Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
"The Real Slim Shady" is a song by American rapper Eminem from his third album The Marshall Mathers LP (2000). It was released as the lead single a month before the album's release. The song peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100, giving him his biggest hit up to that point. [2]
[5] Slim Shady served as Eminem's vent for his frustration and rage to the world. In the spring of 1997, he recorded the eight-song extended play Slim Shady EP. 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. [5]
Over a beat with piano, [1] the song revolves around Eminem battling the negative influence of his alter ego Slim Shady, referring to his impulses to treat dark and serious matters with humor in his lyrical content. [1] [2] It starts with a conversation between Eminem and Shady, in which the latter forces the former to take half of an Ativan. [2]
Eminem has revealed the real reason he invented his notorious alter ego, Slim Shady.. The rapper released his new album, The Death Of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce) on 12 July, after a gory trailer ...
Eminem is going head to head with himself in a new retrospective video. The 51-year-old rapper, born Marshall Mathers, engages in a "spirited conversation" with his musical alter ego, Slim Shady ...
The song revolves around two characters attempting to take control of Eminem's conscience: Eminem himself and his alter ego Slim Shady. [1] Over an instrumental of moody bass and piano keys, [2] Eminem raps in a slightly distorted voice to represent Shady and his normal voice to represent himself. [3]
Eminem uses alter egos in his songs for different rapping styles and subject matter, including Slim Shady and Ken Kaniff, among others. Slim Shady is the controversial and rebellious alter ego of Eminem, introduced in his 1997 extended play The Slim Shady EP. Conceived during a period of personal and professional struggle, Slim Shady allowed ...
More: Eminem ends Taylor Swift’s No. 1 streak with ‘The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)’ More: Jelly Roll's superstardom boosted by Eminem's raps, Nickelodeon's 'slime'