A lot of the songs on the album were from The Slim Shady EP including 'I Just Don't Give a Fuck' and ''97' Bonnie & Clyde' (which is titled 'Just the Two of Us' on the EP.) in the first week, ' My Name Is' was written, recorded and was released as a single. Dre creating a beat and Eminem free-styling, sometimes Eminem would be under the influence of ecstasy during recording. I'm just a little white boy from Detroit. Dre, he said ' I didn't want to be starstruck or kiss his ass too much.

Recording for the album began in 1997, at first, Eminem felt nervous working with Dr.

Eminem was signed to Aftermath and began working on this album.

The rapper created the alter ego, Slim Shady, which was much angrier and violent, which he introduced on The Slim Shady EP.Įminem flew to Los Angeles to be apart of a rap competition named Rap Olympics in which he placed second, a staff of Interscope Records CEO Jimmy Lovine was in the audience and was given a copy of The Slim Shady EP and played it for Aftermath Entertainment founder Dr. Prior to Eminem signing to Aftermath Entertainment, the rapper released his debut album, Infinite, in 1996 to very poor sales. The Slim Shady LP is called a classic rap album around the world. The album won a Grammy for Best Rap Album and was ranked number 273 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. The album sold 283,000 copies in it's first week, debuted at number 2 on the US Billboard 200 and went on to be certified quadruple-platinum by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America). The Slim Shady LP was a critical and commercial success, launching Eminem from a underground rapper into a high-profiled celebrity. The majority of the lyrical content on the album is written in the prospective of the rapper's alter ego Slim Shady and is noted for its over-the-top deceptions of violence and heavy use of profanity. Dre, The Bass Brothers, and Eminem himself and was recorded during 19 at Studio 8 in Ferndale, Michigan.

It was released on Februby Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records. The Slim Shady LP is the second studio album and the major-label debut by American rapper Eminem. The cover for the special edition CD/DVD that was included with the special edition of the album.

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