This contract shocked the hip hop industry at that time. It is a phenomenon that has never happened in history. Eminem at that time was very favored in the underground community thanks to the mixtape Infinite in 96.
But when Dr.Dre decided to recruit white rappers to support him, the fans did not understand and criticized the duo a lot. More than 15 years later, Eminem’s 8 albums won consecutive awards along with tens of millions of sales, the world cannot forget that historic day.
Dr.Dre’sth was rewarded with a more impressive debut from his student. The Slim Shady LP turned Eminem into a superstar and was an interesting phenomenon that emerged with the MTV era.
If My Name Is was a wake-up call for mainstream hip hop, then Guilty Conscience was a song that affirmed his place in the rap game, and those were just two small pieces of Eminem’s first success. The album was so successful that Aftermath gave Eminem his own record label in his name in ’99, and Shady Records was born.
MAY 23, 2000 – FIRST GRAMMY AWARDS
Every artist remembers their first Grammy award. On that awards night, Eminem took home his two Grammy awards. While famous boybands were in fashion at that time, his success was remarkable, more than enough to attract showbiz attention and create momentum for Subsequent projects are successful.
MAY 30, 2000 – THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP SELLS 1.76 MILLION COPIES IN ITS FIRST WEEK.
It is difficult to forget this historic moment as this performance not only brought hip hop to an international level with the help of one of music’s most talented people, Sir Elton John, but it also helped quell the riots against Eminem because of his years of homophobia, or more broadly, the protests of groups like GLAAD demanding gender equality that broke out in many places at that time. . Their hug at the end of the performance calmed all the tensions nicely.
After Eminem’s follow-up album The Eminem Show achieved success with 1.3 million copies sold in the first week (actually in one day) of 2002, he was hungry to continue searching for more success.
And lucky for him, he found a rapper who is also very hungry in the rap game. 50 Cent signed with both Shady Records and Aftermath in June of the same year, making hip hop once again popular before releasing his most successful album, Get Rich Or Die Tryin’.
SEPTEMBER 8, 2002 – 8 MILE PREMIERES ON THE BIG SCREEN
This is the most successful hip hop-themed movie to date. 51 million USD in revenue in the first week, followed by 100 million USD in revenue in the US alone, the film helped Eminem take home the Oscar for best soundtrack with Lose Yourself, confirming once again he is the most valuable rapper on this planet.
SEPTEMBER 2004 – ENCORE BECOMES EMINEM’S THIRD CONSECUTIVE NO.1 ALBUM
Although Encore marked the beginning of Eminem’s decline in creativity and music writing, it was also very successful when it debuted at No.1 on the Billboard 200 even though it was leaked and smuggled out first.
That’s 4 days compared to the official release date. 13 months later came the album Curtain Calls, marking the end of Eminem’s popular release projects, a future that perhaps everyone could see.
MAY 19, 2009 – RELAPSE MARKED EMINEM’S RETURN AFTER YEARS OF BREAK
It’s been five years since Eminem actually released a full project, and people are starting to wonder if this is the end for him. But with Relapse, Eminem made a clear statement that he was back, paving the way with the extremely successful Crack A Bottle, the album later climbed to No.1 of the Billboard 200, marking Shady’s return. .
JUNE 18, 2010 – RECOVERY HELPED EMINEM HAVE THE MOST INCREDIBLE SALES CAREER
If Relapse is his return, then Recovery is Eminem’s most complete and impressive return. The album’s first two singles, Love The Way You Lie and Not Afraid, were a huge success, easily climbing to No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Next, Recovery won two more Grammys. At the end of that year, it became an album. Global best seller of the year. Eminem is back at the peak of his career.
APRIL 26, 2011 – EMINEM BECOMES THE FIRST RAPPER IN HISTORY TO HAVE 2 DIAMOND CLASS ALBUMS
That year, Shady Records and Eminem were strengthened when they absorbed Slaughterhouse and Yelawolf into the label. A few months later, he continued to receive good news when The Marshall Mathers LP was awarded Diamond status when it sold 10 million copies worldwide (before that, The Eminem Show was but much faster), honoring Eminem as the First rapper in history to have 2 Diamond albums under his belt.
NOVEMBER 5, 2013 – EMINEM RELEASES THE NEXT VERSION OF THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP AND IT BECOMES THE BEST-SELLING RAP ALBUM OF 2013
When Drake released the album Nothing Was The Same, rap fans were still quite surprised that rap music could still sell 500,000 records in a week without investing tons of money.
But when Eminem announced that he was about to release a follow-up to The Marshall Mathers LP, everyone wanted it. The Marshall Mathers LP 2 was released and sold 792,000 records in its first week, easily beating Drake and reminding everyone that, when they want to be the most successful rapper on earth, they need to more talented and put in a lot more effort.
FEBRUARY 8, 2015 – THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP 2 BECOMES EMINEM’S 6TH GRAMMY BEST RAP ALBUM
Why be a King when you can be a God?
No rapper has ever even come close to this feat of Eminem. On the night of the Grammy Awards that day, Eminem took home his 6th Best Rap Album award out of 7 nominations (Encore was the only album to miss the award) along with Best Rap/Sung Collaboration by The Monster ft. Rihanna.
A total of 15 Grammy awards in his career, although Eminem did not appear on that awards night, it was also a warning to everyone that Eminem is still in very high form and can still destroy everything. rank.
