://www.metacritic.com/music/recovery/critic-reviews) at Metacritic

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Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture 8 Mile
Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture 8 Mile
Cover to original soundtrack Soundtrack album by various artists Released Recorded Genre Length Label Producer October 29, 2002 20012002 Hip hop 68:19 Shady, Interscope Eivan "Ricco" BJ (exec.) More Music from 8 Mile cover Eminem chronology

The Eminem Show (2002)

8 Mile Soundtrack (2002)

Encore (2004)

Singles from Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture 8 Mile 1.

"Lose Yourself"
Released: October 22, 2002

Professional ratings Review scores

Source Allmusic RapReviews.com (7.5/10) [2] Rating [1]

Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture 8 Mile is the official soundtrack to the 2002 biographical movie 8 Mile, starring American rapper Eminem. The album was released under Shady Records, and spawned the hit single Lose Yourself. It also spawned a follow up soundtrack, More Music from 8 Mile, consisting of songs that appear in 8Mile, that were released as singles during the film's time setting of 1995. One of the songs was performed by Tupac Shakur, who would be the subject of a documentary with a soundtrack produced by Eminem, who also produced a posthumous album by Tupac. The album also features four songs by the Wu-Tang Clan and its members, and two songs by Mobb Deep, who eventually signed to G-Unit Records, headed by Shady Records artist 50 Cent. Both

Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture 8 Mile albums were also made available in censored versions, removing most of the strong profanity and violent content.

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Charts
The album debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 Albums Chart that year with over 702,000 copies sold and 507,000 sold in the second week also finishing the year as the fifth best-selling album of 2002 with US sales of 3.4 million, despite only two months of release. As of September 19, 2010, it has sold more than 4,750,000 albums.[3] It debuted at #1 on the Canadian Albums Chart with sales of 44,500 copies.[4] It also reached #1 on the UK Compilations Chart Australian ARIAnet Albums Chart. It featured Eminem's worldwide chart-topping single, "Lose Yourself".

Track listing
8 Mile
No. Title 1. "Lose Yourself" (Eminem) Writer(s) M. Mathers, J. Bass, L. Resto Producer(s) Eminem, Luis Resto, Jeff Bass Eminem Length 5:20

2. "Love Me" (Obie Trice/Eminem/50 C. Jackson, S. King, M. Mathers, L. Resto, O. Trice Cent) 3. "8 Mile" (Eminem) 4. "Adrenaline Rush" (Obie Trice) 5. "Places to Go" (50 Cent) 6. "Rap Game" (D12/50 Cent) M. Mathers, L. Resto A. Thelusma, Obie Trice C. Jackson, M. Mathers, L. Resto V. Carlisle, D. Holton, R. Johnson, M. Mathers, O. Moore, D. Porter, L. Resto S. Carter, M. Mathers, L. Pridgen, L. Resto

4:30

Eminem Red Spyda Eminem Denaun Porter, Eminem

6:00 3:54 4:15 5:53

7. "8 Miles and Runnin'" (Jay-Z featuring Freeway) 8. "Spit Shine" (Xzibit) 9. "Time of My Life" (Macy Gray)

Eminem

4:08

A. Joiner, D. Porter M. Elizondo, Macy Gray, D. Ross

Denaun Porter D. Ross, J. Gamble, Mike Elizondo Chucky Thompson, Nas J. Freeman, Sha Money XL K. Manning, M. Pradler

3:39 4:21

10. "U Wanna Be Me" (Nas) 11. "Wanksta" (50 Cent)

N. Jones, C. Thompson M. Clervoix, J.B. Freeman, C. Jackson

3:50 3:38

12. "Wasting My Time" (by Boomkat (Taryn Manning)) 13. "R.A.K.I.M." (Rakim)

T. Manning, K. Manning, J. Taylor

3:37

W. Griffith, L. E. King, D. Porter

Denaun Porter D. Ross, J. Gamble

4:23 4:45

14. "That's My Nigga Fo' Real" (Young D. Battle, D. Ross Zee) 15. "Battle" (Gang Starr) J.R. Baxter, P. Chapman, K. Elam, K. Holley, A. Johnson, N. Jones, Chris E. Martin, K. Mochita, S. Moltke, M. Williams M. Mathers, L. Resto

DJ Premier, Guru

2:56

16. "Rabbit Run" (Eminem)

Eminem, Luis Resto

3:13

Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture 8 Mile

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8 Mile: The Special Edition Bonus Disc No. Title 1. "Rap Name" (by Obie Trice) 2. "Stimulate" (by Eminem)

[5] Writer(s) Producer(s) Eminem Eminem Eminem Mel-Man DJ Premier Mahogany Music Length 5:02 5:03 1:26 3:35 3:05 3:27

3. "'Till I Collapse" (freestyle) (by 50 Cent) 4. "Gangsta" (by Joe Beast) 5. "The Weekend" (by Brooklyn) 6. "California" (by Shaunta)

More Music from 8 Mile

No. Title 1. "Shook Ones Pt. II" (by Mobb Deep) 2. "Juicy" (by The Notorious B.I.G.) 3. "Gotta Get Mine" (by MC Breed and 2Pac) 4. "Feel Me Flow" (by Naughty by Nature) 5. "Player's Ball" (by OutKast) 6. "Get Money" (by Junior M.A.F.I.A.) 7. "I'll Be There For You/You're All I Need To Get By" (by Method Man and Mary J. Blige) 8. "Shimmy Shimmy Ya" (by Ol' Dirty Bastard) 9. "Bring The Pain" (by Method Man) 10. "C.R.E.A.M." (by Wu-Tang Clan) 11. "Runnin'" (by The Pharcyde) 12. "Survival Of The Fittest" (by Mobb Deep) 13. "Temptations" (by 2Pac) 14. "Unbelievable" (by The Notorious B.I.G.) Length 5:26 4:11 4:18 3:34 4:53 4:34 3:45 2:41 3:09 4:12 4:56 3:43 5:00

Chart positions
Album

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Year

Chart

Peak position 1 [6] 1 1

2002 Billboard 200 Japan Oricon albums chart 2003 Billboard 200

Australian ARIA Albums Chart 1

Singles
Year Single Chart Peak position 1 1 1 1 13 3

2002 "Lose Yourself" The Billboard Hot 100 Modern Rock Tracks Hot Rap Tracks Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles 2003 "Wanksta" The Billboard Hot 100 Hot Rap Tracks

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks 4 "8 Mile..." Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles 54

Certifications
Country [7] Australia Belgium Canada [8] Certification 4Platinum Gold 5Platinum Platinum Gold 2Platinum Gold Gold Platinum Gold [17] 4Platinum Gold Platinum [20] Gold 4Platinum

[9] [10] [11]

Denmark

Netherlands [12] Europe Finland [13]

[14] France Greece [15] [16]

Hungary

New Zealand Sweden [18]

Switzerland

[19]

United Kingdom

[21] United States

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Curtain Call: The Hits

Curtain Call: The Hits
Greatest hits album by Eminem Released December 6, 2005

Recorded 19962005 Genre Length Label Hip hop 77:55 Shady, Aftermath, Interscope

Producer Dr. Dre, Eminem, Jeff & Marky Bass, Mike Elizondo, The 45 King, Mel-Man Eminem chronology

The Singles (2003)

Curtain Call: The Hits (2005)

Eminem Presents: The Re-Up (2006)

Singles from Curtain Call: The Hits

1. 2.

"When I'm Gone"

Released: December 6, 2005

"Shake That"
Released: January 3, 2006

Professional ratings Review scores

Source Allmusic Entertainment Weekly Pitchfork Media IGN NME Sputnikmusic Uncut Rolling Stone Entertainment.ie (A-) [2] [3] [4] Rating [1]

(6.9/10) (6.3/10) (8/10)

[5] [6] [2] [7] [8]

Curtain Call: The Hits is the first greatest hits compilation album released by American rapper Eminem. It collects Eminem's most popular songs, as well as four new tracks, including a live version of "Stan" featuring Elton John from the 43rd Grammy Awards, plus new songs "Fack", "When I'm Gone" and "Shake That" featuring Nate Dogg. It was released on December 6, 2005, under Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment. The album was certified double-platinum in the US, triple-platinum in Australia and the UK, and quadruple-platinum in New Zealand. It

Curtain Call: The Hits reached #1 on several charts, including the UK and US Albums Chart. Curtain Call: The Hits was released 9 years after Eminem's first studio album, Infinite.

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Success
Curtain Call: The Hits debuted at number 1 on the UK Albums Chart, after two sales days, in a similar fashion to Eminem's previous album Encore. The album racked up first-week sales of nearly 441,000 and with close to 324,000 scans the second week for a two week stay at number one. It slipped from no. 1 to no. 4 in its third week but surged 33 percent to finish with sales close to 430,000. The disc scored nearly 1.2 million scans in its first three weeks of release. It also gave Eminem his fifth straight number 1 album in the US and UK when including the 8 Mile soundtrack. Curtain Call was certified double-platinum by the RIAA in the United States.[9] As of November 28, 2010, the album has sold over 3,222,000 [10]

Censored
A censored version of the album is also available. It removes both "Intro" and "Fack" and moves "My Name Is" to track one. The tracks appear exactly how they appeared on the clean versions of their respective albums except for the song "Guilty Conscience", which even adds a chorus. Despite the edited nature of the album, profanities can still be heard from several tracks as words including "shit", "bitch", and "ass" were not censored on The Slim Shady LP, and The Marshall Mathers LP. Also, on "Just Lose It", the clean version leaves "ass" uncensored, while on the album Encore, the word "ass" was replaced with "thing".

Track listing
All songs written and composed by Eminem.
No. Title 1. "Intro" 2. "Fack" Produced by Eminem Additional production by Luis Resto Recorded by Mike Strange, Tony Campana Mixed by Eminem, Mike Strange & Steve King Keyboards by Luis Resto Bass, guitar by Steve King Produced by Eminem Mixed by Eminem Recording, mix engineers: Richard "Segal" Huredia, Urban Kris Assistant engineer: Thomas Rounds Bass, guitar by Mike Elizondo Keyboards by Mike Elizondo, Tommy Coster, Jr. Originally from the Marshall Mathers LP Produced by Dr. Dre Mixed by Dr. Dre Mix engineer: Richard "Segal" Huredia Contains an interpolation from "I Got The", performed by Labi Siffre Originally from The Slim Shady LP Note(s) Length 0:34 3:26

3. "The Way I Am"

4:51

4. "My Name Is"

4:29

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Produced by The 45 King Co-produced by Eminem Mixed by Eminem Recording, mix engineer: Richard "Segal" Huredia Bass by Mike Elizondo Guitar by Sean Cruise Contains elements from "Thank You", performed by Dido Originally from The Marshall Mathers LP Produced by Eminem Additional Production by J. Bass Recorded by Steve King, Mike Strange Mixed by Eminem & Steve King Drum programming by Eminem Guitar, bass, keyboards by J. Bass Keyboards, programming by Luis Resto Originally from the 8 Mile soundtrack Produced by Eminem Additional production by Luis Resto Recorded by Mike Strange, Tony Campana Mixed by Eminem & Steve King Keyboards by Luis Resto Bass, guitar by Steve King Produced by Eminem Co-produced by J. Bass Recorded by Steve King Guitar by Marti Frederiksen Mixed by Steve King Assistant Engineer: Mike Strange Drum Programming by D.J. Head Keyboards, guitars, bass by J. Bass Guitar Solo by Joe Perry Contains elements from "Dream On", performed by Aerosmith Originally from The Eminem Show Produced by Eminem Co-produced by J. Bass, Urban Kris Additional production by D.J. Head Recorded by Steve King Additional recording by Mauricio "Veto" Iragorri Mixed by Dr. Dre Assistant engineers: Alex Reverberi, Mike Strange Keyboards, guitars, bass by J. Bass Contains adapted elements from "Buffalo Gals", performed by Malcolm McLaren, Anne Dudley, Trevor Horn Originally from The Eminem Show Produced by Eminem Additional Production by Luis Resto Recorded by Steve King, Tony Campana, Mike Strange Mixed by Eminem & Steve King Bass, guitar by Steve King Keyboards by Luis Resto Contains interpolation from "Toy Soldiers" performed by Martika Originally from Encore 6:44

5. "Stan" (featuring Dido)

6. "Lose Yourself"

5:26

7. "Shake That" (featuring Nate Dogg)

4:34

8. "Sing for the Moment"

5:40

9. "Without Me"

4:51

10. "Like Toy Soldiers"

4:56

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Produced by Dr. Dre & Mel-Man Mixed by Dr. Dre Recording, mix engineer: Richard "Segal" Huredia Bass, guitar by Mike Elizondo Keyboards by Tommy Coster, Jr. Originally from The Marshall Mathers LP Produced by Eminem Additional production by Luis Resto Recorded by Steve King, Tony Campana, Mike Strange Mixed by Eminem & Steve King Keyboards by Luis Resto Originally from Encore Produced by Dr. Dre & Eminem Mixed by Dr. Dre Mix Engineer: Richard "Segal" Huredia Narration by Mark Avery Contains an interpolation from "Go Home Pigs", from film Getting Straight Originally from The Slim Shady LP Produced by Eminem & J. Bass Recorded by Steve King Mixed by Steve King Assistant engineers: Mike Strange Keyboard, guitar, bass by J. Bass Additional drum programming by D.J. Head Originally from The Eminem Show Produced by Dr. Dre & Mike Elizondo Recorded by Mauricio "Veto" Iragorri, Steve Baughman, Steve King, Tony Campana , Mike Strange Mixed by Dr. Dre Assistant engineers: Michael Sroka, Ben Jost, Rouble Kapoor, Scott Hays Guitars by Mike Elizondo Keyboards by Mike Elizondo, Mark Batson Contains interpolations of "U Can't Touch This" performed by MC Hammer Contains lyrical excerpts or references from Eminem's "Without Me", "The Real Slim Shady", "Lose Yourself" and "Superman" Originally from Encore Produced by Eminem Additional production by Luis Resto Recorded by Mike Strange, Tony Campana Mixed by Eminem, Mike Strange & Steve King Keyboards by Luis Resto Produced by The Recording Academy 4:45

11. "The Real Slim Shady"

12. "Mockingbird"

4:11

13. "Guilty Conscience" (featuring Dr. Dre)

3:20

14. "Cleanin' Out My Closet"

4:59

15. "Just Lose It"

4:09

16. "When I'm Gone"

4:41

17. "Stan" (Live) (featuring Elton John)

6:20

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Stan's Mixtape: Deluxe Edition Bonus Disc No. Title Producer(s) Length 4:59 3:26 4:26 5:29 5:14 5:37 4:02

1. "Dead Wrong" (featuring The Notorious B.I.G.) Chucky Thompson, P. Diddy & Mario "Yellow Man" Winans 2. "Role Model" 3. "Kill You" 4. "Shit on You" (with D12) 5. "Criminal" 6. "Renegade" (with Jay-Z) 7. "Just Don't Give a Fuck" Dr. Dre & Mel-Man Dr. Dre & Mel-Man DJ Head; add. prod. Eminem F.B.T & Eminem Eminem Marky & Jeff Bass; add. prod. Eminem

Personnel
Jeff Bass Bass, Guitar, Keyboards, Karin Catt Photography Larry Chatman Project Coordinator Lindsay Collins Studio Coordinator Tom Coster, Jr. Keyboards DJ Head Drum Programming Dr. Dre Producer, Mixing Marshall Mathers III Producer, Executive Producer, Drum Programming, Mixing The 45 King & Louie Producer Marti Frederiksen Engineer Brian "Big Bass" Gardener Mastering Scott Hays Assistant Engineer Richard "Segal" Herredia Engineer Mauricio Iragorri Engineer Ben Jost Assistant Engineer Rouble Kapoor Assistant Engineer Steven King Bass, Guitar, Engineer, Mixing Anthony Mandler Photography Jonathan Mannion Photography Joe Perry Project Solo Instrumental Kirdis Postelle Project Coordinator Luis Resto Keyboards, Programming, Producer Tom Rounds Assistant Engineer Les Scurry Production Coordination Mike Sroka Assistant Engineer Urban Kris Assistant Engineer Nitin Vadukul Photography

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Album chart positions

Year Chart Peak position 1 1 1 1 1 2 35 1

2005 Australia ARIA Albums Chart[11] 2005 Ireland IRMA Album Charts[12] 2005 UK Albums Chart 2005 US Billboard 200[13] 2006 Australia ARIA Albums Chart[11] 2006 Norway Albums Chart "VG-Lista"[14] 2006 Polish Albums Chart[15] 2010 US Billboard 200[13]

Singles chart positions

Year Song US Hot 100 [16] 2005 "When I'm Gone" 2006 "Shake That" 8 6 US R&B/Hip-Hop [17] 96 US Rap [18] 22 11 Chart peak positions US Top 40 Mainstream [19] 13 13 US Rhythmic Top 40 US Pop 100 UK [20]

18 8

7 6

"" denotes the single failed to chart or was not released

Certifications
Country Argentina [21] [22] Certifications Gold 3Platinum Gold Gold 3Platinum [25] Platinum 2Platinum 2Gold [28] Gold Gold 7Platinum

Australia (ARIA) Austria (IFPI)

[23] [24]

Brazil (ABPD)

Canada (CRIA) Denmark (IFPI) Europe (IFPI)

[26] [27]

France (SNEP)

Greece (IFPI Greece) Hong Kong [29] [30]

Ireland (IRMA)

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[31] [32]

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Gold 2Platinum Platinum [33] 4Platinum Gold Gold [36] 3Platinum 2Platinum

Italy (FIMI)

Japan (RIAJ) Korea

New Zealand (RIANZ) Sweden (IFPI Sweden) Switzerland (IFPI) [35]

[34]

United Kingdom (BPI) United States (RIAA)

[9]

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Official website (http://www.eminem.com/) Aftermath (http://Aftermathmusic.com) Aftermath fansite

Eminem Presents: The Re-Up

Eminem Presents: The Re-Up
Compilation album by Eminem Released December 5, 2006

Recorded 2002-2006 Genre Length Label Hip hop, Rap 74:38 Shady, Interscope

Producer Eminem (exec.) Akon, The Alchemist, Disco D, Dr. Dre, Focus..., Luis Resto, Mike Elizondo, Rikinatti, Witt & Pep Eminem chronology

Encore (2004)

Eminem Presents: The Re-Up (2006)

Relapse (2009)

Singles from Eminem Presents: The Re-Up 1. 2.

"You Don't Know"

Released: November 7, 2006

"Jimmy Crack Corn"

Released: March 6, 2007

Eminem Presents: The Re-Up[1] is a rap compilation album performed by various artists,[2] designed to help launch new Shady Records artists Stat Quo, Cashis and Bobby Creekwater. The album debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 and has since sold over one million copies in the U.S alone and is certified Platinum.

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Background
The album first began as a street mixtape project; an underground, unofficial CD with raw production values. "But what happened is that the material was so good and the tracks were getting produced like a regular album", Eminem said: "Instead of putting it out there rough and unfinished, I thought we should add some other new tracks, make it a real album, and put it in the record stores to give these new artists a real boost".[3] The album was executive-produced by Eminem, who also produced the majority of the songs. A handful of tracks were produced by The Alchemist, who also compiled the album in mixtape fashion. Each of the tracks was a new song which debuted on the album, though Stat Quo's "Billion Bucks", produced by LT Moe and Obie Trice's "Cry Now" (Remix), produced by SickNotes, were recently released on mixtapes and to radio. The first single and video from the album is "You Don't Know", performed by Eminem, 50 Cent, Cashis and Lloyd Banks. The second single from the album is "Jimmy Crack Corn", which features 50 Cent and peaked at number one on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[4] Rampant misinformation about Eminem Presents: The Re-Up included many false internet track listings and the claim that the mixtape would be a tribute to the late Proof of D12. "The D12 album and those unreleased songs with Proof are coming", said Eminem, "but The Re-Up is about these new artists and these new songs. It isn't fair to them or to the memory of Proof to mix them up".[5] Eminem revealed in a Shade 45 interview that he had fellow rapper Bizarre draw the cover to make up for his lack of rapping skills, reportedly it took him over three months to finish one person.[6] On the U.S. Billboard 200, the album debuted at number two behind Ciara's The Evolution, selling about 309,000 copies in its first week.[7] The album has been certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, as it has sold over 1.1 million copies in the U.S.. Eminem appears on eight of the album's tracks (more than any other artist, including the new artists being launched): "Jimmy Crack Corn", "No Apologies", "Public Enemy #1", "Shady Narcotics (Intro)", "Shake That (Remix)", "The Re-Up", "We're Back", and "You Don't Know".

Reception
Professional ratings Aggregate scores
Source Metacritic Rating (50/100) [8]

Review scores
Source Allmusic Entertainment Weekly Okayplayer HipHopDX IGN RapReviews Sputnikmusic (7.4/10) (7/10) (B) [10] [11] [12] [13] Rating [9]

[14] [15]

Eminem Presents: The Re-Up Initial critical response to Eminem Presents: The Re-Up was mixed to positive. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 50, based on the 13 reviews. It opened up at number 2 with sales of approximately 309,000, only behind R&B songstress Ciara.[16] The album has since sold a little over a million copies in the United States alone.

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Track listing
# Title Eminem Performer(s) Composers M. Mathers, L. Resto, S. King [17] Producer(s) Eminem Length 0:56

01 "Shady Narcotics" (Intro) 02 "We're Back"

Eminem, Obie Trice, Stat Quo, Bobby Creekwater, Cashis

Mathers, Resto, O. Trice, S. Benton, A. Rogers, R. Johnson V. Carlisle, D. Holton, Johnson, Mathers, O. Moore, D. Porter, Trice Mathers, Resto, R. A. Johnson, King Johnson, R. Parham Mathers, Resto, C. Jackson, A. Young, M. Elizondo Mathers, Jackson, C. Lloyd, Johnson, Resto

Eminem

3:59

03 "Pistol Pistol" (Remix) Obie Trice

Eminem

2:27

04 "Murder" 05 "Everything Is Shady" 06 "The Re-Up" 07 "You Don't Know"

Bizarre, Kuniva of D12 Cashis Eminem, 50 Cent Eminem, 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, Cashis Eminem, 50 Cent Proof

Eminem Rikanatti Eminem Eminem

2:10 4:23 2:57 4:17

08 "Jimmy Crack Corn" 09 "Trapped"

Mathers, Resto, Jackson Mathers, Holton Porter, Moore, D. Moore, B. Johnson, D. Campbell

Eminem Eminem Witt & Pep

3:54 0:58 2:48

10 "Whatever You Want" Swifty McVay, Denaun Porter of D12 11 "Talkin' All That" 12 "By My Side" 13 "We Ride for Shady" Cashis Stat Quo Obie Trice, Cashis

Johnson, Parham Benton, B. Edwards, Jr. A. Maman, Trice, Johnson, B. Heath, E. Peters, R. Hunter Maman, Rogers, F. Bongusto Maman, Benton

Rikanatti Focus...

4:05 4:08

The Alchemist 3:09

14 "There He Is" 15 "Tryin' ta Win"

Bobby Creekwater Stat Quo

The Alchemist 4:27 The Alchemist 3:52 5:14

16 "Smack That" (Remix) Akon featuring Stat Quo, Bobby Creekwater 17 "Public Enemy #1" 18 "Get Low" 19 "Ski Mask Way" (Eminem Remix) 20 "Shake That" (Remix) Eminem Stat Quo 50 Cent

Mathers, A. Thiam, M. Strange, Resto, Benton, Rogers Akon

Mathers, Resto Benton, Young, D. Parker, Elizondo, T. Moore Jackson, Mathers, Resto, D. Shayman, B. Sigler, R. Tyson, King Mathers, Resto, King, N. Hale, Trice, Rogers

Eminem Dr. Dre Disco D, Eminem Eminem

1:58 3:20 3:03

Eminem, Nate Dogg, Obie Trice, Bobby Creekwater Obie Trice, Kuniva, Bobby Creekwater, Cashis, Stat Quo Eminem Stat Quo

2:59

21 "Cry Now" (Shady Remix) 22 "No Apologies" 23 "Billion Bucks" (Bonus track)

Trice, Moore, Johnson, J. Scott, D. Robey, C. Louis, Campbell, Benton, Johnson, Carlisle, Rogers Mathers, Resto

Witt & Pep

5:12

Eminem L.T. Moe

4:21 3:41

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Samples
"Trapped" samples "Oil Can Harry" by Proof "The Re-Up" contains samples from the composition and sound recording from "In Da Club" as performed by 50 Cent "We Ride For Shady" contains samples from the composition and sound recording "North Face" written by Bobby Heath, Eric Peters and Robert Hunter "There He Is" contains samples from "Las Tentaciones De Georgia" by Fred Bongusto "Cry Now" contains a sample of the recording "Blind Man" by Bobby Blue Bland

Personnel
Dr. Dre - Producer, mixing Jeff Bass keyboards Leslie Brathwaite mixing Tanya Bridges sample clearance Tony Campana engineer, vocal engineer, vocal mixing, vocal recording Dru Castro engineer Sarah Catlett studio coordinator Mike "Dat Nigga Chav" Chavarria engineer Chris Clancy marketing Dennis Dennehy publicity Mike Elizondo keyboards Eminem keyboards, producer, rap, executive producer, mixing, illustrations, cover design, audio production Joshua Fisher marketing coordinator Andrew Flad product manager Nicole Frantz creative assistance Brian Gardner mastering Scott Gutierrez engineer Marcus Heisser A&R Mauricio Iragorri engineer, mixing Steven King bass, guitar, engineer, mixing Marc Labelle A&R Andrew Mains editing Deborah Mannis-Gardner sample clearance Tracy McNew A&R Greg Miller publicity Riggs Morales A&R Alec Newell engineer Dart Parker A&R Dawaun Parker keyboards, producer Oscar "Filtrate" Ramierez engineer Luis Resto keyboards, producer Robert "Roomio" Reyes assistant David Saslow promotions director Les Scurry production coordination, production supervisor

Manny Smith A&R Thomas Pepper keyboards, producer

Eminem Presents: The Re-Up Steve Sola mixing Randy Sosin video producer Joe Vaughn photography Tony Yayo backing vocals

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Certifications
Country Australia Austria Brazil Russia Switzerland Japan Sweden Provider(s) ARIA IFPI ABPD IFPI IFPI RIAJ IFPI Certification Gold [18] Sales/Shipments 35,000 35,000 10,000 20,000 [19]

Gold n/a Platinum Gold n/a Gold 2x Platinum Platinum Gold [22]

15,000 16,451 30,500 [20] [21]

New Zealand RIANZ U.S. U.K. RIAA BPI

30,000 [24] 1,051,508+ 210,000

[23]

[25]

Singles chart positions

Year Song Chart positions Billboard Hot 100 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks Rhythmic Top 40 Pop 100 2006 "You Don't Know" #12 #87 #40 #16 #77

2007 "Jimmy Crack Corn" #101

References
[1] Eminem Releases: Eminem Presents: The Re-Up (http:/ / www. interscope. com/ artist/ releases/ detail. aspx/ pid/ 142/ aid/ 442) Interscope Records [2] Album review (http:/ / www. rollingstone. com/ reviews/ album/ 12640870/ eminem_presents_the_reup) Rolling Stone (2008-06-18). [3] Eminem presents the Re-Up, Now an album (http:/ / stores. musictoday. com/ store/ dept. asp?band_id=82& dept_id=1305& sfid=2). MusicToday. Accessed August 3, 2007 [4] - Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ bbcom/ esearch/ chart_display. jsp?cfi=344& cfgn=Singles& cfn=Bubbling+ Under+ Hot+ 100+ Singles& ci=3082889& cdi=9213469& cid=03/ 24/ 2007''Billboard. com'') [5] SOHH.com - Eminem Delays "Re-Up," Converts Mixtape Into Official Album (http:/ / sohh. com/ articles/ article. php/ 9799) [6] CD Booklet states that cover design and illustration was completed by Eminem despite Bizarre drawing all of it, with additional support by Glenn Josefosky at Chrome Bumper Films [7] Katie Hasty, "Ciara, Eminem, Stefani Overtake The Billboard 200" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ bbcom/ news/ article_display. jsp?vnu_content_id=1003520938), Billboard.com, December 13, 2006. [8] http:/ / www. metacritic. com/ music/ eminem-presents-the-re-up [9] Allmusic review (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r867997) [10] [11] [12] [13] http:/ / www. cduniverse. com/ productinfo. asp?pid=7296824 Okayplayer review (http:/ / www. okayplayer. com/ reviews/ old-reviews/ v_of_a-200701264956/ ) HipHopDX review (http:/ / www. hiphopdx. com/ index/ reviews/ id. 728) IGN review (http:/ / uk. music. ign. com/ articles/ 748/ 748960p1. html)

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[14] RapReviews review (http:/ / www. rapreviews. com/ archive/ 2006_12_thereup. htws/ album/ 12640870/ eminem_presents_the_reup) [15] Sputnikmusic review (http:/ / www. sputnikmusic. com/ album. php?albumid=18597) [16] http:/ / music. moldova. org/ news/ ciara-eminem-gwen-stefani-overtake-billboard-200-21528-eng. html [17] CD booklet states list of composers in each song's details. [18] "ARIA Charts - Albums Chart" (http:/ / www. ariacharts. com. au/ pages/ charts_display. asp?chart=1A50). ARIA. Retrieved July 1, 2007. [19] http:/ / 2m-online. ru/ gold_n_platinum/ detail. php?COUNTRY=5076 [20] French sales (http:/ / fanofmusic. free. fr/ ParcoursAlbum-G. php). [21] (http:/ / swisscharts. com/ search_certifications. asp?search=gwen+ stefani). [22] "RIANZ July 2 2007, Top Albums Chart" (http:/ / www. rianz. org. nz/ rianz/ chart. asp). Charts.org.nz. Retrieved July 8, 2007. [23] "Shipments" (http:/ / www. riaa. com/ goldandplatinumdata. php?resultpage=1& table=SEARCH_RESULTS& action=& title=Eminem Presents& artist=& format=ALBUM& debutLP=& category=& sex=& releaseDate=& requestNo=& type=& level=& label=& company=& certificationDate=& awardDescription=& catalogNo=& aSex=& rec_id=& charField=& gold=& platinum=& multiPlat=& level2=& certDate=& album=& id=& after=& before=& startMonth=1& endMonth=1& startYear=1958& endYear=2008& sort=Artist& perPage=25) [24] Hope, Clover; Chery, Carl (June 2009). "For the Record". XXL magazine: 6872. [25] (http:/ / www. chart-refugees. com/ index. php?showtopic=48553).

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The Slim Shady EP
The Slim Shady EP
EP by Eminem Released Recorded Genre Length Label Producer December 16, 1997 1996-1997 Hip hop 36:39 Web Entertainment Jeff & Mark Bass (exec.) Mr. Porter, DJ Head, Kuniva, DJ Rec Eminem chronology

Infinite (1996)

The Slim Shady EP (1997)

The Slim Shady LP (1999)

Singles from The Slim Shady EP

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

"Just Don't Give a Fuck"

Released: December 10, 1997

"Just The Two Of Us"

Released: February 12, 1998

"If I Had"
Released: May 29, 1998

"Murder, Murder"
Released: November 15, 1998

"Low, Down & Dirty"

Released: January 1, 1999

Professional ratings Review scores

Source Allmusic Sputnikmusic XXL Rating [1] [2] (L) [3]

The Slim Shady EP is a debut EP by American rapper Eminem, released on the Detroit-based record label Web Entertainment in 1997. The Slim Shady EP was released on cassette, vinyl, and CD (the vinyl and CD versions were released in '98, most likely because Eminem did not have the money to press them all at that time).

The Slim Shady EP Eminem first introduced his "Slim Shady" persona on this EP, and his lyrics are a marked departure from those found on Infinite, featuring constant references to drug use, sexual acts, mental instability, and over-the-top violence. Another departure was his exploration of more serious themes of dealing with poverty, his direct and self-deprecating response to criticism, and of marital and family difficulties. His flow is also noticeably different than on Infinite; whereas critics claimed he sounded too much like Nas and AZ on that album. Eminem also began utilizing story telling on this EP. The production value of the music on the tracks from previous collaborators DJ Head, The Bass Brothers, and Mr. Porter was also noticeably higher than on prior album efforts. Unlike Infinite, The Slim Shady EP gained Eminem significant underground attention and eventually garnered the interest of famous West Coast hip-hop producer Dr. Dre, who subsequently signed Eminem to his fledgling Aftermath label, and executive-produced his breakthrough major-label debut The Slim Shady LP.

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Album cover
The album cover depicts the opening intro as well as the first track, in which Slim Shady (a character which Eminem apparently "killed" in the past) dead awakens Eminem and orders him to look in the mirror to see that he is "nothing without him". Eminem resists and screams in the background while Slim Shady yells back and laughs at Eminem's horror. By the second track, Eminem and Slim Shady become the same person. Eminem is also ordered by "Slim Shady" to look into the mirror, and the sound of glass breaking is heard, alluding once again to the cover.

Promotional releases
Web Entertainment released a promotional version of The Slim Shady EP in the Fall of 1997 at a show at "The Viper Room" on Detroit's eastside. It was a four-track cassette. The four songs on the cassette were, "Just Don't Give A Fuck", "Murder, Murder", "Just The Two Of Us", "Low Down, Dirty". These cassettes were handed out for free by Eminem at local Detroit Hip Hop shows, as well as at the infamous Rap Olympics in 1997.

Unsigned Hype
Eminem was featured in the March 1998 edition of The Source magazine's (#102), "Unsigned Hype" column. The author of the column highlighted two tracks from Eminem's The Slim Shady EP; "Just The Two Of Us," and "Murder, Murder." The column was written about a month or two prior to Eminem's record deal with Aftermath Entertainment but wasn't published until March 1998. Later in Eminem's career, he beefed with Benzino, the co-owner of the magazine.

Track listing
# 1 2 "Intro" (Slim Shady) "Low Down, Dirty" Title Producer(s) Eminem Mr. Porter, Kuniva DJ Rec Mr. Porter "I Don't Give a Fuck" by 2Pac Samples Time 1:08 "Soopaman Luva 3" by Redman 4:44 "One More Chance" (Remix) by Notorious B.I.G. 4:07 4:01 0:36 DJ Head "Just the Two of Us" by Grover Washington, Jr. "Wildflower" by Hank Crawford 4:20 4:59

3 4 5 6 7

"If I Had" "Just Don't Give a Fuck" "Mommy" (skit) "Just the Two of Us"

"No One's Iller" (feat. Swifty, Bizarre, Fuzz Scoota) DJ Head

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DJ Rec "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" by Paul Simon "Outlaw" by 2Pac "No One's Iller" by Eminem "SlaughtaHouse" by Masta Ace 4:41

"Murder, Murder"

"If I Had..." (Radio Edit)

DJ Rec Mr. Porter

4:03 4:04

10 "Just Don't Give a Fuck" (Radio Edit)

References
[1] http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ the-slim-shady-ep-r608802 [2] link (http:/ / www. sputnikmusic. com/ album. php?albumid=10849) [3] XXL (2007). "Retrospective: XXL Albums". XXL Magazine, December 2007 issue.

Straight from the Lab

Straight from the Lab
Mixtape by Eminem Released November 7, 2003 Genre Length Label Midwest hip hop, hardcore hip hop, political hip hop 33:45 [1] Bootleg (United States) Universal Music (Europe)

Professional ratings Review scores

Source Allmusic Sputnikmusic Rating [2] [3]

Straight from the Lab is a mixtape released by American rapper Eminem. The album was originally made available as a seven-track bootleg mixtape in the United States, before being issued officially as a sixteen-track compilation album by Universal Music in Europe on November 7, 2003. The album was plagued with numerous glitches in both mixtape and compilation form.

Background
The song "We Are Americans" was later retitled "We As Americans", shortened by approximately 20 seconds, and included on the bonus disc on the special edition of Encore. "Love You More" also appears on the bonus disc. "Come On In" was later retitled "Six in the Morning", and was used on D12's second studio album, D12 World. "Bully" is a diss track, aimed at rappers Benzino, Irv Gotti and Ja Rule. "Can-I-Bitch" samples Slick Rick's song "Children's Story" in the first verse. "Can-I-Bitch" is also a play on the title of Canibus's first album, entitled Can-I-Bus. "Hailie's Revenge" is sometimes referred as "Do Rae Me", and is a comeback to Ja Rule's song "Loose Change".[4]

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Track listing
No. Title 1. "Monkey See, Monkey Do" 2. "We Are Americans" 3. "Love You More" 4. "Can-I-Bitch" 5. "Bully" 6. "Come on In" (featuring D12) Producer(s) Eminem Eminem, L. Resto Dr. Dre, Eminem, L. Resto Mike Elizondo Eminem Eminem Length 3:40 4:59 4:56 5:06 5:17 4:34 5:14

7. "Hailie's Revenge" (featuring D12 and Obie Trice) Kon Artis

European Bonus Tracks No. Title 8. "The Kids" 9. "Stimulate" 10. "Explosion" 11. "The Conspiracy"

[5] Producer(s) Bass Brothers, Eminem Eminem Eminem Bass Brothers, Eminem Length 5:03 3:50 4:32 5:20 5:03 4:03 3:55 5:42 4:02

12. "Bump Heads" (featuring 50 Cent and Tony Yayo) (DJ Green Lantern Remix) DJ Green Lantern 13. "Lose Yourself" (Drum & Bass Remix) 14. "Cleanin' Out My Closet" (Drum & Bass Remix) 15. "(God Is) Cleanin' Out My Closet" (Religious Remix) 16. "Real 911" Eminem, Luis Resto, Jeff Bass Eminem, Luis Resto, Jeff Bass Eminem, Luis Resto, Jeff Bass Eminem

References
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] Straight from the Lab is bootleg (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r688284) Allmusic review (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r688284) Sputnikmusic review (http:/ / www. sputnikmusic. com/ album. php?albumid=8740) Straight from the Lab album review (http:/ / www. sputnikmusic. com/ review/ 32255/ Eminem-Straight-From-the-Lab/ ) http:/ / www. eminem-music. nl/ discography/ albums/ straight-from-the-lab-ep

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The Singles
The Singles International Singles
Box set by Eminem Released December 23, 2003

Recorded 19992003 Genre Label Hip hop Shady, Aftermath, Interscope [1]

Producer Bass Brothers, Dr. Dre, DJ Mark the 45 King, Eminem, Luis Resto, Sway & King Tech Eminem compilation chronology

The Singles (2003)

Curtain Call: The Hits (2005)

The Singles, released under the name of International Singles outside of the United States, is a box set of CD singles released by American rapper Eminem in 2003. The set consists of ten singles,[2] each one containing different remixes, B-sides and music videos, along with the main title tracks. Two editions of the box exist; both contain the same tracklisting, must contain a slightly different arrangement..[3][4]

Track listing
Disc 1[2] 1. "My Name Is" (Slim Shady Radio Edit) - 5.16 2. "My Name Is" (Explicit Version) - 4.37 3. "My Name Is" (Instrumental) - 4.37 Disc 2 1. 2. 3. 4. "Guilty Conscience" (Radio Version With Gunshots) - 3.22 "Guilty Conscience" (Album Version) - 3.23 "Guilty Conscience" (A Cappella) - 4.10 "My Name Is" (Music Video) - 5.16

Disc 3 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. "The Real Slim Shady" (Radio Edit) - 4.08 "Bad Influence" - 3.03 "The Real Slim Shady" (Instrumental) - 4.08 "My Fault" (Pizza Mix) - 3.36 "Just Don't Give A Fuck" (Music Video) - 4.03

Disc 4 1. "The Way I Am" (Unedited Version) - 5.35 2. "The Kids" (Unedited Version) - 5.52 3. "97' Bonnie & Clyde" - 4.26 4. "Steve Berman" (Skit) - 1.28

The Singles 5. "The Way I Am" (Music Video) - 4.46 Disc 5 1. 2. 3. 4. "Stan" (Radio Edit) - 5.37 "Guilty Conscience" (Radio Version with Gunshots) - 7.25 "Hazardous Youth" (A Cappella) - 3.23 "Get You Mad" - 3.10

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Disc 6 1. 2. 3. 4. "Without Me" 4.16 "The Way I Am" (Danny Lohner Remix) - 6.47 "Without Me" (A Cappella) - 3.54 "Without Me" (Instrumental) - 4.16

Disc 7 1. 2. 3. 4. "Cleanin' Out My Closet" - 3.54 "Stimulate" - 3.34 "Cleanin' Out My Closet" (Instrumental) - 3.54 "Cleanin' Out My Closet" (Music Video) - 3.54

Disc 8 1. 2. 3. 4. "Sing for the Moment" - 4.23 "Rabbit Run" - 3.52 "Sing for the Moment" (Instrumental) - 4.23 "Sing for the Moment" (Music Video) - 4.23

Disc 9 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. "Lose Yourself" - 4.26 "Lose Yourself" (Instrumental) - 4.26 "Renegade" (with Jay-Z) - 4.34 "Lose Yourself" (Music Video) - 4.26 8 Mile (Trailer) - 2.27

Disc 10 1. 2. 3. 4. "Business" - 5.16 "Bump Heads" (feat. G-Unit) - 4.36 "Business" (A Cappella) - 4.38 "Business" (Live Video) - 5.43

Disc 11 1. "Wanksta" (Eminem's Version) - 3.48

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Credits
Luis Resto[5] Keyboards, Programming, Producer Barbara Wilson Vocals (Background) Michelle Lynn Forbes Assistant Engineer Conesha Owens Vocals (Background) Jay-Z Vocals King Tech Producer, Executive Producer, Guest Appearance Danny Lohner Remixing Tom Coster, Jr. Keyboards Mark Bass Producer, Executive Producer, Engineer Mike Elizondo Bass, Keyboards, Guitar Paul "Bunyan" Rosenberg Video Director Stretch Armstrong Editing Jack McCrone Assistant Engineer Eminem Vocals, Producer, Guest Appearance, Video Director, Mixing, Drum Programming DJ Revolution Turntables, Guest Appearance Alex Reverberi Assistant Engineer DJ Green Lantern Mixing Sway Executive Producer, Guest Appearance DJ Head Drum Programming Mel Man Producer Urban Kris Assistant Engineer

The Singles Michael Strange Jr. Engineer, Assistant Engineer Tony Yayo Vocals, Guest Appearance Lloyd Banks Vocals, Guest Appearance Ron Feemster Keyboards Bob Canero Assistant Engineer Shy Felder Vocals (Background) Mark Avery Narrator, Mixing Engineer The 45 King & Louie Producer Marilyn Manson Guest Appearance Jeff Bass Bass, Producer, Executive Producer, Guitar, Keyboards Dido Vocals, Guest Appearance Brian Gardner Mastering Richard Huredia Engineer, Mixing Engineer Steven King Engineer, Drum Programming, Mixing, Mixing Engineer Joe Perry Guitar, Soloist

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References
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] Billboard listing (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ bbcom/ discography/ more. jsp?tp=others& pid=315925& aid=944213) The Singles (http:/ / www. smokecds. com/ cd/ 34168) International Singles (http:/ / shop. vh1. com/ International-Singles--Box-Set-_stcVVproductId2834945VVviewprod. htm) VH1.com Track list (http:/ / www. amazon. com/ dp/ tracks/ B00012MLFY) Amazon.com Credit listing (http:/ / www. artistdirect. com/ nad/ store/ artist/ album/ 0,,2787975,00. html)

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Hell: The Sequel

Hell: The Sequel
EP by Bad Meets Evil Released Recorded Genre Length June 14, 2011 20102011 Hip hop 37:18 46:07 (deluxe edition) Shady, Interscope Eminem (also exec.), Mr. Porter (also exec.), Havoc, Magnedo7, Supa Dups, Jason "JG" Gilbert, Sid Roams, Bangladesh, Sonti "branNu" Brown, The Smeezingtons, Battle Roy, Tony "56" Jackson, DJ Khalil Eminem chronology

Label Producer

Recovery (2010)

Hell: The Sequel (2011)

Royce da 5'9" chronology

Street Hop (2009)

Hell: The Sequel (2011)

Success Is Certain (2011)

Singles from Hell: The Sequel 1. 2.

"Fast Lane"
Released: May 3, 2011

"Lighters"
Released: July 5, 2011

Hell: The Sequel is the debut extended play by Bad Meets Evil, an American hip hop duo composed of Royce da 5'9" and Eminem. It was released on June 13, 2011 in some countries by Shady Records and Interscope Records and on June 14, 2011 in the United States.[1][2] The EP focuses on hardcore hip hop and midwest hip hop. Songs such as "Welcome 2 Hell", "Above the Law" & "Loud Noises" feature violent lyrical content while trying to maintain a humorous tone. "Fast Lane", "A Kiss" & "The Reunion" feature sexual themes - "I'm on Everything" is a humorous song about drugs, while "Lighters" & "Take From Me" feature focus on more serious themes such as success and stealing music on the internet. The EP's title and artwork was revealed sometime in May. It features executive producers Eminem and Mr. Porter, with production from Bangladesh, DJ Khalil, Sid Roams, Havoc, The Smeezingtons, and Supa Dups amongst others. Following the reunion of the duo, recording began in late 2010, when two tracks, "Living Proof" and "Echo" having leaked onto the Internet. The first single, "Fast Lane", released on May 3, 2011, was considered a highlight from the EP, while the second single, "Lighters", was met with mixed reviews. Hell: The Sequel was met with positive reception. Critics favored the chemistry between Eminem and Royce da 5'9" and their rapping ability as well. The EP debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart with sales of 171,000, being only the third EP in Billboard history (after Alice in Chains' Jar of Flies in 1994 and Jay-Z and Linkin Park's Collision Course in 2004) to top the Billboard Hot 200.

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Background
I'm excited to see this project come to fruition considering the long lapse in time between when we worked before and now. We had a blast doing it and we just hope everyone enjoys it while we're working on the 'Monster' that will be the Slaughterhouse album. Royce da 5'9",
[3]

The duo also collaborated on their 1999 12-inch single "Nuttin' to Do" along with several other collaborations released the same year.[4] However, as D12 rose to fame in the early 2000s, Eminem and Royce had a falling out resulting in both sides going their separate ways. The feud turned into a public rivalry between Royce and D12 and lead to Royce releasing three diss tracks aimed at the group. After disses were exchanged from both sides, Royce and fallen D12 member Proof reconciled their differences before Proof's death in 2006. Two years later, Royce was featured on D12's mixtape Return of the Dozen Vol. 1 in 2008 and also joined the group on tour in Europe and Canada. Rumors of Royce and Slaughterhouse signing to Shady Records began in late 2009 when Royce, Joell Ortiz, Crooked I, and Joe Budden appeared alongside Eminem in Drake's "Forever" video.[5] After months of speculation and anticipation, Eminem announced in January 2011 that he had officially signed Slaughterhouse to Shady Records as the full report was made in the March cover-story for XXL Magazine.[6] The EP took over the course of 6 months, according to an interview with Eminem on his radio channel, Shade 45.[7] Two songs titled "Echo" and "Living Proof" were leaked onto the Internet in November 2010, causing speculation among fans about an upcoming Bad Meets Evil project: on April 25, 2011, the EP was confirmed, and on May 2, Eminem announced the EP's title Hell: The Sequel.[8] The two songs will, however, be included as bonus tracks on the deluxe version of the album.[9][10] The title is a direct reference to a previous Eminem and Royce collaboration, "Bad Meets Evil" on The Slim Shady LP as they end the song by saying "This is what happens when bad meets evil, see you in hell for the sequel." Royce da 5'9" stated that he reached out to Eminem for his next single "Writer's Block", and they started working on a project together.[11] The album features production from Mr. Porter, Havoc, Bangladesh, The Smeezingtons, Supa Dups and Sid Roams.[12] Bruno Mars, Slaughterhouse and Mike Epps appear as guest artists.

Singles
"Fast Lane" was released on May 3, 2011 as the lead single from the EP through digital distribution.[13] The music video, directed by James Larese, premiered June 8, 2011 on Bad Meets Evil's website and VEVO.[14] Along with "Lighters", the song made its live performance debut at the 2011 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival. It was considered by many as the highlight of the festival.[15] "Lighters" impacted Top 40/Mainstream radio on July 5, 2011.[16] The song features American recording artist Bruno Mars. Lighters has peaked at number four on Billboard Hot 100 list. Along with "Fast Lane", the song was performed at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival. The music video was directed by Rich Lee, who previously shot Eminem's video "Not Afraid". The video premiered on VEVO on August 22, 2011.

Reception
Critical response

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Professional ratings Aggregate scores

Source Metacritic Rating (72/100) [17]

Review scores
Source AllHipHop Allmusic Consequence of Sound Entertainment Weekly HipHopDX IGN PopMatters RapReviews Rolling Stone XXL (8/10) (6/10) (B+) [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] Rating (9/10) [18] [19] [20]

(7.5/10)

Upon its release, Hell: The Sequel received positive reviews from most music critics.[28] At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 72, based on 14 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[28] HipHopDX gave the album a 4 out of 5, Alex Thornton quoted that "Eminem and Royce Da 5'9" are perfectly capable of standing on their own, but its clear that even after all these years, they inspire something special in each other. They may have gone through Hell separately but it's Hip-Hop Heaven when theyre together."[22] RapReviews gave the album a 7.5 out of 10, and the author Jesal Padania praised the album for its clever lyrics stating that "this is a few tracks of two old friends having fun, egging each other on lyrically and, for the most part, it works well."[25] Wannop also favors the chemistry between Royce and Eminem. The EP got a B+ from Kyle Anderson of Entertainment Weekly, who focused primarily on Eminem's performance in the tracks, calling it a reminder to the world "that Eminem remains one of the best rappers alive."[21] Even though, to Anderson, the EP is not much of an improvement from Recovery, he favors the intensity of the rapping by the pair. Anderson also noted that Royce da 5'9" is a "lyrical beast" in the album. XXL Magazine editor Carl Chery gave a positive review for Hell: The Sequel. The lyrics were praised, getting a 4 out of 5. Chery favors the change of styles throughout the EP; "I'm on Everything" is referred to as "a comical track that name checks every drug and liquor brand imaginable"[27] while "Lighters", featuring Bruno Mars, is "is another break from the typical vicious lyrical assault." Allmusic gave 3.5 stars out of 5, favoring Royce's growth and improvement as a rapper.[27] Billboard also gave a positive review, saying that "Fast Lane" and "Lighters" were the highlights of the EP.[29] Chad Grischow from IGN Entertainment gave the EP an 8 out of 10, saying, "The high-powered pair sporadically delivers on the promise of their collaboration over the nine-track EP, but for most of the effort the two take turns owning songs while the other comes off clunky."[23] The track and lead single "Fast Lane" was favored, stating that the duo "deliver explosive, live-wire flows that make it hard to ignore how great they sound together". Grischow also favored Slaughterhouse's appearance in the album. Bruno Mars' guest appearance was criticized, however, calling it "the strangest of the set".

Hell: The Sequel However, music website Consequence of Sound gave a mixed review. Writer Winston Robbins claims to be disappointed to see the return of Eminem's use of crude humour, as it was negatively received in the past. He states that the EP is a "step back for both rappers." [20] He especially dislikes the production in the EP, calling it "predictable" and occasionally "silly".

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Commercial performance
Hell: The Sequel debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart with sales of 171,000.[30][31][32] On its second week, the EP managed to sell 63,000 copies to have a total of 234,000 copies.[33][34] On August 18, 2011, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipping over 500,000 copies.[35] As of December 2011, the album has sold 641,000 copies in the US.[36][37] The EP also debuted at number one on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling 21,000 copies in its first week.[38] This makes Eminem the first artist in five years to have two number one albums in a 12-month period: Hell: The Sequel and Recovery.[39]

Track listing
No. Title 1. "Welcome 2 Hell" 2. "Fast Lane" Writer(s) Producer(s) Length 2:57 4:09

Marshall Mathers, Ryan Montgomery, Kejuan Muchita, Michael Crawford Havoc, Magnedo7* Mathers, Montgomery, Luis Resto, Dwayne Quee, Jason Gilbert, Sly Jordan Mathers, Montgomery, Resto, Joey Chavez, Tavis Graham, Andre Young, Mark Batson, Dawaun Parker, Trevor Lawrence, Mike Elizondo, Sean Cruse Mathers, Montgomery, Denaun Porter, Tony Jackson, Claret Jackson, J. Williams, P. Zora Mathers, Montgomery, Porter, Tony Jackson Supa Dups, Eminem*, JG* Sid Roams, Eminem*

3. "The Reunion"

4:50

4. "Above the Law"

Mr. Porter

3:29

5. "I'm on Everything" (featuring Mike Epps) 6. "A Kiss"

Mr. Porter

4:31

Mathers, Montgomery, Shondrae Crawford, Sonti Brown

Mr. Bangladesh, BranNu Eminem, The Smeezingtons, Battle Roy Mr. Porter, 56*

4:34 5:03

7. "Lighters" (featuring Bruno Mathers, Montgomery, Peter Hernandez, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Mars) Roy Battle 8. "Take from Me" 9. "Loud Noises" (featuring Slaughterhouse) Mathers, Montgomery, Porter, Jackson, C. Jackson

3:25 4:20

Mathers, Montgomery, Joe Budden, Joell Ortiz, Dominic Wickliffe, Porter, Mr. Porter, Eminem* Jackson, Resto

Deluxe edition bonus tracks No. Title 10. "Living Proof" 11. "Echo" Writer(s) Mathers, Montgomery, Porter, Jackson, James Brown Producer(s) Length Mr. Porter 3:55

Mathers, Montgomery, Khalil Rahman, Erik Alcock, Danny Tannenbaum, Liz Rodrigues, Columbus Smith

DJ Khalil

4:55

(*) denotes co-producer

Sample credits "Loud Noises" contains a sample from Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. "Living Proof" contains a sample of "Funky Drummer (Parts 1 & 2)" as written and performed by James Brown. Additional vocals "Fast Lane" contains additional vocals by Sly Jordan in the chorus.

Hell: The Sequel "Above the Law" and "Take from Me" contain additional vocals by Claret Jai in the chorus. "Echo" contains additional vocals by Liz Rodriguez.

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Personnel
Credits adapted from Allmusic.[40]
Erik Alcock - composer, guitarist Mac Attkisson - engineering Battle Roy - producer, composer Bruno Mars - vocals, producer, composer, songwriter Sam Beaubien - Trumpet D. Brown - Composer Saunti "braNu" Brown - additional producer Joey Chavez - composer, engineering Bangladesh - producer, composer Sean Cruse - Composer DJ Khalil - producer, drum programming Eminem - songwriter, additional Producer, executive Producer, mixing, producer Mike Epps - Vocals Brian "Big Bass" Gardner - mastering Jason "JG" Gilbert - Keyboards, co-producer, additional backing vocals Tavis Graham - composer Danny Hastings - Photography Tony "56" Jackson - Songwriting, keyboards, co-producer Claret Jai - songwriter, vocals Joe Strange - assistant engineering Sly Jordan - songwriter, composer, vocals Justin Jozwiak - saxophone Philip Lawrence - composer, producer Trevor Lawrence - composer Ari Levine - composer, engineering, producer Magnedo7 - composer, co-producer Deborah Mannis-Gardner - sample clearance Matt Martinez - trombone, trombone (bass) Alex Merzin - engineering Royce da 5'9" - songwriter, composer Mr. Porter - Mixer, executive producer, producer, composer Kejuan Muchita - composer Joell Ortiz - composer Dawaun Parker - composer Supa Dups - producer, arranging, drum programming, producer, additional backing vocals Luis Resto - Keyboards, composer Liz Rodriguez - vocals Mike Saputo - art director, design Sid Roams - producer Columbus Smith (Rahki) - composer Mike Strange - mixer, engineering Danny Tannenbaum - Keyboards, composer Crooked I - composer

Charts
Year-end charts
Chart (2011) Canadian Albums Chart Swiss Albums Chart US Billboard 200 [41] Position 17 89 41 [44] 11

[42]

[43]

US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

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Weekly chart peaks

Chart (2011) Peak position 3 15 72 [48] [49] 25 15 5 [51] 14 7 1 [54] 1 1 1

Australian Albums Chart Irish Albums Chart [46]

[45]

Italian Albums Chart

[47]

Netherlands Albums Chart

New Zealand Albums Chart Swiss Albums Chart [50]

Taiwanese Albums Chart UK Albums Chart US Billboard 200 [52]

[53]

US Billboard Tastemaker Albums Chart

[55] US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums US Billboard Top Rap Albums [55]

Release history
Region Germany [56] [57] June 14, 2011 June 17, 2011 Universal Music Date Format Label

June 13, 2011 CD, digital download Universal Music Shady Records, Interscope Records

United Kingdom United States Australia [59] [60]

[58]

Netherlands Japan [61] [62] [63]

June 22, 2011 July 12, 2011 July 24, 2011

Brazil

Poland

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Singles
"Just Don't Give a Fuck"
"Just Don't Give a Fuck"
Singleby Eminem from the album The Slim Shady EP and The Slim Shady LP B-side Released Format Recorded Genre Length Label Producer "Brain Damage" August 17, 1998 CD, cassette, vinyl, digital download 1996 Horrorcore 4:02 Aftermath, Interscope Marky & Jeff Bass Eminem Eminem singles chronology

"Just Don't Give a Fuck" (1998)

"My Name Is" (1999)

"Just Don't Give a Fuck" (known as "Just Don't Give" in the clean version of The Slim Shady LP) is a song by American rapper Eminem. The original version of this track was on Eminem's independent demo release The Slim Shady EP. The song did not do well as a single in the charts but was included on Eminem's second studio album The Slim Shady LP with a different instrumental, once he signed to Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment.

Lyrical content
Some of the song's lyrics started disputes with other rappers, including Everlast, Miilkbone and Vanilla Ice. All three artists made a few insulting tracks against Eminem. Miilkbone released "Dear Slim" and "Presenting Miilkbone" and Vanilla Ice released "Exhale" and "Hip Hop Rules" (both from his album Bi-Polar released in 2001). However, Eminem never responded to them.[1] Eminem mentions Vanilla Ice in some tracks (For example "Marshall Mathers" and "Role Model"), but Miilkbone is never again mentioned, except for one interview made in 1999.[2]

Music video
The black-and-white video, interspersed with some color, is set in a trailer park in the summer. Its scenes do not seem to connect with one another. It begins with a boy trying to steal food from a kitchen table. The older woman stops him. The boy returns as an adult (Eminem) and chokes the woman. In one version, the video shows him beating her and throwing her on a bed, possibly dead at this point. The video also includes scenes of people drinking and swimming in a pool. The car from the cover artwork appears in the video. Additional scenes include aliens, a

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Track listing
CD single
No. Title 1. "Just Don't Give a Fuck" (album version) 2. "Brain Damage" Writer(s)
J. Bass, M. Bass, M. Mathers

Producer(s) Bass Brothers, Eminem Bass Brothers

Length 4:02 3:47

J. Bass, M. Mathers

Digital download / Maxi CD single / 12" Vinyl single

No. Title 1. "Just Don't Give a Fuck" (album version) 2. "Just Don't Give a Fuck" (clean version) 3. "Just Don't Give a Fuck" (instrumental) 4. "Just Don't Give a Fuck" (a capella) 5. "Brain Damage" Writer(s)
J. Bass, M. Bass, M. Mathers

Producer(s) Bass Brothers, Eminem Bass Brothers, Eminem Bass Brothers, Eminem

Length 4:02 4:03 4:02 3:41 3:47

J. Bass, M. Bass, M. Mathers

J. Bass, M. Bass, M. Mathers

J. Bass, M. Bass, M. Mathers Bass Brothers, Eminem

J. Bass, M. Mathers

Bass Brothers

Charts
Chart (1998) Peak Position [3] 14 62 5

US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard) US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) US Rap Songs (Billboard) [5] [4]

References
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External links
"Just Don't Give a Fuck" Music Video (censored) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIQWRHJq_kE) on YouTube

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"My Name Is"

"My Name Is"
Singleby Eminem from the album The Slim Shady LP Released Format Recorded Genre Length Label Producer February 23, 1999 CD August-September 1998 Comedy hip hop 4:28 Aftermath, Interscope Dr. Dre Eminem singles chronology

"Just Don't Give a Fuck" (1998)

"My Name Is" (1999)

"Role Model" (1999)

Curtain Call: The Hits track listing

"The Way I Am" (3)

"My Name Is" (4)

"Stan" (feat. Dido) (5)

"My Name Is" is a song by Eminem released in 1999. It is the debut single overall from his major label debut album, The Slim Shady LP. The song was ranked at #26 on "VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the 90's".[1] "My Name Is" also was ranked #6 on Q Magazine's "1001 Best Songs Ever".[2] Debuting on January 21, 1999, the My Name Is music video eventually reached the #1 position on MTV's Total Request Live (TRL), making Eminem the first rapper to reach the top spot.[3]

Other versions
Producer Dr. Dre wanted to use a sample of Labi Siffre's "I Got The ..." for the rhythm track; as revealed in the sleeve notes of the re-mastered CD of the source album, Remember My Song, Siffre, who is openly gay, stated, "attacking two of the usual scapegoats, women and gays, is lazy writing. If you want to do battle, attack the aggressors not the victims." Eminem made lyric changes and Siffre cleared the sample. There are currently three different versions available. The "clean" and "explicit" versions are available on iTunes. There is also another version which is more explicit than the one available on iTunes, released as the B-side to "Lose Yourself" on the CD single. The Explicit version on iTunes contains reverb on the backing vocals (the kids voice) in the beginning of the song while the backing vocals on the clean version does not. During the time the song was released, Eminem and Insane Clown Posse were having a "rap feud". After the release of this song, Insane Clown Posse parodied this song with a song called "Slim Anus".

"My Name Is" "My Name Is" was later re-released in 2005, on Eminem's compilation album, Curtain Call: The Hits. The song is mixed with Jay-Z's song "Izzo (H.O.V.A.)" and Beck's song "Loser" on the video game DJ Hero. Eminem also made a remix of it (using the most explicit version) over the top of AC/DC's "Back In Black".

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Music video
The video begins with a stereotypical southern American couple watching television when they stumble across a show saying "Starring Marshall Mathers". As the music begins, various clips appear on the couple's television, including Eminem's imitation of Bill Clinton, an imitation of a porn star, and others. On April 26, 1999 the My Name Is music video was retired from MTV's Total Request Live after spending 65 days in the Top 10. [4]

Track listing
CD1[5]
No. Title 1. "My Name Is" (clean version) Writer(s)
A. Young, L. Siffre, M. Mathers

Sample(s) Contains a sample of "I Got The" by Labi Siffre Contains a sample of "I Don't Love You" by Millie Jackson Contains a sample of "I Got The" by Labi Siffre Contains a sample of "I Don't Love You" by Millie Jackson Contains a sample of "I Got The" by Labi Siffre Contains a sample of "I Don't Love You" by Millie Jackson

Length 4:28

2. "My Name Is" (explicit version)

A. Young, L. Siffre, M. Mathers

3. "My Name Is" (instrumental)

A. Young, L. Siffre, M. Mathers

4:28

CD2
No. Title 1. "My Name Is" (clean version) Writer(s)
A. Young, L. Siffre, M. Mathers

Sample(s) Contains a sample of "I Got The" by Labi Siffre Contains a sample of "I Don't Love You" by Millie Jackson Contains a sample of "I Got The" by Labi Siffre Contains a sample of "I Don't Love You" by Millie Jackson

Length 4:28

2. "My Name Is" (instrumental)

A. Young, L. Siffre, M. Mathers

4:28

3. "Just Don't Give a Fuck" (clean version)

J. Bass, M. Bass, M. Mathers

Bass Brothers, Eminem

4:02

Awards
Grammy Awards Best Rap Solo Performance

Charts

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Chart (1999)

Peak position 13

Australia (ARIA)

[6] [7] [8]

Austria (3 Austria Top 40)

24 33 38 68

Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) Canada (RPM) [9] [10]

France (SNEP)

Germany (Media Control AG) Ireland (IRMA) [12]

[11]

37 4

Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) New Zealand (RIANZ) Norway (VG-lista) [15] [14]

[13]

12 4 8

Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)

[16] [17] [18]

16 29 2 36 [20] [21] 37 18 10 29

Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)

UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) US Billboard Hot 100 [19]

US Alternative Songs (Billboard)

US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) US Rap Songs (Billboard) US Pop Songs (Billboard) [22]

[23]

References
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] 100 Greatest Songs of the '90s (http:/ / blog. vh1. com/ 2007-12-13/ top-100-songs-of-the-90s/ ) 1001 Best Songs Ever (http:/ / www. rocklistmusic. co. uk/ q1001_songs. htm) http:/ / www. youtube. com/ watch?v=APmaGXtbbJc& feature=player_detailpage#t=53s http:/ / www. youtube. com/ watch?v=APmaGXtbbJc& feature=player_detailpage#t=99s http:/ / www. amazon. co. uk/ My-Name-CD-1-Eminem/ dp/ B00000IO8T/ ref=sr_1_1?s=music& ie=UTF8& qid=1323768480& sr=1-1 "Eminem - Hi! My Name Is" (http:/ / australian-charts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Eminem& titel=Hi!+ My+ Name+ Is& cat=s). australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 1 August, 2011. [7] "Eminem - Hi! My Name Is" (http:/ / austriancharts. at/ showitem. asp?interpret=Eminem& titel=Hi!+ My+ Name+ Is& cat=s) (in German). austriancharts.at. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 1 August, 2011. [8] "Eminem - Hi! My Name Is" (http:/ / www. ultratop. be/ nl/ showitem. asp?interpret=Eminem& titel=Hi!+ My+ Name+ Is& cat=s) (in Dutch). ultratop.be. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 1 August, 2011. [9] "Top Singles - Volume 68, No. 26, April 19 1999" (http:/ / www. collectionscanada. gc. ca/ rpm/ 028020-119. 01-e. php?& file_num=nlc008388. 7452& type=1& interval=50& PHPSESSID=v53kjkk75vpsnvfs5r433okob4). RPM. . Retrieved 1 August, 2011. [10] "Eminem - Hi! My Name Is" (http:/ / lescharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Eminem& titel=Hi!+ My+ Name+ Is& cat=s) (in French). lescharts.com. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 1 August, 2011. [11] "Chartverfolgung / Eminem / Single" (http:/ / musicline. de/ de/ chartverfolgung_summary/ artist/ Eminem/ single) (in German). musicline.de. Media Control Charts. . Retrieved 1 August, 2011. [12] "The Irish Charts - All there is to know" (http:/ / www. irishcharts. ie/ search/ placement) (insert "Eminem" into the "Search by Artist" box, and "My Name Is" into the "Search by Song Title" box). irishcharts.ie. Irish Recorded Music Association. . Retrieved 1 August, 2011.

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[13] "Nederlandse Top 40 week 18, 1999" (http:/ / www. top40. nl/ index. aspx?& jaar=1999& maand=7& week=18) (in Dutch). top40.nl. Dutch Top 40. . Retrieved 1 August, 2011. [14] "Eminem - Hi! My Name Is" (http:/ / charts. org. nz/ showitem. asp?interpret=Eminem& titel=Hi!+ My+ Name+ Is& cat=s). charts.org.nz. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 1 August, 2011. [15] "Eminem - Hi! My Name Is" (http:/ / norwegiancharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Eminem& titel=Hi!+ My+ Name+ Is& cat=s). norwegiancharts.com. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 1 August, 2011. [16] "Eminem - Hi! My Name Is" (http:/ / swedishcharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Eminem& titel=Hi!+ My+ Name+ Is& cat=s). swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 1 August, 2011. [17] "Eminem - Hi! My Name Is" (http:/ / hitparade. ch/ showitem. asp?interpret=Eminem& titel=Hi!+ My+ Name+ Is& cat=s) (in German). hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 1 August, 2011. [18] "Eminem" (http:/ / www. theofficialcharts. com/ artist/ _/ Eminem) (select "View Singles" tab). The Official Charts Company. . Retrieved 28 August, 2011. [19] "Eminem Album & Song Chart History: Hot 100" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ artist/ eminem/ chart-history/ 315925?f=379& g=Singles). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. . Retrieved 1 August, 2011. [20] "Eminem Album & Song Chart History: Alternative Songs" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ artist/ eminem/ chart-history/ 315925?f=377& g=Singles). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. . Retrieved 1 August, 2011. [21] "Eminem Album & Song Chart History: R&B/Hip-Hop Songs" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ artist/ eminem/ chart-history/ 315925?f=367& g=Singles). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. . Retrieved 1 August, 2011. [22] "Eminem > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles" (http:/ / allmusic. com/ artist/ eminem-p347307/ charts-awards/ billboard-singles). Allmusic. Macrovision. . Retrieved 1 August, 2011. [23] http:/ / www. billboard. com/ charts/ hot-100#/ song/ eminem/ my-name-is/ 1636139

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External links
"My Name Is (Dirty Version)" Official music video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDj8kkVwisY) on YouTube

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"Guilty Conscience"
"Guilty Conscience"
Singleby Eminem featuring Dr. Dre from the album The Slim Shady LP Released Format Genre Length Label Producer June 8, 1999 CD Horrorcore, comedy hip hop 3:19 Aftermath, Interscope Dr. Dre and Eminem Eminem singles chronology

"Role Model" (1999)

"Guilty Conscience" (1999)

"Dead Wrong" (1999)

Dr. Dre singles chronology

Zoom (1998)

Guilty Conscience (1999)

Hello (1999)

"Guilty Conscience" is a song released in 1999 by rap artist Eminem featuring his mentor, Dr. Dre. It was the third single from his major label debut album, The Slim Shady LP, also released in 1999. It was also released on his greatest hits album Curtain Call: The Hits.

Song plot
"Guilty Conscience" features a duel between the two rappers playing the roles of good and evil in someone's head in the manner of a medieval morality play (i.e., the angel and devil on a person's shoulders competing for possession of the person's soul). Dr. Dre is the angel; Slim Shady is the devil. The song contains spoken parts and sound effects describing several conflicting scenarios building tension and curiosity. Eminem is generally credited for writing Dre's verses as well as his own. The first verse of the song features the story of Eddie, 23, a frustrated young man about to rob a liquor store. Dre warns Eddie not to go through with it, telling him that the witnesses will report the robbery to the police, that it will be mentioned on the news and Eddie will end up on the most wanted list. Slim Shady urges Eddie to go through with his plan; he tells Eddie to go to his aunts' house and disguise himself so witnesses would not recognize him. Shady uses the poverty of Eddie's family to justify the robbery, and in the unedited version, tries to persuade Eddie to murder the store clerk (whom Dre says is "older than George Burns"). Though in the song alone the end is ambiguous, the music video depicts Eddie ultimately deciding not to go through with the theft and walks away. In the next verse, the 21-year-old Stan takes an underage girl upstairs during a rave party. In the Director's Cut music video, the scene takes place at a fraternity party. Eminem convinces Stan to date-rape the girl despite Dre's protests

"Guilty Conscience" and warnings about jail time for statutory rape. Dre refers to the 1995 movie Kids in which the climax scene shows a teenage boy date-raping a girl who is infected with HIV. In the uncensored version of the song, Slim Shady suggests unprotected sex in an earlier refrain. Shady also references Funkdoobiest front man Son Doobie. In the edited version, the intensity is toned down and Slim suggests leaving the girl passed out on her parents' doorstep. The scene, especially the edited ending version, is reminiscent of a famous scene from the movie Animal House. During the narration of this scene, the song "Hoochie Mama" by 2 Live Crew is heard playing in the background at the party. In the third verse, Grady, a 29-year-old construction worker, comes home to find his wife having sex with another man in bed. In the unedited version, Slim Shady demands that Grady brutally kill his wife. When Dre tries to cut in, Slim tells Grady to leave his wife and take their kids with him, bringing up Dre's violent N.W.A. past accusing him of hypocrisy, including when he says "You gonna take advice from somebody who slapped Dee Barnes?" and again when he says, "Mr. Dre, Mr. N.W.A., Mr. A.K. coming Straight Outta Compton, y'all better make way. How in the fuck are you gonna tell this man not to be violent?" In turn, Dre argues that Grady doesn't need to take the same foolish path Dre himself once took, saying "Been There, Done That". In the end, Shady's taunting pushes Dre into agreeing that Grady should murder both his wife and her lover. This particular ending caused a lot of controversy, especially since it was left in the edited version of the song. This song was referenced multiple times in Eminem's next album, The Marshall Mathers LP.

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Music video
The video for "Guilty Conscience" has a nonstop back-beat with a chorus, unlike the album version, and a different narrator, played by actor Robert Culp. The lyrics in the chorus interpolate those found in the song "I Will Follow Him" by Little Peggy March ("These voices, I hear them. And, when they talk, I'll follow"). The version that aired on MTV eliminated the murder at the end of the song and converted it into an escalating argument between Eminem and Dre with no resolution. The Director's Cut leaves the murder in.[1] The video is produced using the rotoscoping technique, depicting Eminem and Dr. Dre rapping to the song's protagonists on how to deal with their conflicting situations: including a man's temptation to robbing a liquor store, a college student's urge to have sex with an underage girl at a frat party, and the urge of a construction worker to murder his wife after he catches her cheating with another man. Dr. Dre poses as the "good conscience" and wins the first two arguments (Eddie and Stan). However, during the argument over the actions Grady (the construction worker) should take, Eminem's taunting coaxes Dr. Dre into agreeing with him and subsequently suggests that Grady should indeed murder his wife and her lover. The song contains a sample from the Ronald Stein song "Go Home Pigs" from the soundtrack to the film Getting Straight (1970). Eminem later released "Guilty Conscience" on his greatest hits album, Curtain Call: The Hits. The nonstop back-beat and chorus from the music video were only used in the edited version of the song, but the narrator was not changed. The video won the "Hottest Music Video" award at the Online Hip-Hop Awards in 2000.[2][3] The video was listed on MuchMusic's 50 Most Controversial Videos at No. 38 for its promotion on how people get crossed with their consciences.

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Track listing
CD1
No. Title 1. "Guilty Conscience" (feat. Dr. Dre) (Radio Edit - Extra Clean With New Hook) 2. "Guilty Conscience" (feat. Dr. Dre) (Album Version - With New Hook) 3. "'97 Bonnie & Clyde" 4. "Guilty Conscience" (feat. Dr. Dre) (Video)
M. Mathers, A. Young, R. Stein

Writer(s)
M. Mathers, A. Young, R. Stein

Sample(s) Contains a sample of "Go Home Pigs" by Ronald Stein Contains a sample of "Go Home Pigs" by Ronald Stein

Length 3:19

M. Mathers, A. Young, R. Stein

4:27

Contains a sample of "Go Home Pigs" by Ronald Stein

3:19

CD2
No. Title 1. "Guilty Conscience" (feat. Dr. Dre) (Radio Edit - Extra Clean With New Hook) 2. "Guilty Conscience" (feat. Dr. Dre) (Instrumental) Writer(s)
M. Mathers, A. Young, R. Stein

Sample(s) Contains a sample of "Go Home Pigs" by Ronald Stein Contains a sample of "Go Home Pigs" by Ronald Stein Contains a sample of "I Got The" by Labi Siffre Contains a sample of "I Don't Love You" by Millie Jackson Contains a sample of "I Got The" by Labi Siffre Contains a sample of "I Don't Love You" by Millie Jackson

Length 3:19

M. Mathers, A. Young, R. Stein

3:19

3. "My Name Is" (clean version)

A. Young, L. Siffre, M. Mathers

4:28

4. "My Name Is" (video)

A. Young, L. Siffre, M. Mathers

4:28

Charts
Chart (1999) Peak position 97 [5] 40 12 [7] 21 25 [9] 5 56

France (SNEP)

[4]

Germany (Media Control Charts) Ireland (IRMA) [6]

Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)

[8]

UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)

[10]

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References
[1] [2] [3] [4] Video clip (http:/ / www. youtube. com/ watch?v=Xbw_BxDwdjk) on YouTube http:/ / www. nyrock. com/ worldbeat/ 04_2000/ 041400. asp http:/ / web. archive. org/ web/ 20000617074920/ http:/ / onlinehiphopawards. com/ list_winners. cfm "Eminem feat. Dr. Dre - Guilty Conscience" (http:/ / lescharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Eminem+ feat. + Dr. + Dre& titel=Guilty+ Conscience& cat=s) (in French). lescharts.com. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 31 July, 2011. [5] "Eminem feat. Dr.Dre, Guilty Conscience" (http:/ / charts. de/ song. asp?artist=Eminem+ feat. + Dr. + Dre& title=Guilty+ Conscience& cat=s& country=de) (in German). charts.de. Media Control Charts. . Retrieved 31 July, 2011. [6] "The Irish Charts - All there is to know" (http:/ / www. irishcharts. ie/ search/ placement) (insert "Eminem" into the "Search by Artist" box, or insert "Guilty Conscience" into the "Search by Song Title" box). irishcharts.ie. Irish Recorded Music Association. . Retrieved 31 July, 2011. [7] "Nederlandse Top 40 week 33, 1999" (http:/ / www. top40. nl/ index. aspx?& jaar=1999& maand=7& week=33) (in Dutch). top40.nl. Dutch Top 40. . Retrieved 31 July, 2011. [8] "Eminem feat. Dr. Dre - Guilty Conscience" (http:/ / swedishcharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Eminem+ feat. + Dr. + Dre& titel=Guilty+ Conscience& cat=s). swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 31 July, 2011. [9] "Eminem" (http:/ / www. theofficialcharts. com/ artist/ _/ Eminem) (select "View Singles" tab). The Official Charts Company. . Retrieved 28 August, 2011. [10] "Eminem Album & Song Chart History: R&B/Hip-Hop Songs" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ artist/ eminem/ chart-history/ 315925?f=367& g=Singles). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. . Retrieved 31 July, 2011.

External links
"Guilty Conscience" Official music video (Director's Cut) (https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=Xbw_BxDwdjk) on YouTube

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"Nuttin' to Do"
"Nuttin' to Do"
Singleby Bad Meets Evil Released November 1, 1999

Recorded 1999 Genre Length Label Midwest hip hop, hardcore hip hop 34:42 Game Recordings

Producer Red Spyda, The Alchemist Bad Meets Evil singles chronology

"Nuttin' to Do" (1999)

"Fast Lane" (2011)

"Nuttin' to Do" / "Scary Movies" is the first single by hip hop duo Bad Meets Evil, composed of Detroit rappers Eminem and Royce da 5'9", released on November 1, 1999 by Game Recordings. A year later, Bad Meets Evil would break up and Eminem and Royce da 5'9" would go on to work with D12 and Slaughterhouse respectively. None of the songs were ever released on a full length studio album, but "Nuttin' To Do" was released on one of Eminem's mixtapes called "Fuckin' Crazy". "Scary Movies" was featured on the soundtrack to the 2000 film Scary Movie.[1]

Track listing
This track listing is confirmed by iTunes. It features a bonus track by Royce entitled "I'm the King".[2]

12" vinyl
Side A No. Title Performer(s) Length 4:14 4:14 4:14

1. "Nuttin' to Do" (radio version) Eminem, Royce da 5'9" 2. "Nuttin' to Do" (street version) Eminem, Royce da 5'9" 3. "Nuttin' to Do" (instrumental)

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Side B No. Title Performer(s) Length 3:45 3:45 3:45

1. "Scary Movies" (radio version) Eminem, Royce da 5'9" 2. "Scary Movies" (street version) Eminem, Royce da 5'9" 3. "Scary Movies" (instrumental)

CD
No. Title 1. "Nuttin' to Do" (street version) Performer(s) Eminem, Royce da 5'9" Length 4:17 3:47 3:43 4:17 3:50 3:25 4:17 3:47 3:32

2. "Scary Movies" (street version) Eminem, Royce da 5'9" 3. "I'm the King" (street version) 4. "Nuttin' to Do" (radio version) Royce da 5'9" Eminem, Royce da 5'9"

5. "Scary Movies" (radio version) Eminem, Royce da 5'9" 6. "I'm the King" (radio version) 7. "Nuttin' to Do" (instrumental) 8. "Scary Movies" (instrumental) 9. "I'm the King" (instrumental) Royce da 5'9"

Charts
Chart (2000/01) Peak position 182 32

UK Singles Chart

[3]

[4] U.S. Billboard Rap Songs

Reference
[1] Phares, Heather. "Scary Movie - Original Soundtrack" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ scary-movie-r486760/ review). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved 2011-08-02. [2] http:/ / itunes. apple. com/ us/ album/ nuttin-to-do-scary-movies/ id148485358 [3] http:/ / www. zobbel. de/ cluk/ CLUK_B. HTM [4] Billboard http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ artist/ bad-meets-evil-p370420/ charts-awards/ billboard-singles (Retrieved May 11, 2011)

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"The Real Slim Shady"

"The Real Slim Shady"
Singleby Eminem from the album The Marshall Mathers LP Released Format Recorded Genre Length Label Writer(s) May 16, 2000 CD 1999 Hip hop 4:47 Aftermath, Interscope Eminem Mike Elizondo Thomas Coster [1] Dr. Dre Dr. Dre, Mel-Man Eminem singles chronology

Producer

"Forgot About Dre" (1999)

"The Real Slim Shady" (2000)

"The Way I Am" (2000)

Curtain Call: The Hits track listing

"Like Toy Soldiers" (10)

"The Real Slim Shady" (11)

"Mockingbird" (12)

"The Real Slim Shady" is a hip hop song written by Eminem for his third studio album The Marshall Mathers LP (2000). It was released as the lead single a week before the album's release. The song was later released in 2005 on Eminem's greatest hits album Curtain Call: The Hits. "The Real Slim Shady" was Eminem's first song to reach number one in the UK and it also peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100, giving him his biggest hit up to that point. The song was the 11th best selling of 2000 in the UK. It won multiple awards, including MTV Video Music Awards for Best Video and Best Male Video, as well as a Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance. In October 2011, NME placed it at number 80 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years".[2]

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Premise
"The Real Slim Shady" was not included on the original copy of The Marshall Mathers LP before its release. Interscope Records's Jimmy Iovine wanted Eminem to have a song to introduce the album, similar to the way "My Name Is" was the first single on The Slim Shady LP. Eminem wrote "The Real Slim Shady" just hours before the final copy of the album was due. The first single was intended to be "Who Knew."[3] The song is a critique of manufactured pop songs that were being churned out at the time. It was a hit single, becoming Eminem's first chart topper in some countries, and garnering much attention for insulting various celebrities, including: Actress Pamela Anderson's alleged abuse at the hands of her ex-husband, rocker Tommy Lee (Jaws all on the floor like Pam, like Tommy/just burst in the door and started whoopin' her ass worse than before) Eminem claims in one line to have murdered Dr. Dre, and that he's locked him in his basement. This was a spin on one of his previous songs, "My Name Is", where Eminem says, "And Dr. Dre said..." then Dre comes on and says, "Slim Shady, you're a basehead." (And Dr. Dre saidnothing, you idiots/Dr. Dre's dead, he's locked in my basement.) Comedian Tom Green's humping of a deceased moose on TV, and his song "Lonely Swedish". (Sometimes, I wanna get on TV and just let loose, but can't/but it's cool for Tom Green to hump a dead moose.) Rapper Will Smith's brand of commercialized and clean rap music and his VMA acceptance speech where he boasted that he didn't need to cuss or kill anybody on his records (Smith don't gotta cuss in his raps to sell records/well, I do. So fuck him, and fuck you too.) Eminem also criticized Britney Spears, (You think I give a damn about a Grammy?/Half of you critics can't even stomach me, let alone stand me/"But Slim, what if you win, wouldn't it be weird?"/Why? So you guys could just lie to get me here?/So you can sit me here, next to Britney Spears?) Christina Aguilera was angered by his claim that she performed oral sex on Carson Daly, an MTV VJ, and Fred Durst, of the band Limp Bizkit. (Shit, Christina Aguilera, better switch me chairs/so I can sit next to Carson Daly and Fred Durst/and hear 'em argue over who she gave head to first.)[4] He also makes fun of the boy band *NSYNC, when he appears to dance in the video, with the "group." (I'm sick of you, little girl and boy groups, all you do is annoy me/so I have been sent here to destroy you.) The chorus is about the sudden fashion changes caused by Eminem's success: "I'm Slim Shady, yes I'm the real Shady/All you other Slim Shadys are just imitating/So won't the real Slim Shady please stand up, please stand up, please stand up?" The chorus imitates the catchphrase of the quiz show To Tell the Truth: "Will the real ______ please stand up?". Particular interest has been nurtured by critics for the censored version of the song: in fact in the verses "So fuck him and fuck you too" both times in which he says "fuck" were censored from the classic beep, ironically against the American television.

Music video
The music video features Eminem performing the song in a psychiatric ward, a local Detroit neighborhood nearside a park, a fast-food joint, the Grammy Awards, and even in a factory where multiple clones of the rapper are produced. The video also features cameo appearances by Dr. Dre, D12, a lookalike of Kid Rock, Fred Durst, a lookalike of Carson Daly, Kathy Griffin, lookalikes of Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee, and even a stuffed Bill the Cat doll can also be seen being held in possession by one of the mental patients in the hospital scenes. Actress and comedian Kathy Griffin, who is also known for insulting celebrities in her act,[5] appears in the video as an attending nurse in a psychiatric ward. Griffin said during a July 21, 2005, interview on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno that Eminem selected her for the video because fellow rapper Snoop Dogg told him she was "really funny."[6] The video also features Eminem dressed in a Robin-like superhero costume with a plastic butt chasing a boy band, taking one of its members down to the ground and putting 'his bum on the man's lips.' The costume can be seen later

"The Real Slim Shady" in the "Without Me" music video following the release of The Eminem Show. There are also more scenes showing one or more of the following (when the lyrics roll along with the video): 2 little boys watching the Discovery Channel on television with two rhinoceroses mating, then looking at each other in awe. (Of course, they're gonna know what intercourse is by the time they hit fourth grade/They got the Discovery Channel, don't they?) Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee chasing each other around a couch and Pamela screaming in front of the camera. (...I smell cinnamon rolls!) An obese man in underwear being enslaved by a dominatrix with a paddle. (Yeah, I probably got a couple of screws up in my head loose, but no worse than what's goin' on in your parents' bedrooms.) A gay marriage is shown and Eminem breaks up the two men about to kiss each other (as a rejection to homosexuality) and showing disgust. (But if we can hump dead animals and antelopes/then there's no reason that a man and another man can't elope) Eminem performing in a private room with all his clones produced from the factory with their heads bobbing to the music. (the chorus: 'Cause I'm Slim Shady, yes, I'm the real Shady/all you other Slim Shadys are just imitating/So won't the real Slim Shady please stand up?/Please stand up?/Please stand up?) Eminem at the Grammy Awards dressing as Britney Spears, along with Fred Durst and Carson Daly pulling a blow-up doll of Christina Aguilera between their seats towards each other angrily until it flies out of the chair. (Christina Aguilera better switch me chairs so I can sit next to Carson Daly and Fred Durst, an' hear 'em argue over who she gave head to first.) A clip from a cartoon of a frog tap-dancing on a turtle (from the 'Flip the Frog' film, Fiddlesticks) can be seen on a TV in the hospital and the viewer laughs at it. Eminem working in a fictional fast-food joint with an 'Ask Me' patch giving an obese woman her order and rejecting it because of the onion rings being forgotten, however he gets the onion rings and he spits in them, and gives the onion rings to the woman to complete her order, which she begins eating as she walks away. The same scene also shows Eminem driving recklessly around in circles in a parking lot in a blue AMC Pacer. (He could be workin at Burger King, spitting on your onion rings/or in the parking lot, circling, screaming: "I don't give a fuck!"/With his windows down and his system up) In the explicit version of the music video, the fat man in underwear wears a ball gag; in the censored version, he does not. The edited version also does not show Eminem putting his middle fingers up, instead pointing to the camera.

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Covers and parodies

Parody songs include: In the UK Queen-musical We Will Rock You the phrase Who (the Hell) is the real Slim Shady appears during an interrogation. "The Real Church Lady", a Saturday Night Live parody in "Church Chat" with Dana Carvey "The Real Greg Brady", a song written and performed by Barry Williams. "The Real Sin Savior", by Christian parody band Apologetix "The Real Sugar Baby", by Stephanie Beard. "Will the Real Slim Shady Please Shut Up", a parody written and performed by a female rapper Emily Ellis, who is frequently confused with Christina Aguilera[4] [7] A performance in the UK satirical spoof documentary Brass Eye in the controversial 2001 "Paedogeddon" episode. It features satirist Christopher Morris performing as a rapper, "JLb-8". In their song On Passing Lilac Urine from the 2001 EP, Editor's Recommendation, Half Man Half Biscuit sing "I'm Slim Shady/I'm the real Slim Shady/the other Slim Shady's gone to play tennis" "Will the Real Slim Shady Please Shut The Fuck Up", a parody written and performed by Cledus T Judd, with a clip of Emily Ellis' version

"The Real Slim Shady" Cover versions: The song was featured in "Weird Al" Yankovic's song "Angry White Boy Polka" on his album Poodle Hat. William Shatner performed a spoken word cover of the song during the "Where No Fan Has Gone Before" episode of Futurama prompting Melllvar to exclaim, "He found a way." This is a parody of Shatner's spoken word music album The Transformed Man, as well as his recitation of Elton John's Rocket Man at the 1978 Saturn Awards. In an episode of Coronation Street, Kirk Sutherland recited the main chorus of the song in order to win the heart of Fiz Brown. "The Real Pacers Fans", by Indianapolis, Indiana-based radio station RadioNow 93.1, when the Indiana Pacers were playing the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2000 NBA Finals. In the final episode of Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights, this was performed by Jerry St Clair (Dave Spikey) impersonating Eminem as part of the Stars In Their Eyes sequence. "Seurasaari Rap" featuring Seurasaari Open Air Museum, Helsinki, by Tapio Nurminen. The Finnish-language rap from 2000 deals with the museum, guides, their parties and the tourists.[8] ProjectRNL, an Israeli band did a progressive rock cover to this song.[9]

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Awards
"The Real Slim Shady" was very successful at the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards, winning awards for Video of the Year and Best Male Video, as well as being a nominee for Best Rap Video, Best Direction, Best Editing and Viewer's Choice. The song was also performed by Eminem at the show with look-a-likes of himself, as in the video. "The Real Slim Shady" also won at the 43rd Grammy Awards for Best Rap Solo Performance.

Track listing
European CD single
No. Title 1. "The Real Slim Shady" 2. "Bad Influence" Writer(s)
Andre R. Young, M. Mathers, M. Elizondo. T. Coster

Producer(s) Mike Elizondo, Dr. Dre (co) Eminem, Bass Brothers

Length 4:45 3:40

M. Mathers, J. Bass, M. Bass

UK CD single
No. Title 1. "The Real Slim Shady" Writer(s)
Andre R. Young, M. Mathers, M. Elizondo. T. Coster

Producer(s) Mike Elizondo, Dr. Dre (co) Mike Elizondo, Dr. Dre (co)

Length 4:44

2. "The Real Slim Shady" (Instrumental)

Andre R. Young, M. Mathers, M. Elizondo. T. Coster

4:44

3. "Guilty Conscience" (Radio Version with New Hook) (featuring Dr. Dre) 4. "The Real Slim Shady" (Video)
Andre R. Young, M. Mathers, M. Elizondo. T. Coster

3:19

Mike Elizondo, Dr. Dre (co)

4:44

European Maxi single

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No. Title 1. "The Real Slim Shady" 2. "Bad Influence" 3. "My Fault" (Pizza Mix) 4. "The Real Slim Shady" (Instrumental) 5. "Just Don't Give A F**k" (Music Video)

Writer(s)
Andre R. Young, M. Mathers, M. Elizondo. T. Coster

Producer(s) Mike Elizondo, Dr. Dre (co) Eminem, Bass Brothers

Length 4:45 3:40 3:54

M. Mathers, J. Bass, M. Bass

Andre R. Young, M. Mathers, M. Elizondo. T. Coster

Mike Elizondo, Dr. Dre (co)

4:44

Chart performance
Weekly charts
Chart (2000) Peak position [10] [11] [12] [13] 11 6 7 2 6 [15] [16] [17] 3 1 6 6 [19] 7 1 4 [22] 6 15 2 [25] 8 3 [27] [28] 2 1 4 [30] 19

Australia (ARIA)

Austria (3 Austria Top 40)

Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)

Belgium (Ultratop 40 Wallonia) Canada (RPM) [14]

Denmark (Tracklisten)

Eurochart Hot 100 (Billboard)

Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) France (SNEP) [18]

Germany (Media Control AG) Ireland (IRMA) Italy (FIMI) [20]

[21]

Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) New Zealand (RIANZ) Norway (VG-lista)

[23]

[24]

Romania (Romanian Top 100) Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)

[26]

Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)

UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) US Billboard Hot 100 [29]

US Alternative Songs (Billboard)

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11 13 7

US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) US Pop Songs (Billboard) [32] [33]

US Rap Songs (Billboard)

Year-end charts
Chart (2000) Australian Singles Chart Austrian Singles Chart [34] Position 57 18 [36] [37] 30 10 16 5 11 51

[35]

Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart

Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart French Singles Chart Swiss Singles Chart [38]

[39]

UK Singles (Official Chart Company) US Billboard Hot 100 [40]

Certifications
Country Austria [41] [42] Certification Gold Platinum Gold Gold Gold Platinum Gold Gold Date October 10, 2000 2000 2001 2000 2000 August 14, 2000 2000 June 2001

Belgium France

[43] [44]

Germany Norway Sweden

[45]

[46] [47]

Switzerland UK [48]

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External links
"The Real Slim Shady" Official music video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJO5HU_7_1w) on YouTube

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"The Way I Am"

"The Way I Am"
Singleby Eminem from the album The Marshall Mathers LP A-side B-side Released Format Genre Length Label Writer(s) Producer The Way I Am (Unedited) The Kids (Unedited Version), '97 Bonnie & Clyde, Steve Berman (skit), The Way I Am (Video Track) September 7, 2000 CD, digital download Hardcore hip hop, rap rock 4:50 Aftermath, Interscope Marshall Mathers Eminem

Certification Gold (SRIA) Eminem singles chronology

"The Real Slim Shady" (2000)

"The Way I Am" (2000)

"Stan" (2000)

"The Way I Am" is a song by the rapper Eminem, released in 2000. It was the second single from his worldwide hit album, The Marshall Mathers LP. It is also featured on his 2005 album Curtain Call: The Hits. In the tradition of most of Eminem's follow-up singles, "The Way I Am" features a much darker and emotionally driven sound than the album's lead single, which was "The Real Slim Shady." The song was named the 35th Best Song of the decade by the magazine Complex.[1]

Background
It features the first beat Eminem produced on his own, featuring an ominous bass line, a piano loop, and chimes. In the song, Eminem lashes out at people he feels are putting too much pressure on him, including overzealous fans and record executives expecting him to top the success of his hit single "My Name Is" (though in fact he went on to do so with "The Real Slim Shady," as well as other songs). He delivers each line very aggressively, almost shouting them out. The song has also been remixed by Danny Lohner featuring Marilyn Manson, who has performed the song with Eminem live on stage. The song reached number 8 on the UK singles chart, while in the US it did not fare as well, not charting on the top 50. In 2005 it was released on the album Curtain Call: The Hits. "The Way I Am" certifying Gold in Sweden, sold over 10,000 copies.[2] In 2008, Eminem released an autobiography titled The Way I Am.

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Music video
The music video at the beginning plays a slow instrumental of his song "Kim", and part of the "Steve Berman" skit (which is the track before this song in the album), and when the song starts, it shows him about to jump out the window of a tall building, and shows him falling through the sky, in a sequence inspired by the Coen brothers film The Hudsucker Proxy, in which the hero also falls slowly from a skyscraper window.[3] Marilyn Manson appears behind Eminem when the song refers to himand a few more times thereafter. Other shots show fans coming up to him, asking for his autograph, as well as Eminem in his hood in front of an old house. At the end of the video, when Eminem hits the ground, it bounces him safely like a giant mattress. It was named the 19th Best Music Video of 2000's by Complex Magazine .[4] The song is angst-ridden and ostensibly directed towards the record executives who had greatly stressed Eminem to top the success of his last album. As of the time of writing, which was shortly before the album's end of production, Eminem had yet to create any such singles that might replicate his previous success with My Name Is (though he would soon pen The Real Slim Shady which would go on to be his most successful single to date). Resultantly, the song lashes out at those who he perceived were placing undue burdens upon him. He also directs the song at overzealous fans, telling them they should leave him alone rather than harass him and his family.

Music and lyrics

From the perspective of traditional poetic theory, almost the entire song (excluding the chorus) can be described as being written in anapestic tetrameter. However, though this poetic label accurately describes the short-short-long pattern that dominates Eminem's flow in this song, it fails to capture the musical rhythm of his delivery, which in Rap is more significant. Eminem delivers his short-short-long "anapestic" rhythm in a highly syncopated manner which is completely off the beat: he rests on the beat itself (1,2,3,4) and delivers his words on the other 16th notes (e & a), accenting the last 16th note (the same place where the kick drum hits). This highly syncopated rhythm gives this piece much of it's dramatic tension and is identical to the rhythm of the piano accompaniment. The chorus adapts lines from the song "As the Rhyme Goes On" from Eric B. and Rakim's debut album Paid in Full in which Rakim raps, "I'm the R, the A, to the K, I M--if I wasn't, then why would I say I am?" - Rakim would later be signed to Aftermath, but left before releasing an album.

Track listing
European CD single
No. Title 1. "The Way I Am" (unedited version) 2. "The Way I Am" (clean version) 3. "Kids" (unedited version) 4. "'97 Bonnie & Clyde" 5. "Steve Berman" (Skit) 6. "The Real Slim Shady" (Video)
Andre R. Young, M. Mathers, M. Elizondo. T. Coster

Writer(s)
A. Young, M. Mathers

Producer(s) Eminem Eminem Bass Brothers, Eminem Bass Brothers, Eminem

Length 4:53 4:53 5:07 5:17 0:56

A. Young, M. Mathers

M. Mathers, J. Bass, M. Bass, S. King

Mathers, J. Bass, M. Bass

Mike Elizondo, Dr. Dre (co)

4:44

UK CD single

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No. Title 1. "The Way I Am" 2. "Bad Influence" 3. "My Fault" (Pizza Mix) 4. "The Way I Am" (Video)

Writer(s)
A. Young, M. Mathers

Producer(s) Eminem Eminem, Bass Brothers

Length 4:53 3:40 3:54

M. Mathers, J. Bass, M. Bass

A. Young, M. Mathers

Eminem

4:53

Charts
Chart (2000) Peak position 34 11 16 9 15 10 8 [7] 19 4 6 19 8 [8] [9] 58 26 5

Australian Singles Chart Austrian Singles Chart Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders) Belgian Singles Chart (Wallonia) Danish Singles Chart Dutch Top 40 [6] [5]

Finnish Singles Chart German Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart Swedish Singles Chart Swiss Singles Chart UK Singles Chart U.S. Billboard Hot 100

U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 [10]

References
[1] "Complex | Style, Music, Sneakers, Entertainment, Girls, Technology" (http:/ / best. complex. com/ 2000s/ Top-100-Songs/ the-way-i-am). Best.complex.com. . Retrieved 2011-08-25. [2] "(Guld & Platina) R 2000 [(Gold & Platinum) Year 2000]" (http:/ / www. ifpi. se/ wp/ wp-content/ uploads/ ar-20002. pdf) (in Swedish) ("The Way I Am" at #2131). IFPI Sweden. p. 8, 10. . [3] now to post a comment! (2008-02-23). "The Hudsucker Proxy Trailer" (http:/ / www. youtube. com/ watch?v=H_WSCfWIyF0). YouTube. . Retrieved 2011-08-25. [4] "Complex | Style, Music, Sneakers, Entertainment, Girls, Technology" (http:/ / best. complex. com/ 2000s/ Top-100-Music-Videos/ the-way-i-am). Best.complex.com. . Retrieved 2011-08-25. [5] "Single Top 20 Uge 1 - 2001" (http:/ / hitlisterne. dk/ lister. asp?w=1& y=2001& list=s20). IFPI. . Retrieved 2012-01-11. [6] "Dutch Chart 2000" (http:/ / dutchcharts. nl/ showitem. asp?interpret=Eminem& titel=The+ Way+ I+ Am& cat=s) (in Dutch) (PDF). Top40. . Retrieved 2 May 2010. [7] "Eminem singles, German Singles Chart" (http:/ / www. musicline. de/ de/ chartverfolgung_summary/ artist/ Eminem/ single) (in German). musicline. . Retrieved 2 May 2010. [8] http:/ / www. billboard. com/ charts/ hot-100#/ song/ eminem/ the-way-i-am/ 2387493 [9] http:/ / www. billboard. com/ charts/ hot-100#/ song/ eminem/ the-way-i-am/ 2387493

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External links
"The Way I Am" Official music video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQvteoFiMlg) on YouTube

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"Stan"
"Stan"
Singleby Eminem featuring Dido from the album The Marshall Mathers LP Released Format Recorded Genre Length December 9, 2000 CD 19992000 Alternative hip hop, horrorcore 6:44 (Album Version/Main Version) 5:32 (Clean Radio Edit) Aftermath, Interscope Dido Armstrong, Paul Herman, Marshall Mathers The 45 King [1]

Label Writer(s) Producer

Certification Platinum (BPI) 2x Platinum (ARIA)

Eminem singles chronology

"The Way I Am" (2000)

"Stan" (2000)

"Without Me" (2002)

Dido singles chronology

"Stan" (2000)

"Here with Me" (2001)

Curtain Call: The Hits track listing

"My Name Is" (4)

"Stan" (5)

"Lose Yourself" (6)

The Marshall Mathers LP track listing

"Kill You" (2)

"Stan" (3)

"Paul (Skit)" (4)

"Stan" is the third single from The Marshall Mathers LP, by rapper Eminem featuring Dido. It peaked at number one in the United Kingdom and Australia. It is also included on Curtain Call: The Hits, performed with Eminem and Dido as well track 17 on Curtain Call: The Hits as a live Performance from the 2001 Grammy awards featuring Elton John. The song was produced by The 45 King, and uses a slightly modified break from Dido's "Thank You" as

"Stan" its base sample. The track also samples the opening lines of "Thank You" as its chorus. Coincidentally, both songs were released as singles in late 2000. Stan has been called one of Eminem's best songs and is considered one of his signature songs. Rolling Stone magazine ranked the song #290 in their list in The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Stan was also listed #15 on VH1's list of the greatest hip hop songs of all-time. In April 2011, Complex magazine put together a list of the 100 Greatest Eminem songs, ranking "Stan" at #2.[2] The song tells the story of a fictional man named Stan who claims to be Eminem's biggest fan. Throughout the song, he becomes progressively more and more obsessed with Eminem, culminating in a murder-suicide by Stan. The first three verses are delivered by Eminem as Stan while the fourth verse is Eminem attempting to write to Stan, only to realize that he had already heard about Stan's death on the news. The song sold over 750,000 copies in the UK.[3]

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Structure
In the first verse, Stan the fictitious character (played by Devon Sawa in the video) - is writing to Eminem for the third time, hoping his hero will write back. Rain and thunder can be heard in the background throughout, as well as the sound of the pencil scratching onto the letter. He explains the level of his devotion ("I got a room full of your posters and your pictures, man") and maintains that he sent two letters to Eminem but he "must not have got 'em". In addition, the song "Old World Disorder" is referenced as the "underground shit that you did with Skam." Stan also reveals that his girlfriend is pregnant, and that he is going to name his daughter Bonnie (what could be a reference to Eminem's song "'97 Bonnie and Clyde" from The Slim Shady LP, or the fact that Eminem's real middle name is Bruce), and empathises about the suicide of a family member ("I read about your Uncle Ronnie too, I'm sorry/I had a friend kill himself over some bitch who didn't want him"). In the second verse, Stan is clearly frustrated. He begins somewhat optimistically ("Dear Slim, you still ain't called or wrote/I hope you have a chance"), but begins to lose his temper by the second line ("I ain't mad, I just think it's fucked up you don't answer fans"). The thunder in the background steadily becomes louder, underscoring Stan's anger. Loud thunderclaps coincide with Stan's outbursts of anger. The verse also establishes Stan's deteriorating wellbeing: "Sometimes I even cut myself to see how much it bleeds/It's like adrenaline, the pain is such a sudden rush for me". Stan mentions his little brother, Matthew, who Stan imagines is an even bigger fan of Eminem than Stan himself. Stan is bitter because Eminem had supposedly refused to give Matthew an autograph at a concert, after waiting in the "blistering cold" for four hours. Stan explains why he identifies with Eminem ("I never knew my father neither/He used to always cheat on my mom and beat her"). He ends his letter with "Sincerely yours, Stan/P.S. we should be together too." The third verse is Stan recording himself onto an audio cassette in the car as he is about to commit suicide by driving off of a bridge after drinking vodka. His words are slurred, and he is clearly under the influence of depressants, as evidenced by the line, "I'm on a thousand downers now, I'm drowsy." Stan, enraged, addresses Eminem as "Mr. I'm-Too-Good-to-Call-or-Write-My-Fans". He explains his predicament: "I'm in the car right now, I'm doing 90 on the freeway/Hey Slim, I drank a fifth of vodka, you dare me to drive?" (quoting "My Name Is" on the previous Eminem album, The Slim Shady LP). This is followed by a reference to a Phil Collins song "In the Air Tonight", misquoting it as "In the Air of the Night." Specifically, Stan refers to an urban legend that the song is about Collins seeing a man drowning, while a closer bystander does nothing to save him. Stan vents further, revealing the depths of his anger: "I hope you can't sleep and you dream about it/and when you dream I hope you can't sleep and you scream about it/I hope your conscience eats at you and you can't breathe without me!" After that, screaming is heard and Stan reveals that his pregnant girlfriend is in the trunk suffocating: "Shut up, bitch, I'm tryin' to talk! Hey Slim, that's my girlfriend screaming in the trunk/But I didn't slit her throat, I just tied her up" (referring to Eminem's song "Kim," where Eminem murders his wife after realizing she is cheating and doesn't love him; at the end of "Kim" he slits her throat and throws her in his trunk). At the end, Stan realizes too late that he will be unable to send the tape to Eminem ("Oh shit, I forgot, how'm I supposed to send this shit out?"). A car crash then follows, as the car breaks

"Stan" through the bridge's rails and falls into the water below. The fourth verse is Eminem's belated reply to Stan. He begins casually "Dear Stan, I meant to write you sooner but I just been busy." He also says he sends a Starter cap with his autograph for Matthew, and reveals something of his serious and sober side with his advice for Stan (although he does not speak in a calming way): "What's this shit you said about you like to cut your wrists too?/I say that shit just clownin', dog/C'mon, how fucked up is you?/You got some issues, Stan/I think you need some counseling"; "I really think you and your girlfriend need each other/or maybe you just need to treat her better". He further explains in his letter that he had seen a similar story on the news which scared him, about a disturbed man who killed himself and his pregnant girlfriend. The song ends with Eminem's realization of what has happened; Stan was the man on the news ("... in the car they found a tape, but they didn't say who it was to/Come to think about it, his name was... it was you... Damn..."). After this there is one last lighting flash, in which Stan's face is reflected in the window next to Eminem.

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Censorship
The MTV "clean" version of the song and video are extensively and exhaustively censored, with significant portions from the first two verses and most of the third verse removed. In the MTV full version, which is 8:15 long, verse 3 censors Stan mentioning his girlfriend in the trunk (so "Shut up bitch" and "screaming in the trunk" is censored), and about him not slitting her throat, but tied her up, and "If she suffocates, she'll suffer more, then she'll die too", which "slit", "tied her up", "suffocates" and "die" is censored. Dido has stated that she was gagged in the third verse of the video,[4] but this was censored so widely that versions with her gagged are rare.[5] In the uncensored version, Stan is shown drinking at the wheel of the car before showing Dido struggling in the boot of the car. She manages to remove the duct tape from her mouth and screams before struggling for breath. Most versions were censored so that there is only a brief clip of Dido in the boot of the car towards the end of the verse. It also censors when Stan says he "drank a fifth of vodka", which censors "drank" and "vodka", and censors when he says he's on "a thousand downers", which "downers" is censored, and also censors from showing Stan drinking while driving. Also, at the end of verse 3, "Well, gotta go, I'm almost at the bridge now" is changed to "Well, gotta go, I'm almost at the end of the bridge now". While in the fourth verse, the line "[And what's this] shit about us meant to be together" is completely censored. All references to the girlfriend in the trunk are censored out, including the line "And had his girlfriend in his trunk, and she was pregnant with his kid." In the MTV short version, the second verse lines that are missing are from "I ain't that mad though, I just don't like bein' lied to" to "I even got a tattoo of your name across the chest", which the video cuts showing Stan meeting Eminem, talking about how his father cheated and beat his mother and showed him getting a "Slim Shady" tattoo on his chest. The third verse lines that are missing is about Stan saying about drinking while driving and saying about Phil Collins' song "In the Air Tonight", which in the video, it skips from showing Stan near-missing a car, and swerving to avoid crashing into it. The lines that are missing are from "Hey Slim, I drank a fifth of vodka, you dare to me to drive?" to "I hope you know I ripped all of your pictures off the wall". It also removes the chorus after the third verse and goes straight to the fourth verse, which the video cuts Eminem at last receiving the letter from Stan, and the car sinking more into the water. In the recent Fuse TV "version" of the video, various lines and words are silenced, more so than on the clean version of the LP, half of one of the beginning verses are cut out, and then the song fades out about halfway through the second verse. The LP version of the song is over 6 minutes long, and, as mentioned, the full version of the video is 8:15, however, when Fuse plays the "video" it is slightly over 2 minutes. In Fuse's original state as a rock and alternative station, the same versions as on MTV were shown.

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Legacy
The song is perhaps Eminem's most critically acclaimed song and has been called a "cultural milestone"[6] and referred to as "Eminem's best song" by About.com.[7] Analysing "Stan" in the Guardian newspaper, writer and literary critic Giles Foden compared Eminem to Robert Browning.[8] At the 2001 Grammy Awards, when Eminem was facing a lot of criticism from the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation over his lyrics; Eminem responded by performing "Stan" with singer Elton John, who is openly gay, singing Dido's lines. Many of the profanities were substituted, for example, "You're like his favourite idol" in lieu of "You're like his fucking idol," and "stuff" for "shit". Recordings of this performance were available for download on Eminem's official website Eminem.com and, later, on his 2005 greatest hits release Curtain Call: The Hits. Christian rap artist KJ-52 recorded two songs: "Dear Slim" and "Dear Slim, Part II," attempting to contact Eminem and talk to him about his own faith and help him through his troubles. The lyrics to "Dear Slim" reference the obsessed fan in "Stan." Various instruments within the song "My Life" by The Game were taken from Stan. Rapper Canibus released a response track to this song entitled "U Didn't Care", in which Canibus, portraying Stan, accused Eminem of not caring about him at all. As a result of the song, the term "Stan" is often used within various fan communities, not limited to musical, to derisively refer to people seen as overly-obsessed fans of someone or something. In "Ether", the anti-Jay-Z diss track, Nas calls Jay a "Stan" and claims that Jay idolizes him and later builds his career from Nas'. Eminem himself used it in the edited version of Curtain Call: The Hits, directed at Moby in "Without Me". German rapper Kool Savas calls his opponent Eko Fresh a "Stan" and claims that Eko admired him in his famous diss track "Das Urteil". "Stan" has been listed by many as one of the greatest hip-hop songs of all time. greatest rap songs in history by Q magazine,[9] and came 10th in a Top40-Charts.com.[10] Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time two songs on the list along with "Lose Yourself;" in the updated 2010 list, it was About.com's Top 100 Rap Songs.[11] It was ranked #3 on a list of the similar survey conducted by ranked it #290, one of Eminem's ranked at #296. It ranked #45 on

The song ranked number 15 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop, and number 2 on their Countdown Millenium Songs. It was also named the 46th Best Song of the decade by Complex Magazine,[12] and the 10th Best Song of the decade by Rolling Stone Magazine.[13] The song also ranked #2 on Complex Magazine's "The 100 Best Eminem Songs." In 2009 rapper/producer Swizz Beatz said he submitted an idea for a song for Eminem entitled "Stan 2." When Eminem turned it down, Swizz took it back and will use it for his album, Haute Living. The song would be entitled "Anne," feature rapper Lil Wayne and would maintain the theme that Swizz had in mind. But on April 27, 2011, Swizz said that he had given the song to Lil Wayne in exchange for a verse on his new song. It is confirmed that "Anne" will not appear on Lil Wayne's ninth studio album, Tha Carter IV.

Track listing
UK CD single 1. 2. 3. 4. "Stan" (Album Version) 6:45 "Get You Mad" 4:22 "My Name Is" 4:32 "Stan" (Video) 7:30

European CD single 1. "Stan" (Radio Version) 2. "Guilty Conscience" (Radio Version)

"Stan" 3. "Hazardous Youth" (Acapella Version) 4. "Get You Mad" - 4:22

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Charts
Peak positions
Chart (2000-01) Peak position 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 3 14 3 1 3 1 1 [14] [14] 51 36 33

Australian Singles Chart Austrian Singles Chart Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders) Belgian Singles Chart (Wallonia) Danish Singles Chart European Hot 100 Finland Singles Chart French SNEP Singles Chart German Singles Chart Greek Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart Italian FIMI Singles Chart Netherlands Singles Chart New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart Norwegian Singles Chart Romanian Singles Chart Swedish Singles Chart Swiss Singles Chart UK Singles Chart U.S. Billboard Hot 100

U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs [14] U.S. Billboard Pop Songs

End of year charts

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End of year chart (2000/01) Australian Singles Chart Austrian Singles Chart [15]

Position 6 6

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Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart

31 20 29 3 4

Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart French Singles Chart Swiss Singles Chart [19]

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UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)

Decade-end charts
(20002009) German Singles Chart [21] Position 79

Certifications
Country Australia Austria [22] Certification 2x Platinum Gold Platinum Platinum Platinum Gold Platinum Gold Platinum Date 2001 December 30, 2001 2001 2001 June 2001 2001 2001 2001 June 21, 2002 Sales certified 140,000 15,000 40,000 500,000 500,000 20,000 20,000 25,000 805,000 [31]

[23] [24]

Belgium France

[25] [26] [27]

Germany

Netherlands Sweden [28]

Switzerland [30] UK

[29]

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External links
"Stan (Long Version)" Official music video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOMhN-hfMtY) on YouTube

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"Without Me"
"Without Me"
Singleby Eminem from the album The Eminem Show Released Format Recorded Genre Length Label Writer(s) Producer May 13, 2002 CD single 2002 Comedy hip hop 4:53 Shady, Aftermath, Interscope Eminem Eminem, Jeff Bass, Urban Kris Eminem singles chronology

"Stan" (2000)

"Without Me" (2002)

"Cleanin' Out My Closet" (2002)

Curtain Call: The Hits track listing

"Sing for the Moment" (8)

"Without Me" (9)

"Like Toy Soldiers" (10)

"Without Me" is a rap song by American rapper Eminem. It was released as the lead single from his fourth studio album titled The Eminem Show in 2002, and re-released on his greatest-hits compilation album Curtain Call: The Hits in 2005. "Without Me" is one of Eminem's most successful singles, reaching #2 in the U.S. and #1 in many countries worldwide.

Content
The song was Eminem's return after the successful The Marshall Mathers LP, intended as a sequel to "The Real Slim Shady" and essentially saying that he is back to save the world. It also refers to Eminem's role in the music industry and his cultural effects. The song mocks a number of Eminem's critics, including Dick Cheney and his wife Lynne Cheney, the FCC and MTV, Chris Kirkpatrick, Limp Bizkit and Moby, as well as lampooning comparisons of Eminem to Elvis Presley as a white man succeeding commercially in a predominantly Black art form. A line in the song also attacks his own mother for the lawsuit she filed against him for the lyrics of his debut single "My Name Is". The opening lyric "Two trailer park girls go round the outside" is based on the single "Buffalo Gals" by Malcolm McLaren, while the introduction "Obie Trice, real name no gimmicks" is sampled from Obie Trice's own track "Rap Name".

"Without Me" The song was also parodied on All That, a skit show on Nickelodeon, as "Without Meat". It was also parodied on MADtv, a skit show on FOX, as "Whats on TV?". In the second verse a line samples the intro from "The Real Slim Shady". The song was used as the entrance song for Junie Browning at the finale of The Ultimate Fighter 8. The background saxophone riff was sampled for Drunkenmunky's 2002 club hit "E". Some of the lyrics are altered on the clean version, such as "This is about to get heavy" to replace "This shit's about to get heavy". Also, "Fuck that, cum on your lips, and some on your tits" is replaced with "Jump back, jiggle your hips and wiggle a bit". The censored version also replaces "fag" with "Stan" when referring to Moby, a reference to the popular track from The Marshall Mathers LP (2000). The line "I know that you got a job Ms. Cheney/but your husband's heart problem's complicating" is a reference to the then Vice-President Dick Cheney's recurring heart problems.

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Chart performances and awards

"Without Me" is one of Eminem's most successful singles. The song reached the number one position in many charts from various countries, including the U.K., Australia, Ireland and New Zealand for 7 weeks. "Without Me" was nominated for Record of the Year at the Grammy Awards of 2003 (losing to Norah Jones' song "Don't Know Why"), being Eminem's first song to receive a Grammy nomination in a major category. It also received a nomination for Best Male Rap Solo Performance but lost that award as well to the song "Hot in Herre" by rapper Nelly. In 2009, the song was honored by Pitchfork Media as the 251st greatest song of the 2000s. The song was the 69th best-selling single of the 2000s in UK.[1]

Music video
The music video of the song features a number of scenarios built around its context, including Eminem and Dr. Dre as parodies of comics in general, specifically Batman, Robin and Blade trying to save a child who bought a copy of The Eminem Show that has a Parental Advisory sticker. Eminem and his band of heroes rush to the rescue before the child puts the CD in and he snatches it away from him, and showing that his CD has explicit lyrics. Eminem also appears throughout some of the video where he is on a hospital bed being pushed through a ward (a reference to ER, which here is called M drawing from the rapper's stage name). Porn star Jenna Jameson and fitness model Kiana Tom appear in bed with Eminem at the beginning of the video. Eminem also dressed up in various costumes as Osama bin Laden as he is chased by D12 on channel NN, a spoof of real news channel CNN, a TV ad salesman shocking a Dick Cheney-look alike, his mother Debbie Mathers-Briggs being flipped off, and Moby getting body-slammed by Obie Trice. The video also features a Lamborghini Murcielago. Nate Mathers, Eminem's brother, D12, and Xzibit also cameo in the talk show scene. This video received MTV Video Music Awards for Video of the Year, Best Male Video, Best Rap Video, and Best Direction (for Joseph Kahn, who directed it), as well as gaining nominations for Best Editing and Viewer's Choice. It also won Best Short Form Music Video at the Grammy Awards of 2003. Clips of the video for "Without Me" can also be seen playing in a number of other music videos, including 50 Cent's "In da Club", Tony Yayo's "I Know You Don't Love Me" and Dr. Dre's "I Need a Doctor".

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Track listing
European CD single
No. Title 1. "Without Me" Writer(s)
M. Mathers, K. Bell, J. Bass, M. McLaren, A. Dudley, T. Horn

Sample(s) Eminem, Jeff Bass

Length 4:53

2. "The Way I Am" (Danny Lohner remix) (feat. Marilyn Manson) 3. "Without Me" (Acapella)

M. Mathers, A. Young

Eminem

4:59

M. Mathers, K. Bell, J. Bass, M. McLaren, A. Dudley, T. Horn

Eminem, Jeff Bass

4:53

4. "Without Me" (Instrumental)

M. Mathers, K. Bell, J. Bass, M. McLaren, A. Dudley, T. Horn

Contains a sample of "Buffalo Gals" by Malcolm McLaren Contains a sample of "Rap Name" by Obie Trice

4:53

UK CD single
No. Title 1. "Without Me" Writer(s)
M. Mathers, K. Bell, J. Bass, M. McLaren, A. Dudley, T. Horn

Producer(s) Eminem, Jeff Bass Eminem

Length 4:53

2. "The Way I Am" (Danny Lohner remix) (feat. Marilyn Manson) 3. "Without Me" (Instrumental)

M. Mathers, A. Young

4:59

M. Mathers, K. Bell, J. Bass, M. McLaren, A. Dudley, T. Horn

Eminem, Jeff Bass

4:53

Australian CD single
No. Title 1. "Without Me" Writer(s)
M. Mathers, K. Bell, J. Bass, M. McLaren, A. Dudley, T. Horn

Sample(s) Eminem, Jeff Bass

Length 4:53

2. "The Way I Am" (Danny Lohner remix) (feat. Marilyn Manson) 3. "Without Me" (Acapella)

M. Mathers, A. Young

Eminem

4:59

M. Mathers, K. Bell, J. Bass, M. McLaren, A. Dudley, T. Horn

Eminem, Jeff Bass

4:53

4. "Without Me" (Instrumental)

M. Mathers, K. Bell, J. Bass, M. McLaren, A. Dudley, T. Horn

Contains a sample of "Buffalo Gals" by Malcolm McLaren Contains a sample of "Rap Name" by Obie Trice

4:53

5. "Say What You Say" (feat. Dr. Dre)

M. Mathers, A. Young, R. Feemster, M. Elizondo

Dr. Dre

5:09

6. "Without Me" (Video)

M. Mathers, K. Bell, J. Bass, M. McLaren, A. Dudley, T. Horn

Eminem, Jeff Bass

4:53

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Charts and sales

Peak positions
Chart (2002) Peak position 1 1 [2] [2] 2 1 4 1 1 1 [2] [2] 2 3 1 2 1 [2] [2] 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 [3] [10] [3] 2 15 13 1 1 5

Australian Singles Chart Austrian Singles Chart

[2]

[2]

Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders)

Belgian Singles Chart (Wallonia) Canadian Singles Chart Danish Singles Chart Dutch Top 40 [4] [3]

[2]

European Hot 100 Finnish Singles Chart

French SNEP Singles Chart German Singles Chart [5] [6]

Hungarian Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart [7]

Italian FIMI Singles Chart

New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart Norwegian Singles Chart Romanian Singles Chart Swedish Singles Chart Swiss Singles Chart UK Singles Chart [2]

[8]

[2]

[2]

[9]

U.S. Billboard Hot 100

U.S. Billboard Alternative Songs

U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 [11] U.S. Billboard Pop Songs U.S. Billboard Rap Songs [3] [3]

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Year-end charts
Chart (2002) Australian Singles Chart Austrian Singles Chart [12] Position 1 3 [14] [15] 7 8 18 [16] 15 7 [18] 4 3 10

[13]

Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart

Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Dutch Top 40 [4]

French Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart

[17]

New Zealand Singles Chart Swiss Singles Chart UK Singles Chart [19]

[20]

Decade-end charts
(20002009) German Singles Chart [21] Position 10

Certifications
Country Australia Austria [22] Certification 3x Platinum Platinum Platinum Gold Gold 4x Platinum 2x Platinum Platinum Platinum Gold Gold Date 2002 December 30, 2002 July 13, 2002 February 5, 2003 2003 September 22, 2002 2002 October 7, 2003 2002 June 21, 2002 May 19, 2005 Sales certified 210,000 30,000 40,000 250,000 250,000 60,000 20,000 20,000 40,000 400,000 500,000

[23] [24]

Belgium France

[25] [26] [27]

Germany

New Zealand Norway Sweden [28]

[29] [30]

Switzerland [31] UK U.S. [32]

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Chart successions

References
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] Radio 1 Chart of the Decade, as presented by Nihal on Tuesday 29th December 2009 "Without Me", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (http:/ / lescharts. com/ showitem. asp?key=5179& cat=s) (Retrieved January 4, 2009) Billboard Allmusic.com (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ artist/ p347307) (Retrieved January 4, 2009) "Single top 100 over 2002" (http:/ / www. top40. nl/ pdf/ Top 100/ top 100 - 2002. pdf) (in Dutch) (pdf). Top40. . Retrieved 2 May 2010. "Eminem singles, German Singles Chart" (http:/ / www. musicline. de/ de/ chartverfolgung_summary/ artist/ Eminem/ single) (in German). musicline. . Retrieved 2 May 2010. [6] "Archvum - Slgerlistk - MAHASZ - Magyar Hanglemezkiadk Szvetsge" (http:/ / www. mahasz. hu/ ?menu=slagerlistak& menu2=archivum& lista=kislemez& ev=2002& het=32& submit_=Keress). Mahasz.hu. . Retrieved 2010-05-30. [7] "Irish Singles Chart, database" (http:/ / www. irishcharts. ie/ search/ placement). Irishcharts. . Retrieved May 2010. [8] Romanian Top 100 (http:/ / www. rt100. ro/ top-100-edition. html?edition=347& go=Go) [9] "Without Me", UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (http:/ / www. chartstats. com/ songinfo. php?id=29957) (Retrieved January 4, 2009) [10] "Eminem Album & Song Chart History | Billboard.com" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ artist/ eminem/ chart-history/ 315925?f=377& g=Singles). billboard.com. . Retrieved 17 November 2011. [11] http:/ / www. billboard. com/ #/ song/ eminem/ without-me/ 3985889 [12] "2002 Australian Singles Chart" (http:/ / www. aria. com. au/ pages/ aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-singles-2002. htm). aria. . Retrieved 2 May 2010. [13] "2002 Austrian Singles Chart" (http:/ / www. austriancharts. at/ 2002_single. asp) (in German). Austriancharts. . Retrieved 2 May 2010. [14] "2002 Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart" (http:/ / www. ultratop. be/ nl/ annual. asp?year=2002) (in Dutch). Ultratop. . Retrieved 2 May 2010. [15] "2002 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart" (http:/ / www. ultratop. be/ fr/ annual. asp?year=2002) (in French). Ultratop. . Retrieved 2 May 2010. [16] "2002 French Singles Chart" (http:/ / www. disqueenfrance. com/ fr/ pag-259376-Classements-Annuels. html?year=2002) (in French). SNEP. . Retrieved 2 May 2010. [17] "2002 Irish Singles Chart" (http:/ / www. irma. ie/ best2002. htm). IRMA. . Retrieved 2 May 2010. [18] "2002 New Zealand Singles Chart" (http:/ / www. rianz. org. nz/ rianz/ chart_annual. asp). Rianz. . Retrieved 2 May 2010. [19] "2002 Swiss Singles Chart" (http:/ / www. swisscharts. com/ year. asp?key=2002) (in German). Swisscharts. . Retrieved 2 May 2010. [20] "2002 UK Singles Chart" (http:/ / www. ukchartsplus. co. uk/ ChartsPlusYE2002. pdf). ChartsPlus. . Retrieved 5 May 2010. [21] http:/ / www. rtl. de/ cms/ unterhaltung/ tv-programm/ show/ die-ultimative-chartshow/ hits-neue-jahrtausend-download. html [22] Australian certifications aria.com (http:/ / www. aria. com. au/ pages/ aria-charts-accreditations-singles-2002. htm) (Retrieved January 4, 2009) [23] Austrian certifications ifpi.at (http:/ / www. ifpi. at/ ?section=goldplatin) (Retrieved January 4, 2009) [24] Belgian certifications Ultratop.be (http:/ / www. ultratop. be/ fr/ weekchart. asp?year=2002& date=20020713& cat=s) (Retrieved January 4, 2009) [25] French certifications Disqueenfrance.com (http:/ / www. disqueenfrance. com/ fr/ monopage. xml?id=259165& year=2003& type=7) (Retrieved January 4, 2009) [26] "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank ('Without+Me')" (http:/ / www. musikindustrie. de/ gold_platin_datenbank/ ?action=suche& strTitel=Without+ Me& strInterpret=& strTtArt=alle& strAwards=checked) (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. . Retrieved January 4, 2009. [27] New Zealand certification "Chart #1327: Without Me 4x Platinum certification" (http:/ / www. rianz. org. nz/ rianz/ chart. asp). Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. rianz.org.nz. September 22, 2002. . Retrieved 2009-05-16. [28] Norwegian certifications Ifpi.no (http:/ / www. ifpi. no/ sok/ index_trofe. htm) (Retrieved January 4, 2009) [29] Swedish certifications Ifpi.se (http:/ / www. ifpi. se/ ?page_id=67) (Retrieved January 4, 2009) [30] Swiss certifications Swisscharts.com (http:/ / swisscharts. com/ awards. asp?year=2002) (Retrieved January 4, 2009) [31] UK certifications Bpi.co.uk (http:/ / www. bpi. co. uk/ certifiedawards/ search. aspx) (Retrieved January 4, 2009) [32] U.S. certifications riaa.com (http:/ / www. riaa. com/ goldandplatinumdata. php?table=SEARCH) (Retrieved January 4, 2009)

External links
"Without Me" Official music video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVkUvmDQ3HY) on YouTube

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"Cleanin' Out My Closet"

"Cleanin' Out My Closet"
Singleby Eminem from the album The Eminem Show Released Format Recorded Genre Length Label Writer(s) Producer Certification September 17, 2002 CD October 2001 Hardcore hip hop, rap rock 4:57 Shady, Aftermath, Interscope Eminem and Jeff Bass Eminem and Jeff Bass Platinum (ARIA) Platinum (RIANZ) Eminem singles chronology

"Without Me" (2002)

"Cleanin' Out My Closet" (2002)

"Lose Yourself" (2002)

Curtain Call: The Hits track listing

"Guilty Conscience" (13)

"Cleanin' Out My Closet" (14)

"Just Lose It" (15)

"Cleanin' Out My Closet" is a song by American rapper Eminem released in 2002. It was from his worldwide hit album, The Eminem Show and was later re-released in 2005 for Eminem's greatest hits album Curtain Call: The Hits. "Cleanin' Out My Closet" was the second single released off "The Eminem Show" album following "Without Me". However, unlike the preceding single Eminem departed from his humorous Slim Shady persona to take observers on a solemn journey into a deeply personal reservoir of fury and pain. It became the second top-ten single from the album (reaching #4 on the United States Billboard Hot 100) and one of the highest-charting singles of his career. Lastly, the song was used for the initial theatrical trailer to "8 Mile" that was released in winter 2001.

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Alternate Version
From the most famous mashup video of "Atomic Closet", a fusion of Eminem's original "Cleaning Out My Closet" and Blondie's Atomic, the Blondie's most famous hit was heavily sampled as the background song throughout the entire video, while Eminem himself rapped throughout the whole song. The music video for the song was directed by Dr. Dre and Philip Atwell.

Lyrical content
In the song, Eminem introspectively examines his life reflecting on such topics as his troubled childhood, marital conflicts, and resentful feud with his mother. Eminem underscores his animosity towards her by melodically rapping a searingly honest portrayal of what he experienced as a child. Also in the song, he describes how others protest his lyrics. He expresses the anger that he feels towards his family and how he is better off without them now, and goes on to reassure his audience that his words regarding his mother are not done for the sake of public attention "now I would never diss my own mama just to get recognition". The song also describes how Eminem suffers at the hands of his mother because of Mnchausen syndrome by proxy in the line "All my life being made to feel sick when I wasn't". Eminem also mentions the demo that his mother put out for him called Set The Record Straight.

Track listing
UK / European CD single
No. Title 1. "Cleanin' Out My Closet" 2. "Cleanin' Out My Closet" (Instrumental) 3. "Stimulate" 4. "Cleanin' Out My Closet" (Video - Version 1) Writer(s)
M. Mathers, J. Bass

Producer(s) Eminem, Jeff Bass Eminem, Jeff Bass Eminem Eminem, Jeff Bass

Length 4:57 4:57 5:06 4:57

M. Mathers, J. Bass

M. Mathers

M. Mathers, J. Bass

DVD single
No. Title 1. "Cleanin' Out My Closet" (Video - Version 2) 2. "Cleanin' Out My Closet" (Making of the Video) Writer(s)
M. Mathers, J. Bass

Producer(s) Eminem, Jeff Bass Eminem, Jeff Bass

Length 4:57 4:57

M. Mathers, J. Bass

Charts and sales

Peak positions

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Chart (2002)

Peak position 3 5 6 10 3 3 10 20 4

Australian Singles Chart Austrian Singles Chart Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders) Belgian Singles Chart (Wallonia) Danish Singles Chart Eurochart Hot 100 [1]

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Finnish Singles Chart French Singles Chart German Singles Chart Hungarian Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart Italian Singles Chart Netherlands Singles Chart New Zealand Singles Chart Norwegian Singles Chart Romanian Singles Chart Swedish Singles Chart Swiss Singles Chart UK Singles Chart U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [5] [5] [6] [4] [3]

8 3 8 4 5 4 5 3 5 4 4 7 2 11 7 5

U.S. Billboard Pop 100

U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40

U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream U.S. Billboard Hot Rap Tracks [6]

End of year charts

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End of year chart (2002) Australian Singles Chart Austrian Singles Chart [7]

Position 40 46 [9] [10] 42 59 73

[8]

Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart

Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Dutch Top 40 [11] [12]

Swiss Singles Chart UK Singles Chart

59 94

[13]

Certifications
Country Australia Belgium [14] Certification Platinum Gold [16] Gold Gold Date 2002 December, 2002 November 17, 2002 December 20, 2002 Sales certified 70,000 20,000 7,500 10,000

[15]

New Zealand Sweden [17]

In culture
In 2003 the Australian comedy duo Scared Weird Little Guys produced a rap version of the folk song "Waltzing Matilda" called "Cleanin' Out My Tuckerbag", which parodies both "Lose Yourself" and "Cleanin' Out My Closet", but does not credit Eminem. The great Luke Ski did a parody called "Stealin' Like a Hobbit," which recaps the plot of The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring. He also added bits of "Stan" and "Lose Yourself" at the end.

References
[1] Steffen Hung. "Eminem - Cleanin' Out My Closet" (http:/ / www. danishcharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Eminem& titel=Cleanin'+ Out+ My+ Closet& cat=s). danishcharts.com. . Retrieved 2010-05-30. [2] "Europe Official Top 100" (http:/ / top40-charts. com/ chart. php?cid=31& date=2002-10-19). Top 40 Charts. 2002-10-19. . Retrieved 2011-10-17. [3] "Archvum - Slgerlistk - MAHASZ - Magyar Hanglemezkiadk Szvetsge" (http:/ / www. mahasz. hu/ ?menu=slagerlistak& menu2=archivum& lista) (in German). Mahasz.hu. . Retrieved 2010-05-30. [4] "Arhiva romanian top 100" (http:/ / web. archive. org/ web/ 20030529130221/ www. rt100. ro/ ed. php?tn=x10051). Archived from the original on 2002. . Retrieved 2011-10-17. [5] "Cleanin' Out My Closet - Eminem" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ song/ eminem/ cleanin-out-my-closet/ 3985883). Billboard.com. . Retrieved October 26, 2011. [6] Cleanin' Out My Closet (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ artist/ eminem-p347307/ charts-awards/ billboard-singles) at Allmusic. Retrieved October 2011. [7] "2002 Australian Singles Chart" (http:/ / www. aria. com. au/ pages/ aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-singles-2002. htm). aria. . Retrieved 2 May 2010. [8] "2002 Austrian Singles Chart" (http:/ / www. austriancharts. at/ 2002_single. asp) (in German). Austriancharts. . Retrieved 2 May 2010. [9] "2002 Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart" (http:/ / www. ultratop. be/ nl/ annual. asp?year=2002) (in Dutch). Ultratop. . Retrieved 2 May 2010. [10] "2002 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart" (http:/ / www. ultratop. be/ fr/ annual. asp?year=2002) (in French). Ultratop. . Retrieved 2 May 2010.

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[11] "Wanadoo Top 40 [2002 Dutch End-Year]" (http:/ / www. top40. nl/ pdf/ Top 100/ top 100 - 2002. pdf) (in Dutch). . [12] "2002 Swiss Singles Chart" (http:/ / www. swisscharts. com/ year. asp?key=2002) (in German). Swisscharts. . Retrieved 2 May 2010. [13] "2002 UK Singles Chart" (http:/ / www. ukchartsplus. co. uk/ ChartsPlusYE2002. pdf). ChartsPlus. . Retrieved 5 May 2010. [14] Australian certifications aria.com (http:/ / www. aria. com. au/ pages/ aria-charts-accreditations-singles-2002. htm) (Retrieved January 4, 2009) [15] Belgian certifications Ultratop.be (http:/ / www. ultratop. be/ fr/ weekchart. asp?year=2002& date=20021214& cat=s) (Retrieved January 4, 2009) [16] New Zealand certification "Chart #1335: Cleanin' Out My Closet Gold certification" (http:/ / www. rianz. org. nz/ rianz/ chart. asp). Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. rianz.org.nz. November 17, 2002. . Retrieved 2009-05-16. [17] Swedish certifications Ifpi.se (http:/ / www. ifpi. se/ ?page_id=67) (Retrieved January 4, 2009)

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External links
"Cleanin' Out My Closet" Official music video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ9_TKayu9s) on YouTube

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"Lose Yourself"
"Lose Yourself"
Singleby Eminem from the album Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture 8 Mile Released Format Recorded October 22, 2002 CD single, digital download September 2001 -2002; (Detroit, Michigan) Hardcore hip hop, rap rock 5:26 (album version) 4:26 (clean radio edit) Shady, Aftermath, Interscope Marshall Mathers, Luis Resto, Jeff Bass Eminem, Jeff Bass (additional producer) Eminem singles chronology

Genre Length

Label Writer(s) Producer

"Cleanin' Out My Closet" (2002)

"Lose Yourself" (2002)

"Superman" (2003)

"Lose Yourself" is an Academy Award winning song by American hip-hop artist Eminem, released as the first single from the original soundtrack to the movie 8 Mile on October 22, 2002. It was written and produced by Eminem himself, along with longtime collaborator Jeff Bass, one half of the production duo Bass Brothers, along with brother Mark Bass. The song was largely written during the filming of 8 Mile, including several elements written entirely on set by Eminem. The song largely plays to the themes of the film, as it is largely based around, and written from the viewpoint of, the character of Jimmy "B-Rabbit" Smith, Jr., the role taken on by Eminem in the film, and the events of the film itself. Lose Yourself became the first rap song to win The Academy Award for Best Original Song.[1] "Lose Yourself" is a mid-tempo hardcore hip-hop track, which incorporates several aggressive themes, largely dealing with the struggles dealt with by "B-Rabbit" during the film, and how he eventually overcomes his many problems and obstacles to gain the respect of other rappers, as this is his ambition, but he has constantly been held back by his own personal problems. The song earned Eminem five Grammy nominations at the 45th Grammy Awards in 2003 and the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2002, making it the first ever rap song to have received this accolade. It is also one of only three hip-hop songs from the twenty-first century to have been included on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, and is also the highest ranking, at number 166. As of August 31, 2011, it has had over 4,000,000 downloads in the United States alone,[2] and has been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for sales of 500,000 copies in the United States.

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Background
Eminem says that "Lose Yourself" was written on set, during breaks during the filming of 8 Mile.[3] Taryn Manning, who played Eminem's ex-girlfriend Janeane in the movie 8 Mile, said in an interview with MTV, that during the filming of the movie, in any downtime, Eminem was writing and that "you could just see him formulating stuff in his head."[4] According to studio engineer Steven King, who spoke to Rolling Stone magazine, Eminem recorded the song in a portable studio on the set while he was on a break from shooting, recording all three verses in one take.[5] The sheet on which he wrote the song appears in 8 Mile in a scene where his character is writing while riding the bus. This sheet was sold on eBay for $10,000.[6] The song's lyrics explicitly sum up the background info about Eminem's character in 8 Mile, B. Rabbit, with the first verse summing up much of the plot of the movie. The song's production incorporates elements of several instruments, including piano, violins and several other string instruments. The song is one of three new Eminem solo songs featured on the soundtrack, the other two being titled "8 Mile" and "Rabbit Run". "Lose Yourself" was later released on Eminem's compilation album, Curtain Call: The Hits, in 2005.

Success and legacy

"Lose Yourself" is the most successful single of Eminem's mainstream career. Upon its release, the track was a worldwide chart success, peaking at number one on 24 national charts worldwide, these included the US Billboard Hot 100, making it Eminem's first number-one hit in the United States. It had a 12-week run at #1 in the United States & Australia, and topped the charts in many other countries including the United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand and Denmark. It debuted at number nine in Canada and moved up to #1 the following week. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, "Lose Yourself" became the "Longest Running Single at Number One for a Rap Song" at 23 weeks. In the United States, "Lose Yourself" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart the week of October 5, 2002, at #43. A week later, the single jumped to #18, and hit #1 by 9 November. The single spent 16 total weeks in the Top 10, and a total of 23 weeks in the Top 50. While in the #1 spot (from 11/09/02 through 1/25/03), "Lose Yourself"'s impressive run kept several top contenders for the #1 spot from ever reaching #1, including Jay-Z, Nelly, Jennifer Lopez, Christina Aguilera, and especially Missy Elliott, whose single "Work It" was at #2 for 10 weeks. The song went on to receive the Academy Award for Best Original Song[1] (the first time a rap song ever won this award), beating potential winners such as, "The Hands That Built America", by U2. Eminem, who was not present at the award ceremony believing he would not win, said in a Shade 45 Behind The Boards interview with Cipha Sounds that he was actually sleeping at the time the award was announced.[7] This was the first time in 14 years the winner of the Best Original Song category did not perform at the ceremony. Luis Resto, one of the song's co-writers, had attended the ceremony and accepted the award instead. "He's creative, he has symphonies in his head," Resto said at the lectern about Eminem.[8] The American Film Institute later ranked it #93 on their list of the 100 Greatest Songs from American Films. At the Grammy Awards of 2004, "Lose Yourself" became Eminem's second career nomination for Record of the Year (following "Without Me"), and the first rap song ever to be nominated for Song of the Year. It won Best Male Rap Solo Performance and Best Rap Song, which was a brand new category at the time. At #166, "Lose Yourself" is the highest ranked of the three songs from the 21st century featured in the 2004 List of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (joining "Stan" at #290). Outkast's "Hey Ya!" was the other, at #180. The magazine later ranked the song the twelfth best of the decade.[9] The song was the 51st best-selling single of the 2000 decade in UK.[10] In October 2011, NME placed it at number 57 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years".[11] VH1 placed it at #4 for the best songs of the 2000s.

"Lose Yourself" Several critics cited this trio of songs as the best three from the soundtrack, as well as the most aggressive songs ever recorded by Eminem. "Lose Yourself" itself was also received very positively, with many critics praising the song's aggressive themes and describing it as Eminem's best work to date. Eminem's rapping ability, the lyrics and the production were also praised as well. In many retrospective reviews and lists, critics have cited the song among Eminem's finest, as well as one of the best hip-hop songs of all time.

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Music video
The song's accompanying music video, directed by Eminem himself, manager Paul Rosenberg and Phillip G. Atwell, was released on October 7, 2002. The video is a mixture of several scenarios, largely including several scenes from 8 Mile, however it also contains scenes addressing problems the real life Eminem has addressed, as well as "B-Rabbit"'s difficulties, including the ostracism by rap communities towards him due to his colour, and his difficult personal life. The music video for "Lose Yourself" was filmed in Detroit, Michigan, and thus contains numerous shots of the city, including the Ambassador Bridge. The video is a mixture of multiple scenarios, including scenes from and reminiscent of the movie 8 Mile, and Eminem rapping next to the "8 Mile Rd. Mobile Court" sign that appears on the cover of the movie's soundtrack. It contains scenes focusing on Rabbit's and the real life Eminem's character, for example, the difficulties he has to face while rapping, the insult and booing of crowds as he is a white rapper and the trouble he has to face due to his alcoholic mother and people he hangs out with. At the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards it received the award for Best Video from a Film in the final year this award was given out. It also received nominations for Video of the Year, Best Male Video, Best Rap Video, and Viewer's Choice. He won a MuchMusic Video Award in 2003 for Favorite International Artist with the video for "Lose Yourself". The official video (uploaded by Eminem) has been viewed over 65 million times on YouTube making it one of Eminem's most popular videos on that site. However, it was restricted from viewing in 2011, spawning various privately uploaded versions.

Uses of the song

In 2003, a part of the tune of the song is used as the theme music on the German detective series Lenen & Partner.[12][13] In 2005-2006, Queen + Paul Rodgers (a collaboration between the band and the singer) used the song as the house music for all of the concerts on their Queen + Paul Rodgers Tour.[14][15] On May 15, 2006, Jodie Foster quoted the chorus of the song in her commencement speech at the University of Pennsylvania.[16] In 2007, the teen drama series Instant Star named its season premiere episode after this song.[17] It is used as the pre-game song at all USC home games. George Sotiropoulos used this as his entrance song at UFC 101. Mostapha Al-turk used this as his entrance song at UFC 99. Pro wrestler Jack Evans uses this as his entrance song in AAA. ABC Radio Grandstand commentator Kerry O'Keeffe recited the chorus of "Lose Yourself" on air as cricketer Steve Waugh headed towards his famous last-ball century at the Sydney Cricket Ground test match in January 2002. An instrumental version of the song is sometimes played before kick off or during half time at Nottingham Forest F.C.. Leicester Tigers also use the tune before their matches.

"Lose Yourself" The North Dakota Fighting Sioux men's ice hockey team uses the song during game time when the visiting team scores a goal. On February 6, 2011, Chrysler premiered a 2-minute television commercial for the Chrysler 200 mid-size sedan, with an instrumental track of "Lose Yourself" playing in the background. Eminem appears in the commercial, which first aired on Fox during Super Bowl XLV. Video game DJ Hero 2 added the song as DLC as part of the Jay-Z vs. Eminem Mix Pack, mixing the song with Jay-Z's "Can I Get A...

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Cover versions
"Weird Al" Yankovic made a parody of the song, titled "Couch Potato", on his 2003 album Poodle Hat. Eminem had given him permission to parody the song. Irish pop rock band The Script did an alternative cover to this song in the BBC Radio's live lounge. In 2003, the Australian comedy duo Scared Weird Little Guys produced a rap version of the folk song "Waltzing Matilda" called "Cleanin' Out My Tuckerbag", which parodies both "Lose Yourself" and "Cleanin' Out My Closet", but does not credit Eminem. Christian parody band ApologetiX parodied the song as "Look Yourself". It is available on their 2003 album, Adam Up. The show Robot Chicken parodied part of the film in the rapping sequence involving Bugs Bunny and a collection of other Looney Tunes characters.[18] Lupe Fiasco sampled this song on his track "Lu Myself" (Jypsyeye on bass) on his mixtape, Lupe the Jedi and the Touch the Sky mixtape. During an October 2006 interview with the K102 Morning Crew in Minneapolis, country artist Taylor Swift did an acoustic rendition of the intro and first verse of "Lose Yourself" live on the air, citing it as her favorite workout song. The East Village Opera Company performs this song live, usually as an encore with full orchestra backing. Fabolous made a remix to this track to honor Eminem. Singer Justin Bieber performed a part of "Lose Yourself" on his My World Tour, in 2010. Canadian rock band Three Days Grace have been covering "Lose Yourself" in a medley with their song "Home". During the farewell concert, Polish hip hop group Paktofonika performed their song "W moich krgach" ("In My Circles") with music background from "Lose Yourself".[19]

Track listing
UK / European CD single
No. Title 1. "Lose Yourself" 2. "Renegade" (Jay-Z feat. Eminem) 3. "Lose Yourself" (instrumental) 4. "Lose Yourself" (video) 5. "8 Mile Trailer" Writer(s)
M. Mathers, L. Resto, J. Bass

Producer(s) Eminem, Luis Resto, Jeff Bass Eminem Eminem, Luis Resto, Jeff Bass Eminem, Luis Resto, Jeff Bass

Length 5:27 5:37 5:29 5:29

M. Mathers, S. Carter, L. Resto

M. Mathers, L. Resto, J. Bass

M. Mathers, L. Resto, J. Bass

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Credits and personnel

The credits for "Lose Yourself" are adapted from the liner notes of the original soundtrack to the movie 8 Mile.[20] Recording Recorded at: Detroit, Michigan. Personnel Eminem vocals, audio mixing, producer, songwriting and drum programming Jeff Bass additional production, songwriter, guitar, bass and keyboards Steve King audio mixing and recording Mike Strange recording Luis Resto songwriter, keyboards and programming

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts
Chart (2002) Peak position [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] 1 1 1 1 9 1 [27] 1 3 [29] 2 1 1 1 [33] 1 1 1 [36] [37] [38] 1 1 1 1 [40] 14

Australia (ARIA)

Austria (3 Austria Top 75)

Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)

Belgium (Ultratop 40 Wallonia)

Canada (Canadian Singles Chart) Denmark (Tracklisten) [26]

Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) France (SNEP) [28]

Germany (Media Control AG) Hungary (Single Top 10) Ireland (IRMA) Italy (FIMI) [31]

[30]

[32]

Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) New Zealand (RIANZ) Norway (VG-lista)

[34]

[35]

Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)

Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)

UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) US Billboard Hot 100 [39]

US Alternative Songs (Billboard)

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US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) US Pop Songs (Billboard) [42] [43]

US Rap Songs (Billboard)

Year-end charts
Chart (2003) Australian Singles Chart Austrian Singles Chart [44] Position 2 6 [46] [47] 16 7 12 [49] 12 6 [51] 30 12

[45]

Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart

Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Dutch Top 40 [48]

French SNEP Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart [50]

New Zealand Singles Chart Swiss Singles Chart [52]

Decade-end charts
20002009 German Singles Chart [53] [54] Position 44 28

U.S. Billboard Hot 100

Certifications
Country Australia Austria Belgium Finland France Germany Greece Japan New Zealand Certification 4 x Platinum Platinum Platinum Gold Gold Gold Gold [55] Sales 280,000 50,000 40,000 6,300 250,000 250,000 10,000 100,000 15,000

[56] [57]

[58] [59] [60] [61] [62]

Gold (PC) Platinum

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Norway Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom United States 10,000 20,000 30,000 200,000 4,353,000 [69]

Platinum Platinum Platinum Silver Gold

[67]

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External links
"Lose Yourself" Official music video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFYQQPAOz7Y) on YouTube

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"Superman"
Singleby Eminem featuring Dina Rae from the album The Eminem Show Released Format Recorded Genre Length January 27, 2003 CD single, 12" single 2002 Dirty rap 5:50 (Album version) 4:42 (Edit) Shady, Aftermath, Interscope Eminem Eminem singles chronology

Label Producer

"Lose Yourself" (2002)

"Superman" (2003)

"Sing for the Moment" (2003)

"Superman" is a song written by American rapper Eminem. It features backing vocals from Dina Rae and was released in January 2003 as a single in the U.S. only, peaking at #15 on the Billboard Hot 100. The single is taken from Eminem's worldwide hit album, The Eminem Show, which was released in 2002.

Background
The song is about the rocky relationships and promiscuous nature of the girls Eminem has had in his life and how he plans to deal with it. In his 2008 autobiography The Way I Am, Eminem revealed that the song is about his rumored relationship with singer Mariah Carey, to an extent. The song is very similar to his song "Drug Ballad" and "Pimp Like Me" with D12. The music video for the song features porn star Gina Lynn and can only be found on the 8 Mile DVD. It also contains an edit different from the album version. The uncensored contains nudity, and is rarely shown on MTV or BET. It features on the music video website VEVO. Shannon Elizabeth was Eminem's first choice to star in the video, although this never came to fruition, as they could not come to terms.

Track listing
Promo single[1]
No. Title 1. "Superman" (feat. Dina Rae) (Clean Radio Edit) Writer(s)
M. Mathers, J. Bass, S. King

Producer(s) Eminem, Jeff Bass

Length 4:42

12" vinyl[2]

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No. Title 1. "Superman" (feat. Dina Rae) (Clean Radio Edit) 2. "Superman" (feat. Dina Rae) (Album Version) 3. "Superman" (feat. Dina Rae) (Instrumental) 4. "Superman" (feat. Dina Rae) (Acapella)

Writer(s)
M. Mathers, J. Bass, S. King

Producer(s) Eminem, Jeff Bass Eminem, Jeff Bass Eminem, Jeff Bass Eminem, Jeff Bass

Length 4:42 5:50 4:27 4:27

M. Mathers, J. Bass, S. King

M. Mathers, J. Bass, S. King

M. Mathers, J. Bass, S. King

Charts
Chart (2003) Peak position [3] 42 15 [5] 44 10 10

New Zealand (RIANZ) US Billboard Hot 100

[4]

US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) US Pop Songs (Billboard) [6] [7]

US Rap Songs (Billboard)

References
[1] http:/ / www. discogs. com/ Eminem-Superman/ release/ 521536 [2] http:/ / www. discogs. com/ Eminem-Superman/ release/ 521536 [3] "Eminem feat. Dina Rae - Superman" (http:/ / charts. org. nz/ showitem. asp?interpret=Eminem+ feat. + Dina+ Rae& titel=Superman& cat=s). charts.org.nz. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 7 August, 2011. [4] "Eminem Album & Song Chart History: Billboard Hot 100" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ artist/ eminem/ chart-history/ 315925?f=379& g=Singles). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. . Retrieved 7 August, 2011. [5] "Eminem Album & Song Chart History: R&B/Hip-Hop Songs" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ artist/ eminem/ chart-history/ 315925?f=367& g=Singles). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. . Retrieved 7 August, 2011. [6] "Eminem Album & Song Chart History: Pop Songs" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ artist/ eminem/ chart-history/ 315925?f=381& g=Singles). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. . Retrieved 7 August, 2011. [7] "Eminem Album & Song Chart History: Rap Songs" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ artist/ eminem/ chart-history/ 315925?f=370& g=Singles). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. . Retrieved 7 August, 2011.

External links
"Superman" music video (censored) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kYkciD9VjU) on YouTube

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"Sing for the Moment"

"Sing for the Moment"
Singleby Eminem featuring Steven Tyler and Joe Perry from the album The Eminem Show Released Format Recorded Genre Length February 25, 2003 CD 2001-2002 Rap rock, hardcore hip hop, political hip hop 5:39 (album version) 4:50 (radio edit) Shady, Aftermath, Interscope Eminem

Label Producer

Certification Platinum (ARIA) Eminem singles chronology

"Superman" (2003)

"Sing for the Moment" (2003)

"Business" (2003)

Curtain Call: The Hits track listing

"Shake That" (7)

"Sing for the Moment" (8)

"Without Me" (9)

"Sing for the Moment" is a song by American rapper Eminem from the album The Eminem Show, released in 2002. It was released as a music single in 2003.

Song information
Eminem samples the song "Dream On" by rock group Aerosmith. Joe Perry of Aerosmith plays the guitar solo at the end of the song, and Steven Tyler sings the chorus of the song. "Sing for the Moment" was later released on Eminem's greatest hits album Curtain Call: The Hits. "Sing for the Moment" deals with the themes of rap music's effect on society and the misunderstanding Eminem claims critics and parents have towards his message. Eminem uses the song to refute critics who have accused him of promoting violence to young people, saying that committing a crime is ultimately up to the offender. He also explains that his music has an advantage to young people, claiming that his music is a relief from boredom and depression. Eminem's altercation with a bouncer named John Guerrera is also referenced in this song.[1] The song reached #14 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart, #6 on the UK Singles Chart, and #5 on the Australian ARIAnet Singles Chart.

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Music video
A music video for "Sing for the Moment" was made and released in 2003. It consists of a collage created with various clips, including shots from the Anger Management Tour. It also contains cameos appearances by various fellow rappers, including Dr. Dre, D12, 50 Cent and Ludacris. The video is very similar to the 50 Cent music video "If I Can't".

Track listing
UK / European / European Limited Edition CD single
No. Title 1. "Sing for the Moment" 2. "Rabbit Run" (soundtrack version) 3. "Sing for the Moment" (instrumental) 4. "Sing for the Moment" (video) Writer(s)
S. Tyler; M. Mathers, J. Bass, L. Resto, S. King

Producer(s) Eminem Eminem, Luis Resto Contains a sample of "Dream On" by Aerosmith

Length 5:40 3:10 5:40 5:40

M. Mathers, L. Resto

S. Tyler; M. Mathers, J. Bass, L. Resto, S. King

S. Tyler; M. Mathers, J. Bass, L. Resto, S. King

Eminem

Charts
Chart (2003) Peak position 5 7 6 15 2 4 2 5 28 5 3 5 8 5 10 1 11 11 8 6

Australian Singles Chart Austrian Singles Chart Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders) Belgian Singles Chart (Wallonia) Canadian Singles Chart Danish Singles Chart Eurochart Hot 100 [3] [2]

Finnish Singles Chart French Singles Chart German Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart Italian Singles Chart Netherlands Singles Chart New Zealand Singles Chart Norwegian Singles Chart Portugal Singles Chart [4] [5]

Romanian Singles Chart Swedish Singles Chart Swiss Singles Chart UK Singles Chart

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14 1 18 5 26

U.S. Billboard Hot 100

U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles U.S. Billboard Rap Songs [7]

[8] U.S. Billboard Pop Songs Uzbek Singles Chart

References
[1] "Eminem's Biography" (http:/ / www. foxnews. com/ story/ 0,2933,194705,00. html?sPage=fnc. entertainment/ eminem). Fox News. September 17, 2009. . [2] Steffen Hung. "Eminem - Sing For The Moment" (http:/ / www. danishcharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Eminem& titel=Sing+ For+ The+ Moment& cat=s). danishcharts.com. . Retrieved 2010-05-30. [3] Euro chart (http:/ / top40-charts. com/ chart. php?cid=31& date=2003-04-26) . Retrieved April 17, 2008. [4] "Portugal Singles Chart" (http:/ / top40-charts. com/ chart. php?cid=20& date=2003-07-24). . [5] http:/ / web. archive. org/ web/ 20041012212821/ www. rt100. ro/ ed. php?tn=x10076 [6] http:/ / www. billboard. com/ charts/ hot-100#/ song/ eminem/ sing-for-the-moment/ 3985891 [7] http:/ / www. billboard. com/ charts/ hot-100#/ song/ eminem/ sing-for-the-moment/ 3985891 [8] http:/ / www. billboard. com/ charts/ hot-100#/ song/ eminem/ sing-for-the-moment/ 3985891

External links
"Sing for the Moment" Official music video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4hAVemuQXY) on YouTube

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"Business"
"Business"
Singleby Eminem from the album The Eminem Show Released Format Recorded Genre Length Label Producer Certification 2003 CD 2002 Midwest hip hop 4:11 Shady, Aftermath, Interscope Dr. Dre Gold (ARIA) Eminem singles chronology

"Sing for the Moment" (2003)

"Business" (2003)

"One Day at a Time (Em's Version)" (2004)

"Business" is a song by the rapper Eminem, released in 2003 as a single internationally, except in the U.S.. It was from his worldwide hit album, The Eminem Show, which was released in 2002. In the song, Eminem talks about him and Dr. Dre working together like Batman and Robin (as suggested in the music video for "Without Me") in the "Rapmobile," to set the hip hop music world straight, allegedly a reference to Insane Clown Posse, a hip hop duo who had a feud with Eminem. There is no official music video for this song, so music video channels usually play live versions of the song instead. The line, "there's no such thing, like a female with good looks who cooks and cleans" is a reference to his troubled relationship with his then wife, Kim. There is a line in this song that describes himself and Dr. Dre as "the most feared duet since me and Elton played career Russian Roulette", referring to Eminem performing "Stan" at the Grammy Awards of 2001. Another line rhymes, "Jesus, how can shit be so easy? / How can one Chandra be so Levy?" This line is in reference to then-missing Washington, D.C. intern Chandra Levy, whose remains were found in a D.C. park only four days before The Eminem Show's U.S. release.

Track listing
European CD single / UK CD1

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No. Title 1. "Business" 2. "Bump Heads" (feat. G-Unit) 3. "Business" (Live in Barcelona) (Video)

Writer(s)
M. Mathers, A. Young, R. Feemster, M. Elizondo

Producer(s) Length Dr. Dre Eminem Dr. Dre 4:20 4:36 4:20

M. Mathers, C. Jackson, M. Bernard, C. Lloyd

M. Mathers, A. Young, R. Feemster, M. Elizondo

European Maxi single / UK CD2

No. Title 1. "Business" 2. "The Conspiracy Freestyle" 3. "Business" (Instrumental) 4. "Business" (Live In Detroit) (Video)
M. Mathers, A. Young, R. Feemster, M. Elizondo

Writer(s)
M. Mathers, A. Young, R. Feemster, M. Elizondo

Producer(s) Length Dr. Dre 4:20

Dr. Dre Dr. Dre

4:20 4:20

M. Mathers, A. Young, R. Feemster, M. Elizondo

Charts
Chart (2002-03) Peak position 4 [2] [3] [4] 22 28 30 15 7 [7] 9 14 [9] 6 77 25

Australia (ARIA)

[1]

Austria (3 Austria Top 75)

Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)

Belgium (Ultratop 40 Wallonia) Germany (Media Control AG) Ireland (IRMA) [6]

[5]

Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) New Zealand (RIANZ)

[8]

UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) US Rap Songs (Billboard) [11]

[10]

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References
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"Just Lose It"
Singleby Eminem from the album Encore Released Format Recorded Genre Length Label Writer(s) Producer September 25, 2004 CD 2004 in Los Angeles, California Comedy hip hop 4:33 Shady, Aftermath, Interscope Eminem, Dr. Dre, Mike Elizondo, Mark Batson Dr. Dre and Mike Elizondo Eminem singles chronology

"One Day at a Time (Em's Version)" (2004)

"Just Lose It" (2004)

"Encore/Curtains Down" (2004)

Curtain Call: The Hits track listing

"Cleanin' Out My Closet" (20)

"Just Lose It" (15)

"When I'm Gone" (16)

"Just Lose It" is the first single from Eminem's fifth studio album Encore and was later included on his 2005 compilation album, Curtain Call: The Hits. The song caused controversy as its lyrics and music video parodies Michael Jackson, who was being accused of child molestation at the time. The song also pokes fun at Beavis/Cornholio, MC Hammer, Madonna and others. It also heavily spoofs Pee-wee Herman, going as far as imitating his signature shout during the chorus and Eminem dressing like him in the video. The song reached number one in the UK, Australia, and New Zealand, and number six in the United States. Although charting high, the song did not perform as well as his two previous lead singles, "The Real Slim Shady" and "Without Me".

Track information
Two skits regarding the Michael Jackson controversy were included on Encore, "Paul (Skit)" and "Em Calls Paul (Skit)". The lyrics to "Just Lose It" refer to Jackson's legal troubles, however he does state in his song "... and that's not a stab at Michael/That's just a metaphor/I'm just psycho...." At the beginning of the song there is a lyrical excerpt from Eminem's 2002 single "Without Me" about how "Shady's back". The line "Snap back to reality. Look! It's B. Rabbit" and "You signed me up to battle" refers to "Lose Yourself" and Eminem's character in the movie 8 Mile. In the second verse of the song there is a line "So fellas, fellas..." is a reference to Sir Mix-a-Lot's song "Baby Got Back". The line "Girl you know you're my world," from the chorus, is a reference to the chorus of his song "Superman" from his album The Eminem Show. Finally, the video

"Just Lose It" parodies the movie Bad Santa, by displaying Eminem as a "mall santa" and even going so far to include Tony Cox (the elf from the actual movie) as his helper.

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Music video
The video contains a parody of a rap battle scene from 8 Mile in which it is Eminem (as B-Rabbit) versus Eminem (as Slim Shady). It also contains several scenes where Eminem is walking down the streets naked. As he is doing this, Dr. Dre is seen driving next to him, looking disgusted. For the music video, the lyrics were edited slightly, notably the phrase "shake that ass", becoming the less provocative "shake that thing". Other changes include the muting of some parts of the second verse, and the phrase "butt naked" becoming "buck naked". Such examples of parodies that are included in this video are Michael Jackson, MC Hammer and his hit single "U Can't Touch This", Madonna and the movie Bad Santa. A few of the celebrities who appeared in this music video were Paris Hilton, Katie Cassidy, Monica Parales, Erik Estrada, Alyson Stoner, BooBoo Stewart, Tony Cox, Mekhi Phifer and Dr. Dre. The video was later nominated at the MTV Video Music Awards for Best Rap Video, but lost to Ludacris' "Number One Spot". Much Music's 50 Most Controversial Videos ranked it #50 for its jokes on famous people.

Controversy
The music video for "Just Lose It" generated controversy by parodying singer Michael Jackson's child molestation trial, plastic surgery and an incident in which Jackson's hair caught on fire while filming a Pepsi commercial in 1984.[1] It was banned on the BET channel, after complaints from Benzino and others (but was later reinstated, as critics of the ban argued that Nelly's "Tip Drill" video could be seen). Both were only seen on BET: Uncut. However MTV did not drop it, and the video became one of the most requested on the channel. A week after the release of "Just Lose It", Jackson called into the radio show of Steve Harvey to report his displeasure with the video. "I am very angry at Eminem's depiction of me in his video," Jackson said in the interview. "I feel that it is outrageous and disrespectful. It is one thing to spoof, but it is another to be demeaning and insensitive." The singer continued: "I've admired Eminem as an artist, and was shocked by this. The video was inappropriate and disrespectful to me, my children, my family and the community at large."[2] Many of Jackson's supporters and friends spoke out about the video, including Stevie Wonder, who "watched" the video and called it"kicking a man while he's down" and "bullshit",[3] and Steve Harvey, who declared, "Eminem has lost his ghetto pass. We want the pass back."[3]

Tracklisting
UK CD1 1. 2. 3. 4. "Just Lose It" "Just Lose It" (Acapella) "Just Lose It" (Instrumental) "Just Lose It" (Video)

UK CD2 1. "Just Lose It" 2. "Lose Yourself" (Explicit)

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Charts
Chart (2004) Peak position [4] [5] [6] [7] 1 4 6 8 1 1 [10] 2 7 [12] 2 2 2 [15] 5 1 3 2 12 [20] [21] 1 1 6 [23] 35 5 7

Australia (ARIA)

Austria (3 Austria Top 75)

Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)

Belgium (Ultratop 40 Wallonia) Denmark (Tracklisten) [8]

[9] European Hot 100 Singles Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) France (SNEP) [11]

Germany (Media Control AG) Ireland (IRMA) Italy (FIMI) [13]

[14]

Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) New Zealand (RIANZ) Norway (VG-lista)

[16]

[17] [18] [19]

Spain (PROMUSICAE)

Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)

Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)

UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) US Billboard Hot 100 [22]

US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) US Pop Songs (Billboard) [24] [25]

US Rap Songs (Billboard)

End of year charts

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End of year chart (2004) Australian Singles Chart [26] [27] [28]

Position 36 93 93 78 15

Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart

Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart French Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart [29]

[30] [31]

New Zealand Singles Chart Swiss Singles Chart UK Singles Chart [32]

32 43 18

[33]

Certifications
Country Australia [34] [35] [36] Certification Platinum Platinum Platinum Gold Gold Date 2004 2004 December 20, 2004 2004 June 1, 2005 Sales certified 70,000 30,000 15,000 10,000 500,000

Denmark

New Zealand Norway U.S. [37]

[38]

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[13] " Chart Track" (http:/ / www. chart-track. co. uk/ index. jsp?c=p/ musicvideo/ music/ archive/ index_test. jsp& ct=240001& arch=t& lyr=2004& year=2004& week=45). Irish Singles Chart. Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved November 16, 2011. [14] " Italiancharts.com Eminem Just Lose It" (http:/ / www. italiancharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Eminem& titel=Just+ Lose+ It& cat=s). Top Digital Download. Hung Medien. Retrieved November 16, 2011. [15] " Nederlandse Top 40 week 47, 2004 (http:/ / www. top40. nl/ index. aspx?week=47& jaar=2004)" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40 Stichting Nederlandse Top 40. Retrieved November 16, 2011. [16] " Charts.org.nz Eminem Just Lose It" (http:/ / www. charts. org. nz/ showitem. asp?interpret=Eminem& titel=Just+ Lose+ It& cat=s). Top 40 Singles. Hung Medien. Retrieved November 16, 2011. [17] " Norwegiancharts.com Eminem Just Lose It" (http:/ / www. norwegiancharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Eminem& titel=Just+ Lose+ It& cat=s). VG-lista. Hung Medien. Retrieved November 16, 2011. [18] " Spanishcharts.com Eminem Just Lose It" (http:/ / www. spanishcharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Eminem& titel=Just+ Lose+ It& cat=s) Canciones Top 50. Hung Medien. Retrieved November 16, 2011. [19] " Swedishcharts.com Eminem Just Lose It" (http:/ / www. swedishcharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Eminem& titel=Just+ Lose+ It& cat=s). Singles Top 60. Hung Medien. Retrieved November 16, 2011. [20] " Eminem Just Lose It swisscharts.com" (http:/ / www. swisscharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Eminem& titel=Just+ Lose+ It& cat=s). Swiss Singles Chart. Hung Medien. Retrieved November 16, 2011. [21] " Archive Chart" (http:/ / www. theofficialcharts. com/ archive-chart/ _/ 1/ 2004-11-13) UK Singles Chart. The Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 16, 2011. [22] " Eminem Album & Song Chart History" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ #/ artist/ Eminem/ chart-history/ 315925?f=379& g=Singles) Billboard Hot 100 for Eminem. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 16, 2011. [23] " Eminem Album & Song Chart History" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ #/ artist/ Eminem/ chart-history/ 315925?f=367& g=Singles) Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for Eminem. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 16, 2011. [24] " Eminem Album & Song Chart History" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ #/ artist/ Eminem/ chart-history/ 315925?f=381& g=Singles) Billboard Pop Songs for Eminem. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 16, 2011. [25] " Eminem Album & Song Chart History" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ #/ artist/ Eminem/ chart-history/ 315925?f=370& g=Singles) Billboard Rap Songs for Eminem. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 16, 2011. [26] "2004 Australian Singles Chart" (http:/ / www. aria. com. au/ pages/ aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-singles-2004. htm). aria. . Retrieved 2 May 2010. [27] "2004 Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart" (http:/ / www. ultratop. be/ nl/ annual. asp?year=2004) (in Dutch). Ultratop. . Retrieved 2 May 2010. [28] "2004 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart" (http:/ / www. ultratop. be/ fr/ annual. asp?year=2004) (in French). Ultratop. . Retrieved 2 May 2010. [29] "2004 French Singles Chart" (http:/ / www. disqueenfrance. com/ fr/ pag-259376-Classements-Annuels. html?year=2004) (in French). SNEP. . Retrieved 2 May 2010. [30] "2004 Irish Singles Chart" (http:/ / www. irma. ie/ best2004. htm). IRMA. . Retrieved 2 May 2010. [31] "2004 New Zealand Singles Chart" (http:/ / www. rianz. org. nz/ rianz/ chart_annual. asp). Rianz. . Retrieved 2 May 2010. [32] "2004 Swiss Singles Chart" (http:/ / www. swisscharts. com/ year. asp?key=2004) (in German). Swisscharts. . Retrieved 2 May 2010. [33] "2004 UK Singles Chart" (http:/ / www. ukchartsplus. co. uk/ ChartsPlusYE2002. pdf). ChartsPlus. . Retrieved 5 May 2010. [34] Australian certifications aria.com (http:/ / www. aria. com. au/ pages/ aria-charts-accreditations-singles-2004. htm) (Retrieved January 4, 2009) [35] Denmark certifications (http:/ / www. ifpi. dk/ index. php?pk_menu=50) (Retrieved January 8, 2010) [36] New Zealand certification "Chart #1439: Just Lose It Platinum certification" (http:/ / www. rianz. org. nz/ rianz/ chart. asp). Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. rianz.org.nz. Decembre 20, 2004. . Retrieved 2009-05-16. [37] Norwegian certifications Ifpi.no (http:/ / www. ifpi. no/ sok/ index_trofe. htm) (Retrieved January 4, 2009) [38] U.S. certifications (http:/ / www. riaa. com/ goldandplatinumdata. php?resultpage=1& table=SEARCH_RESULTS& action=& title=& artist=Eminem& sort=Artist& perPage=50) (Retrieved January 4, 2009)

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External links
Just Lose It (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000679QCA) on Amazon.com "Just Lose It" Official music video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dcVOmEQzKA) on YouTube

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"Encore"
"Encore"
Singleby Eminem featuring Dr. Dre and 50 Cent from the album Encore Released Format November 9, 2004 Vinyl, Airplay

Recorded 2002-2004 Genre Length Label Hip hop 5:47 (album version) 5:13 (clean version) Shady, Aftermath, Interscope

Writer(s) M. Mathers, A. Young, M. Elizondo, M. Batson, C. Pope, C. Jackson Producer Dr. Dre, Mark Batson Eminem singles chronology

"Just Lose It" (2004)

"Encore/Curtains Down" (2004)

"Like Toy Soldiers" (2004)

Dr. Dre singles chronology

"The Watcher 2" (2003)

"Encore/Curtains Down" (2004) 50 Cent singles chronology

"Imagine" (2006)

"Westside Story" (2004)

"Encore/Curtains Down" (2004)

"How We Do" (2004)

"Encore" is a song by the rapper Eminem, released in 2004 as a vinyl single in the U.S. It was the title track from his fifth major studio album, Encore, which was also released that year. The song is a collaboration of the biggest artists on the Shady/Aftermath record label (Eminem himself, Dr. Dre and 50 Cent). It was nominated for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group at the Grammy Awards of 2006, but lost to The Black Eyed Peas song "Don't Phunk with My Heart". No music video was filmed for the song. Eminem, Dre and 50 Cent would later return to work together on the song "Crack a Bottle" from Relapse.

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"Curtains Down" skit

After the song is over, "Encore" features a line by Eminem alerting listeners of Dr. Dre's upcoming album Detox. Eminem tells his audience "Don't worry about that Detox album. It's coming. We're gonna make Dre do it." In the song, Eminem hints at his career aspirations with the line, "10 Multi-Platinum albums later three Diamond worldwide, we hit the charts with a bullet, and still climb." After "Encore", the next track on the album is a skit in which Eminem returns to the stage (stating that he forgot "one more thing"), starts shooting at the crowd, and shoots himself through the mouth. The album's last lines are "See you in hell, fuckers" in a robotic voice. Many critics thought that it might have meant Eminem will totally stop his music career. Others see it as him getting rid of his alter ego "Slim Shady", and coming back as a whole new rapper. Eminem had stated that, at that moment in time, he was not certain about the future but that he would still be involved in the music industry. (The edited version fades out before the shooting segment begins.) It was later confirmed that the shooting was meant to represent the death of Slim Shady. Shady however returned in Relapse, coming back after Eminem was released from a rehabilitation center. The skit was hinted in the earlier skit "Em Calls Paul", in which he tells his manager Paul Rosenberg through the phone that he has a good idea for the ending ("I have this idea about how I want to end the show") in the same robotic voice. In the skit, he also lies to Paul that he didn't get a new gun, referencing an earlier skit on the album where Paul hears rumours about him having a new gun as well as a skit on The Eminem Show, where Paul was stressed over Eminem bringing his gun to the studio.

Track listing
12" Vinyl[1]
No. Title 1. "Encore/Curtains Down" (clean version) 2. "Encore/Curtains Down" (album version) 3. "Encore/Curtains Down" (instrumental) 4. "Encore/Curtains Down" (acapella) Writer(s)
M. Mathers, A. Young, M. Elizondo, M. Batson, C. Pope, C. Jackson

Producer(s) Dr. Dre & Mark Batson Dr. Dre & Mark Batson Dr. Dre & Mark Batson Dr. Dre & Mark Batson

Length 5:13 5:47 5:21 5:16

M. Mathers, A. Young, M. Elizondo, M. Batson, C. Pope, C. Jackson

M. Mathers, A. Young, M. Elizondo, M. Batson, C. Pope, C. Jackson

M. Mathers, A. Young, M. Elizondo, M. Batson, C. Pope, C. Jackson

Charts
Chart (2004-05) Peak position [2] 116 25 [4] 48 20 19 22

UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) US Billboard Hot 100 [3]

US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) US Rap Songs (Billboard) US Pop Songs (Billboard) US Pop 100 (Billboard) [5]

[6]

[7]

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"Like Toy Soldiers"

"Like Toy Soldiers"
Singleby Eminem from the album Encore Released January 25, 2005 January 31, 2005 (UK) CD 2004 Conscious hip hop 4:56 Shady, Aftermath, Interscope M. Mathers, L. Resto, M. Dawson, M. J. Margules, M. Marrero, M. Jay Eminem, Luis Resto

Format Recorded Genre Length Label Writer(s) Producer

Certification Gold (ARIA) Gold (RIAA) Eminem singles chronology

"Encore/Curtains Down" (2004)

"Like Toy Soldiers" (2005)

"Mockingbird" (2005)

"Like Toy Soldiers" is a song by American rapper Eminem from his fifth album Encore. The song samples 1989 song "Toy Soldiers" by Martika and the main title theme from 1972 film The Hot Rock.[1] The song reached number thirty-four on the Billboard Hot 100 in February, 2005[2], number one in the United Kingdom and the top ten in many other European countries, as well as Australia and New Zealand.

Content
"Like Toy Soldiers" tells the story of his attempts to calm a violent community of rappers. Eminem speaks openly about problems with The Source magazine and its editor Benzino, as well as Murder Inc. Records, and explains the feud between Ja Rule and 50 Cent, which Eminem felt went far beyond the Jay-Z vs. Nas feud.[3] The song finishes as Eminem offers a truce to his enemies. Like Toy Soldiers features a vocal sample from "Toy Soldiers" by Martika, which makes up the chorus. In addition, this song also reveals that Eminem had tried to stop Ja Rule & 50 Cent's feud, but lost it when he heard Ja Rule making fun of his daughter on a track called "Loose Change" (The Ja Shit, I tried to squash it/It was too late to stop it/There's a certain line you just don't cross and he crossed it/I heard him say Hailie's name in his song and I just lost it). In the song Ja Rule called Eminem's then ex-wife "a known slut" and his mother "a crackhead" and in addition he referenced Hailie by asking him what she's going to be "when she grows up".[4] "Like Toy Soldiers" was later included on Eminem's compilation album Curtain Call: The Hits in 2005. Eminem leaves out a word in this song when referring to one of Dr. Dre's altercations. Dr. Dre is Eminem's mentor, and Suge Knight had once said he wanted Dre to rot in hell. Despite the attack, Eminem did not assume Dre's beef and retaliate against Suge. Throughout his career, Eminem, at most, only alludes to Suge, completing a line in this song, "my intentions were good, I went through my whole career without ever mentioning -." Styles P used the

"Like Toy Soldiers" instrumental version in his song "Soldiers Song", in 2005.[5]

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Released in early 2005, the song's video starts with two young boys, one who is white and one who is black, watching the news and being bored, and as the news anchor says a rapper is trying to stop the rapwars. Cameo appearances in the video include 50 Cent, Luis Resto, Dr. Dre, Obie Trice, and D12. Deceased rappers 2Pac, Biggie Smalls, Big L, and former D12 member Bugz are also shown at the end of the music video to show the fatal consequences of rap wars. In what was to become a tragic coincidence, the most cutting scene of the video would show D12 member, Proof getting shot by men in a drive-by and doctors trying to revive him in a hospital. Proof died the next year from a heated altercation at a nightclub.

Track listing
UK CD1
No. Title 1. "Like Toy Soldiers" 2. "Rabbit Run" Writer(s)
M. Mathers, L. Resto, M. Dawson, M. J. Margules

Sample(s) Eminem, Luis Resto Eminem, Luis Resto

Length 4:56 3:10

M. Mathers, L. Resto

UK CD2 / European CD single

No. Title 1. "Like Toy Soldiers" 2. "Just Lose It" (DJ Green Lantern Remix) 3. "Like Toy Soldiers" (instrumental)
M. Mathers, A spurlock, L. Resto, M. Dawson, M. J. Margules

Writer(s)
M. Mathers, L. Resto, M. Dawson, M. J. Margules

Producer(s) Eminem, Luis Resto

Length 4:56

Contains a sample of "Toy Soldiers" by Martika

4:56

4. "Like Toy Soldiers"

M. Mathers, L. Resto, M. Dawson, M. J. Margules

Eminem, Luis Resto

4:56

DVD single
No. Title 1. "Like Toy Soldiers" (Video) 2. "Like Toy Soldiers" (Making of the Video) Writer(s)
M. Mathers, L. Resto, M. Dawson, M. J. Margules

Producer(s) Eminem, Luis Resto Contains a sample of "Toy Soldiers" by Martika

Length 4:56 4:56

M. Mathers, A spurlock, L. Resto, M. Dawson, M. J. Margules

Charts

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Chart (200405)

Peak position 4 [7] [8] [9] 8 11 18 2 [11] [12] 1 15 34 [14] 8 6 3 8 [18] 7 2 4 [21] [22] [23] 14 3 1 34 [25] [26] 24 64 24

Australia (ARIA)

[6]

Austria (3 Austria Top 40)

Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)

Belgium (Ultratop 40 Wallonia) Denmark (Tracklisten) [10]

Eurochart Hot 100 (Billboard)

Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) France (SNEP) [13]

Germany (Media Control AG) Hungary (Mahasz) Ireland (IRMA) Italy (FIMI) [15]

[16]

[17]

Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) New Zealand (RIANZ) Norway (VG-lista) [20] [19]

Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)

Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)

UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) US Billboard Hot 100 [24]

US Pop Songs (Billboard)

US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) US Pop 100 (Billboard) [27]

References
[1] http:/ / www. whosampled. com/ sample/ view/ 18449/ Eminem-Like%20Toy%20Soldiers_Quincy%20Jones-The%20Hot%20Rock%20-%20Main%20Title/ [2] http:/ / books. google. com/ books?id=vhQEAAAAMBAJ& pg=PA27& dq=billboard+ feb+ 12+ 2005& hl=en& ei=SpUrTp_yAZHUgAeT0q2ZCw& sa=X& oi=book_result& ct=result& resnum=13& ved=0CFkQ6AEwDA#v=onepage& q=billboard%20feb%2012%202005& f=false [3] http:/ / www. songfacts. com/ detail. php?id=5606 [4] http:/ / www. mtv. com/ news/ articles/ 1471038/ ja-rule-calls-50-loose-change. jhtml [5] http:/ / www. songfacts. com/ detail. php?id=5606 [6] "Eminem - Like Toy Soldiers" (http:/ / australian-charts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Eminem& titel=Like+ Toy+ Soldiers& cat=s). australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 7 August, 2011. [7] "Eminem - Like Toy Soldiers" (http:/ / austriancharts. at/ showitem. asp?interpret=Eminem& titel=Like+ Toy+ Soldiers& cat=s) (in German). austriancharts.at. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 7 August, 2011.

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[8] "Eminem - Like Toy Soldiers" (http:/ / www. ultratop. be/ nl/ showitem. asp?interpret=Eminem& titel=Like+ Toy+ Soldiers& cat=s) (in Dutch). ultratop.be. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 7 August, 2011. [9] "Eminem - Like Toy Soldiers" (http:/ / www. ultratop. be/ fr/ showitem. asp?interpret=Eminem& titel=Like+ Toy+ Soldiers& cat=s) (in French). ultratop.be. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 7 August, 2011. [10] "Eminem - Like Toy Soldiers" (http:/ / danishcharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Eminem& titel=Like+ Toy+ Soldiers& cat=s). danishcharts.com. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 7 August, 2011. [11] "Eminem Album & Song Chart History: European Hot 100" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ artist/ eminem/ chart-history/ 315925?f=349& g=Singles). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. . Retrieved 7 August, 2011. [12] "Eminem - Like Toy Soldiers" (http:/ / finnishcharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Eminem& titel=Like+ Toy+ Soldiers& cat=s). finnishcharts.com. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 7 August, 2011. [13] "Eminem - Like Toy Soldiers" (http:/ / lescharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Eminem& titel=Like+ Toy+ Soldiers& cat=s) (in French). lescharts.com. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 7 August, 2011. [14] "Chartverfolgung / Eminem / Single" (http:/ / musicline. de/ de/ chartverfolgung_summary/ artist/ Eminem/ ?type=single) (in German). musicline.de. Media Control Charts. . Retrieved 7 August, 2011. [15] "Archvum Slgerlistk MAHASZ Magyar Hanglemezkiadk Szvetsge" (http:/ / www. mahasz. hu/ ?menu=slagerlistak& menu2=archivum& lista=kislemez& ev=2005& het=10& submit_=Keress) (in Hungarian). mahasz.hu. Mahasz. . Retrieved 7 August, 2011. [16] "Discography Eminem" (http:/ / www. irish-charts. com/ showinterpret. asp?interpret=Eminem). irish-charts.com. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 7 August, 2011. [17] "Eminem - Like Toy Soldiers" (http:/ / italiancharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Eminem& titel=Like+ Toy+ Soldiers& cat=s). italiancharts.com. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 7 August, 2011. [18] "Nederlandse Top 40 week 6, 2005" (http:/ / www. top40. nl/ index. aspx?& jaar=2005& maand=7& week=6) (in Dutch). top40.nl. Dutch Top 40. . Retrieved 7 August, 2011. [19] "Eminem - Like Toy Soldiers" (http:/ / charts. org. nz/ showitem. asp?interpret=Eminem& titel=Like+ Toy+ Soldiers& cat=s). charts.org.nz. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 7 August, 2011. [20] "Eminem - Lose Yourself" (http:/ / norwegiancharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Eminem& titel=Like+ Toy+ Soldiers& cat=s). norwegiancharts.com. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 7 August, 2011. [21] "Eminem - Like Toy Soldiers" (http:/ / swedishcharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Eminem& titel=Like+ Toy+ Soldiers& cat=s). swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 7 August, 2011. [22] "Eminem - Like Toy Soldiers" (http:/ / hitparade. ch/ showitem. asp?interpret=Eminem& titel=Like+ Toy+ Soldiers& cat=s) (in German). hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 7 August, 2011. [23] "Eminem" (http:/ / www. theofficialcharts. com/ artist/ _/ Eminem) (select "View Singles" tab). The Official Charts Company. . Retrieved 28 August, 2011. [24] "Eminem Album & Song Chart History: Hot 100" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ artist/ eminem/ chart-history/ 315925?f=379& g=Singles). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. . Retrieved 7 August, 2011. [25] "Eminem Album & Song Chart History: Pop Songs" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ artist/ eminem/ chart-history/ 315925?f=381& g=Singles). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. . Retrieved 7 August, 2011. [26] "Eminem Album & Song Chart History: R&B/Hip-Hop Songs" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ artist/ eminem/ chart-history/ 315925?f=367& g=Singles). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. . Retrieved 7 August, 2011. [27] "Eminem > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ artist/ eminem-p347307/ charts-awards/ billboard-singles). Allmusic. Macrovision. . Retrieved 7 August, 2011.

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External links
"Like Toy Soldiers" Official Music Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lexLAjh8fPA&feature=related

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"Mockingbird"
"Mockingbird"
Singleby Eminem from the album Encore Released Format Recorded Genre Length Label Writer(s) Producer Certification 12 November 2004 CD May/June 2004 in Los Angeles, California Conscious hip hop, R&B 4:10 Shady, Aftermath, Interscope M. Mathers, L. Resto Eminem, Luis Resto Gold (ARIA) Gold (RIAA) Eminem singles chronology

"Like Toy Soldiers" (2005)

"Mockingbird" (2005)

"Ass Like That" (2005)

Curtain Call: The Hits track listing

"The Real Slim Shady" (11)

"Mockingbird" (12)

"Guilty Conscience" (13)

"Mockingbird" is a song by Eminem and is on his album, Encore. It reached #11 in the U.S. music charts, and #4 in the UK. It received a Grammy nomination for Best Rap Solo Performance. "Mockingbird" was later included on Eminem's compilation album Curtain Call: The Hits. The song is another that addresses Eminem's relationship with his daughter Hailie Jade, his adopted daughter Alaina and his relationship with their mother Kim.

Lyrics
This is an example of Eminem's rap storytelling ability, another being "Stan". The lyrics are a personal, undisguised account of his early relationship with his wife and daughters. Critics praised the song for its lyrics. This song mixes an original rap dialogue about Eminem's failed marriage, as he apologizes to his daughters with a straight melodic version of the traditional "Mockingbird" lullaby called "Hush, Little Baby". The second verse was about the difficulties including Kim and Eminem's divorce and the beginning of Eminem's fame.

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Music video
The music video begins with Eminem watching a compilation of his home videos of Hailie and Laney Mathers, which is the majority of the video including footage of Eminem at the MTV Video Music Awards and studio footage with Dr. Dre when Eminem raps about his life changing.

Track listing
UK CD1
No. Title 1. "Mockingbird" 2. "Encore" (UMI Fade Version) (with Dr. Dre and 50 Cent) Writer(s)
M. Mathers, L. Resto

Producer(s) Eminem, Luis Resto Dr. Dre, Mark Batson

Length 4:11 5:12

M. Mathers, A. Young, M. Elizondo, M. Batson, C. Pope, C. Jackson

European CD single / Digital download

No. Title 1. "Mockingbird" 2. "Encore" (UMI Fade Version) (with Dr. Dre and 50 Cent) 3. "Mockingbird" (Instrumental) 4. "Mockingbird" (Video) Writer(s)
M. Mathers, L. Resto

Producer(s) Eminem, Luis Resto Dr. Dre, Mark Batson Eminem, Luis Resto Eminem, Luis Resto

Length 4:11 5:12

M. Mathers, A. Young, M. Elizondo, M. Batson, C. Pope, C. Jackson

M. Mathers, L. Resto

4:11 4:10

M. Mathers, L. Resto

UK CD2
No. Title 1. "Mockingbird" 2. "Just Lose It" (DJ Green Lantern remix) 3. "Mockingbird" (Instrumental) 4. "Mockingbird" (Video) Writer(s)
M. Mathers, L. Resto

Producer(s) Eminem, Luis Resto Dr. Dre, Mike Elizondo Eminem, Luis Resto Eminem, Luis Resto

Length 4:11 3:30 4:11 4:10

M. Mathers, A. Young, M. Elizondo, M. Batson, C. Pope

M. Mathers, L. Resto

M. Mathers, L. Resto

Charts

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Chart (2005)

Peak position 9 18 30 11 8 15 7 20 19 8 7 14 4

Australian Singles Chart Austrian Singles Chart Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders) Denmark (Tracklisten) European Hot 100 German Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart Italian Singles Chart Dutch Singles Chart New Zealand Singles Chart Norwegian Singles Chart Swiss Singles Chart UK Singles Chart US Billboard Hot 100 [2] [3] [1]

11 51 10 6

US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs US Billboard Rap Songs [4]

[5] US Billboard Pop Songs

References
[1] " Danishcharts.com Eminem Mockingbird" (http:/ / www. danishcharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Eminem& titel=Mockingbird& cat=s). Tracklisten. Hung Medien. [2] http:/ / www. billboard. com/ charts/ hot-100#/ song/ eminem/ mockingbird/ 5628989 [3] http:/ / www. billboard. com/ charts/ hot-100#/ song/ eminem/ mockingbird/ 5628989 [4] http:/ / www. billboard. com/ charts/ hot-100#/ song/ eminem/ mockingbird/ 5628989 [5] http:/ / www. billboard. com/ charts/ hot-100#/ song/ eminem/ mockingbird/ 5628989

External links
"Mockingbird" Official music video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9bCLPwzSC0) on YouTube

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"Ass Like That"

"Ass Like That"
Singleby Eminem from the album Encore Released Format Recorded Genre Length Label Writer(s) Producer June 7, 2005 CD May 12, 2004 in Los Angeles, California Comedy hip hop, dirty rap 4:25 Shady, Aftermath, Interscope M. Mathers, A. Young, M. Elizondo, M. Batson, C. Pope Dr. Dre, Mike Elizondo

Certification Gold (ARIA) Eminem singles chronology

"Mockingbird" (2004)

"Ass Like That" (2005)

"Welcome 2 Detroit" (2005)

"Ass Like That" (edited version referred to as "A** Like That," "Like That" or "Butt Like That") is a 2005 single by the rapper Eminem from his album, Encore.

Background
Eminem puts on an accent for this song, fantasizing about women with an "ass like that", making his "pee pee/Slinky" go "A doing doing doing". The women include Nelly Furtado (with the line "Owwww N.") Jessica Simpson, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, Britney Spears (although he didn't compliment her), Hilary Duff, JoJo, Janet Jackson (while referring the Super Bowl XXXVIII incident) and Gwen Stefani. The song also contains lyrics which mock R. Kelly, Pee-Wee Herman, Michael Jackson, and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Dr. Dre makes a brief and uncredited appearance at the end of the song, asking Eminem, "'Fuck is wrong with you?". Eminem responds with "AH!"

Music video
The music video was recorded and released in 2005. The video begins with famous people coming out of a limo and walking down a red carpet with fans off to the side. Eminem is the last to come out and as the news reporters ask him questions, he gets mocked by Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, which he punches and tackles to the ground, along with some security guards. He is able to get it on his hand and starts singing the chorus with it. The video then switches between the "real world" and the "puppet world". There are puppet versions of many of the celebrities Eminem makes fun of (listed above), as well as Nick Lachey. The puppets from Crank Yankers also make an appearance, there was: Elmer Higgins, Terrence Catheter, Birchum, Special Ed, Bobby Fletcher, Niles Standish, Spoonie Luv, Hadassah Guberman. Puppet versions of Dr. Dre and 50 Cent are also featured. A censored version of the song was featured in the movie Drillbit Taylor and briefly in HBO's You're Welcome America. He sang an

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Track listing
UK / European CD single
No. Title 1. "Ass Like That" 2. "Business" (Live in L.A) 3. "Ass Like That" (Instrumental) 4. "Ass Like That" (Video) Writer(s)
M. Mathers, A. Young, M. Elizondo, M. Batson, C. Pope

Producer(s) Dr. Dre, Mike Elizondo Dr. Dre Dr. Dre, Mike Elizondo Dr. Dre, Mike Elizondo

Length 4:25 4:11 4:25 4:25

M. Mathers, A. Young, R. Feemster, M. Elizondo

M. Mathers, A. Young, M. Elizondo, M. Batson, C. Pope

M. Mathers, A. Young, M. Elizondo, M. Batson, C. Pope

Charts
Chart (2005) Peak position 10 27 20 23 6 11 31 4 28 9 17 25 4 [1] [1] 60 93

Australian Singles Chart Austrian Singles Chart Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders) Belgian Singles Chart (Wallonia) Denmark Singles Chart European Hot 100 German Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart Netherlands Singles Chart New Zealand Singles Chart Romanian Singles Chart Swiss Singles Chart UK Singles Chart US Billboard Hot 100

US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

References
[1] http:/ / www. billboard. com/ charts/ billboard-200#/ song/ eminem/ ass-like-that/ 5628987

External links
"Ass Like That" Official music video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=um4-d7VzZiE) on YouTube

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"When I'm Gone"

"When I'm Gone"
Singleby Eminem from the album Curtain Call: The Hits Released Format Recorded Genre Length Label Producer December 6, 2005 CD single, 12" vinyl, Enhanced CD 2003 Alternative hip hop 4:41 Aftermath/Interscope/Shady Eminem Eminem singles chronology

"Welcome 2 Detroit" (2005)

"When I'm Gone" (2005)

"Shake That" (2006)

Curtain Call: The Hits track listing

"Just Lose It" (15)

"When I'm Gone" (16)

"Stan" (live) (17)

"When I'm Gone" is a song by American hip hop musician Eminem, featured on his 2005 compilation album Curtain Call: The Hits. When released as a single on December 6, 2005, the song charted at number eight on the American Billboard Hot 100 singles chart,[1] number 22 on the Hot Rap Tracks chart,[1] number four on the UK Singles Chart[2] and number one on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart.[3] The music video was directed by Anthony Mandler. Tarick Salmaci, (from the TV show The Contender) makes an appearance in the video with his wife.

Background
When Im Gone was written in 2003 and released in 2005 by Shady Records, on the album Curtain Call: The Hits. It was thought at the time that this album would mark the beginning of an extended musical hiatus for Eminem, who had said "I'm at a point in my life right now where I feel like I don't know where my career is going ... This is the reason that we called it 'Curtain Call', because this could be the final thing. We don't know." The song's lyrics pertain to Eminem's life as a celebrity musician interfering with his family.

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Literary Devices used in When Im Gone

Eminem uses imagery to evoke a feeling of sadness about his family falling apart. He raps, I take a bow and thank you all for coming out they're screaming so loud, I take one last look at the crowd I glance down, I don't believe what I'm seeing "Daddy it's me, help Mommy, her wrists are bleeding," But baby we're in Sweden, how did you get to Sweden? "I followed you Daddy, you told me that you weren't leavin'"You lied to me Dad, and now you make Mommy sad. At the beginning of the song, he uses the saying of "giving an arm for someone", and repeats it as a literal meaning, referencing his tattoo of his daughter Hailie, in the line "Have you ever loved someone so much you would give an arm for, not the expression, no, literally give an arm for". In the music video after rapping the line, he touches his arm where his tattoo of Hailie is.

Music Video
The music video starts with Eminem (as Marshall Mathers) rapping about his life. He's at an open house and he raps on a podium and on a black backdrop with fog. The video features his daughter Hailie Jade Mathers and his ex-wife Kimberly Scott (with whom Eminem was divorced when the song was released) and his niece Laney whom he raised like a daughter. It ends with Hailie and Marshall and his wife outside and Hailie swinging with his niece Laney. Eminem also appears in the video as his alter ego Slim Shady.

Track listing
European CD single
No. Title Producer(s) Length 4:41 4:11

1. "When I'm Gone" Eminem, additional production by Luis Resto 2. "Business" Dr. Dre

UK CD single
No. Title 1. "When I'm Gone" 2. "Business" Producer(s) Eminem, additional production by Luis Resto Dr. Dre Length 4:41 4:11 4:41 4:41

3. "When I'm Gone" (Instrumental) Eminem, additional production by Luis Resto 4. "When I'm Gone" (Video) Eminem, additional production by Luis Resto

Charts

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Chart (200506)

Peak position 1

Australia (ARIA)

[3] [4] [5] [6]

Austria (3 Austria Top 40)

7 8 26 3 3 6 5

Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)

Belgium (Ultratop 40 Wallonia) Eurochart Hot 100 (Billboard)

[7] [8]

Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) Germany (Media Control AG) Ireland (IRMA) [10] [11]

[9]

Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) New Zealand (RIANZ) Norway (VG-lista) [13] [12]

6 2 4

Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)

[14] [15] [2]

5 7 4 8

Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)

UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) US Billboard Hot 100 [16] [17]

US Pop Songs (Billboard)

13 [18] 96 22 7

US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) US Rap Songs (Billboard) US Pop 100 (Billboard) [19]

[20]

References
[1] "Eminem - Charts & Awards - Billboard Singles" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ artist/ p347307/ charts-awards/ billboard-singles). allmusic. . Retrieved May 10, 2009. [2] "Chart Stats - Eminem" (http:/ / www. chartstats. com/ artistinfo. php?id=401). Chart Stats. . Retrieved May 10, 2009. [3] "Eminem - When I'm Gone" (http:/ / australian-charts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Eminem& titel=When+ I'm+ Gone& cat=s). australian-charts.com. . Retrieved May 10, 2009. [4] "Eminem - When I'm Gone" (http:/ / austriancharts. at/ showitem. asp?interpret=Eminem& titel=When+ I'm+ Gone& cat=s) (in German). austriancharts.at. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 2 August, 2011. [5] "Eminem - When I'm Gone" (http:/ / www. ultratop. be/ nl/ showitem. asp?interpret=Eminem& titel=When+ I'm+ Gone& cat=s) (in Dutch). ultratop.be. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 2 August, 2011. [6] "Eminem - When I'm Gone" (http:/ / www. ultratop. be/ fr/ showitem. asp?interpret=Eminem& titel=When+ I'm+ Gone& cat=s) (in French). ultratop.be. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 2 August, 2011. [7] "Eminem Album & Song Chart History: European Hot 100" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ artist/ eminem/ chart-history/ 315925?f=349& g=Singles). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. . Retrieved 2 August, 2011. [8] "Eminem - When I'm Gone" (http:/ / finnishcharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Eminem& titel=When+ I'm+ Gone& cat=s). finnishcharts.com. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 2 August, 2011. [9] "Chartverfolgung / Eminem / Single" (http:/ / musicline. de/ de/ chartverfolgung_summary/ artist/ Eminem/ ?type=single) (in German). musicline.de. Media Control Charts. . Retrieved 2 August, 2011.

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[10] "Discography Eminem" (http:/ / www. irish-charts. com/ showinterpret. asp?interpret=Eminem). irish-charts.com. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 2 August, 2011. [11] "Nederlandse Top 40 week 3, 2006" (http:/ / www. top40. nl/ index. aspx?& jaar=2006& maand=7& week=3) (in Dutch). top40.nl. Dutch Top 40. . Retrieved 2 August, 2011. [12] "Eminem - When I'm Gone" (http:/ / charts. org. nz/ showitem. asp?interpret=Eminem& titel=When+ I'm+ Gone& cat=s). charts.org.nz. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 2 August, 2011. [13] "Eminem - When I'm Gone" (http:/ / norwegiancharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Eminem& titel=When+ I'm+ Gone& cat=s). norwegiancharts.com. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 2 August, 2011. [14] "Eminem - When I'm Gone" (http:/ / swedishcharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Eminem& titel=When+ I'm+ Gone& cat=s). swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 2 August, 2011. [15] "Eminem - When I'm Gone" (http:/ / hitparade. ch/ showitem. asp?interpret=Eminem& titel=When+ I'm+ Gone& cat=s) (in German). hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 2 August, 2011. [16] "Eminem Album & Song Chart History: Hot 100" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ artist/ eminem/ chart-history/ 315925?f=379& g=Singles). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. . Retrieved 2 August, 2011. [17] "Eminem Album & Song Chart History: Pop Songs" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ charts/ hot-100#/ artist/ eminem/ chart-history/ 315925?f=381& g=Singles). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. . Retrieved 2 August, 2011. [18] "Eminem Album & Song Chart History: R&B/Hip-Hop Songs" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ artist/ eminem/ chart-history/ 315925?f=367& g=Singles). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. . Retrieved 2 August, 2011. [19] "Eminem Album & Song Chart History: Rap Songs" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ artist/ eminem/ chart-history/ 315925?f=370& g=Singles). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. . Retrieved 2 August, 2011. [20] "Eminem > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles" (http:/ / allmusic. com/ artist/ eminem-p347307/ charts-awards/ billboard-singles/ ). Allmusic. Macrovision. . Retrieved 2 August, 2011.

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External links
"When I'm Gone" Official music video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wYNFfgrXTI) on YouTube

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"Shake That"
"Shake That"
Singleby Eminem featuring Nate Dogg from the album Curtain Call: The Hits Released January 3, 2006 (U.S.) April 24, 2006 (UK) CD single, Digital download, 12" single 2005 Hip hop, dirty rap, hip hop soul, g-funk 4:33 Shady, Aftermath, Interscope Luis Resto, Marshall Mathers, N. Hale, S. King Eminem

Format Recorded Genre Length Label Writer(s) Producer

Certification Platinum (IFPI) Eminem singles chronology

"When I'm Gone" (2005)

"Shake That" (2006)

"Smack That" (2006)

Alternative cover Vinyl single

"Shake That" is the second and final single taken from American rapper Eminem's first compilation album, Curtain Call: The Hits, following "When I'm Gone." It is one of three new songs featured on the album.

Song information
The song features Nate Dogg in a prominent vocal role, marking his sixth Eminem collaboration, following "Bitch Please II" from The Marshall Mathers LP, "Till I Collapse" from The Eminem Show, and "Never Enough" from Encore, and the two collaborated on Xzibit's "My Name", from the album Man vs. Machine and Lloyd Banks' "Warrior Part 2" on the album The Hunger for More. "Shake That" is the first of these songs to include Nate Dogg during verse, whereas his contributions in the other works are limited to the refrain and the outro. Contrary to many of the second singles from each of Eminem's albums, such as "The Way I Am", "Cleanin' Out My Closet", and "Like Toy Soldiers", which are usually much darker and more stern than their predecessors, "Shake That" is a departure from the serious tone of "When I'm Gone," representing a far more playful atmosphere. It focuses on Eminem and Nate Dogg rapping about seducing women into sex in cars, and strip clubs. The music video is animated, and follows this context from the song. The single was released in early 2006 in the United States. It became a big hit, peaking at #6. In the UK, the song was released as a download only single in April 2006, managing to peak at #28 on the UK Download Chart.

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Critical reception
"Shake That" was nominated for "Best Rap/Sung Collaboration" at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards, but it lost to Justin Timberlake and T.I.'s "My Love". "Shake That" was certified Gold in Sweden[1], and Platinum in Denmark[2], both due to strong digital downloads. A remixed version of the song, featuring Eminem, Obie Trice and Bobby Creekwater, features on The Re-Up.

Track listing
Digital download[3]
No. Title 1. "Shake That" (feat. Nate Dogg) (Radio Edit) Writer(s)
L. Resto, M. Mathers, N. Hale & S. King

Producer(s) Eminem, additional production by Luis Resto Eminem, additional production by Luis Resto

Length 3:54

2. "Shake That" (feat. Nate Dogg) (Music Video - Edited Version)

L. Resto, M. Mathers, N. Hale & S. King

3:54

European CD single[4]
No. Title 1. "Shake That" (feat. Nate Dogg) (Radio Edit) 2. "Shake That" (feat. Nate Dogg) (Album Version) 3. "Shake That" (feat. Nate Dogg) (Instrumental) Writer(s)
L. Resto, M. Mathers, N. Hale & S. King

Producer(s) Eminem, additional production by Luis Resto Eminem, additional production by Luis Resto Eminem, additional production by Luis Resto

Length 3:54 5:35 4:36

L. Resto, M. Mathers, N. Hale & S. King

L. Resto, M. Mathers, N. Hale & S. King

12" vinyl[5]
No. Title 1. "Shake That" (feat. Nate Dogg) (Radio Edit) 2. "Shake That" (feat. Nate Dogg) (Album Version) 3. "Shake That" (feat. Nate Dogg) (Instrumental) 4. "Shake That" (feat. Nate Dogg) (Acapella) Writer(s)
L. Resto, M. Mathers, N. Hale & S. King

Producer(s) Eminem, additional production by Luis Resto Eminem, additional production by Luis Resto Eminem, additional production by Luis Resto Eminem, additional production by Luis Resto

Length 3:54 5:35 4:36 4:06

L. Resto, M. Mathers, N. Hale & S. King

L. Resto, M. Mathers, N. Hale & S. King

L. Resto, M. Mathers, N. Hale & S. King

Charts
Chart (2006) Peak position [6] 59 6 [8] [9] 13 11 6

Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) US Billboard Hot 100 [7]

US Pop Songs (Billboard)

US Rap Songs (Billboard) US Pop 100 (Billboard)

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References
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] http:/ / www. ifpi. se/ wp/ wp-content/ uploads/ ar-20071. pdf "Guld og platin 2007 [Gold and platinum in 2010]" (http:/ / www. ifpi. dk/ index. php?pk_menu=255). IFPI Denmark. Retrieved 2011-11-27. http:/ / itunes. apple. com/ gb/ music-video/ shake-that-edited-version/ id276456546 http:/ / www. discogs. com/ Eminem-Shake-That/ release/ 2517576 http:/ / www. discogs. com/ Eminem-Shake-That/ release/ 598088 "Eminem feat. Nate Dogg - Shake That" (http:/ / swedishcharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Eminem+ feat. + Nate+ Dogg& titel=Shake+ That& cat=s). swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 2 August, 2011. [7] "Eminem Album & Song Chart History: Hot 100" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ artist/ eminem/ chart-history/ 315925?f=379& g=Singles). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. . Retrieved 2 August, 2011. [8] http:/ / www. billboard. com/ charts/ hot-100#/ artist/ eminem/ chart-history/ 315925?f=381& g=Singles [9] "Eminem Album & Song Chart History: Rap Songs" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ artist/ eminem/ chart-history/ 315925?f=370& g=Singles). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. . Retrieved 2 August, 2011. [10] "Eminem > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles" (http:/ / allmusic. com/ artist/ eminem-p347307/ charts-awards/ billboard-singles/ ). Allmusic. Macrovision. . Retrieved 2 August, 2011.

External links
Music video for "Shake That" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrjwGPb0Hvw)

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"You Don't Know"
Singleby Eminem, 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks and Cashis from the album Eminem Presents: The Re-Up Released November 7, 2006 (US) December 11, 2006 (UK) CD single, Digital download, 12" single

Format

Recorded 2006 Genre Length Label Gangsta rap, hardcore hip hop 4:17 Shady Records

Writer(s) M. Mathers, C. Jackson, C. Lloyd, R. Johnson, L. Resto Producer Eminem, Luis Resto Eminem singles chronology

"Smack That" (2006)

"You Don't Know" (2006)

"Jimmy Crack Corn" (2007)

Lloyd Banks singles chronology

"Hands Up" (2006)

"You Don't Know" (2006)

"Help" (2006)

50 Cent singles chronology

"Hands Up" (2006)

"You Don't Know" (2006)

"Jimmy Crack Corn" (2007)

Cashis singles chronology

"You Don't Know" (2006)

"Lac Motion" (2007)

"You Don't Know" is the lead single from the Shady Records compilation album Eminem Presents: The Re-Up. The song features vocals from Eminem, 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks and former Shady Records artist, Cashis.

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Music video
The video appeared on MTV's Sucker Free, and BET's 106 & Park as a "New Joint", on November 7, 2006. The video reached number 1 on MTV's Total Request Live. Tony Yayo, The Alchemist, Young Buck, D12, Bobby Creekwater, Obie Trice, Mobb Deep, Trick Trick, Dr.Dre & Stat Quo all have cameo appearances. Obie Trice appeared as a helicopter coordinator carrying Lloyd Banks. The video is prison themed with each of the four featured artists portraying highly dangerous criminals. All four are wearing prison outfits and are significantly covered in chains and cuffs, and all four are transported in separate vehicles to a heavily guarded arena. 50 Cent is transported in maximum security prison plane, Cashis in a train, Lloyd Banks in a helicopter and Eminem is transported in a heavy security transfer truck. The video seems to reference movies such as The Silence of the Lambs with Eminem being restrained in a similar trolley and muzzle to that of Hannibal Lecter's. Eminem also imitates Hannibal Lecter's trademark lip-licking motion to Jodie Foster when, in the beginning of the video, Eminem is visited at his cell by an FBI Agent who looks similar to Foster's character in The Silence of the Lambs. Also, the video also seems to show references to the movie Con Air when the prisoners get transported by airplane.

Chart positions
"You Don't Know" was released in the UK on December 11, 2006. It managed to chart from download sales alone, peaking at #32. The song peaked at #12 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the highest debut for a single on this chart for 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, and Cashis.[1] It was Eminem's fifth highest debut, after "We Made You", at number 9, "Forever", with Drake, Kanye West, and Lil Wayne, at number 8, "Love the Way You Lie", with Rihanna, at number 2, and "Not Afraid", which became the sixteenth overall and second rap song to debut at number 1. The song is featured in the WWE film The Condemned. This song is also used by the Boston Celtics for their player introductions at the TD Garden.

Track listing
No. Title 1. "You Don't Know" (with 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks and Cashis) 2. "Get Low" (performed by Stat Quo) Writer(s)
M. Mathers, C. Jackson, C. Lloyd, R. Johnson, L. Resto

Producer(s) Eminem, Luis Resto Dr. Dre

Length 4:17 3:19

A. Young, D. Parker, M. Elizondo, S. Benton

Chart performance
Chart (2006) Peak position [2] [3] [4] 5 7 32 12 [6] 87 16

Ireland (IRMA)

Norway (VG-lista)

UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) US Billboard Hot 100 [5]

US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) US Pop 100 (Billboard) [7]

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References
[1] Eminem Presents: The Re-Up singles charts and awards (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r867997) at Allmusic. [2] "Discography Eminem" (http:/ / www. irish-charts. com/ showinterpret. asp?interpret=Eminem). irish-charts.com. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 3 August, 2011. [3] "Eminem, 50 Cent & Lloyd Banks introd. Cashis - You Don't Know" (http:/ / norwegiancharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Eminem,+ 50+ Cent+ & + Lloyd+ Banks+ introd. + Cashis& titel=You+ Don't+ Know& cat=s). norwegiancharts.com. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 3 August, 2011. [4] "Eminem" (http:/ / www. theofficialcharts. com/ artist/ _/ Eminem) (select "View Singles" tab). The Official Charts Company. . Retrieved 28 August, 2011. [5] "Hot 100: Week of December 23, 2006 (Biggest Jump)" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ charts/ hot-100?chartDate=2006-12-23& order=gainer). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. . Retrieved 3 August, 2011. [6] "R&B/Hip-Hop Songs: Week of December 16, 2006 (Biggest Jump)" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ charts/ r-b-hip-hop-songs?chartDate=2006-12-16& order=gainer). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. . Retrieved 19 August, 2011. [7] "Eminem > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles" (http:/ / allmusic. com/ artist/ eminem-p347307/ charts-awards/ billboard-singles/ ). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved 3 August, 2011.

External links
"You Don't Know" Official music video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngH0fkiNo-g) on YouTube

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"Crack a Bottle"
Singleby Eminem featuring Dr. Dre and 50 Cent from the album Relapse Released Format February 2, 2009 Promo CD Digital download

Recorded 2008 Genre Length Westcoast hip hop 4:57 (Album Version) 5:16 (Single Version) 4:36 (Radio Edit) Shady, Aftermath, Interscope

Label

Writer(s) M. Mathers, C. Jackson, A. Young, D. Parker, M. Batson, T. Lawrence, J. Renard Producer Dr. Dre Eminem singles chronology

"Jimmy Crack Corn" (2007)

"Crack a Bottle" (2009)

"We Made You" (2009)

Dr. Dre singles chronology

"Set It Off (Remix)" (2008)

"Crack a Bottle" (2009)

"Old Time's Sake" (2009)

50 Cent singles chronology

"I Get It In" (2009)

"Crack a Bottle" (2009)

"Mujeres In The Club" (2009)

"Crack a Bottle" is a hip hop song by American rappers Eminem, Dr. Dre, and 50 Cent from Eminem's sixth studio album Relapse. On February 12, 2009, the song broke the first week digital sales record with 418,000 downloads, topping the previous record held by "Live Your Life" by T.I. featuring Rihanna.[1] This record was broken again the following week by "Right Round" by Flo Rida.[2] The song won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group[3] in 2010. As of June 19, 2011, it has sold almost 2 million downloads in the United States.[4]

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Background
"Crack a Bottle" initially gained attention in December 2008, when an unfinished version of the song was initially leaked under the name Number One [5] on the mixtape 4th Quarter Pressure Part 2, while a final working version was leaked on January 6, 2009.[6][7] Various media outlets had reported that the recording was to be the first single from Eminem's 2009 album Relapse,[7][8] however the Italian branch of Universal Music Group, owner of Interscope Records, later denied this, stating that "Crack a Bottle" was only a promotional recording.[9][10] Despite all this, the song was released on February 2, 2009, and made available for paid digital download,[11][12] with 50 Cent stating that the song will be included on his upcoming album Before I Self Destruct.[13] According to Danielle Harling of HipHopDXa website dedicated to hip hop music coveragethe song will ultimately be present on both Relapse and Before I Self Destruct,[14] while in contrast, Daniel Kreps of Rolling Stone stated that it is still unsure which rapper will feature this song on his upcoming album.[15] Despite the confusion, Universal eventually announced that "Crack a Bottle" will be included in Relapse, although it does not consider it the album's first single.[16] The song samples "Mais dans la lumire" by Mike Brant, written by Jean Renard, who also received songwriting credits for the song. The same sample is used in the song Preservation by Aesop Rock and Del tha Funkee Homosapien, found on Wu-Tang Clan's 2005 album Wu-Tang Meets the Indie Culture.[17] The song is in the key of C-sharp minor. American rapper Jay Rock released a remix to the song.[18]

Critical reception
Billboard gave a positive review of the song: "Although not quite as strong as the title track to Eminem's 2004 album Encore, the return of Eminem, Dr. Dre and 50 Cent has been anticipated for a long time, and it is sure to put Eminem back atop the marquee. His skills remain some of the best in hip-hop, and the accompanying contributions make the music that little bit more stronger."[19] Rolling Stone commented negatively on the song, saying that it is one of the weakest tracks on the album, along the other single "We Made You".[20] The song won at the 52nd Grammy Awards in the Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group category.[3]

Music video
During an interview for MTV, 50 Cent originally told that there were plans to make an animated music video for "Crack a Bottle", which was to be shot along a side of cocaine with a music video for 50 cent's song "I Get It In".[13] On February 25, Eminem's manager Paul Rosenberg posted on his blog a still frame from the music video illustrating a homeless person holding a bottle wrapped in a brown bag. According to Rosenberg, it is directed by Syndrome and was planned to be released within a couple of weeks.[21] The music video was playing on TV in Eminem's music video "3 a.m.", which has been directed by Syndrome as well. On May 7, 2009, an unfinished version of the video was released via TheRelapse.com, featuring Eminem's verse and chorus. Later during the same day, 50 Cent's rapped verse of the video was released via ThisIs50.com as well. This was added to the unfinished video on therelapse.com. A month later, on June 7, 2009, Cashis posted a link on Twitter to the full video in which he makes a cameo appearance. The music video portrays each rappers' style. Eminem's chaotic, Dr. Dre's west coast style, 50 Cent's more club oriented. None of the performers are featured in the video.

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Track listing
Digital single
No. Title 1. "Crack a Bottle" (with Dr. Dre and 50 Cent) Writer(s)
M. Mathers, C. Jackson, A. Young, M. Batson, D. Parker, T. Lawrence, J. Renard

Sample(s) Contains a sample of "Mais dans ma lumire" by Jean Renard

Length 5:14

Chart performance
Since its release, "Crack a Bottle" has charted mainly in the United States, entering various charts including the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. The song peaked in the top ten on the Hot Rap Tracks, reaching number four. After spending three consecutive weeks at number seventy-eight on the Hot 100,[22] on Billboard's edition of February 21, 2009, "Crack a Bottle" reached the number one position on the Hot 100[23] due to sales of 418,000 downloads, becoming the fourth-biggest jump to the top of the Hot 100 in the chart's history.[1] "Crack a Bottle" is one of four songs by Eminem to have reached the number one spot on the Hot 100, the other three being Lose Yourself, Not Afraid and Love the Way You Lie, the second of which debuted at #1. With this song, Dr. Dre reached the top of the Hot 100 for a third time, while this is 50 Cent's fourth.[1] The song has also entered in various European national charts, including the Irish Singles Chart and UK Singles Chart, and also debuted at number one on the Canadian Hot 100.

Charts
Chart (2009) Peak position 18 [25] [26] [27] 41 39 6 1 28 6 [31] 56 6 5 [34] [35] [36] [37] 9 4 1 3 1 [39] 60

Australia (ARIA)

[24]

Austria (3 Austria Top 40)

Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)

Belgium (Ultratop 40 Wallonia) Canada (Canadian Hot 100) Denmark (Tracklisten) Ireland (IRMA) [30] [29] [28]

Netherlands (Mega Single Top 100) New Zealand (RIANZ) Norway (VG-lista) [33] [32]

Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)

Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)

UK R&B (The Official Charts Company)

UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) US Billboard Hot 100 [38]

US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)

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[41]

End of year charts

Charts (2009) U.S. Billboard Hot 100 UK Singles Chart [42] Position 47 89

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"We Made You"
Singleby Eminem from the album Relapse Released Format Recorded Genre Length April 7, 2009 CD single, maxi single, digital download October 2008 Comedy hip hop 4:30 (Album version) 4:47 (Single/Video edit) Shady, Aftermath, Interscope Dr. Dre, Doc Ish, Eminem

Label Producer

Certification Platinum (ARIA) Eminem singles chronology

"Crack a Bottle" (2009)

"We Made You" (2009)

"3 a.m." (2009)

"We Made You" is a song by American hip hop musician Eminem. It was released as the first single from his sixth studio album Relapse on April 7, 2009.[1][2][3] Produced by Dr. Dre and co-produced by Doc Ish and Eminem himself, the song samples "Hot Summer Nights" by Walter Egan.[4] Eminem performed this song along with "Crack a Bottle" at the 2009 MTV Movie Awards. The official cover for the single is a picture of the music video, with Eminem, Lisa Ann and Bobby Lee.

Reception
"We Made You" has generally mixed reviews. Daniel Kreps of Rolling Stone magazine gave it a positive review stating, "It's nice to see Eminem goofing around again after a few years out of the spotlight during which he grappled with serious issues like the death of his friend Proof, and 'We Made You' with its damnation of current celebrities will likely prove to be a solid pop cultural time capsule of this weird 2009 moment we're experiencing now."[5] Billboard said, "Atop Dr. Dre's marching beat is primarily piano instrumentation, which amid drums and tubas give the track a carnival feel... And in case his word play was too fast and strange accent too difficult to decipher, Charmagne Tripp sings the chorus."[6] Tim Jonze of The Guardian however, reported, "'We Made You' is not Eminem doing what he does best."

Music video
Development and release
The single's music video was directed by Joseph Kahn, who also shot "Without Me" from The Eminem Show. The video was filmed in Las Vegas and features star appearances by Dr. Dre, 50 Cent, Denaun Porter, Bobby Lee, The Palms hotel owner George Maloof, Rihanna, Melissa Peterman, actress Trisha Paytas (playing Jessica Simpson), Derrick Barry (of America's Got Talent fame) (playing Britney Spears), Vanilla Ice[7] and pornographic actress Lisa

"We Made You" Ann (as Sarah Palin). The music video for "We Made You" premiered on April 7, 2009 at 6:00 AM on several MTV networks, as well as MTV.com. The video also premiered on Channel 4 in the UK on the next day.[8]

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Concept
The music video is a parody of the television series Rock of Love and Star Trek (with the Starfleet insignia replaced with an inverted 2nd Infantry Division (United States)), as well as Eminem singing in a background of an imitation version of the notes of Guitar Hero while the casino-based sequence in the video is an homage to the film Rain Man, a film Eminem has previously referenced in his lyrics.[9] The casino scene was shot in The Palms hotel and casino. References to Nanook of the North are also made, especially seen in the scenes with Sarah Palin, those scenes parodying Larry Flynt's Who's Nailin' Paylin?. There is also an homage to Alfred Hitchcock's film Psycho. On April 3, 2009, Eminem talked about the music video in an MTV News interview, stating that there is some "Celebrity bashing in it," which is often a feature of his album's lead singles.[10] In addition to Sarah Palin, notable celebrities mocked using look-alike actresses/actors include Jessica Simpson, Bret Michaels, Britney Spears, Kevin Federline, Lindsay Lohan, Samantha Ronson, Amy Winehouse and her then-husband Blake Fielder-Civil, Ellen DeGeneres, Portia de Rossi, Jessica Alba, Elvis Presley, Tony Romo, John Mayer, Jennifer Aniston, and Kim Kardashian.[11] Eminem even spoofed himself, wearing an ALF t-shirt and holding a cake, referencing a commonly circulated pre-fame photo of him of when he was a youth. This Music Video also marks the return of Eminem's alter ego "Slim Shady".

Reception
Bill O'Reilly of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor deemed the video "crude" for its depiction of Sarah Palin, calling Eminem a "vile rapper" and "the lowest form of entertainment."[12] The music video won the award at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards for Best Hip-Hop Video and was nominated for Best Male Video, as well as Video of the Year. The video also ranked at #81 on BET's Notarized: Top 100 Videos of 2009 countdown.[13] The music video also features Beats by Dr. Dre Monster headphones.

Sales and charts

"We Made You" sold 167,000 downloads in its first week to enter the Hot Digital Songs chart in Billboard Magazine at number three. The song also debuted at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100, to become Eminem's second top ten in a row on the chart, ranked "Crack a Bottle", a collaboration with Dr. Dre and 50 Cent. This marks the first time that Eminem has had back-to-back top-ten hits on the Hot 100 (as a lead artist) since 2002, when he scored with "Without Me", "Cleanin' Out My Closet" and "Lose Yourself".[14] "We Made You" has reached the top ten in twelve countries, including number one in Ireland, New Zealand and Australia.

Track listing
UK CD single

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No. Title 1. "We Made You"

Writer(s)
M. Mathers, A. Young, M. Batson, D. Parker, T. Lawrence, W. Egan

Sample(s) Contains a sample of "Hot Summer Nights" by Walter Egan Contains a sample of "Hot Summer Nights" by Walter Egan

Length 4:47

2. "We Made You" (Instrumental)

M. Mathers, A. Young, M. Batson, D. Parker, T. Lawrence, W. Egan

4:47

European Maxi single

No. Title 1. "We Made You" Writer(s)
M. Mathers, A. Young, M. Batson, D. Parker, T. Lawrence, W. Egan

Sample(s) Contains a sample of "Hot Summer Nights" by Walter Egan Contains a sample of "Hot Summer Nights" by Walter Egan Contains a sample of "Hot Summer Nights" by Walter Egan

Length 4:47

2. "We Made You" (Super Clean) 3. "We Made You" (Instrumental) 4. "We Made You" (Video)

M. Mathers, A. Young, M. Batson, D. Parker, T. Lawrence, W. Egan

4:47

M. Mathers, A. Young, M. Batson, D. Parker, T. Lawrence, W. Egan

4:47

4:43

Musical personnel
Mark Batson keyboards Charmagne Tripp chorus vocals[15]

Charts
Weekly charts
Chart (2009) [16][17] Peak position [18] 1 6 13 12 6 8 14 4 11 8 1 [23] 13 1

Australian ARIA Singles Chart Austrian Singles Chart [19]

Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders) Belgian Singles Chart (Wallonia) Canadian Hot 100 [20]

Danish Singles Chart Dutch Singles Chart European Hot 100 Singles French Singles Chart [21] [22]

German Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart

Japan Hot 100 Singles

New Zealand Singles Chart

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5 5 11 4 4 9 19 23

Norwegian Singles Chart Romanian Singles Chart Swedish Singles Chart Swiss Singles Chart UK Singles Chart US Billboard Hot 100 US Hot Rap Tracks US Pop Songs [25]

Year-end charts
Chart (2009) Hungarian Singles Chart [26] [27] Position 127 27 44 50

New Zealand Singles Chart Swiss Singles Chart UK Singles Chart [28]

[29]

Certifications
Region Australia (ARIA) Certification [30] Platinum

References
[1] Reid, Shaheem (March 23, 2009). "Photo From Eminem's 'We Made You' Video Set Hits Web" (http:/ / www. mtv. com/ news/ articles/ 1607587/ 20090323/ eminem. jhtml). MTV. . Retrieved March 25, 2009. [2] Paine, Jake (May 8, 2009). "Eminem's "We Made You" Co-Producer Explains His Big Break" (http:/ / www. hiphopdx. com/ index/ news/ id. 9098/ title. eminem-s-we-made-you-co-producer-explains-his-big-break). HipHopDX.com. . Retrieved May 9, 2009. [3] Trust, Gary (April 15, 2009). "Chart Beat: Rascal Flatts, Seal, Eminem" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ bbcom/ chart-beat-bonus/ chart-beat-rascal-flatts-seal-eminem-1003962342. story). Billboard. . Retrieved April 16, 2009. [4] http:/ / www. discogs. com/ Eminem-Relapse/ release/ 1808979 [5] Kreps, Daniel (2009-04-07). "Eminem Skewers Britney Spears, Amy Winehouse, Sarah Palin in "We Made You" Video" (http:/ / www. rollingstone. com/ rockdaily/ index. php/ 2009/ 04/ 07/ eminem-skewers-britney-spears-amy-winehouse-sarah-palin-in-we-made-you-video/ ). MTV. . Retrieved 2009-04-11. [6] (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ bbcom/ reviews-singles/ we-made-you-1003963448. story) [7] http:/ / rapdirt. com/ eminem-we-made-you-video/ 18620/ [8] http:/ / www. starpulse. com/ news/ index. php/ 2009/ 04/ 03/ mtv_scores_exclusive_premiere_of_the_new [9] "Is Eminem's New Name 'Rain Man'?" (http:/ / newsroom. mtv. com/ 2009/ 03/ 24/ is-eminems-new-name-rain-man/ ). MTV News (MTV). March 24, 2009. . Retrieved March 27, 2009. [10] "Eminem Says 'We Made You' Video Has 'Some Celebrity Bashing'" (http:/ / www. mtv. com/ news/ articles/ 1608549/ 20090403/ eminem. jhtml). April 3, 2009. . [11] (http:/ / www. mtv. com/ news/ articles/ 1608732/ 20090407/ eminem. jhtml?rsspartner=rssYahooNewscrawler) [12] O'Reilly On Eminem Targeting Sarah Palin (http:/ / www. realclearpolitics. com/ video/ 2009/ 04/ 09/ oreilly_on_eminem_targeting_sarah_palin_. html) [13] Black Entertainment Television's. "Notarized: Top 100 Videos 2009" (http:/ / www. bet. com/ OnTV/ BETShows/ notarized2009_top100videos). . Retrieved 2010-01-09.

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[14] Paul Grein, Chart Watch, Week Ending April 19, 2009: She's The Youngest To Ever Do It (http:/ / new. music. yahoo. com/ blogs/ chart_watch/ 33072/ week-ending-april-19-2009-shes-the-youngest-to-ever-do-it/ ), Yahoo.com [15] "Charmagne Tripp: Music" (http:/ / www. charmagne. net/ music. php). . Retrieved 2011-12-11. [16] ""We Made You" Billboard charts" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ bbcom/ esearch/ searchResult. jsp?exp=y& Ntt=we+ made+ you& Ntk=Keyword& an=bbcom& nor=10& Ntx=mode+ matchallpartial& N=37). . Retrieved 2009-04-17. [17] "Eminem - We Made You" (http:/ / acharts. us/ song/ 43087). acharts.us. . Retrieved 2009-04-22. [18] http:/ / www. ariacharts. com. au/ pages/ charts_display_singles. asp?chart=1U50 [19] (http:/ / www. austriatop40. at/ singles. jsp) [20] (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ charts/ canadian-hot-100#/ artist/ eminem/ chart-history/ 315925?f=793& g=Singles) [21] (http:/ / lescharts. com/ weekchart. asp?cat=s) [22] http:/ / www. mtv. de/ charts/ germany [23] Billboard Japan Hot 100 (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ bbcom/ charts/ chart_display. jsp?f=Japan+ Hot+ 100+ Singles& pageNumber=Top+ 11-50& g=Singles) [24] (http:/ / lista. vg. no/ ) [25] (http:/ / www. swisscharts. com/ weekchart. asp?cat=s) [26] "ves sszestett listk - MAHASZ Rdis TOP 100 (slyozott)" (http:/ / www. mahasz. hu/ ?menu=slagerlistak& menu2=eves_osszesitett_listak& id=radios& ev=2009). Mahasz. Mahasz. . [27] http:/ / www. rianz. org. nz/ rianz/ chart_annual. asp [28] "2009 Year End Swiss Singles Chart" (http:/ / swisscharts. com/ year. asp?key=2009). Swiss Music Charts. 2009. . Retrieved 2010-07-16. [29] "Charts Plus Year end 2009" (http:/ / www. ukchartsplus. co. uk/ UKChartsPlusYE2009. pdf) (PDF). Charts Plus. . Retrieved 2010-07-19. [30] "ARIA Charts Accreditations 2009 Singles" (http:/ / www. aria. com. au/ pages/ httpwww. aria. com. aupageshttpwww. aria. com. aupageshttpwww. aria. com. aupagesARIACharts-Accr. htm). Australian Recording Industry Association. .

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External links
"We Made You" Official music video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSdKmX2BH7o) on YouTube

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"3 a.m."
Singleby Eminem from the album Relapse Released April 23, 2009 (radio) April 28, 2009 (digital) August 11, 2009 (remix) Format Genre Length Label Digital download, airplay Horrorcore 5:19 Shady, Aftermath, Interscope

Writer(s) A. Young, D. Parker, M. Batson, M. Mathers, M. Elizondo, T. Lawrence Producer Dr. Dre Eminem singles chronology

"We Made You" (2009)

"3 a.m." (2009)

"Old Time's Sake" (2009)

Travis Barker remix cover

"3 a.m." is the second official single by American rapper Eminem from his album Relapse.[1] The single was produced by Dr. Dre. The song was released onto the iTunes Store April 28, 2009. The music video was released on May 2 at 10:00 p.m. via Cinemax.

Concept
Eminem raps about being a serial killer, questioning his own sanity and recalling a string of murders. The song, according to Eminem, is said to be closer to the overall sound of the album, as opposed to the poppy, fun-poking "We Made You". It's meant to be an ode to his fascination with horror movie characters such as Freddy Kruger and Hannibal Lecter. It features Eminem presumably rapping from the perspective of his alter ego Slim Shady, using both internal and multi-syllabic rhyme schemes in his three verses.[2] The song contains a line from The Silence of the Lambs. This is the third time Eminem uses a reference to The Silence of the Lambs, to which Eminem also referred in the D12 song "American Psycho" from Devil's Night and the music video for "You Don't Know" from The Re-Up. He later referenced the movie again in the track "Buffalo Bill" from Relapse: Refill. The beginning of the song uses a sample of "Ghost of Love" by Timeless Legend. The song has a much darker concept than most of Relapse's songs, which are generally more humorous. The censored version removes references of killing or murder, but the music video keeps the words in.

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Reception
The song has received mainly positive reviews by critics. Simon Vozick-Levinson of Entertainment Weekly gave the song a positive review, as while he said "This is, more or less, the Eminem I've been waiting for. (...) Nobody finds poetry in violence and perviness like Marshall". While noting that "he's still rapping in a silly accent for some reason," Vozick-Levinson concluded that "He's a majorly offensive verbal acrobat, the world's most eloquent sociopath."[3] Joseph Barracato of The New York Post also commented on the song, as well as the other singles from Relapse, giving positive reviews regarding the song and the rapper's comeback.[4] Allmusic chose it as a track pick also.[5]

Music video
On Shade 45, Eminem announced that shooting for the video had been entirely complete and was shot in Detroit, Michigan at 3 am with director Syndrome (who also worked on the video for "Crack a Bottle"). It premiered on Cinemax, May 2 right before the movie The Strangers.[6] It follows Eminem playing a serial killer who is escaping from a rehabilitation clinic and killing everyone who might try to stop him. The video takes place at Popsomp Hills Rehabilitation Center in Detroit; the name of a fake rehabilitation clinic, which serves as a viral campaign for the release of Relapse. The music video shows murder victims laying bloody, beaten and helpless after what seems to be a killing spree performed by Eminem's alter ego, Slim Shady. The song and video suggests that it has a Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde theme, being Eminem as the good side and Slim Shady as the evil side. Slim Shady roams the halls of Popsomp Hills at 3:00 am and violently slaughters members of the staff on duty and warns the audience: "It's 3 a.m. and here I come so you should probably run." Eminem is also shown watching the music video to "Crack a Bottle" on a television, which is also directed by Syndrome. New York Magazine described the video as a revival of the "torture porn" sub-genre of horror films.[7] It was voted the fourth best video of 2009 by Fuse TV.[8] The video was played on MuchMusic Latin America only after 7:00 PM after having being "Video Estrella"

Travis Barker remix

Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker remixed the track on May 29, 2009 and it was released via his YouTube account, as well as on Eminem's official website.[9][10] According to an interview with RapRadar, Travis Barker explained how the song came about, saying that "Paul [Rosenberg] had hit me up and said that Em kind of heard in his head some sort of rock remix for it. They let me have a stab at it and then the rest is history." He also stated that "its going to be available on Eminem.com for like some special release."[11] It was released onto iTunes on August 11, 2009. The Travis Barker remix has received extensive play on Los Angeles rock and alternative radio station KROQ-FM.

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Tracklisting
Digital download 1. "3.A.M" - 5:19 Digital download - Remix single 1. "3.A.M" (Travis Barker Remix) - 5:02

Musical personnel
Mike Elizondo guitar, bass, keyboards Mark Batson keyboards Dawaun Parker keyboards Trevor Lawrence, Jr. keyboards

Charts
"3 a.m." debuted at number 32 on the Billboard Hot 100, selling 66,000 downloads in its first week.[12]
Chart (2009) Peak position 38 [14] [15] 24 56 32 37

Australia (ARIA)

[13]

Canada (Canadian Hot 100)

UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) US Billboard Hot 100 [16] [17]

US Pop 100 (Billboard)

References
General Christgau, Robert (May 20, 2009). "Eminem: A 'Relapse' Of Horror?" [18]. All Things Considered (National Public Radio). Retrieved May 22, 2009. Specific
[1] "Eminem 3 am Shade 45!" (http:/ / news. lalate. com/ 2009/ 04/ 23/ eminem-3-am-shade-45/ ). News.lalate.com. 2009-04-23. . Retrieved 2010-06-25. [2] (http:/ / www. rollingstone. com/ rockdaily/ index. php/ 2009/ 04/ 24/ eminem-goes-dark-on-killer-second-relapse-single-3am/ ) [3] Vozick, Simon (2009-04-23). "Eminem's '3 A.M.': Hear it here | EW.com" (http:/ / music-mix. ew. com/ 2009/ 04/ eminem-3-am. html). Music-mix.ew.com. . Retrieved 2010-06-25. [4] Barracato, Joseph (2009-05-10). "Bloody Good Eminem" (http:/ / www. nypost. com/ seven/ 05102009/ entertainment/ music/ bloody_good_eminem_168491. htm). NYPOST.com. . Retrieved 2010-06-25. [5] Thomas, Stephen (2009-05-19). "((( Relapse > Review )))" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r1539743). allmusic. . Retrieved 2010-06-25. [6] Paul Rosenblog: 3am on Cinemax (http:/ / bunyanchopshop. blogspot. com/ 2009/ 04/ 3-am-on-cinemax. html) [7] Graham, Mark (April 30, 2009). " Eminem Resurrects Torture Porn for 3 A.M. Video (http:/ / nymag. com/ daily/ entertainment/ 2009/ 04/ eminem_resurrects_torture_porn. html)". New York Magazine. Retrieved on June 4, 2009. [8] "Top 40 of 2009" (http:/ / www. fuse. tv/ ontv/ shows/ best-of-2009/ ). Fuse.tv. . Retrieved 2010-06-25. [9] . "Eminem - 3AM (Travis Barker Remix)" (http:/ / www. youtube. com/ watch?v=QN5aECC2Dzk). YouTube. . Retrieved 2010-06-25. [10] TeamIGA (2009-05-29). "News : Travis Barker 3 a.m. Remix" (http:/ / www. eminem. com/ blog/ default. aspx?nid=21705). Eminem. . Retrieved 2010-06-25.

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[11] "Travis Barker Remixes "3 A.M."" (http:/ / www. rapradar. com/ rap-radar-exclusives-video/ travis-barker-remixes-3-am. html). Rap Radar. 2009-05-29. . Retrieved 2010-06-25. [12] Up for Discussion Jump to Forums (2009-09-14). "3OH!3 Hits Top Ten On Billboard Hot 100" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ bbcom/ news/ 3oh-3-hits-top-ten-on-billboard-hot-100-1003970665. story). Billboard.com. . Retrieved 2010-06-25. [13] "Eminem - 3 A.M." (http:/ / australian-charts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Eminem& titel=3+ A. M. & cat=s). australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 2 August, 2011. [14] "Eminem Album & Song Chart History: Canadian Hot 100" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ artist/ eminem/ chart-history/ 315925?f=793& g=Singles). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. . Retrieved 2 August, 2011. [15] "Eminem" (http:/ / www. theofficialcharts. com/ artist/ _/ Eminem) (select "View Singles" tab). The Official Charts Company. . Retrieved 28 August, 2011. [16] "Eminem Album & Song Chart History: Hot 100" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ artist/ eminem/ chart-history/ 315925?f=379& g=Singles). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. . Retrieved 2 August, 2011. [17] "Eminem > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles" (http:/ / allmusic. com/ artist/ eminem-p347307/ charts-awards/ billboard-singles/ ). Allmusic. Macrovision. . Retrieved 3 August, 2011. [18] http:/ / www. npr. org/ templates/ story/ story. php?storyId=104349227

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External links
Eminem 3am Music Video & Lyrics (http://eminem3am.com) "3 a.m." Official music video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAuo8IOFNuE) on YouTube

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"Old Time's Sake"
Singleby Eminem featuring Dr. Dre from the album Relapse Released Format June 2, 2009 (digital) Digital download

Recorded 2007-2008 Genre Length Label West Coast hip hop 4:38 Shady, Aftermath, Interscope

Writer(s) M. Mathers, A. Young, M. Batson, D. Parker, T. Lawrence Producer Dr. Dre, Mark Batson Eminem singles chronology

"3 a.m." (2009)

"Old Time's Sake" (2009)

"Beautiful" (2009)

Dr. Dre singles chronology

"Crack a Bottle" (2009)

"Old Time's Sake" (2009)

"Hell Breaks Loose" (2009)

"Old Time's Sake" is a song by American rapper Eminem, featured on his 2009 album Relapse. "Old Time's Sake" was the second promotional and fourth overall single released on May 5, 2009. The song features Dr. Dre, who also produced the song.[1]

Background
News of the song's future release was first published on the official Eminem site on April 30, 2009, as a part of the official countdown.[2] The song features, and is also produced by Dr. Dre. It is one of the only two songs on the album to have guest appearances; the other song, "Crack a Bottle", also features Dr. Dre, as well as 50 Cent. The song leaked on May 4, one day before its official release. The single has no video. The song has a drug related theme similar to most of the songs in the album.

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Reception
The song has been well received by fans and critics alike, MTV summarised "Old Time's Sake" as "featuring a party vibe".[1] The article went on to describe that "the record has the familiar West Coast bounce, and that Dr. Dre himself lead the song with a "simple sing-songy flow" as well as adult content."[1]

Track listing
Digital single
No. Title 1. "Old Time's Sake" (feat. Dr. Dre) Writer(s)
M. Mathers, A. Young, M. Batson, D. Parker, T. Lawrence

Producer(s) Dr. Dre, Mark Batson

Length 4:38

Musical personnel
Eric "Jesus" Coomes guitar, bass Mark Batson keyboards Dawaun Parker keyboards Trevor Lawrence, Jr. keyboards

Charts
Chart (2009) Peak position 76 [4] 14 49 [6] 61 25 [8] 15 31

Australia (ARIA)

[3]

Canada (Canadian Hot 100) Ireland (IRMA) [5]

UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) US Billboard Hot 100 (Billboard) [7]

US Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles (Billboard) US Pop 100 (Billboard) [8]

References
[1] Shaheem Reid (May 4, 2009). "Eminem And Dr. Dre's 'Old Time's Sake' Leaks One Day Early" (http:/ / www. mtv. com/ news/ articles/ 1610536/ 20090504/ eminem. jhtml). MTV. . Retrieved May 5, 2009. [2] "iTunes Countdown" (http:/ / www. eminem. com/ blog/ default. aspx?nid=21315). Eminem. April 30, 2009. . Retrieved May 5, 2009. [3] "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 18 May, 2009 (Issue 1003)" (http:/ / pandora. nla. gov. au/ pan/ 23790/ 20090520-0000/ issue1003. pdf) (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. 2009-05-18. . Retrieved 1 August, 2011. [4] "Eminem Album & Song Chart History: Canadian Hot 100" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ artist/ eminem/ chart-history/ 315925?f=7& g93=Singles). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. . Retrieved 2 August, 2011. [5] "Discography Eminem" (http:/ / www. irish-charts. com/ showinterpret. asp?interpret=Eminem). irish-charts.com. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 2 August, 2011. [6] "Eminem" (http:/ / www. theofficialcharts. com/ artist/ _/ Eminem) (select "View Singles" tab). The Official Charts Company. . Retrieved 28 August, 2011. [7] "Eminem Album & Song Chart History: Hot 100" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ artist/ eminem/ chart-history/ 315925?f=379& g=Singles). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. . Retrieved 2 August, 2011.

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[8] "Billboard chart search - Eminem - "Old Time's Sake"" (http:/ / api. billboard. com/ apisvc/ chart/ v1/ list?artist=eminem& song=old_time& sdate=1990-01-01& edate=2999-12-31& api_key=bvk4re5h37dzvx87h7rf5dqz) (XML). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. . Retrieved 2 August, 2011.

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"Beautiful"
"Beautiful"
Singleby Eminem from the album Relapse Released Format August 11, 2009 Digital download, CD single

Recorded 2007 Genre Length Alternative hip hop, rap rock 6:32 (album version) 4:00 (radio edit) Shady, Aftermath, Interscope

Label

Writer(s) M. Mathers, L. Resto, J. Bass, D. Black, A. Hill Producer Eminem, Jeff Bass (co) Eminem singles chronology

"Old Time's Sake" (2009)

"Beautiful" "Forever" (2009) (2009)

"Beautiful" is the third and final official single from American rapper Eminem. It was released on May 12, 2009 on iTunes as a digital download.[1] "Beautiful" entered the UK Singles Chart on May 17, 2009 at #38 and re-entered at #31 due to massive airplay and was released as the third UK single after "We Made You". Since then the song has peaked at #12 so far. It became Eminem's 21st Top 40 single in the UK but also his second official single to miss the Top 10. In the U.S., it debuted at #17 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was on the A-List of the BBC Radio 1 playlist. In the week of July 23, 2009 it re-entered the Hot 100 at #98.[2]

Critical reception
The song has received very high acclaim and much positive reception. Rolling Stone called it a "touching attempt at an inspirational ballad". It samples "Reaching Out", originally written by the supergroup Rock Therapy. This version of "Reaching Out" is taken from the Queen + Paul Rodgers's live show opener on the 200506 tour, which used Eminem's "Lose Yourself" as the house music. Pitchfork Media claim that "Relapse hits something of a stride with 'Beautiful'". Much speculation has followed as to who sang the chorus of the song, suggesting it was Paul Rodgers, but in fact it was Eminem himself.[3] "Beautiful" scored Eminem his ninth straight Top 40 single on the Billboard Hot 100, going back to "Smack That" with Akon. Billboard called the song "epic" and described it as "Part confessional ("I'm just so fucking depressed," begins the track's explicit version) and part "Lose Yourself"-style motivational anthem, "Beautiful" encapsulates the introspective nature of "Relapse" but deviates from the shock tactics that dominate the album" adding that "The song is as much a lighters-in-the-air, arena rock power ballad as it is a lyrical showcase".[4] The song was nominated at the 52nd Grammy Awards in the Best Rap Solo Performance

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Music video
The video was shot in Detroit and it was directed by Anthony Mandler. It premiered on July 2, 2009 on Yahoo! music.[6] The video opens with a captions stating that "in 1950, Michigan was 1 of 8 states in America that collectively produced 36% of the world's GNP" and that "Detroit was the greatest manufacturing city in the world". It then cuts to present-day images of the city, featuring Eminem walking through three abandoned structures from that era that symbolized the "Arsenal of Democracy" (Michigan Central Station, the former Packard plant, and Tiger Stadium, including demolition footage of the latter), joined by several people appropriate to each building (an older woman with a suitcase, several autoworkers holding their lunchboxes and tools, and a neighborhood youth baseball team respectively). Although the original song contains three verses, the music video only features the first two. There are two versions of the video, the shorter of the two editing out the Detroit statistics and coarse language. On August 26, 2011, "Beautiful" received 100 million YouTube views on EminemVEVO, making this the 3rd song from EminemVEVO to reach 100 million views (after "Not Afraid" and "Love the Way You Lie").

Awards and nominations

Year Nominated work Award Best Rap Solo Performance Result Nominated

2010 Grammy Awards

Much Music Video Awards International Video of the Year Nominated

Track listing
Digital download
No. Title 1. "Beautiful" (album version) Writer(s)
M. Mathers, L. Resto, J. Bass, D. Black, A. Hill

Sample(s) Contains a sample of "Reaching Out" by Queen + Paul Rodgers

Length 6:32

Promotional single
No. Title 1. "Beautiful" (clean version) 2. "Beautiful" (explicit album version) Writer(s)
M. Mathers, L. Resto, J. Bass, D. Black, A. Hill

Producer(s) Eminem, co-produced by Jeff Bass Eminem, co-produced by Jeff Bass

Length 4:04 6:33

C. Bradbury, L. Resto, J. Bass, D. Black, A. Hill

Digital download Music video

No. Title 1. "Beautiful" (music video shortened version) Writer(s)
M. Mathers, L. Resto, J. Bass, D. Black, A. Hill

Director(s) Anthony Mandler

Length 4:21

German CD single

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No. Title 1. "Beautiful" (radio edit) 2. "3 a.m." (Travis Barker remix)

Writer(s)
M. Mathers, L. Resto, J. Bass, D. Black, A. Hill

Producer(s) Eminem, co-produced by Jeff Bass Dr. Dre, Travis Barker

Length 4:00 5:20

A. Young, D. Parker, M. Batson, M. Mathers, M. Elizondo, T. Lawrence

Digital E.P.
No. Title 1. "Beautiful" (radio edit) 2. "Beautiful" (album version) 3. "Beautiful" (instrumental) 4. "3 a.m." (Travis Barker remix) Writer(s)
M. Mathers, L. Resto, J. Bass, D. Black, A. Harris

Producer(s) Eminem, co-produced by Jeff Bass Eminem, co-produced by Jeff Bass Eminem, co-produced by Jeff Bass Dr. Dre, Travis Barker

Length 4:00 6:32 6:37 5:20

M. Mathers, L. Resto, J. Bass, D. Black, A. Hill

M. Mathers, L. Resto, J. Bass, D. Black, A. Hill

A. Young, D. Parker, M. Batson, M. Mathers, M. Elizondo, T. Lawrence

Musical personnel
Credits adapted from Relapse digital booklet. Songwriters: M. Mathers, L. Resto, J. Bass, D. Black, A. Hill Recorded by: Mike Strange at 54 Sound in Ferndale, Michigan Assistant engineers: Tony Campana at 54 Sound in Ferndale, Michigan Mixed by: Eminem and Mike Strange at Effigy Studios Keyboards by: Jeff Bass and Luis Resto Bass and guitar by: Jeff Bass Samples: Contains excerpts from "Reaching Out" by Queen + Paul Rodgers, written by Don Black and Andy Hill

Charts
Chart (2009) Peak position [7] 33 11 8 [10] [11] 40 26 39 5 [14] 4 47 8 12 [18] 17

Australian Singles Chart Austrian Singles Chart Canadian Hot 100 [9]

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Danish Singles Chart

Eurochart Hot 100 Singles German Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart [12]

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New Zealand Singles Chart Swedish Singles Chart Swiss Singles Chart UK Singles Chart [15]

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U.S. Billboard Hot 100

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U.S. Billboard Pop Songs 35

Year-end charts
Chart (2009) New Zealand Singles Chart UK Singles Chart [20] [19] Position 40 173

References
[1] "Eminem's 'Beautiful' Hits [[iTunes (http:/ / www. mtv. com/ news/ articles/ 1611174/ 20090512/ eminem. jhtml)]"]. . Retrieved May 13, 2009. [2] "Music Albums, Top 200 Albums & Music Album Charts" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ charts/ billboard-200#/ charts/ hot-100?begin=91& order=position) (in (Dutch)). Billboard.com. . Retrieved 2012-01-09. [3] Cohen, Ian (2009-05-19). "Eminem: Relapse | Album Reviews" (http:/ / pitchfork. com/ reviews/ albums/ 13034-relapse). Pitchfork. . Retrieved 2012-01-09. [4] (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ bbcom/ reviews-singles/ beautiful-1003994937. story) [5] "And the 2010 Grammy Nominees Are" (http:/ / www. rap-up. com/ 2009/ 12/ 02/ and-the-grammy-nominees-are/ #more-33041). Rap-Up.com. . Retrieved 2012-01-09. [6] "Eminem Beautiful Official Music Video" (http:/ / www. welivethis. com/ newsfeed/ 2009/ 07/ 02/ eminem-beautiful-official-music-video-2/ ). WeLiveThis.com (http:/ / www. welivethis. com). . Retrieved July 2, 2009. [7] "Australia Singes Top 50" (http:/ / acharts. us/ australia_singles_top_50/ 2009/ 31). Australian Recording Industry Association. acharts.com. July 27, 2009. . Retrieved 2009-07-26. [8] "oe3.ORF.at / Woche 43/2011" (http:/ / charts. orf. at/ oe3/ single). Charts.orf.at. . Retrieved 2012-01-09. [9] "Information Not Found" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ bbcom/ charts/ chart_display. jsp?f=Canadian+ Hot+ 100& pageNumber=Top+ 1-10& g=Singles). Billboard.com. . Retrieved 2012-01-09. [10] Steffen Hung. "Eminem - Beautiful" (http:/ / www. danishcharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Eminem& titel=Beautiful& cat=s). danishcharts.com. . Retrieved 2012-01-09. [11] "Music Charts, Most Popular Music, Music by Genre & Top Music Charts" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ charts#/ charts/ european-hot-100?begin=21& order=position). Billboard.com. . Retrieved 2012-01-09. [12] "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Knstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche" (http:/ / musicline. de/ de/ chartverfolgung_summary/ artist/ Eminem/ single). musicline.de. . Retrieved 2012-01-09. [13] "Ireland Singles Top 50 - Music Charts" (http:/ / acharts. us/ ireland_singles_top_50). Acharts.us. 2012-01-05. . Retrieved 2012-01-09. [14] Steffen Hung. "Eminem - Beautiful" (http:/ / charts. org. nz/ showitem. asp?interpret=Eminem& titel=Beautiful& cat=s). charts.org.nz. . Retrieved 2012-01-09. [15] Steffen Hung. "Eminem - Beautiful" (http:/ / swedishcharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Eminem& titel=Beautiful& cat=s). swedishcharts.com. . Retrieved 2012-01-09. [16] Steffen Hung. "Swiss Charts - Singles Top 75 08.01.2012" (http:/ / www. swisscharts. com/ weekchart. asp?cat=s). swisscharts.com. . Retrieved 2012-01-09. [17] "Eminem - Beautiful - Music Charts" (http:/ / acharts. us/ song/ 43643). Acharts.us. . Retrieved 2012-01-09. [18] "Top 100 Music Hits, Top 100 Music Charts, Top 100 Songs & The Hot 100" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ bbcom/ charts/ chart_display. jsp?f=The+ Billboard+ Hot+ 100& pageNumber=Top+ 11-50& g=Singles). Billboard.com. . Retrieved 2012-01-09. [19] "The Official New Zealand Music Chart" (http:/ / www. rianz. org. nz/ rianz/ chart_annual. asp). Rianz.org.nz. . Retrieved 2012-01-09. [20] "Charts Plus Year end 2009" (http:/ / www. ukchartsplus. co. uk/ UKChartsPlusYE2009. pdf) (PDF). Charts Plus. . Retrieved 2010-07-19.

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External links
"Beautiful" music video (censored) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgT1AidzRWM) on YouTube About Eminem's 'Kangol' cap from the 'Beautiful' Video (http://marshallmathers.com/index.php/know/ wardrobe-and-style/213-eminems-kangol-army-cap)

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"Hell Breaks Loose"

"Hell Breaks Loose"
Singleby Eminem featuring Dr. Dre from the album Relapse: Refill Released Format December 15, 2009 (digital) Digital download [1]

Recorded 2008-09 Genre Length Label Hardcore hip hop, gangsta rap, horrorcore 4:04 Shady, Aftermath, Interscope

Writer(s) M. Mathers, A. Young, M. Batson, D. Parker, T. Lawrence Producer Dr. Dre, Mark Batson Eminem singles chronology

"Elevator" (2009)

"Hell Breaks Loose" (2009)

"Drop the World" (2009)

Dr. Dre singles chronology

"Old Time's Sake" (2009)

"Hell Breaks Loose" (2009)

"Kush" (2010)

"Hell Breaks Loose" is a song by American rapper Eminem, featured on his 2009 album Relapse: Refill the re-release of Relapse. "Hell Breaks Loose" was a promotional single released on December 15, releasing the same day as "Elevator". The song features Dr. Dre, who also produced the song with Mark Batson.

Track listing
iTunes digital single
No. Title 1. "Hell Breaks Loose" (feat. Dr. Dre) (explicit album version) Writer(s)
M. Mathers, A. Young, M. Batson, D. Parker, T. Lawrence

Producer(s) Dr. Dre, Mark Batson

Length 4:04

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Musical personnel
Eric "Jesus" Coomes guitar, bass Mark Batson keyboards Dawaun Parker keyboards Trevor Lawrence, Jr. keyboards

Charts
On the week ending January 2, 2010, "Hell Breaks Loose" debuted at #29 on the Billboard Hot 100, as the week's Hot Shot Debut.
Chart (2010) Peak position [2] 21 29

Canada (Canadian Hot 100) US Billboard Hot 100 [3]

References
[1] http:/ / itunes. apple. com/ us/ album/ hell-breaks-loose-feat-dr-dre/ id344551910?i=344551911 [2] "Canadian Hot 100: Week of January 02, 2010 (Biggest Jump)" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ charts/ canadian-hot-100?chartDate=2010-01-02& order=gainer). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. . Retrieved 2 August 2011. [3] "Hot 100: Week of January 02, 2010 (Biggest Jump)" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ charts/ hot-100?chartDate=2010-01-02& order=gainer). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. . Retrieved 2 August 2011.

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"Elevator"
"Elevator"
Singleby Eminem from the album Relapse: Refill Released Format Recorded Genre Length Label Writer(s) Producer December 15, 2009 (digital) Digital download 2008-2009 Hip hop 4:53 Shady, Aftermath, Interscope M. Mathers, L. Resto Eminem Eminem singles chronology [1]

"Forever" "Elevator" (2009) (2009)

"Hell Breaks Loose" (2009)

"Elevator" is a song by American rapper Eminem, featured on his 2009 album Relapse: Refill, the re-release of his album Relapse. "Elevator" was the second promotional single released on December 15, released the same day as "Hell Breaks Loose". On the issue of January 2, 2010, "Elevator" debuted at #67 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Controversy
The lyrics of the song struck controversy, as Eminem raps this message to former *NSYNCer Lance Bass: Sorry Lance, Mr. Lambert and Aiken ain't gonna make it. They get so mad when I call them both faggots.... Adam Lambert, the American Idol season 8 runner-up said on Twitter: "Wow Eminem mentioned me in a song? I must be doin something right," and "Even if he used the f word. Whatev." The F-word Eminem used in this particular instance is, however, up for some debate. Though conventional wisdom says the rapper, whom many in the past have described as homophobic, would not hesitate to direct an anti-gay slur at three "out" male singers, some suggest the lyrics have him calling Lambert "fake-it". Apparently apprised of the "clarification", Lambert later Tweeted: "Oh he says 'fake it' my bad. Although, in the CD booklet the lyrics clearly say "Faggots" and not "Fake-its".[2]

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Track listing
iTunes digital single
No. Title 1. "Elevator" Writer(s)
M. Mathers, L. Resto

Producer(s) Length Eminem 4:53

Charts
Chart (2010) Peak position [3] 59 67

Canada (Canadian Hot 100) US Billboard Hot 100 [4]

References
[1] http:/ / itunes. apple. com/ us/ album/ elevator-single/ id344551548 [2] http:/ / www. fancast. com/ blogs/ 2009/ celebrities/ does-eminems-new-song-slam-adam-lambert/ [3] "Canadian Hot 100: Week of January 02, 2010 (Biggest Jump)" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ charts/ canadian-hot-100?chartDate=2010-01-02& order=gainer). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. . Retrieved 2 August, 2011. [4] "Hot 100: Week of January 02, 2010 (Biggest Jump)" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ charts/ hot-100?chartDate=2010-01-02& order=gainer). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. . Retrieved 2 August, 2011.

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"Not Afraid"
"Not Afraid"
Singleby Eminem from the album Recovery Released Format April 29, 2010 CD single, digital download

Recorded 2010; Effigy Studios (Ferndale, Michigan), Encore Studios (Burbank, California), Boi-1da Studios (Ajax, Ontario) Genre Length Label Hip hop 4:10 Shady, Aftermath, Interscope

Writer(s) Marshall Mathers, Matthew Samuels, Luis Resto, Jordan Evans, Matthew Burnett Producer Boi-1da, Eminem (add.), Burnett (add.), Evans (add.) Eminem singles chronology

"Drop the World" (2009)

"Not Afraid" (2010)

"Love the Way You Lie" (2010)

"Not Afraid" is a song by American rapper Eminem from his seventh studio album, Recovery (2010). It was released as the album's lead single on April29,2010, by Interscope Records. "Not Afraid" was first revealed as a single by Eminem via Twitter, after which the song debuted on radio. To promote the single's release, a freestyle rap, "Despicable", was released on the Internet and received attention for its tone and lyrical content. The song was written and produced by Eminem, Boi-1da, Jordan Evans and Matthew Burnett; keyboardist Luis Resto was also attributed with songwriting credit. According to Eminem's manager Paul Rosenberg and music critics, "Not Afraid" carries a positive message and depicts Eminem's change in direction from drugs and violence. Recording sessions took place at Effigy Studios in Michigan, Encore Studios in California and Boi-1da Studios in Ontario. Brothers Mike and Joe Strange worked with Eminem on mixing and engineering. The hip hop song features a choir that assists Eminem in a heavily layered chorus and vocals are sung over a guitar, synthesizer and piano; no Auto-Tune was used on the sung vocals, but many reverberation tools were. "Not Afraid" met with mixed to positive reviews from critics, who praised the song for being anthemic in nature and carrying a positive message. The song did, however, face criticism for its sudden change in theme from previous singles, and was considered to be less affecting than some of his other songs. Despite mixed reception, "Not Afraid" became the sixteenth song in Billboard history to debut on the US Billboard Hot 100 at number one; it also debuted as a chart-topper in Canada. As of August2011, the song has sold over four million digital copies. "Not Afraid" has earned Eminem MTV Video Music Awards, MTV Video Music Awards Japan, Grammy Awards, Billboard Music Awards and Detroit Music Awards. The song was accompanied by a music video, which Rich Lee directed in May2010. New York City and Newark, New Jersey were chosen as settings to shoot the video. In it, Eminem displays newfound courage and confidence, albeit facing struggles and eventually jumping off a ledge. Reviewers praised the video as it followed the lyrics and praised the video for such depictions. However, the product placement in the video by Nike shoes and Beats by Dr. Dre headphones was criticized. In 2010, Eminem performed "Not Afraid" at Electronic Entertainment Expo 2010 (E3 2010),Oxegen 2010, T in the Park 2010 and the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards. He has also performed the

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Writing and recording

In 2009, Eminem planned to release a sequel of his sixth studio album, Relapse, titled Relapse 2; however, he decided to scrap the project and release a completely different studio release titled Recovery.[1] He said, "as I kept recording and working with new producers, the idea of a sequel to Relapse started to make less and less sense to me, and I wanted to make a completely new album."[1] "Not Afraid" was primarily produced by Candadian hip hop producer Boi-1da, who acheived success after producing Drake's "Best I Ever Had" and "Forever", a collaboration between Drake, Eminem, Kanye West and Lil Wayne.[2] According to Mike Strange, who recorded "Not Afraid", he wanted to work with Boi-1da after listening to his previous tracks: "We first heard of Boi-1da when working on that song. We were like, 'That beat is great, lets get more from this guy.'"[2] Boi-1da sent many CDs to Strange, while Eminem chose selective tracks and wrote lyrics for them. These tracks were opened in Pro Tools, as Strange proceeded to record Eminem's vocals.[2] Recording sessions took place at Effigy Studios, in Ferndale, Michigan but Boi-1da was absent during the sessions.[2][3] The original tracks sent to Strange included mostly drums and keyboard pads; they were placed under an inactive track titled "Orig beatz". The instrumentations featured were from a Roland TR-808 kick, a regular live kick, a hi-hat, a ride cymbal and a snare drum.[2] Underneath the track, there were horn, orchestra hit and pads, including a Mellotron sound that plays the chord progression.[2] In an interview with Sound on Sound magazine, Strange said, "I like to have the vocal tracks at the top of the Session, because in hip-hop they are the most important element."[2] Eminem's main vocal track was titled "3EmMn95" and two other tracks were placed underneath, as one of them was Eminem's introductory words. Each play of the chorus was an actual overdub and not copies of a sample; the only exception is the intro.[2] The vocals for the bridge were overdubbed six times while no Auto-Tune was used for the entire song. Detroit musician Luis Resto provided keyboard tracks on the bridge, including piano and guitar sound effects. Resto also added orchestration in the chorus and bridge of the song.[2]
"Boi-1das stuff sounded pretty good, so I only used SSL EQ and a little bit of compression on that, to make it fit with the other tracks. I used a Trim and Antares Auto-Tune on the 808 kick that was added by Luis, because there was some pitch fluctuation in the 808 and we wanted to keep it in tune. Theres a 7-band EQ on the timpani sample, and apart from SSL EQ and compression thats it as far as the drum and percussion tracks are concerned." Mike Strange, on mixing Boi-1da's track, in an interview with Sound on Sound
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Strange arranged the Pro Tools session in a more traditional manner by laying out the drums, bass instruments, guitars, keyboards, main vocals and overdubs from left to right. While mixing, he began with drums, then the main vocals.[2] He added the chorus and bridge, followed by other instrumentation. Strange mixed the track to satisfy Eminem, who, after entering the studio, made his own adjustments, providing additional production; by then, Resto's tracks were added.[2] Strange made adjustments to Boi-1da's tracks, using SSL equalization (EQ) and some compression. To keep the track in tune from pitch fluctuation, Strange used Trim and Auto-Tune on Resto's TR-808 kick. Strange arranged reverberation tools, including the Bricasti, Eventide 2016, the Lexicon 480, Lexicon PMC70, and the Yamaha SPX90.[2] The two rap tracks in the session used the Massenburg EQ plug-in, "the '9' send goes to the eighth-note delay track immediately above the two rap tracks" and Digidesign Extra Long Delay.[2] Strange also used compressors, including the Alta Moda Unicomp, which he felt works well on vocals, as well as the kick and snare drums. The Alta Moda and SSL caused vocal distortion, but this usually did not happen. For every Eminem song Strange has recorded, he has used a Requisite L2M on the vocals, a mastering limiter.[2] On the chorus, Strange replaced the Hook Delay with TC 2290 delay for better sound; a D-Verb was also used for cutting. Boi-1da's track mostly used SSL and compression, but the bass used an API 550a. A Digidesign compressor limiter was set up on one of the horn sounds while the Massenburg EQ was used on an OB8 sound. Answering Eminem's request, string overdubs were arranged and recorded by Jordan Evans and Matthew Burnettproviding additional productionand Robert Reyes

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Composition
"Not Afraid" is a mid-tempo hip hop song written and produced by Boi-1da, Eminem, Evans and Burnett; Resto also gets songwriting credit. Boi-1da provided drums; Evans and Burnett provided string sounds.[3] The song's lyrics focus on a positive change from Eminem's past experiences, including an end to drug abuse, feuds and violence.[4] The Los Angeles Times noted that a person hearing this song for the first time may identify it as Christian hip hop.[5] MTV News writer Shaheem Reid noted that "There are no jabs at pop-culture icons, no jovial goofballing."[4] Led by a guitar, synthesizer and piano,[6] "Not Afraid" is published in the key of C minor and has a moderate tempo of 80 beats per minute, according to the sheet music published by Sony/ATV Music Publishing.[7] Idolator wrote: "Whatever dark days Eminem has lived through, he seems to be at peace with himself now."[8] A writer for MuchMusic website noted that Eminem chose to use his Marshall Mathers ego for the song, rather than Slim Shady.[9] He follows a chord progression of CmA(maj7)AB in the chorus.[7] The song begins with a brief introduction in which Eminem says while the chorus plays underneath, "Yeh, it's been a ride. I guess I had to go to that place to get to this one."[10] When he begins the first verse, his lyrics threaten people who have looked down on him: "You can try to read my lyrics off of this paper before I lay 'em/ But you won't take the sting out these words before I say 'em."[4] The chorus, beginning with "I'm not afraid to take a stand", is noted for having heavily layered vocals.[8] On the second verse, Eminem says that he has indeed made mistakes, commenting on his Relapse album: "That last Relapse CD was ehh/ Perhaps I ran them accents into the ground/ Relax, I ain't going to do that now."[4] When he says "All I'm trying to say is get back, click clack, pow", a gunshot is heard.[2] Approaching the end of the second verse, Eminem raps about his personal experiences: "But I think I'm still trying to figure this crap out/ Thought I had it mapped out, but I guess I didn't/ It's time to exorcise these demons/ These muthafuckas are doing jumping jacks now."[4] After the chorus, Eminem sings a bridge and focuses on a positive change, as he says "I just can't keep living this way, so starting today I'm breaking out of this cage."[10] Before the final chorus, he says that he "shoots for the moon".[10] The song features a choir composed of Kip Blackshire, Christal Garrick II, Terry Dexter, Rich King, Kristen Ashley Cole and Sly Jordan.[3]

Release and reception

On April26,2010, Eminem posted a message through his Twitter account that read, "I'm 'Not Afraid'", without any elaboration.[11] Fans and news organizations were able to interpret the message and announced that Eminem's first single from his seventh studio album, Recovery would be titled "Not Afraid".[11][12] Radio personality Angela Yee, from radio station WWPR-FM, confirmed that the new single would debut on Eminem's uncensored radio station, Shade 45.[13] The singer's manager, Paul Rosenberg, told Billboard that "It's not a dark song, it's an uplifting song."[14] The new single was initially slated to impact radio on April30,2010;[15] however, the date was changed to one day earlier and the song eventually aired at 10 am ET, on Shade 45's show The Morning After with Angela Yee.[16] On May5,2010, The single was made available for digital download at online retailers through Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records.[17]>[18] In the song, Eminem makes a reference to Relapse and spoke at Friday Night with Jonathan Ross about it: "...looking back on it now in retrospect, I feel like there was a lot of stuff on there that was humorous and shock value and I had to go back and listen to my older material and figure out why...Relapse didn't make me feel like [what] used to and kind of put the feeling back into what I do."[19]

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Pre-release promotion
Two days before "Not Afraid"'s slated release, Eminem released a freestyle rap video to promote the release of the album's lead single.[20] Titled "Despicable", the vocals in the video are played over the instrumental versions of "Over" by Canadian rapper Drake and "Beamer, Benz or Bentley" by G-Unit member Lloyd Banks; the verse switches to the latter well into the two-minute song.[21] Lyrics make a reference to football quarterback Ben Roethlisberger in the line "Id rather turn this club into a bar room brawl/Get as rowdy as Roethlisberger in a bathroom stall."[21] These lyrics refers to sexual assault allegations in March2011 at a nightclub in Milledgeville, Georgia, causing controversy.[21] Other references include those to fictional comic book character Superman: "I give as much of a flying fuck as that Superman dude" and to general popular culture: "Like a leaf suck in a vacuum, yall/there aint nothing but a whole lotta sucking going on in rap."[20] Eminem's final lyric makes a reference to Looney Tunes character Daffy Duck.[22] Music critics commented on the freestyle rap. Ray Roa of music website Consequence of Sound noted Eminem's obvious frustration in the song, saying that he "sounds pissed off as ever on a new freestyle".[22] He also added, "The first minute and a half of the track is mellow by his standards, but when the beat switches to Banks track, Eminem goes apeshit."[22] Robbie Daw of website Idolator also made note of Eminem's anger and called the freestyle "short-but-wordy".[23] Melinda Newman of HitFix gave a positive review and wrote that the freestyle sounds like a "blast that sucks all the air out of room. Its better than anything on Relapse, and the sheer dexterity of his rhyming skills is awe-inspiring."[20] Thaindian News's Madhuri Dey felt that "Eminem takes his usual route of taking a hit at some personality".[24] Adam Downer of Sputnikmusic wrote positively: "Eminem spits with the crazed desperation we remember from the albums."[25]

Critical reception
Reception of "Not Afraid" was mixed to positive. Jon Dolan of Rolling Stone praised the song's tone: "Over a dark, operatic beat. Eminem delivers rhymes that are typically acrobaticand typically heavy-handed. But the anger has a gathering quality."[26] Dolan also praised the song's inspirational theme.[26] Henry Adaso of About.com gave a positive review on the song, noting "Boi-1da's bouncy charm" and "heartwrenching lyrics from a master poet" as good aspects of the song and noted no negative aspects.[27] In Adaso's guide review, he Eminem performing at the Lollapalooza festival praised Boi-1da's production and Eminem's affecting lyrics; he in 2011 considered the former's work "shimmering" and Eminem's "sensitive lyrics entwine on this knocker"; overall, he gave the song four and a [27] half stars out of a possible five. After the song's release, AllHipHop called it "an anthem in nature and rebellious to the core."[28] In her review of the Recovery, Jody Rosen of Rolling Stone noted that even if Eminemreaching his late 30sis becoming "a grumpy middle-aged man, at least he's owning it".[29] Winston Robbins of music website Consequence of Sound called "Not Afraid" one of the songs on Recovery "with catchy hooks, choruses, and beats multiplied by the endless pool of wit and anger that Eminem possesses".[30] In his album review, Thomas Nassiff wrote on behalf of AbsolutePunk; he noted the song for being radio-friendly and that it "doesn't sacrifice anything to be friendly to the masses."[31] Andy Gill of The Independent said that this is where "the only completely commendable sentiment on the entire album comes" and called it a "proud rehab anthem".[32] In his review for Recovery, Benjamin Meadows-Ingram of Spin magazine called "Not Afraid" a "stadium-ready lead single"; he went on to say, "Finally, Eminem addresses his personal and professional failings head-on, rather than hiding behind a joke or inside a nightmare. Its a necessary first step in moving on."[33] The song also faced mixed and negative reviews. After "Not Afraid" leaked onto the Internet on April29,2010, Simon Vozick-Levinson of Entertainment Weekly magazine commented on the song, noting both positive and

"Not Afraid" negative characteristics; he first complimented Eminem's change of lyrical theme, calling it anthemic in nature and noting its inspirational and powerful message.[34] He compared the song's theme to Eminem's 2002 single "Sing for the Moment" and his 2009 single, "Beautiful". Vozick-Levinson called Eminem's rapping "wild" but was dismissive of the production, saying, "The track behind 'Not Afraid' has the same tinny, repetitive, wannabe-epic quality that's annoyed me on Boi-1da productions like 'Forever.'"[34] Idolator's Robbie Daw was dismissive of the vocal layering in the chorus, but said that the song has "plenty of venomous fire".[8] Mayer Nissem of British site Digital Spy gave the song three stars out of a possible five, and wrote a mixed review; the reviewer first commented, "Thank heavens! Marshall Mathers III has opted against his usual trick of cobbling together a hook and some 'satire' via two-year-old back issues of the Inquirer to trail it."[35] However, Nissem criticized other aspects of the song, saying that Eminem's "decision to chronicle...feels a little worthy and more than a touch dull."[35] He felt that Eminem's previous songs never bored the listener, unlike "Not Afraid".[35] Jeff Weiss of the Los Angeles Times commented that "Not Afraid" was an improvement from the lead singles of Encore (2004) and Relapse, "Just Lose It" and "We Made You", respectively, giving for a more serious and inspirational theme.[5] However, Weiss misses the comic nature of Eminem's classic singles, such as "My Name Is"; instead, he felt that the song was composed of "vague self-help bromides and a bombastic but nondescript beat from...Boi-1da."[5] When discussing the chorus, Weiss commented that it "doesnt make for very engaging listening."[5] Finally, he discussed possible influences by American rapper T.I., but overall, he named it a disappointing lead single.[5] John Ulmer of website One Thirty BPM gave the song seven points out of a possible ten, and published a mixed review; he praised it for being a more serious track compared to previous lead singles "Just Lose It" (2004) and "We Made You" (2009) but criticized it for being less powerful compared to his 2002 hit single, "Lose Yourself", and "Beautiful".[36] According to Ulmer, "Upon first listen its a bit corny, but its appropriately anthemic, and not bad enough to deter from the strength of the overall track."[36] He noted that although Eminem does not have as much of a frustrated voice as he does in "Despicable", he admits that Relapse was a silly album.[36] Pitchfork Media's Jayson Greene wrote a rather negative review on Recovery and was very dismissive on the song: "Eminem spends nearly half of Recovery insisting he's the best rapper alive, but for the first time in his career, he actually sounds clumsy."[37] Kitty Empire of newspaper The Guardian also wrote negatively on the song in her album review, criticizing the song's lyrics: "Rhyming 'through a storm' with 'whatever weather/ cold or warm' in the chorus is unforgivable for a master rhymer."[38] As part of his album review, Greg Kot of daily newspaper Chicago Tribune criticized Eminem's lyrics and rhymes in "Not Afraid", comparing them to his rhyming skills back when his 2002 hip hop drama film, 8 Mile, premiered: "Doesn't he realize that's the kind of cheese that the battle-rhyming Eminem of 8 Mile would've mercilessly mocked?"[39]

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Chart performance
According to Nielsen SoundScan, "Not Afraid" sold 380,000digital copies in its first week, giving Eminem the biggest sales week for a digital single between the beginning of 2010 and the date of the song's release.[40] Three songs received higher sales during their first week: Flo Rida's "Right Round", The Black Eyed Peas' "Boom Boom Pow" and Eminem's "Crack a Bottle", which were all 2009 singles.[41] "Not Afraid" proved to be successful when it debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at number one, a feat only 15songs had accomplished previously. The song was Eminem's third number-one single on the Hot 100, coming after "Lose Yourself" and "Crack a Bottle".[40] "Not Afraid" was also the first to debut at number one since October17,2009, when American recording artist Britney Spears's "3" debuted atop the chart. It is the first hip hop single to debut at number one since American rapper Sean Combs (known then as "Puff Daddy") topped the chart in 1997, with "I'll Be Missing You", which features Faith Evans and band 112.[41] After entering the Digital Songs chart at number one, the song fell down to number four the next week, and to number six on the Hot 100, with sales of 202,000 digital copies.[42][43][44] On June14,2010, "Not Afraid" rose to number five again with sales of 157,000 copies.[45][46] On July14, 2010, it rose from 22 to 24 on the Hot 100;[47] by then, the song was downloaded a total of 1,750,000 times.[48] On July25,2010, the song crossed the two million

"Not Afraid" mark, based on total sales.[49] As of August2011, the song has sold over four million digital copies.[50] "Not Afraid" debuted at number one on the Canadian Hot 100, remaining on the chart for 20 weeks.[51][52] On the UK Singles Chart, the song debuted on June5,2010 at number five, its highest position.[53] It dropped to number six the following week, to number ten on July10,2010, and to number 14 the week after.[54][55][56] On August7,2010, the song dropped to number 23 and its last UK Singles Chart appearance would be on September4, giving the song a total of 14 weeks on the chart.[57][58] "Not Afraid" entered New Zealand's Top 40 Singles chart on May10,2010 at number eight, its peak position.[59] Lasting on the chart for a total of 23 weeks, the song would not make its last chart appearance in New Zealand until September9,2010, at number 34.[59] On the ARIA Top 50 Singles, the song entered at number16 in its first week and reached its peak at number four, the following week; its lowest and final chart position occurred during the song's 27th week on the chart, at number48.[60] On the 3 Austria Top 40, Austria's official singles chart, May21,2010 marked the song's chart debut, at number22.[61] It reached its peak on August13, at number five and would stay at that position for another week. Before re-entering on January14,2011 at number 72, the song made a last consecutive chart appearance on November19,2011 at number 52.[61] The song dropped to the bottom of the chart (number 75) on January21,2011, before exiting it.[61] In Italy, the song only charted for one week, at number three;[62] the same occurred in France, on February19,2011, at number 97.[63] "Not Afraid" lasted 19 weeks on the Irish Singles Chart and made a final chart appearance on September30,2010, at number 36.[64] Flanders' chart, Ultratop 50, gave the song a debut position at number 13 on May15,2010; the song would not reach a higher position and would drop to number 49 in its 16th and final week.[65] On Wallonia's chart, Ultratop 40, the song debuted at number 14 and would not chart again until July3,2010, at number 40.[66] Longer than on any other chart, "Not Afraid" charted in Sweden for 43 consecutive weeks, debuting at number five and charting at number 49 in its final week.[67]

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Music video
Development
"As I got sober, I started re-discovering things about myself that I had forgotten for so long that I kinda suppressed down, you know, or whatever [...] So, the whole theme of the record [is] as a person, I'm feeling better. See, this is how I feel; I feel good enough to be this, to say this, to do this." Eminem, talking about the video's concept in relation the song's theme.
[68]

Before filming began, Eminem spoke to Paul Rosenberg on the telephone about his ideas for a music video of "Not Afraid"; the two shared thoughts and started collaborating in May2010.[69] American director Richard "Rich" Lee was hired to direct the video, which was shot on Market Street, in Newark, New Jersey as well as New York City.[70][71] On the first day, Eminem filmed the opening scene on the rooftop of the Manhattan Municipal Building.[69] Lee called the moment "sort of like a very internal feeling kind of video".[69] In an interview, while the video was being shot, Eminem spoke about working with Lee "as pretty anti-climactic, for the most part, you know what I mean... It's good working with him, you know, he's about his business".[69] The scene in which Eminem jumps from a cliff and dives, was done at Greenpoint Warehouse, in Brooklyn with Lee and video producer Justin Diener. Also working with Eminem on the video included Dennis Dennehy and Chris Clancy for marketing.[69] The final scene filmed on the first day was where Eminem would try to escape from a dark basement; shooting in Newark also continued.[69] The second day of shooting focused on Eminem as he walked through Market Street in Newark.[68] Eminem's final shoot before wrapping up was a mirror scene, which included many glass mirrors, and a fake one among them, through which he would have to break through.[68] On May30,2010, Eminem confirmed the video's release date in a Twitter message: "For those 'patiently waiting,' the NOT AFRAID video will premier Saturday 6/5. Details later..."[72] The day before the video's premiere, a teaser trailer was uploaded onto video sharing site YouTube, which combines many clips from the full video.[73] The music video was uploaded on video website VEVO on

"Not Afraid" June5,2010 at 11:30amET.[74] VEVO stylized their logo with the E reversed, similar to Eminem's logo. On June7, the television premiere took place on MTV and VH1, and the former featured a primetime encore the day after.[74]

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Synopsis
The music video opens with a scene in which Eminem stands on the rooftop of the Manhattan Municipal Building in New York, saying the introductory lyrics. The video cuts between scenes where he raps on the rooftop and another scene where Eminem is trapped inside a dark basement. Eminem moves closer towards the edge of the building until he leaves to go downstairs as the chorus begins. He starts walking down Market Street in Newark and jaywalks across the street, avoiding vehicles that pass by. Eminem sees distorted reflections of himself on the window of a car;[75] he continues on, only to be surrounded by a series of mirrors. Confused, Eminem tries to escape, and towards the end of the second chorus, he breaks through a mirror to find himself in the middle of the street. Interspersing scenes show Eminem as he tries to break out of the basement. As the camera zooms out, the viewers see him on the edge of a destroyed street while a subway tunnel can be seen below the road. Eminem then jumps off the edge and makes a steep dive, but flies straight up again; his speedy flight down Market Street causes sonic booms on vehicles nearby. Eventually, Eminem flies up, back to the rooftop of the Manhattan Municipal Building, in New York City, where the video began.[75]

Reception
The video was received with generally positive reviews. Following the video's VEVO release, Monica Herrera of Billboard named Eminem's jumping sequence "a moment of triumph" and compared his flying scene to Superman.[76] She also noted similarities of the video's events and the song's lyrics, deeming them a powerful word to Eminem's haters, where Eminem raps about destroying one's balcony.[76] Daniel Kreps from Rolling Stone felt that Eminem "similarly puts his redemption in the spotlight" and notices courage.[19] Kreps went on to compare Eminem's flying scene to Canadian actor Keanu Reeves from the 1999 science fiction film The Matrix.[19] A writer from Idolator criticized the video for product placement of Nike shoes and Beats by Dr. Dre headphones, but wrote a positive review, comparing the video to Superman and The Matrix as well.[77] He gave a detailed analysis of the video and his personal opinion:

Eminem's flying scene in the video was compared to a similar scene by Keanu Reeves in The Matrix.

After those gorgeous opening shots of Marshall standing on ledge of a rooftop overlooking Newark (why this wasnt shot in Detroit, were not sure), we cut back and forth to a basement where he rhymes in frustration. While he appears to turn away from the obvious suicidal overtones of the roofstop bit, he isnt out of the darkness yet: he sees Market Street turn into a hall of mirrors where he must confront his own image, and finally, the edge of a cliff, where he decides to take a leap (or, really, a fall) of faith. But rather than meet his doom, Marshall takes flightinsert your Superman metaphors and The Matrix references here.[77] Overall, Idolator felt that the video sent an inspirational message to viewers.[77] In his review for Entertainment Weekly, Vozock-Levinson wrote: "We are to understand that he is once again at wits end with the world, full of barely contained energy that hes not yet sure how to direct."[78] Althoguh he didn't feel that the video was Eminem's best, Voznick-Levinson praised the video for its message in relation to the song's vibe; he also made a comparison to Eminem's music video for "The Way I Am", as both videos involve Eminem as he jumps from a great height.[78] Patrick D'Arcy of Spin thought that Eminem is "an unlikely motivational speaker, but an effective one."

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Live performances
On June5,2010, Eminem appeared at Friday Night with Jonathan Ross to perform "Not Afraid" while American recording artist LL Cool J watched from backstage.[19] In celebration of the then-upcoming release of Treyarch-developed shooter game Call of Duty: Black Ops, video game publisher Activision organized many artists to perform at the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2010 (E3 2010)which took place at the Staples Center in Los Angelesincluding Eminem.[79] Joined by Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker, Eminem performed songs from his album, including "Not Afraid", "Love the Way You Lie" and "Won't Eminem performing at E3 2010 at the Staples Back Down".[80] At E3 2011, a choir, as well as hypeman Mr. Porter Center in Los Angeles sung with Eminem during the chorus of "Not Afraid", while his band played with an orchestra.[80] The audience presumed the performance was over; however, Eminem shortly returned to the stage to end with "Lose Yourself". News distributor PR Newswire wrote, "Eminem ignited the crowd as he closed the all-star event".[79] Matt Elias of MTV News also praised the show, and said that "Eminem performed an electrifying set..., crushing any doubts that he is truly back in the game".[80] Antony Bruno of Billboard called the performance "a literal bang" while Seve Appleford of Rolling Stone wrote, "The rapper marched along the catwalk with his usual intensity, previewing new songs from next week's release Recovery."[81][82] Activision reportedly spent six million dollars on party costs.[83] "Not Afraid" was included on Eminem's set list as the final song before Eminem's "Lose Yourself" encore in his performance at the T in the Park festival, which took place on July10,2010.[84] This would be his first European concert in five years.[85] Eminem wore black shorts and a hoodie.[86] He commented on the weather, saying, "I know it's muddy and sloppy and shit but this is fun", and also thanked the crowd for supporting him. "Everybody who's an Eminem fan, I just wanna say thank you so much for the support you've shown over the years, for not giving up on me," he said, "I hope you enjoyed the show as much as we did tonight. Peace."[84] At the end of the performance, Eminem said, "Edin-borg, did you enjoy yourself tonight?"[87] That evening, members of the audience accused Eminem of lip syncing, but others defended him of such accusations.[88] The T in the Park performance of "Not Afraid" is included as the second track on the "Love the Way You Lie" CD single.[89] Eminem performed "Not Afraid" for a small audience in a small room at the beginning of the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards; he performed the song once again at the Los Angeles Nokia Theatre, the main site of the ceremony, and performed "Love the Way You Lie" with Barbadian singer Rihanna.[90] The audience voted his performance the best with 34 percent of all votes.[91] Eminem performed "Not Afraid" alongside Porter at the 2011 Bonnaroo Music Festival.[92] He arrived in a Bad Meets Evil T-shirt, camouflage shorts, a black hoodie and a black hat.[93] His set list included other hits from previous years, including "Cleanin' Out My Closet", "The Real Slim Shady", "Without Me" and "Like Toy Soldiers"; he also performed with Bad Meets Evil partner Royce da 5'9" for "Fast Lane" and "Lighters".[92][93] Almost 80,000 members of the audience chanted "Shady!" for five minutes until Eminem returned to perform an encore with "Lose Yourself".[94] Before performing "Not Afraid", Eminem told the audience, "All jokes aside... Thank you for sticking by me and not giving up on me."[95] At one point during the show, he told them, "Everybody here tonight, I just wanna say thank you for sticking by me and not giving up on me."[96] News sources praised the performance; James Montgomery of MTV News wrote, "what stood out the most about Em's performance was the sheer tenacity with which he attacked it." News agency Associated Press said that "Bonnaroo's crowd may be a hippie enclave, but you wouldn't have known it Saturday night".[94] HitFix blog's Katie Hasty considered the "Not Afraid" performance "triumphant, perhaps due to crowd buzz".[97] Patrick Doyle of Rolling Stone wrote, "Eminems hour-and-a-half set was a triumph, with the rapper constantly bouncing across the stage, performing hit after hit with the energy of a prizefighter."[96]

"Not Afraid" Eminem performed the song as part of a set list on the second day of Chicago's Lollapalooza festival with Porter, in front of an audience of 90,000 people.[98] The Hollywood Reporter's Steve Baltin wrote, "given the infrequency with which he tours, it's sometimes easy to forget just how dynamic a performer he is, but after a spectacular 90-minute show, there was no denying the rappers power." Adam Graham of The Detroit News said that "Eminem delivered the goods to the huge throng of people".[99] Gil Kaufman of MTV News felt that "Eminem came, saw and conquered his Lollapalooza debut."[98] Eminem performed a 28-song set list at Virgin Group's V Festival (V2011) on August20,2011 and the following day, which included "Not Afraid" as the final song before the encore of "Lose Yourself".[100] The first day took place in Chelmsford, Essex and the second day took place in Staffordshire.[101] Eminem reportedly earned a total of 2 million for his two performances.[102] Chris Salmon of The Guardian called Eminem's performance of "Not Afraid" "majestic"; he went on to writing that "It's a set fit to close any festival, pop-centred or otherwise."[103] BBC's Chi Chi Izundu noted that Eminem's performance was "fast-paced".[104]

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Awards and nominations

Year Ceremony Video of the Year Best Male Video Best Hip-Hop Video Best Art Direction Best Cinematography Best Direction Best Editing Best Special Effects 2011 Grammy Awards (53rd)[106] Best Rap Solo Performance Best Rap Song Billboard Music Awards (2011) [107] Top Streaming Song (Video) [108] Best Hip-Hop Video Outstanding National Single Outstanding Video / Major Budget (Over $10,000) Award Result Nominated Won Won Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated Won Nominated Nominated Won Won Won

2010 MTV Video Music Awards (2010)[105]

MTV Video Music Awards Japan (2011) Detroit Music Awards [109]

Track listings and formats

Digital single[110] 1. "Not Afraid" 4:10 CD single[111] 1. "Not Afraid" (Album version) 4:10 2. "Not Afraid" (Instrumental version) 4:10

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Credits and personnel

The credits for "Not Afraid" are adapted from the liner notes of Recovery.[3] Recording Recorded at: Effigy Studios in Ferndale, Michigan, Encore Studios in Burbank, California and Ajax, Ontario. Personnel
Eminem vocals, audio mixing, additional production and songwriting Boi-1da producer, recording, songwriting and drums Jordan Evans songwriting, additional production and strings Matthew Burnett songwriting, additional production and strings Luis Resto songwriting and keyboards Mike Strange recording and audio mixing Joe Strange engineering assistant Robert Reyes choir vocals recording Kip Blackshire choir vocals Christal Garrick II choir vocals Terry Dexter choir vocals Rich King choir vocals Kristen Ashley Cole choir vocals Sly Jordan choir vocals

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts
Chart (2010) Peak position [60] [61] [65] [66] 4 5 13 14 1 10 5 8 97 [116] 9 3 3 [118] [119] 22 14 8 3 46 29

Australia (ARIA)

Austria (3 Austria Top 75)

Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)

Belgium (Ultratop 40 Wallonia) Canada (Canadian Hot 100) Czech Republic (IFPI)

[112]

[113] [114]

Denmark (Tracklisten)

[115] European Hot 100 Singles France (SNEP) [63]

Germany (Media Control AG) Ireland (IRMA) Italy (FIMI) [117]

[62]

Japan (Japan Hot 100)

Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) New Zealand (RIANZ) Norway (VG-lista)

[59]

[120] [121]

Polish Dance Chart (ZPAV) Spain (PROMUSICAE)

[122]

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5 2 5 1 [126] 70 15 8

Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)

Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)

UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) US Billboard Hot 100 [125]

US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) US Pop Songs (Billboard) [127] [128]

US Rap Songs (Billboard)

Year-end charts
Chart (2010) Australia (ARIA) [129] Position 22 55 76 [132] 31 24

[130] European Hot 100 Singles Italy (FIMI) Download Chart [131]

UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) US Billboard Hot 100 [133]

Certifications
Country Australia Italy Switzerland Certification 2 Platinum Gold [134]

[135] [136]

Platinum

Release and radio add history

Country Date Format CD single Label Polydor Aftermath, Interscope, Shady Ref [137] [111] [16] [40][110]

United Kingdom June14,2010 United States July6,2010

April29,2010 Urban contemporary radio Worldwide May3,2010 Digital download

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"Not Afraid" Official music video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5-yKhDd64s) on YouTube

"Love the Way You Lie"

"Love the Way You Lie"
Singleby Eminem featuring Rihanna from the album Recovery Released Format August 9, 2010 CD single

Recorded 2010; Effigy Studios (Ferndale, Michigan) and Sun Studios (Temple Bar, Dublin) Genre Length Label Hip hop 4:23 Aftermath, Interscope, Shady

Writer(s) Marshall Mathers, Alexander Grant, Holly Hafermann Producer Alex da Kid, Makeba Riddick Eminem singles chronology

"Not Afraid" (2010)

"Love the Way You Lie" (2010)

"No Love" (2010)

Rihanna chronology

"Te Amo" (2010)

"Love the Way You Lie" (2010)

"Only Girl (In the World)" (2010)

"Love the Way You Lie" is a song recorded by American rapper Eminem for his seventh studio album, Recovery (2010). The second single from the album, it was released by Interscope-Geffen-A&M on August9,2010. The song's inspiration came from musician Skylar Grey's view of the music industry as an abusive relationship. The lyrics she wrote are sung by Barbadian recording artist Rihanna, with whom Eminem wanted to collaborate after listening to a selection of tracks from record producer Alex da Kid. Eminem wrote the verses and the recording sessions were held at Effigy Studios in Ferndale, Michigan, and Sun Studios in Dublin. Makeba Riddick provided additional vocal production. Composed and produced by Alex da Kid, "Love the Way You Lie" is a midtempo hip hop ballad with guitar, piano and violin instrumentation. Journalists have suggested that the lyrics, which describe Eminem's regret from an abusive failed relationship, reference the rapper's ex-wife Kimberly Scott. "Love the Way You Lie" was received favorably for its lyrics, Alex da Kid's production and Rihanna's vocal performance. Rihanna has said that the theme of domestic violence, a topic on which she claims many people do not have insight, is what makes the song effective. The single was promoted with live performances and a music video. Eminem has sung it at events such as Electronic Entertainment Expo 2010, the MTV Video Music Awards and Lollapalloza. Its accompanying video, directed by

"Love the Way You Lie" Joseph Kahn and filmed in July2010, stars Dominic Monaghan and Megan Fox in a lovehate relationship as Eminem and Rihanna perform in front of a burning house. Although Kahn and some critics praised the realism, acting and visual appeal, imagery suggesting domestic violence caused an uproar. Initially fans and critics speculated that the video is based on the personal lives of Eminem and Rihanna, but were dismissed by Kahn. Publications listed the single among the best of 2010 and of Eminem's work. It was certified as his best-selling song of all time, peaking at numberone on 25 weekly charts worldwide, including the United States Billboard Hot 100 for seven consecutive weeks. It sold more than fivemillion copies in the US and became the best-selling single of 2010 in the United Kingdom. Eminem and Rihanna received many accolades for "Love the Way You Lie", including Teen Choice Awards, People's Choice Awards and Billboard Music Awards. Musicians such as Taylor Momsen, Cher Lloyd and Alex Feather Akimov have recorded cover versions of the song. For her album Loud, Rihanna recorded a sequel titled "Love the Way You Lie (Part II)", which is narrated mostly from the female perspective.

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Writing and production

British hip hop producer Alex da Kid wrote "Love the Way You Lie" mostly on his laptop.[1] He created a backing track and melody for the hook.[2] Beginning production, he made his own loops for a few hours and produced a drum pattern with electronic tools and digital software, then adding real instrumentation. The drum sounds had been collected from live recordings he had made over the years at various places.[1] Alex da Kid wanted to bring live guitar music back as an important element in hip hop. When he was in London, he recorded acoustic guitar music for the verses of his "Love the Way You Lie" track, using the first guitar he had ever purchased, a Georg Neumann U87 microphone and an Avid Mbox audio interface.[1] In July2009 Universal Music Publishing Group's vice president of creative affairs Jennifer Blakeman visited American recording artist Skylar Grey in New York, suggesting that she collaborate with Alex da Kid.[3] The singer began writing in fall 2009, when she lived in Bandon, Oregon.[4] She opened an email and listened to Alex da Kid's track, then a theme of abusive relationships came to her mind.[5] She compared the music industry to this topic, which inspired her to Rihanna's approval of the song's topic ultimately influenced her write "Love the Way You Lie": "I love it so much, and I give it all that I have, decision to work with Eminem. yet it beats me down."[6] The writing came naturally,[7] as she spontaneously sang lyrics to the track's melody and wrote the lyrics to the chorus;[5][8] she felt as if she were writing a song for herself when lyricizing this section.[7] Grey later recorded vocals for a demo track, which he sent to Alex da Kid.[9] In early 2010 Alex da Kid offered the Shady Records Senior Director Rigo "Riggs" Morales a selection of backing tracks.[10] Morales enjoyed the tracks and sent them to Eminem, who wanted to take a different approach for his seventh studio album Recovery.[10] The rapper first listened to the B.o.B and Hayley Williams song "Airplanes", which he liked, later collaborating with the artists on a sequel.[10] When he asked Alex da Kid for more tracks, the producer presented Eminem with "Love the Way You Lie", for which the rapper told his manager Paul Rosenberg that he wanted to collaborate with Barbadian singer Rihanna.[10] Eminem told Paris radio station Skyrock FM that she would be ideal for the project and would be able to execute the part best.[11][12] Rosenberg sent Alex da Kid's proposed track to Rihanna, who then accepted Eminem's request to work with her.[10] Eminem then wrote the rapped verses,[9] which Grey praised in an interview she gave to Billboard magazine at the 2011 Lollapalooza festival.[13] Rihanna told Ben Lyons of E! that she considered the proposal after approving the theme of the song, which she described as "a really unique record."[14] The singer labeled the lyrics in an interview

"Love the Way You Lie" for Access Hollywood as beautiful, deep and intense,[15] adding that both she and Eminem had experienced domestic violence on "different ends of the table" and so she participated in the project to reflect on the song's theme.[15] She echoed what she told Access Hollywood in an interview for MTV News, deeming the song authentic and realistic.[16] She believed that it "just broke down the cycle of domestic violence", concluding that its topic is one on which only a small group of people have insight, thus helping create an effective song.[16]

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Recording sessions
"Em[inem] reminds me of one of my friends from back home. It was just so natural.... He knows what he's doing. Me and him mixed [the song] together and he's not like somebody that's telling somebody what to do. We were both on the board turning knobs. The atmosphere and the vibe down there was just super cool." Alex da Kid talking to Rap-Up about the studio's atmosphere and working with Eminem.
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Eminem's recording sessions were held at Effigy Studios in Ferndale, Michigan, where Mike Strange recorded and mixed his vocals.[17] Strange's brother Joe engineered the tracks and the sessions were finished in two days.[17][18] Alex da Kid was absent when they were held, but went to Detroit two to three weeks later to mix and master the track.[10] After Strange recorded Eminem's vocals, he edited them with D-Verba reverberation softwareand an Extra Long Delay plug-in. Strange preferred to make little modifications to a vocal track, but used board compression and equalization (EQ) on "Love the Way You Lie".[2] He arranged other mixing tools, including the Bricasti and Eventide Reverb 2016 for brighter reverberation.[2] On most songs written by Eminem, Detroit musician Luis Resto adds keyboard music and arrangement. However, "Love the Way You Lie" was an exception and did not require Resto's contribution, as the track was almost complete.[2] According to Strange, "Everything we needed was already in the track, apart from the vocals."[2] Alex da Kid's tracks were almost perfectly recorded and required little work.[2] The producer wanted to replace the acoustic guitar on the demo track, but Eminem liked it and did not want it removed.[1] Strange used Waves RVerb and REQ equalization on the main bass track with additional use of the MaxxBass plug-in on two others.[2] He used the console equalization and compression almost exclusively.[2] According to him, "it was simply a matter of trying to match and then to improve on the demo [Alex da Kid had] sent us."[2] Rihanna's recording sessions were held at Sun Studios in Dublin. Marcos Tovar mixed her vocals, which were engineered by Spike Lindsey and mastered from Detroit over the Internet.[10][17] American songwriter Makeba Riddick provided additional vocal production.[17] SSL EQ, compression and reverberation were added, while major modifications on the seven stereo vocal tracks were not needed and the vocal balance was left unchanged.[2]

Composition
"Love the Way You Lie" is a midtempo hip hop song that runs for 4:23 (4minutes, 23seconds).[7][19][20] According to the sheet music published by Universal Music Publishing Group at Musicnotes.com, it was composed in the key of G minor and is played in common time at a moderate tempo of 84beats per minute.[21] The lyrics are sung over piano instrumentation and the vocal range spans from the low note of B3 to the high note of D5.[22][21] Writing for Entertainment Weekly, Kyle Anderson compared the song's "slow-burning" composition to that of British singer-songwriter Adele's 2011 single "Someone Like You".[23] For this reason, Anderson, Gil Kaufman of MTV News and Mayer Nissem of Digital Spy regarded "Love the Way You Lie" as a ballad.[23][24][25] The introduction features Rihanna solely over a piano,[25] singing the pop-influenced hook:[26] Just gonna stand there and watch me burn But that's alright, because I love the way it hurts. Just gonna stand there and hear me cry But that's alright, because I love the way you lie.[27]

"Love the Way You Lie" A chord progression of GmE(add2)BF/A is followed in the hook,[21] in which Rihanna feels confined "in a cell of [her] own creation" according to Fraser McAlphine of BBC.[27] The New York Times' David Brownie added that her voice, having no vibrato, shows grief and regret.[28] After Rihanna's part, Eminem "zapp[s] into" his first verse:[25] "I can't tell you what it really is/ I can only tell you what it feels like."[26] The song switches to a GmE(add2)BFsus/A chord progression in the verses.[21] Lyrically, Eminem regrets an experience in an abusive failed relationship, expressing both fondness and anger.[22] The two artists portray personae that are in a romantic relationship when Eminem responds to her in regret by concluding the verse: "It's awful, I feel so ashamed... I guess I don't know my own strength."[27] Rihanna returns to sing the chorus each time,[25] as an electric guitar recorded by J. Brow accompanies her.[1][22] An acoustic guitar,[1] pounding drums and squealing violins play in the verses,[29] the second of which references video game company Nintendo: "But you promised her, next time you'll show restraint/ You don't get another chance, life is no Nintendo game."[22] The lyrics transition from discussing the positive aspects of love to the negative and more violent aspects: "Throw 'em down, pin 'em. So lost in the moments when you're in 'em."[30] Jayson Rodriguez of MTV News found emotion and power in the rapping and said that in the verse, Eminem eventually accepts the outcome after much regret, as the rapper admits, "Yesterday is over, it's a different day."[22] However, he expresses increasing frustration as the song progresses,[26] rapping that two different personalities can clash and cause devastation: "maybe that's what happens when a tornado meets a volcano".[27] He finally admits to lying about promises that he initially makes: "I apologize even though I know it's lies."[30] Journalists have offered conclusions to what the lyrics convey. According to Anderson, writing for MTV News, the song carries a dark theme with regard to Eminem's style of rapping and the lyrics.[31] Rodriguez said that it echoes material from the rapper's previous albums, but finds a sober and more mature Eminem.[32] He suggested that the lyrics refer to his past relationship with his ex-wife Kimberly Scott, although they do not mention her. Rodriguez further commented that the single is the Eminem's closest example of a love song.[22] Similarly, editors of The A.V. Club compared "Love the Way You Lie" with Eminem's previous songs that reference Scott: "Kim" and "'97 Bonnie & Clyde".[33] They believed that "Love the Way You Lie" finds him more tempered when discussing a "mutually destructive relationship" and that Rihanna's addition is "creepy".[33] Eric Hayden of The Atlantic Wire interpreted the song as a possible message influenced by Rihanna's relationship with American singer Chris Brown, adding that the lyrics discuss issues of an alcoholic couple.[34] Similarly, Allie Townsend of Time magazine and Jocelyn Noveck of The Associated Press noticed that the previous relationships of both artists relate to the song.[35]<ref name= However, in an article published by NPR that discusses the controversy surrounding hip hop duets, writer Maura Johnston interpreted the lyrics differently, suggesting that they portray Rihanna as the subject of Eminem's violence.[36]

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Release and response

On May27,2011, Eminem revealed "Love the Way You Lie" on the track listing of Recovery among 16 songs.[37] The song was distributed by Interscope-Geffen-A&M as the second single from the album, following an Internet leak on June8,2010.[22][38] Polydor Records released a CD single in the United Kingdom on August9,2010.[39] Interscope Records released the single in the United States on August17 and in Germany on August20,2011.[40][41] Regarding his reaction to the song's success, Alex da Kid told Billboard that he was not surprised, further praising Rihanna's contribution.[18] "Love the Way You Lie" received favorable reviews from most critics, many of whom commented on its lyrical meaning with regard to a troubled relationship. A writer for Rap-Up listed "Love the Way You Lie" alongside "Talkin' 2 Myself", "Not Afraid" and "No Love" as one the four best tracks from the album.[42] Nick Levine of Digital Spy and McAlphine of BBC both gave the song four stars out of a possible five, commending its theme and realism and suggesting that the lyrics may pertain to the artists' past relationships.[27][43] McAlphine found interest in Rihanna's role in the song due to her relationship with Brown.[27] Sady Doyle of The Atlantic magazine noted the song to be among Eminem's most affecting tracks.[44] She

"Love the Way You Lie" said that he "turns the anger and accusations toward himself" and even confesses to hitting Scott.[44] Similarly, The New York Times writer Jon Caramanica said that "Love the Way You Lie" is among the "most engaging songs" on Recovery; he added that "Eminem has learned to see problems from both sides."[45] In his review of Recovery, Winston Robbins of music website Consequence of Sound called the song "extremely raw" and emotional, attributing its power to Rihanna's past abusive relationship and a theme of infidelity and abuse.[46] Rihanna's addition and the song's production were received favorably. Kyle Anderson of MTV News said that the song showcases Eminem's "most intense rhymes about his tumultuous relationships with women" and added that Rihanna's part is emotional, but enjoyable to listen to.[31] Pop music critic Joey Guerra wrote a review of Recovery for Houston Chronicle, describing the song as one that brings "sandpaper and silk sheen to" Rihanna.[47] Michael Menachem of Billboard praised Rihanna's "exquisitely melodic and surprisingly hopeful" vocal performance, and "Eminem's dark, introspective" rapping."[19] He commended the production, noting Alex da Kid's "knack for mainstreaming classical instrumentation" and percussion that effectively adds to the arrangement.[19] On the critical side, Jenny McCartney of The Daily Telegraph opined that the song's theme was over-hyped as she dismissed Rihanna's metaphors in the chorus.[48] Time's Suddath listed "Love the Way You Lie" at numberfive on the magazine's list of the "Top 10 Songs of 2010" and felt that the song's violent subject matter is what makes it effective and powerful.[26] AOL Radio considered the song the best of 2010 hip hop music, regarding Eminem as imaginative and passionate when composing a song about dysfunctional relationships.[49] On April26,2011, Gabriel Alvarez of Complex magazine compiled a list of "The 100 Best Eminem Songs" and placed "Love the Way You Lie" at the bottom.[50] He wrote that "Love the Way You Lie" is a love song and Rihanna's voice is "the most beautifullest thing in this world".[50] On MTV News' list of the "Top 25 Songs Of 2010", James Montgomery listed "Love the Way You Lie" at numbernine.[51] He attributed the song's success to its realistic lyrical theme and a shocking topic that relates to the two artists' past abusive relationships.[51] Montgomery concluded that "You cannot write a song any better than that, because that's how this kind of thing happens in real life."[51] New York Post listed the song at second place on its list of the "The top 210 songs from 2010" and regarded it as a "comeback club anthem."[52]

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Chart performance
"Love the Way You Lie" debuted on the US Billboard Hot 100 at number2, in the issue dated July10,2010.[53] It entered the Billboard Digital Songs at number1, selling 338,000 digital copies in its first week.[54] On August28,2010, it regained the chart position after selling 254,000 copies.[55] It topped the Hot 100 without a music video and became Eminem's fourth number-1 single on the chart and Rihanna's seventh,[56][57] spending 7 weeks at the top.[58] "Love the Way You Lie" rose from number13 to number8 on the Billboard Pop Songs in its fourth week, becoming Eminem's ninth and Rihanna's 15th top-10 song on the chart.[59] By August25,2010, it had sold 207,000 digital copies.[60] It was awarded the BDS Certified Awards accolade of 50,000 Spins by Nielsen SoundScan.[61] On the week of August14,2010, the song sold more than 300,000 digital copies and claimed Billboard's "Airplay Gainer" honor for 5 consecutive weeks.[62] It reached new peaks the same week on the Pop Songs and Radio Songs charts, both at number2.[62] It reached number1 on the Pop Songs chart on August21,2010, giving Eminem his fourth number-1 hit on the chart and Rihanna's sixth, tying her with Mariah Carey, Beyonc Knowles and Lady Gaga for the most number-1 songs in the chart's history.[63][64] It later reached number1 on the Radio Songs chart.[65] The song peaked at number23 on the Hot Latin Songs chart.[66] It rose to number1 on the Rap Songs chart, being the "Greatest Gainer" of that week and giving Eminem his first number-1 song on the chart as the primary artist since "The Real Slim Shady".[67] The song entered the UK Singles Chart and UK R&B Chart on July4,2010, at numbers7 and 3 respectively.[68][69] Towards the end of the month, it climbed to number2 on the Singles Chart and number1 on the R&B Chart, based on downloads.[][] By the end of 2010, it had sold 854,000 copies in the UK without having reached the top spot,

"Love the Way You Lie" making it the biggest selling song of 2010 in the UK.[70] On October2011, the single became only the 109th to reach onemillion sales in the UK.[71] On July4,2010, it debuted at number14 in Australia and rose to number1 after 3 weeks, remaining at the top for 6 weeks.[72] It spent a total of 38 weeks on the chart.[72] "Love the Way You Lie" charted in Canada for 35 weeks.[73] On the Danish singles chart, it first appeared at number14 and rose to the top 6 weeks later.[74] It lasted 26 weeks, 8 of which were spent at number1.[74] "Love the Way You Lie" spent 4 weeks at number1 in New Zealand and lasted on the chart from June28 to November22,2010, with a re-appearance on December6,2010.[75] In Norway it lasted 4 weeks at number1 out of a total of 21 weeks.[76] On July2,2011, it debuted in Sweden at number19 and rose to number1 after 7 weeks.[77] Out of 61 weeks spent on the chart, 5 were at number1.[77] The song was certified sextuple-platinum in Australia, denoting 420,000 shipments.[78] It received a double-platinum certification in New Zealand, denoting 30,000 shipments to retailers.[79] "Love the Way You Lie" became South Korea's third-best-selling song by a non-North Korean artist at 1,200,653 downloads.[80] In the US it became the seventh-best-selling single of 2010, with 4,245,000 copies sold.[81] According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, it sold 9.3million copies worldwide in 2010.[82] As of August2011 more than fivemillion digital copies have been sold.[83] In December2011 the song was certified as Eminem's best-selling single of all time.[84]

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Music video
Background
Produced by Kathy Angstadt and Maryann Tanedo of HSI Productions,[85] the accompanying music video for "Love the Way You Lie" was Eminem's third to be directed by American feature film director Joseph Kahn, who had filmed "Without Me" and "We Made You".[86] Even after having planned to shoot a feature film and stop directing pop music videos, he changed his mind to direct "Love the Way You Lie" because according to him, the song touches on an important topic.[87] For the video he casted American actress Megan Fox, hiring whom Kahn had believed would be almost impossible: "Seriously, before every video you think to yourself 'let's cast a girl like Megan Fox.' I think ninety-five percent of treatments say that."[88] Fox, a fan of Eminem, accepted the role without hesitation as Kahn then wrote a fictional storyline and did not base it on Eminem and Rihanna.[88] He commented for Vibe on the theme of the video, as well as Fox's acting:

We wanted to make a specific story about two peopleMeg and Domnot a video that was representative of all couples or all domestic violence situations. I'm not saying that all couples fight this way. I just want people just to be able to identify with the characters and recognize that they've seen relationships like this where two people are together that are completely wrong for each other and things spiral out of control.... Megan was the key to this video. I feel like people constantly pick on her because she's so beautiful but I'll tell you as a director the reason why their scenes in the video feel so real is because in the moment they were real.[88]

A fan of Eminem, actress Megan Fox accepted her starring role in the video. Director Joseph Kahn said that she helped the video have a strong impact.

According to Kahn, Fox's participation increased the video's impact.[88] Regarding the video's theme, Mikey Fresh of Vibe wrote that "Love the Way You Lie" was Kahn's best opportunity to direct a video for Eminem "that was void of the comedic elements that flooded of their past projects."[88] Kahn considered American actor Dominic Monaghan as a co-star after he felt that Monaghan's versatility would help him play a villainous role effectively.[89] Rosenberg required a finished concept by the next morning from Kahn, who wrote the full treatment in 45minutes.[88] Filming began with Eminem's and Rihanna's parts on July21,2010, in Los Angeles; Fox's and Monaghan's parts were shot at

"Love the Way You Lie" a later date.[88][90][91] Photos of Rihanna's filming in front of a burning house leaked onto the Internet that day; frustrated, Kahn wrote on Twitter: "Paparazzi, stop trying to ruin my shots, thank you."[92] On July24,2010, Kahn wrote on his Twitter account that he finished filming and the video would premiere in one week.[93] The next day another Twitter message followed, giving his status on the video's progress and confirming the completion of the director's cut.[91] Shortly before the video's release, Eminem spoke about it in a press statement, discussing the collaboration with Kahn and praising Rihanna, Fox and Monaghan's contributions;[94] he added, "Trying to make this tough subject work visually is a challenge.... They really brought it and made this video super-powerful."[94] Fox donated her appearance fee to the Soujourn House, a shelter for women who have been abused.[95] On August5,2011, the video premiered on MTV at 9pmET, simultaneously uploaded to music video website VEVO for online viewing.[96][91]

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Synopsis
The video opens with a close-up on Rihanna, who sings in front of a burning house, as an interspersing scene shows fire on the palms of a woman (Fox). A couple (Fox and Monaghan) lie asleep, but the woman suddenly wakes up. Eminem begins to rap in an empty cornfield. After the woman sees the name "Cindy" and a phone number written on her boyfriend's hand, she attacks him.[97] He tries to kiss her, but is spat on the face. She then attempts to leave him, but starts to fight again after she is brought back. The man slams his girlfriend onto the wall and proceeds to punch her, hitting through the drywall instead. Rihanna returns to sing again, then the video flashes back to when the couple first meet "at a seedy dive bar next door" to a liquor store,[97][98] in which the man steals a bottle of vodka after they fall in love and kisses the women on the rooftop.[99] The video shifts back to the present as the man apologizes to his girlfriend with a teddy bear and later drinks a glass of liquor. Rihanna returns to sing again, while the couple are reconciled. In another flashback, the man fights someone after the person played pool with his girlfriend.[97] As the video once again returns to the present, Eminem joins Rihanna in front of the burning house and raps the final verse. After the couple are reconciled, the woman walks away from her boyfriend, who follows her. She closes and locks the door to avoid further violence and her boyfriend fails to open it in time. In a different scene, she handles fire in her hands again and closes them to extinguish the flame. The couple, along with Eminem, are then engulfed by flames.[100] Meanwhile, the two fight in front of the burning house. The woman eventually chooses to stay with the man, as the video returns to the first frame, in which they lie in bed asleep.[97][101]

Reception and analysis

"It's the story of them getting to know each other, and it's the story of their tumultuous relationship, and it was the story of the breakdown of their relationship. Ultimately, what I think he's trying to say in the song... is that he should have walked away a little bit quicker than he did and not let it get as messy as it did." Monaghan telling MTV News his interpretation of "Love the Way You Lie".
[102]

The video was watched 6.6million times in the first 24hours after its upload to VEVO, breaking a YouTube record for having the most hits in one day.[103] However, explicit and overt usage of imagery that suggests domestic violence caused an uproar.[104] On AOL Music's list of the "Top 10 Most Controversial Music Videos in Pop", "Love the Way You Lie" was listed at numberfive.[104] According to Fox News reporter Hollie McKay and the executive director of sexual assault and trauma resource center Day OneStephanie Nilvathe video mainly raises "the topic of dating violence among young people" and teenagers.[102][105] Nilva praised the clip for accurate depiction of patterns in an abusive relationship and said that it is potent due to Eminem's background for singing violent-themed songs and Brown's 2009 assault on Rihanna.[102] Mariel Concepcion of Billboard said that the clip focuses on the risks of domestic violence, which should be avoided before it is too late.[96] Peter Gicas of E! News noted that the two stars act violently and there is "combustible behavior the tune is hellbent on describing."[106] Gicas compared the video with Kanye West's clip for "Power",

"Love the Way You Lie" which premiered the same night.[106] He suggested viewers watch the calmer "Power" video if they are disturbed by "Love the Way You Lie"'s subject matter,[106] which Zoe Chace of NPR criticized and deemed graphic and sickening.[107] Rihanna's appearance in the video faced criticism. Daniel Kreps of Rolling Stone magazine called Rihanna's appearance in particular "especially striking", noting her past relationship with Brown.[108] An editor from The Boston Globe commented that although the video is realistic, it hinders Rihanna's ability as an intolerant advocate to set an example for women in abusive relationships.[101] National Organization for Women President Terry O'Neill criticized the singer, saying that although it may not be her intention, she glorifies domestic violence.[109] According to Brittany Talarico of OK! magazine and other critics, the video's message is significant to both artists.[99] Billy Johnson Jr. from Yahoo! Music said that Fox's portrayal as Scott switches between vulnerable and confrontational personalities, while Monaghan portrays a character similar to Eminem in the video.[110] Monaghan echoed Johnson's sentiments of the couple as a representation of Eminem and Scott in an interview for MTV.[16] Although Kahn understood why viewers may think the video was influenced by Eminem's and Rihanna's relationships, he told MTV News that it is fictional and not based on their personal lives.[111] According to him, the cast and crew had to be conscious about such personal matters and Fox's and Monaghan's characters were only created to be significant to each other.[111] He asked that viewers pay closer attention to the video to realize that it is not influenced by the two recording artists.[111] Despite facing criticism for the controversial theme, the video was received favorably for the acting. Mikey Fresh of Vibe praised Fox's natural reaction when Monaghan punches through the drywall and almost hits her, calling it an "incredible act of vulnerability".[88] New York Post's Jarett Wieselman commended the acting and said that they play their respective roles perfectly and help make the video very powerful.[112] Whitney Pastorek from Entertainment Weekly added that the violent and graphic acting is executed in a "sexy way", adding that Fox and Monaghan look gorgeous.[113] Matthew Wilkening of AOL Radio commented that viewers are "left to decide if it's a good thing or a bad thing that the pair always end up reconciling."[114] Jozen Cummings of The Wall Street Journal suggested that the video is more appropriate "for the big screen than the TV screen" due to the involvement of film stars Fox and Monaghan.[100] L Magazine's Benjamin Sutton compared the scene in which the characters burst into flames to Chris Bradley, a character Monaghan portrayed in the 2009 action film X-Men Origins: Wolverine.[115] Willa Paskin of New York magazine noted the use of sepia toning for the burning house scene, as well as the cast's appeal, which he said leaves viewers hypnotized.[116] Rap-Up noted the video's realism and considered it an example of how "art imitates life".[117]

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Live performances
On June15,2010, Eminem and Rihanna performed "Love the Way You Lie" at Los Angeles's Electronic Entertainment Expo 2010 (E3 2010).[118] Before the song started, Eminem told the crowd, "Before I get into this next song, I wanna bring out a very special guest", inviting Rihanna to the stage while drummer Travis Barker and D12 hypeman Mr. Porter performed with him.[118] "Love the Way You Lie" was performed at the T in the Park festival on July10,2010, in Scotland, as part of a set list.[119] Eminem dedicated it to "everybody who'[d] been in a fucked-up relationship."[119]

Eminem and Rihanna performing "Love the Way You Lie" at E3 2010

"Love the Way You Lie" Eminem performed the song at Ireland's Oxegen 2010 festival on July11,2010.[120] James Hendicott from State wrote that Eminem's personality always "fills the stage" and his vocals are very sharp and pack "plenty of punch".[121] However, he criticized the lack of innovation and involvement, as well as Rihanna's absence.[121] Eamon Sweeney from Irish Independent called the live performance only "mildly impressive".[122] On July21,2010, the rapper made a surprise appearance on Rihanna's Last Girl on Earth Tour when he joined her onstage to perform the song at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.[90] He performed with Rihanna at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards and was voted the best performer of the ceremony, earning 34 percent of votes in a poll created by MTV.[123][124] Rihanna had told fans earlier that she would be absent at Eminem's performance; however, she in fact did appear to sing with him.[125] Eminem performed in a black jacket, hoodie and white T-shirt, while Rihanna wore a white tutu and black combat boots.[125] Suddath of Time was critical of the performance and considered it dull.[126] "Love the Way You Lie" was performed without Rihanna at the 2011 Bonnaroo Music Festival,[127] in front of an audience of almost 80,000 people.[128] Eminem thanked the audience for supporting him during his career "and not giving up on me."[129] MTV News' Montgomery wrote that Eminem's "sheer tenacity with which he attacked" was his strength.[127] Patrick Doyle of Rolling Stone praised the performance and felt that Eminem's delivered a triumphal act by "constantly bouncing across the stage" and singing energetically.[129] He performed "Love the Way You Lie" on the second day of Chicago's annual Lollapalooza festival on August6,2011, once again accompanied only by Porter.[130] Piet Levy of USA Today newspaper named the performance a "tragic stunner" as members of the audience sang the chorus to compensate for Rihanna's absence.[130][131] Katie Hasty of HitFix added that the performance displayed equality between both sexes.[132] On August20,2011, Rihanna joined Eminem to perform the song onstage at V2011 (V Festival), dressed in a denim shirt and shorts with fishnet stockings, and later in a black leather dress.[133][134] The Guardian named their Staffordshire performance on day one thrilling and British newspaper Metro called it the best part of the evening.[135][136] Eminem closed the festival on the night of August21in Chelmsford, Essexwith the same set list, while Rihanna appeared in the same attire.[137] A staff reporter from International Business Times thought that Eminem and Rihanna's duet highlighted the evening's show.[138] Eminem earned 1million (US$1.6 million) each night he performed and Rihanna earned 500,000 (US$788,950) each night, giving V2011 the record for the most expensive V Festival event in history.[139] Eminem embarked on an Australian tour on December12,2011.[140] "Love the Way You Lie" was part his set list at the Docklands Stadium in Melbourne, on day one.[141] Cameron Adams of Herald Sun noted the poor sound during the first 20minutes of the performance, but commented that Eminem was as "happy to be back on stage as the fans were to see him back up there."[141] He performed at the Sydney Football Stadium the next day. Carlie Walker of Byron Shire News said that his performance of the song "brought the crowd to life."[142]

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Cover versions and remixes

Musicians and bands have recorded cover versions and remixes of "Love the Way You Lie". Country music group The Band Perry performed the song at the June2010 CMT Music Awards.[143] Two months later, Taylor Momsen, lead singer of American rock band The Pretty Reckless, performed a cover version of "Love the Way You Lie" for BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge, as part of a mashup with the song "Islands" by English pop band The xx.[144][145] A guitar player from the band assisted her for the performance.[146] She first sang a part of "Islands" and then transitioned into the chorus of "Love the Way You Lie".[146] Momsen caused controversy after she had told Spin magazine that "People think pop is rock and the lines are getting blurred. Now Rihanna's wearing fuckin' leather jackets and it's really annoying."[144] Ann Lee of Metro was confused as to why Taylor would perform the song after "slating" her, but named the cover "pretty good" anyway.[147] Momsen later told BBC Radio 1 that she respects Rihanna and that she is "awesome."[144]

"Love the Way You Lie" British musician Cher Lloyd performed the song in the final five on the seventh series of The X Factor.[148][149] Lloyd said before rehearsal, "I come across aggressive and the sort of person that doesn't care about anything. But it's not correct at all. I'm a nice person. I don't know how to be nasty."[149] A writer from The Sun called the performance "stripped-back" and "without any of her usual stage gimmicks."[150] Mernie Gilmore of Daily Express commented that the song is "a duet for a reason" when Lloyd performed both Eminem's and Rihanna's parts.[148] In 2010 Russian-American guitarist Alex Feather Akimov and Rudiger released "Love The Way You Lie (Heavy Remix)", a recording that was recognized by Billboard.biz (Web Trends).[151] American post-hardcore band A Skylit Drive recorded a cover of the single for Punk Goes Pop 4, the 2011 release of the Punk Goes... series.[152]

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Sequel
On November3,2010, an alternate version of "Love the Way You Lie", titled "Love the Way You Lie (Part II)", leaked onto the Internet.[153] Rihanna serves as the lead vocalist and Eminem is a featured guest, as the song mainly views matters from the female perspective.[154] The sequel is based on the demo recorded by Grey.[6][155] "Love the Way You Lie (Part II)" appears as the 11th and final track on Rihanna's fifth studio album Loud (2010). She performed a short medley that includes "Love the Way You Lie (Part II)", "What's My Name?" and "Only Girl (In the World)" at the American Music Awards of 2010.[156] Another medley, composed of "Love the Way You Lie (Part II)" and "I Need a Doctor", was performed at the 53rd Grammy Awards.[157]

Rihanna told MTV that she was initially "very against" recording a sequel and "felt like the original couldn't be beaten";[158] however, she later agreed to record "Love the Way You Lie (Part II)". She added that the sequel has less production than the original version, as a piano and drums accompany the artists.[158] BBC Online wrote a positive review on the sequel, saying, "Eminem's verse exuding the kind of volatile, simmering menace that got everyone so excited about him in the first place. But it is Rihanna's vocalat once commanding, soulful and vulnerablethat anchors the song."[159] The song peaked at number19 on the Canadian Hot 100 and lasted on the chart for eight weeks.[160][161]

Rihanna performing "Love the Way You Lie (Part II)" on the Loud Tour (2011) in Birmingham, England

Awards and nominations

Year Ceremony Award Choice Music: Rap/Hip-Hop Track [163] Best Song Best Video Soul Train Music Awards People's Choice Awards [164] Best Hip-Hop Song of the Year Favorite Music Video Favorite Song Result Won Nominated Nominated Won Won Won

2010 Teen Choice Awards[162] MTV Europe Music Awards

[165]

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2011 Barbados Music Awards[166] NRJ Music Awards [167][168]

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Best Collaboration

Won

Chanson Internationale de l'Anne (International Song of the Year) Nominated Clip de l'Anne (Video of the Year) Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated Won Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated Won Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated

Grammy Awards

[169]

Record of the Year Song of the Year Best Rap Song Best Rap/Sung Collaboration Best Short Form Music Video

Billboard Music Awards

[170][171][172] Top Digital Song Top Hot 100 Song Top Radio Song Top Rap Song Top Streaming Song (Audio) Top Streaming Song (Video)

MuchMusic Video Awards

[85]

Best International Artist Video MuchMusic.com Most Watched Video UR Fave: International Video

MTV Video Music Awards Japan Detroit Music Awards [174]

[173]

Best Collaboration Outstanding National Single Outstanding Video / Major Budget (Over $10,000)

MTV Video Music Awards

[175]

Best Cinematography Best Direction Best Male Video Best Video with a Message

Track listing
CD single[20] 1. "Love the Way You Lie" 4:23 2. "Not Afraid" (Live at T in the Park) 6:54

Credits and personnel

The credits for "Love the Way You Lie" are adapted from the liner notes of Recovery.[17] Recording Recorded at: Effigy Studios in Ferndale, Michigan, and Sun Studios in Temple Bar, Dublin. Personnel Eminem mixing, songwriting, vocals Rihanna vocals Skylar Grey songwriting Alex da Kid mastering,[10] mixing, production, songwriting

"Love the Way You Lie" Mike Strange mixing, recording Marcos Tovar recording Joe Strange engineering assistance Spike Lindsey engineering assistance Makeba Riddick vocal production J. Brow guitar

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Charts and certifications

Weekly charts
Chart (2010) Peak position [72] [176] [177] [178] 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 [183] 1 1 1 1 [187] 4 1 1 [188] [189] 1 1 1 [191] 3 1 1

Australia (ARIA)

Austria (3 Austria Top 75)

Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)

Belgium (Ultratop 40 Wallonia) Canada (Canadian Hot 100) Czech Republic (IFPI)

[73]

[179] [74]

Denmark (Tracklisten)

[180] European Hot 100 Singles Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) France (SNEP) [182] [181]

Germany (Media Control AG) Hungary (Rdis Top 40) Ireland (IRMA) Italy (FIMI)

[184]

[185]

[186]

Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) New Zealand (RIANZ) Norway (VG-lista)

[75]

[76]

Poland (Polish Airplay Top 5)

Romania (Romanian Top 100) Russia (Download Chart)

[190]

Scotland (The Official Charts Company) Slovakia (IFPI) [192] [193]

Spain (PROMUSICAE)

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[77] [194] [195]

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1 1 2 1 29 1 [199] 7 23 1 1

Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)

Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)

UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) UK R&B (The Official Charts Company) US Adult Pop Songs (Billboard) US Billboard Hot 100 [198]

[196]

[197]

US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) US Latin Songs (Billboard) US Pop Songs (Billboard) [66]

[200] [201]

US Rap Songs (Billboard)

Chart (2011)

Peak position [72] [176] [177] 37 23 42 37 23 20 [203] 26 9 11 [204] 27 9

Australia (ARIA)

Austria (3 Austria Top 75)

Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) Denmark (Tracklisten) France (SNEP)

[74]

[182] [202]

Ireland (IRMA)

Scotland (The Official Charts Company) Spain (PROMUSICAE) [193] [77]

Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)

UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) UK R&B (The Official Charts Company)

[205]

Year-end charts

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Chart (2010) Australia (ARIA) [206] [207] [208] [209]

Position 1 5 21 11 7 7 8 35 4 20 [216] 20 2 [218] 1 7

Austria (3 Austria Top 75)

Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)

Belgium (Ultratop 40 Wallonia) Canada (Canadian Hot 100) Denmark (Tracklisten)

[210]

[211]

[212] European Hot 100 Singles Hungary (Rdis Top 40) Ireland (IRMA) Italy (FIMI) [213]

[214]

[215]

Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) New Zealand (RIANZ)

[217]

UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) US Billboard Hot 100 [219]

Certifications
Country Australia Belgium [78] Certification 6 Platinum Gold Platinum Platinum Platinum 2 Platinum 2 Platinum Platinum 3 Platinum 5 Platinum

[220] [221]

Denmark Germany Italy

[222]

[223] [79]

New Zealand Russia Spain

[224]

[225] [226] [227]

Switzerland

United States

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"No Love"
"No Love"

Singleby Eminem featuring Lil Wayne from the album Recovery Released October 5, 2010 (see release history) CD single, digital download 2009/2010 54 Sound, Effigy Studios (Ferndale, Michigan) Hip hop 5:00 Shady, Aftermath, Interscope Marshall Mathers, Dwayne Carter, Justin Smith, Dee Halligan, Junior Torello Just Blaze

Format Recorded

Genre Length Label Writer(s) Producer

Certification Gold (ARIA) Platnium (RIAA) Eminem singles chronology

"Love the Way You Lie" (2010)

"No Love" (2010)

"That's All She Wrote" (2011)

Lil Wayne singles chronology

"Right Above It" (2010)

"No Love" (2010)

"Fire Flame" (2010)

"No Love" is a song by American rapper Eminem, and was released as the third official single off of his seventh studio album, Recovery (2010). The song features American rapper Lil Wayne. It impacted radio on

"No Love" October5,2010. "No Love" was produced by American hip hop record producer Just Blaze. The song samples "What Is Love" by Haddaway. It was very well received for sampling and some considered it to be one of the best songs from Recovery. "No Love" reached position 23 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song has received over a million downloads in the United States. The music video for the song was directed by Chris Robinson. A teaser premiered on Eminem's YouTube channel on September29,2010. The official music video premiered September30 on MTV and VEVO. It is about a boy that gets bullied but gets the urge to stand up after being motivated by listening to Eminem and Lil Wayne songs. Various hip hop producers make cameo appearances in the video. The music video received generally positive reviews. The song was performed by Eminem and Lil Wayne on an episode of Saturday Night Live and was performed at Eminem's and Jay-Z's The Home & Home Tour.

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Background and composition

"No Love" was written by Eminem, Lil Wayne, and Just Blaze, the latter having produced the track. The song was recorded by Mike Strange and Ryan West in Effigy Studios in Ferndale, Michigan. It was mixed by Eminem, Strange, West, and Just Blaze and engineered by Joe Strange.[1] The song is known for sampling "What Is Love" by Trinidian-Dutch singer Haddaway during the chorus which contains the lyrics "love", "don't hurt me" and "no more".[1][2] On August 28, 2010, Billboard reported that "No Love" would be the third single from Recovery.[3] The song impacted radio on October5,2010 and was released as the third single off of Recovery.[4] "No Love", featuring rapper Lil Wayne, was produced and composed by American hip hop record producer Just Blaze. He sampled the lyrics "love", "don't hurt me", and "no more" from "What Is Love" by Eurodance singer Haddaway.[2] These elements are integrated into the chorus: "It's a little too late, to say that you're sorry now/You kicked me when I was down, fuck what you say, just/'Just don't hurt me', (That's right) 'You don't hurt me' (And I don't need you) 'no more',Don't wanna see you'(No more)/(Ha, bitch) You get no 'love.'"[5] When the song begins, there is a thirty-second intro and the sampled words "no love" echo.[6] Before Lil Wayne's verse begins, the lyrics "Don't hurt me, don't hurt me, no more" are heard. After Lil Wayne's verse, the chorus, mostly sung by Eminem, plays for the first time. The chorus features two hooks, the first is sung by Eminem, and the second being the words "no love" repeatedly sung. Eminem's verse plays and the chorus plays one final time. The full song is almost five minutes long.[7]

Development
Eminem spoke about how Lil Wayne got to collaborate with him. He stated that the song was Lil Wayne appearing on Eminem's album after Eminem did the song "Drop the World" that appeared on Lil Wayne's album Rebirth.[8] "I did a song with Wayne called 'Drop the World' for his [Rebirth] album, and we had just agreed to do an even swap, so I wanted him on my album."[3] Just Blaze also spoke about the making of the song. He spoke about using a sample in the song. He wanted to turn the simple elements of the Haddaway song and use them for "something you can actually rock to."[9] At first, the schedules were not available for recording, but were eventually made. He also proposed to Eminem the use of samples for the chorus: "I remembered that I had the idea with the Haddaway sample in my computer, so I threw on the headphones, touched it up, and played it for him. At first, he didn't get it hundred percent. I think he wasn't sure what I was going for because it's such a comic sample. But once I broke down the idea to him, another angle: 'I don't need you no more, don't want to see you no more, you get no love.' Then it clicked."[9] When Eminem understood the concept, he was willing to use it, and had recorded vocals two days later. Eminem later had a desire to collaborate with Lil Wayne. Blaze and Eminem flew to Miami and Wayne had apparently wrote and recorded his verse in one night. After returning to New York, they worked more on the hook.[9] The song is

"No Love" about people who have let Eminem and Lil Wayne down in the past.[10] The song has two verses: the first is performed by Lil Wayne while the second is rapped by Eminem. The chorus features both rappers.

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Reception
Critical response
Overall, "No Love" was met with positive reception. NME published an album review of Recovery and gave a positive opinion on the song. Writer Sam Wolfson said, "'No Love' sees Lil Wayne act as hype man for a whole two and a half minutes before Eminem comes in and drops one of the best verses of his career. It makes Wayne sound like Jedward-era Vanilla Ice."[11] BBC Music favored the sampling in the song, quoting, "'No Love' brilliantly borrows its Eurodance tempo from Haddaways massive 1993 hit 'What Is Love' and welcomes Lil Wayne for a splendidly languorous guest rap."[12] guardian.co.uk gave a positive review on "No Love", with Kitty Empire quoting that it "pits a pinging Em in a friendly against Lil Wayne."[13] John Matheessen from About.com named "No Love" as one of the four best tracks on Recovery.[14] Winston Robbins of music website Consequence of Sound also favored the use of sampling in the song, and called it one of the best tracks of the album. "'No Love' (feat. Lil' Wayne) is an instant hip-hop darling, first because this is a collaboration between two of the hottest MCs in the game, and second because its a solid piece. It samples Haddaways 'What Is Love', more commonly known as the song that Will Ferrell and Chris Kattan loved to bob their heads to on SNL, and seamlessly uses the sample and the chorus to produce an extremely impressive and highly listenable piece."[15]

Commercial performance
"No Love" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 23 on July10,2010 after the release of his album Recovery and remained on the charts for 20 weeks.[16][17] It re-entered the chart at number 89[18] after being released as a single; since then it has moved up to number 29.[18] The song entered the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart on November27,2010, peaking at the number 59 position. This was the song's lowest peak position. It lasted eight weeks on the chart.[17] "No Love" peaked at number 42 on the Radio Songs, peaking on December4 and lasting 11 weeks. The song also reached up to number 20 the Pop Songs chart at the beginning of 2011 and lasting 12 weeks.[17] "No Love" did not reach its peak on the European Hot 100 until November27,2010, when it reached number 36, remaining for eight weeks.[17] The song also charted on the Canadian Hot 100 for 20 weeks, peaking just one spot lower than it did on the Billboard Hot 100 on November6.[17] "No Love" lasted eight weeks on the ARIA Charts, peaking at number 21. However, one of its highest peak positions on the charts was on the ARIA Urban Singles Chart,[19] reaching at number 7. The same position was reached on the UK R&B Chart on November 20, 2011, lasting 20 weeks.[20] In Denmark, "No Love" only lasted two weeks but peaked at number 36.[19] The song, peaking at number 22 in New Zealand, lasted five weeks on the RIANZ Chart.[19] The track has made BBC Radio 1's A-Playlist in the United Kingdom.[21] The song has received over a million downloads in the United States alone.[22]

Music video
Development
The music video was directed by American music video director Chris Robinson, who previously directed both Eminem and Lil Wayne in the "Drop the World" music video.[23] The video began shooting in June 2010.[24] A thirty-second teaser was released on September29,2010, on Eminem's official YouTube channel. It shows Eminem rapping inside of a recording studio, interlaced with scenes where a child gets bullied.[25] Some of the music video was shot in front of a green screen.[26] Lil Wayne's part was filmed before he was incarcerated, according to a tweet

"No Love" from Eminem: "We got Wayne's verse filmed before he went away luckily. Gotta shoot the rest of a 'No Love' video real soon. Keep your head up Weezy!"[24] The official music video premiered on Thursday, September30 on VEVO and various MTV channels at 7:56 PM EST.[25]

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Synopsis and reception

The "No Love" video begins with a boy that has a flashback to an occasion when he is forced to evade several dodgeballs from bullies. He has several flashbacks of himself being bullied while he is in his room. The second one of them is when he goes to his locker to get his things with him and when he puts his hat on. The same bullies arrive and pick his hat off and start beating him. Lil Wayne begins rapping at this point. The bullying flashback scenes are interlaced with Wayne rapping in a black, smoky room, which was filmed in front of a green screen. Meanwhile, Eminem walks into the studio with his lyric sheet, preparing for his recording session. He also joins behind Lil Wayne in the black room. The school boy encounters the bullies again in the school corridor, banging into them, but he simply walks off. While the boy daydreams, he listens to songs by Eminem and Lil Wayne in his earphones. The walls in his room are covered with posters of the two rappers, including a promotional poster of 8 Mile, a hip hop musical film that stars Eminem. In another flashback, he is encountered by the bullies in a restroom. The boy's hat is thrown into the toilet and his school items are thrown out. At this point, Eminem begins singing the chorus and the boy is beaten up and left crying. During the chorus, it has Eminem singing in front of images of school playground equipment (a basketball ring, monkey bars, etc.) and dark clouds on a screen behind him. During the second verse, Eminem appears in a recording studio, rapping his verse in "No Love." American hip hop producers Just Blaze, The Alchemist and Denaun Porter make cameo appearances in the studio. When the boy arrives home from school, his parents see his injuries and begin arguing. The boy leaves to go skateboarding. After listening to Eminem and Lil Wayne, he is motivated and soon and has the urge to stand up to the bullies. He arrives wearing a hoodie. At first the boy gets knocked down, but gets back up. At this moment, Eminem finishes his verse and starts singing the chorus. The scenario appears to play out in several ways where in one scene the boy appears to strike on of the bullies and then runs, only to be caught by them. In the next scene, he appears to be on top of one of the bullies and strikes him yet near the end it only appears he postures against the bullies and then walks away. Eminem also finishes his session and leaves to end the video. Kelley L. Carter from MTV News said, "Bullies beware!" and that the video "sends a powerful message, in line with much of his latest album, Recovery."[27] Simon Vozick-Levinson from Entertainment Weekly gave a similar opinion, quoting, "Bullied schoolkids of the world, take heart: You have two very powerful allies named Eminem and Lil Wayne."[28] Website Hypebeast said that "the clip sets its focus on growing pains."[29]

Live performances
Eminem has performed "No Love" at the The Home & Home Tour with American rapper Jay-Z.[30] The duo performed the song at the Yankee Stadium in New York City on September13,2010, unaccompanied by Lil Wayne.[31] Having performed the chorus and his own verse only, Eminem spoke about his feelings during the performance: "Do not think that I dont know where Im at right now, Im also honored to be on this stage in The Bronx, the birthplace of hip hop."[31] The two artists performed the song on Saturday Night Live during December18,2010 in Lil Wayne's first major television appearance since his release from prison.[32] Many profane lyrics were replaced while the rest were not said at all.[33] They were accompanied by electric guitars, musical keyboards and drums.[33] The stage was decorated with holiday themed decorations. As worded by Mawuse Ziegbe from MTV, "[Lil Wayne] spit the first verse with his signature unhinged energy, asserting his return to the live-television circuit. Em[inem] helmed the rest of the song, nimbly dropping his lyrics with abandon."[34] Eminem wore a black jacket and a cap, while Lil Wayne wore a white t-shirt. The performance also included other songs by each of the artists, such as "6 Foot 7 Foot" performed by Lil Wayne and "Won't Back Down" performed by Eminem.[34] DJ Scoob Doo described Wayne's performance: "The energy in the building is historical and it's extra

"No Love" special to see everybody fight for position backstage to see Lil Wayne take over SNL."[34] The song was performed in the 2011 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival by Eminem and his hypeman Mr. Porter.[35] He wore a black Bad Meets Evil t-shirt and camouflage shorts.[36] He also performed songs with Royce da 5'9".[35] Lil Wayne was not present at the live performance, despite performing in the festival.[37] The performance was widely praised. According to James Montgomery of MTV News, "It's the same renewed vigor Eminem has displayed on his most-recent efforts."[35] Adam Grahan from The Detroit News said "Eminem injected the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival with a heavy dose of Detroit swagger on Saturday night."[38] Magazine The Hollywood Reporter described the performance: "Eminem was in top form, fast and angry as he stalked the stage in long camouflage shorts and a black t-shirt."[36] Eminem performed "No Love" without Lil Wayne at Lollapalooza 2011 in Chicago on August6,2011. The performance was widely praised by news reporters.[39]

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Credits and personnel

Recording Recorded at: Effigy Studios in Ferndale, Michigan. Personnel Eminem songwriter, mixing Lil Wayne songwriter Just Blaze producer, mixing, songwriter Mike Strange recording, mixing Joe Strange assistant engineering Ryan West recording, mixing Dee Dee Halligan songwriter Junior Torello songwriter

Samples Contains elements of "What Is Love" performed by Haddaway and written by Dee Dee Halligan and Junior Torello. Credits and personnel adapted from the Recovery digital booklet.[1]

Charts and certifications

Certifications
Country Australia New Zealand Certification Gold [40]

Platinum

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Charts
Chart (2010) Peak position 21 [42] [43] 7 26 24 36 36 17 31 [49] 22 5 [51] [52] 39 33 7 23 59 9 20

Australia (ARIA)

[41]

Australia (ARIA Urban)

Austria (3 Austria Top 75) Canada (Canadian Hot 100) Denmark (Tracklisten) [45]

[44]

[46] European Hot 100 Singles Germany (Media Control AG) Ireland (IRMA) [48] [47]

New Zealand (RIANZ) Poland (Video Chart)

[50]

Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)

UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) UK R&B (The Official Charts Company) US Billboard Hot 100 [54]

[53]

[55] US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs US Rap Songs (Billboard) US Pop Songs (Billboard) [56]

[57]

Release history
Country United States Germany Date October 5, 2010 [58] [59] Format Label

CD single Shady, Aftermath, Interscope

November 5, 2010

United Kingdom November 8, 2010[60]

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External links
"No Love" Official music video (explicit) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV2ssT8lzj8) on YouTube "No Love" Official music video (clean) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbQhKxxrq04) on YouTube

"Fast Lane"
"Fast Lane"
Singleby Bad Meets Evil from the album Hell: The Sequel Released Format May 3, 2011 Digital download

Recorded 2011; Effigy Studios (Ferndale, Michigan) Genre Length Label Midwest hip hop 4:12 Shady, Interscope

Writer(s) Marshall Mathers, Ryan Montgomery, Luis Resto, Sly Jordan, Dwayne Chin-Quee, Jason Gilbert Producer Supa Dups, Eminem (co), JG (co) Bad Meets Evil singles chronology

"Nuttin' to Do" (1999)

"Fast Lane" (2011)

"Lighters" (2011)

"Fast Lane" (commonly misspelled as "Fastlane") is the lead single by hip hop duo Bad Meets Evil, a group composed of Royce da 5'9" and Eminem, from their first EP Hell: The Sequel. It's their first single as a group since the 1999 hit "Nuttin' to Do" and the duo's major label debut single, due to a break-up in late 2000. The song was released May3,2011 by Shady Records. The single was produced by Eminem, Supa Dups, and Jason "JG" Gilbert. Texas rapper Chamillionaire released a remix of this song on May 8, 2011. A music video was shot in mid-May 2011, by director James Larese of music video direction group Syndrome. A teaser premiered on Eminem's YouTube channel on May27,2011. The partially animated video premiered on June8,2011 on Bad Meets Evil's official website. The music video features animated visuals and kinetic typography. The video includes cameo appearances of Mr. Porter and Slaughterhouse. Fans and critics considered it a return to Eminem's 'Slim Shady' alter ego. The song was very well received compared to the rest of the EP and was considered a highlight of Hell: The Sequel.[1] Critics favored the song for its change from Eminem's theme in Recovery. Rolling Stone called it "1999-style".[2] Bad Meets Evil performed this song at the 2011 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival and the Lollapalooza music festival.

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Background
Bad Meets Evil was first formed in 1998.[3] The group's first single under the name was "Nuttin' to Do" / "Scary Movies".[4] However, the group went their own separate ways in late 2002.[5] Royce da 5'9" and Eminem have since collaborated on other songs, but not under the name "Bad Meets Evil".[5] In late 2010, Eminem and Royce da 5'9" began collaborating as Bad Meets Evil after 11 years of inactivity within the group.[6] "Fast Lane" was released as the lead single for their then-upcoming extended play, titled Hell: The Sequel. The song was released May3,2011 by Shady Records.[7] "Fast Lane" was recorded by Mike Strange at Effigy Studios, in Ferndale, Michigan.[8] Recorded a few months before its release, the song was written by Eminem, Royce da 5'9" and Sly "Pyper" Jordan (from "Seduction" and "Kush"), who also sings the chorus to the song.[9][10] According to an interview with Eminem played a great role to the MTV, Eminem requested that Sly perform the chorus, after hearing Dr. Dre's success of the song which includes "Kush".[10] Supa Dups and Jason "JG" Gilbert produced the song and Eminem hiring a producer and a hook singer. and Mike Strange mixed the song.[9][8] JG and Supa Dups also sample their own vocals.[9] According to Supa Dups, he was asked to make a beat with JG, without knowing it was for Bad Meets Evil.[9] He said that "[They] didn't even have Eminem in mind [when they made the beat]."[9] According to this interview with Mixtape Daily, Supa Dups had little knowledge about the project, but simply submitted the beat to Eminem: I didn't even know the project was coming out. I didn't know what the beat was for; I just knew Eminem asked me for the files and I sent it to them.... When I saw Eminem in L.A. for Grammy weekend, Eminem said, 'Yeah, he ripped the track.' Later on that day, I met Royce, and Royce was like, 'Yeah, download that track man. We ripped that track. That's the first single.' I was like, 'What?' But until then, I still wasn't sure.[9] Months after recording the song, on April28,2011, when it leaked onto the Internet, Supa Dups was impressed by the finished version, "I was like, 'Damn, this record is crazy.'" He was impressed by the song, lyrically, and was proud to have participated in the project.[9] "Fast Lane" is a midwestern hip hop song.[11] It has two main parts to the song. The first half of the four-minute song begins with a verse performed by Royce da 5'9", followed by Eminem's verse.[12] After the chorus, the second half has two verses by each rapper, followed by the chorus for the final time.[12]

Critical reception
"Fast Lane" was received favorably by critics. Upon the release on the EP, Hell: The Sequel, Billboard editor Jason Lipshutz published a track-by-track review. According to Lipshutz, "Fast Lane" is "G-funk on steroids, with sing-song refrain breaking up crushing mic-trading bout between Royce da 5'9" and Eminem."[1] He also referred to "Fast Lane" as one of the highlight songs of the album. Rolling Stone gave a positive review. According to Jon Dolan of Rolling Stone, "Eminem kicks 'Fast Lane' 1999-style, reconnecting with the hungry young lunatic who sounded like he only had a stanza to blow us away or it was back to the auto plant."[13] Dolan also commented on the infamous lyric "I hope that I don't sound too heinous when I say this, Nicki Minaj, but I wanna stick my penis in your anus," saying that Eminem has been much more heinous before. According to Kyle Anderson of Entertainment Weekly, Royce da 5'9" performs extremely well on the "hard-hitting" song, even calling him a "lyrical beast".[14] Although music website Consequence of Sound gave a rather mixed review on the EP as a whole, editor Winston Robbins favored "Fast Lane" and said that it is "hands down one of the best hip-hop tracks of 2011" and that the rapping is "second to none".[15]

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Music video
The music video began shooting on May13,2011 in Southwestern Detroit.[16] It was directed by James Larese of collective group Syndrome, a group that also directed videos for two other Eminem songs: "3 a.m." and "Crack a Bottle".[17][18] A 40-second video teaser was released on May27,2011, on Eminem's YouTube channel, which shows the part of the video during the first time the chorus plays, confirming Sly Jordan's appearance in the video and the use of cartoon animation.[19] In an interview with Bootleg Kev, Royce da 5'9" revealed that a lot of the ideas for the animated visuals featured in the music video were Eminem's ideas.[20] The video was first expected to release on May31,2011. However, the date was delayed. The video premiered on June8,2011, at noon EST on VEVO and Bad Meets Evil's official website.[21] The music video features animated visuals of the lyrics and kinetic typography of some lyrics, with the duo rapping in a warehouse-like setting. Royce da 5'9" and Eminem both interact with the animations and occasionally hold and use them as actual objects. When transitioning between rappers, Eminem and Royce push each other out when it is their turn. Notable scenes include a cartoon blonde girl who gets 'drowned' by Eminem, inside a fish-bowl and then decapitated. Another scene includes Bad Meets Evil riding a green animated car, crashing into several obstacles, during the chorus. Sly Jordan appears in the video, singing the chorus. The music video features cameo appearances from American rapper and producer Mr. Porter of D12, who lip syncs part of the chorus, and members of hip hop supergroup Slaughterhouse near the end of the video. Near the end of the video, Royce and Eminem try to stand in front of each other for attention. The video ends with them being pushed out of the way by the Bad Meets Evil logo. The video became notable for its humorous content.[22]

Live performances and remix

Eminem and Royce da 5'9" made their debut live performance as Bad Meets Evil for "Fast Lane" and "Lighters" at the 2011 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival.[23] According to James Montgomery of MTV, "what stood out the most about Em[inem]'s performance was the sheer tenacity with which he attacked it." Other than Royce, he was also accompanied by his hypeman Mr. Porter of D12 and performed wearing a black Bad Meets Evil t-shirt, under a black hoodie.[23] The duo's performance was complemented by the "Fast Lane" music video playing in the background.[24] "Fast Lane" was performed with Porter on the second day of Lollapalooza 2011, which took place in Chicago.[25] The song was referred to by Gil Kaufman of MTV as a "low-rider anthem".[26] Prior to the performance, Eminem changed into the Bad Meets Evil t-shirt.[26] Texas rapper Chamillionaire recorded a remix of the song which was released on May8,2011.[27] The song was not officially released to iTunes, however. The remix features two added verses by Chamillionaire between Eminem's and Royce Da 5'9"'s verses; one before the first time the chorus plays, and another verse after the chorus.[27] He also replaces Sly Jordan with a modified chorus with different lyrics. The remix is five and a half minutes long.[27]

In other media
The track was featured on both the soundtracks of the 2011 film Real Steel,[28][29] and on 2K Sports' NBA 2K12.[30] The track was also used for HBO's Entourage season 8 trailer.[31]

Credits and personnel

Eminem co-producer, songwriter and audio mixer Royce da 5'9" songwriter Supa Dups songwriter, producer, drum programming, vocal arrangement and additional backing vocals Jason "JG" Gilbert songwriter, co-producer, keyboards, additional backing vocals Mike Strange recording and audio mixer Sly "Pyper" Jordan songwriter and additional chorus vocals

"Fast Lane" Luis Resto songwriter and additional keyboards Credits adapted from Hell: The Sequel album digital booklet.[8]

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Chart (2011) Peak position 50 35 [34] 66 32

Canada (Canadian Hot 100) New Zealand (RIANZ) [33]

[32]

UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) US Billboard Hot 100 [35]

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"Lighters"
"Lighters"
Singleby Bad Meets Evil featuring Bruno Mars from the album Hell: The Sequel Released July 5, 2011

Recorded Effigy Studios (Ferndale, Michigan), Isolation Studios, Levcon Studios (Los Angeles, California) Genre Length Label Alternative hip hop, soul, pop rap 4:23 Shady, Interscope

Writer(s) Marshall Mathers, Ryan Montgomery, Peter Hernandez, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Roy Battle Producer Eminem, The Smeezingtons, Battle Roy Bad Meets Evil singles chronology

"Fast Lane" (2011)

"Lighters" (2011)

Bruno Mars chronology

"The Lazy Song" (2011)

"Lighters" (2011)

"Marry You" (2011)

"Lighters" is a song by American hip hop duo Bad Meets Evil, a group composed of Royce da 5'9" and Eminem. As the second single from their first EP, Hell: The Sequel, Shady Records serviced the song for mainstream radio airplay in the United States on July5,2011. The song features American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars, who was added after the original cut. The song was written and produced by Eminem, Battle Roy and The Smeezingtons. Eminem and Royce da 5'9" took a different approach, wanting to break the typical album format that stereotypical hip hop artists use. "Lighters" is an alternative hip hop song which has been said by critics to incorporate soul music, as well as influences of synthpop. It is noted for being different in style from any other song on the EP. The song features bass, cymbals and keyboards with percussion used in most of the song. The song was met with mixed reviews; some critics praised the change in style, as a break from more hardcore and aggressive themes of the other tracks found in Hell: The Sequel, while others criticized it for the same reason. Despite the mixed reception, the song performed generally well commercially, reaching the top ten in New Zealand, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. "Lighters" was performed at the 2011 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival and the Lollapalooza music festival. The accompanying music video was shot in July2011 and was directed by Rich Lee. The two rappers guide themselves through underground tunnel with pipelines as red highway flares illuminate the setting, to reach an event by night. The video was met with positive reception for its positive and inspirational message.

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Production and release

Royce da 5'9" spoke to Canadian music magazine Exclaim! about the origins of Bad Meets Evil's collaboration with R&B and pop singer Bruno Mars. Originally, "Lighters" was intended to be featured on Royce's fifth solo studio album, Success Is Certain.[1] It was produced solely by Minnesota producer Battle Roy. After Royce had presented the track to Eminem, he was inspired to write and record the first verse, prompting Royce to write his the day afterwards.[1] Bad Meets Evil then flew to Los Angeles, where Mars heard the song. Eminem and Bruno Mars then made minor changes to the musical arrangement.[1] The song was recorded at Effigy Studios (Ferndale, Michigan) by Mike Strange, Isolation Studios by Asar and Levcon Studios (Los Angeles, California) by Ari Levine of The Smeezingtons, a music production and songwriting group consisting of Philip Lawrence and Mars as well.[2] The song was written by Eminem, Royce, The Smeezingtons and Battle Roy, all of whom (save for Royce) also produced the song. Battle Roy and Joe Strange also engineered the song.[2] Detroit producer Luis Resto provided additional keyboards for the song, who did so for six other tracks on the EP.[2] On May25,2011, when the album track listing of Hell: The Sequel was announced, "Lighters" was revealed to the public to feature Mars.[3] "Lighters" hit contemporary hit radio on July5,2011 as the second single from the EP, released by Shady Records.[4]

Composition
"Lighters" is mainly an alternative hip hop track, being different from the hardcore rap style used in other songs by Bad Meets Evil in Hell: The Sequel, instead taking influences from synthpop and soul music.[5][6][7] According to Royce, "We figured we'd have one song for other people to listen to.... People who don't like listening to straight-up, raw, rappitty-rap lyrics. One joint to show versatility."[1] Jon Dolan from Rolling Stone referred to the song as having a "soul-ballad hook."[8] The song's usage of profanity has attracted attention from critics.[9] "Lighters" has an electronic keyboard instrumental, similar to the B.o.B and Mars collaboration "Nothin' on You".[10] Jason Newman of MTV said that the track is unlike Bad Meets Evil's "late-'90s string of dark, misanthropic singles".[11] Written in the key of C major, "Lighters" has a moderate tempo of 92 beats per minute.[6] The song begins with "warm, pleasing" vocals from Mars: "This one's for you and me, living out our dreams." They have a musical keyboard on the instrumental, which is reminiscent of "Nothin' on You".[10] Eminem's verse appears can be interpreted as a message to people who have hated him.[11] The album version of the song is just over five minutes in length and is the longest song on Hell: The Sequel.[12]

Reception
Critical response
Critics were divided in their reactions to "Lighters". Most critics commented on the difference of style the song has compared to other songs on Hell: The Sequel. This was met with both positive and negative reception. Rob Markman from MTV News spoke about his opinion on the new song after it leaked on June3,2011, which was a positive one. He wasn't surprised to hear Eminem's performance. "It's hard to imagine a time when Eminem wasn't regarded as one of rap's elite, but his past drug abuse did take its toll before he reemerged triumphant on last year's Grammy Award-winning album Recovery."[13] He also commented on Royce da 5'9"'s verse; "The gritty Detroit MC recalls his own battles to the top, referencing doubters at every turn."[13] Billboard editor Jason Lipshutz published a track-by-track review of each song on the album. He thought that the song did not fit in with the rest of Hell: The Sequel, but alone, is a good song: "[The] track doesn't fit with EP, but Em's effortless confidence carries the celebratory anthem."[14] Jon Dolan of Rolling Stone spoke about "Lighters" in an album review: "All the evil meeting badness can get pretty ugly [...]. But there's genuine humanity, too." and that the song is complemented by a "soul-ballad hook."[8] Magazine XXL commented on the song, saying it is "another break from the typical vicious

"Lighters" lyrical assault."[15] About.com's Bill Lamb gave a generally positive review, naming it "an engaging, soulful pop hip hop blend," but went on to mention that the song "sounds a bit schmaltzy at times."[10] "Lighters" was met with negative reviews as well. David Jeffries from Allmusic said that "the glossy 'Lighters' feels more like a Bruno Mars track than Detroit diesel."[16] Consequence of Sound gave a mixed review of the EP, and a rather negative review on "Lighters". Winston Robbins believes that the chorus, by Mars, does not fit into a rap song and would have done better on a solo track or with another artist, "but it is so far from home next to the hard verses of two of raps bad boys."[17] Chad Grischow of IGN gave a similar review, calling the Some criticized Mars' guest song 'strange' and 'unusual'. Grischow did not favor the influences of "gooey appearance on the track, saying that synthpop" and soul fusion genres.[7] "In the end, this brief look at the duo's skills he would have performed better on a solo track. does not fully deliver what you expect, but still leaves you wanting to hear [7] more." Music website PopMatters said that "Lighters" was the only disappointing one of 11 tracks on the EP (Deluxe Edition) and "its easy to press the skip button if youd like to."[18] Web magazine Plugged In Online, once a magazine that published reviews from a Conservative Christian's perspective, favored Mars' rapping but harshly criticized the duo's lyricism: "These two Detroit rappers use a lot more nasty words to get the job done".[9] The reviewer went on to analyze Royce's verse: "Toss in nods to toking marijuana and two allusions to oral sex, and you've got a pretty good picture of what Royce's vision of 'living out our dreams' looks like in action."[9] Royce da 5'9" responded to the criticism of "Lighters" and according to him, Eminem and he wanted to be versatile with the EP.[19] "I dont want that audience to think that I can only do one thing. It shows versatility on my end and it was a good way to set up Slaughterhouse."[19]

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Commercial performance
"Lighters" debuted on the Billboard Digital Songs chart at number eight, before the single's release, on the issue dated July2,2011, while it entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number 16.[20][21][22] However, the next week, the song dropped on the Digital Songs chart, to number 21, and to number 36 on the Hot 100.[23][24] For the July16,2011 issue, "Lighters" suffered the fourth biggest fall on the Digital Songs chart, down to number 44.[25] However, the next week, it moved up to number 25, while it moved from number 58, to number 33 on the Hot 100.[26][27] The next week, the song further moved up to number 17 on the Hot 100, and to number 10, the week after, giving Mars his sixth top-ten hit and Bad Meets Evil's first.[28][29] On the issue dated August13,2011, "Lighters" moved up to number seven on the Hot 100, with sales of 165,000 digital copies. The next week, it entered the bottom of the top five and held the Airplay Gainer honor.[30][31] The song reached its Hot 100 peak on the issue dated September10,2011, at number four.[32] "Lighters" peaked at number six on the Digital Rap Songs chart, and has been on the chart for 14 weeks.[33] On the Pop Songs chart, the song peaked at number two, and has been on the chart for 15 weeks.[34] On July3,2011, song entered the Australian Singles Chart at number 30 and rose to number 19, the following week; it peaked at number 17 at the end of July2011.[35] The song is yet to leave the chart.[35] On the 3 Austria Top 40, the song debuted at number 45, in the beginning of July2011.[36] Two weeks later, the song made a final appearance at number 69, before re-entering on August26,2011, at number 68.[36] On September10,2011, "Lighters" debuted on Flanders' Ultratop 50 singles chart, at number 32, and peaked at number 24, the following week.[37] The song also entered Wallonia's Ultratop 50 at number 38, a week after debuting on the Ultratop 50.[38] In Denmark, "Lighters" entered at number 25, in the beginning of July2011, and later peaked at number 18.[39] The song's 13th and final chart appearance in the country was at number 37.[39] The song did not enter France's national singles chart until August13,2011, when it debuted at number 85.[40] Lasting eight weeks, it reached a peak position at number 11 on September24,2011.[40] On the week ending of July21,2011, the song debuted in Ireland at number 41, and rose to number 35, the week after.[41]

"Lighters" On June25,2011, "Lighters" debuted at number 66 on the Dutch Single Top 100; it reached a peak position at number 17, during the fourth week.[42] In New Zealand, the song debuted and peaked at number two, making this the song's highest debut and peak position.[43] September26,2011 marked the song's 14th and final chart appearance, at number 36.[43] In the United Kingdom, the song debuted at number 37, on June25,2011.[44] It rose to number 30, the week after, but left the chart, two weeks later.[45][46] However, the song re-entered the chart on September10,2011, at the bottom; it jumped to number 28, the week after.[47][48] On October8,2011, the song peaked at number ten.[49]

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Music video
The music video for "Lighters" began filming on July20,2011 in Los Angeles, California.[50] TIt was directed by American music video and commercial director Rich Lee, who previously shot the "Not Afraid" music video with Eminem.[50] Mars revealed to MTV that the video would "leave fans inspired" and that it is "a very beautiful [video]. I haven't even seen it yet, but I think it's going to be beautiful."[51] Not revealing any specific details about the music video, he jokingly added "I'm doing handstands, and I'm juggling naked."[51] He promised that it would be released "very soon".[51] The video was uploaded to music video website VEVO on August22,2011.[52] The music video begins as Mars, wearing a leather jacket, starts playing an upright piano, singing the beginning lyrics of the song, as the Sun shines towards him from a window. The video cuts between scenes where Eminem lays on a couch in an untidy living room, wearing a white T-shirt and baggy red pants; Eminem picks up a notepad with lyrics, preparing to start rapping his verse. The video occasionally cuts to the living room setting, where Eminem gets off the couch, to find a trap door underneath the and go through it. He climbs down a ladder to find himself in an same underground tunnel with plumbing systems, while red highway flares illuminate the setting. He lights a flare to navigates through a series of tunnels. While Mars sings the chorus once again in the same setting as before, Eminem continues to search through the tunnels. Royce begins rapping in a prison cell; he finds a poster and peels it off the wall to find a door compartment, a reference to the 1994 drama film The Shawshank Redemption.[53] He crawls through it and finds himself in the tunnel. Royce lights a flare to help navigate through the system. As Mars sings the bridge, the two rappers find their way out of the tunnels, through a manhole which leads them to a field where Mars sings. As the Sun starts to set, couples, along with Bad Meets Evil, gather to see a large group of rising sky lanterns aglow. Beats by Dr. Dre headphones are advertised in the video and one couple gathers in front of a Chrysler 300[54].[55] As the video reaches its conclusion, the setting gets dark and Mars sings the last lines. Becky Bain from Idolator wrote, "Bruno jams out on his 88 keys while the 'King Of Hip-Hop' and his Bad Meets Evil cohort Royce da 59 go underground, emerging to the sight of thousands of lanterns lighting up the sky."[52] Consequence of Sound's Chris Coplan said that "all three men emerge to exactly what theyd been singing for: a sky full of decorative lamps."[56] Kyle Anderson from Entertainment Weekly gave a mixed review, criticizing the level of lighting in the video as he says, "it is literally difficult to see anything that is going on," but praised the final scene of glowing lanterns, naming it possible "the most compellingly beautiful thing to appear in an Eminem video."[54] James Montgomer, from MTV News, wrote: "It's a stirring image, for sure, and yes, you can probably read plenty into it."[53]

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Live performances
Eminem and Royce da 5'9" made their debut live performance as Bad Meets Evil for "Fast Lane" and "Lighters" at the 2011 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival.[57][58] They were accompanied by Eminem's hypeman from D12, Mr. Porter.[58] Mars was not seen at the performance, however.[59] The live show was complimented with animated lighters in the background screen.[59] The duo wore Bad Meets Evil t-shirts and black hoodies.[58] Eminem also wore camouflage shorts.[60] In the beginning of the performance, Eminem asked the audience to Eminem performing at Lollapalooza hold their lighters, if they had brought one, which most did.[58] The performance on day two of the festival. was widely praised; James Montgomery from MTV said, "It's the same renewed vigor Eminem has displayed on his most-recent efforts."[58] News reporter Adam Graham from The Detroit News favored the performance, commenting on its effect on the audience: "Royce joined his partner-in-rhyme on stage for two songs, 'Fast Lane' and 'Lighters,' the latter of which lit up the humongous field in front of the [stage] in a sea of Bic lighters."[61] Magazine The Hollywood Reporter quoted, "Bonnaroo's crowd may be a hippie enclave, but you wouldn't have known it Saturday night."[60] Mars joined Bad Meets Evil to perform "Lighters" on the second day of Lollapalooza 2011, which took place in Chicago and once again, they were accompanied by Mr. Porter.[62] Piet Levy from USA Today newspaper named the performance as "the evening's highlight".[62] During the show, many fans held up Bic lighters and lit their cell phones and cameras.[63] Leah Greenblatt from Entertainment Weekly quoted the show as "a set heavy on hard-spat hits".[64] Gil Kaufman from MTV News thought of Mars' chorus as "a feathery pop sheen to the harder-edge".[63] Mars also brought a silver guitar that he occasionally played.[65] "Lighters" was included on Eminem's set list at V2011 (V Festival), which took place in Staffordshire and Chelmsford on August20 and August21,2011, respectively.[66][67]

Credits and personnel

Recording Recorded at: Effigy Studios in Ferndale, Michigan, Isolation Studios, and Levcon Studios in Los Angeles, California. Personnel Eminem songwriter, producer, mixer Royce da 5'9" songwriter Ari Levine recording The Smeezingtons (Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Ari Levine) songwriters, producers Battle Roy songwriter, producer Mike Strange mixer, recording Joe Strange assistant engineering Asar recording Luis Resto additional keyboards

Credits were adapted from the Hell: The Sequel digital booklet.[2]

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Charts and certifications

Weekly charts
Chart (2011) Peak position [35] [36] [37] [38] 17 41 32 3 4 18 11 [69] 26 11 [42] 17 2 [70] 9 18 [72] [73] [49] 10 3 10 4 [75] 75 22 27 2 6

Australia (ARIA)

Austria (3 Austria Top 75)

Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)

Belgium (Ultratop 40 Wallonia) Canada (Canadian Hot 100) Denmark (Tracklisten) France (SNEP) [40]

[68]

[39]

Germany (Media Control AG) Ireland (IRMA) [41]

Netherlands (Mega Single Top 100) New Zealand (RIANZ) [43]

Scotland (The Official Charts Company) Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [71]

Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)

UK R&B (The Official Charts Company)

UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) US Billboard Hot 100 [74]

US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) US Latin Songs (Billboard) [76] [77]

US Latin Pop Songs (Billboard) US Pop Songs (Billboard)

[78] [79]

US Rap Songs (Billboard)

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Certifications
Country Australia New Zealand Certification Platinum Gold [80]

[81]

Year-end charts
Chart (2011) Swiss Singles Chart [82] [83] Position 65 34

US Billboard Hot 100

Radio dates
Country United States Date Format

[4] July 5, 2011 Contemporary hit radio

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"Lighters" Official music video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWt4wmZ_EMI) on YouTube

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Collaborative songs
"Dead Wrong"
"Dead Wrong"
Singleby The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Eminem from the album Born Again Released Recorded Genre Length Label Producer January 6, 2000 1999 Horrorcore 4:58 Bad Boy Records Chucky Thompson, Easy Mo Bee The Notorious B.I.G. singles chronology

"Notorious B.I.G." (1999)

"Dead Wrong" (2000)

"Runnin' (Dying to Live)" (2003)

Eminem singles chronology

"Guilty Conscience" (1999)

"Dead Wrong" (2000)

"Forgot About Dre" (2000)

"Dead Wrong" is a song by The Notorious B.I.G. from his third album Born Again. It features rapper Eminem and was released as a single posthumously in 1999. The song samples the drum break from Al Green's song, "I'm Glad You're Mine". It reached number 39 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart. It is a remix of the original produced by Easy Mo Bee. The original version was released on Mister Cee's Best of Biggie 10th Anniversary Mixtape, and has Biggie rapping an alternate second verse without Eminem. There is an official remix featuring Busta Rhymes on the 3rd verse with B.I.G.'s 1st verse & Eminem's verse replacing B.I.G.'s 2nd verse.

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Track listing
CD single
No. Title 1. "Dead Wrong" (feat. Eminem) Writer(s)
C. Wallace, M. Mathers

Producer(s) Chucky Thompson, Mario Winans, Sean Combs

Length 4:57

Music video
The video was set out in a similar to 2Pac's hit "Changes", also released in 1999, in the fact that it features clips of Biggie performing live, in interviews, clips of his music videos and showing pictures of him. Eminem's verse was cut out.

Charts
Chart (1999) Peak position [1] 15 39

US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard) US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) [2]

References
[1] "Billboard chart search: The Notorious B.I.G. 'Dead Wrong'" (http:/ / api. billboard. com/ apisvc/ chart/ v1/ list?artist=the_notorious_b. i. g. & song=dead_wrong& sdate=1990-01-01& edate=2999-12-31& api_key=bvk4re5h37dzvx87h7rf5dqz). Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. . Retrieved December 4, 2011. [2] " The Notorious B.I.G. Album & Song Chart History" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ #/ artist/ The+ Notorious+ B. I. G. / chart-history/ 36757?f=367& g=Singles) Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for The Notorious B.I.G.. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved December 4, 2011.

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"Forgot About Dre"

"Forgot About Dre"
Singleby Dr. Dre featuring Eminem and Hittman from the album 2001 B-side Released Format Recorded Genre Length Label Writer(s) "Bad Guys Always Die (featuring Eminem)" March 29, 2000 CD Single 12" Vinyl 1999 West Coast hip hop, hardcore hip hop 3:42 Aftermath/Interscope Andr Young Melvin Bradford Marshall Mathers Dr. Dre Mel-Man Dr. Dre singles chronology

Producer

"Still D.R.E." (1999)

"Forgot About Dre" (2000)

"The Next Episode" (2000)

Eminem chronology

"Dead Wrong" (1999)

"Forgot About Dre" (2000)

"The Real Slim Shady" (2000)

"Forgot About Dre" is a Grammy Award-winning single from Dr. Dre's 2001, featuring Eminem, reaching #25 on the Billboard Hot 100, #14 on the U.S. R&B chart, and #7 in the UK Singles Chart. Like the album's lead single "Still D.R.E.," the song addresses Dre's critics in a defiant manner, as Dre announces his return to the hip-hop scene and reminds listeners of his significant influence on the genre.

Information
The song is considered to be a response to disses made by Death Row artists on Suge Knight Represents: Chronic 2000, a compilation released by Suge Knight which takes its title from Dre's 1992 album The Chronic. The song samples "The Climb" by No Doubt .[1] The line "Who you think brought you the oldies, Eazy-Es, Ice Cubes, and The D.O.C.s, the Snoop D-O-double-Gs, and the group that said 'Motherfuck the police'?" outlines Dre's importance in the rap world, the theme of the song. Eminem's verse features the bizarre violence and aggression typical of his "Slim Shady" alter ego, describing him choking a pedestrian ("One day I was walkin' by with a Walkman on/When I caught a guy givin' me an awkward

"Forgot About Dre" eye/So I strangled him off in the parking lot with his Karl Kani") and threatening to kill a woman ("Fuck you, too, bitch, call the cops/I'ma kill you and them loud-ass motherfuckin' barkin' dogs"), as well as bragging about how he gets out of trouble, in conflict with the law ("And when the cops came through/Me and Dre stood next to a burnt down house with a can full of gas and handful of matches/And still weren't found out (right here!)") In the music video, a few explicit lines in Eminem's verse are replaced with a skit in which Eminem is answering reporter Jane Yamamoto's questions about a fire he and Dre had started. This video won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Rap Video in 2000.

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Track listing
CD single
No. Title 1. "Forgot About Dre" (feat. Eminem) Writer(s)
A. Young, M. Bradford, M. Mathers

Sample(s) Contains a sample of "Compton's in the House (Remix)" by N.W.A

Length 3:42

Chart Awards
End of year charts
End of year chart (2000) Position U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [2] 73

Peak positions
Chart (2000) Peak position [3] 41 20 [5] 19 26 29 [8] [9] 37 7 25 [11] 14 32

Germany (Media Control Charts) Ireland (IRMA) [4]

Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) New Zealand (RIANZ)

[6] [7]

Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)

Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)

UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) US Billboard Hot 100 [10]

US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) US Pop Songs (Billboard) [12]

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Awards
"Forgot About Dre" won Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group at the 2001 Grammy Awards.

References
[1] New Eminem Interview With Sirius Radio (http:/ / www. hithiphop. com/ ?p=1417) [2] "Billboard Top 100 - 2000" (http:/ / longboredsurfer. com/ charts. php?year=2000). . Retrieved 2010-08-31. [3] "Dr. Dre feat. Eminem, Forgot About Dre" (http:/ / charts. de/ song. asp?artist=Dr. + Dre+ feat. + Eminem& title=Forgot+ About+ Dre& cat=s& country=de) (in German). charts.de. Media Control Charts. . Retrieved 31 July, 2011. [4] "Discography Eminem" (http:/ / www. irish-charts. com/ showinterpret. asp?interpret=Eminem). irish-charts.com. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 31 July, 2011. [5] "Nederlandse Top 40 week 21, 2000" (http:/ / www. top40. nl/ index. aspx?& jaar=2000& maand=7& week=21) (in Dutch). top40.nl. Dutch Top 40. . Retrieved 31 July, 2011. [6] "Dr. Dre feat. Eminem - Forgot About Dre" (http:/ / charts. org. nz/ showitem. asp?interpret=Dr. + Dre+ feat. + Eminem& titel=Forgot+ About+ Dre& cat=s). charts.org.nz. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 31 July, 2011. [7] "Dr. Dre feat. Eminem - Forgot About Dre" (http:/ / swedishcharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Dr. + Dre+ feat. + Eminem& titel=Forgot+ About+ Dre& cat=s). swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 31 July, 2011. [8] "Dr. Dre feat. Eminem - Forgot About Dre" (http:/ / hitparade. ch/ showitem. asp?interpret=Dr. + Dre+ feat. + Eminem& titel=Forgot+ About+ Dre& cat=s) (in German). hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 31 July, 2011. [9] "Dr Dre" (http:/ / www. theofficialcharts. com/ artist/ _/ Dr Dre) (select "View Singles" tab). The Official Charts Company. . Retrieved 28 August, 2011. [10] "Dr. Dre Album & Song Chart History: Hot 100" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ artist/ dr-dre/ chart-history/ 22573?f=379& g=Singles). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. . Retrieved 31 July, 2011. [11] "Dr. Dre Album & Song Chart History: R&B/Hip-Hop Songs" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ artist/ dr-dre/ chart-history/ 22573?f=367& g=Singles). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. . Retrieved 31 July, 2011. [12] "Dr. Dre Album & Song Chart History: Pop Songs" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ artist/ dr-dre/ chart-history/ 22573?f=381& g=Singles). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. . Retrieved 1 August, 2011.

External links
"Forgot About Dre (Explicit Version)" Official music video (https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=QFcv5Ma8u8k) on YouTube

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"Renegade"
"Renegade"
Song by Jay-Z featuring Eminem from the album The Blueprint Recorded Genre Label Writer 2001 Hip hop, hardcore hip hop, R&B Roc-A-Fella, Def Jam Shawn Carter Marshall Mathers Eminem The Blueprint track listing

Producer

"All I Need" (11)

"Renegade" (12)

"Blueprint (Momma Loves Me)" (13)

"Renegade" is a song by rapper Jay-Z, which appears as the 12th track on his sixth album The Blueprint. The song is produced by and features Eminem, who is the only guest appearance on the album with rap verses. It was originally a collaboration between Eminem and Royce da 5'9" as part of the Bad Meets Evil series, but Royce was later replaced by Jay-Z.[1] The original can be found on mixtapes and has leaked onto the internet. The Jay-Z version of the song, released in 2001 as featured on The Blueprint, was later included as a bonus track on the deluxe edition of Eminem's 2005 greatest hits album, Curtain Call: The Hits. The song is referenced by rapper Nas on his famous diss record Ether, made during the highly-publicized feud between him and Jay-Z. Nas says to Jay-Z that "Eminem murdered you on your own shit;" stating that he felt Eminem outperformed Jay-Z on Jay's own song. Nas and Jay-Z both contributed to the soundtrack of Eminem's 2002 film 8 Mile, with Nas' contribution, "U Wanna Be Me", being a diss towards Jay-Z.

Song Meaning
The song has different meanings to both artists. Jay-Z's two verses deal with his fatherless childhood, and how financial difficulties faced by his mother forced him to sell drugs for survival (thus becoming a renegade to society). He states his demeanor was "30 years [his] senior," implying that hardships he faced during his childhood forced him to grow up and make adult decisions from a young age. Jay-Z argues that his music is the product of his rough upbringing, and that it speaks to others going through the same problems. Thus, he dismisses critics who lump him together with artists who only rap about "jewels." He accuses these critics of simply "skimming" through his music, instead of listening thoroughly. On the other hand, Eminem deals with the public perception of his music. At the time, Eminem was at the center of many criticisms due to the content of his lyrics. His references to drug use and religion caused many parents to publicly denounce his music. Eminem sees this outcry as hypocritical, claiming that these parents are using him as a "media scapegoat" to deflect attention away from their own shortcomings as parents. Ultimately, both Jay-Z and Eminem use the hook to say that, while they may face public disapproval for different reasons, they will not change their behavior and are "never...afraid to talk about anything."

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References
[1] Royce Da 5'9 on Eminem Lab (http:/ / www. eminemlab. com/ eminemenemies/ royceda59. html)

"One Day at a Time (Em's Version)"

"One Day at a Time (Em's Version)"
Singleby 2Pac with Eminem featuring Outlawz from the album Tupac: Resurrection (Original Soundtrack) Released Format Recorded Genre Length Label Writer(s) Producer March 25, 2003 12" single, CD 1996/2003 Hip hop 3:46 Interscope T. Shakur/M. Mathers Eminem 2Pac singles chronology

"Runnin' (Dying to Live)" (2003)

"One Day at a Time (Em's Version)" (2003)

"Thugs Get Lonely Too" (2005)

Eminem singles chronology

"Business" (2003)

"One Day at a Time (Em's Version)" (2004)

"Just Lose It" (2004)

"One Day at a Time (Em's Version)" is the second posthumously released single by American rapper Tupac Shakur from the soundtrack Tupac: Resurrection (Original Soundtrack). It featured Eminem and Outlawz. It received little airplay. No official music video was ever created largely because of the poor response it received due to it being "butchered from its original form. It charted at #80 on The Billboard Hot 100.[1] The original version was recorded in 1996 with Spice 1.

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Track listing
CD single
No. Title 1. "One Day at a Time (Em's Version)" (with Eminem featuring Outlawz) Writer(s)
T. Shakur, M. Mathers

Producer(s) Length Eminem 3:46

References
[1] "2pac featuring Eminem and The Outlawz - One Day At A Time" (http:/ / acharts. us/ song/ 388). aCharts.us. . Retrieved 2011-03-18.

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"Welcome 2 Detroit"
"Welcome 2 Detroit"
Singleby Trick-Trick featuring Eminem from the album The People vs. Released Format Genre Label Producer November 2005 CD, Digital Download Hardcore Hip Hop, Gangsta rap Motown Records Eminem, Dr. Dre

Trick-Trick singles chronology

"Booty Bounce" (1997)

"Welcome 2 Detroit" (2005)

"Let's Go to War" (2005)

Eminem singles chronology

"Ass like That" (2005)

"Welcome 2 Detroit" (2005)

"When I'm Gone" (2005)

"Welcome 2 Detroit" is the first single from rapper Trick-Trick's album The People vs.. The song features Eminem and Trick-Trick's hip hop group, Goon Sqwad. The single peaked at #100 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.

Music video
The music video is set in a Detroit nightclub. Its features cameo appearances by the late Proof of Eminem's rap group D12.

Track listing
CD single
No. Title 1. "Welcome 2 Detroit" (feat. Eminem) Writer(s)
C. Mathis, L. Resto, M. Mathers

Producer(s) Length Eminem 4:45

Charts

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Chart (20052006)

Peak position [1] [2] 20 73 12 1 100 52

Austria (3 Austria Top 40)

European Hot 100 Singles (Billboard) Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)

[3] [4]

Germany (Media Control Charts) US Billboard Hot 100 [5] [6]

US Pop 100 (Billboard)

References
[1] "Trick Trick feat. Eminem, Welcome 2 Detroit" (http:/ / austriancharts. at/ showitem. asp?interpret=Trick+ Trick+ feat. + Eminem& titel=Welcome+ 2+ Detroit& cat=s) (in German). austriancharts.at. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 2 August, 2011. [2] "Trick Trick Album & Song Chart History: European Hot 100" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ artist/ trick-trick/ chart-history/ 692965?f=349& g=Singles). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. . Retrieved 2 August, 2011. [3] "Trick Trick feat. Eminem - Welcome 2 Detroit" (http:/ / finnishcharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Trick+ Trick+ feat. + Eminem& titel=Welcome+ 2+ Detroit& cat=s). finnishcharts.com. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 2 August, 2011. [4] "Trick Trick feat. Eminem, Welcome 2 Detroit" (http:/ / charts. de/ song. asp?artist=Trick+ Trick+ feat. + Eminem& title=Welcome+ 2+ Detroit& cat=s& country=de) (in German). charts.de. Media Control Charts. . Retrieved 2 August, 2011. [5] "Trick Trick Album & Song Chart History: Hot 100" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ artist/ trick-trick/ chart-history/ 692965?f=379& g=Singles). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. . Retrieved 2 August, 2011. [6] "Trick Trick > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles" (http:/ / allmusic. com/ artist/ trick-trick-p738686/ charts-awards/ billboard-singles). Allmusic. Macrovision. . Retrieved 2 August, 2011.

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"Smack That"
"Smack That"

Singleby Akon featuring Eminem from the album Konvicted Released September 28, 2006 (U.S.) November 13, 2006 (U.K.) CD, digital download Hip hop, dirty rap, contemporary R&B 3:32 (Album/Main Version) SRC, Universal, Konvict, UpFront, Shady Akon, Eminem, Luis Resto, Mike Strange Eminem 3 Platinum (RIAA) Platinum (ARIA) Gold (RIANZ) Akon singles chronology

Format Genre Length Label Writer(s) Producer Certification

"Pot of Gold" (2006)

"Smack That" (2006)

"We Takin Over" (2007)

Eminem singles chronology

"Shake That" (2006)

"Smack That" (2006)

"You Don't Know" (2006)

"Smack That" is the first single from Akon's second album Konvicted and features Eminem. The single debuted at number 95 on the Billboard Hot 100 on September 28, 2006. The song set a record in its second week, jumping 88 positions to number 7. The single eventually peaked at #2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart for a period of five consecutive weeks. The song entered the UK Official Singles Chart at #12 based on downloads alone and reached #1

"Smack That" the following week with physical CD sales, becoming his second #1 after "Lonely" and Eminem's 7th UK #1. The single debuted at #5 on the Australian charts and peaked at #2 on December 31. It later reached #1 on the Australian physical sales chart.[1] "Smack That" was nominated for "Best Rap/Sung Collaboration" at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards, but lost to Justin Timberlake and T.I.'s My Love. It was also nominated for the "Most Earthshattering Collaboration" at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards, but lost to Beautiful Liar by Beyonc featuring Shakira. This song was also #69 on MTV Asia's list of Top 100 Hits of 2007,[2] despite the fact it was released in 2006. The song has sold more than 3 million copies in the United States alone.[3]

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Music video
The song's music video is a short-clip remake of the movie 48 Hrs. Directed by Benny Boom, it presents Akon as a convict in prison who is let out of jail by a police officer, Jed Gates (played by Eric Roberts), who is looking for a witness. Akon is let out for 24 hours to do anything he pleases as long as he can find the female witness. He is given a photo of her and follows a lead he was given that the witness is in a nightclub. While in the club, Akon meets up with fellow rapper and his friend Eminem. Akon finds the female witness and escapes from the nightclub without Jed Gates. This is the first video that features Eminem with his then-new tattoo 'PROOF' on his left arm, which is dedicated to his fallen friend, DeShaun Dupree Holton. The video also features a cameo from Lil Fizz of B2K, Layzie Bone of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Nas and Kendra Wilkinson (of E!'s The Girls Next Door).

Remixes
A remix of "Smack That" featuring Stat Quo and Bobby Creekwater is currently available on Eminem Presents The Re-Up. The remix features Akon's unused lyrics and unused beat & a preview of "Public Enemy #1" by Eminem, which is the next track after the song. An alternative version of "Smack That" is the NBA version, also sung by Akon. It changes the lyrics to relate basketball. In the UK a edited version of "Smack That" was featured on Now That's What I Call Music! 66. This version has no intro and shortens the choruses. It clocks out at 2:44 opposed to 3:32 the album version.

Track listing
European CD Single
No. Title 1. "Smack That" (feat. Eminem) (European Radio Edit) 2. "Senegal" Length 2:44 2:51

UK CD Single
No. Title 1. "Smack That" (feat. Eminem) 2. "Miss Melody" (with Miri Ben-Ari) 3. "Senegal" 4. "Smack That (Video)" Length 3:32 5:44 2:51 3:32

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Charts
Chart (2006-07) Peak position 2 [5] [6] [7] 9 3 1 1 3 1 [11] 3 4 [13] 5 1 1 1 1 30 [19] 6 1 1 1 [23] [24] [25] 3 3 1 2 [27] 34 4 44

Australia (ARIA)

[4]

Austria (3 Austria Top 75)

Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)

Belgium (Ultratop 40 Wallonia) Czech Republic (IFPI) [8] [9]

Denmark (Tracklisten)

[10] European Hot 100 Singles Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) France (SNEP) [12]

Germany (Media Control AG) Hungary (Rdis Top 40) Hungary (Dance Top 40) [14]

[15] [16]

Hungary (Single Top 10) Ireland (IRMA) Italy (FIMI) [17]

[18]

Netherlands (Mega Single Top 100) New Zealand (RIANZ) Norway (VG-lista) Slovakia (IFPI) [21] [20]

[22]

Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)

Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)

UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) US Billboard Hot 100 [26]

US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) US Pop Songs (Billboard) [28] [29]

US Latin Songs (Billboard)

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Year-end charts
Year Chart Rank

2007 German Singles Chart[30] 8

Decade-end charts
Chart (20002009) US Billboard Hot 100 [31] Rank 76

Certifications
Country Australia Belgium Canada New Zealand Sweden Certification Platinum Gold [32]

[33] [34]

8x Platinum Gold

[35] [36]

Platinum

United States 2 Platinum[37]

References
[1] (http:/ / www. digitalspy. co. uk/ article/ ds40015. html) [2] MTV Asia. "Top 100 Hits List" (http:/ / www. mtvasia. com/ Funstuff/ Contests/ MTVTop100Hits2007/ top100. html). Retrieved 2007-12-27 [3] http:/ / new. music. yahoo. com/ blogs/ chart_watch/ 74342/ week-ending-march-13-2011-spears-second-act/ [4] " Australian-charts.com Akon feat. Eminem Smack That" (http:/ / www. australian-charts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Akon+ feat. + Eminem& titel=Smack+ That& cat=s). ARIA Top 50 Singles. Hung Medien. [5] " Akon feat. Eminem Smack That Austriancharts.at" (http:/ / www. austriancharts. at/ showitem. asp?interpret=Akon+ feat. + Eminem& titel=Smack+ That& cat=s) (in German). 3 Austria Top 40. Hung Medien. [6] " Ultratop.be Akon feat. Eminem Smack That" (http:/ / www. ultratop. be/ nl/ showitem. asp?interpret=Akon+ feat. + Eminem& titel=Smack+ That& cat=s) (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. [7] " Ultratop.be Akon feat. Eminem Smack That" (http:/ / www. ultratop. be/ fr/ showitem. asp?interpret=Akon+ feat. + Eminem& titel=Smack+ That& cat=s) (in French). Ultratop 40. Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. [8] " NS IFPI" (http:/ / www. ifpicr. cz/ hitparada/ index. php?hitp=R) (in Czech). Hitparda Radio Top100 Oficiln. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 200707 into search. [9] " Akon feat. Eminem Smack That Hitlisten.nu (http:/ / www. hitlisterne. dk/ default. asp?w=01& y=2007& list=t40)" (in Danish). Tracklisten. IFPI Danmark & Nielsen Music Control. [10] " Akon Album & Song Chart History" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ #/ artist/ Akon/ chart-history/ 491541?f=349& g=Singles) European Hot 100 for Akon. Prometheus Global Media. [11] " Finnishcharts.com Akon feat. Eminem Smack That" (http:/ / www. finnishcharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Akon+ feat. + Eminem& titel=Smack+ That& cat=s). Hung Medien. [12] " Lescharts.com Akon feat. Eminem Smack That" (http:/ / www. lescharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Akon+ feat. + Eminem& titel=Smack+ That& cat=s) (in French). Les classement single. Hung Medien. [13] " Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Knstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche musicline.de" (http:/ / musicline. de/ de/ chartverfolgung_summary/ title/ Akon+ feat. Eminem/ Smack+ That/ single) (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH. [14] " Archvum Slgerlistk MAHASZ Magyar Hanglemezkiadk Szvetsge" (http:/ / www. mahasz. hu/ ?menu=slagerlistak& menu2=archivum& lista=radios& ev=2007& het=14& submit_=Keress) (in Hungarian). Rdis Top 40 jtszsi lista. Magyar

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Hanglemezkiadk Szvetsge. [15] " Archvum Slgerlistk MAHASZ Magyar Hanglemezkiadk Szvetsge" (http:/ / www. mahasz. hu/ ?menu=slagerlistak& menu2=archivum& lista=dance& ev=2007& het=13& submit_=Keress) (in Hungarian). Dance Top 40 lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadk Szvetsge. [16] " Archvum Slgerlistk MAHASZ Magyar Hanglemezkiadk Szvetsge" (http:/ / www. mahasz. hu/ ?menu=slagerlistak& menu2=archivum& lista=kislemez& ev=2006& het=51& submit_=Keress) (in Hungarian). Single (track) Top 10 lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadk Szvetsge. [17] " Chart Track" (http:/ / www. chart-track. co. uk/ index. jsp?c=p/ musicvideo/ music/ archive/ index_test. jsp& ct=240001& arch=t& lyr=2006& year=2006& week=46). Irish Singles Chart. Irish Recorded Music Association. [18] " Italiancharts.com Akon feat. Eminem Smack That" (http:/ / www. italiancharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Akon+ feat. + Eminem& titel=Smack+ That& cat=s). Top Digital Download. Hung Medien. [19] " Dutchcharts.nl Akon feat. Eminem Smack That" (http:/ / www. dutchcharts. nl/ showitem. asp?interpret=Akon+ feat. + Eminem& titel=Smack+ That& cat=s) (in Dutch). Mega Single Top 100. Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. [20] " Charts.org.nz Akon feat. Eminem Smack That" (http:/ / www. charts. org. nz/ showitem. asp?interpret=Akon+ feat. + Eminem& titel=Smack+ That& cat=s). Top 40 Singles. Hung Medien. [21] " Norwegiancharts.com Akon feat. Eminem Smack That" (http:/ / www. norwegiancharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Akon+ feat. + Eminem& titel=Smack+ That& cat=s). VG-lista. Hung Medien. [22] " SNS IFPI" (http:/ / www. ifpicr. cz/ hitparadask/ index. php?hitp=R) (in Slovak). Hitparda Radio Top100 Oficilna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 200701 into search. [23] " Swedishcharts.com Akon feat. Eminem Smack That" (http:/ / www. swedishcharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Akon+ feat. + Eminem& titel=Smack+ That& cat=s). Singles Top 60. Hung Medien. [24] " Akon feat. Eminem Smack That swisscharts.com" (http:/ / www. swisscharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Akon+ feat. + Eminem& titel=Smack+ That& cat=s). Swiss Singles Chart. Hung Medien. [25] " Chart Stats Akon Smack That" (http:/ / www. chartstats. com/ songinfo. php?id=756) UK Singles Chart. Chart Stats. [26] " Akon Album & Song Chart History" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ #/ artist/ Akon/ chart-history/ 491541?f=379& g=Singles) Billboard Hot 100 for Akon. Prometheus Global Media. [27] " Akon Album & Song Chart History" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ #/ artist/ Akon/ chart-history/ 491541?f=367& g=Singles) Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for Akon. Prometheus Global Media. [28] " Akon Album & Song Chart History" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ #/ artist/ Akon/ chart-history/ 491541?f=381& g=Singles) Billboard Pop Songs for Akon. Prometheus Global Media. [29] " Akon Album & Song Chart History" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ #/ artist/ Akon/ chart-history/ 491541?f=363& g=Singles) Billboard Latin Songs for Akon. Prometheus Global Media. [30] http:/ / www. mtv. de/ charts/ Single_Jahrescharts_2007 [31] "The Billboard Hot 100 Singles & Tracks - Decade Year End Charts" (http:/ / www. billboard. biz/ bbbiz/ charts/ decadeendcharts/ 2009/ hot100-songs). Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. . Retrieved April 18, 2011. [32] http:/ / www. aria. com. au/ pages/ httpwww. aria. com. aupagesARIACharts-Accreditations-2007Singles. htm [33] http:/ / www. ultratop. be/ fr/ certifications. asp?year=2007 [34] http:/ / cria. staging. moveable. ca/ GPSearchResult. aspx?st=& ica=False& sa=akon& sl=& smt=0& sat=-1& ssb=Artist [35] http:/ / www. nztop40. com/ Chart #1556 Monday 19 March 2007 [36] http:/ / www. sverigetopplistan. se/ Vecka6, 8 Februari 2007 [37] RIAA Gold & Platinum Searchable Database - "Smack That" (http:/ / riaa. com/ goldandplatinumdata. php?resultpage=1& table=SEARCH_RESULTS& action=& title=Smack_That& artist=& format=& startMonth=1& endMonth=1& startYear=1958& endYear=2011& sort=Artist& perPage=25). RIAA.com. Retrieved February 21, 2011.

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External links
Smack That music video (Quicktime) (http://video.umrg.com/akon/smackthat/) Official Akon website (http://www.akononline.com/) Akon (http://www.myspace.com/akon) on Myspace Akon (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1868102/) at the Internet Movie Database

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"Touchdown"
"Touchdown"
Song by T.I. featuring Eminem Released Format Recorded Genre Length Label Writer Producer November 23, 2007 Airplay 2007 Hip hop 4:42 Grand Hustle, Atlantic Clifford Harris Eminem, Jeff Bass Chronology "Act I (T.I.P.)" "Big Shit Poppin' (Do It)" "Raw" "You Know What It Is (feat. Wyclef Jean)" "Da Dopemen" "Watch What You Say To Me (feat. Jay-Z)" "Hurt" (feat. Alfamega & Busta Rhymes) "Act II (T.I.)" "Help Is Coming" "My Swag (feat. Wyclef Jean)" "We Do This" "Show It To Me (feat. Nelly)" "Don't You Wanna Be High" "Touchdown (feat. Eminem)" "Act III (T.I. vs. T.I.P.) The Confrontation" "Tell 'Em I Said That" "Respect This Hustle" "My Type"

"Touchdown" is a song by American rapper T.I. featuring Eminem from T.I. vs. T.I.P.. The song was only released as an airplay single in 2007, and not as an official single. It received considerable airplay on Monday Night Football during the 2007 NFL season.

Music and lyrics

Produced by Eminem and Jeff Bass, the song features the use of electronic keyboard giving a trumpet-like sound. As well, hi-hats and bass drums are the main rhythmic instruments used in the song. The song mainly deals with the success of the two artists and their alter egos T.I.P. and Slim Shady. Eminem raps imitating a Southern American accent, typical of T.I. and his home town Atlanta (Eminem is from Detroit). Also, in the third and last verse T.I. explains his gratitude toward hip hop and criticizes people that disagree with the lyrical content of the music genre:

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How could they be so ignorant? Look what hip hop done brung [sic] us It's allowed us to run a business, legitimated our moneys Got us out of the ghettos and relocated our mommies I made it all the way here ain't no way you taking it from me So excuse me Oprah honey, I'm sorry, really I promise But niggas, bitches and hoes do exist, I'm just being honest.

Eminem later stated his verse in Touchdown was "horrible".[1]

Chart positions
Chart (2007) Peak Position [2] 9 96

US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard) US Pop 100 (Billboard) [2]

References
[1] Get Clean, Come Back: Eminems Return (http:/ / www. nytimes. com/ 2009/ 05/ 24/ arts/ music/ 24pare. html) New York Times [2] "Billboard chart search: T.I. & Eminem - "Touchdown"" (http:/ / api. billboard. com/ apisvc/ chart/ v1/ list?artist=t. i. & song=touchdown& sdate=1995-01-01& edate=2010-12-25& api_key=bvk4re5h37dzvx87h7rf5dqz) (XML). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. . Retrieved April 23, 2011.

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"Forever"
"Forever"

Singleby Drake featuring Kanye West, Lil Wayne and Eminem from the album Music Inspired by the Film More Than a Game and Relapse: Refill Released August 27, 2009 (Radio) September 15, 2009 (Single) Airplay, digital download

Format

Recorded August 2009 Genre Length Hip hop 5:58 (Album Version) 5:22 (Radio Edit) Zone 4, Interscope Shady, Aftermath

Label

Writer(s) Marshall Mathers, Aubrey Graham, Kanye West, Dwayne Carter, Matthew Samuels Producer Boi-1da Drake singles chronology

"Money to Blow" (2009)

"Forever" (2009)

"Fed Up" (2009)

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Kanye West singles chronology

"Run This Town" (2009)

"Forever" (2009)

"Power" (2010)

Lil Wayne singles chronology

"Down" "Forever" (2009) (2009)

"Maybach Music 2" (2009)

Eminem singles chronology

"Beautiful" "Forever" "Elevator" (2009) (2009) (2009) Music video "Forever" [1] on YouTube

"Forever" is a single by rapper Drake.[2] The song features verses by rappers Kanye West, Lil Wayne, and Eminem. The song is released as a single from the soundtrack to LeBron James's More Than a Game documentary. The song was also put on the re-release of Eminem's album Relapse called Relapse: Refill. Eminem performed his verse of the song at the American Music Awards of 2009. Drake performed the song with Lil Wayne, Eminem and Travis Barker at the 52nd Grammy Awards.

Background
The track was produced by Boi-1da and originally used by Kardinal Offishall featuring Rock City in early 2008 as "Bring It Back". Kardinal did not use the song for his album and it was later re-sold to Drake which was released in late-2008 as "I Want This Forever" featuring Lil Wayne and Nut da Kidd. In an interview, Kardinal stated that his version was a leaked demo, and was supposed to appear on his album, Not 4 Sale, as well as a soundtrack. [3] The 2009 version of "Forever" features Kanye West, Lil Wayne, and Eminem. Rapper Jay-Z called it the best posse cut of the year.[4]

Music video
The music video was shot in Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami, Florida in early September 2009.[5] However, Eminem's part in the video was shot in Detroit due to scheduling conflicts and not being able to be in Miami.[6] The music video was shot and directed by Hype Williams. It premiered on September 22, 2009 on BET's musical program 106 & Park. LeBron James appears in the opening of the music video in the back seat of a Maybach playing online poker on PokerStars on his customized Beats by Dr. Dre's laptop.[7] Except for during dissolves, there is not a single frame in the video where more than one of the rappers is featured. Throughout the video, there are clips and pictures from the documentary about James, More Than a Game, and of him as a kid playing basketball. Also Slaughterhouse (Royce da 5'9", Joell Ortiz, Joe Budden, Crooked I), Kendrick Lamar, Tony Yayo, The Alchemist, Trick-Trick, Xzibit and D12 member Kon Artis make cameo appareances in Eminem's verse of the video behind him as he raps his verse. Birdman makes a cameo appearances in the video on Lil Wayne's verse, sitting next to him in the VIP section of the club.[8][9][10] The music video was produced alongside the video for "Money to Blow".[11]

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Chart performance
"Forever" entered the U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs at number fifty-eight on September 3, 2009,[12] peaking at #2. The song become the most downloaded song for the week ending September 15, 2009. On the week of September 24, the song debuted at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it Drake's highest debut on the chart as well as his third top-ten single. it also topped the rap songs chart making it Drake's second #1 on that chart. This was the tenth consecutive top 40 single for Eminem. The song has sold over one million downloads.[13] "Forever" failed to enter the Top 40 on the UK Singles Chart, but did manage to peak at #43 after strong downloads. The song then began to drop out of the UK Singles Chart, but on the 10th January 2010, "Forever" climbed 7 places from #49 to #42, marking its highest peak to date. 'Forever' has since became the biggest ever selling song that has missed the top 40 completely, with sales over 150,000. On 7 February 2010, "Forever" entered the Irish Singles Chart, reaching a current peak of #41.

Charts
Chart (2009-10) Peak position 99 26 41 68 42 14 [12][18] 8 24 [12] 2 1

Australian Singles Chart Canadian Hot 100 [15] [16] [17]

[14]

Irish Singles Chart

Swiss Singles Chart UK Singles Chart UK R&B Chart

U.S. Billboard Hot 100

[12] U.S. Billboard Pop Songs U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs U.S. Billboard Rap Songs [19]

End of year charts

Charts (2009) U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [20] Position 88

Chart (2010) U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [21]

Position 71

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References
[1] https:/ / www. youtube. com/ watch?v=bOEvBlNI-wc [2] Rodriguez, Jayson (2009-08-26). "Eminem, Lil Wayne, Kanye West, Drake Team Up For LeBron James Documentary Song" (http:/ / www. mtv. com/ news/ articles/ 1619549/ 20090826/ eminem. jhtml). MTV (MTV Networks). . Retrieved 2009-08-26. [3] http:/ / www. champmagazineonline. com/ feature/ kardinaloffishall. html Kardinal Offishall Exclusive Interview] Champ Magazine. Retrieved November 2, 2009. [4] Reid, Shaheem (2009-10-08). "Jay-Z, [[Rick Ross (rapper)|Rick Ross (http:/ / www. mtv. com/ news/ articles/ 1623400/ 20091008/ jay_z. jhtml)], Drake Celebrate Their Hottest MCs Rankings - News Story | Music, Celebrity, Artist News | MTV News"]. Mtv.com. . Retrieved 2010-05-30. [5] On-Set Pictures of Drake's 'Forever' Music Video (http:/ / www. zimbio. com/ Hip+ hop+ music/ articles/ bSd7LCHgfi0/ Set+ Pictures+ Drake+ Forever+ Music+ Video) [6] By Admin on November 22, 2009 5:11 PM (2009-11-04). "Syndicate" (http:/ / www. sohh. com/ syndicate/ ?p=2728). Sohh.com. . Retrieved 2010-05-30. [7] [[Eminem (http:/ / pokerati. com/ 2009/ 09/ 23/ lebron-james-playing-online-poker-in-video-with-drake-kanye-west-lil-wayne-)]/ Report of Lebron James playing on PokerStars in 'Forever' Music Video] [8] "Broadcast Yourself" (http:/ / www. youtube. com/ watch?v=IeH_jdUpfp0& feature=player_embedded). YouTube. . Retrieved 2010-05-30. [9] News: Kanye West, Drake, Lil Wayne & Eminem Shooting "Forever" Music Video (http:/ / www. sohh. com/ 2009/ 09/ kanye_west_drake_lil_wayn. html) [10] Eminem In Forever Music Video First Picture (http:/ / www. dashadyspot. com/ news/ 2009/ 09/ 11/ eminem-in-forever-music-video-first-picture/ ) [11] Exclusive: Drake, Lil Wayne, Kanye West & Eminem Shoot Forever Music Video (http:/ / allthings-fresh. net/ blog/ 2009/ 09/ 07/ exclusive-drake-lil-wayne-kanye-west-eminem-shoot-forever-music-video/ ) [12] Concepcion, Mariel (2009-09-03). "Three Tracks From Upcoming LeBron James Movie Hit Charts" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ news/ three-tracks-from-upcoming-lebron-james-1004009174. story#/ news/ three-tracks-from-upcoming-lebron-james-1004009174. story). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. . Retrieved 2009-09-03. [13] "Exclusive Addict" (http:/ / www. exclusiveaddict. blogspot. com/ ). Exclusiveaddict.blogspot.com. . Retrieved 2010-05-30. [14] "ARIA Top 100 Singles Week Commencing 4th January 2009" (http:/ / pandora. nla. gov. au/ pan/ 23790/ 20100105-0000/ Issue1036. pdf). Australian Recording Industry Association. Pandora Archive. January 4, 2009. . Retrieved 2010-01-06. [15] "Canadian Hot 100" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ charts/ canadian-hot-100#/ charts/ canadian-hot-100?begin=21& order=position). Billboard.com. . Retrieved 2010-05-30. [16] "IRMA - Irish Charts - Singles, Albums & Compilations >>" (http:/ / www. irma. ie/ aucharts. asp). Irma.ie. . Retrieved 2010-05-30. [17] Steffen Hung. "Schweizer Hitparade - Singles Top 75 30.05.2010" (http:/ / hitparade. ch/ weekchart. asp?cat=s). hitparade.ch. . Retrieved 2010-05-30. [18] http:/ / www. billboard. com/ #/ song/ drake-featuring-kanye-west-lil-wayne-eminem/ forever/ 14156981 [19] Billboard Rap Songs chart for week of November 14, 2009 (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ charts/ rap-songs#/ charts/ rap-songs?chartDate=2009-11-14). Billboard.com. Retrieved 2009-11-06. [20] "Year End Charts - Year-end songs - The Billboard Hot 100" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ charts-year-end/ hot-100-songs?year=2009#/ charts-year-end/ hot-100-songs?year=2009). Billboard. . Retrieved November 7, 2010. [21] http:/ / www. billboard. com/ #/ charts-year-end/ hot-100-songs?year=2010& begin=71& order=position

External links
"Forever (Explicit Version)" Official music video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDuRoPIOBjE) on YouTube

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"Drop the World"
Singleby Lil Wayne featuring Eminem from the album Rebirth Released Format Recorded Genre Length Label Writer(s) Producer December 22, 2009 [1]

CD single, digital download 2009 Hip hop, rap rock 3:49 Young Money, Cash Money, Universal Motown Dwayne Carter Jr., Marshall Mathers, Luis Resto, Jesse Woodward, Mike Strange Hit-Boy, Chase N. Cashe

Certification Platinum (RIAA) Lil Wayne singles chronology

"Revolver" (2009)

"Drop the World" (2009)

"I Made It (Cash Money Heroes)" (2010)

Eminem singles chronology

"Hell Breaks Loose" (2009)

"Drop the World" (2009)

"Not Afraid" (2010)

"Drop the World" is a single by American rapper Lil Wayne, which features American rapper Eminem. It is the third single off Lil Wayne's seventh studio album, Rebirth. The song was released on iTunes on December 28, 2009. Lil Wayne, Eminem, and Travis Barker of Blink-182 performed the song together along with Drake's song "Forever" at the 52nd Grammy Awards in 2010. On June 16, 2010, the single was certified platinum by the RIAA.[2]

Music video
The video for "Drop the World" was directed by Chris Robinson, and shooting for the video took place on January 31, 2010, which was the same day as the 52nd Grammy Awards, where Eminem and Lil Wayne performed together. The video features people moshing, rioting, skateboarding, and running through the streets of New York. The video premiered on March 5, 2010, on the MTV Hits television network.[3] The main concept of the video centers around Lil Wayne and Eminem being in the midst of a massive riot. Birdman and Lloyd Banks make cameo appearances in the video.

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Reception
Despite a generally negative reception for Rebirth,[4] "Drop the World" received reviews that were more positive. "Drop the World" was arguably the most anticipated song from the album due to its guest feature from Eminem.[5] In a review of the album, NME called the song the only highlight of Rebirth. The article discussed the meaning behind the song, noting that Lil Wayne simply avoids answering a question commonly asked by successful hip hop musicians: "How do you deal with 'real issues' when you've got enough money to buy your old neighborhood a hundred times over?" The magazine notes that, in the song, Lil Wayne avoids commenting on this question, and instead focuses his energy on "being so pissed off you have to get in a spaceship, pick the world up and drop it on some poor girl's 'fucking head.'" Ultimately, the article concludes the song only serves as a "what-could-have-been" demonstration for the album.[6] Writing for Fairfax New Zealand's Stuff.co.nz website, Chris Schulz was less than impressed with "Drop the World", claiming that even with the help of "star guest" Eminem, the song was unexceptional.[7]

Remixes
Rapper Game and Kanary Diamonds made a remix that appeared on Game's mixtape "The Red Room".[8] Rapper Royce Da 5'9" did a remix of the song called "Pick Ma Balls Up".[9]

Chart positions
Chart (2010) Peak position [10] 56 24 43 51 19 [11] 18

Australian ARIA Singles Chart Canadian Hot 100 [11] [11]

Irish Singles Chart UK Singles Chart UK R&B Chart

[11]

[12]

US Billboard Hot 100

References
[1] Kreps, Daniel. " Lil Wayne Finds His Rock Edge on Rebirth Track Da Da Da (http:/ / www. rollingstone. com/ rockdaily/ index. php/ 2009/ 12/ 07/ lil-wayne-finds-his-rock-edge-on-rebirth-track-da-da-da/ )" Rock & Roll Daily. December 7, 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-13. [2] "Gold & Platinum: Searchable Database" (http:/ / riaa. com/ goldandplatinumdata. php?resultpage=1& table=SEARCH_RESULTS& title=Drop the World& perPage=25). Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2010-07-16. [3] "Video: Lil Wayne f/ Eminem 'Drop the World'" (http:/ / www. rap-up. com/ 2010/ 03/ 05/ video-lil-wayne-f-eminem-drop-the-world/ ). Rap Up. . Retrieved 2010-03-05. [4] "Rebirth" (http:/ / www. metacritic. com/ music/ artists/ lilwayne/ rebirth?q=rebirth). Metacritic. . Retrieved 2010-03-21. [5] Nunez, Jessica (2010-02-09). "Lil Wayne goes to jail, but leaves fans with new album, Eminem collaboration" (http:/ / www. mlive. com/ entertainment/ detroit/ index. ssf/ 2010/ 02/ lil_wayne_goes_to_jail_today_b. html). MLive. Booth Newspapers. . Retrieved 2010-03-21. [6] "Album review: Lil Wayne - Rebirth (Island)" (http:/ / www. nme. com/ reviews/ lil-wayne/ 11017). NME. 2010-01-22. . Retrieved 2010-03-21. [7] Schulz, Chris (2010-02-11). "CD review: Rebirth - Lil Wayne" (http:/ / www. stuff. co. nz/ entertainment/ music/ album-reviews/ 3316286/ CD-review-Rebirth-Lil-Wayne). Stuff.co.nz. Fairfax New Zealand. . Retrieved 2010-03-21. [8] Xxlmag.com (http:/ / www. xxlmag. com/ online/ ?p=77616) [9] Killerhiphop.com (http:/ / www. killerhiphop. com/ royce-da-5-9-pick-ma-balls-up-lyrics/ ) [10] http:/ / pandora. nla. gov. au/ pan/ 23790/ 20100511-1124/ Issue1053. pdf [11] "Lil Wayne and Eminem - Drop The World - Music Charts" (http:/ / acharts. us/ song/ 52857). acharts.us. Retrieved 2010-04-17.

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External links
Lil Wayne ft. Eminem Drop The World Music Video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErCAOMi5EGM)

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"Love the Way You Lie (Part II)"
Song by Rihanna featuring Eminem from the album Loud Recorded 2010 Westlake Recording Studios, (Los Angeles, California); Effigy Studios, (Ferndale, Michigan) Genre Length Hip hop, R&B 4:56 (Album version) 4:15 (Piano version) Def Jam Recordings Alexander Grant, Holly Hafermann, Marshall Mathers

Label Writer

Producer Alex da Kid Loud track listing

"Skin" (10)

"Love the Way You Lie (Part II)" (11)

"Love the Way You Lie (Part II)" is a song by Barbadian recording artist Rihanna from her fifth studio album, Loud. It features guest vocals from American rapper Eminem. The song was written by Eminem, Skylar Grey and Alex da Kid, the latter of whom produced the song. It serves as the sequel to the 2010 worldwide hit single, "Love the Way You Lie", which appears on Eminem's seventh studio album Recovery. It received positive reviews from critics. It was performed for the first time at the American Music Awards of 2010 on November21,2010, as part of a medley with "What's My Name?" and "Only Girl (In the World)".

Background
Following the release and commercial success of "Love the Way You Lie" in 2010, Eminem wanted to record an alternate version, this time with Rihanna serving as the lead vocalist, viewing aspects of a relationship from a female perspective, unlike the original, which featured Eminem as lead vocalist and was from a male perspective.[1] In an interview with MTV.com, Rihanna initially stated she was "very against" recording a sequel, "When I first heard the idea about doing a part two, I was just completely against it. I just felt like you couldn't beat the 'original'. There's no way you can outdo that, so why compete with it?". She continued to discuss how when she first heard the original "broken down" demo version of the song in the studio with Eminem, sung by American singer-songwriter Skylar Grey, all of her reservations about recording it went away, saying "We heard a broken-down version that was stripped down, just piano...I fell in love with it. We recorded it, then we did another version to the stripped-down version with drums, then we did another version with drums and Eminem".[2] Both versions of the song, "Love the Way You Lie" and "Love the Way You Lie (Part II)", were originally based on a demo recording written and recorded in fall 2009 by Grey.[3] With regard to giving "Love the Way You Lie (Part II)" to Rihanna, Grey commented in an interview with PopEater "I wrote the demo initially for myself because I thought, Oh, I have this big song, and now I have a little bit of a launching pad to put out my own stuff." Grey continued to discuss how the song was ultimately included on Loud, saying "As soon as Rihanna and her team heard my demo, they were like, Oh we want it for Rihannas album, so I had to make the decision if I was going to let

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Composition
The piano and drums version, which features Eminem, appears as the final song on the standard edition of Loud, whilst the piano version, which excludes Eminem's part in the song, appears as a bonus track on the iTunes edition of Loud.[5] "Love the Way You Lie (Part II)" is a mid-tempo song,[6] which incorporates the musical genres of hip hop and R&B. According to sheet music published at Musicnotes, the song is written in common time with a moderate tempo of 89 beats per minute and is written in the key of G minor.[6] Rihanna's vocal range in the song spans from the low note of F3 to the high note of D5.[6] Emily Mackay of NME commented about the vocals provided by Rihanna and Eminem in the song, stating that "Theres great contrast in Part II of Love The Way You Lie. With the balance of vocals neatly flipped and extra cavernous beats ramping up the drama, it wallows ever-deeper in the tortured relationship sketched out in Part I. Eminem at points is practically screaming with rage, and sounding, frankly, mental. The contrast with Rihannas smoothly pitched pain (Maybe Im a masochist/Try to run but I dont wanna never leave) is delicious."[7]

Critical reception
Jon Pareles of The New York Times said that Loud works the pop gizmos as neatly as any album this year, maintaining the Rihanna brand. But the album has a hermetic, cool calculation until it gets to 'Love the Way You Lie (Part II),' her take on the tortured hit she shared with Eminem. 'Its sick that all these battles are what keeps me satisfied,' she sings. A lone piano humanizes her first vocals, and she rides the ascending power ballad to a pained resolve; then Eminem delivers new verses in a spiraling rage. Its purely theatrical, but its also, for a moment, raw.[8] Chris Richards of The Washington Post said that "With 'Love the Way You Lie (Part II),' the maniac-mouthed rapper is limited to just one verse, giving Rihanna the space to take ownership of the proceedings. Will the real Rihanna please stand up? She does -- and she sounds as remote as ever."[9] James Skinner of BBC Online viewed 'Love the Way You Lie (Part II)' as being even better than the original. He said, "Eminems verse exuding the kind of volatile, simmering menace that got everyone so excited about him in the first place. But it is Rihannas vocal at once commanding, soulful and vulnerable that anchors the song, and Loud itself, elevating it from a hit-and-miss collection into something oddly arresting."[10] Steve Jones of USA Today gave a mixed review of the collaboration, commenting, "Eminem puts in a cameo on 'Love the Way You Lie (Part II)', which extends, but doesn't really add, to their earlier hit about a tortured relationship from his Recovery album."[11] Chicago Sun-Times writer Thomas Conner gave a negative review of the song, stating, "She collaborated with Eminem this summer on the controversial '"Love the Way You Lie"', a song and hotly debated video conflating wild passion with crazed assault. She returns to this on "Loud" with "Love the Way You Lie (Part II)", an extension of the melody and the arson metaphor, in which Eminem reappears with more histrionic rapping about hating her, loving her, hitting her and hugging her. It's an unnecessary sequel that further muddies the issue: Is this a social statement, or merely an artistic expression about some truly troubled and confused people."[12]

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Live performances
Rihanna performed a shortened version of the song as part of a medley with "What's My Name?" and "Only Girl (In the World)" at the American Music Awards of 2010 on November 21, 2010.[13] Rihanna opened the performance singing an acappella version of "Love The Way You Lie (Part II)". She was sitting on a stylized tree hovering above a field of sable-colored blades of grass. Once she had finished the first frame of the song, she plummeted from the tree to the ground. She reemerged from the fog revealing a changed costume now consisting of a black-and-white bra top and shorts singing "What's My Name?".[13] The performance featured an accompaniment of background dancers. Rihanna then ended the performance after transitioning into "Only Girl", which featured drummers and a background of fire for the finale.[13][14]

Rihanna performing "Love the Way You Lie Pt. II on the Loud Tour (2011) in Birmingham, England

Rihanna and Eminem performed the song together for the first time at the 53rd Grammy Awards on February13,2011 as part of a medley with "I Need a Doctor" performed by Eminem, Dr. Dre, Skylar Grey and Adam Levine from Maroon 5, who provided background vocals. The performance started with Rihanna singing on a B-stage in the middle of the audience, accompanied by Adam Levine on the keys. Eminem then appeared on the main stage to perform his part of the song, whilst Rihanna made her way from the B-stage to join him. The song then transitioned into "I Need a Doctor", where Dr. Dre emerged to join up with Skylar Grey for her debut performance.[15] The song is also included in the encore section of Rihanna's Loud Tour, along with "Umbrella".[16]

Credits and personnel

Songwriting Alexander Grant, Holly Hafermann, Marshall Mathers Production Alex da Kid Recording Alex da Kid Vocal production Kuk Harrell Vocal recording Kuk Harrell, Josh Gudwin, Marcos Tovar Assistant vocal recording Bobby Campbell Vocal recording (Eminem) - Mike Strange Mixing Manny Marroquin Assistant Mixing - Erik Madrid and Christian Plata

Personnel adapted from the liner notes of Loud.[17]

Charts
The piano version of "Love the Way You Lie (Part II)" was not made available to purchase individually, and could only be bought along with the iTunes edition of the album. However, the version which features Eminem was available to buy individually.[18] It debuted on Canadian Hot 100 for the week of December4,2010, at number nineteen[19] and stayed on the chart for eight weeks.[20] In South Korea, it peaked at number four on the International Chart.[21] The song also debuted and peaked at number 160 on the UK Singles Chart due to strong digital sales upon the release of Loud.[22]

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Chart (2010)

Peak position [19] [21] [22] 19 4 160

Canada (Canadian Hot 100)

South Korea Gaon International Chart

UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)

References
[1] Muhammad, Latifah (2010-10-19). "Rihanna and Eminem to make a Love the Way You Lie sequel" (http:/ / www. theboombox. com/ 2010/ 10/ 19/ rihanna-eminem-love-the-way-you-lie-sequel). The Boombox. AOL Inc.. . Retrieved 2011-06-21. [2] "Rihanna worried about Eminem duet sequel" (http:/ / www. torontosun. com/ entertainment/ music/ 2010/ 10/ 30/ 15890306-wenn-photo. html). Toronto Sun (Mention). 2010-10-30. . Retrieved 2011-06-21. [3] Dombrowski, Chris (5 February 2011). "Going to Grammys" (http:/ / theworldlink. com/ news/ local/ article_4f9bdb96-30fe-11e0-9f4b-001cc4c002e0. html). The World. . Retrieved 17 July 2011. [4] Baltin, Steve. "New music: Skylar Grey Love the Way You Lie (Demo)" (http:/ / www. popeater. com/ 2011/ 02/ 01/ skylar-grey-love-the-way-you-lie-demo/ ). PopEater. AOL Television. . Retrieved February 1 2011. [5] Vena, Jocelyn (2010-10-29). "Rihanna Initially Against 'Love The Way You Lie (Part II)' With Eminem" (http:/ / www. mtv. com/ news/ articles/ 1651117/ 20101029/ eminem. jhtml). MTV Networks. . Retrieved 2011-01-29. [6] "Rihanna, 'Love The Way You Lie Part II' Composition Sheet Music". Musicnotes.com. Sony/ATV Music Publishing. [7] "Album Review: Rihanna - Loud" (http:/ / www. nme. com/ reviews/ rihanna/ 11718). NME (IPC Media). 2010-11-12. . Retrieved 2011-06-21. [8] Pareles, John (2010-11-15). "Critics Choice - New CDs" (http:/ / www. nytimes. com/ 2010/ 11/ 16/ arts/ music/ 16choice. html). The New York Times (Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr.). . Retrieved 2011-06-21. [9] Richards, Chris (2010-11-16). "Rihanna's new albums: 'Loud,' yes, but what's clear?" (http:/ / www. washingtonpost. com/ wp-dyn/ content/ article/ 2010/ 11/ 15/ AR2010111506697. html). The Washington Post (Katharine Weymouth). . Retrieved 2011-06-21. [10] Skinner, James (2010-11-15). "Music Review of Rihanna Loud" (http:/ / www. bbc. co. uk/ music/ reviews/ x5fd). BBC. . Retrieved 2011-01-29. [11] Jones, Steve (2010-11-16). "Listen Up: Rihanna is living out 'Loud' on new album" (http:/ / www. usatoday. com/ life/ music/ reviews/ 2010-11-16-listen16_ST_N. htm). USA Today (Gannett Company). . Retrieved 2010-11-18. [12] Conner, Thomas (2010-11-12). "'Loud' a well-deserved party for Rihanna" (http:/ / www. suntimes. com/ entertainment/ 2896510,conner-rhianna-loud-review-111610. article). Chicago Sun-Times (John Barron). . Retrieved 2010-11-12. [13] Ziegbe, Mawuse (2010-11-21). "Rihanna Opens American Music Awards With Island Flavor" (http:/ / www. mtv. com/ news/ articles/ 1652754/ 20101121/ rihanna. jhtml). MTV. Viacom. . Retrieved 2010-11-21. [14] "Rihanna debuts yet another wild new style at the American Music Awards" (http:/ / www. dailymail. co. uk/ tvshowbiz/ article-1331913/ American-Music-Awards-2010-Rihanna-debuts-wild-new-style. html). Mail Online (Associated Newspapers Ltd). 2010-11-22. . Retrieved 2011-06-16. [15] "Eminem performs at Grammys with Rihanna, Dr. Dre, and Skylar Grey" (http:/ / www. rap-up. com/ 2011/ 02/ 13/ video-eminem-performs-at-grammys-with-rihanna-dr-dre-and-skylar-grey/ ). Rap-Up. Devin Lazerine. 2011-02-13. . Retrieved 2011-06-21. [16] Serpick, Evan (2011-06-05). "Bikinis, Handcuffs and a Prince Cover: Rihanna Kicks Off Over-the-Top Summer Tour" (http:/ / www. rollingstone. com/ music/ news/ rihanna-performs-high-energy-hit-filled-tour-kickoff-20110605). Rolling Stone. Wenner Media. . Retrieved 2011-06-05. [17] (2010) Release notes for Loud by Rihanna (liner notes). Def Jam Recordings. [18] "Loud US iTunes" (http:/ / itunes. apple. com/ us/ album/ loud/ id402920935). iTunes Store US. (Apple Inc). 2010-11-16. . [19] "Canadian Hot 100: Week of December 04, 2010 (Biggest Jump)" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ #/ charts/ canadian-hot-100?chartDate=2010-12-04& order=gainer). Billboard. (Prometheus Global Media). 2010-12-04. . Retrieved 2011-09-03. [20] "Love the Way You Lie, Pt. 2" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ #/ song/ rihanna-featuring-eminem/ love-the-way-you-lie-part-ii/ 23091974). Billboard. (Prometheus Global Media). 2011-05-19. . Retrieved 2011-09-03. [21] "South Korea Gaon International Chart (Week: 2010.11.28 - 2010.12.04)" (http:/ / gaonchart. co. kr/ main/ section/ online/ download/ list. gaon?nationGbn=E). Gaon Chart. . Retrieved 2012-01-24. [22] "Chart Log UK: Chart entries update" (http:/ / www. zobbel. de/ ). The Official Charts Company. 2010-11-27. . Retrieved 2011-10-15.

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"Roman's Revenge"
Promotional single by Nicki Minaj featuring Eminem from the album Pink Friday Released Format Recorded Genre Length Label Writer Producer October 30, 2010 Digital download 2010 Hardcore hip hop 4:37 Young Money, Cash Money, Universal Motown Kaseem Dean, Marshall Mathers, T. Smith, Onika Maraj Swizz Beatz Pink Friday track listing

"I'm the Best" (1)

"Roman's Revenge" (2)

"Did It On'em" (3)

"Roman's Revenge" is a song performed by Trinidadian rapper Nicki Minaj from her debut studio album Pink Friday. It was written by Minaj and rapper Eminem, who is also featured in the song, and was produced by Swizz Beatz. It was released exclusively on October 30, 2010 through the US iTunes store, as a promotional release preceding the album's release. The song initiated a feud between Lil' Kim and Minaj, where many people felt the song was directed at Lil' Kim and regarded around her feelings towards Minaj's rise to fame. The song references Minaj's alter-ego, Roman Zolanski, and Eminem's alter-ego, Slim Shady. The song garnered very positive reviews from critics, most of which praised the song as a stand-out track on the album. However, the Eminem's parts in the song also gained negative reception and attention due to Eminem's homophobic and anti-gay lyrics. Most even questioned Minaj's alter-ego, Roman Zolanski as an angry-gay-male and Minaj's large gay fan-base. An official remix featuring Minaj's mentor, Lil Wayne, was released to the US iTunes store on January 19, 2011 and was sent to US Urban contemporary and Urban adult contemporary radio stations on February 8, 2011.

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Background
The song features both Nicki Minaj and Eminem rapping as their alter-egos. Minaj raps as Roman Zolanski whilst Eminem raps as his well-known alter-ego Slim Shady.[1] The song also marks the debut of Minaj's additional alter-ego, Martha Zolanski, who can be heard in the end of the song screaming in a British accent as Roman's mother.[2] Minaj told MTV News that she was thinking of collaborating with Eminem for a while and in the end simply asked him. She said, We went out on a whim and put it in the air like, It'd be great if he would collaborate with us. I remember I kept talking about it, and I thought, It can't hurt. I sent him one record, and he didn't love it. He didn't say, I don't love it; he just said, Can you send me something that's a little more me? I sent him an e-mail and thanked him for that, just having enough respect. Sometimes people don't respond. He had the respect, at least, to treat me like a peer.[3]

Minaj performed the song live during VH1's Diva's Support the Troops for the men and women of the military. The song was accompanied by other singles from the rapper's debut album and "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" with Katy Perry.[4] After winning the MTV Video Music Award for Best Hip-Hop Video at at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards, she said that "The new album is going to have a lot of Roman on it...And if you're not familiar with Roman, then you will be familiar with him very soon. Hes the boy that lives inside of me. He's a lunatic and he's gay and he'll be on there a lot."[5]

Eminem channels his alter-ego Slim-Shady since first created during his 1999 effort The Slim Shady LP.

Composition
The song features both rappers exchanging bars over a "spastic beat" produced by Swizz Beatz.[1] The songs begins with a series of digital effects and ominous strings, that Matthew Wilkening of AOL Radio compared to "some old video game".[3][6] After the introduction of digital effects, the song quickly starts with "a hiccuping series of computerized samples pushed forward by sporadic, tinny electronic drums" and only rests during "occasional baths of warm keyboards brightening."[6] The beat of the song lays an intense dark energy with weighty knock of the drums and bass line.[3] The "clattering" instrumental creates an angry tone for the most aggressive run of tracks.[7] Swizz production for the track is mainly surrounded by pulsating strings that allows for both rappers to exchange verse's in violent ways, and adds to the drama of the song.[8] Lyrically, the song has been described as "unrelenting",[6] "bonkers",[3] "angry"[9] and "outrageous".[10] Minaj's lyrics have been described as intense and incisive.[10] However, Eminem's lyrics have been described as being similar to his earlier work and contains misogyny and homophobia.[11] Many critics question Minaj's alter-ego, Roman Zolanski, as being an "angry gay male" because it was expected that the rappers would go toe-to-toe in-between verses.[12] The song makes references to Disney's Princess Jasmine and Aladdin, iPods, and New York Giant Eli Manning as well as the song "Scenario" by A Tribe Called Quest. The latter is referenced through the line "Rawr, rawr like a dungeon dragon" which is taken from Busta Rhymes' verse in "Scenario."[11]

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Reception
Critics
The song garnered very positive reviews from critics, most of which praised the hectic beat and violent tone of voice exchanged between both rappers. David Jeffries of AllMusic called the song the key track of the album, referring to Minaj as a savage as she "roars like a tiger" while standing up to Eminem.[13] Brad Wete of Entertainment Weekly called the song "merciless", as Nicki/Roman tears into the song with lyrics firing at whoever they are meant to be fired at.[14] Alexis Petridis of The Guardian praised the songs eerie and vulgar tone, referring to Minaj's tone of voice as "thrilling, quivering & edge-of-panic."[15] Margaret Wappler of Los Angeles Times complemented Minaj's "huffing and puffing" at Eminem's alter-ego, while both characters exchange violent lyrics.[16] Praising the song the main track of the album, Scott Plagenhoef of Pitchfork Media complimented the song as aggressive and pointed out Eminem's use of "recycling his Shady-circa-99 persona."[7] Jesse Cataldo of Slant dissected the track while attempting to understand Roman Zolanski as a "less carefully identified sliver of herself than the embodiment of what makes her appealing." Cataldo additionally added that the song gets "violently up in your face."[17] While many critics praised the song, they dismissed and negatively reviewed the anti-gay slurs rapped by guest-feature Eminem. Idolator positively reviewed the song as an "experiment," while praising the verse's of Minaj while dismissing Eminem's "typical misogyny and homophobia."[11] Marc Hogan of Spin praised the song for noting Minaj's capabilities to "compete with the big boys" in rap. He noted that Eminem and Minaj trade verses over "pulsating Swizz Beatz strings". Although Eminem makes a "killer blow" with an anti-gay slur on gay-friendly Minaj's track", Minaj retaliates with "outlandish British accent."[8] Zach Baron and Rich Juzwiak of The Village Voice both debated on the track, praising it as well as dismissing the anti-gay lyrics by Eminem.[12] Zach Baron praised Minaj for upstaging Eminem by stating that the guest-feature deserved to be shown up by Minaj as she additionally add's more character into the song with additional voice-changes.[12] Rich Juzwiak approached the song as the gay-male-alter-ego Roman Zolanski verses the anti-gay Slim Shady, and praised Minaj/Zolanski for "winning the battle."[12] Juzwiak later questioned Minaj's alter-ego Roman as an "angry gay-male," stating that Roman's character should have gone ahead with knocking Eminem for his past "anti-gay-epithet," and his 'piss-on-women misogyny."[12]

Lil' Kim diss

Many critics considered the song a "diss" towards Lil' Kim, who has been in disputes with Minaj since the beginning of her career.[3] Mariel Concepcion of Billboard dissected the song stating "Nicki Minaj's highly-talked about "Roman's Revenge" track hit the net over the weekend, and the Harajuku Barbie appears to be taking jabs at Lil' Kim."[18] Lil' Kim fired back at the song at a club-concert, stating "I will erase this bitchs social security number. First of all, I dont even need a record right now and Id kill that bitch with my old shit. My records aint just enter the charts, they made Lil Kim's Black Friday sparked an history. What the fuck is this bullshit, this shit come and go!"[19] Minaj later ongoing feud between the rappers. stated in an interview on The Wendy Williams Show that, "They know what I'm talking about. See that's the thing when you put out records; you know only the 'guilty ones' feel like you're talking about them. So you know, if you have nothing to worry about, if you haven't came out saying stuff, if you never came out saying your ungrateful bullshit then you wouldn't worry about it."[20] In response to "Roman's Revenge", Lil' Kim released "Black Friday" which debuted on DJ Absoluts Hot 97 show on Thanksgiving Day.[21] The song samples Pharoahe Monchs instrumental from Simon Says" and takes lyrical jabs at Minaj, stating "This aint a championship fight, I been the greatest/ See the fact is, what you doing, I did it/ Lames

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Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from Pink Friday liner notes.[22] Vocals: Nicki Minaj, Eminem (rap) Writing: O. Maraj, M. Mathers, K. Dean, T. Smith Recording: Ariel Chobaz Assisted by: Lyttleton "Cartwheel" Carter Mix engineer: Ariel Chobaz Assisted by: Lyttleton "Cartwheel" Carter Additional vocals: Safaree "SB" Samuels Producing: Swizz Beatz

Charts
Chart (2010) Peak position [23] [24] [25] 29 125 56 23 85

UK R&B Chart

UK Singles Chart

US Billboard Hot 100 US Hot Rap Songs

[25]

[25] US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Lil Wayne remix

"Roman's Revenge"
Singleby Nicki Minaj featuring Lil Wayne from the album Pink Friday Released Format January 19, 2011 (Digital Download) February 8,2011 (Urban Radio) Digital download

Recorded 2010 Genre Length Label Hardcore hip hop, dirty rap 3:33 Young Money, Cash Money, Universal Motown

Writer(s) Kaseem Dean, Dwayne Carter, T. Smith, Nicki Minaj Producer Swizz Beatz Nicki Minaj singles chronology

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"Moment 4 Life" (2010)

"Roman's Revenge" (2011)

"The Creep" (2011)

Lil Wayne singles chronology

"Welcome to My Hood" (2011)

"Roman's Revenge" (2011)

"Look at Me Now" (2011)

A remix to the original song of the same name was created by many rappers, most of which replaced original guest Eminem and kept Minaj's original verses. Rapper Busta Rhymes created a remix for the song, in which he takes credit for his sampled line "Rah, rah, like a dungeon dragon."[26] Rap-Up later confirmed that Lil Wayne had been in the studio with Minaj creating a remix of the song that would later be released as a single.[27] The remix was officially released to iTunes on January 19, 2011 and later sent to urban radio on February 8, 2011. Many critics complimented the song's remix, while others favored the original with Eminem.

Critical reception
The song garnered positive to mixed reviews by critics, most of which found it refreshing to find Wayne working with Minaj after his jail-sentencing, but were in favor of the original Eminem-track instead. During the songs release, Rap-Up described Wayne's verse "hungry."[28] Chris Ryan of MTV Buzzworthy gave the song a positive review calling the song thrilling to listen to, and appreciating Wayne's addition stating that his earlier prison sentencing did not affect Wayne's "lyrical acumen or his culinary tastes."[29] Ryan additionally appreciated the collaboration between both label-mates.[29] Jayson Rodriguez of MTV stated that after Wayne's jail-sentencing, he "made up" for his absence by assisting Minaj on a remix of one of her best cuts off Pink Friday.[30] Reviewing Wayne's lyrical content of the remix, Latifah Muhammad of The Boombox stated that Wayne delves "in between one explicit metaphor after another" as he quickly reclaims his position at the top of the "rap game."[31] While callings Wayne's addition to the song "wild-eyed," Karen Civil of Idolator favored the original song over the remix of the track.[32] Opposite of Civil, Tom Breihan of Pitchfork Media enjoyed Wayne's addition and complimented the remix as "a definite upgrade in every way."[33] Breihan continued to compliment Wayne as a perfect gentleman in comparison to the original with Eminem, and stated that Wayne "sounds unbelievably happy to be on a track again," as every other rapper should feel nervous with Wayne back.[33]

Release history and radio adds

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Country United States

Date

Format

Label Young Money, Cash Money, Universal Motown

[34] January 19, 2011 Digital download February 8, 2011 Urban contemporary radio[35]

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"That's All She Wrote"

"That's All She Wrote"
Singleby T.I. featuring Eminem from the album NoMercy Released Format Recorded Genre Length Label Writer(s) Producer January 11, 2011 MD 2010 Alternative hip hop, R&B 5:18 [2] [1]

Grand Hustle, Atlantic Clifford Harris, Marshall Mathers, Lukasz Gottwald Dr. Luke, Max Martin T.I. chronology [3]

"Get Back Up" (2010)

"That's All She Wrote" (2011)

"We Don't Get Down Like Y'all" (2011)

Eminem chronology

"No Love" (2010)

"That's All She Wrote" (2011)

"I Need a Doctor" (2011)

"That's All She Wrote" is a song by T.I. featuring Eminem from T.I.'s seventh studio album No Mercy, which was released on December 7, 2010. It was written by Eminem and T.I., and features two verses from each rapper. The track was produced by Dr. Luke and Max Martin. The last time T.I. and Eminem collaborated was on the song "Touchdown", which appeared on T.I.'s studio album T.I. vs. T.I.P. in 2007. It was released as the second single from the album on January 11, 2011.

Content
Eminem's vocals on the tracks have been called "vicious" and "exhilaratingly mean".[4] The first and second choruses, and the first, third, and fifth verses were delivered by T.I.; the third chorus and the second and fourth verse were delivered by Eminem; and the last chorus was delivered by both rappers. There is no official video for the song.

Reception
Critical
Generally, "That's All She Wrote" was well-reviewed by critics. Ken Capobianco of The Boston Globe claimed the song is one of the best tracks on No Mercy, saying it "strut[s] with the undeniable T.I. charm and bravado."[5] Nathan Rabin of The AV Club praised the song. He thought it was the only song on No Mercy in which T.I. doesn't sound

"That's All She Wrote" "rote and generic" and said the song "boasts a vicious, exhilaratingly mean guest turn from Eminem."[4]

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Commercial
"That's All She Wrote" charted on several Billboard charts.
Chart (2010) Peak position [6] [7] 46 158 18 [9] 1

Canada (Canadian Hot 100)

UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) US Billboard Hot 100 [8]

US Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles (Billboard)

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"I Need a Doctor"

"I Need a Doctor"
Singleby Dr. Dre featuring Eminem and Skylar Grey Released Format February 1, 2011 CD single, digital download

Recorded 2010 Genre Length Label Hip hop 4:43 Aftermath, Interscope

Writer(s) Andre Young, Marshall Mathers, Holly Hafermann, Alex Grant Producer Alex da Kid Dr. Dre singles chronology

"Kush" (2010)

"I Need a Doctor" (2011)

Eminem singles chronology

"That's All She Wrote" (2010)

"I Need a Doctor" (2011)

"Writer's Block" (2011)

Skylar Grey singles chronology

"Coming Home" (2010)

"I Need a Doctor" (2011)

"Words I Never Said" (2011)

"I Need a Doctor" is a single by American hip-hop artist Dr. Dre. The song features guest appearances from American rapper Eminem and singer Skylar Grey. The song is produced by British record producer Alex da Kid,[1] mixed by Dr. Dre, and was released for digital download through the American iTunes Store on February 1, 2011. Musically, "I Need a Doctor" is predominantly a rap song, backed by a "spacey," drum-heavy production, with extra piano keys featured in the introduction and the chorus. However, it also incorporates elements of other genres, particularly pop music with the Skylar Grey-sung chorus and the unusually serious subject matter, much different to the topics covered on Dr. Dre's previous music, especially on his previous two studio albums The Chronic (1992) and 2001 (1999). Lyrically, the song is largely about Dr. Dre and Eminem's close friendship, and how they have often needed and inspired each other in the past. Due to the song being leaked onto the Internet several months in advance to its release, it was a significant commercial success on its official release, particularly in the United States, where it peaked at number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Dr. Dre's second highest peaking song on the chart ever, and also peaking in the upper regions of many national charts. As of October 2011, it has sold over 2,206,000 digital copies in the United States

"I Need a Doctor" alone, making it Dr. Dre's first song to reach the landmark.[2]

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Background
The official version premiered through Dre's official website.[3] It was produced by English producer Alex da Kid, who is known for co-writing Eminem's hit single "Love the Way You Lie". Kid told MTV News about the experience of working with Dre. "That was amazing. He's one of my favorite producers of all time. Everybody knows how much of a perfectionist he is: He's been working on his album for 11 years. For him to bring me in, trust me, not micro-manage me, and let me bring what I do to the table, I can't even describe how that makes me feel." In an interview with WiLD 94.9, Skylar Grey revealed that the genesis of the song's recording was when Eminem invited her and Alex da Kid to Detroit to work on Detox with him and Dr. Dre. She said that they (she and Alex) came to the studio with the hook and "the track" prepared and they (Dr. Dre and Eminem) loved it. Eminem went into the backroom and two hours later came out and said that he was done writing his verses.[4] Skylar Grey also said that she was in tears when she heard Eminem's verses for the first time and that Alex da Kid initially proposed featuring Lady Gaga on the hook, but Eminem insisted on having Skylar's voice and said that they were not taking her voice off the track.[5] In the song Eminem raps two verses about his mentor, thanking Dre for believing in him in his early days and returning the favor, before Dre delivers the song's final verse.[6]

Music video
The video was shot with Allen Hughes, the director behind Menace II Society and The Book of Eli. The video premiered on February 24, 2011. The video begins with an introduction of his music career, such as when he and fellow N.W.A. member DJ Yella were in the 1980s funk group World Class Wreckin' Cru. There are also scenes of Dr. Dre and his family, such as him hugging his daughter and son and getting married. There are also snippets from past music videos. It includes many rappers such as 2Pac, Eazy-E, The D.O.C, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Xzibit and all the rest of the members from N.W.A. The video then features Dr. Dre driving down Pacific Coast Highway in a Ferrari 360, with flashbacks of his life, crashing his car and the last thing heard was his daughter say "Good night Daddy." Then he is transported to a medical facility. The date at the beginning of the video is February 18, 2001 (his 36th birthday). They fast-forward to present day ten years later, where he has been hospitalized and is on life support. The Marin County Civic Center stands in for the medical facility.[7] Eminem raps next to him as he is floating in an isolation tank, during which the figure of The Pythia (played by Canadian actress Estella Warren) is singing as a hologram behind and over Dre, mouthing the words to Skylar Grey's vocal part in the song. Skylar Grey herself appears as one of the doctors in the video, but never actually appears singing her part. Dre eventually wakes up and goes through rehab, and the video ends with him standing next to the grave [8] of Eazy-E, a rapper who had launched Dre's music career by founding N.W.A and was also a member along with Ice Cube, MC Ren and DJ Yella. A ticking clock is heard midway through the video.[9][10] The music video received complaints of being an "act of advertising" for a variety of product placements, such as Ferrari, G-Shock, HP, Gatorade, and Dr. Dre's signature headphones, Beats by Dr. Dre.[11][12][13][14]

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Live performances
Dr. Dre, Eminem and Skylar Grey performed the song at the 2011 Grammy Awards as part of a medley with "Love the Way You Lie (Part II)" performed by Rihanna, Adam Levine and Eminem.[15]

Critical reception
Nick Levine of Digital Spy gave the song a very positive review - rating the song five stars out of five; "Why is 'I Need A Doctor' such a brilliant single? Well, first of all there's the production from British knob-twiddling whizz Alex da Kid, which has a similar gravitas and bone-rattling bombast to his work on 'Love the Way You Lie' and 'Airplanes'. Then there's the haunting chorus, delivered by Diddy's 'Coming Home' bud Skylar Grey, which inhabits you from first listen. However, what elevates 'I Need A Doctor' from "very good" to "a little bit special" are the performances of Dre and Em. [...] That single manly tear dribbling down your cheek? Entirely, entirely justified."[16]

Chart performance
The track first appeared on the UK Singles Chart, at number 21 on February 6, 2011being Dr. Dre's sixth highest-charting single in the UK and his ninth Top 40 single. It has since peaked at #8 as of March 27, 2011. It debuted at number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 with sales of 226,000,[17] becoming his first top-ten single as lead artist on the chart in 16 years, since "Keep Their Heads Ringin" reached #10 in 1995, also that amount of sales were enough to earn a #1 in the chart Hot Digital Songs in February, 19. It is also his second highest peak on the chart ever as lead artist, behind only "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang" which peaked at #2 in 1993. It has since peaked at #4 after selling 283,000 in its third week on the charts, the resurgence in sales seemingly due to its performance at the 2011 Grammy Awards.[18]

Awards
On November 30, 2011, the song is nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration and Best Rap Song, the winner will be announced on February 12, 2012.[19]

Track listing
No. Title 1. "I Need a Doctor" (explicit version) 2. "I Need a Doctor" (clean version) Total length: Length 4:44 4:45 9:29

Charts

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Chart (2011)

Peak position 12

Australia (ARIA)

[20] [21]

Australia (ARIA Urban Singles) Austria (3 Austria Top 75) Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)

7 38 3

[22]

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Belgium (Ultratop 40 Wallonia) Canadian Hot 100 Czech Republic (IFPI) [25] [26]

47 8 38 30 29

Denmark (Tracklisten) France (SNEP) [27]

Germany (Media Control AG) Ireland (IRMA) [29]

[28]

25 11 [30] 55 23

Netherlands (Mega Single Top 100) New Zealand (RIANZ) [31] [32]

Romania (Romanian Top 100) Slovakia (IFPI) [33]

47 47

Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)

[34] [35] [36]

56 33 8 3 4

Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)

UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) UK R&B (The Official Charts Company) US Billboard Hot 100 [38] [39]

[37]

US Pop Songs (Billboard)

19 [40] 24 16

US Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles (Billboard) US Rap Songs (Billboard) [41]

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Year-end charts
Chart (2011) US Billboard Hot 100 [42] Position 51

Release history
Country Date Format Label

United Kingdom January 30, 2011 Digital download Aftermath, Interscope United States Germany [43] February 1, 2011 March 25, 2011 CD Interscope (Universal)

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External links
"I Need A Doctor (Explicit Version)" Official music video (https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=VA770wpLX-Q) on YouTube Eminem's watch in I need a doctor - www.marshallmathers.com (http://marshallmathers.com/index.php/know/ wardrobe-and-style/157-i-need-a-doctor-video-eminems-wardrobe)

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Other charted songs

"'Till I Collapse"
"'Till I Collapse"
Song by Eminem featuring Nate Dogg from the album The Eminem Show Released Genre Length Label Writer Producer 2002 Hardcore hip hop, rap rock, midwest hip hop 4:57 Shady, Aftermath, Interscope M. Mathers, N. Hale, Luis Resto Eminem The Eminem Show track listing

"Say What You Say" (17)

"'Till I Collapse" (18)

"My Dad's Gone Crazy" (19)

"'Till I Collapse" is a song by American rapper Eminem from his 2002 Grammy-nominated album The Eminem Show. It is the 18th track on the album, and features additional vocals from the late rapper Nate Dogg in the chorus. The song features also the "stoom-stoom-clap" beat made famous by the band Queen on their song "We Will Rock You" (1977). Although it has never been released as a single, it has recharted on a few occasions when other Eminem albums have been released.[1] For the soundtrack to the movie 8 Mile, 50 Cent recorded a freestyle of the song. In the second verse, Eminem makes references to several rappers who he sees as the best in the industry. The list, in descending order, is Redman, Jay-Z, Tupac Shakur, The Notorious B.I.G., Andr 3000, Jadakiss, Kurupt, Nas, and then himself.

Use in popular culture

Although "'Till I Collapse" was not released as a single, when the single "Shake That" (also featuring Nate Dogg) was released in 2006, several Eminem songs recharted that same week, including this one. It charted in the UK at number 192 on 15 April 2006.[1] In 2009, its popularity was revitalized when it was used in an advert for the then-upcoming game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. It raised digital download sales of the song worldwide considerably[2], but in Britain, the song sold so many copies after this advert was aired that it recharted that week (21 November 2009) at number 73, a new peak.[3] During the 2010-2011 NBA season, the song has been used during the Cleveland Cavaliers' team introductions. Shane Mosley used this song as an Entrance theme with his Bout with Floyd Mayweather as did Shane Carwin for his bout against Junior dos Santos. Major League Baseball pitcher Jesse Litsch used the song as his entrance music during the 2011 season.[4] The song has also been used in the credits of the Season 8 premiere of Entourage. In September 2011, "'Till I Collapse" saw another resurrection with its feature in the trailer for the film Real Steel.

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Chart positions
Chart (2006) Peak position [1] 192 Peak position [3] 73

UK Singles Chart Chart (2009)

UK Singles Chart

References
[1] "Chart Log UK: E-40 - E-Z Rollers" (http:/ / www. zobbel. de/ cluk/ CLUK_E. HTM). zobbel.de. Retrieved 3 January 2011. [2] Billboard database query (http:/ / api. billboard. com/ apisvc/ chart/ v1/ list?artist=Eminem& song=Till i collapse& sdate=1995-01-01& edate=2010-12-25& api_key=bvk4re5h37dzvx87h7rf5dqz). Billboard.com. 25 December 2010. [3] "Chart Stats - Eminem - "'Till I Collapse" (http:/ / www. chartstats. com/ release. php?release=34338). Chart Stats. Retrieved 3 January 2011. [4] "Blue Jays Walkup Music" (http:/ / jaysdome. com/ showthread. php?t=33). Walkup Music. Retrieved 29 September 2011.

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"Mosh"
"Mosh"
Single Digital single by Eminem from the album Encore Released October 26, 2004 Format Genre Length Label Writer Digital download Hip hop, hardcore hip hop, political hip hop 5:17 Shady, Aftermath, Interscope M. Mathers, A. Young, M. Elizondo, M. Batson, C. Pope

Producer Dr. Dre, Mark Batson Encore track listing 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. "Curtains Up" (Encore version) "Evil Deeds" "Never Enough" "Yellow Brick Road" "Like Toy Soldiers" "Mosh" "Puke" "My 1st Single" "Paul" (Skit) "Rain Man" "Big Weenie" "Em Calls Paul" (Skit) "Just Lose It" "Ass Like That" "Spend Some Time" "Mockingbird" "Crazy in Love" "One Shot 2 Shot" "Final Thought" (Skit) "Encore/Curtains Down" Bonus Tracks 1. 2. 3. "We As Americans" "Love You More" "Ricky Ticky Toc"

"Mosh" is a protest song by Eminem and Guerrilla News Network, released on October 26, 2004 as a digital single, just prior to the 2004 presidential election. The video for the song is available free on the Internet and encouraged voters to vote George W. Bush out of office. The song was excerpted from Eminem's album, Encore, not yet released at the time the video was made available to the public. G-Unit rapper Lloyd Banks also appears in the video. This song is ranked 58th on About.com's "100 Greatest Rap Songs" [1]

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Goals
According to the Internet Archive (a host for this video):

On the eve of one of the most spirited elections in recent times, its [sic] time to try and turn out the vote. With more than 55 million voters between the ages of 18 and 35, this demographic group accounts for 36% of the total eligible voters in the U.S. And as witnessed in 2000 it all comes down to who shows up to vote on election day.

The goal of increasing the percentage young voter turnout was not reached. While more young people showed up to vote in the 2004 election than in 2000, their percentage of the overall vote remained the same (17%) due to an increase in voters of all ages. Eminem later told an Irish paper that he wished he had released the video earlier because he felt that perhaps it would have inspired more young people to vote.

Music video
The music video for "Mosh" is entirely cartooned. It features a school in the beginning saying the Pledge of Allegiance, then to reveal Eminem performing in Iraq for U.S. troops where a large crowd is gathered, one of which, who is also Eminem, returns home later to his wife and children only to find he has been sent back to Iraq because of George W. Bush's strategy to send more troops to Iraq during his time in office. It also shows a young African American man who sees the Ku Klux Klan movements on his TV. He then joins an army of protesters, led by Eminem. By the end of the video, Eminem and the protesters are shouting at George Bush.

Post-election videoclip
A second version of the videoclip was released after the 2004 presidential election, where the crowd is not bursting in to register to vote but rather entering the United States Capitol during Bush's State of the Union Address. In this version, they then proceed to make their demands heard by the U.S. Supreme Court and Congress. It shows then-Vice-President Dick Cheney suffering a heart attack.

Pre-election videoclip
The original videoclip for "Mosh" depicts a crowd bursting into a voter registration site.

Free Video Download

The demand for this video within hours of its release in October 2004 was so huge that it was served from multiple locations by http, as well as ftp servers and bittorrent. According to archive.org:

...GNN.tv produced a get-out-the-vote Eminem video that they uploaded to the Archive. While we have a gigabit connection to the Internet, even that is being pounded by this movie. We are serving more around 2 videos each second at this point (that is about 500 Mbit/s between the US and the EU archives)." ... "...we are getting 10's of thousands of downloads just for that file...".

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Personnel
"Mosh" was produced, directed and edited by Ian Inaba of GNN TV Art direction by Anson Vogt of Phong.com Character animation by Haik Hoisington of blackmustache.com Motion graphics by Steve Ogden of steveo.tv Illustration and animation for the video by Craig Patches Eminem character animation by Kevin Elam After Effects by Mark Nicola Green screen production and camera by John Quigly Illustration design by Thomas Brohdal, with support from Nicholas Sanchez

"Mosh" was a Guerrilla News Network production.

Track listing
CD single
No. Title 1. "Mosh" Writer(s)
M. Mathers, A. Young, M. Elizondo, M. Batson, C. Pope

Producer(s) Dr. Dre, Mark Batson

Length 5:18

Chart positions
Though not an official single, the song received a moderate amount of airplay and digital success, enabling it to enter the music charts.
Chart (2004) Peak position 12

U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles

References
[1] (http:/ / rap. about. com/ od/ top10songs/ ss/ Top100RapSongs_5. htm), 100 Greatest Rap Songs.

MOSH VIDEO RE-EDITED (http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/mosh video re. edited), ContactMusic.com, November 30, 2004

External links
Eminem mosh mp3 (http://wikimp3.tk) (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4210319561759729677) Read reviews or download "Mosh" (http://www.archive.org/movies/details-db. php?collection=independent_news&collectionid=Mosh2) Read reviews or stream "Mosh," -- smaller file-size version from The Internet Archive (http://www.archive. org/movies/details-db.php?collection=independent_news&collectionid=Mosh) Read reviews or download the updated version of "Mosh" (http://www.archive.org/movies/details-db. php?collection=independent_news&collectionid=The_Mosh_Continues)

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"Jimmy Crack Corn"

"Jimmy Crack Corn"
Singleby Eminem and 50 Cent from the album Eminem Presents: The Re-Up Released Format Recorded Genre Length Label Writer(s) Producer March 6, 2007 digital download, CD single, 12" single 2006 Hip hop 3:54 Shady M. Mathers, L. Resto, C. Jackson Eminem, Luis Resto Eminem singles chronology

"You Don't Know" (2006)

"Jimmy Crack Corn" (2007)

"Crack a Bottle" (2009)

50 Cent singles chronology

"You Don't Know" (2006)

"Jimmy Crack Corn" (2007)

"Straight to the Bank" (2007)

"Jimmy Crack Corn" is the second and final single taken from the Shady Records compilation album Eminem Presents: The Re-Up. The song features vocals from Eminem and 50 Cent, and the single version features new vocals from Cashis.

Background
The song did not receive an official release or chart in the United Kingdom or United States. The song peaked at number one on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart in the United States] for two weeks, due to strong downloads from The Re-Up.[1] The song also managed to chart on the Pop 100 peaking at #77, staying on the chart for two non-consecutive weeks.[2] The song refers to Interscope chairman Jimmy Iovine, and it also mentions how he allegedly had sexual relations with Mariah Carey. The single version of the song features vocals from Cashis in place of 50 Cent's vocals, and also includes a new verse from Eminem.

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Track listing
Digital download[3]
No. Title 1. "Jimmy Crack Corn" (Feat. 50 Cent) 2. "Jimmy Crack Corn" (Cashis Vocal Mix) (Feat. Cashis) Writer(s)
M. Mathers, L. Resto, C. Jackson

Producer(s) Eminem, Luis Resto Eminem, Luis Resto

Length 3:54 3:34

M. Mathers, L. Resto, C. Jackson

12" vinyl[4]
No. Title 1. "Jimmy Crack Corn" (Cashis Vocal Mix) (Clean) 2. "Jimmy Crack Corn" (Cashis Vocal Mix) (Explicit) 3. "Jimmy Crack Corn" (Cashis Vocal Mix) (Instrumental) 4. "Jimmy Crack Corn" (Cashis Vocal Mix) (Acapella) Writer(s)
M. Mathers, L. Resto, C. Jackson

Producer(s) Eminem, Luis Resto Eminem, Luis Resto Eminem, Luis Resto Eminem, Luis Resto

Length

M. Mathers, L. Resto, C. Jackson

3:34 3:34 3:34

M. Mathers, L. Resto, C. Jackson

M. Mathers, L. Resto, C. Jackson

European CD single[5]
No. Title 1. "Jimmy Crack Corn" (Feat. 50 Cent) (Edited) 2. "Jimmy Crack Corn" (Feat. 50 Cent) (Explicit) Writer(s)
M. Mathers, L. Resto, C. Jackson

Producer(s) Eminem, Luis Resto Eminem, Luis Resto

Length 3:46 3:54

M. Mathers, L. Resto, C. Jackson

Charts
Chart (2007) Peak position [1] 1 77

US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard) US Pop 100 (Billboard) [2]

References
[1] "Billboard chart search: Eminem & 50 Cent - "Jimmy Crack Corn"" (http:/ / api. billboard. com/ apisvc/ chart/ v1/ list?artist=eminem& song=jimmy_crack_corn& sdate=1995-01-01& edate=2010-12-25& api_key=bvk4re5h37dzvx87h7rf5dqz) (XML). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. . Retrieved April 23, 2011. [2] "Eminem > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles" (http:/ / allmusic. com/ artist/ eminem-p347307/ charts-awards/ billboard-singles/ ). Allmusic. Macrovision. . Retrieved 3 August, 2011. [3] http:/ / itunes. apple. com/ us/ album/ jimmy-crack-corn-cashis-vocal/ id217031775 [4] http:/ / www. hhv. de/ item_94919. html [5] http:/ / www. discogs. com/ viewimages?release=1673476

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Up in Smoke Tour
Up in Smoke Tour
American tour by Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, Eminem and others. Associated album 2001 The Marshall Mathers LP Tha Last Meal War & Peace, Vol. 2 15 June 2000 20 August. 2000 44

Start date End date Shows

The Up in Smoke Tour was a West Coast hip hop tour in 2000 featuring artists Ice Cube, Eminem, Proof, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Nate Dogg, Kurupt, D12, MC Ren, Westside Connection, Mel-Man, Tha Eastsidaz, Doggy's Angels, Devin The Dude, Warren G, TQ, Truth Hurts and Xzibit.

Background
The tour was originally called The Boyz in the Hood under the pretext of Dr. Dre's to-be-released collaborative album The Chronic 2000 (later renamed).[1] In September 1999, Snoop Dogg stated that he, Dr. Dre, Eminem, Xzibit, Warren G and Nate Dogg would form the line-up.[2] By April 2000, Ice Cube was on board as part of the tour, which was slated for a June 15 start in San Diego. MC Ren, one time MC of N.W.A, was expected to join the tour in order to have reunited version of N.W.A along with Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, and Snoop Dogg.[3] Come May the tour was officially known as the Up In Smoke Tour,[4] and Dr. Dre was promising fans "It's gonna be incredible. We're gonna give everybody that's been buying our records a real show, something they've never seen before."[5] By June, the month which the tour began in, plans were finalized with Kurupt joining the tour. It was decided that he would start the opening set which would be followed by Warren G and Xzibit, then Ice Cube would take the third spot whilst Eminem would take the fourth set. Dr. Dre would be the final set with collaborations including Snoop Dogg and the N.W.A reunion taking place during this segment. Also, surprise guests were promised during various shows.[6] In October 2009, Aftermath Entertainment artist Bishop Lamont said to expect another Up In Smoke Tour when Dr. Dre's final studio album, Detox finally drops. Expected people to tour are: G-Unit, Eminem, Snoop Dogg and other Aftermath artists.

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Tour dates
The tour's itinerary included the following cities:[6]
Date June 15, 2000 June 16, 2000 June 18, 2000 June 19, 2000 June 21, 2000 June 24, 2000 June 26, 2000 June 30, 2000 July 1, 2000 July 2, 2000 July 3, 2000 July 4, 2000 July 6, 2000 July 7, 2000 July 8, 2000 July 9, 2000 July 10, 2000 July 13, 2000 July 14, 2000 July 15, 2000 July 16, 2000 July 18, 2000 July 19, 2000 July 20, 2000 July 21, 2000 July 22, 2000 Hartford Hartford Civic Center City Chula Vista Anaheim The Woodlands San Jose Sacramento Portland Nampa Indianapolis Columbus Cleveland Pittsburgh Toronto Detroit Auburn Hills Rosemont Milwaukee Minneapolis Rochester Albany East Rutherford Scranton Philadelphia Uniondale Worcester Canada United States Country United States Venue Coors Amphitheatre Arrowhead Pond Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion San Jose Arena ARCO Arena Rose Garden Idaho Center Conseco Fieldhouse Schottenstein Center Gund Arena Mellon Arena Molson Amphitheatre Joe Louis Arena The Palace of Auburn Hills Allstate Arena Bradley Center Target Center Blue Cross Arena Pepsi Arena Continental Airlines Arena Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain First Union Spectrum Nassau Coliseum The Centrum

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July 25, 2000 July 27, 2000 July 29, 2000 August 1, 2000 August 2, 2000 August 4, 2000 August 5, 2000 August 6, 2000 August 7, 2000 August 8, 2000 August 10, 2000 August 11, 2000 August 12, 2000 August 13, 2000 August 15, 2000 August 16, 2000 August 18, 2000 Buffalo Baltimore Charlotte Sunrise Tampa Atlanta New Orleans Houston Dallas San Antonio Phoenix Paradise Fresno San Jose Tacoma Vancouver West Valley City Canada United States HSBC Arena Baltimore Arena Charlotte Coliseum National Car Rental Center Ice Palace Lakewood Amphitheatre New Orleans Arena Astrodome Starplex Amphitheatre Alamodome America West Arena Thomas & Mack Center Selland Arena San Jose Arena Tacoma Dome General Motors Place E Center Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre

August 20, 2000 Greenwood Village

DVD release
The Up in Smoke Tour
Video by Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem and Ice Cube Released December 2, 2000

Recorded July 20, 2000 at The Centrum, Worcester, Massachusetts Genre Label Director West Coast hip hop, gangsta rap Eagle Vision Philip G. Atwell

Producer J. Kevin Swain Professional reviews Allmusic link [7]

Ice Cube performance 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. "Hello" (featuring MC Ren) "You Can Do It" (featuring Ms. Toi) "The Gutter Stuff" "The Playa Ya Love to Hate" "AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted" "We Be Clubbin'"

Eminem/Proof performance

Up in Smoke Tour 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. "Kill You" "Dead Wrong" (The Notorious B.I.G. cover) "Under the Influence" (with D12) "Marshall Mathers" "Criminal" "The Real Slim Shady"

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Dr. Dre/Snoop Dogg performance "The Next Episode" (Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Dogg, Kurupt and Nate Dogg) 2. "Who Am I (What's My Name)?" (Snoop Dogg) 3. "Nuthin' but a "G" Thang" (Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Dogg) 4. "Bitch Please" (Snoop Dogg featuring Xzibit) 5. "What's the Difference" (Dr. Dre featuring Xzibit and Eminem) 6. "Forgot About Dre" (Dr. Dre featuring Eminem) 7. "Eazy-E, Big Pun, Biggie, Roger Troutman and 2Pac Tribute" (Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg) 8. "California Love" (Dr. Dre with samples of 2Pac) 9. "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted" (Snoop Dogg with samples of 2Pac) 10. "Fuck You" (Dr. Dre featuring Devin the Dude and Snoop Dogg) 11. "Let Me Ride Intro" (Truth Hurts) 12. "Let Me Ride" (Dr. Dre) 13. "Still D.R.E." (Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Dogg)

References
[1] Dr. Dre Almost Finished With "The Chronic 2000", Wants Snoop For First Single (http:/ / www. mtv. com/ news/ articles/ 1428281/ 19981214/ dr_dre. jhtml). MTV (14 December 1998). Accessed 24 January 2008 [2] David Basham (15 September 1999). Snoop Dogg Looks Forward To Chronic 2000 Tour With Dre, Eminem, Xzibit (http:/ / www. mtv. com/ news/ articles/ 1428266/ 19990915/ dr_dre. jhtml). MTV. Accessed 24 January 2008 [3] Dre, Eminem, Snoop, Cube Line Up Tour (http:/ / www. mtv. com/ news/ articles/ 1428252/ 20000421/ dr_dre. jhtml). MTV (21 April 2000). Accessed 24 January 2008 [4] David Basham (4 May 2000). Dre, Snoop, Ice Cube, Eminem To Go "Up In Smoke" (http:/ / www. mtv. com/ news/ articles/ 1428248/ 20000504/ dr_dre. jhtml). MTV. Accessed 24 January 2008 [5] Dre, Eminem, Cube, Snoop Talk Tour (http:/ / www. mtv. com/ news/ articles/ 1428246/ 20000508/ dr_dre. jhtml). MTV (8 May 2000). Accessed 24 January 2008 [6] Elon Johnson (14 June 2000). Dre & Em's "Up In Smoke" Tour Readies Launch (http:/ / www. mtv. com/ news/ articles/ 1428244/ 20000614/ dr_dre. jhtml). MTV. Accessed 24 January 2008 [7] http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ cg/ amg. dll?p=amg& sql=10:jiftxqu0ldse~T1

External links
Up In Smoke Tour (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0278793/) at the Internet Movie Database Up In Smoke Tour (http://www.allrovi.com/movies/movie/v225801) at AllRovi

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Anger Management Tour

Anger Management Tour
DVD release of a 2002 performance. Location(s) United States

Years active 2000-2003, 2005 Founded by Eminem, Ludacris, Limp Bizkit, Snoop Dogg, Papa Roach Date(s) Genre Fall, Summer Hip-Hop, Rap, Rock

The inaugural Anger Management Tour was founded and started in the fall 2000 by Limp Bizkit, Papa Roach, and after the release of The Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem. Originally targeted at both rap and rock fans, the first "Anger Management" outing took place in 2000. It had two separate legs. The second tour took place in the summer of 2002. Eminem told LAUNCH, "It's basically the same thing that it was the last Anger Management Tour without Limp Bizkit...Papa Roach are still cool though." The third tour took place in the summer of 2005. 50 Cent missed the tour's first two stops because of a scheduling conflict; he was tied up shooting his film debut. Ludacris filled in on those dates. The European part of the tour was cut short due to the exhaustion of tour founder Eminem and his addiction to sleeping pills.

Artists
Eminem [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] D12 [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] Obie Trice [D] [E] [F] [G] Xzibit [A] [C] [D] 50 Cent [E] [F] [G] Papa Roach [A] [D] Stat Quo [F] [G] G-Unit [F] [G] Mobb Deep [F] [G] M.O.P. [F] [G] Limp Bizkit [B] DMX [B] Godsmack [B] Sinistar [B] Ludacris [D] The X-Ecutioners [D] Bionic Jive [D] Cypress Hill [E] Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz [F] Hush [F] Pitbull [F] Mase [G] Akon [G]

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A

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This artist was only present for half (October 19, 2000 - November 21, 2000) of the first North American Leg.
B C

This artist was present during the first North American Leg. This artist was present during the first European Leg. This artist was present during the second North American Leg.

D E F

This artist was present during the second European Leg.

This artist was present during the third North American Leg. This artist was to be present for the third European Leg.

Tour Dates
Date City Country North America October 19, 2000 October 20, 2000 October 21, 2000 October 23, 2000 October 24, 2000 October 26, 2000 October 27, 2000 October 29, 2000 October 30, 2000 October 31, 2000 November 2, 2000 November 3, 2000 November 5, 2000 November 6, 2000 November 8, 2000 November 10, 2000 November 13, 2000 November 14, 2000 November 15, 2000 Buffalo Worcester Albany Toronto Montreal Auburn Hills Chicago Milwaukee Champaign Indianapolis Moline St. Louis Minneapolis Denver Tacoma Portland Vancouver Canada United States Canada HSBC Arena Worcester Centrum Center Pepsi Arena SkyDome Molson Centre The Palace of Auburn Hills Allstate Arena Bradley Center Assembly Hall Conseco Fieldhouse The MARK of the Quad Cities Kiel Center Target Center Pepsi Center Tacoma Dome Rose Garden Arena General Motors Place East Rutherford United States Continental Airlines Arena Venue

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San Francisco Sacramento Anaheim Los Angeles San Diego San Antonio Houston Dallas New Orleans Birmingham Lexington Detroit Columbus, Ohio Hartford Washington, DC Albany Greensboro Greenville Charlotte Tampa Bay Ft. Lauderdale Jacksonville Europe United States Cow Palace Arco Arena Arrowhead Pond Great Western Forum San Diego Sports Arena Alamodome Compaq Center Reunion Arena New Orleans Arena BJCC Rupp Arena Joe Louis Arena Schottenstein Center Civic Center MCI Center Pepsi Arena Greensboro Coliseum Bi-Lo Center Charlotte Coliseum The Ice Palace National Car Rental Center Jacksonville Coliseum

November 17, 2000 November 18, 2000 November 21, 2000 November 24, 2000 November 26, 2000 November 28, 2000 November 29, 2000 November 30, 2000 December 2, 2000 December 3, 2000 December 6, 2000 December 7, 2000 December 8, 2000 December 9, 2000 December 10, 2000 December 11, 2000 December 13, 2000 December 14, 2000 December 15, 2000 December 17, 2000 December 18, 2000 December 19, 2000

February 2, 2001 February 3, 2001 February 4, 2001 February 5, 2001 February 6, 2001 February 7, 2001 February 8, 2001 February 9, 2001 February 10, 2001

Hamburg Oslo Stockholm Rotterdam Brussels Paris Manchester London

Germany Norway Sweden Netherlands Belgium France United Kingdom

Sporthalle Oslo Spektrum Ericsson Globe Ahoy Rotterdam Forest National Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy Manchester Evening News Arena London Arena

North America

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July 18, 2002 July 19, 2002 July 20, 2002 July 21, 2002 July 22, 2002 July 25, 2002 July 26, 2002 July 27, 2002 July 30, 2002 July 31, 2002 August 1, 2002 August 2, 2002 August 5, 2002 August 6, 2002 August 7, 2002 August 10, 2002 August 11, 2002 August 12, 2002 August 15, 2002 August 16, 2002 August 17, 2002 August 20, 2002 August 21, 2002 August 22, 2002 August 24, 2002 August 25, 2002 August 31, 2002 Buffalo Hartford Scranton Bristow East Rutherford Camden Wantagh Mansfield Cleveland Noblesville Rosemont St. Paul Nampa Tacoma Portland Sacramento Mountain View Fresno Chula Vista Devore Las Vegas Phoenix Albuquerque Denver Maryland Heights Bonner Springs Tampa Bay Sunrise Atlanta Auburn Hills Europe June 13, 2003 June 15, 2003 June 17, 2003 June 18, 2003 June 19, 2003 Paris France Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy Essen Hamburg Amsterdam Netherlands Germany Georg-Melches-Stadion AOL Arena Amsterdam Arena United States HSBC Arena Meadows Amphitheatre Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain Nissan Pavilion Continental Airlines Arena Tweeter Center Jones Beach Amphitheatre Tweeter Center Wolstein Center Verizon Wireless Music Center Allstate Arena Xcel Energy Center Idaho Center Tacoma Dome Rose Garden Autowest Amphitheatre Shoreline Amphitheatre Selland Arena Coors Amphitheatre Blockbuster Pavilion Thomas & Mack Center America West Arena Tingley Coliseum Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre UMB Bank Pavilion Sandstone Amphitheatre The Ice Palace National Car Rental Center HiFi Buys Amphitheatre The Palace of Auburn Hills

September 1, 2002 September 4, 2002 September 8, 2002

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June 21, 2003 June 22, 2003 June 23, 2003 June 24, 2003 June 26, 2003 June 27, 2003 North America July 7, 2005 July 8, 2005 July 11, 2005 July 12, 2005 July 14, 2005 July 17, 2005 July 19, 2005 July 20, 2005 July 22, 2005 July 23, 2005 July 24, 2005 July 26, 2005 July 28, 2005 July 29, 2005 July 31, 2005 August 1, 2005 August 2, 2005 August 5, 2005 August 6, 2005 August 8, 2005 August 9, 2005 August 10, 2005 August 12, 2005 August 13, 2005 Europe Mansfield Detroit Tweeter Center Comerica Park Chula Vista Devore Las Vegas Phoenix Dallas Selma Atlanta Tampa Bay West Palm Beach Bristow Camden New York City Coors Amphitheatre Hyundai Pavilion Thomas & Mack Center Cricket Wireless Pavilion Smirnoff Music Centre Verizon Wireless Amphitheater HiFi Buys Amphitheatre Ford Amphitheater Sound Advice Amphitheater Nissan Pavilion Tweeter Center Madison Square Garden Denver Auburn San Jose Pepsi Center White River Amphitheater HP Pavilion Noblesville Columbus, Ohio Tinley Park United States Verizon Wireless Music Center Germain Amphitheater Tweeter Center Glasgow Kildare Ireland Hampden Park Punchestown Racecourse Milton Keynes United Kingdom National Bowl

September 1, 2005 September 2, 2005 September 3, 2005 September 5, 2005 September 6, 2005 September 7, 2005

Hamburg Copenhagen Goteborg Gelsenkirchen Amsterdam Paris

Germany Denmark Sweden Germany Netherlands France

Trabrennbahn Bahrenfeld Parken Stadium Ullevi Veltins-Arena Amsterdam Arena Stade de France

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Milton Keynes United Kingdom National Bowl

September 9, 2005 September 10, 2005 September 12, 2005 September 14, 2005 September 15, 2005 September 17, 2005

Edinburgh Manchester

Murrayfield Stadium Old Trafford Cricket Ground

Slane

Ireland

Slane Castle

Notice: Shows that have this were canceled.

DVD
In 2002 a DVD of the 2001 Anger Management Tour Europe was released and contains backstage footage with D12, Xzibit, Marilyn Manson, and Dido. All Access Europe was released on June 18, 2002. Track list 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. "Hamburg" "Oslo" "Stockholm" "Amsterdam" "Brussels" "Paris" "Manchester" "London"

In 2005 a DVD of the 2002 performance in Detroit, Michigan was released and features behind-the-scenes footage as well as Eminem's performance in its entirety and special guests D12 and Obie Trice. Eminem Presents the Anger Management Tour was released on July 4, 2005. Track list 1. "Square Dance" 2. "Business" 3. "White America" 4. "Kill You" 5. "When the Music Stops" (featuring D12) 6. "Pimp Like Me" (featuring D12) 7. "Fight Music" (featuring D12) 8. "Purple Pills" (featuring D12) 9. "Stan" 10. "The Way I Am" 11. "Soldier" 12. "Cleanin' Out My Closet" 13. "Forgot About Dre" 14. "Drips" (featuring Obie Trice) 15. "Superman" (featuring Dina Rae) 16. "Drug Ballad" (featuring Dina Rae) 17. "Just Don't Give a Fuck" 18. "Sing for the Moment"

Anger Management Tour 19. "Without Me" 20. "My Dad's Gone Crazy" In 2007 a DVD of the 2005 performance in New York City's Madison Square Garden was released and features Eminem's performance shot by Showcase Network in its entirety, plus special guests D12, Obie Trice, and Stat Quo. In 2009, a BD of the same performance was released. Eminem Live From New York was released on November 13, 2007. Track list 1. "Backstage Pt. 1" 2. "Evil Deeds" 3. "Mosh" 4. "Business" 5. "Rain Man" 6. "Ass Like That" 7. "Puke" 8. "Kill You" 9. "Like Toy Soldiers" 10. "Git' Up" 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. "How Come" "Rockstar" "40 Oz" "My Band" "Backstage Pt. 2" "Stan" "The Way I Am" "Just Don't Give a Fuck" "Got Some Teeth" "Stay 'Bout It" "The Set-Up" "Like Dat" "Cleanin' Out My Closet" "Mockingbird" "Just Lose It" "Backstage Pt. 3" "Lose Yourself"

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References

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The Recovery Tour

The Recovery Tour
Tour by Eminem Associated album Recovery Relapse July 9, 2010 December 4, 2011 6 16 7 in Europe 5 in North America 1 in South America 3 in Australia

Start date End date Legs Shows

Eminem tour chronology

Anger Management Tour (2005)

The Recovery Tour (2010-2011)

The Home & Home Tour (2010)

The Recovery Tour was a series of European concerts by American rapper Eminem, in support of his 2010 album Recovery as well as his 2009 album Relapse. Instead of widely touring the album, Eminem took the tour to three European festivals, performing to over 200,000 people over three nights. In November 2010, Eminem headlined the F1 Rocks 2010 in So Paulo. In the following year, another eight shows on festivals in North America and Europe were announced. The tour was also extended to 3 stadium shows in Australia to take place in December 2011. These are to be his first Australian shows since 2001. At the moment it's not clear whether the Australian concerts are still part of The Recovery Tour, as they're being promoted as Eminem: Lose Yourself.

Background
Eminem had widely before the release of Relapse stated that he would not tour the album, due to his daughter not liking him being away from home.[1] However, on 23 February 2010, it was announced that Eminem would return to the live stage by headlining three major European festivals - T in the Park 2010 in Scotland, Oxegen 2010 in Ireland and Openair Festival in Frauenfeld, Switzerland. Eminem's website quoted him as saying: "Im excited to get back to Europe to rock some shows. The crowds there are always big, crazy and dedicatedits going to be great to feel that energy again." [2] The official press release also revealed that Eminem would be joined by D12 on each of the dates. Another festival the F1 Rocks 2010 was added to the tour in fall of 2010.

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Tour dates
Date City Country Europe July 9, 2010 July 10, 2010 July 11, 2010 Frauenfeld Balado County Kildare Switzerland Scotland Ireland Open Air Festival T in the Park Oxegen Festival Venue

North America September 25, 2010 Fontana, California United States Epicenter Festival

South America November 5, 2010 So Paulo Brazil F1 Rocks

North America Leg#2 June 11, 2011 July 29, 2011 August 5, 2011 August 6, 2011 Manchester, Tennessee Montreal, Quebec Kansas City, Kansas Chicago, Illinois Europe Leg#2 August 19, 2011 August 20, 2011 August 21, 2011 August 24, 2011 Hasselt Staffordshire Chelmsford Bangor Northern Ireland Australia December 1, 2011 December 2, 2011 December 4, 2011 [3] Melbourne Sydney Australia Etihad Stadium Sydney Football Stadium Tennents ViTal Belgium England Pukkelpop Festival V Festival United States Canada United States Bonnaroo Music Festival Osheaga Music and Arts Festival Kanrocksas Music Festival Lollapalooza

References
[1] "Eminem Not Touring Because of Daughter - Eminem" (http:/ / www. hollyscoop. com/ music/ eminem/ eminem-not-touring-because-of-daughter_99. aspx?ReplyPar=879& ReplyEmail=0). Hollyscoop.com. 2011-10-07. . Retrieved 2011-11-02. [2] "News" (http:/ / www. eminem. com/ blog). Eminem. . Retrieved 2011-11-02. [3] "Eminem extends his Australian tour | music news | triple j" (http:/ / www. abc. net. au/ triplej/ musicnews/ s3353972. htm). Abc.net.au. . Retrieved 2011-11-02.

External links
Official site (http://www.eminem.com)

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The Home & Home Tour

The Home & Home Tour
The Official Logo Of The Tour American tour by Eminem & Jay-Z Start date End date Shows September 2, 2010 September 14, 2010 4

Eminem & Jay-Z tour chronology

The Recovery Tour (2010)

The Home & Home Tour (2010)

The Home & Home Tour is a tour by rappers Eminem & Jay-Z. The tour comprises two shows at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan, and two shows in Yankee Stadium, New York City. A DVD of the tour is being made of the Detroit show.[1] It may only be a DVD of Eminem's part of the show,[2] but nothing has been confirmed by Jay-Z or Eminem yet. There was also a fake mixtape made by a fan, of only Eminem's part of the show, including Renegade.[3]

Background
In early May 2010, Jay-Z and Eminem attended a baseball game between The Detroit Tigers and New York Yankees, where they announced they would be co-headlining shows at both teams respective Stadiums, and their respective hometowns.[4] The tour originally contained only two dates (one in New York and one in Detroit), but the band added two more dates after tickets sold out for both those shows the first day they were on sale[5] It was later announced in August that rapper B.o.B. would be opening for the duo on all the dates of the mini tour,[6] and that he would also be bringing along collaborator Playboy Tre.[7] G-Unit artist Tony Yayo, confirmed that he and longtime Eminem protg 50 Cent were backstage at the rehearsal for the first Detroit Show, and hinted that they might be guests on the tour.[8] On September 2, during the first show in Comerica Park, guests for Jay-Z included Memphis Bleek, Bridget Kelly, and Young Jeezy.[9] Numerous guests were brought out for Eminem's set, including Shady Records recording artists 50 Cent, D12, and The Alchemist.[9][10] Other guests on Eminem's set included Trick Trick, G-Unit, and Drake. Longtime Eminem mentor Dr. Dre, donning a shirt that said, "R.I.P. Proof," also made a surprise appearance, and performed some songs with longtime Aftermath protgs Eminem and 50 Cent.[11][12] On September third, the same guests featured at last nights concert re-appeared with the exception of Drake.[13][14][15] Pop star Lady Gaga, director Shawn Levy, rapper, and longtime friend of Eminem, Royce da 5'9", singer Akon and singer Michael Bivins of New Edition each attended the performance, but only as spectators.[16] Rapper Kool Herc appeared in the audience, and came on stage during the Jay-Z show.[17] In addition to B.o.B., Roc Nation artist, J. Cole, has been confirmed for opening for Jay-Z and Eminem's New York shows in the second half of the tour.[18]

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Locations
Date City Country Venue

North America September 2, 2010 September 3, 2010 September 13, 2010 New York, NY September 14, 2010 Yankee Stadium Detroit, MI United States Comerica Park

Set lists
Eminem 1. "Won't Back Down" 2. "3 a.m." 3. "Square Dance" 4. "W.T.P." 5. "Kill You" 6. "No Love" 7. "So Bad" 8. "Cleanin' Out My Closet" 9. "The Way I Am" 10. "Fight Music" (with D12) 11. "Purple Pills" (with D12) 12. "My Band" (with D12) 13. "Airplanes" (with B.o.B) 14. "Stan" 15. "Sing for the Moment" 16. "Like Toy Soldiers" 17. "Forever" (with Drake) 18. "Patiently Waiting" (with 50 Cent) 19. "I Get Money" (with G-Unit) 20. "Beamer, Benz, or Bentley" (with G-Unit) 21. "In da Club" (with G-Unit) 22. "'Till I Collapse" 23. "Cinderella Man" 24. "Love the Way You Lie" 25. "My Name Is" 26. "The Next Episode" 27. "Still D.R.E." (with Dr. Dre) 28. "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang" (with Dr. Dre) 29. "Crack a Bottle" 30. "The Real Slim Shady" 31. "Without Me" 32. "Not Afraid" 33. "Lose Yourself" (encore) Jay-Z

The Home & Home Tour 1. "Young Forever" (with Beyonc) 2. "Run This Town" (with Kanye West and Rihanna ) 3. "Power Remix" (with Kanye West) 4. "Monster" (with Kanye West and Nicki Minaj) 5. "Can't Tell Me Nothing" (with Kanye West) 6. "Good Life" (with Kanye West) 7. "On to the Next One" (with Swizz Beatz) 8. "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)" 9. "Free Mason" 10. "Renegade" (with Eminem) 11. "Takeover" 12. "U Don't Know" 13. "99 Problems" 14. "Nigga What, Nigga Who (Originator 99)" 15. "Big Pimpin'" 16. "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)" 17. "One More Chance" (The Notorious B.I.G. tribute) 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. "Juicy" (The Notorious B.I.G. tribute) "A Dream" "PSA" "Ain't No Love" (with Chris Martin) "Most Kings/Viva la Vida" (with Chris Martin) "Miss Me" (with Drake) "Light Up" (with Drake) "Already Home" "Empire State of Mind" (with Bridget Kelly) "Thank You" "Jigga My Nigga" "Izzo (H.O.V.A.)" "The Best of Me" "Where I'm From" "Dirt off Your Shoulder" "I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)" "Numb/Encore"

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References
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Shady Records
Parent company Founded Founder Universal Music Group 1999 Eminem Paul Rosenberg Interscope Records (U.S.) Polydor Records (outside U.S.) Hip hop

Distributor(s)

Genre

Country of origin United States Official Website ShadyRecords.com [1]

Shady Records is an American record label specializing in hip hop music. Eminem and his manager Paul Rosenberg founded the label in 1999 after the release of The Slim Shady LP. Since the formation, the label has signed nine acts. It has also been part of the business venture in Shade 45 radio station via Sirius Satellite Radio, and had its own dedicated special edition magazine via XXL magazine. Tough times were seen when its record co-founder, Eminem, along with the artists were involved in very public feuds with one-time former affiliate Royce da 5'9", record label Murder Inc., and artists Ja Rule, Insane Clown Posse, Benzino along with his then co-partnered magazine, The Source. The label has also seen positive times when being part of the successful international Anger Management tours and, in 2006, released an album showcasing its then roster on Eminem Presents: The Re-Up. It was also the label to be contracted for putting together the soundtrack to the Eminem-starring film, 8 Mile, which had the lead single "Lose Yourself." The song went on to take the first ever Academy Award for Best Original Song given to a song in the Hip Hop genre. The labels acts over the years have earned RIAA certifications of platinum or higher on seven of its thirteen released albums. Signed acts include D12, 50 Cent, Slaughterhouse, Yelawolf and Bad Meets Evil, while former acts include Obie Trice, Stat Quo, Bobby Creekwater and Cashis.

History
19992004: Formation, growth, and feuds
After Eminem released The Slim Shady LP, he started his own record label in late 1999 with his manager, Paul Rosenberg. Eminem looked for an avenue to release his Detroit-based rap group, D12, and Rosenberg was keen to start a label, which led to the two teaming up to form Shady Records.[2] Its A&R Marc Labelle has defined the imprint as "a boutique label but [with] all the outlets of a major [and] Interscope backing up our every move."[3] D12 was the first to be signed as they had been rapping together since the 1990s, and the members had made a promise that whoever became successful would come back and sign the others.[4] In June 2001, D12 released Devil's Night, peaking at number one on the Billboard 200.[5] Obie Trice was introduced to Eminem through D12 member Bizarre. Eminem signed him in June 2001 as the second Shady Records act.[6][7] Obie Trice first got public attention

Shady Records via a freestyle skit on the Devil's Night album. While working on the film 8 Mile, Eminem had a meeting with then small time New York rapper 50 Cent. Eminem had heard 50 Cent's early mixtapes, taken them to Dr. Dre and offered him the chance to work together on the artist. 50 Cent became the first artist signed to Shady Records and Aftermath Entertainment.[8] The 8 Mile soundtrack was the second Shady Records album to be released.[9][10] The first single was "Lose Yourself", which earned multiple nominations and became a surprise win of an Academy Award for Best Original Song, the first time a hip hop song had ever won the award.[11][12][13] The second single was 50 Cent's "Wanksta", which was released as a buzz track[14] and became popular in 50 Cent's home town.[15] During this time, Eminem had also made a deal with DJ Green Lantern, who released the label's first mixtape, Invasion!, in 2002.[16] He was to DJ for Eminem during the Anger Management Tour.[17] The third release from Shady Records was 50 Cent's Get Rich or Die Tryin', in February 2003 (which was also released under Aftermath Entertainment). The album became the fastest selling debut in U.S. history.[18] Next to be released from Shady Records was Obie Trice's debut album, Cheers, six months later. Despite having been a commercial success, the album was considered overshadowed by 50 Cent's music at the time.[7] In 2002 and 2003, Shady Records was involved in several controversies with the likes of the inherited Murder Inc. feud that 50 Cent and G-Unit was involved in,[19] on-going problems with the previous co-owners of The Source magazine, namely Benzino,[20] as well as escalating issues with rapper Royce da 5'9", who was previously a friend of Eminem and D12.[21] Near the end of 2003, Dr. Dre and Eminem signed a joint deal with Atlanta rapper Stat Quo.[22] Stat Quo became the second artist to be signed to Shady/Aftermath, after 50 Cent. The following year saw the release of D12's second album, D12 World. Also, in 2004, Eminem and Rosenberg began a venture offered by Sirius Satellite Radio that saw the airing of their uncensored hip hop radio station, Shade 45.[2][23] Shady Records DJ, DJ Green Lantern, was given his own show,[24] whilst 50 Cent's G-Unit DJ, DJ Whoo Kid, co-hosted G-Unit Radio on Saturdays.[25]

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200509: Development and The Re-Up

2005 saw the release of 50 Cent's second release, The Massacre, which set a record as the sixth fastest selling album since Nielsen SoundScan started tracking albums in 1991, with 1.14 million albums sold in four days.[26][27] The album was a commercial success, and was only 32,000 records away from being the best-selling album of the year.[28] On "Piggy Bank", a song off the album, 50 Cent insulted several artists, including Jadakiss.[29] The feud between Jadakiss and 50 Cent indirectly led to DJ Green Lantern leaving Shady Records. A few months after the release of The Massacre, Jadakiss appeared on a street DVD, and had DJ Green Lantern on loudspeaker through his phone, without Green Lantern being aware of this. The DJ shared his thoughts on how to deal with the feud. When the DVD was released and Eminem found out about what happened, Green Lantern had to leave Shady Records and Shade 45, and his upcoming album, Armageddon, was no longer a Shady Records-related project.[30] Alchemist was signed on as the official tour DJ for Eminem on the 2005 Anger Management 3 Tour, replacing the recently-ousted DJ Green Lantern.[31] In August 2005, Eminem and the XXL magazine teamed up to release a special issue titled XXL Presents Shade 45, and was designed to give maximum exposure to Shade 45 as a radio station, and at the same time give maximum exposure to the Shady Records label as a whole, as well as the radio DJ's and G-Unit Records' artists. XXL executive publisher, Jonathan Rheingold, stated that typically magazines based around particular artists were not favorable, but "since Shade 45 is a truly authentic and uncensored rap radio channel, the marriage with the XXL brand made sense," before adding that it's what would interest rap fans.[32] 2005 also saw the signing of Bobby Creekwater to the label, making him the fifth artist and the second Atlanta-based rapper.[33] In early 2006, Cashis, a Chicago-born Orange County, California-based rapper joined Shady Records, after he managed to get his demo/mixtape heard by Eminem.[34][35] Later in 2006, Obie Trice released his second album, Second Round's on Me. However, the album did not fare as well commercially as his debut, seemingly because of the

Shady Records state of the hip-hop industry.[36] The album saw a change in Obie Trice's style, whose first album was considered to be a little light-hearted. Second Round's on Me was considered to be a more serious, dark album, mainly showing the grittiness of Obie Trice's life and surroundings.[7][37] In early 2006 there had been talk of Eminem having the label's roster on a mixtape with new material to be presented by DJ Whoo Kid and The Alchemist.[38] This talk went on for several months. In the end, it was announced that Eminem was so impressed with the mixtape material that he had decided to make it an official album, called Eminem Presents the Re-Up. The album had been long anticipated, until it was released in early December 2006. The release had spawned the single "You Don't Know", which featured 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, and the latest signee Cashis.[39] In May 2007, Cashis released the eight-track The County Hound EP in an attempt to have people "fiend" for his music, or garner interest in it. The album was released as a limited edition EP.[40] September saw the release of 50 Cent's third album with the label, Curtis, which was involved in a well publicized competition with rapper Kanye West, who had his third album, Graduation set for release on the same day.[41] In June 2008, Obie Trice departed from the label. A misunderstanding was made where it was believed he was attacking the label and Eminem on a single titled "The Giant" but they were quickly dismissed.[42] Stat Quo was also released from the label in 2008. Stat felt the root cause appeared to him to be a straining relationship with Eminem stemming from differences relating to the promotion of the album. HipHopDX.com detailed the events following this point in the situation leading to his release from the label with "Eminem's decision to remove himself from Stat's project, a subsequent, and unexplained, decision made by Dr. Dre to not appear in Stat's video for "Here We Go," and the aforementioned lack of support for the single by parent label, Interscope, Stat began seeking his release from the label."[43] 2009 saw the departure of Bobby Creekwater who had been working on his debut album, A Brilliant Mistake.[44][45]

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2010present: Shady 2.0

It has been reported that hip hop supergroup Slaughterhouse will be joining Shady Records with member Royce da 5'9" confirming talks between both sides then later stating that the deal should be done in Late April to early May. The group guest featuring Eminem's last album Recovery on the bonus track "Session One". On January 12, 2011, Slaughterhouse and Yelawolf appeared on the cover of the XXL magazine with Eminem, then was confirmed that both acts were signed to Shady Records. On March 2, 2011, a track called "2.0 Boys" performed by Eminem, Slaughterhouse and Yelawolf surfaced. [46]

Slaughterhouse, it's kinda phase two of Shady. The new generation of Shady Records. And as we're trying to rebuild our label. But it's exciting for hip-hop [...] Everybody here, as an MC, is competitive. And I think, Yelawolf being in the family, the Shady family, it's gonna make him hear what these guys are doin' and wanna step his own shit up. When I hear these guys, I wanna step my shit up. And when they hear each other, I think it'll be a competitive atmosphere, like, makin' these records. And that's better for hip-hop. Eminem, XXL

[47]

On April 25, 2011, Eminem and Royce da 5'9" announced plans to team up for a joint EP, slated for release on June 14. The project served as a long-awaited follow-up to their 1999 collaboration "Nuttin' to Do", and featured production from Mr. Porter, Havoc of Mobb Deep, DJ Khalil, Bangladesh and more. Eminem spoke on the topic, saying, "Royce and I started hanging out again and inevitably that led us back into the studio," said Eminem in a statement. "At first we were just seeing where it went without any real goal in mind, but the songs started to come together crazy, so here we are." Royce also talked about it and said, "I'm excited to see this project come to fruition considering the long lapse in time between when we worked before and now. We had a blast doing it and we just hope everyone enjoys it while we're working on the 'Monster' that will be the Slaughterhouse album." In October 2011, Yelawolf and Slaughterhouse, along with Eminem, freestyled over East Flatbush Project's "Tried by 12" on a DJ Premier-hosted BET Cypher segment at the 2011 BET Hip Hop Awards. Becoming referred to as the "Shady 2.0 BET Cypher", it was considered to be a fan favourite segment of the cipher sessions presented

Shady Records throughout the awards show, with talk spreading across many online social media outlets, and Twitter having popularised trends relating with the terms "#Cypher" and "#Shady 2.0" as it was airing.[48][49][50][51] In the beginning of December 2011, a live performance, from March, of Eminem, Slaughterhouse (group), and Yelawolf performing "2.0 Boys" together in Detroit was released to the internet.[52]

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Artists
Current acts
Act Year signed Albums under Shady 2 Description

D12

1999

Group from Detroit, Michigan composed of rappers Eminem, Mr. Porter, Bizarre, Swifty, Kuniva and Fuzz Scoota, and were additionally signed with deceased rapper Proof. As a group, they knew each other pre-success from the Hip Hop Shop, in Detroit, and were the first to be signed to the label. They are [4] currently working on their third album. Rapper from Queens, New York. He is signed under Shady and Aftermath. 50 Cent has since also established his own label, G-Unit Records, and released his fourth album, Before I Self Destruct, in 2009. Supergroup composed of rappers Crooked I, Joe Budden, Joell Ortiz and Royce da 5'9". All of which are under Shady Records too. Rapper from Gadsden, Alabama. Duo composed of rappers Royce da 5'9" and Eminem. Released their EP Hell: The Sequel on June 14, 2011.

50 Cent

2002

Slaughterhouse

2011

Yelawolf Bad Meets Evil

2011 2011

1 1

Current producers
Eminem Mr. Porter Jeff Bass Luis Resto The Alchemist

Former acts
Act Years on the label 200108 Albums under Shady 2 Description

Obie Trice

[53]

Rapper from Detroit, Michigan. He was the second act ever to be signed by Shady Records. He was dropped from the label in 2008, and is currently signed to his own record label Black Market Entertainment. Rapper from Atlanta, Georgia. Like Obie Trice, he parted ways with Shady Records in 2008, and is currently signed to Sha Money XL's record label Dream Big Ventures. Rapper who, like Stat Quo, is also from Atlanta, Georgia. He left Shady in 2009.

Stat Quo

[54]

200308

Bobby [55] Creekwater Cashis

200509

2006-11

Rapper from Orange County, California. Released one EP on the label in 2007. He announced his departure on the intro of his most recent mixtape.

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Discography
The following is the list of all albums released through Shady Records and distributed by Interscope Records. Any additional record label involved are specified.
Artist D12 Devil's Night Album Details Released: June 5, 2001 [56] Chart position: 1 U.S. [57] RIAA certification: Platinum Released: October 29, 2002 [58] Chart position: 1 U.S. [59] RIAA certification: 4 Platinum Released: February 6, 2003 [60] Chart position: 1 U.S. RIAA certification: 8 Platinum Released: September 23, 2003 [61] Chart position: 5 U.S. RIAA certification: Gold Released: April 27, 2004 [62] Chart position: 1 U.S. RIAA certification: 2 Platinum Released: March 3, 2005 [63] Chart position: 1 U.S. RIAA certification: 5 Platinum Released: August 15, 2006 [64] Chart position: 8 U.S. RIAA certification: Gold Released: December 5, 2006 [65] Chart position: 2 U.S. [66] RIAA certification: Platinum Released: May 22, 2007 [67] Chart position: 106 U.S. RIAA certification: Released: September 11, 2007 [68] Chart position: 2 U.S. RIAA certification: Platinum Released: November 9, 2009 [69] Chart position: 5 U.S. RIAA certification: Gold Released: June 14, 2011 [70] Chart position: 1 U.S. RIAA certification: Gold Released: November 21, 2011 [71] Chart position: 27 U.S. RIAA certification:

8 Mile

50 Cent

Get Rich or Die Tryin' (released with Aftermath)

Obie Trice

Cheers

D12

D12 World

50 Cent

The Massacre (released with Aftermath)

Obie Trice

Second Round's on Me

Eminem Presents: The Re-Up

Cashis

The County Hound EP

50 Cent

Curtis (released with Aftermath)

50 Cent

Before I Self Destruct (released with Aftermath)

Bad Meets Evil Hell: The Sequel

Yelawolf

Radioactive (released with Ghet-O-Vision and DGC)

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Upcoming releases
Slaughterhouse - Welcome to: Our House (May 15, 2012) 50 Cent - Fifth studio album (2012) D12 - Final studio album (2012)[72]

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D12
Also known as Origin Genres Years active Labels The Dirty Dozen Detroit, Michigan, U.S. Hip hop 1996present Shady, Interscope

Associated acts Obie Trice, B-Real Website [d12world.com d12world.com] Members Eminem Bizarre Mr. Porter Kuniva Swifty Fuzz Scoota Past members Proof Bugz

D12, an acronym for The Dirty Dozen, is an American hip hop group from Detroit, Michigan. D12 has had chart-topping albums in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia.[1] D12 was formed in 1996, and achieved mainstream success after Eminem rose to international fame.[2]

History
Early career
In order to make up the dozen, it was decided the six members at the time would each create an alter-ego. Proof chose Dirty Harry, Bizarre became Peter S. Bizarre, Kuniva became Hannz G. (which later became Rondell Beene), Kon Artis chose Mr. Porter, Bugz became Robert Beck and Eminem created the character Slim Shady. In 1997 they released their debut album The Underground EP recorded between 1996 and 1997. In 1997 and through 1998, its members began establishing reputations locally. Bizarre was named Inner City Entertainment's "Flava of the Week" and went on to release an album called Attack of the Weirdos. Along with Eminem, Rah Digga and Young Zee he became an honorary member of The Outsidaz. Proof won a freestyling competition run by The Source. D12 went through many changes during the early days even becoming temporarily inactive when, after being heard by Dr. Dre, Eminem left to pursue a solo career. Around the time of Eminem's first record deal, Proof attempted to bring new life to D12. He managed to recruit local Detroit hip hop duo Da Brigade, which was composed of Kuniva, a local MC, and Denaun, a longtime friend of Eminem and Proof. At the time Denaun Porter was the group's producer and later produced Eminem's first album Infinite, but was persuaded by his partner Kuniva to join him in the group as an artist. Later the group was joined by Bugz and needing one more member, Bugz introduced his long time friend Swift, who at the time was a member of rap duo Da Rabeez.

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Death of Bugz
Prior to a show in Detroit, Bugz attended a picnic at which an incident took place that led to his fatal assault. An argument with a man over a water-pistol fight escalated, the man went to his SUV to retrieve a firearm which he then fired in Bugz's direction. He was shot four times as well as being hit by the assailant's vehicle as he fled the scene. The incident, on May 21, 1999, was captured on video and shown later that day on local news. Members of the group were shaken by the tragic incident, darkening the mood within the collective. One of his final acts had been to request that Swift join the group.[3] Unfortunately, a few weeks after Swift joined, Bugz was killed. Many of the remaining members started to believe the group was finished. Following the death of Bugz, Eminem volunteered as replacement in order to fulfill the group's forthcoming obligations. This led to Eminem eventually rejoining the group.[4] In memory of Bugz, the group recorded the track "Good Die Young" on their second album D12 World. The album also included a song titled "Bugz '97", which was a 1997 recording of Bugz, originally from the song "Desperados". All five members of D12 bear a tattoo of his name somewhere on their bodies in remembrance of him. The group recorded their first LP Devil's Night in his memory. Eminem's third album The Marshall Mathers LP was also dedicated to Bugz.

Success
The group has released two albums, Devil's Night and D12 World. Both albums debuted at number one on the Billboard music charts in the U.S. and topped the charts in many other countries. The two albums' hit singles included "Purple Pills", "Fight Music", "My Band", and "How Come". In August 2001, D12 and Esham were kicked off the Warped Tour after members of the group allegedly physically attacked Esham over the lyrics of his song "Chemical Imbalance," which contained a reference to Eminem's daughter. Eminem was not present during the tour.[5][6] The group was often overshadowed by Eminem's massive success, and toured without him for the second album while Eminem was busy recording Encore. Although shadowed by Eminem's success, other members Bizarre and Proof managed to prevail with mildly successful solo careers with the releases of Hannicap Circus and Searching for Jerry Garcia in 2005. D12 (minus Eminem) appeared on Tech N9ne's 2002 album entitled Absolute Power on the track "She-Devil". They also decided that Eminem would not be as prominent on their upcoming third album, which remains evident even after Proof's death. Their third album is estimated to be 70% completed without any input from Eminem. However, in June 2009, Eminem confirmed he was also working hard on the group's 3rd studio album on an announcement made on Rap city during an interview with Eminem and Denaun Porter.[7] The group recorded a song for Eminem's album Recovery titled "Hit me With Your Best Shot," but it was not featured on the official album.[8]

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Death of Proof
On April 11, 2006, Proof died from a gunshot wound at a club in Detroit, after fatally shooting Keith Bender, Jr., following an argument over a game of pool. Proof was then shot by the bouncer Mario Etheridge, Bender's cousin. At St. John Health's Conner Creek Campus, he was pronounced dead on arrival shortly thereafter.[9] He was buried on April 19 in The Fellowship Chapel, Detroit, to a full house of 2,660 with thousands mourning outside.[10]

Swift's incarceration
Swift was arrested in Novi, Michigan on April 21, 2006, after failing to D12 performing live at the Anger Management Tour in 2005. appear in court. It was due to his attendance as an honorary pallbearer at the funeral of group member Proof. Already on probation for a DUI offence, for which he'd served two days in October 2005, he was sentenced by District Court Judge Brian MacKenzie to 93 days in jail for violating the terms of the probation. It resulted in the stalling of recording for D12's third album. Following his release, work commenced on the album.

Fuzz Scoota rejoins and Return of the Dozen Vol. 2

On May 21, 2008, after 4 years drought and the passing of Proof, D12 released a new mixtape, Return of the Dozen Volume 1. The mixtape was designed to get D12 back on their feet, in preparation for new possible content. The mixtape lacked appearance from Proof (who had passed) and Eminem (who was working on his solo album, Relapse (although several D12 members were working on their own solo albums/mixtapes at the time)). It contains several guest features from rappers such as Royce da 5'9" (whom they had a feud with) and King Gordy. Some tracks were solo performances from a D12 member, such "If You Want It" by Kuniva, in a similar way to how Eminem performed "Girls" from Devil's Night.[11] In a video posted on April 6, 2011, Bizarre announced that Fuzz Scoota, a former member from the early incarnation of D12, has rejoined the group.[12] D12 released their mixtape Return of the Dozen 2 on April 12, 2011, which included Fuzz. Eminem was only present on one track throughout the whole mixtape, though he wasn't present at all in the previous one. Due to Eminem being on tour for his album Recovery and because of Kon Artist being his current hype man there are only four active members of D12 (Bizarre, Kuniva, Swift & Fuzz). The others, while not currently active, are still members of D12. In a video posted on YouTube by Eminem & Royce da 5'9" on June 13, 2011, Eminem stated that he was back in the studio with D12 after not being a very active member for nearly three years. [13] D12 performed at the Kanrocksas Music Festival on August 5, 2011.[14] The track, "Outro", off the Return of the Dozen Vol. 2 mixtape, had a music video released on September 1, 2011, though the video did not feature either Eminem or Kon Artis. The group also stated intentions to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the release of the Devils Night album, though the celebration will be held on the actual Devil's Night on October 30th in St. Andrew's Hall in Detroit, Michigan, even though the album was released months earlier on June 19, 2001.[15]

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Feuds
Benzino and The Source
Rapper Eminem was granted "2/5 mics" for his sophomore effort, The Marshall Mathers LP, by infamous Hip-Hop magazine The Source during early 2000. This did not go over well with Eminem, and he mocked The Source in a few songs. However, an argument did not follow until Source co-owner, Ramond 'Benzino' Scott, released a diss track aimed at Eminem, and granted his own rap group's album "4/5" mics, as well as a front page cover on the magazine. Beef quickly ensued, where Eminem, along with Shady Records artists, 50 Cent, Obie Trice, and D12 ripped apart The Source's credibility, citing that nowadays with Scott as the owner, the magazine was corrupt.[16] Competing Hip Hop magazine, XXL also became entangled with the feud, and eventually Scott retired from his position at The Source. Since then, Benzino has attempted to discredit the reputation of Eminem and other upcoming artists such as Slaughterhouse and Shady Records by leaking racist comments made by a youthful Eminem. Eminem's last known response to Benzino was on the track, "The Sauce"[17]

Everlast and Limp Bizkit

Eminem was notified while on the Anger Management Tour that former House of Pain member, Everlast, had mocked him on a song. Everlast claimed that while passing by Mathers in a hotel lobby, Mathers gave him a "weird look."[18] Taking offense to this, Eminem quickly began work on a retaliatory song, "I Remember" and later teamed up with D12 to make the song, "Quitter". It was reported that long-time friends of Eminem, group Limp Bizkit, were meant to be featured on "Quitter", but Fred Durst canceled at the last moment. The record continued its release without featuring Limp Bizkit, causing the Everlast-Mathers dispute to continue. In a TRL interview, Limp Bizkit member DJ Lethal made a statement that if Mathers and Everlast were to fight in real life, Everlast would win. This angered Eminem to the point of rage, and an insulting track aimed at both Everlast and Limp Bizkit appeared on D12's mainstream debut, Devil's Night, as a hidden track called "Girls". Recently, things seem to have settled, and Eminem has no longer been heard insulting Everlast or Limp Bizkit. It is currently unknown if the dispute is resolved.[19]

Canibus
During the time Eminem and Mr. Porter started recording Recovery the rest of D12 were featured on a diss song towards Eminem with rapper Canibus, who had already had a feud with Eminem off his new record Melatonin Magik which was called "Air Strike (Pop Killer)". Canibus name dropped Eminem's long time deceased friend Proof, Canibus said "If Proof Was Alive He'd Be Dying Inside". D12 member Swift responded to the record publicly, and had the following to say about DZK (another rapper featured on the track). "[He] asked us to do a track with him when he already was teamed up with Canibus without us knowing. They dissed Em, took our verses and added them to the song so they can bring traffic and make it seem like we turning on Em... as a desperate attempt to be heard after ducking and dodging Em for 7 years. It was a straight hoe move."[20]

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Chart success
Their debut album, Devil's Night, referring to the tradition of setting unoccupied buildings on fire the night before Halloween, was released in June 2001. It debuted at number one on the U.S. and number two on the UK chart,[21] also reaching the top of the Canadian charts. Devil's Night went on to sell four million albums worldwide and two million in the U.S. It featured the following hit singles: "Purple Hills" (the clean version of "Purple Pills") reached the top twenty on the Billboard 100 and number one on the rap tracks charts in 2001 as well as number two in the UK[21] and the top ten in Australia. "Shit on You" reached the UK top ten[21] and the Canadian top five. "Flight Music", (the clean version of "Fight Music"), featuring Ice T, Angie Martinez and Fat Joe in its music video, reached the UK top twenty[21] and the Australian top forty. The group's second album was D12 World released on April 27, 2004, featuring production by Dr. Dre, Eminem, Kon Artis and Kanye West, and guest appearances by Obie Trice on the track "Loyalty", and B-Real of Cypress Hill on the track "American Psycho II". It debuted at the top of the U.S., UK,[21] and Australian album charts, and number two in Germany selling over half a million records in its first week of release in the U.S. alone. "My Band", the album's first single, was also successful reaching number one in Australia, New Zealand and the U.S. rhythmic top forty, the top five in the UK[21] and Germany, and the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100.

Appearances in film
The members of the group have also, on occasion, turned to acting. Eminem is the lead actor in 8 Mile and has had cameo appearances in several films and shows, while Proof also appears in 8 Mile as a freestyle rapper called "Lil' Tic". The group appear in 2005's The Longest Yard credited as "Basketball Convicts". For the movie, the group recorded the song "My Ballz" for The Longest Yard. Although Eminem was the only D12 member not to appear in the movie, he does perform the chorus and a verse in "My Ballz".

Members
Bizarre Kon Artis Kuniva Swifty McVay Eminem Fuzz Scoota

Former members Proof (deceased) Bugz (deceased)

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Discography
Studio albums Devil's Night (2001) D12 World (2004)

References
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External links
Official website (http://www.d12online.com) D12World.com (http://www.d12world.com) D12 (http://www.myspace.com/d12) on Myspace

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Bad Meets Evil
Origin Genres Years active Labels Detroit, Michigan, U.S. Hip hop 1997-2001, 2010present Game, Shady, Interscope

Associated acts Slaughterhouse, Method Man, D12 Website [www.badmeetsevil.net www.badmeetsevil.net] Members Royce da 5'9" Eminem

Bad Meets Evil is an American hip hop duo from Detroit, Michigan that consists of rappers Royce da 5'9" (Bad) and Eminem (Evil). They are best known for collaborating on a self-titled song that appeared on Eminem's major-label debut album The Slim Shady LP in 1999, their early association with Dr. Dre and his label Aftermath Entertainment. The duo recorded numerous well received underground songs including the popular song "Renegade" which would later be used on Jay-Z's The Blueprint album with Royce's verses replaced by Jay-Z. They have also recorded numerous freestyles together, including a 12-minute long battle. Footage of a Bad Meets Evil concert filmed in September 1998 in Boston at the Lyricist Lounge has also been leaked onto the Internet. Bad Meets Evil split up in early 2000s, after Royce fell out with Eminem's group, D12. They have since reunited and released their EP Hell: The Sequel on June 14, 2011, which debuted at number 1 in the Billboard 200 charts. Final numbers for the first week sales of the EP were 171,000 via Sound Scan.

Music career
Origin and first single
Royce da 5'9" and Eminem both grew up in Detroit and were mutual friends of late rapper Proof. Royce's manager then introduced him to Eminem at an Usher concert in 1997. Their chemistry encouraged them to form a group in which Royce covers the "Bad" part and Eminem the "Evil" part. They recorded and released several tracks together, including their debut group single "Nuttin' to Do" and its B-side, "Scary Movies".[1] Eminem would later sign a solo deal with Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment. On his major-label debut album, The Slim Shady LP, he featured Royce on the song "Bad Meets Evil". While working on Dr. Dre's album 2001, Eminem introduced Royce to Dr. Dre and secured him a ghostwriting position on the album. Royce wrote and appeared on the first and original version of "Xxplosive" (originally entitled "Way I Be Pimping"), he also wrote "The Message".[2] Royce wrote several tracks such as "The Throne Is Mine" and "Stay in Your Place" which were later cut from the final track list. The tracks have been leaked later on several unofficial mixtapes.[3] Royce's then manager revealed that Royce was involved in writing for Dr. Dre, he then requested that Royce cut ties with his manager. Royce refused to fire his manager and his relationship with Dre ended resulting in Bad Meets Evil group work to dissolve.

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Disbandment
An altercation would later occur between Royce Da 5'9" and Eminem's childhood friends rap group D12, prompting Eminem and Royce to cut off any connections. Royce has since released some tracks dissing D12. D12 (minus Eminem) have released tracks disrespecting Royce Da 5'9" and his M.I.C. Records. The fight continued until 2005 and would officially be resolved in 2008. Royce and Eminem reconciled soon after the shooting of their mutual friend and fellow rapper Proof in 2006. Before his death, Proof had been trying to sort things out between D12 and Royce. In 2008 Royce and D12 announced that they have quashed their "beef", and Royce has appeared on the D12 mixtapes Return of the Dozen Vol. 1 in 2008, and Return of the Dozen Vol. 2 in 2011. He also appeared on mixtapes and albums by D12 rappers Kuniva and Bizarre. In 2007 Royce expressed in interviews that Eminem and himself have ended their feud and have been talking over the phone. A song titled "See You in Hell", a planned sequel to "Bad Meets Evil", was rumored to be released either on Eminem's Relapse or Recovery.

2010present: Reunion and Hell: The Sequel

In 2010, it was announced that Eminem was in the process of signing Slaughterhouse, a rap group of which Royce is a member. The group together with Royce later appeared on a bonus track for Eminem's Recovery album titled "Session One". The deal was finalized in 2011. The two rappers started rapping together and two of their songs, "Living Proof" and "Echo", were leaked. They later appeared on another song together, this time with the new Shady Records team, Slaughterhouse and Yelawolf, on "2.0 Boys", which is also titled "Game Over". Most recently a song titled "Fast Lane"[4] was leaked to the internet, though it became the lead single on their latest EP while becoming their first top 40 hit as a group. The album was released on June 14, 2011.[5] Eminem: "Royce and I started hanging out again and inevitably that led us back into the studio. At first we were just seeing where it went without any real goal in mind, but the songs started to come together crazy, so here we are."[6] Royce da 5'9": "I'm excited to see this project come to fruition considering the long lapse in time between when we worked before and now. We had a blast doing it and we just hope everyone enjoys it while we're working on the 'Monster' that will be the Slaughterhouse album."[6]

Discography
Extended plays
Title EP details Peak chart positions Certifications

US

US R&B
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[7] US: Gold [8] AUS: Gold

Hell: The Sequel

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1999 "Nuttin' to Do" "Scary Movies" 2011 "Fast Lane" "Lighters" (featuring Bruno Mars)

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"" denotes releases that did not chart or receive certification.

Appearances together
Year Song Album Performers Producers Bass Brothers, Eminem The Neptunes Eminem DJ Clue?, Duro Red Spyda Just Blaze

1999 "Bad Meets Evil" The Slim Shady LP Eminem 2000 "She's the One" 2001 "Renegade" 2001 "What the Beat" 2002 "Rock City" 2010 "Session One" 2011 "2.0 Boys" "Writer's Block" Royce da 5'9" Eminem

The Professional 2 DJ Clue? featuring Method Man Rock City Recovery Royce da 5'9" Eminem featuring Slaughterhouse

Eminem, Slaughterhouse, Yelawolf WillPower, KP, Eminem StreetRunner, Sarom Soundz

Success Is Certain Royce da 5'9"

Music videos
Title Year Director(s)

"Fast Lane" 2011 James Larese[17] "Lighters" [18] Rich Lee

References
[1] http:/ / new. music. yahoo. com/ bad-meets-evil/ albums/ nuttin-to-do-scary-movies-im-the-king-explicit--34346022 "Nuttin' to Do" Bad Meets Evil single on Yahoo!Music [2] Royce Da 5'9" Emerges Out Of Eminem's Shadow With Rock City (http:/ / www. mtv. com/ news/ articles/ 1458381/ royce-da-59-isnt-eminems-shadow. jhtml) [3] Dr. Dre Pretox CD 1 (http:/ / www. datpiff. com/ Dr-Dre-Pretox-CD-1-mid1553. html). DatPiff.com. Accessed May 12, 2008. [4] Listen Up: "Fast Lane" by Eminem and Royce da 5'9 (http:/ / www. ology. com/ music/ listen-fast-lane-eminem-and-royce-da-59) [5] Trailer Released For Eminem & Royce Da 5'9's "Hell: The Sequel" EP (http:/ / www. hiphopdx. com/ index/ news/ id. 14838/ title. trailer-released-for-eminem-royce-da-59s-hell-the-sequel-ep) [6] Eminem to release EP with Royce da 59 (http:/ / www. aftermathmusic. com/ blog/ 2011/ 04/ 25/ eminem-royce-da-59-announce-upcoming-ep/ ) [7] "Gold & Platinum: Searchable Database" (http:/ / www. riaa. com/ goldandplatinumdata. php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS& artist=Bad Meets Evil& format=& go=Search& perPage=50). Recording Industry Association of America. . Retrieved 2011-08-31.

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[8] "2011 albums accreditations" (http:/ / www. aria. com. au/ pages/ httpwww. aria. com. aupageshttpwww. aria. com. aupageshttpwww. aria. com. auALBUMaccreds2011. htm). Australian Recording Industry Association. . Retrieved 2011-11-26. [9] Peak positions for singles in the United States: "Fast Lane": "Billboard Hot 100: Week of May 21, 2011 (Biggest Jump)" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ charts/ hot-100?chartDate=2011-05-21& order=gainer). Billboard. . Retrieved May 12, 2011. "Lighters": Trust, Gary. "Katy Perry's 'Friday' Flies Up Hot 100, Adele Still No. 1" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ news/ katy-perry-s-friday-flies-up-hot-100-adele-1005244602. story). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. . Retrieved 24 June 2011. [10] Peak positions for R&B/Hip-Hop Songs in the United States: "Lighters": "R&B/Hip-Hop Songs: Week of August 27, 2011 (Biggest Jump)" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ charts/ r-b-hip-hop-songs?chartDate=2011-08-27& order=gainer). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. . Retrieved 18 August, 2011. [11] http:/ / api. billboard. com/ apisvc/ chart/ v1/ list?& artist=bad_meets_evil& song=do& sdate=1998-03-01& edate=2011-11-20& api_key=bvk4re5h37dzvx87h7rf5dqz [12] Peak chart positions for singles in Australia: "Fast Lane": "Chartifacts Week Commencing: 20th June 2011" (http:/ / www. webcitation. org/ 5zbxJHtLc). Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original (http:/ / www. ariacharts. com. au/ pages/ chartifacts. htm) on June 21, 2011. . Retrieved June 21, 2011. "Lighters": "Discography Bad Meets Evil" (http:/ / australian-charts. com/ showinterpret. asp?interpret=Bad+ Meets+ Evil). australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 31 July, 2011. [13] "Canadian Hot 100: Week of May 21, 2011 (Biggest Jump)" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ charts/ canadian-hot-100?chartDate=2011-05-21& order=gainer). Billboard. . Retrieved May 12, 2011. [14] "Discography Bad Meets Evil" (http:/ / irish-charts. com/ showinterpret. asp?interpret=Bad+ Meets+ Evil). irishcharts.com. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 31 July, 2011. [15] "Discography Bad Meets Evil" (http:/ / charts. org. nz/ showinterpret. asp?interpret=Bad+ Meets+ Evil). charts.org.nz. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 31 July, 2011. [16] Peak positions for singles in the United Kingdom: "Nuttin' to Do / Scary Movies": "Chart Log UK: Darren B David Byrne" (http:/ / www. zobbel. de/ cluk/ CLUK_B. HTM). zobbel.de. . Retrieved May 12, 2011. "Fast Lane" and "Lighters": "Chart Stats Bad Meets Evil" (http:/ / www. chartstats. com/ artistinfo. php?id=12959). Chart Stats. The Official Charts Company. . Retrieved 24 June 2011. [17] On The Set of "Fast Lane" (http:/ / www. hiphopgiant. net/ on-the-set-eminem-x-royce-da-59-fast-lane) [18] http:/ / idolator. com/ 5944232/ eminem-royce-da-59-bruno-mars-lighters-video

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Shade 45
Shade 45
Broadcast area United States Slogan Frequency The Hype Is Real Sirius XM Radio 45 DISH Network 6045 October 28, 2004 Hip hop, urban contemporary Satellite Radio Station Sirius XM Radio SiriusXM: Shade 45 [1]

First air date Format Class Owner Website

Shade 45 is Eminem's uncensored Hip-Hop/Rap-heavy urban contemporary channel. Eminem brings On-Air show hosts. It debuted with a hip hop format in 2004, changing to its current incarnation when it was added to XM channel 66. It is located on Sirius XM Radio channel 45 (previously 66 on XM, where it replaced Raw on November 12, 2008) and DISH Network 6045. Regular DJs include DJ Kay Slay, DJ Muggs, DJ Tony Touch, DJ Clinton Sparks, DJ Lord Sear, Statik Selektah, Rude Jude, DJ Drama, DJ Wonder, DJ Whoo Kid and newly added DJ Self, Kimmi Cupcakes, & DJ Superstar Jay.

References
[1] http:/ / www. siriusxm. com/ shade45

External links
Official website (http://www.siriusxm.com/shade45)

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