The Marshall Mathers LP Songwriting Credits by Eminem

The Marshall Mathers LP is the third studio album by Eminem, released in May 2000 on Aftermath/Interscope Records and produced by Dr. Dre and the Bass Brothers. It was the fastest-selling rap album in history at the time of its release and the work that transformed Eminem from controversy-generating novelty into the central figure in mainstream American hip-hop. The album sold 1.76 million copies in its first week in the United States alone, a then-record for a solo artist, and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 in both the US and the UK simultaneously. Eminem wrote all lyrics; the album is notable for the density and precision of its technical construction, with multi-syllabic internal rhyme schemes and syntactically complex flow patterns that hip-hop critics began analyzing as formal poetry alongside the commercial success. The album generated multiple controversies simultaneously (particularly over 'Kim,' a graphically violent track addressed to his then-wife, and 'Criminal,' which contained homophobic language) while 'Stan' introduced a word into common usage (a Stan for an obsessive fan) that was eventually added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2017. The Marshall Mathers LP won Grammys for Best Rap Album and Best Short Form Music Video and has been certified ten-times platinum in the United States, making it one of the best-selling rap albums ever recorded.