This success shows the historical significance of Eminem being able to become successful in the hip-hop industry as a white man and how he was able to use the color of his skin to portray him as “the other” in the largely black culture of hip-hop music. In the 1980’s the Beastie Boys, who started as a punk-rock band, switched their attention to rap and were the first major rap group to be composed of white men...
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The Beastie boys, in comparison to Eminem, had the best selling rap album of the 1980s with their album License to Ill. That album sold almost one million copies in the first six weeks it was released and also received harsh criticism due to its lyrical content. Eminem’s album titled the Marshall Mathers LP that was released in 2000 made history in the hip-hop music industry by selling almost two million copies of the album in one week and became the best selling rap album that had ever been recorded...
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Eminem On February 23, 1999, Eminem released his huge album, The Slim Shady LP. After a few weeks, the album quickly went to number two on the Billboard charts...	3 / 646
Eminem's Controversial Lyrics The next album was worse. The critics had lots to complain about and still are complaining. In my eyes being an Eminem fan, I liked it. But some people didn't see it my way...	3 / 653
Eminem's Life Dre's Aftermath label. On February 23, 1999 Eminem's "The Slim Shady LP" was released. The LP went triple platinum. Later he went on to win two Grammies...	2 / 401
Eminem Marshall first started to get into rap when he was 14. Some of his musical influences growing up were the Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, and Run DMC. As Eminem pursued his rapping career, he would often hustle radio stations into playing his self-made tapes, to get some publicity over the radio waves...	4 / 958