Rịba ama amaokwu a dị n'okpuru ma zaa ajụjụ ahụ mgbe e mesịrị n'otu asụsụ ahụ dị ka amaokwu ahụ:  Passage: A tọhapụrụ Marshall Mathers LP na May 2000. Ọ rere nde 1.76 n'izu mbụ ya, na-agbaji ihe ndekọ US nke Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle nwere maka hip hop album na-ere ngwa ngwa na Britney Spears'... Baby One More Time maka album na-ere ngwa ngwa. Single mbụ sitere na album ahụ, "The Real Slim Shady", bụ ihe ịga nke ọma n'agbanyeghị esemokwu banyere mkparị Eminem na nkwupụta na-enyo enyo banyere ndị a ma ama (dịka ọmụmaatụ, na Christina Aguilera mere mmekọahụ ọnụ na Fred Durst na Carson Daly). N'abụ nke abụọ ya, "The Way I Am", ọ na-ekpughe nrụgide sitere n'aka ụlọ ọrụ ndekọ ya iji bulie "My Name Is". Ọ bụ ezie na Eminem na-eme ka Marilyn Manson dị egwu na egwu egwu maka "My Name Is", a na-akọ na ha dị mma; A kpọtụrụ Manson aha na "The Way I Am", pụtara na vidiyo egwu ya ma rụọ ọrụ na egwu egwu nke egwu ahụ na Eminem. Na nke atọ, "Stan" (nke gosipụtara Dido's "Thank You"), Eminem na-anwa ịnagide aha ọhụrụ ya, na-ewere ụdị onye na-agba ọsọ nke na-egbu onwe ya na enyi ya nwanyị dị ime (na-egosipụta "'97 Bonnie & Clyde" site na The Slim Shady LP). Q kpọrọ "Stan" abụ rap nke atọ kachasị mma n'oge niile, ọ nọkwa n'ọkwa nke iri na nyocha Top40-Charts.com. Abụ a abụrụla nke 296 na Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" ndepụta. N'ọnwa Julaị afọ 2000, Eminem bụ onye ọcha mbụ pụtara n'ihu akwụkwọ akụkọ The Source. The Marshall Mathers LP bụ Diamond site na RIAA na March 2011 ma rere nde 32 n'ụwa nile. Eminem rụrụ na Elton John na emume Grammy Awards nke 43 na 2001, na Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD, otu nzukọ nke weere okwu Eminem dị ka onye na-asọ ndị nwoke ibe ya asị) na-akatọ mkpebi John ime na Eminem. Entertainment Weekly tinyere ọdịdị ahụ na ndepụta "kacha mma" nke afọ iri: "Ọ bụ mmakọ a nụrụ 'n'ụwa niile. Eminem, onye a na-agba n'ihi okwu mkparị nwoke na nwoke, so onye na-eme ihe ngosi nwoke nwere mmasị nwoke na-eme ihe ngosi nke "Stan" nke gaara abụ ihe a na-agaghị echefu echefu n'ọnọdụ ọ bụla". Na February 21st, ndị...  Ajụjụ: N'ọnwa na afọ ole ka e wepụtara Marshall Mathers LP?
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