The Marshall Mathers LP 2

The Marshall Mathers LP 2
Studio album by
Publication (s)	5th November 2013
admission	2011-2013
Label (s)	Shady Records , Aftermath , Interscope
Format (s)	CD , LP , download
Genre (s)	Hip-hop , rap
Title (number)	CD 1: 16 / (CD 2: 5)
running time	CD 1: 79:49 / (CD 2: 24:09)
production	Rick Rubin ( Executive Producer ) Dr. Dre ( Executive Producer ) Eminem DJ Khalil Alex da kid Emile Haynie DVLP Frequency Sid Roams Symbolyc One M-phazes StreetRunner Jeff Bhasker Filthy Vinny Venditto Eelias Luis Resto Cardiak Catalyst
Studio (s)	Effigy Studios Shangri La Studios (Malibu) Larrabee Studios (Universal City) Interscope Studios (Santa Monica) Record One Studios (Sherman Oaks) Westlake Studios (Los Angeles)
chronology Recovery (2010) The Marshall Mathers LP 2 Revival (2017)
Single releases August 27, 2013 Berzerk October 8, 2013 Survival 15 October 2013 Rap god October 29, 2013 The monster 5th February 2014 Headlights

The Marshall Mathers LP 2 is the eighth solo album by the American rapper Eminem . It was released on November 5, 2013 on the labels Shady Records , Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records . The name is a continuation of his third studio album The Marshall Mathers LP .

Prehistory and origin

On May 24, 2012, Eminem first announced on the radio station Hot 97 that he was working on his eighth solo album. He gave another interview on June 30, 2012 on his own radio station Shade 45, saying that Dr. Dre was involved in the production of the new album. Eminem's manager Paul Rosenberg announced on February 11, 2013 that Eminem's eighth studio album should be released in 2013, but only after Memorial Day (May 27). He also announced that Eminem will tour Europe in August 2013. On March 24, 2013, Dr. Dre in an interview that Eminem's work on his new album was about to be completed.

In an interview with the music magazine Rolling Stone , which appeared on November 7, 2013, Eminem said that he put as much work into making The Marshall Mathers LP 2 as he did in The Eminem Show , his film 8 Mile and the accompanying soundtrack together. He also stated that he did not choose the name because the sound carrier was a sequel to The Marshall Mathers LP , but because of the nostalgia he felt when listening to the songs.

On October 30, 2013, the album was posted on the Internet by strangers.

marketing

On August 14, 2013, the song Survival was released for the first time on the new album. Then Eminem went on a European tour for ten days, where he played this song live at the opening at six concerts ( Pukkelpop , Slane , Glasgow Summer Sessions , Stade de France , Reading and Leeds Festivals ).

At the MTV Video Music Awards on August 25, 2013 it was finally announced that Eminem's eighth studio album is called The Marshall Mathers LP 2 and should be released on November 5, 2013. The first single, Berzerk , was released on August 27th, followed by a music video on September 9th, 2013. Subsequently, Survival was released on October 8th, including the music video, as a download single. Shortly afterwards, on October 10, 2013, the track list appeared on the Internet, and on October 15, Rap God, the third single, followed, but without the accompanying music video. The pre-sale of the album started on October 17th on Eminem's website. Here you could choose between different packages of the album, including different merchandise products. On October 28, 2013, The Monster, a fourth song before the album was released on US radio, was released for download one day later.

On November 2, 2013, Eminem performed live with the songs Berzerk and Survival on the US television program Saturday Night Live and a day later with Rap God at the Youtube Music Awards . He also gave the pieces Berzerk and Rap God the best at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2013 on November 10, 2013, where Eminem was awarded two trophies. On November 16, 2013 he also appeared with Berzerk on the TV show Schlag den Raab .

content

Eminem deals with a wide range of topics on the album, including aggressive (e.g. Berzerk , Asshole ) and funny songs (e.g. Love Game ), as well as calm and personal songs (e.g. Legacy , Stronger Than I What , headlights ) contained on the sound carrier. What is striking is the high proportion of choruses sung, some of which are interpreted by Eminem himself and some by guest artists.

The first song Bad Guy builds on Eminem's hit Stan : Stan's little brother Matthew blames Eminem for his death and wants to get revenge on him by kidnapping Eminem in the car and throwing himself off a bridge with him. In Rhyme or Reason , Eminem sarcastically vented his anger that his father left him and his mother when he was 18 months old , while in So Much Better , he wished death to a woman who cheated on him. The first single Berzerk is a typical party song, while The Monster deals with the dark side of being famous. In Rap God Eminem highlights his status as a rap superstar and says in Survival that he is far from thinking about quitting. Legacy is about Eminem's troubled childhood, and in Asshole he ironically thanks his critics for the attention they've brought him. Brainless also contains a lot of exaggeration, irony and sarcasm. The song Stronger Than I Was is a mostly sung ballad that deals with the pain of separation after a relationship, whereas Love Game is an ironic song about the different facets of love. In So Far… Eminem describes, among other things, his love for his hometown Detroit and that despite the fame he has changed little. In addition, the song Headlights represents a declaration of reconciliation to his mother, with whom Eminem has been in an argument since the beginning of his career. In Evil Twin , Eminem deals with his alter ego Slim Shady and says that he and his diabolical twin form the top 4 best rappers of all time with Tupac Shakur and The Notorious BIG .

In the bonus song Baby Eminem once again glorifies his talent and raps with many comparisons and exaggerations . The same goes for Wicked Ways . Desperation , on the other hand, is a more profound song that is about an insincere relationship in which love is only faked. In Beautiful Pain is called to stand tall by any setbacks and emerge stronger from the mistakes of the past. Groundhog Day is about Eminem's many childhood moves and the early days of his rap career with group D12 . In addition, Eminem announces in Don't Front that he is still hungry for rap and thanks various rappers such as Proof , Obie Trice , Kon Artis and Buckshot .

Several songs contain allusions to songs from the Marshall Mathers LP . So passages in the text in Bad Guy refer to the tracks Stan and Criminal . The Skit Parking Lot also continues a Skit from Criminal and at the end of So Much Better there is a reference to Kill You . In Rap God , Eminem picks up a previously censored line from his song I'm Back and So Far… contains allusions to The Real Slim Shady .

Production and samples

18 different music producers were involved in the production of the album . Dr. Dre and Rick Rubin acted as executive producers . While Eminem's discoverer Dr. Dre did not produce an instrumental though, Rick Rubin is responsible for the beats for Berzerk , So Far ... and Love Game . He also produced the song Rhyme or Reason in collaboration with Eminem . Eminem himself also produced the titles Parking Lot (Skit) , So Much Better , Brainless , Stronger Than I Was and Baby . Luis Resto assisted him with the last four songs . Eminem also made small changes to some instrumentals and co-produced Cardiak ( Groundhog Day ) and Emile Haynie ( Beautiful Pain ). Emile also created the beat for Legacy and produced the track Headlights in collaboration with Jeff Bhasker . Three songs on the album ( Asshole , Desperation , Wicked Ways ) were produced by British producer Alex da Kid and Sid Roams contributed the instrumental to Evil Twin . The beat of Survival was created by DJ Khalil , while DVLP and Filthy (co) produced Rap God . Frequency and Aalias, who acted as co-producer, created the instrumental for The Monster together . The song Bad Guy has two different beats, the first being produced by Symbolyc One and M-Phazes and the second by StreetRunner and Vinny Venditto (Co). The duo Katalyst also produced the bonus track Don't Front .

Eight songs on the album contain samples of songs by other artists. The first beat of Bad Guy contains elements of the track Hocus Pokus by Walter Murphy and the second instrumental samples the pieces Ode to Billie Joe by Lou Donaldson and Soara by Gian Piero Reverberi and Laura Giordano. Rhyme or Reason contains a sample of the title Time of the Season by the rock band The Zombies and in Berzerk the tracks The Stroke by Billy Squier and Fight for Your Right and Feel Me Flow by the rap groups Beastie Boys and Naughty by Nature are sampled. Additions from the pieces The Show by Doug E Fresh and Slick Rick and Supersonic by the rap group JJ Fad are included in the song Rap God . So Far… samples the songs Life's Been Good by Joe Walsh and PSK Whut Does It Mean by Schoolly D and contains elements of the Eminem songs I'm Back and The Real Slim Shady . The track Love Game includes samples of Game of Love by Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders and The Object of My Affection by Pinky Tomlin. Evil Twin also contains elements of the songs The Reunion by Bad Meets Evil and Eyeless Dream by Wolfgang Düren, while Groundhog Day samples the songs Sleight of Hand by the Menahan Street Band and Big Menu by Sam Kinison .

Cover design

Cover of the album
Link to the picture (please note copyrights )

The album cover was released on September 20, 2013 via Eminem's Twitter account. It is in black and white and shows a wooden house that was already used for the cover of The Marshall Mathers LP and in which the rapper spent part of his childhood. The windows and doors of the house are boarded up and there is a conifer in the foreground. The number 19946 is on the front door . At the top right of the picture are the words Eminem and The Marshall 2 Mathers LP in black. In the deluxe edition, the 2 is in red.

The CD itself contains the words City of Detroit and Michigan as well as the Latin words Speramus Meliora and Resurget Cineribus , which means something like 'We hope for better times and will rise from the ashes'.

Guest Posts

In addition to Eminem, other artists can be heard on seven or ten songs. What is striking is the large number of female singers on the album. Thus, Rihanna , who already in the hit single Love the Way You Lie on Eminem's previous album Recovery was represented, a commentary in the song The Monster . Liz Rodrigues and Skylar Gray , with whom the rapper has also worked in the past, sing the refrains of the songs Survival and Asshole, respectively . The Russian singer Polina is featured on the song Legacy , while the American artist Sarah Jaffe sings the hook on the song Bad Guy . In addition, Nate Ruess , the singer of the indie pop band Fun , has a guest appearance in the play Headlights and Kendrick Lamar is the only rapper to be heard on the track Love Game . The deluxe edition also includes guest contributions by British musician Jamie N Commons ( Desperation ), Australian singer Sia ( Beautiful Pain ) and the US band X Ambassadors ( Wicked Ways ).

The rapper Buckshot is also featured on the bonus song Don't Front , which you get when you buy the album, including the video game Call of Duty: Ghosts .

Track list

#	title	Guest Posts	producer	length
1	Bad guy	Sarah Jaffe	Part 1: Symbolyc One and M-Phazes Part 2: StreetRunner and Vinny Venditto (Co)	7:14
2	Parking Lot (Skit)		Eminem	0:55
3	Rhyme or Reason		Rick Rubin and Eminem	5:01
4th	So much better		Eminem and Luis Resto (Add)	4:21
5	Survival	Liz Rodrigues	DJ Khalil	4:32
6th	Legacy	Polina	Emile Haynie	4:56
7th	Asshole	Skylar Gray	Alex da Kid and Eminem (Add)	4:48
8th	Berzerk		Rick Rubin	3:58
9	Rap god		DVLP and Filthy (Co)	6:03
10	Brainless		Eminem and Luis Resto (Add)	4:46
11	Stronger Than I Was		Eminem and Luis Resto (Add)	5:36
12	The monster	Rihanna	Frequency and Aalias (Co)	4:10
13	So far…		Rick Rubin	5:17
14th	Love game	Kendrick Lamar	Rick Rubin	4:56
15th	Headlights	Nate Ruess	Emile Haynie, Jeff Bhasker and Eminem (Add)	5:43
16	Evil Twin / Silence / Ken (Skit)		Sid Roams and Eminem (Add)	7:33

Deluxe Edition bonus songs:

#	title	Guest Posts	producer	length
1	infant		Eminem and Luis Resto (Add)	4:23
2	Desperation	Jamie N Commons	Alex da kid	3:56
3	Groundhog Day		Cardiak and Eminem (Co)	4:53
4th	Beautiful pain	Sia	Emile Haynie and Eminem (Co)	4:25
5	Wicked Ways / Silence / Ken (Skit)	X ambassadors	Alex da kid	6:32

Bonus song for the version with Call of Duty: Ghosts :

#	title	Guest Posts	producer	length
1	Don't front	Buckshot	Catalyst	4:44

Individual songs

Cover of the single Survival

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Singles

Berzerk   DE 10 06.09.2013 (24 weeks)   AT 22nd 06.09.2013 (15 weeks)   CH 9 09/08/2013 (14 weeks)   UK 2 October 19, 2013 (12 weeks)   US 3 09/14/2013 (20 weeks) Survival   DE 20th October 18, 2013 (17 weeks)   AT 29 October 18, 2013 (8 weeks)   CH 13 10/27/2013 (6 weeks)   UK 22nd 03/11/2013 (10 weeks)   US 16 October 18, 2013 (14 weeks) Rap god   DE 33 10/25/2013 (5 weeks)   AT 45 10/25/2013 (4 weeks)   CH 31 03/11/2013 (2 weeks)   UK 5 10/26/2013 (9 weeks)   US 7th 11/02/2013 (20 weeks) The monster   DE 3 11/08/2013 (28 weeks)   AT 6th 11/08/2013 (21 weeks)   CH 1 11/09/2013 (23 weeks)   UK 1 11/09/2013 (25 weeks)   US 1 11/08/2013 (29 weeks) Headlights   UK 66 05/24/2014 (9 weeks)   US 45 03/29/2014 (8 weeks)

Cover of the single
The Monster

Survival

→ Main article : Survival

In this track, Eminem emphasizes, among other things, that he is far from thinking about quitting.

Berzerk

→ Main article : Berzerk

The song is a party track, the beat of which is based on the old school productions of the 1980s.

Rap god

→ Main article : Rap God

In this song, Eminem deals with his status as a rap superstar.

The monster

→ Main article : The Monster

This piece explores the downsides of being a celebrity.

Headlights

→ Main article : Headlights

The track is a declaration of reconciliation to Eminem's mother, Debbie Mathers.

Beautiful pain

→ Main article : Beautiful Pain

The title is about not letting setbacks get you down, learning from the mistakes of the past and emerging stronger.

Chart successes and singles

The Marshall Mathers LP 2 rose straight away to the top of the German charts , stayed there the following week and then fell to number 3; 8 and 10. Overall, the album was able to stay in the Top 100 for 22 weeks, nine weeks of which in the Top 10. After The Eminem Show and Encore Eminem's third solo album, which reached number 1 in Germany. It also climbed to position 1 in Austria, Switzerland, Great Britain, the USA, Canada, Australia, Norway, Ireland and New Zealand. In France, Italy, Poland and Sweden, the album was ranked 2. The longest, the album stayed in the US charts with 189 weeks, which, however, have 200 places.

Chart placements

Charts	Top ranking	Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK)	1 (22 weeks)	22nd
Austria (Ö3)	1 (16 weeks)	16
Switzerland (IFPI)	1 (24 weeks)	24
United Kingdom (OCC)	1 (71 weeks)	71
United States (Billboard)	1 (189 weeks)	189

Annual charts

Charts (2013)	placement
Annual charts (2013)
Germany (GfK)	13
Austria (Ö3)	30th
Switzerland (IFPI)	12
United Kingdom (OCC)	13
United States (Billboard)	16

Annual charts

Charts (2013)	placement
Annual charts (2013)
Switzerland (IFPI)	41
United Kingdom (OCC)	58
United States (Billboard)	5

On August 27, 2013, the track Berzerk was released as the first single on the album for download. It reached number 10 in the German charts, stayed in the top 100 for 24 weeks and was awarded a gold record for more than 150,000 units sold in Germany in 2018 . The second single, Survival , was released on October 8th for download only and rose to position 20 in the German charts, where it was represented for 17 weeks. On October 15, 2013, Rap God, the third download single followed, which reached position 30 in Germany and stayed in the top 100 for five weeks. Even Survival and Rap God received for each 150,000 sales in Germany Gold status. The Monster was released as the fourth single for download on October 29th and rose to number 3 in the charts in Germany, while in Great Britain it topped the charts straight away . For more than 450,000 copies sold, The Monster received a triple gold record in Germany in 2018. On February 5, 2014 Headlights was released as the fifth song for promotional purposes for the radio and as a result reached number 45 in the USA. Although the track Beautiful Pain was not released as a single, it was able to reach position 87 in the German, 67 in the British and 99 in the US charts for one week each due to the high number of downloads.

Sales figures and awards

In the US alone, The Marshall Mathers LP 2 sold around 792,000 copies in the first week after its release, more than the two previous Eminem albums. For over 300,000 units sold, the album received a triple gold record in Germany . In the UK, the album sold 73,000 times in the first 24 hours of its release. The Marshall Mathers LP 2 received a double platinum record there for more than 600,000 copies sold, as well as in Austria for over 30,000 sales. In Switzerland it got a platinum record for 20,000 units sold and in the USA the album was awarded four times platinum for more than four million sales. The worldwide sales figures thus amount to around six million.

At the Grammy Awards in 2015 received The Marshall Mathers LP 2 the award in the category Best Rap Album . The song The Monster also won the award in the Best Rap / Sung Collaboration category.

Overview:

country	gold	platinum	3 × gold	2 × platinum	4 × platinum
Germany awarded by BVMI	2013	2014	January 8, 2020	-	-
Austria awarded by IFPI	November 14, 2013	January 13, 2014	-	1st September 2017	-
Switzerland awarded by IFPI	2013	2013	-	-	-
United States awarded by RIAA	June 10, 2014	June 10, 2014	-	June 10, 2014	15th March 2017
United Kingdom awarded by BPI	November 8, 2013	December 13, 2013	-	March 18, 2016	-
Europe awarded by IFPI	-	2013	-	-	-

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	2 × platinum	140,000
Belgium (BEA)	gold	15,000
Denmark (IFPI)	platinum	20,000
Germany (BVMI)	3 × gold	300,000
Europe (IFPI)	platinum	(1,000,000)
France (SNEP)	platinum	100,000
Ireland (IRMA)	platinum	15,000
Italy (FIMI)	gold	30,000
Canada (MC)	4 × platinum	320,000
Mexico (AMPROFON)	gold	30,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Poland (ZPAV)	2 × platinum	40,000
Austria (IFPI)	2 × platinum	30,000
Sweden (IFPI)	platinum	40,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	platinum	20,000
United States (RIAA)	4 × platinum	4,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × platinum	600,000
All in all	4 × gold 24 × platinum	5,715,000

Main article: Eminem / Music Sales Awards

Reviews

Professional reviews
Average rating
source	rating
Metacritic	72%
More reviews
source	rating
laut.de
rap.de
plattentests.de
cdstarts.de
Rolling Stone
allmusic
The Guardian
The Independent
Spin
RapReviews
PopMatters

The Marshall Mathers LP 2 received mostly positive reviews. The site Metacritic calculated an average of 72 points from 33 reviews in English-language media, making the album the highest value of an LP by Eminem since The Eminem Show .

• The online magazine laut.de rated the album with four out of a possible five points and praised Eminem's lyrics and rap skills:

“ This man's rhyme skills are beyond any earthly measure and accordingly completely fuck the mind. What Eminem tells, which words he chooses for them, to which ambiguous images he arranges them and how he then spits them out in the end: simply out of this world. Still not. Eminem picks up on earlier tracks in so many places, picks up one thread here, drops another there ... it would probably be longer than listing all points of contact with 'The Marshall Mathers LP' - or the 'Slim Shady LP' only take time to catalog all the quotes and swipes at colleagues, film, radio and television. His classic could hardly have got a more worthy successor. "

- Excerpt from the review by laut.de.

• The website Rap.de described the album as Eminem's best since The Eminem Show and awarded eight out of ten stars:

“ It speaks for this album that the result doesn't sound half as forced as one had feared beforehand. Not only Eminem's convincing performance, but also the production team around the great Rick Rubin, has great merit. [...] But with all the musical ideas and clever interweaving of content: This album is largely supported by Eminem's terrific performance. Since the "Eminem Show" Marshall Mathers has not presented himself as aggressively and full of energy as here. Eminem still staples completely crazy cascades of rhymes together, his comparisons and language images still seem to come straight from hell, he still manages every beat as effortlessly as hardly any other rapper. "

- Excerpt from the review by Rap.de

• The hip-hop magazine Juice wrote that the album is not exactly ahead of today's times, but that Eminem is still on the go with rap technically at the highest level:

“ “ The Marshall Mathers LP 2 ”[is] an over-long, sometimes overwhelming album full of 7-minute Wüterich manifestos, references to one's own past, pig guitar samples looking towards the Def Jam early phase, and guest appearances by Rihanna and the like. And thus perhaps the best record that the undoubtedly still technically breathtaking Eminem could have made at this point in his career. [...] Eminem may never quite have arrived in our fast-moving times. But we should be happy about that. "

- Extract from the review of the Juice

• On Hiphop.de, Aria Nejati criticized the album's sound image:

“ With Dre and Rubin you would think that Eminem has the most competent team that the rapeseed scene has to offer. Why is it not reflected in the sound? The beats are not based on the album whose successor this record is supposed to be, nor on current trends such as trap and EDM. It is neither fish nor meat, and certainly not [...] bloody human flesh that one might expect from a "Marshall Mathers LP". "

- Excerpt from the preview from Hiphop.de

• The online editors of Die Welt called The Marshall Mathers LP 2 a great record:

“ Nobody raps with such virtuosity in tongues and with a nihilism that is more outrageous and beautiful the more groundless it seems. […] At the end of 'Bad Guy', shots rang out in the street as usual, and the police howled through Detroit. The listener can feel at home. [...] After a break of five years, he described private disasters, therapies and withdrawal treatments on 'Relapse', only to announce his recovery and the start of his late work the following year on the moderate album 'Recovery'. That was an Eminem you liked to listen to, but nobody needed. Now the songs are called 'Asshole', 'Evil Twin' and 'Brainless' again. Circular saws and chainsaws can be heard, Justin Bieber is insulted, Lady Gaga too. In 'Rap God', the warning about the explicit lyric that sticks to the cover is redeemed. "

- Excerpt from the review by welt.de

• Jan Wehn ​​from the Süddeutsche Zeitung not only sees the album positively - Eminem was better in his eyes:

“ A picture for the uncertainty, yes, fear of the artist Eminem that after around 15 years of career he has nothing more to say. A surprising confession of the earlier loudmouth. Or just a protective claim. [...] A strange paradox: on the one hand, the artist falls back into infantile - and in other places sounds like an old beard. The attempt by the 41-year-old Eminem to show relevance again through a variety of references and some almost obtrusive radio-suitable songs seems strangely half-baked. The self-doubt that puts it in the plastic bag in the first song - you can feel it throughout the album. [...] While Eminem spits absurd tirades of hate, cramped like a caricature of himself - Kendrick Lamar loosely pulls past him. With tact and a correct voice, but also with pun and presence. So with everything that Eminem made. Earlier. "

- Extract from the review of the Süddeutsche Zeitung

• The American magazine Complex published a ranking of Eminem's best EPs and LPs on the occasion of The Marshall Mathers LP 2 . The music department listed the album as its fourth best release behind The Slim Shady LP , The Eminem Show and The Marshall Mathers LP .

• Many music media included the record in their lists of “the best albums of the year”. In those of the US magazines Spin and Rolling Stone , it was placed 28th and 24th. The German e-zine Laut named it the ninth best album in 2013 and the song Bad Guy the tenth best song.

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1. ↑ Steven J. Horowitz: Eminem's Next Album Due 'Post-Memorial Day': Exclusive. In: Billboard.com. February 8, 2013, accessed April 9, 2013 . 
2. ↑ March 22, 2013 - Dr. Dre: Eminem's album almost finished ( Memento of the original from April 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ Interview in Rolling Stone
4. ↑ huffingtonpost.com: Report on the announcement of MMLP2 (accessed August 26, 2013)
5. ↑ Advance sales from October 17, 2013
6. ↑ The Monster - Premiere October 28, 2013
7. ↑ Explanations to "Bad Guy". On: genius.com (English). Retrieved November 6, 2013
8. ↑ Explanations for "Rhyme or Reason". On: genius.com (English). Retrieved November 6, 2013
9. ↑ Explanations for "So Much Better". On: genius.com (English). Retrieved November 6, 2013
10. ↑ Explanations for “Berzerk”. On: genius.com (English). Retrieved November 1, 2013
11. ↑ Explanations for "The Monster". On: genius.com (English). Retrieved November 1, 2013
12. ↑ Explanations for "Rap God". On: genius.com (English). Retrieved November 1, 2013
13. ↑ Explanations of "Survival". On: genius.com (English). Retrieved November 1, 2013
14. ↑ Explanations of "Legacy". On: genius.com (English). Retrieved November 6, 2013
15. ↑ Explanations to "Asshole". On: genius.com (English). Retrieved November 6, 2013
16. ↑ Explanations of "Brainless". On: genius.com (English). Retrieved November 6, 2013
17. ↑ Explanations to "Stronger Than I Was". On: genius.com (English). Retrieved November 6, 2013
18. ↑ Explanations for "Love Game". On: genius.com (English). Retrieved November 6, 2013
19. ↑ Explanations for "So Far ...". On: genius.com (English). Retrieved November 6, 2013
20. ↑ Explanations of "Headlights". On: genius.com (English). Retrieved November 6, 2013
21. ↑ Explanations for "Evil Twin". On: genius.com (English). Retrieved November 6, 2013
22. ↑ Explanations for "Baby". On: genius.com (English). Retrieved November 6, 2013
23. ↑ Explanations of "Wicked Ways". On: genius.com (English). Retrieved November 6, 2013
24. ↑ Explanations of "Desperation". On: genius.com (English). Retrieved November 6, 2013
25. ↑ Explanations for "Beautiful Pain". On: genius.com (English). Retrieved November 6, 2013
26. ↑ Explanations for "Groundhog Day". On: genius.com (English). Retrieved November 6, 2013
27. ↑ Explanations for "Don't Front". On: genius.com (English). Retrieved November 6, 2013
28. ^ Allusions to The Marshall Mathers LP
29. ↑ Production Credits
30. ^ The Marshall Mathers LP. 2 , entry in the Ann Arbor District Library, accessed May 12, 2016
31. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
32. ↑ Chart tracking The Marshall Mathers LP 2 on musicline.de ( Memento of the original from December 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
33. ↑ Chart positions in various countries
34. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
35. ↑ ^{a b c d e} 2013 annual charts: DE AT CH UK US
36. ↑ ^{a b c} 2014 annual charts: DE AT CH UK US
37. ↑ Chart tracking Berzerk at musicline.de ( Memento of the original from October 20, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
38. ↑ ^{a b c} IFPI : Search result Gold and Platinum Awards from Eminem
39. ↑ Chart tracking Singles at musicline.de ( Memento of the original from November 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
40. ↑ US sales 1st week
41. ↑ independent.co.uk: Eminem on track for fastest-selling album of 2013 with Marshall Mathers LP 2 Jess Denham, November 6, 2013 (accessed November 9, 2013)
42. ↑ musikindustrie.de: gold / platinum database
43. ↑ ifpi.at: gold platinum
44. ↑ swisscharts.com: Awards
45. ↑ riaa.com: RIAA database
46. ↑ bpi.co.uk: Certified Award Search
47. ↑ ifpi.org: Platinum Europe Awards
48. ↑ Rating: metacritic.com
49. ↑ ^{a b} Evaluation: laut.de
50. ↑ Rating: rap.de
51. ↑ Evaluation: plattentests.de
52. ↑ Rating: cdstarts.de
53. ↑ Rating: Rolling Stone
54. ↑ Review: allmusic David Jeffries, November 5, 2013
55. ↑ Review: The Guardian Paul MacInnes, November 7, 2013
56. ↑ Review: The Independent Andy Gill, November 8, 2013
57. ↑ Evaluation: Spin Christopher R. Weingarten, November 1, 2013
58. ↑ Review: RapReviews.com
59. ↑ Review: PopMatters Colin McGuire, November 4, 2013
60. ↑ Rap.de: Review of the sound carrier
61. ^ Juice: Review of the sound carrier
62. ↑ Hiphop.de: Preview of "The Marshall Mathers LP 2"
63. ↑ welt.de: Review of the sound carrier
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