Solo Artist · The Rap God
Most frequent collaborator: Dr. Dre · 40 tracks
Holds writing credit on 200 of 201 tracks
Yes. Eminem writes his own lyrics on every record; across the studio albums covered here he is credited as a writer on effectively all 200-plus tracks. He is famous for writing his verses by hand, often over several days. Songs like 'The Way I Am,' 'Not Afraid,' and 'Rap God' are entirely his, and on hits like 'Stan' and 'Love the Way You Lie' the outside names are sample composers and hook writers, not ghostwriters.
Across all 201 tracks: how many Eminem wrote alone, how many they co-wrote, and how many were written by others. The bracket marks every track they hold any writing credit on.
Share of all 201 tracks where they are personally credited, by role.
Eminem's writing credit per album, in release order. Hover any bar for the album.
Where Eminem sits on the scale from a pure performer (0%, sings songs written by others) to a complete author (100%, writes everything). The bright marker is their catalogue authorship score, plotted against other artists on the site.
Reference artists spread across the scale, closest by genre and era.
None of the signature songs above fall in this category.
Interscope / Aftermath
Interscope / Aftermath
Interscope / Aftermath
Aftermath / Interscope / Shady
Aftermath / Interscope / Shady
Aftermath / Interscope / Shady
Aftermath / Interscope / Shady
Aftermath / Interscope / Shady
Aftermath / Interscope / Shady
Aftermath / Interscope / Shady
Aftermath / Interscope / Shady
No albums from this decade.
Bubble size = tracks worked on together. DD Dr. Dre · AY Andre Young · JB Jeff Bass · LR Luis Resto · MB Mark Batson · MB Mark Bass
Data Insight
Eminem is unique in the hip-hop data: he writes every single lyric himself, famously by hand before recording. The authorship score reflects this near-perfect lyricist score. However, the credit table shows an important split: while Eminem is credited as lyricist on virtually every track, the music/composition credit goes to producers like Dr. Dre and the Bass Brothers (Jeff and Mark Bass). His score as a composer is lower than his lyricist score.
Quick Facts
Creative Fingerprint
A pure lyricist: Eminem writes his own words on every record, credited as a writer on effectively all 200-plus tracks in this catalogue. The outside names on his songs are producers, sample composers, and hook singers, never ghostwriters.
The Story
Eminem is the best-selling rapper of all time and one of the most commercially successful artists in music history, with roots in the Detroit underground rap scene where he honed his craft through years of battling before signing to Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment. Known for his technically precise delivery, dense internal rhyme schemes, and autobiographical subject matter drawn from a turbulent childhood and rise to fame, he became the first artist to have his first ten studio albums debut at number one in the United States. Unlike most of his peers in mainstream rap, Eminem writes every lyric himself, famously by hand in notebooks, and has built a catalog that is both wildly controversial and widely recognized as among the most technically accomplished in the genre.