Eminem’s latest studio album, “The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)”, has now crossed 1.8 billion streams on Spotify, becoming the 11th solo studio album in his catalogue to achieve this milestone.
It is a fair feat for his most recent project, and with roughly a million new streams per day, the record is climbing the ranks fast. At this pace, it is going to overtake “The Slim Shady LP” soon – a difference of just 47 million streams separates them.
Upon its release, the album stirred strong reactions across the media landscape. The Financial Times called it “one of the better albums since his heyday,” while pointing to “inconsistency and lack of narrative”. The Guardian heard both brilliance and fatigue, concluding that TDOSS “has successes and misfires in equal measure”, and quoted Questlove’s remark about Eminem being “a man with nothing to say anymore, but with quite a talent for saying it”.
Others, however, recognised depth beneath the controversy. USA Today praised it as “a ride you’ll want to experience frequently to fully understand”. Detroit Free Press noted that Eminem “seems to be thinking hard about his legacy and place in hip-hop”, while Variety highlighted the emotional core of tracks dedicated to his children, calling them proof of “an emotional intelligence and self-awareness that contributes to Eminem’s enduring legacy”.
Even The New York Times acknowledged his ongoing impact with younger fans: “For some younger listeners, Eminem isn’t a cultural lightning rod so much as an inspiring artist who speaks to them on a visceral level”.
Despite its divisive critical reception and holding the lowest Metacritic score among Eminem’s albums, “The Death of Slim Shady” earned the rapper his eighth Grammy nomination for Best Rap Album and went on to win Favourite Hip Hop Album at the 2025 American Music Awards. It also debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, moving 281,000 album-equivalent units in its first week.
After his Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction, Marshall Mathers has clearly entered a reflective phase, one that mixes nostalgia with defiance, provocation with perspective. Whether critics grasp it or not, fans keep listening. Streams don’t lie.
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