Criminal

Eminem wrote Criminal in the album The Marshall Mathers LP, released in 2000. The song lasts five minutes and twenty-one seconds, and was recorded in a Los Angeles studio. The lyrics talk about a man who feels trapped between the life he has and the one he wants, as if he were in a situation of internal conflict. The music has a strong rhythm and a beat base that gives it a touch of violence and tension. The song became one of the most popular tracks on the album, and is often played on radio and digital platforms. On Last.fm, it has over two million plays and over four hundred thousand people listen to it regularly.