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Music to Be Murdered By (stylized as MUSIC TO BE MURDERƎD BY) is the eleventh studio album by American rapper Eminem. It was released on January 17, 2020, by Aftermath Entertainment, Interscope Records and Shady Records. It was released with no prior announcement, in a similar fashion to his previous studio album Kamikaze (2018). The album was produced by Eminem and Dr. Dre, amongst other producers. It features guest appearances from Young M.A, Royce da 5'9", White Gold, Ed Sheeran, the late Juice Wrld, Skylar Grey, Black Thought, Q-Tip, Denaun, Anderson .Paak, Don Toliver, Kxng Crooked and Joell Ortiz. The album is dedicated to the late Juice Wrld and Eminem's late bodyguard CeeAaqil Barnes. The album's title, cover art and concept are inspired by Alfred Hitchcock and Jeff Alexander's 1958 spoken word album Alfred Hitchcock Presents Music to Be Murdered By. Alongside the album's surprise release, Eminem also released the music video for "Darkness", which revolves around the 2017 Las Vegas shooting from the point of view of the perpetrator Stephen Paddock alternating with Eminem's own. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling 279,000 album-equivalent units in its first week. Subsequently, Eminem became the first artist to have ten consecutive albums debut at number one in the US and one of six artists to have released at least ten US number-one albums.Music critics praised Eminem's lyrical abilities and the improved production after Kamikaze, while criticism directed towards the album's formulaic song structure, lack of innovation and shock value. The Mayor of Manchester, Andy Burnham, responded to Eminem making light of the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing, saying, “This is unnecessarily hurtful and deeply disrespectful to the families and all those affected.” The criticism of the album's subject matter led to Eminem responding in an open letter, saying that Music to Be Murdered By is “not for the squeamish” and is “designed to shock the conscience.” The album also surpassed 1 billion streams on Spotify on June 5, 2020, which made Eminem the first and only artist to have 10 albums with over 1 billion streams on Spotify.
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Tracklist: 1. Premonition (Intro) 2. Unaccommodating 3. You Gon' Learn 4. Alfred (Interlude) 5. Those Kinda Nights 6. In Too Deep 7. Godzilla 8. Darkness 9. Leaving Heaven 10. Yah Yah 11. Stepdad (Intro) 12. Stepdad 13. Marsh 14. Never Love Again 15. Little Engine 16. Lock It Up 17. Farewell 18. No Regrets 19. I Will 20. Alfred (Outro)