Eminem’s “The Marshall Mathers LP” hits 4 billion streams on Spotify

The Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem has now surpassed 4 BILLION streams on Spotify, making it his 3rd solo studio album after The Eminem Show (6.3 BILLION) and Recovery (4.2 BILLION) to achieve the milestone.

The Marshall Mathers LP is the third studio album by Eminem, released on May 23, 2000, by Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records. The album was produced mostly by Dr. Dre and Eminem, along with the 45 King, the Bass Brothers, and Mel-Man. The album also includes samples or appearances by Dido, RBX, Sticky Fingaz, Bizarre, Snoop Dogg, Xzibit, Nate Dogg, and D12.

Like its predecessor, MMLP was surrounded by significant controversy upon its release, while also propelling Eminem to the forefront of American pop culture. Criticism centered on lyrics that were considered violent, homophobic, and misogynistic, as well as a reference to the Columbine High School massacre. Future second lady Lynne Cheney criticized the lyrics at a United States Senate hearing, while the Canadian government considered refusing Eminem’s entry into the country. Despite the controversies, it received acclaim from critics, who praised Eminem’s lyrical ability and considered the album to have emotional depth.

The album debuted at No.1 on the US Billboard 200, staying atop for eight consecutive weeks. A significant commercial success compared to the release of The Slim Shady LP just the previous year, the album sold 1.78 million copies in its first week, which made it among the fastest-selling studio albums in the United States. The album produced the singles “The Real Slim Shady”, “The Way I Am”, “Stan”, “I’m Back” and “Bitch Please II.” Among other publications, Rolling Stone named it the best album of 2000.

The Marshall Mathers LP has been included in numerous all-time lists and is widely regarded as Eminem’s greatest album. It has sold 25 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time, and is certified 11× platinum and Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It was nominated for Album of the Year and won Best Rap Album at the 2001 Grammy Awards, while “The Real Slim Shady” won Best Rap Solo Performance.

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Bang Em Smurf recalls Eminem signing 50 Cent to Shady Records & altercation with Suge Knight

Bang Em Smurf, one of the early members of 50 Cent’s hood gang who helped forming G-Unit, has recently sat down Cam Capone News where he recalled the early days of Eminem signing 50 Cent to Shady Records.

“When we got signed, before we actually secured the deal with Eminem, DJ Clue tried to come with better deal than Eminem but we declined that too. We declined all of them top executives. 50 wanted with Em and Dre. Eminem had to convince Dr. Dre to sign that deal. It was Em who really wanted Fif.” Said Bang Em Smurf.

Then he continued: “We recorded in the west coast but all the recording was not in the west coast. Eminem signed so we used to go to Detroit a lot too. We used to go to Eminem’s personal studio in Detroit. We go to LA cause that’s where the Interscope office was. I was in Dre studio. We were back and forth, we were everywhere with Fif, I was his righthand man, me, YaYo, before he went to jail. We were the ones who were making the moves. I’m the ni–a holding them down.”

“We were signed to Eminem, the biggest artist, that’s the great accomplishment. Eminem is still the biggest thing to this day. Ain’t nobody bigger than Em. Shout out to Eminem. That was a great feeling, great experience, thankful of being part of it. It was dope man, to see your dreams actually come true and unfold in front of you. Some dope s–t.” – Bang Em Smurf added.

Then he was asked about shooting the video of ‘In Da Club,” the lead single of Get Rich Or Die Tryin‘ album: “You know Suge pulled up. We was not going for it, we backed him down and he came with some Mexicans. Suge tried to press the video shoot but ain’t nothing happened. We held it down. Suge seen all them New York guys out there and they wanted no problem. He just dropped his cigar on the floor, stepped on it and left. That’s how Suge was. He’ll come to check the temperature, dig, so if he feels he could bully, he going to bully. He couldn’t bully that day but his presence was definitely felt cause all the executives and staff were going crazy all over the place. They scared to death. That was another dope experience. Eminem was inside at the beginning but then he came out outside, he ran and grabbed the vest and came outside with it.”

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Action Bronson recalls meeting Eminem for the first time in Leeds

Action Bronson has recently sat down on FLAGRANT podcast where New York-born rapper talked about making fire music, being a foodie, women, cars, Albania, meeting touring with Eminem and much more.

“What was touring with Eminem looked like? I was f–king bugged out. It was insane. It was me, Kendrick, J. Cole and Eminem. And this was like, before anyone really popped off like that. I didn’t have an album out but Paul Rosenberg and Em, they brought me along. I performed in front of 35,000 people in South Africa with him. 55,000 thousand in Johannesburg. 35,000 in Cape Town.” – said Action Bronson.

Then he continued: “I hanged with the guys. But it was not a tour-bus s–t. It was more like, everyone had their own space, but at the venues you see everybody. These guys are very normal guys. I can’t really pin point conversations, everyone just talk s–t. I remember when I first met Em. It was in Leeds, during Reading and Leeds Festival. You know, you have to be summoned to meet him. He asked for me, they brought me. He was standing as I’m walking, there were three guys standing, his back’s to me, he turns his head slightly, the f–king shine of the light just tickles his chick, all you see is his side profile, I thought he was going to make a full turn but he just went back that way. And then I say what’s up and it was just normal. And he made me a plate with some English food.”

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The Game says working with Eminem was one of the biggest highlights of his career

The Game’s beef with Eminem allegedly started after he was left out of Dr. Dre’s Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show on February 13, 2021 at the SoFi stadium. The performance featured some names affiliated with Dr. Dre including Snoop Dogg, Eminem, 50 Cent, Kendrick Lamar, Mary J. Blige and Anderson .Paak. Game expressed his disappointment with the omission by reposting a few Instagram Stories.

During an episode of the I Am Athlete podcast with Brandon Marshall, Pacman Jones, and Nick “ Swaggy P” Young, The Game admits he was “hurt” about being excluded from the Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show: “Snoop Dogg is icon. Dre is icon. Em is an icon, but Em is not from L.A. It’s L.A. I am L.A. I’m in the streets … So, yeah, I was hurt.”

In March 2022, The Game appeared on Drink Champs with N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN. On it, he claimed that Kanye West has done more for his career recently than Dr. Dre ever did. He also proclaimed himself better than Eminem and added he would happily go up against him in a VERZUZ battle to prove it.

After that, Game continued to bite Eminem in several interviews. His constant attack on Eminem culminated with the release of “The Black Slim Shady.” A supposed diss song that pieces together everything he likes and hates about the Detroit legend. But Eminem didn’t respond.

The Game has recently sat down with DJ VLAD for an exclusive interview where he talked about Kendrick Lamar being west coast king, 50 Cent, G-Unit, 2Pac, Jimmy Henchman being his manager, working with Eminem and much more.

“For the song with Eminem on ‘The Documentary’ album, I went to 8 Mile, went to Detroit and I stayed out there afro about a week. And we did the song out there.” said The Game.

Then he continued: “Watching Eminem record, and his whole recoding process, that might have been one of the highlights of my career because I don’t know if you want to call it weird, legendary or some Einstein type of s–t, evil genius type of s–t, but Em is very very complex and different individual in good ways. When he writes raps, he turns the paper around and he just writes in circles and then he turns it, when he reads it, he turns it back opposite way and starts to read it. That was when we were using papers for recording process, I don’t know his recording process these days. Back in those days, Eminem would just eat Taco Bell and drink Mountain Dew like it was like, I don’t know man, like Snoop with smoking weed.

“That process was dope. I’m forever grateful for being able to experience prime Eminem in his essence in Detroit, that’s one of the highlights of my career.” The Game added. You can watch the interview below:

Eminem’s “Stan” hits 1 Billion streams on Spotify

Eminem’s “Stan,” featuring Dido from The Marshall Mathers LP (2000) album is now a member of Spotify’s Billions Club, having surpassed the 1 billion streams marker on the platform, making it Eminem’s ninth song to achieve the digital milestone.

“Stan” follows “Rap God,” which joined Spotify’s Billions Club back in October, 2023, as well as his songs “Mockingbird,” “Godzilla,” featuring Juice WRLD, “The Real Slim Shady,” “Love the Way You Lie,” featuring Rihanna, “Lose Yourself,” “‘Till I Collapse,” featuring Nate Dogg and “Without Me.”

“The Monster,” featuring Rihanna (932 million streams) and “Not Afraid” (925 million) are likely Eminem’s next tracks to join the Spotify’s billion club.

“Lose Yourself,” Eminem’s Oscar-winning theme from “8 Mile,” movie is his most popular song on the service, and is less than 25 million streams away from hitting the 2 billion marker.

In all, 527 songs have crossed over into Spotify’s Billions Club; Drake and Justin Bieber are tied for most songs on the list with 14 apiece, followed by Bad Bunny, Rihanna, Ariana Grande (12 each), Ed Sheeran and The Weeknd (11 each).

As mentioned above, “Stan” became Slim Shady’s ninth song to reach 1 billion. This makes it the most of any artist to debut in the 1990’s.

DMC teaches Melle Mel how to respond to Eminem

Back in August, 2023, Melle Mel set the internet ablaze when he released a diss track aimed at Eminem. Later, the 62-year-old legend took to social media to admit that he regrets how we went about the record and now it appears DMC is ready to teach him a lesson.

“In light of the 50th anniversary of Hip-Hop, my original intention was to contribute an engaging and enjoyable endeavor to enrich the cultural landscape. Regrettably, my response fell short in its execution, and I accept full responsibility for the misjudgment. I acknowledge that my perspective was ill-conceived and I am prepared to take ownership of this oversight.” said the Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five member.

Mel’s statement acknowledged how dedicated Marshall Mathers’ fanbase was and his talent as a rapper before addressing how his comments on The Art Of Dialogue, where he credited the Detroit artist’s success to being white, stemmed from him trying to spark a rap battle. “My unfortunate choice of words, suggesting that his success is solely attributed to the color of his skin was in no way reflective of my genuine beliefs. It was an attempt, albeit misguided, to engage competitively within the emcee sphere.”

He then continued: “It is important to acknowledge that the dynamics of Hip-Hop have evolved over distinct eras, and it is inevitable that not everyone will resonate with my perspective, just as I may not fully comprehend others. Throughout my involvement in shaping the Hip-Hop landscape, the cornerstone has been built upon a foundation of mutual respect, even when personal preferences may differ.”

He closed his thoughts by saying he will move more respectfully in the imminent future, thanked Eminem for acknowledging him in his Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction speech in November 2022, and reiterated his awareness of Hip-Hop’s diversity and influence.

Eminem and Mel’s beef began back in March 2023 when Mel said, “If you was talking about sales, Eminem sold more than everybody. If you were talking about rhyme style, okay he got a rhyme style. But he’s white. He’s white!” on an episode of The Art Of Dialogue. He surmised that if Detroit legend was Black, he would not have the same success, and used the 15-time GRAMMY winner’s longtime collaborator Royce Da 5’9″ as an example.

Eminem fired back on Ez Mil’s track “Realest,” rapping “Hip Hop has been good to me, huh/ But when they say that I’m only Top 5 ’cause I’m white, why would I be stunned?/ My skin color’s still working against me/ ‘Cause second, I should be, to none/ Bein’ white being why they put me at five/ That’s why they can’t put me at one… Shout to the Furious Five and Grandmaster Flash but boy (what up though?) / There’s someone who really is furious stay out his path his wrath avoid / And I’ll be the last to toy with a juice head whose brain is like half destroyed / Like a meteor hit it well there went Melle Mel we lost his a– to ‘roids (damn).’ It was followed by Melle Mel’s disstrack which failed the expectations.

During a recent appearance on Drink Champs, hip-hop pioneer Darryl McDaniels (DMC) a founding member of the legendary hip-hop group Run-DMC, expressed his thoughts on how Melle Mel should have handled the Eminem beef. Watch it below:

Busta Rhymes names Top 5 Greatest Rappers Ever, includes Eminem

Last month, Busta Rhymes returned with a new studio album, Blockbusta. The LP arrived as his eleventh project overall and the first full-length collection of music since 2020’s Extinction Level Event 2.

To promote the album, the East Flatbush, New York-born hip-hop legend has done an interview on Amazon Music’s +44 Podcast with Sideman and Zeze Millz where he revealed his list of top five greatest rappers of all time.

“Greatest rapper ever? I don’t think I have one. I could say five. Rakim. Some might disagree with me but Nas. I would say Eminem. I’m starting to feel like there some new guys that are starting to go into that list to me. I’m almost there with J. Cole but I’m still torn between him and Kendrick. I’m talking about only bars! If Kendrick was to get active in the same way that Cole is being active, it would be a way different conversation but again, I’m torn between Cole and Kendrick, but it would be one of them two.” said Busta Rhymes.

Then he continued: “I still didn’t put none of them two in the fourth place. I was just saying that it was gonna be a new guy cause they are really starting to really earn their right to passage and to be in the top 5 greatest of all time to me. I would definitely say JAY-Z. I’m Biggie bias. I’m Biggie bias because I think what he has done between two albums everybody obviously had an opportunity to work way longer than him and they still can’t top what he has done in two albums. I think that’s my list.”

Later, Busta continues speaking about touring with 50 Cent, his new album Blockbusta, working with Little Simz, R.A and Giggs, growing up in the United Kingdom and more. You can watch the interview below:

Watch Eminem concert in Fortnite (LIVESTREAM)

Fortnite’s huge Eminem ‘Big Bang’ live-event will end the Fortnite OG season and kick off a “new beginning” for the battle royale game.

The live-event is the first we’ve had in quite some time, and brings to an end the most popular—but also shortest—season in Fortnite’s history. Fortnite OG was so popular that over 100 million players hopped into the game during November to try out the original map and weapons. That’s the most engagement Fortnite has ever seen, including when it was in its heyday years ago.

Now the season is drawing to a close. Today, the Big Bang live-event will change everything—though we are not sure what Epic Games has in mind when they say it’s a “new beginning for Fortnite.”

But before the next season begins, the Big Bang live-event goes live, featuring none other than legendary Eminem. There are themed skins in the shop before the event, with Rap Boy, Slim Shady and Marshall Never More Outfits going live earlier this week.

The Big Bang event kicks off Saturday, December 2nd at 2pm ET / 11am PT. Players will be able to login to the event’s pre-lobby 30 minutes ahead of time, which is highly recommended to avoid long queues that could interfere with your ability to get into the game. You can play with friends in parties of up to four people.

You can watch the Eminem live event below:

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New Song: Marsha Ambrosius – “The Greatest,” (Prod. by Dr. Dre)

The lead track off Marsha Ambrosius ‘s new album Casablanco, which is entirely produced by Dr. Dre, was released today.

The song is titled “The Greatest” and finds the former Floetry singer showcasing her impressive vocal range while detailing a passionate love affair.

“You said the day I met you that you’d never let me go/ Enchanted by your passion, I’m enamored, got me wanting you/ And the things you do to me/ You’re by far,” she belts out.

Marsha Ambrosius even flexes her rapping skills, spitting a few bars in the third verse: “This’ll be me saying, ‘What’s up?’/ Bossed up, bringing the pain before the glow up/ Done growed up, but I never changed, I am evolving/ Claim it, who the greatest? Mama, I made it.”

In addition to Dr. Dre, the song was produced by Aftermath producers Dem Jointz, Focus…, Trevor Lawrence Jr., Erik “Bluetooth” Griggs and Marsha Ambrosius herself.

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50 Cent reveals first thing he bought after signing to Eminem

50 Cent has revealed his first major purchase after being signed to Eminem’s Shady Records and Dr. Dre’s Aftermath Entertainment for $1 million.

Speaking to Apple Music’s Rebecca Judd while backstage at the London leg of his Final Lap Tour earlier this month, Fif revealed he bought a gift for a much-loved family member.

“I bought my grandmother a C220 Benz. I’ll never forget because when I got the car, I got it right away is the first thing I bought when the deal was done.” 50 Cent said.

50, who was raised by his grandparents after his mother died when he was eight, also admitted his grandfather wasn’t pleased with the gift as he was stuck with their old car.

“And then I went on the tour and I came back and my grandfather was on the porch and he was having a moment. So he was like, ‘I just went to work. I went to work, hurt my back, came back, and she done brainwashed my kids.’

“And he was talking about my grandmother because he was looking at her car in the front yard and he didn’t have a car. He had the older car and he said, ‘I went to work, hurt my back. Until my back hurt, everything.’” Fif added.

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Vanilla Ice says Eminem would be idiot to deny his influence over him

Vanilla Ice has recently sat down with VLAD TV where he talked about many topics, including his little back and forth with Eminem in the past.

“I don’t have any comment about Eminem. It’s the funniest thing ever, like, I’m supposed to have one. And the only reason that people want me to have an opinion about Eminem is because he’s white. And it’s really weird. I look at him and I do not see the white. I see there’s a rapper. And there is Coolio, a rapper, there is Jay-Z a rapper. There’s Drake a rapper. There’s Future a rapper. There is Kodak a rapper. I don’t have any opinions and comments that would be entertaining to people about Eminem.” Vanilla Ice said.

Then he continued: “Yeah, I took a shot at him. I said, Eminem stands for mini me. That’s not even a diss. I rapped ‘Millions of Dollars I been spendin’ ’em / I love rap, I paved the way for Eminem’ and it’s true too, isn’t it? He’d look like an idiot if he denies my influence. You know that! C’mon! The obvious is the obvious. I don’t think he ever would. I don’t think he ever dissed me. I don’t think there is any reason for him to think it would benefit him in any way because he’d get a backlash of half a billion fans that I have around the world.”

“I offered Eminem a boxing match and I’ll do it again. Naah, it’s all entertainment. I don’t have any problems with Eminem. I don’t give a s–t to be honest. I don’t really know enough to comment. I wish him all the best. I wish I had a comment cause people want it. I get the Eminem question and I’m like, ‘what can I say to entertain these people?!’ I don’t listen to Eminem to give you any comments to really listen or watch the videos.” Vanilla Ice added.

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Adin Ross says he’d pay $1,000,000 to collaborate with Eminem on Kick livestream

Popular online streamer Adin Ross stated in a recent livestream that he is willing to pay $1,000,000 to work with Eminem on his Kick channel.

During an recent streaming session, an old Eminem freestyle video was discovered by the streamer while perusing submissions on his official Discord server. Adin Ross described the Detroit legend as the “greatest rapper of all time,” saying: “This is the greatest rapper of all time. This is the Michael Jordan of rap. Sorry chat, rap nowadays is a joke. Like, you think these new rappers are studying dictionaries? This motherf**ker used to read the dictionary every day! Like, every f**king day. He would study this game, bro. He broke the game.”

Then he continued: “What do you think does he do now, chat? Wait, how old is Eminem? Chat, he’s 50. Do you think he will link with me? Yes or no. I would pay a million dollars to do an Eminem stream. I swear to god. On my life, I would pay Eminem. I swear on god, I would pay an M for Eminem.”

“They canceled Eminem. He got real-life canceled. There was no social media. He got real-life canceled and got black-balled from everything. And he’s a multi-platinum selling f**king artist. No person could’ve done it back then. He said some s**t about, ‘I hate f**gots.’ The answer is yes. He was dissing the gays. He was dissing everybody and he didn’t give a f**k! This motherf**ker was on some s**t, chat!” Adin Ross added.

The Florida native didn’t stop there as he continued: “Someone tell Paul Rosenberg to hit my line. Someone tell Paul Rosenberg to text David Stromberg; look at that – Rosenberg and Stromberg. Tell them, an M to get Eminem on stream! Man, I know so much about this motherf**ker, it would be the greatest interview stream of all time. And, we’re both drug addicts in some form of a way! I mean, I know you’re way worse.”

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