Eminem - The Eminem Show (Expanded Edition) (4LP, Deluxe Edition, Limited Edition, Stereo)

Description

The Eminem Show is the fourth studio album by American rapper Eminem. After it had originally scheduled for release on June 4, 2002, the album was released nine days earlier on May 26, 2002, through Shady Records, Aftermath Entertainment, and Interscope Records due to pirating and bootlegging of it. The album saw Eminem take a substantially more predominant production role; most of it was self-produced, with his longtime collaborator Jeff Bass. It features guest appearances from Obie Trice, D12, Dr. Dre, Nate Dogg, Dina Rae, and Eminem's daughter Hailie Jade Scott-Mathers. The album incorporates a heavier use of rap rock than Eminem's previous albums, and its themes are predominantly based on Eminem's prominence in hip-hop culture, as well as his ambivalent thoughts about fame. The album also features political commentary on the United States, including references to 9/11, Osama bin Laden, the War on terror, President George W. Bush, Lynne Cheney, and Tipper Gore. Due to its less satirical and shock factor lyrical approach, The Eminem Show was regarded as Eminem's most personal album at the time and a step back from the Slim Shady alter ego. Widely considered the most anticipated album of 2002, The Eminem Show debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and stood there for six non-consecutive weeks. It sold over 1.3 million copies in its second week in the US, where it registered a full week of sales. It also topped the UK Albums Chart for five consecutive weeks. It produced four commercially successful singles, "Without Me", "Cleanin' Out My Closet", "Superman", and "Sing for the Moment", and it features one of his most popular songs, "Till I Collapse". The album was met with positive critical reviews, with praise directed at Eminem's mature, introspective lyricism and the album's experimental production. The Eminem Show was both the best-selling album of 2002 in the United States and the best-selling album worldwide in 2002. The album was certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and its worldwide sales of 27 million copies make it one of the best-selling albums of all time and the second best-selling album of the 21st century. At the 2003 Grammy Awards, it was nominated for Album of the Year and won Best Rap Album, while "Without Me" won Best Music Video. Blender, Muzik, and LAUNCH named it the best album of 2002, and several publications named it among the best albums of the 2000s decade.

Release Info

Artist: Eminem
Label: Aftermath Entertainment
Format: LP, Album, Deluxe Edition, Limited Edition, Stereo
Country: Worldwide
Label: Aftermath Entertainment
Released: 2023-01-27
Genre: Hip Hop
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Tracklist

A1 Curtains Up (Skit)
A2 White America
A3 Business
A4 Cleanin' Out My Closet
A5 Square Dance
B1 The Kiss (Skit)
B2 Soldier
B3 Say Goodbye Hollywood
B4 Drips
B5 Without Me
C1 Paul Rosenberg (Skit)
C2 Sing For The Moment
C3 Superman
C4 Hailie's Song
D1 Steve Berman (Skit)
D2 When The Music Stops
D3 Say What You Say
D4 'Till I Collapse
D5 My Dad's Gone Crazy`
D6 Curtains Close (skit)
E1 Stimulate
E2 The Conspiracy Freestyle
E3 Bump Heads
E4 Jimmy, Brian And Mike (Previously Unreleased)
E5 Freestyle (#1) (Live At Tramps, New York, 1999)
E6 Brain Damage (Live At Tramps, New York, 1999)
E7 Freestyle (#2) (Live At Tramps, New York, 1999)
E8 Just Don't Give A Fuck (Live At Tramps, New York, 1999)
F1 The Way I Am (Live At The Fuji Rock Festival, 2001)
F2 The Real Slim Shady (Live At The Fuji Rock Festival, 2001)
F3 Business (Instrumental)
F4 Cleanin' Out My Closet (Instrumental)
G1 Square Dance (Instrumental)
G2 Without Me (Instrumental)
G3 Sing For The Moment (Instrumental)
H1 Superman (Instrumental)
H2 Say What You Say (Instrumental)
H3 'Till I Collapse (Instumental)