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Interscope Records's Jimmy Iovine wanted Eminem to get a song to introduce the album, similar to the way "My Name Is" was the first single on The Slim Shady LP. Eminem, Dr. Dre, Tommy Coster and Mike Elizondo wrote "The Real Slim Shady" just hours before the final copy of the album was due. The first single was intended to be "Who Knew".
"My Name Is" is a song by American rapper Eminem from his second studio album The Slim Shady LP (1999). It is also the opening song and lead single of the album. The song contains an interpolation [2] (replayed sample) from British singer Labi Siffre's 1975 track "I Got The..." featuring the bass and guitar riff as originally played by British pop rock duo Chas & Dave.
Eminem, whose real name is Marshall Bruce Mathers III, began rapping at the age of 14.In 1996, Eminem released his debut studio album, Infinite, which was recorded at the Bassmint, a recording studio being owned by the Bass Brothers, was released under their independent record label, Web Entertainment. [4]
“The Slim Shady alter-ego behind his 1999 breakthrough LP and the many hits that followed – most notably the brattish, bombastic ‘I’m Back’ – was Mathers’ id, minus the ego.
He has also featured in 21 singles as a guest artist, while entering the charts with over 100 additional songs. Eminem's debut single, " Just Don't Give a Fuck ", was released in 1998 and was included in Slim Shady EP , as well as in his second studio album, The Slim Shady LP , which featured a re-worked version of the song.
The song, which harks back to the US rapper’s 2002 hit “Without Me”, is also accompanied by a music video featuring cameos from Dr Dre, Snoop Dogg, Pete Davidson, 50 Cent and comedian Shane ...
Slim Shady EP is the only extended play by American rapper Eminem, released on December 10, 1997, through Web Entertainment.Unlike his debut album Infinite (1996), Slim Shady EP helped Eminem gain the interest of CEO Jimmy Iovine (co-founder of Interscope Records) and West Coast hip-hop rapper and producer Dr. Dre, who subsequently signed Eminem to his Aftermath Entertainment record label, and ...
The Slim Shady alter-ego behind his 1999 breakthrough LP and the many hits that followed – most notably the brattish, bombastic “I’m Back” – was Mathers’ id, minus the ego. A ...