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Track Listings
| 1. Public Service Announcement |
| 2. My Name Is |
| 3. Guilty Conscience - Eminem, Dr. Dre |
| 4. Brain Damage |
| 5. Paul - Eminem, Paul "Bunyan" Rosenburg |
| 6. If I Had |
| 7. '97 Bonnie & Clyde |
| 8. Bitch - Eminem, Zoe Winkler |
| 9. Role Model |
| 10. Lounge - Eminem, Jeff Bass, Mark Bass |
| 11. My Fault |
| 12. Ken Kaniff - Eminem, Aristotle, Mark Bass |
| 13. Cum On Everybody |
| 14. Rock Bottom |
| 15. Just Don't Give A Fuck |
| 16. Soap - Eminem, Jeff Bass, Royce Da 5'9'' |
| 17. As The World Turns |
| 18. I'm Shady |
| 19. Bad Meets Evil - Eminem, Royce Da 5'9'' |
| 20. Still Don't Give A Fuck |
Product Description
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On The Slim Shady LP, Eminem wants it all. He is conflicted, you see; the world has treated him badly, and he wants to respond in kind. But he isn't a straight-up gangsta--this is, after all, the first release on Dr. Dre's Aftermath Records, his post-Death Row-era venture--and Eminem (born Marshall Mathers) doesn't really want anyone to follow in his footsteps, which leads to some interesting contradictions on this album. In the first single, "My Name Is", he's self-deprecating, rapping about his poor upbringing and his hairy palms. But on the very next song, "Guilty Conscience", he plays the devil to Dr. Dre's angel--that is, until Eminem brings up an incident from Dre's devilish past, rapping, "You gonna take advice from someone who slapped Dee Barnes?" Later, on "'97 Bonnie & Clyde", he turns Will Smith's "Just the Two of Us" on its ear, making it a tale of murder; but on "My Fault", he actually feels bad--though whether it's for the girl he overdosed or for himself is tough to figure out. With his nasal Midwestern tone, Mathers has a clean, clear flow, and the production--by Dr. Dre, Marky, and Jeff Bass--is crisp but consistently fun. Eminem has some serious skills, and he makes for some great tunes--but the lyrics are as morally reprehensible as they get. --Randy Silver
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CD Aftermath Entertainment, 490 287-2 IND-90287, 1999 20 Track
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43 of 44 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I am for the most part a very conservative person, and those who know me would probably never imagine that I am a devoted Eminem fan. When The Slim Shady LP came out in 1999, I heard a lot about it, but I had almost no exposure to the music itself. The only song I really heard at the time was the radio version of My Name Is, and that little ditty seemed to have "gimmick" written all over it. I expected Eminem to disappear from the music scene after a few months. I, like many people, was uninformed and wrongly dismissed this artist out of hand. Then, I actually listened to the man's music, and I soon realized that Eminem was in fact a musical genius. This first album is a little more bare-bones and gritty than The Marshall Mathers LP and The Eminem Show, but it is nonetheless nothing short of amazing. I am not exactly a big fan of rap or hip-hop, although I have wandered down those lanes a few times in my past, but Eminem actually transcends rap, creating a musical genre all his own that reaches out to even the most unlikeliest of places to win fans like me. Sure, the lyrics are explicit, but what I have come to realize is this: Eminem does not use the explicit lyrics to attract notoriety and sell albums; he uses explicit lyrics because he is expressing himself in a shockingly honest way, and what he gives us is his own version of truth and reality. He really does have something to say, and he says it in a way that speaks not only to the culture of the streets but also to boring conservative individuals like me.
I can't find a bad song on this album, although I'm not that fond of the Ken Kaniff sketch. Eminem does things with beats and rhymes that I have never heard anyone else do, using the very rhythm of his music as a further means of communicating his ideas and feelings.
... Read more ›6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By J. Roberts
Format:Audio CD
I still say that this is Eminem's masterpiece, his darkest album, and the soundtrack of his darkest hour. It also ploughs the sinister and disturbing recesses of Marshall Mathers' mind, spilling them all out with a lack of reservation which is stunning.
As is so often the case, Dr. Dre's production is impeccable, and what he can do with electronic sound is akin to what some artists can do with paint. Instantly recognisable 'My Name Is' often gets a panning by the artist himself, but it's his signature tune with good reason, being an expert masterclass in uncompromising lyrics, an assault of bad taste and shocking statements, one after the other: BANG, BANG, BANG!
And then Marshall gives us a sad and truly heartbreaking insight into his past in 'Brain Damage', all the while giving us clues as to why he ended up being one of the most aggressive, angry men in the history of music. 'If I Had' is also sober and thought-provoking, giving us more of an insight into the psyche of Marshall Mathers than most of his recent output. Drugs, frustration, anger, sorrow and boredom are all there, as well as poverty and a sense of humour, making this a classic of modern times, easily one of the best and most honest post-modern rap albums.
But key to this fantastic honesty and unflinching realism was the fact that this was recorded whilst Eminem was still relatively unknown, living a life of abject hardship with only a dream of something better to keep him warm - in fact that tone is all over this album.
Dark humour adorns 'Role Model', whilst heart-rending despair paints 'Rock Bottom' a murky grey, and in one of the finest moments of his career, Eminem gives us empathy and truly highlights the plight of the USA's underclass. Rap just doesn't come any better than this.... Read more ›
As is so often the case, Dr. Dre's production is impeccable, and what he can do with electronic sound is akin to what some artists can do with paint. Instantly recognisable 'My Name Is' often gets a panning by the artist himself, but it's his signature tune with good reason, being an expert masterclass in uncompromising lyrics, an assault of bad taste and shocking statements, one after the other: BANG, BANG, BANG!
And then Marshall gives us a sad and truly heartbreaking insight into his past in 'Brain Damage', all the while giving us clues as to why he ended up being one of the most aggressive, angry men in the history of music. 'If I Had' is also sober and thought-provoking, giving us more of an insight into the psyche of Marshall Mathers than most of his recent output. Drugs, frustration, anger, sorrow and boredom are all there, as well as poverty and a sense of humour, making this a classic of modern times, easily one of the best and most honest post-modern rap albums.
But key to this fantastic honesty and unflinching realism was the fact that this was recorded whilst Eminem was still relatively unknown, living a life of abject hardship with only a dream of something better to keep him warm - in fact that tone is all over this album.
Dark humour adorns 'Role Model', whilst heart-rending despair paints 'Rock Bottom' a murky grey, and in one of the finest moments of his career, Eminem gives us empathy and truly highlights the plight of the USA's underclass. Rap just doesn't come any better than this.... Read more ›
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
Eminem is one of the most contraversial, verbally shocking and talented rappers in years. The message behind his album is not one of killing, destruction and mayhem but a sly, sarcastic look at pop culture as it exists today. Don't take his lyrics at face value and PLEASE buy the uncensored version of the album as if you don't know what he's saying, you miss out on what he's all about.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
WHAT A WASTE OF TIME...! Don't bother with this, buy Eminem's REAL stuff. This might be more polite, but it doesn't really work. If your mummy and daddy won't let you have a the real version...they don't love you
12 of 14 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
I have an eclectic music taste but I have never really got past Will Smith when it comes to rap. However, I had heard a lot about Eminem and decided to see what all the fuss was about. I wasn't disapointed. He brilliantly manages to combine the funny tracks (e.g. Guilty Conscience and 97' Bonnie and Clyde) with the hard-hitting stuff (e.g. Role Model, Rock Bottom and Still Don't Give a F**k). He even manages to mix it up in the same track, My Fault and My Name Is being perfect examples. Of course, you could get caught up in just the lyrics and forget about the music. Fortunately, most of the tracks have a brilliant rhythm and tune to go with the words, although If I Had and My Fault fall down slightly on this front.
An essential purchase not just for the rap fan but for any music fan who wants to broaden their horizons. The best album of 1999.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I picked up this disc the other day for what must be the 1000th time & STILL found something new in it! If CD's wore out, then this one should have. Long ago. Fortunately it hasn't & its contents have, as yet, failed to fade with the passage of time.
Although there are some tracks that lack power (e.g. If I Had & Role Model), most of the other tracks have amazing lyrics & such economy of language that you'll be discovering the meaning behind a word or phrase for years to come.
For instance, a friend pointed out to me that ''97 Bonnie & Clyde' was the 2nd part of Kim off The Marshall Mathers LP & suddenly 2 songs which seemed completely different (one subtle, one brutal) made sense as one piece...
There is also tracks such as Rock Bottom (about being down in the dumps), As The World Turns (a surreal day-in-the-life of Eminem) & Bad Meets Evil (Eminem as a Wild-West villain), which are the type of thing that other artists would *dream* of having on their first album. It's like watching Bruce Lee in action - all your frustrated rage finds its voice & its expression in the words &, paradoxically, you feel chilled out by something that should stress you out!
Anyways, I suppose what I'm saying is that this record hasn't aged.... Read more ›
Although there are some tracks that lack power (e.g. If I Had & Role Model), most of the other tracks have amazing lyrics & such economy of language that you'll be discovering the meaning behind a word or phrase for years to come.
For instance, a friend pointed out to me that ''97 Bonnie & Clyde' was the 2nd part of Kim off The Marshall Mathers LP & suddenly 2 songs which seemed completely different (one subtle, one brutal) made sense as one piece...
There is also tracks such as Rock Bottom (about being down in the dumps), As The World Turns (a surreal day-in-the-life of Eminem) & Bad Meets Evil (Eminem as a Wild-West villain), which are the type of thing that other artists would *dream* of having on their first album. It's like watching Bruce Lee in action - all your frustrated rage finds its voice & its expression in the words &, paradoxically, you feel chilled out by something that should stress you out!
Anyways, I suppose what I'm saying is that this record hasn't aged.... Read more ›
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Present
Got this as a present for someone.
My daughter chose it, I just ordered and payed for it.
The person who got it loves it so 5/5.
My daughter chose it, I just ordered and payed for it.
The person who got it loves it so 5/5.
Published 1 day ago by Andy Howard
5.0 out of 5 stars
eminem
this cd is excellent my son plays it all the time alot of true words in his music highly recommend
Published 12 days ago by sc.swancott
2.0 out of 5 stars
Wrong CD in case
The CD in the case was not the Slim Shady LP and was in fact another Eminem album, Encore. The CD was however in good condition and sent promptly but clearly I can't give a high... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mr. A. R. Owen
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Music
A Classic Album from this group and a must have.
Great songs and really great to listen to.
I recommend this to anyone.
Great songs and really great to listen to.
I recommend this to anyone.
Published 4 months ago by darius
5.0 out of 5 stars
wooo!
awesome CD definatly in my opinion eminems funniest also seems to have my ears glued to the insides of my headphones because i cant get enough of this album, great buy, great price
Published 5 months ago by Connor
5.0 out of 5 stars
Amazing album
necessity for any eminem fan - great album that shows a true character and is very entertaining to listen to.
Published 6 months ago by John Smith
2.0 out of 5 stars
slim shady
the album could have been advertised better as this was the censored version and not what i wanted to order
Published 8 months ago by Louise Fisher
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good bussiness
Good bussiness with that man. I recommend him to all of ya - cd of Eminem (Slim Shady LP) is in good condition, and everything like written by him in autcion.
Published 15 months ago by michu
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great old skool hip hop CD
I had this CD years ago but lost it somehow. Was taken back to my youth listening to it again.
Published 20 months ago by amanda
3.0 out of 5 stars
Pretty good but way to over-rated
This album is supposed to be absolutley excellent? I don't think so...
Most of the tracks in the album are good, especially Brain Damage which in my opinion is the best... Read more
Most of the tracks in the album are good, especially Brain Damage which in my opinion is the best... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Asim
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