Interscope Records announced this morning that Eminem’s latest album, Recovery, was the single best-selling album on iTunes this year. The presently triple-platinum album was a critical revival to the Detroit, Michigan superstar, who worked with Lil Wayne, Rihanna and P!nk on the Aftermath Entertainment release.
While Recovery has scanned over 3,000,000 copies in the United States, Interscope also revealed that the June album has seen 5,600,000 worldwide units sold.
Additionally, Eminem leads with 10 Grammy Award nominations for music from Recovery.
HOLY SHIT!! 5.6 millions? BOW DOWN to the KING!!
Kira, if this was 2002 even, Recovery would have sold 6 million in the US alone, and at least 10 million worldwide. Shame the CD industry is dying. But hey, Em still did 741k first week. What’d Kanye do? That’s what I thought.
So because he sold more than Kanye that makes his cd better? If you really believe that you have no concept of reality. I can name 20 albums that didn’t even go gold and are still insanely amazing.
Man, I heard “Recovery” and it DAMN SHO wasn’t that hot. Eminem’s My Dude but he needs to bring it like he used to. I ain’t saying rap about the same shit. I’m saying bring he needs to come with the same fierce production and lyrical ferociousness he used to come with. His shit ain’t been fire since “The Marshall Mathers LP” though “The Eminiem Show” had a lot of great joints on there.
…want that old shit? buy Em’s old albums
I want EXCELLENT shit from an excellent MC and his new shit has been far from that.
I agree with you for the most part, but I thought that track#3 on that record (On Fire I think it’s called), definitely respresents what ur looking for…it did for me at least…it may not be a whole album of that raw shit, but hearing that track told me he’s still got it in him.
@ Swampthing
Em’s stuff is still good
New Em >>>>> Most of the rap game in 2010
carailho o Eminem é foda mesmo
i dare you to hate on this!
How can people hate on this? Em is the hottest MC in the game hands down. Recovery was AMAZING. Em’s emotion, wordplay, everything is crazy. The lyrics and the structure of his rhymes are amazing. Hate, but numbers don’t lie.
Because it sold well doesn’t make it good. It’s not better than Kanye West – MBDTF… I don’t care how many albums it sells.
i think recovery is way better lyrcially than MBDTF, but kanye’s album is miles better production wise
Well he had one of the most lyrcially impressive records this year. Dude has an undeniable talent and that leads to records sales. You can say its because he’s white but if he spit lyrics like Gucci. Waka, and Wayne, he would not sell anywhere near as much as he does.
He sales high numbers even on bad projects also ..case in point relapse was purely awful .. Still sold amazingly… He’s white and he’s got skill which puts him in a spot all by himself. Now with that being said he’s still overrated.
Was relapse actually that bad really?
Asher Roth is white, he has a skill, does he do numbers like eminem? no. Your argument is retarded.
overrated? name another rapper with such a complex rhyme scheme…
Even if Relapse wasnt the greatest, it still wipes the floor with 90% of the shit thats released these days.
Lyrically the greatest rapper ever imo obviously.
Recovery was a decent album. Way more pop than hip hop. there were plenty of better albums this year
Ye’s album was better, Teflon don was better, Distant Relatives, Banks album was better and their were a bunch of other underground albums that were way better. Shady just get all this cuz he sells and hes white. Face facts.
Bawse!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Shut the fuckk up man, stop whining about how hes white the guy is talented, fuck you ,rick ross And your dumb ass opinion
Kanye’s album was good but not as good as recovery and teflon don is like listening to a compulsive liar,wait thats exactly what it is. Banks album had too many tracks for chicks to be a top album of the year. but i’ll say Distant relatives is underrated and closest to recovery
Answer this question: If he only sells because he is white, than why don’t any other white rappers sell?
Recognize talent beyond race
I see u everywhere Bawse and every comment to go along with it is retarded. Recovery was better than anybody u named. Older music is better. The era was better though not just eminem. A lot of underground has the older flava but not nobody that ur dumbass named.
Good for Eminem for selling a lot of records…He definitely knows how to hold onto his fanbase…No matter what he puts out his fans will continue to support it which is cool…Recovery wasn’t that good though…The material is repetitive and he lost his creativity as an artist…All of his singles sound the same…same flow…and nothing strong enough for you to say “wow he’s really back”…Yelawolf perfected his old style which is what Em should have held onto…
LOL @ Yelawolf perfecting his old style, Yelawolf sounds nothin like Eminem, Past/Present
I like Yela but your just basing that on the white Factor and nothing more, Yelawolf sounds N-O-T-H-I-N-G like anything Eminem ever did, FACT
again with the nitpicking.
Really, Em should’ve held onto his old style? Ever heard of the law of diminishing returns, something similar applies here. You come with the same shit, you get back less every time around. People get bored easily, whether you like the style or not, each of his albums sounds different which is why his numbers stay high.
Eminem is pop chick music now…. He is far from raw Hip Hop stans…. And I was a huge fan up till Relapse..That Album was lazy outdated crap!
Big Boi, Kanye, Nas and Marley, T.I. all had better albums than Recovery…. Mainly radio junk few gems though
DARKNESS!!!
YOU COLD AS ICE!!!!
So what, Eminem, I’m still better than you. You are overrated and even though I’m older than you, you’re the grandpa here.
Me and my Boston niggas will fuck you up with our papier-mâché pistols and and rifles. Who needs rap skills anyway? I’m a gangsta and you are a white boy that can’t rap. Dammit, I’m the one that deserves all the Grammys, the money and the fame! But no, even the people in Boston HAD to like your ass. Just you wait, before I’ll turn 50 I’mma kill your career with my next album, “For the Love of Ray Benzino”… Yeah, I’m gonna sell 110 million records like Michael Jackson! I’mma give my own album a CLASSIC rating and spread mad good puclicity! Oh wait, shit, never mind about that, I forgot I was fired from The Source for the past 5 five years…
But guess what, all your Detroit fans will be converted over to my music. Hahaha!! I’mma sell my tapes over to every possible citizen in the state. Thats over 2 MILLION. Platinum plaques, here I come!! Fuck Shady records, I destroyed you guys ever since 2004! I’ve just been relaxing all this time, that’s all…
So what, Eminem, I’m still better than you. You are overrated and even though I’m older than you, you’re the grandpa here.
Me and my Boston niggas will fuck you up with our papier-mâché pistols and and rifles. Who needs rap skills anyway? I’m a gangsta and you are a white boy that can’t rap. Dammit, I’m the one that deserves all the Grammys, the money and the fame! But no, even the people in Boston HAD to like your ass. Just you wait, before I’ll turn 50 I’mma kill your career with my next album, “For the Love of Ray Benzino”… Yeah, I’m gonna sell 110 million records like Michael Jackson! I’mma give my own album a CLASSIC rating and spread mad good puclicity! Oh wait, shit, never mind about that, I forgot I was fired from The Source for the past 5 five years…
But guess what, all your Detroit fans will be converted over to my music. Hahaha!! I’mma sell my tapes over to every possible citizen in the state. Thats over 2 MILLION. Platinum plaques, here I come!! Fuck Shady records, I destroyed you guys ever since 2004! I’ve just been relaxing all this time, that’s all… And fuck Crooked I too. Fuck Los Angeles, r.i.p. 2Pac!
who the fuck r u dumbass em.. the gre8t ever muhfucker n yeah about you i dont think u can rap anyway n your a gangsta … must be of your own home mutherfuckin ass getcha ass outta here if u dont respect muzic n last word em…’s the greatest not u . u cant get there and about 110 mn record em’s goin to break that till he gets to age of mj …understood stupid ass ever
Recovery Album of the Year!!!!!!!
Kanye’s Album is also good but it is a little boring.
Em actuall has a real fanbase that buys his music
Call them Stans if you want but I’d rather have them as fans then cats on sites like this who nit-pick every album that leaks to death and wont buy something unless they think every song on it is a classic, lol
The internet killed hip hop, Motherfuckers nowadays wont buy summin unless its perfect
“Meh, this album is 4/5, couple songs I wasnt feeling, Bitorrent it is!!!!”
lmao, cosign. Let the race to Bitorent begin!
Honestly people, Em did his thing this year, great, fantastic, is anyone really surprised at a strong comeback??
Real discussion should be what are the most slept on albums of the year that people need to go back and cop.
Distant Relatives gets my vote.
stop haten eminem is the hotttest artist of these year and up for the most grammy awards the fans know were these see good music they buy the album thats why it is doing so good so stop haten haten is for suckers ur crabass and kanya west album sucks that is the biggest flop of these year
kanya cant even sell records anymore he is so lucky he beat nicki he didnt even go gold his first week
kanya west is garbage
eminem well destroy any rapper that comes to him in record sells pause
recovery hottest album since eminem show
let the hating begin
em outsold your fav rapper
b4 you dickriders ans stans brag
sales don’t mean shit to hip-hop purists
or else Em would be the goat over Rakim Nas BBkane koolgrap and other golden age rappers that are actually way better
still one of the best tho
congrats shady!
All due respect to the greats but em better than half them niggas, even rakim said that if em was black he’d be considered muhammed ali look it up
I’m glad Em had this much success. Recovery was the best album of the year in my opinion, EASY. There were some other great ones, though. Should just be happy that 2010 wasn’t too bad of a year for hip hop at all.
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Man this shit is gay as hell. Eminem sucks. He can’t rap… Gucci Mane killed him in Obsessed.
I guess shorty mad cos he ain’t got you no more,
so just like Pinocchio, his nose gon grow,
Gucci Mane, Mariah Carey bling blaww wow,
i wish i had a LIE DE-TET-DER TESH (lie detector test) right now
he hit my girl word, old is what ya heard,
he know he a bird, i know he a nerd,
catch me in the A with a bad yellow bone,
9, 10, 11, 12 diamond chains on.
Plus Gucci Mane Sold 1000000000000000000000000000000K copies in his first week.
It’s Gucci Time!
Your hero suffers from downsyndrome
Shawt Bus Shawty!!!!
I think em way overrated but nigga, Gucci? Gucci is garbage, all he has are catchy beats and chapped ass lips. Fuck outta here.
Gucci? killed eminem?
LMFAO!
MC Hammers diss to Jay-Z was better
This is what Gucci Mane’s music does to the people who listen to it, spreading Mental retardation like the flu
*sniff* *sniff* I smell a hatefest coming on b4 I even read these comment let me log off before i catch some negative energy from you fools lmao.. When it comes to the success- skills ratio em is in a class of his own
Distant Relatives was album of the year by far. Years from now that album will bump front to back, its timeless music like The Score and Miseducation.
ummm.. Nas got outshined on that album on every track,it sounded like he was featured on a Damien Marley album..fuc outtahere groupie
its a socially conscious record speaking on something other than glorifying gang bangin and drug dealing, more focused on real world issues and real people issues. And Nas had solid verses on every track, some outstanding. The fact that you think Damian outshined him throughout should point to quality of the record. It was a collabo record, not a Nas record, and filled with Damian’s production, were you hoping it was a Nas record sounding like it featured Damian or something?
anyone who hangs their claim on the only Lauryn Hill album proves his own wackness
when u use classic Jay Lines like “want my old shit..buy my old albums”..to defend “your” favorite artist..in this case(wack ass Eminem)..u sound dumassfuck..why dont Eminem have his own sayings that people quote all the time..if he is indeed the best nigga doin it..he has none i can think of off top..JAY HAS DOZENS..WHY IS THAT…FUC HIS 3 MILLION..they dont mean shit if nobody is playin that shit..he is leavin no imprint on music whatsoever..nobody strives to be like this dude..they dont quote this man rhymes..why is that..he not setting standards or trends..he just started doing features…this fool get praised for battles..NSYNC AND BRITNEY AND MARIAH..is u fuckin kiddin me..thin ass resume,missin in action for five years,lukewarm album dropping ass nigga..fucouttahere..the hood aint believin that shit..AND KANYE ALBUM IS KILLIN THIS PIECE OF SHIT..YALL SMOKIN THAT GOOD SHIT…one
Em > Jay
Its called an opinion, feel free to type back a 500 word response if you want because it wont change my point of view.
Never understood why people cry so much about summin they dont like being succesful
I aint no wayne fan but I dont open topics with his name on it and be like :
“WAYNE SUCKS AND HERES 500 REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD AGREE WITH ME!!!!!”
things dumb nigz say- EM>JAY..NO BUDDY..i said exactly what I meant and used an example..its not to change your mind..its to show you how idiotic the viewpoint is..i used another equally successful rapper as an example..this man material is WEAK..what is the impact of this album besides sells?..what is the memorable moments of this album..where is the discussion of this album in hiphop circles?..fucouttahere..aint nobody talkin about this piece of shit..NOT AFRAID..REALLY?..LOVE THE WAY U LIE?..U LOST mane..it aint no comparison
go get a belt or a necktie to hang urself by, like david carridene u can go fuck urself and just die-almost famous: eminem
no theres a quote for u prick
if jay z is so popular why havent i heard him in any feature songs. i here eminem t.i. and kanye doin there thing why jay z is sittin back n aint doin shit. and name me one song that jay z cant that cant be fucked with anybody elses shit. n the last time i checked eminem killed jay z in the only song they did together renagade.
I see you hating on opinions up in here, what’s your album of the year out of curiosity?
Eminem could care less about what the hood is believin. Em doesn’t cater to the hood which is evident by the 3 million sold on his album. Niggas in the hood do not buy records. Gucci caters to the hood, Oj caters to the hood, Rick Ross caters to the hood. Do any of them have a platinum album?? Hell No.
You do know JayZ has stolen Eminem lines for his own songs right?
“What do I think of success, it sucks,too much stress…”
To say Eminem has no longivity in his music is straight ignorance.
Well Eminem isn’t about one line…hes about the whole damn package. Every line of every song has something. There’s little to no point in doing quotes with him. And all these hip hip circles your talking about? What circles? I have a feeling you’re not in any DUTCH!
@anonymous I dont think he so much stole it as referenced it. i think it was a bite for artistic purposes.
BIG UPS TO EM !!
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http://www.dubcc.com/forum/index.php?topic=259756.msg2630618#msg2630618
check that out. eminem isn’t on G’s level.
you are retarded
Seriously, who can touch him? everybody else is either dead, locked up, victim, or the victimized.
http://www.dubcc.com/forum/index.php?topic=259756.msg2630618#msg2630618
check that out. eminem isn’t on G’s level. i thought authenticity mattered nowadays.
Personally.. its refreshing as hell to hear Em back in the game, everytime I listen to dude, I have to pause shit and rewind. His word play is levels above most the rappers out these days. I get right pissed off he spits the word play that I wish I had. If you can’t understand the emotion he put into the album, come back to it in a couple years when you’ve personally gone thru hell and back. This album sold because of the growth, with the way society is going down the toilet I think most people can relate in some form to what he’s saying. If you can’t no worries, real fans don’t hate you. They’re too busy playing his lp to give a shit what a hater has to say. It’s too bad more artists don’t try and be meaningful with their art. It’s the downfall of hiphop, it use to be about relating stories and opening minds. Most on this site seem to want to be told what to like. Gucci Mane, Rick Ross, Soulja boy, Yelawolf.. all weak. Nuff said.
yelawolf is not weak can that shit
Eminem sales only because of his Fanbase?lol
Which Artists sell not because of their Fanbase? Fanbase means that many People love your music. Many People feel Eminem’s Songs that’s is why he sold more than other Rappers. Other Rappers make also good music but no one feels her music.
Yeah. maybe so but dosn’t change the fact that Eminems album was almost perfect. Makes up for his previous album. He owed it to his fanbase.
Gucci Mane is fucking retard. Willow Smith can fuck Gucci Man up in a rap battle. Why in the fuckin hell would you even say Gucci Mane is a good rapper when he’s voted one of the worst 5 ever. Nothing clever about him. Eminem would lyrically fuck Mane up if he thought it was worth it. Eat a dick to cunts who even listen to Gucci Mane
@them dudes under me..WHAT FEATURES DOES JAY HAVE?..u asked a dumb question mane..how bout “monster” or “so appalled”..both on the best album to come out this yr lame..how bout”free mason” on the second best record this yr..if we talkin bout jay ..u gon lose..the man got countless features throughout his entire career of rap with everybody that was ever poppin while he was including wack ass Eminem when he was somebody…and that eminem quote is not what the fuc i was talkin about..i said say some shit that everybody knows off-top is his..a saying..a hot line..anything remotely relevant considering his iconic statues..kinda like..”u made it a hot line..i made it a hot song”..”king of the double entendre”..”im a business-man”…”do them shits even got leathers”..i can go on but ots pointless because ya mans shit runs thin..
you’re suffering from dirtbackpacker syndrome.
you neeed to get yourself checked as soon as possible
Rap sucks… all they do is curse for to be cool. Want real music? Listen to Lifehouse, Maroon 5, The Fray, John Mayer, and Westlife.
It’s a matter of taste you close minded fucking douchbag. Why the fuck are you on this website if you think rap sucks
all the artist you wrote sucks bitch u dunno the figures of em.. and ya about westlife and lifehouse or what u gotta be kiddin me man .em.. is the greatest ever than your artists such an stupid ass ever
WATCH EMINEM GET A RIMJOB BY DR. DRE AND 50 CENT
I dnt undastand how ppl can hate on this man. Not feelin his music is one thing bt sayin he sux wth sales like this? haha thats funi nd this is an emcee that can feature on some1s track nd outshine any1 else on tha track. Whetha u like it or not. he is one of tha gr8s.