Hundreds of rap albums have dropped since the 70s, but just a few have gotten the Diamond certification by R.I.A.A. As of the time i am writing this article (May 29, 2012), only 5 albums have gotten that certification.If you didn't know, the Diamond Certication is the highest Certication issued by R.I.A.A, and it is issued to albums that sell more than 10 million copies. With that said, MC Hammer's 1990 album, Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em; Eminen's The Marshall Marthers LP; The Notorious B.I.G's Life After Death, Tupac's All Eyez on Me and Outkast Speaker Boxxxx/The Love Below are the only rap albums that have received this certification.
Biggie, Tupac and Outkast cheated in my opinion. You know why i said that? Their albums were double disc, and R.I.A.A counts a double disc twice for one sale. So, originally, Biggie's Life After Death album, which was released in 1997 has sold 5 million copies to date, but because it is a double disc, it was certified diamond...10 million sold. But, anyway, it is not the best selling rap album of all time; Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP is the highest selling rap album of all time. I personally think it is the best album Eminem ever put out. But i have this debate with my friend all the time; he believes The Eminem Show is Eminem's best. I just think the The Marshal Marthers LP might not have had as much hits as The Eminem Show, but it sure didn't have any album fillers...Real Eminem fans know what i am talking about.
So, there you have it...The Marshall Mathers LP is the best selling rap album of all time, with 10,598,000 sold in the U.S alone, and over 20 million copies worldwide. This is not with any double album gimmick; this is just over one CD. And he is about to have another Diamond album with The Eminem Show, cos believe it or not, with every album Eminem releases, the old ones sell a couple more hundred thousand units. And The Eminem Show is already at over 9 million copies sold.
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