Shady XV

Shady XV
Compilation album from Shady Records
Publication (s)	November 24, 2014
Label (s)	Shady Records , Interscope Records
Format (s)	CD , download
Genre (s)	Hip-hop , rap
Title (number)	CD1: 13 / CD2: 16
running time	61:50 / 65:57
occupation	Eminem Bad Meets Evil D12 Slaughterhouse Yelawolf 50 cents Obie Trice among others
production	Eminem ( Executive Producer ) Luis Resto Mr. Porter DJ premier Statics Selektah Emile Haynie John Hill Boi-1da Conrad Clifton WillPower Just Blaze The Maven Marv Won Dr. Dre Jeff Bass Sha Money XL Mike Elizondo among others
chronology Eminem Presents: The Re-Up (2006) Shady XV -
Single releases August 25, 2014 Guts Over Fear 16th September 2014 Till it's gone 4th November 2014 Y'all Ready Know November 11, 2014 Detroit vs. Everybody

Shady XV is a sampler from Eminem's label Shady Records and was also released via Interscope Records . It was released on November 24, 2014 as a double album and consists of two CDs, with the first CD containing previously unreleased songs by artists who were under contract with Shady Records at the time of publication. Besides Eminem, these are Bad Meets Evil , D12 , Slaughterhouse and Yelawolf . The second CD is a best-of of all the songs that have been released on the label since it was founded in 1999.

background

On August 25, 2014, the release date of Shady XV and details of the album were announced on Eminem's website . It is a double album that will contain the label's biggest hits, such as Lose Yourself by Eminem and In da Club by 50 Cent , as well as new material. The name Shady XV stands for Shady 15 (see Roman numerals ) and thus both for the 15th anniversary of the label, founded in 1999, as well as for the 15th release on Shady Records (Eminem's solo albums not counted).

content

The first CD contains 13 previously unreleased songs by artists who were signed to Shady Records at the time of publication. Label boss Eminem is featured on eight songs ( ShadyXV , Psychopath Killer , Die Alone , Guts Over Fear , Fine Line , Twisted , Right for Me , Detroit vs. Everybody ) and can be heard on Vegas as part of the duo Bad Meets Evil . The rap group Slaughterhouse has two appearances on the album with Psychopath Killer and Y'all Ready Know . The rapper Yelawolf is represented on the tracks Psychopath Killer , Down , Twisted and Till It's Gone and Royce da 5'9 ″ , part of the rap formations Bad Meets Evil and Slaughterhouse, has another contribution on Detroit vs. Everybody .

I Get Money , PIMP , Wanksta and In da Club from 50 Cent were selected for the best-of CD , while three songs ( Purple Pills , My Band , Fight Music ) were included from rap group D12 . The tracks Let's Roll and Pop the Trunk are previously released singles by rapper Yelawolf and Hammer Dance is from the group Slaughterhouse. The songs Wanna Know and The Setup were selected by the rapper Obie Trice . In addition, the Shady Records tracks Cry Now (Shady Remix) and You Don't Know are included on the sampler. Only the track Lose Yourself and a demo version of the same title are from Eminem himself .

Production and samples

Eminem acted as executive producer on the sampler . He produced the title track Shady XV and in collaboration with Luis Resto the songs Die Alone , Vegas , Fine Line , Twisted and Right for Me . When beat to Detroit vs. Everybody , Eminem worked with Statik Selektah . The first single Guts Over Fear was produced by Emile Haynie and John Hill, while Mr. Porter created the instrumental for Bane in collaboration with Marv Won . The beat of Psychopath Killer comes from producers Boi-1da, Just Blaze and The Mavens. In addition, DJ Premier ( Y'all Ready Know ), Conrad Clifton ( Down ) and Will Power ( Till It's Gone ) represented by one instrumental.

Four tracks on the album contain samples of songs by other artists. Elements of the song My Kinda Lover by Billy Squier were used in the instrumental of Shady XV , while Down samples the track Going Down by Freddie King . The title Twisted contains a sample of the track Synthetic Substitution by Melvin Bliss and in the beat to Detroit vs. Everybody contains elements of the songs Funky Drummer by James Brown and Static on the Frequency by Peter Beveridge.

The beats of the songs selected for the best of CD were provided by Eminem, Dr. Dre , Luis Resto, Jeff Bass , Mr. Porter, Witt & Pep, Apex, The Audibles, Mr. Pyro, AraabMuzik, John Freeman, WillPower, Sha Money XL and Mike Elizondo .

Cover design

Cover of the album
Link to the picture (please note copyrights )

The album cover shows two silver, crossed chainsaws and underneath a silver mask on which there are two red stripes that form a V. Both together give rise to the number XV . The background is black and gray.

Guest Posts

In addition to the rappers from Shady Records, other artists are also represented on the compilation. The Australian singer Sia sings the chorus of the song Guts Over Fear , while the American artist Kobe can be heard in the song Die Alone . Detroit vs. Everybody is a collaboration with rappers Big Sean , Danny Brown , Dej Loaf and Trick-Trick . In addition, the US singer Skylar Gray , who is described by co-label boss Paul Rosenberg as an "unofficial member of the Shady family", is represented on the piece Twisted .

Track list

CD X:

#	title	Artist	producer	length
1	Shady XV	Eminem	Eminem	5:01
2	Psychopath killer	Slaughterhouse , Eminem and Yelawolf	Boi-1da, Just Blaze (Co) and The Mavens (Co)	5:19
3	The Alone	Eminem and Kobe	Eminem and Luis Resto (Add)	3:36
4th	Vegas	Bad Meets Evil	Eminem and Luis Resto (Add)	5:36
5	Y'all Ready Know	Slaughterhouse	DJ premier	3:51
6th	Guts Over Fear	Eminem and Sia	Emile Haynie, John Hill and Eminem (Co)	5:01
7th	Down	Yelawolf	Conrad Clifton	3:26
8th	Bane	D12	Mr. Porter and Marv Won (Co)	4:24
9	Fine line	Eminem	Eminem and Luis Resto (Add)	5:07
10	Twisted	Skylar Gray , Eminem and Yelawolf	Eminem and Luis Resto (Add)	4:59
11	Right for Me	Eminem	Eminem and Luis Resto (Add)	4:57
12	Detroit vs. Everybody	Eminem, Royce da 5'9 ″ , Big Sean , Danny Brown , Dej Loaf and Trick-Trick	Statik Selektah and Eminem	5:57
13	Till It's Gone (bonus song)	Yelawolf	WillPower	4:36

CD V:

#	title	Artist	producer	length	Original album (year)
1	I get money	50 cents	apex	3:43	Curtis (2007)
2	Purple pills	D12	Eminem	5:04	Devils Night (2001)
3	Lose Yourself	Eminem	Eminem, Luis Resto and Jeff Bass	5:20	8 Mile (2002)
4th	Cry Now (Shady Remix)	Obie Trice , Kuniva , Bobby Creekwater, Cashis and Stat Quo	Witt & Pep	5:09	Eminem Presents: The Re-Up (2006)
5	Let's roll	Yelawolf and Kid Rock	The Audibles, Mr. Pyro and Eminem	3:55	Radioactive (2011)
6th	Hammer dance	Slaughterhouse	AraabMuzik	4:05	Welcome to: Our House (2012)
7th	PIMP	50 cents	Mr. Porter	4:09	Get Rich or Die Tryin ' (2003)
8th	You don't know	50 Cent, Eminem, Cashis and Lloyd Banks	Eminem	4:17	Eminem Presents: The Re-Up (2006)
9	My band	D12	Eminem	4:58	D12 World (2004)
10	Wanna know	Obie Trice	Emile	4:04	Second Round's on Me (2006)
11	Wanksta	50 cents	John Freeman and Sha Money XL	3:38	8 Mile (2002)
12	The setup	Obie Trice and Nate Dogg	Dr. Dre and Mike Elizondo	3:13	Cheers (2003)
13	In the club	50 cents	Dr. Dre	3:13	Get Rich or Die Tryin ' (2003)
14th	Fight Music	D12	Dr. Dre	4:21	Devils Night (2001)
15th	Pop the trunk	Yelawolf	WillPower	3:48	Trunk Muzik (2010)
16	Lose Yourself (Original Demo Version)	Eminem	Eminem, Luis Resto and Jeff Bass	3:00

reception

Reviews

Professional reviews
Average rating
source	rating
Metacritic	61%
More reviews
source	rating
plattentests.de
cdstarts.de
allmusic
RapReviews

Shady XV received mostly average to positive ratings from critics. The site Metacritic calculated from nine reviews of English-language media an average of 61%.

Pascal Bremmer from plattentests.de gave the album four out of a possible ten points. With the new songs, mostly "embarrassing poppy autotune refrains would ruin the punchlines that were kicked before, which are actually quite fun". Only Detroit vs. Everybody can completely convince. Only "the second disc with the best-of titles is still catching you."

On cdstarts.de , Shady XV received seven out of a possible ten points. The reviewer Matthias Reichel thinks that it contains “the usual ingenious and insane raps” from Eminem and his label colleagues, of which “the highly atmospheric psychopath Killer ” stands out. The second CD also contains “immortal classics” by Eminem, 50 Cent and D12.

Chart successes and singles

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Singles

Guts Over Fear   DE 35 05.09.2014 (8 weeks)   AT 53 05.09.2014 (2 weeks)   CH 30th 08/31/2014 (4 weeks)   UK 10 10/25/2014 (5 weeks)   US 22nd 09/13/2014 (3 weeks)

In Germany, the compilation entered the charts at number eight and stayed in the top 100 for five weeks. In the United States, the album reached number three and remained in the top 200 for 13 weeks. In the United Kingdom, the album was classified as a compilation and therefore could not place in the official album charts. However, the album reached number five on the UK compilation charts.

Chart placements

Charts	Top ranking	Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK)	8th (5 weeks)	5
Austria (Ö3)	13 (3 weeks)	3
Switzerland (IFPI)	7th (5 weeks)	5
United States (Billboard)	3 (13 weeks)	13

The first single on the album was the song Guts Over Fear by Eminem and Sia released on August 25, 2014 , which reached number 35 in the German charts and stayed in the top 100 for eight weeks. The song was also used in the trailer for The Equalizer . The following singles Till It's Gone by Yelawolf and Y'all Ready Know by Slaughterhouse were released on September 16 and November 4, 2014, respectively. The fourth track was Detroit vs. Everybody released for download on November 11, 2014.

Sales figures and awards

Shady XV sold approximately 138,000 units in the United States in its first week. On December 12, 2014, the album was awarded a gold record for more than 250,000 copies sold in the United States . Since it is a double album, only half of the sales were necessary for the award.

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
United States (RIAA)	gold	250,000
All in all	1 × gold	250,000

Main article: Eminem / Music Sales Awards

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1. ↑ Details on Shady XV on eminem.com ( Memento from August 22, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
2. ↑ Rating: metacritic.com
3. ↑ ^{a b} Evaluation: plattentests.de
4. ↑ ^{a b} Rating: cdstarts.de
5. ↑ Rating: allmusic.com
6. ↑ Review: RapReviews.com
7. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
8. ↑ Guts Over Fear DE # 35
9. ↑ US sales 1st week
10. ↑ US: Gold
11. ↑ riaa.com: RIAA database