Emeritus is the eleventh studio album by American rapper Scarface. The album was released December 2, 2008 on Rap-a-Lot Records in the United States. At the time of its release, he had stated that it would be his final studio album. The album debuted at number 24 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, selling 42,000 copies in its first week. It has sold 167,000 copies in the United States as of August 2015. Upon its release, Emeritus received praise from music critics, with critical response aggregator Metacritic assigning a score of 85/100.