Eminem: A Year in Review, 2022
From turning half a century old, late in the year, to being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, Eminem has had a stellar year. The year 2022 was a busy time in the top-selling artist’s career. He marked 20 years for 2 albums in his repertoire, The Eminem Show as well as the 8 Mile Soundtrack. Celebrating both, two new anniversary albums were created & brought out with extra songs for them both including a handful of instrumentals on each. There was also an album created for his many, many hits: Curtain Call 2. All three projects came with posts online offering clothing, collectibles & more. A lyric video for the great 2010’s Won’t Back Down, featuring Pink, was a highlight for some fans that have been enjoying the skills put into Eminem’s lyric videos that are included in Shady Records signed artists’ videos as well. In part for the celebration of Curtain Call 2, Eminem’s cover of the album was made into a mural in his hometown, Detroit, Michigan USA.
Further, Eminem was part of the all-star Hip-Hop halftime show at the 56th Superbowl which made history as the first ever all hip-hop/R&B line-up. To celebrate the season Eminem gave us Shady Football that offered a clothing line to enjoy. His restaurant, Mom’s Spaghetti Detroit celebrated big in New York as well as Los Angles & also hit their first year in business at a stationary location. As well, Marshall’s memorabilia shop, The Trailer, located above Mom’s Spaghetti in Detroit, had also been up & running for a year as of September 29th, 2022. As well this year fans saw Marshall make it out to be a wonderful piece of the Detroit Lions Football club’s Hardknocks series on HBO Plus. Eminem made his fans truly happy to see him sporting sunglasses & a smile at the event, showing the world he was full of quick wit & good humor. In early Fall this year Eminem was XXL Magazine’s cover once again, but this time for their 25th Anniversary issue. Along with the cover Marshall gave us an incredible article & an equally incredible photo shoot. It was an amazing year for the fans of Eminem, even without the “new” album some wanted so badly.
Getting in on the fun, Eminem took part of the B.A.Y.C’s (Bored Ape Yacht Club) spree that was running like wildfire during 2022. Doing videos, making appearances & performing came from this venture in 2022 for Eminem. To give fans an incredible look into the man behind the amazing art, Marshall & friends separately took a seat with PaulPod, a podcast that spanned weeks with manager Paul Rosenberg at the helm. The Youtube’s 50 Million Subscribers Club, Minions, Elvis, Shazam, UFC & Spiderman all meant something to Eminem fans as he joined all of these aforementioned in this year, 2022. Eminem took you to the cleaners, he took you to the trailer park. He also gave us his early musical influences (over 100 listed) on Spotify & so much more – all for his fans. What will 2023 have in store for our favorite superhero, Marshall B. Mathers III? Only time will tell. One thing I’ve learnt - you can’t rush an artist for their art, they must feel it so that you will, in turn, feel & experience it yourselves. The saying goes: All good things to those who wait. 2023 – here we come!