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You can find this album for free on google. This album definitely wasn't as good as his follow-up, "The Marshall Mathers LP", but this one came first, shocked more, and packed one hell of an unsuspecting punch. I'd always liked hip-hop, but it wasn't until I heard some nasally-voiced punk rapping about giving a girl too many mushrooms that it became the only genre of music I was interested in.Īfter hearing Eminem rap, I can honestly say I didn't listen to any other kind of music for a solid 4 years. This could very well be the most influential album (for me) that I've ever come upon.īefore hearing this album I'd had the Biggies, and the Naughty by Natures, but I'd also had the President's of the United States of Americas, and the Empire Records' soundtracks. 'The Real Slim Shady' was Eminems first song to reach number one in the United Kingdom and it also peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100, giving him his biggest hit up to that point. This was unsettling in 1999, when nobody knew his back-story, and years later, when his personal turmoil is public knowledge, it still can be unsettling, because his words and delivery are that powerful. Is was the first single from Eminems major label debut album The Slim Shady LP. The Slim Shady LP bristles with this tension, since its never always clear when Marshall Mathers is joking and when hes dead serious. It was released as the lead single a month before the albums release. Discuss everything juggalo related, from new albums to the latest. In fact, this record was the reason that I had two solo LPs in the first place. 'The Real Slim Shady' is a song by American rapper Eminem from his third album The Marshall Mathers LP (2000). Prior to his multi - platinum major debut album, The Slim Shady LP, he had an.
This record was the reason my first two solo albums had "LP" attached to the backs of their titles. According to Thriller, Eminem asked him to host the new TV series.