Eminem will battle himself in a digital short due out on July 29th, as a teaser for “Slim Shady vs. Marshall Mathers: The Face-Off” was released.
Eminem’s The Death of Slim Shady was his 11th No. 1 album. He tied Kanye West, Bruce Springsteen and Barbra Streisand for the fifth most No. 1 albums in Billboard chart history. The Death of Slim Shady sold 281,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in its first week. It was the largest sales week for any Hip-Hop album in 2024. “The Face-Off” arrives a little over two weeks after the release of Eminem’s latest album The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce). The album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, dethroning Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department. Swift spent 12 weeks at the top of the chart.
“The Face-Off” is an 11-minute roast battle between Slim Shady and Mathers. The teaser gave fans a preview of what to expect, showing the 2024 Eminem arguing with an AI-rendered version of Slim Shady circa 2002.