Time flies. Just ask Eminem, who is toasting two decades of ‘The Eminem Show.’

The Hip-Hop force released his fourth studio album on May 26 2002 and commemorates the occasion with the freshly unwrapped 20th-anniversary expanded edition.

A blockbuster release upon its initial, the set was originally scheduled for a June 4 2022 release. However, with leaks and bootlegging threatening its commercial prospects, it was rush-released on May 26. In a testament to the MC’s potent popularity (which is enduring to this day), the album launched at #1 on the Billboard 200 with just one day of sales (284,000 copies sold). The following week the project sold 1.3 million copies and to date has sold 27 million copies. 

The new deluxe edition is comprised of the original 20 tracks as well as 18 bonus tracks (including B-sides, live performances, instrumentals, and an unreleased song) – none of which were previously available digitally. 

Take a listen below…

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