The Slim Shady LP

The Slim Shady LP
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Publication (s)	February 23, 1999
admission	1997-1999
Label (s)	Aftermath , Interscope
Format (s)	CD , vinyl , MC
Genre (s)	Hardcore rap , horrorcore
Title (number)	CD 1: 20 / (CD 2: 3)
running time	CD 1: 59:48 / (CD 2: 6:02)
production	Dr. Dre ( Executive Producer ) Bass Brothers (FBT) Eminem Mel-Man
Studio (s)	Studio 8 (Ferndale) The Mix Room Dr. Dr's house
chronology Infinite (1996) The Slim Shady LP The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)
Single releases August 7, 1998 Just don't give a fuck January 25, 1999 my name is May 26, 1999 Role model June 8, 1999 Guilty Conscience

The Slim Shady LP ( Slim Shady refers to Eminem's alter ego ) is the second solo album by the American rapper Eminem after the underground album Infinite . It was published on February 23, 1999 via Dr. Dres label Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records and marks the beginning of Eminem's commercial success.

Prehistory and origin

Eminem was a relatively unsuccessful and only locally known rapper in the mid-1990s . After his neglected first album Infinite , he released the Slim Shady EP in 1997 , which earned him some good reviews, on the underground label Web Entertainment owned by the Bass Brothers . Dr. Dre , already an influential hip-hop producer at the time, was leaked to Eminem's demo tape through Jimmy Iovine . After hearing it, Dre was convinced of the rapper's talent and decided to work with Eminem. Eminem signed a recording deal with Aftermath Entertainment and production of The Slim Shady LP began immediately .

The single My Name Is was recorded on the first day of recording. For much of the admission process, Eminem was under the influence of ecstasy . Several songs on the album were taken over from the Slim Shady EP .

content

The album, like all of Eminem's following albums, is characterized by his typical style. On The Slim Shady LP , Eminem slips into the role of his alter ego Slim Shady more often than on later releases, in order to devote himself to controversial topics such as violence, drugs or sex in mostly highly exaggerated ironic ways. The very first official single, My Name Is , in which Eminem introduces himself as Slim Shady and raps about his life in a very exaggerated way, is the best example of this. Other tracks that are mainly characterized by controversial lyrics and irony are the underground single Just Don't Give a Fuck as well as Brain Damage , As the World Turns , Still Don't Give a Fuck and the bonus song Get You Mad . At the song Guilty Conscience , Eminem and Dr. Dre as the good and bad side of the conscience of several people and try to influence their actions in their direction. In '97 Bonnie & Clyde , Eminem expresses love for his daughter and dislike for his ex-wife: he drives the daughter to the beach to get rid of her mother's body. Role Model is an ironic song in which Eminem pulls his role model function as a now famous rapper through the cocoa. A typical party song can also be found on the LP ( Cum on Everybody ), as well as songs about drugs ( My Fault , I'm Shady ). In Bad Meets Evil , Eminem and Royce da 5'9 ″ take on the role of two bandits. In addition to these songs, there are also serious songs that deal with Eminem's poverty and the problems associated with it ( If I Had , Rock Bottom ). The bonus tracks Hazardous Youth and Greg are a cappella freestyles.

The songs If I Had , '97 Bonnie & Clyde ( Just the Two of Us ) and Just Don't Give a Fuck were already released on the Slim Shady EP and partly with a different beat ( Just Don't Give a Fuck ) or other title ( '97 Bonnie & Clyde ) taken over on The Slim Shady LP .

Production and samples

The Bass Brothers , who had worked with him even before Eminem's discovery, are primarily responsible for the production . They produced the beat for Rock Bottom as well as with Eminem as co-producer Brain Damage , If I Had , '97 Bonnie & Clyde , My Fault , Cum on Everybody , Just Don't Give a Fuck , As the World Turns , I'm Shady , Bad Meets Evil and Still Don't Give a Fuck . Although Dr. Dre only produced the pieces My Name Is , Guilty Conscience (in collaboration with Eminem) and Role Model (in collaboration with Mel-Man ), he was always highlighted in public as executive producer , since Dres Name in contrast to the comparatively unknown Bass Brothers was much more effective in the media. The background music for the Skits Lounge , Ken Kaniff and Soap comes from Jeff Bass. The bonus track Get You Mad was produced by Sway and King Tech.

Seven tracks on the album contain elements of songs by other artists. The single My Name Is samples the songs I Got The by Labi Siffre and I Don't Love You by Millie Jackson . Go Home Pigs by Ronald Stein is sampled at Guilty Conscience . The track '97 Bonnie & Clyde includes elements of Just the Two of Us by Grover Washington, Jr. Cum On Everybody samples Gimme What You Got by Le Pamplemouse and Rock Bottom includes a sample of Summertime by Big Brother & The Holding Company. Elements of Curtis Mayfield's Pusherman song also feature in I'm Shady , and Bad Meets Evil samples Me & My Girlfriend by 2Pac and Modaji by Dave Grusin .

Cover design

Cover of the album
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Cover of the special edition
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The illustration shows a car in the foreground with an open trunk from which the legs of a lifeless person protrude. In the background there is a pier on which a man is standing next to a child, as well as the sea and the moon. The album cover is based on the song '97 Bonnie & Clyde . The entire cover is in shades of purple, the lettering The Slim Shady LP is in colorful letters at the bottom right .

The special edition shows Eminem who has closed his eyes and throws his hands over his head. Here the cover is in different shades of blue. In the lower part there are the lettering Eminem , The Slim Shady LP and Special Edition .

Guest Posts

On The Slim Shady LP only four guest rappers are represented on songs. Eminem's producer and mentor Dr. Dre appears on the single Guilty Conscience , while If I Had features the rather unknown singer Kristie Abete. As with later Eminem albums, R&B singer Dina Rae appears on track 13 ( Cum on Everybody ). The Detroit rapper Royce da 5'9 ″ has a guest post on Bad Meets Evil . Last but not least, the rapper King Tech appears in the bonus song Get You Mad . In addition, Eminem's producers, the Bass Brothers , his manager Paul Rosenberg, as well as Zoe Winkler and Aristotle can be heard on various skits.

Track list

#	title	Guest Posts	producer	length
1	Public Service Announcement	Jeff Bass		0:33
2	my name is		Dr. Dre	4:28
3	Guilty Conscience	Dr. Dre	Dr. Dre and Eminem	3:19
4th	Brain damage		Bass Brothers and Eminem (Co)	3:46
5	Paul (Skit)	Paul Rosenberg		0:15
6th	If I Had	Kristie Abete	Bass Brothers and Eminem (Co)	4:05
7th	'97 Bonnie & Clyde		Bass Brothers and Eminem (Co)	5:16
8th	Bitch (skit)	Zoe Winkler		0:19
9	Role model		Dr. Dre and Mel-Man	3:25
10	Lounge (skit)	Bass Brothers	Jeff Bass	0:46
11	My fault		Bass Brothers and Eminem	4:01
12	Ken Kaniff (Skit)	Aristotle and Marky Bass	Jeff Bass	1:16
13	Cum on everybody	Dina Rae	Bass Brothers and Eminem (Co)	3:39
14th	Rock bottom		Bass Brothers	3:34
15th	Just don't give a fuck		Bass Brothers and Eminem (Co)	4:02
16	Soap (Skit)	Royce da 5'9 ″ and Jeff Bass	Jeff Bass	0:34
17th	As the world turns		Bass Brothers and Eminem (Co)	4:25
18th	I'm Shady		Bass Brothers and Eminem (Co)	3:31
19th	Bad Meets Evil	Royce da 5'9 ″	Bass Brothers and Eminem (Co)	4:13
20th	Still don't give a fuck		Bass Brothers and Eminem (Co)	4:12

Special Edition bonus songs:

#	title	Guest Posts	producer	length
1	Hazardous Youth (A Cappella)			0:47
2	Get You Mad	King Tech	Sway and King Tech	4:21
3	Greg (A Cappella)			0:54

Bonus songs of the Expanded Edition for the 20th anniversary:

#	title	Guest Posts	producer	length
1	Hazardous Youth (A Cappella)			0:47
2	Get You Mad	King Tech	Sway and King Tech	4:21
3	Greg (A Cappella)			0:54
4th	Bad Guys Always Die	Dr. Dre	Dr. Dre and Mel-Man	4:39
5	Guilty Conscience (Radio Version)	Dr. Dre	Dr. Dre and Eminem	3:19
6th	Guilty Conscience (Instrumental)		Dr. Dre and Eminem	3:22
7th	Guilty Conscience (A Cappella)	Dr. Dre		3:16
8th	My Name Is (Instrumental)		Dr. Dre	4:29
9	Just Don't Give a Fuck (A Cappella)			3:35
10	Just Don't Give a Fuck (Instrumental)		Bass Brothers and Eminem (Co)	4:08

Individual songs

my name is

→ Main article : My Name Is

In this song Eminem introduces his alter ego Slim Shady and raps about his life in an exaggerated way.

Guilty Conscience

→ Main article : Guilty Conscience

On this piece, Eminem and Dr. Dre the roles of the bad and good side of the conscience of different people and try to influence their actions.

Role model

→ Main article : Role Model

This song mocks the role model that the rapper has gained through his fame.

Just don't give a fuck

→ Main article : Just Don't Give a Fuck

The track was created in 1997 and contains a few swipes against other artists.

Chart successes and singles

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Singles

my name is   DE 37 04/26/1999 (8 weeks)   AT 24 04/25/1999 (6 weeks)   CH 29 05/02/1999 (7 weeks)   UK 2 04/10/1999 (13 weeks)   US 36 03/27/1999 (10 weeks) Guilty Conscience   DE 40 08/23/1999 (7 weeks)   UK 5 08/14/1999 (8 weeks)

Cover of the single
My Name Is

The Slim Shady LP is Eminem's first album to hit the charts in his home country and internationally. It entered the German charts at number 72 in the 19th calendar week of 1999 and, 16 weeks later, reached its highest position at number 51. After 17 weeks, the record left the Top 100. In the USA, the album reached the highest chart position at number 2. The Slim Shady LP achieved other relatively high chart placements with 12th place in Austria, 10th in Great Britain and 9th in Canada. In Switzerland it reached number 25. At 134 weeks, the album stayed in the British charts the longest.

Chart placements

Charts	Top ranking	Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK)	51 (17 weeks)	17th
Austria (Ö3)	12 (11 weeks)	11
Switzerland (IFPI)	25th (27 weeks)	27
United Kingdom (OCC)	10 (134 weeks)	134
United States (Billboard)	2 (104 weeks)	104

Annual charts

Charts (1999)	placement
Annual charts (1999)
United Kingdom (OCC)	64
United States (Billboard)	22nd

Charts (2000)	placement
Annual charts (2000)
United Kingdom (OCC)	44
United States (Billboard)	54

The first single Just Don't Give a Fuck , which Eminem released as an underground artist in 1998 and was later included on the album, has not yet made it into the charts. In contrast, the first rose in collaboration with Dr. Dre produced and shortly before the album released the single My Name Is in Germany up to number 37 and stayed in the charts for eight weeks. A third single followed with Guilty Conscience (DE # 40, 7 weeks), on which Dr. Dre was also involved as a rapper. The singles were particularly successful in Great Britain, where both reached the top 5. In addition, the song Role Model was released for promotional purposes , including a music video.

Sales figures and awards

The album sold 283,000 times in the US in its first week. To date, The Slim Shady LP has sold more than 18 million copies worldwide. In the USA alone, the album sold over four million times and was therefore awarded 4 × platinum .

At the Grammy Awards 2000 Eminem received the award for the best album of the year in the rap category and for the best solo performance in the rap category for the song My Name Is . The music magazine Rolling Stone selected The Slim Shady LP at number 275 on its list of the 500 best albums of all time in 2012 and number 33 of the best albums of the 1990s at the end of 1999.

Overview:

country	gold	platinum	2 × platinum	3 × platinum	4 × platinum
Switzerland awarded by IFPI	2001	-	-	-	-
United States awarded by RIAA	April 5, 1999	April 5, 1999	April 27, 1999	October 12, 1999	November 14, 2000
United Kingdom awarded by BPI	October 15, 1999	September 8, 2000	June 22, 2001	22. July 2013	-
Europe awarded by IFPI	-	2001	-	-	-

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	platinum	70,000
Europe (IFPI)	platinum	1,000,000
Canada (MC)	2 × platinum	200,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	gold	(40,000)
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	(25,000)
United States (RIAA)	4 × platinum	4,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	3 × platinum	(900,000)
All in all	2 × gold 12 × platinum	5,285,000

Main article: Eminem / Music Sales Awards

Reviews

Professional reviews
Reviews
source	rating
laut.de
cdstarts.de
Rolling Stone
Allmusic
RapReviews

The album received mostly positive reviews.

• In laut.de got The Slim Shady LP three out of a possible five points. Eminem's lyrical strengths are praised, but the album is accused of being too commercial:

“ Even the first release was a hit, but overall the Slim Shady LP was almost too professionally produced. The album is good, the lyrics are awesome and the beats are right too, but there is too much commercialism in all of this, maybe even a touch of 2Pac's white brother. […] G-Funk, Money, Bitches, there is too much of this image in this CD to do it really well. "

- Excerpt from the review by laut.de.

• On cdstarts.de, when the 20th anniversary edition was released, the album was rated 8.5 out of a possible ten points. It is much more innovative than the rapper's newer releases:

“ [Eminem] created a whole new style of rap that didn't grow with the aggressiveness of later works. Instead, Eminem's indescribable pun blossomed, degenerating between genius (“My name is”), madness (“Ken Kaniff”), sex (“Cum on everybody”) and loads of drugs (“Brain damage”). Thus “The Slim Shady LP” stands for the moment when US rap took on a new, exciting twist and ushered in a second spring for a genre that is characterized by ups and downs like no other. "

- Extract from the review by cdstarts.de

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1. ↑ Dr. Dre signs Eminem
2. ↑ Admission process
3. ↑ Explanations of "My Name Is". On: genius.com (English). Retrieved May 30, 2012
4. ↑ Explanations for "Just Don't Give a Fuck". On: genius.com (English). Retrieved May 30, 2012
5. ↑ Explanations of "Brain Damage". On: genius.com (English). Retrieved May 30, 2012
6. ↑ Explanations for "As the World Turns". On: genius.com (English). Retrieved May 30, 2012
7. ↑ Explanations for "Still Don't Give a Fuck". On: genius.com (English). Retrieved May 30, 2012
8. ↑ Explanations for "Get You Mad". On: genius.com (English). Retrieved May 30, 2012
9. ↑ Explanations of "Guilty Conscience". On: genius.com (English). Retrieved May 30, 2012
10. ↑ Explanations for "'97 Bonnie & Clyde". On: genius.com (English). Retrieved May 30, 2012
11. ↑ Explanations of "Role Model". On: genius.com (English). Retrieved May 30, 2012
12. ↑ Explanations of "Cum on Everybody". On: genius.com (English). Retrieved May 30, 2012
13. ↑ Explanations of "My Fault". On: genius.com (English). Retrieved May 30, 2012
14. ↑ Explanations for "I'm Shady". On: genius.com (English). Retrieved May 30, 2012
15. ↑ Explanations for "Bad Meets Evil". On: genius.com (English). Retrieved May 30, 2012
16. ↑ Explanations for "If I Had". On: genius.com (English). Retrieved May 30, 2012
17. ↑ Explanations of "Rock Bottom". On: genius.com (English). Retrieved May 30, 2012
18. ↑ Explanations for "Greg". On: genius.com (English). Retrieved May 30, 2012
19. ^ Lyrics in the booklet
20. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
21. ↑ The Slim Shady LP at musicline.de ( memento of the original from March 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
22. ↑ international chart following The Slim Shady LP
23. ↑ ^{a b} Annual charts 1999: DE AT CH UK US
24. ↑ ^{a b} annual charts 2000: DE AT CH UK US
25. ↑ Guilty Conscience DE # 40, 7 weeks. ( Memento of the original from May 2, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
26. ↑ Singles from musicline.de ( Memento of the original from June 26, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
27. ↑ Eminem album sales on statisticbrain.com, July 11, 2015, English. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
28. ↑ RIAA : Search Results Gold and Platinum Awards from Eminem
29. ^ Grammys 2000
30. ↑ 500 best albums of all time: # 275 The Slim Shady LP
31. ↑ [ 100 Best Albums of the Nineties: Eminem, 'The Slim Shady LP' ( Memento from July 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) 100 Best Albums 1990-1999: # 33 The Slim Shady LP ]
32. ↑ swisscharts.com: Awards
33. ↑ riaa.com: RIAA database
34. ↑ bpi.co.uk: Certified Award Search (English)
35. ↑ ifpi.org: Platinum Europe Awards
36. ↑ Rating: laut.de
37. ↑ Rating: cdstarts.de Matthias Reichel, December 13, 2019
38. ↑ Rating: Rolling Stone
39. ↑ Rating: allmusic.com
40. ↑ Review: RapReviews.com
41. ↑ Review of the sound carrier on laut.de.
42. ↑ Review of the sound carrier on cdstarts.de