Songwriter/s: Marshall Mathers, Andre Young, Tommy Coster & Mike Elizondo It shows Eminem in a psychiatrist ward and coincides with lyrics from the song, such as Eminem being surrounded by his clones while singing the chorus: “will the real Slim Shady please stand up”, as well as dressing as the celebrities he insulted such as Britney Spears. It features a plethora of well known actors and celebrities at the time, from comedian Kathy Griffin, Pamela Anderson and Dr. It has over 2.2 million likes and almost 390 hundred million views on YouTube as of May 2019. The music video was aired in April 2000, but uploaded to YouTube in September 2010. In Eminem’s usual non-apologetic rapping style, the musician openly insults celebrities such as Pamela Anderson, Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears and iconic boy band NSYNC with lines like: “Jaws all on the floor, like Pam, like Tommy just burst in the door”, “So you can sit me here, next to Britney Spears?” (a reference to him getting a Grammy). The song is primarily meant to be a critique on the pop culture and pop music at the time. Dre, Tommy Coster and Mike Elizondo wrote the track. And a few hours before “The Marshal Mathers LP” was due, Eminem, rapper Dr. Jimmy Iovine from Interscope Records wanted Eminem to create another track to introduce the album as a whole, similar to his famous “My Name Is” track on his “The Slim Shady LP”. “The Real Slim Shady” was Eminem’s first number one single in the UK, and was also not originally meant for “The Marshal Mathers LP”. The rest is history.The Real Slim Shady” is debatably one of infamous American rapper “Eminem” (real name Marshall Mathers) most well-known tracks, released on his third studio album in 2000: “The Marshall Mathers LP”. If you can kick it, I'm working with you," Dre recalled the moment. Jimmy Iovine, the CEO of Interscope, was mesmerized by the record and passed it to Dr. Dean Geistlinger, a then-intern kid at Interscope Records at that time, was impressed by the sharp skill of the Detroit emcee, so he asked Em for a copy of his 1997's Slim Shady EP. 15Įminem lost the final round of the 1997 Rap Olympics to an underground rapper, Otherwize. Let's celebrate the sick mind of Slim Shady by bumping to the record and reading these 15 facts about The Slim Shady LP. Dre.Įminem, then, spent the next couple of years of untouchable back-to-back classic albums run with The Marshall Mathers LP (2000) and The Eminem Show (2020). He didn't hold back to poke fun of pop stars, politicians, and even his very own mentor, Dr. When almost every rapper in the industry had to sound gangsta to sell records, Eminem, instead, boasted on self-loathe, weirdness, and jaw-droppingly perverse rhymes.
The Slim Shady LP debuted the second on the Billboard 200 chart and remained on the table for over 100 weeks.Įminem was never a gangsta rapper in the first place. Singles like My Name Is, Role Model, and Guilty Conscience helped to propel the album to where it is now. Dre and Detroit-based Bass Brothers to produce the " made-up tales of trailer-park stuff" album. Eminem linked up with legendary producer Dr. On February 23, 21 years ago, the world entered the dark, morbid, cartoon-ish world of Slim Shady with the release of The Slim Shady LP.
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