But what Em did was silly

from Jay-Z (Ft. J. Cole) – A Star Is Born Lyrics on Rap Genius

Meaning

Eminem’s commercial success is so much more than everybody else’s it’s just silly: he’s estimated to have sold 75 million records, while the next closest rapper is Jay-Z at 50 million.

More in tune with the previous line, those rappers moved a million units of their biggest albums in the first week, but the success of Eminem’s The Marshall Mathers LP was ridiculous: it moved 1.7 million!

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