Six years later they released Eminem’s debut on their fledgling WEB Entertainment label. Perhaps the most significant line he’s blurred is the one dividing art and commerce in a genre typically dominated by the latter.īrothers Jeff and Mark Bass - former members of the forgotten light-funk combo Dreamboy - discovered the teenager freestyling on a Detroit radio program in 1990. Witness the subtle mellowing out that preceded the release of his film debut. Just listen to his self-awareness at the opening of The Marshall Mathers LP or on “White America.” He has chosen multi-platinum teen-pop sensations as “rivals,” reserving his battles with semi-popular rappers for non-album tracks. But what ultimately makes Eminem the cultural force he has become is his tremendous ability to understand and exploit his audience and his position as a white rapper in a mass culture currently dominated by hip-hop. Raising the stakes of music as theater, he performs, often in character, fully committing himself to the emotions of songs. Credit also his outstanding verbal skills - an invigorating use of counter-rhythms, internal rhymes, half-, even non-rhymes that sound like rhymes the clarity and precision of his flow and his tremendously dynamic range of expression. As skilled at deceit as he is at diction, Eminem is brilliant at willfully blurring the lines between fantasy and reality, insults and threats, words and violence, confession and subterfuge, hip-hop and pop. Joseph, Missouri) is that rarity in turn-of-the-millennium popular culture: a tremendously successful artist who makes his audience equally uncomfortable and entertained by refusing to be taken at face value. Dre, Eminem 3:19Ĥ.4 Bad Meets Evil Featuring - Royce Da 5'9" 4:13Ĥ.Almost as infamous for the violence and homophobia in his lyrics as he is famous for his undeniable skills as a rapper, Detroit’s Eminem (born Marshall Bruce Mathers III in St. The rapper was also sued multiple times following the release of the album for reasons including slander and unauthorized sampling.ġ.1 Public Service Announcment Vocals - Jeff Bass 0:33ġ.3 Guilty Conscience Featuring - Dr. He also became a highly controversial figure due to his lyrical content, which some perceived to be misogynistic and a negative influence on American youth. In the summer of 1999, the rapper frequently performed on the Vans Warped Tour and in hip-hop clubs. Interscope Records awarded him with his own record label, Shady Records, and he embarked on an extensive touring schedule to promote the album.
The Slim Shady LP turned Eminem from an unknown rapper into a high-profile celebrity. The record won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album, and in 2003, the album was ranked number 273 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. The Slim Shady LP went on to be certified quadruple-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The first official single, "My Name Is", peaked at number 36 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album was met with both critical and commercial success critics praised Eminem for his unique lyrical style, and the record debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart behind TLC's FanMail with 283, 000 copies sold in it's opening week. The lyrics are noted for their over-the-top depictions of violence and heavy use of profanity. The majority of the record's lyrical content is written from the perspective of the rapper's alter ego Slim Shady, whom the rapper created on Slim Shady EP (1997).
Dre, the Bass Brothers, and Eminem himself.
Dre and Jimmy Iovine, the album features production from Dr. Recorded in Ferndale, Michigan following Eminem's recruitment by Dr. It was released on February 23, 1999, under Interscope Records and Dr. The Slim Shady LP is the second studio album and first commercial release from the American rapper Eminem.
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