Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: An saki Marshall Mathers LP a watan Mayu na shekara ta 2000. An sayar da kwafi miliyan 1.76 a cikin makon farko, ya karya bayanan Amurka da Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle ya yi don sayar da kundin hip hop mafi sauri da kuma Britney Spears '...Baby One More Time don sayar da kundin solo mafi sauri. Na farko daga cikin kundin, "The Real Slim Shady", ya kasance nasara duk da rikice-rikice game da zagin Eminem da kuma ikirarin da ake zargi game da shahararrun mutane (alal misali, cewa Christina Aguilera ya yi jima'i a kan Fred Durst da Carson Daly). A cikin waƙarsa ta biyu, "The Way I Am", ya bayyana matsin lamba daga kamfaninsa na rikodin don saman "My Name Is". Kodayake Eminem ya yi wa Marilyn Manson dariya a cikin bidiyon kiɗan "My Name Is", an ba da rahoton cewa suna cikin kyakkyawan yanayi; An ambaci Manson a cikin "The Way I Am", ya bayyana a cikin bidiyon kiɗan kuma ya yi raye-raye na waƙar tare da Eminem. A cikin na uku guda, "Stan" (wanda samfurin Dido's "Na gode"), Eminem yayi ƙoƙari ya magance sabon shahararsa, yana ɗaukar nauyin mai sha'awar da ya kashe kansa da budurwarsa mai juna biyu (kallon "'97 Bonnie & Clyde" daga The Slim Shady LP). Q ya kira "Stan" na uku-mafi girma rap song dukan lokaci, kuma an ranked goma a cikin wani Top40-Charts.com binciken. Tun daga wannan lokacin aka sanya waƙar a matsayi na 296 a jerin "Waƙoƙi 500 Mafi Girma na Duk Lokaci" na Rolling Stone. A watan Yulin 2000, Eminem shine fararen fata na farko da ya bayyana a bangaren The Source. The Marshall Mathers LP an tabbatar da Diamond ta RIAA a watan Maris na 2011 kuma ya sayar da kwafi miliyan 32 a duk duniya. Eminem ya yi aiki tare da Elton John a bikin Grammy Awards na 43 a shekara ta 2001, tare da Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD, kungiyar da ta yi la'akari da kalmomin Eminem na 'yan luwadi) suna la'antar shawarar John na yin aiki tare da Eminem. Entertainment Weekly ya sanya bayyanar a cikin jerin "mafi kyau" na ƙarshen shekaru goma: "Yana da rungumar da aka ji 'a duniya. Eminem, a karkashin wuta don kalmomin homophobic, ya raba mataki tare da alamar gay don yin wasan kwaikwayon "Stan" wanda zai kasance abin tunawa a kowane yanayi. " A ranar 21 ga watan Fabrairu, da...  Tambaya: A wane wata da shekara aka saki Marshall Mathers LP?
Mayu 2000