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The Marshall Mathers LP was released on the 23rd of May 2000 in the United States through Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records. It was released in the United Kingdom on the 11th of September 2000 through Polydor Records.
The Marshall Mathers LP sold 1.76 million copies in the United States in its first week, making it the second-highest opening-week total in the SoundScan era at that time, behind only NSYNC's No Strings Attached. The album sold over 800,000 more copies in its second week.
The Marshall Mathers LP won Best Rap Album at the 43rd Grammy Awards in 2001. It was also nominated for Album of the Year but lost to Steely Dan's Two Against Nature. The single "The Real Slim Shady" won Best Rap Solo Performance.
Production on The Marshall Mathers LP was handled primarily by Dr. Dre and Mel-Man on the first half of the album, and by F.B.T. (the Bass Brothers) and Eminem on the second half. The 45 King was the only outside producer, contributing the beat for "Stan" by sampling Dido's "Thank You".
The album drew widespread criticism for lyrics deemed violent, homophobic, and misogynistic. Future second lady Lynne Cheney testified against it at a United States Senate hearing, and the Canadian government debated refusing Eminem entry into the country. A study found eleven of the album's fourteen songs contained violent and misogynistic lyrics.
"Stan" is a song on The Marshall Mathers LP that tells the story of an obsessive fan who kills himself and his pregnant girlfriend after Eminem fails to respond to his letters. The song gave rise to the Oxford English Dictionary term "stan", meaning an obsessive fan. The track sampled Dido's "Thank You" and was produced by The 45 King.