The Marshall Mathers LP2 (Deluxe)

The Marshall Mathers LP 2 is the eighth studio album by the American rapper Eminem. It was released on November 5, 2013, by Shady Records, Goliath Artists, Aftermath Entertainment, WEB Entertainment, and Interscope Records. Eminem's mentor Dr. Dre serves as an executive producer alongside Rick Rubin. The album is a sequel to Eminem's third album, The Marshall Mathers LP, and follows his usual style by featuring guest singers—in this case Rihanna and Nate Ruess—and by using outside producers: S1, Alex da Kid and Rick Rubin. The idea of a sequel to The Marshall Mathers LP came about after Eminem recorded a handful of songs in the early stages of the creation of the album that reminded him of his earlier music, though Eminem wanted to experiment with "retro, vintage" sounds from turntablism for the sequel. The album draws influences from arena rock and old-school hip-hop, mainly inspired by Beastie Boys' Licensed to Ill and LL Cool J's Radio, while the production is more minimalist than Eminem's previous albums. It was supported by the singles "Berzerk", "Survival", "Rap God", the US number-one hit "The Monster", and "Headlights", which was released exclusively in Australia. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mar...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)