Many publications deemed The Marshall Mathers LP the best album of 2000. Eminem had officially been put on the map, and he continued to build on his success with his 2002 follow-up The Eminem Show .

Expecting Eminem to channel his late-20s self was an impossibly ambitious demand. ‘The Marshall Mathers LP 2’ reminds us the superb rapper is older—but really hasn’t grown up much.

"The Marshall Mathers LP" is a snapshot of an artist becoming one of the world's biggest stars while kicking and screaming the entire time. Prankster, villain, anti-hero, the new Elvis: "I am ...

The Marshall Mathers LP 2 is the kind of sequel that gets people shouting at the screen in disbelief before their seats are warmed up. The first song, “Bad Guy,” is seven white-knuckled ...

While listening to The Marshall Mathers LP 2 with these past lyrics in mind, it becomes increasingly difficult to not view it as a long suicide note for Eminem (not Marshall Mathers).An album with ...

Born Marshall Mathers, Eminem has become an iconic cultural phenomenon in America. From his rapid-fire lyrics to his ...

The Marshall Mathers LP 2 is already faring well on the charts: “The Monster” features a guest spot from Rihanna and has already peaked at the top of the Billboard 200. Other artist cameos ...

The Marshall Mathers LP Dope beats and a sardonic wit make for an intensely solid sophomore effort. For his second go-around, which comes just a year and some change after his major label debut, ...

(AllHipHop News) A week after the original The Marshall Mathers LP was released on May 23rd, the album had broken the still untouched single week record for most sales at 1.71 million.It is safe ...

Perhaps that’s why his primary reference point here is one of his own records, “The Marshall Mathers LP,” the 2000 disc (titled after his birth name) that solidified Eminem’s reputation as ...

Perhaps that’s why his primary reference point here is one of his own records, The Marshall Mathers LP, the 2000 disc (titled after his birth name) that solidified Eminem’s reputation as a ...

Yet “The Marshall Mathers LP 2,” the sequel to Em’s 2000 smash, is a frustrating record. Though Slim Shady hasn’t lost a step technically, the bawdy, “shock you for the sake of doing it ...