The slim shady album release year series#

Because the song focuses on disposing of his girlfriend's corpse, Eminem was not comfortable with explaining the situation to Kim, and instead told her that he would be taking Hailie to Chuck E. '97 Bonnie & Clyde', which was formerly featured on the Slim Shady EP as 'Just the Two of Us', was rerecorded for The Slim Shady LP to feature his daughter Hailie's vocals. Three other songs, including 'Role Model', were also recorded that day. Fuck them.' On the first day of recording, Eminem and Dr. He later said: 'Every time I sat down with a pen, everything was just like: fuck you, fuck this, fuck them, fuck that, fuck the world, fuck what everybody thinks. Dre creating a beat and Eminem using the tracks as a template for his freestyle raps 'Every beat he would make, I had a rhyme for', Eminem recalled. The recording process generally began with Dr.

The slim shady album release year series#

Dre after a series of highly productive recording sessions. 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.