4 on the Billboard Hot 100, and pick up where previous classics like "The Way I Am" and "Stan" left off while trumping both in terms of chart success. Released as the second single from the album, "Cleanin' Out My Closet" would become one of the more unexpected smash hits of Eminem's career, peaking at No. Eminem broaches the topic once again on The Eminem Show standout "Cleanin' Out My Closet," which finds him attempting to find closure and provide context to the root of their issues with one another. His strained and tenuous relationship with his mother had been documented throughout his earlier work, resulting in his mother filing a lawsuit for defamation against him following the release of The Slim Shady LP. Pointing to the hypocrisy of his detractors and the irony of their grievances, Eminem turns in an explosive offering that examines the root of his success and is foreshadowing of the where the Shady one's head is at on The Eminem Show. "White America, I could be one of your kids/White America, little Eric looks just like this/White America, Erica loves my shit," Eminem boasts on "White America," the opening selection on The Eminem Show that examines the affect that his star turn has had on white children and teens from all walks of life, and their parents' concern as a result. 1 on the Billboard 200 and breaking the first week sales record for a solo artist, with 1.76 million copies sold, The Marshall Mathers LP would announce Eminem as the biggest star in rap, and among the more bankable stars in all of music, and would be a career-defining effort. That album would prove that he was more than a novelty rapper with shock-value tactics, but an artist capable of conveying emotion, vivid imagery, and storytelling, with brooding singles like "The Way I Am" and "Stan" both noted as instant classics, in addition to deep cuts like "Kill You" and "Kim" upping the ante on his controversial subject matter and storyteller. That question would be answered the following year, when his follow-up album The Marshall Mathers LP was released. Despite the success and critical acclaim surrounding the album, there were still questions as to whether Em was a flash-in-the-pan in the vein of a Vanilla Ice, or if he possessed the staying power to become a dominant force in rap. Dre assisted "Guilty Conscience" pushing the album past the four million sold mark. Making his major label debut in 1999 with The Slim Shady LP, which showcased his polarizing but impressive brand of dark humor and lyricism (and introduced the world to his infamously over-the-top alter ego, Slim Shady) Eminem became an overnight star, with hit singles like "My Name Is," "Role Model," and the Dr.
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