Tirohia te wāhanga i raro nei, kātahi ka whakautu i te pātai i muri mai i te reo kotahi me te wāhanga:  Passage: Ko te Marshall Mathers LP i tukuna i te marama o Mei 2000. I hokona te 1.76 miriona kape i roto i tana wiki tuatahi, ka pakaru i nga rekoata a US i puritia e Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle mo te pukaemi hip hop tere rawa atu me Britney Spears'... Baby One More Time mo te pukaemi takitahi tere rawa atu. Ko te takitahi tuatahi mai i te pukaemi, "The Real Slim Shady", he angitu ahakoa nga tautohetohe mo nga kohukohu a Eminem me nga kerēme ruarua mo nga tangata rongonui (hei tauira, ko Christina Aguilera i mahi i te taatai i runga i a Fred Durst me Carson Daly). I roto i tana takitahi tuarua, "The Way I Am", e whakaatu ana ia i te pehanga mai i tana kamupene rekoata ki te tihi "My Name Is". Ahakoa ko Eminem i whakaari i te rocker ohorere a Marilyn Manson i roto i te riipene ataata mo "My Name Is", e kiia ana he pai te korero; Kua whakahuatia a Manson i roto i te "The Way I Am", i puta i roto i tana riipene ataata puoro me te mahi i tetahi rereketanga ora o te waiata me Eminem. I roto i te tuatoru o nga takitahi, "Stan" (e tauira ana i te "Mauruuru koe" a Dido), ka ngana a Eminem ki te aro ki tona rongonui hou, me te kii i te ahua o te kaiwhaiwhai kino e patu ana i a ia ano me tana hoa wahine hapu (e whakaata ana i te "'97 Bonnie & Clyde" mai i te Slim Shady LP). I kīia e Q ko "Stan" te toru o ngā waiata rap tino nui o ngā wā katoa, ā, i eke ki te tekau i roto i tētahi rangahau Top40-Charts.com. Mai i taua wa kua tohua te waiata ki te 296th i runga i te raarangi "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" a Rolling Stone. I te Hōngongoi 2000, ko Eminem te kaitoi ma tuatahi i puta ki te uhi o The Source. Ko te Marshall Mathers LP i whakamanahia e te RIAA i te Poutu-te-rangi 2011 me te hoko 32 miriona kape puta noa i te ao. I mahi a Eminem me Elton John i te huihuinga 43 o te Grammy Awards i te 2001, me te Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD, he whakahaere i whakaaro ko nga kupu a Eminem he homophobic) e whakahe ana i te whakatau a John ki te mahi tahi me Eminem. I whakauruhia e Entertainment Weekly te ahua ki tana raarangi "pai rawa atu" o te mutunga o te tekau tau: "Ko te awhi i rangona 'i te ao katoa. Ko Eminem, i whakaekehia mo nga kupu homophobic, i tohatoha i te atamira me te tohu taatai mo te mahinga o "Stan" e kore e warewarehia i roto i tetahi horopaki. " I te 21 o Hui-tanguru, te...  Pātai: I tēhea marama, i tēhea tau i whakaputaina ai te Marshall Mathers LP?
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