MMLP2

Kanye West's Yeezus may be getting its critical due, topping many publications' year-end lists, but sales-wise it hasn't quite risen to the top. Yeezus sits at No. 25 on the year-end sales list. After debuting at No. 1 after it arrived June 18 with 327,000 sold, Yeezus' sales were eclipsed by J. Cole's Born Sinner...

With the dust settling on 2013, superstars have been the general theme in hip-hop. Almost every big name artist came out with an album, from Drake releasing Nothing Was The Same, Jay Z coming with Magna Carta...Holy Grail, Kanye West blessing the world with Yeezus and last but certainly not least, Eminem's' The Marshall Mathers LP 2. MMLP2 was huge, becomin...

The lyrical hurricane that is Eminem's "Rap God" included a slew of name-checks and homages, from Rakim to Pharoahe Monch to JJ Fad and NWA. It was that last shoutout—"Me, I'm a product of Rakim, Lakim Shabazz, 2Pac NWA / Cube, Hey Doc, Ren Yella, Eazy, thank you, they got Slim / Inspired enough to one day grow up, blow up and be in a position / To meet Run DMC, and induct them into

M-Phazes—who just landed a major production placement with Eminem's "Bad Guy" off the Marshall Mathers LP 2, which he produced with S1—has signed a global publishing deal, Billboard reports. The Australian producer has inked a contract with Universal Music Publishing Group Australia. M-Phazes has had ...

Hotstylz is pretty annoyed that Eminem didn't give them any credit for "stealing" their flow in "Rap God." Back in 2007, Raydio G, Krazee, and Meatball exploded on to the scene with a track called "Lookin Boy," which turned out to be the one hit they've churned out. Whe...

The opening track on The Marshall Mathers LP 2 is a brilliant, seven-plus-minute record that features Eminem playing the role of Matthew Mitchell, the little brother of the infamous Eminem character portrayed in his song "Stan" on the first Marshall Mathers LP. If you'v...

Eminem Manager Paul Rosenberg On The Evolution Of Slim Shady

Two weeks ago, Skylar Grey got an email asking her to sign some paperwork. It was the first indication she had that she'd wind up on Eminem's new Marshall Mathers LP 2, one of hip-hop's most highly anticipated releases of the end of the year...

Joell Ortiz and his Slaughterhouse crew are 90 percent done with their followup to last year's Welcome To: Our House, but right now he and the whole of Shady Records are focused on the impending release of Eminem's Marshall Mathers LP 2, which officially drops Tuesday. "MMLP...

Meet Jon Bellion, The Co-Writer Of Eminem And Rihanna's "The Monster"