Dre.' However, Eminem became more comfortable working with Dr. I'm just a little white boy from Detroit. Dre since listening to his group N.W.A as a teenager, was nervous to work with him on the album: 'I didn't want to be starstruck or kiss his ass too much. The Slim Shady LP was recorded at Studio 8 at 430 8 Mile Road in Ferndale, Michigan. Dre subsequently began work on Eminem's major-label debut album. If you can kick it, I'm working with you.' Eminem and Dr. Dre responded, 'I don't give a fuck if you're purple. Dre not to take a chance on Eminem because he was white.

When Jimmy played this, I said, 'Find him. Dre recalled, 'In my entire career in the music industry, I have never found anything from a demo tape or a CD. Iovine played the tape for hip hop producer Dr. He placed second, and the staff at Interscope Records who attended the Rap Olympics sent a copy of the Slim Shady EP to company CEO Jimmy Iovine. After being evicted from his home, Eminem traveled to Los Angeles to participate in the Rap Olympics, an annual nationwide rap battle competition. During this time, Eminem and his girlfriend Kim Scott lived in a high-crime neighborhood with their newborn daughter Hailie, where their house was burglarized numerous times. The disappointment of Infinite inspired Eminem to create the alter ego Slim Shady: 'Boom, the name hit me, and right away I thought of all these words to rhyme with it.' Slim Shady served as Eminem's vent for his frustrations, and in the spring of 1997, he recorded the eight-song extended play Slim Shady EP. On February 22, 2019, 1 day before the 20th anniversary of the album. It is an expanded and more polished update to 1997âs The Slim Shady EP. Detroit Free Press: 'Eminem's 'Slim Shady LP' turns 20: An oral. We look at the legacy of the landmark album that courted as much controversy as record sales. 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 underground rapper into a high-profile celebrity. The album won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. The first official single, 'My Name Is', peaked at number 36 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming his first entry on that chart.

'Just Don't Give a Fuck', from the Slim Shady EP, was released in October 1998. The album was met with both critical and commercial success critics praised Eminem for his unique lyrical style, and the album debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 with 283,000 copies sold in its opening week.

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