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

Eminem was signed to Aftermath and began working on the album. To find a away to cope with the disappointment sales of Infinite, the rapper created the alter ego, Slim Shady, which was much angrier and violent, he introduced the character 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 Intercope Records CEO Jimmy Iovine 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, he was also suffering of a alcohol and drug addiction which led him to an unsuccessful suicide attempted. 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 Slim Shady LP was a critical and commercial success, launching Eminem from a unknown rapper to a high-profiled celebrity, the album sold 283,000 copies in it's first week, debuted at number 2 on the Billboard 200 and went on to be certified quadruple-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. 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, Mel-Man and Eminem himself and was recorded during 19 at Studio 8 in Ferndale, Michigan. The Slim Shady LP is the second and first major label studio album by American hip hop artist Eminem that was released on Februunder Interscope Records subsidiary Aftermath Entertainment. Dre (exec.), Eminem, Mark & Jeff Bass (exec.), Mel-Man Eminem Chronology Infinite (1999)

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