Eminem‘s new album The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) is set to make a big splash on the Billboard charts, judging by its first-week sales projections.
HITS Daily Double reported on Monday (July 15) that the project is expected to earn between 270,000 and 290,000 album-equivalent units in its opening week.
This would secure Em a No. 1 debut on the Billboard 200, dethroning Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department after a dominant 12 consecutive weeks atop the chart.
It would also mark the Detroit rap legend’s 11th No. 1 album, putting him level with Kanye West, Bruce Springsteen and Barbra Streisand. Only Drake (13), Swift (14), JAY-Z (also 14) and The Beatles (19) have more.
While the 270-290K ballpark sits at the lower end of the spectrum for Eminem, whose 2000 album The Marshall Mathers LP opened with a staggering 1.78 million units, The Death of Slim Shady could still outsell more recent efforts like Revival (267,000) and Music to be Murdered By (279,000).
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the album has stirred controversy since its release last Friday. Earlier this week, Eminem received a fiery response from conservative commentator Candace Owens after dissing her on the Dr. Dre-produced “Lucifer.”
“And Candace O, I ain’t mad at her / I ain’t gon’ throw the fact bitch forgot she was Black back at her / Laugh at her like them crackers she’s backin’ after her back is turned / In a cute MAGA hat with her brand-new White Lives Matter shirt,” he rapped.
He continued: “Or say this MAGA dirtbag in a skirt / Just opened the biggest can of worms on the whole planet Earth / Call her Grand Wizard, Klandace Grand Dragon or / Like the national anthem, I won’t stand for the tramp / But I can’t diss her ’cause my plans are to get in her pants and I’ll blow my chance if I answer back to her.”
Owens responded to Eminem in a lengthy rant on her YouTube channel, accusing of him being a closeted homosexual.
“First thing I wanna say is Eminem is obviously a gay man. It’s very sad that Eminem cleaned out his closet but never came out of his closet,” she said, referencing his 2002 hit.
She added: “I just would like to again remind people that he is in fact a struggling internally gay man and we should pray for him.”
Owens also claimed that she decided to respond to his lyrics to “help him go viral” because “this is very sad. I want you to feel sad for Eminem ’cause this is just not the way for someone’s career to go down the drain […] He can be relevant just by me speaking about him.”
“It would have meant something if he was at his prime,” she added. “He is not at the peak of his career; he is at the end of it. His career should have ended, like, 15 years ago and he keeps going.”
The Death of Slim Shady also saw Eminem take shots at Diddy over his alleged history of rape and brutal assault of Cassie, as well as Ja Rule, Lizzo and “corny white rappers.”
Can’t reach drake’s latest album sales, has way worse reviews than drake’s albums, and is selling the same amount as that kendrick flop, mr morales. Lol
No one said anything about Drake. Why bring that up?
I’m gayer than Ken Kaniff, Lil Nas X, and Diddy combined. I’d eat the peanuts out of Drake’s shit. Drake is The GOAT and I f*** GOATs.
I’m happiest when I’m either getting slammed from behind or taking balls to the face
Drake will always outsell everyone else because we in the LBGTQIA Community will always support his balls like a jock strap….oh and his music.
I’m just upset that I applied for a position in South Korea for a DickTaster but it turned out to be a position for a Dictator. So disappointing.
Love dicks. The sweatier and hairier the better the taste.
“Half a bag of Viagra,I’m gonna reach around and grab you,
Bruh,Sometimes I wonder if my homie’s gay.”
Cuz he’s gay
Don’t bullshit me. You all talked about how eminem is so much better than drake in sales and now he’s struggling to reach the sales of his last 2 albums. And what you said about drake fans being gay can really apply to eminem and his fans
Nope, only Drake fans gobble 🐓
@Ovo Drake got exposed as being a pedofile. Why are you still defending him, you fucking weirdo
Cuz he’s one too
Why do you defend a pedophile other than you idolize another one?Great Greg, ovo, tru, their other aliases are probably a child diddler who needs to be investigated asap. Started from the bottom now their whole fucking kids.
The south Korea dick taster joke had me rolling. Whoever wrote that, goated comment on here 😂🤣
My farts are so loose that they don’t even make a sound anymore
I ate 3 Drizzy dingleberries today. They were delicious 🙂
The groupie ass retarded DuncecapD/X SHIT STAFF ATE 30 fruitcake dingle berries today and everyday for that matter. How does it feel to be 10 timed by the biggest cornballs in the history of history.
Great album, still jammin
Let’s eat horseshit! 1 billion flies can’t be wrong.