‘Kamikaze’ was released in 2018 with no prior announcement. The album became Eminem’s eighth consecutive album to enter the charts at number 1 in both the UK and the US. This time sporting the likes of Beyonce, Ed Sheeran, P!nk, Alicia Keys, and more. Then along comes ‘Revival’ in 2017, yet again featuring a legion of superstars. It’s not surprising that just short of 2 million copies were sold by the end of the year in the US alone. Rihanna returns on the track “Monster”, accompanied by Kendrick Lamar, Skylar Grey, and Sia on their respective tracks. ‘The Marshall Mathers LP2’ arrived in 2013, featuring more superstars than ever. In June 2010, the release of ‘Recovery’ saw around 750,000 copies sold in the first week, notably featuring the track “love the way you lie” featuring Rihanna. The style of this album was very much ‘Slim Shady’, as he raps about the battle against addiction, including his personal problems with prescription sleep medication.

The return to heightsĮminem was back with a bang in 2009 with the release of ‘Relapse’, selling 650,000 copies in the first week.

“Cleanin’ Out My Closet” was one of the biggest hits from ‘The Eminem Show’.Īfter the release of ‘Encore’ in 2004 and his ‘Anger management Tour’ of the US in 2005, Eminem went into a 4-year hiatus. Both of these also attained Grammy awards, making Eminem the first to win three consecutive ‘Best Rap Album’ Grammys. In 2000, The ‘Marshall Mathers LP’ was released, followed by ‘The Eminem Show’ in 2002. Dre, this album didn’t only go on to sell millions of copies but also resulted in Eminem’s first Grammy award success. Mainstream popularity didn’t arrive for Eminem as a solo artist until 1999 when ‘The Slim Shady LP’ was released. However, this is believed to be the inspiration of Eminem’s alter-ego ‘Slim Shady’. It remains unknown how many copies were sold and figures range from 70– 1000.

Porter among others, plus singer Angela Workman. Early solo careerĮminem’s first solo album also came in 1996 titled ‘Infinite’, which featured rappers Proof and Mr. In 1996, after the dissolution of Soul Intent, Eminem and Proof formed D12 (The Dirty Dozen) along with 4 other rappers – Bizarre, Kuniva, Swifty McVay, and Mr. After a few more arrivals including Eminem’s childhood friend DeShaun Dupree Holton aka ‘Proof’, Bassmint Productions became ‘Soul Intent’ in 1992.

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