Product Description

1999 saw Eminem emerge as one of the most controversial rappers with his major label debut album 'The Slim Shady LP'. Eminem delivers powerful messages which often blurs the linesbetween reality and parody, fusing cartoon like violence with his acerbic lyrics. Includes his number one breakthrough single 'My Name Is', alongside 'Guilty Conscience' and '97 Bonnie & Clyde'.

Track Listing

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 F**
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 F***

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2089 in Music
• Released on: 2003-03-24
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Enhanced, Explicit Lyrics
• Running time: 60 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
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

Customer Reviews

If Only He Had Stayed Like This
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.

Eminem's trademark nonchalance and defiance are all over 'I Just Don't Give A F**k', whilst 'Still Don't Give A F**k' amuses with it's gobbiness, and 'Bad Meets Evil', featuring Royce Da 59 shows yet more dark humour and smart-assed rapping. The most disturbing song on the album is '97 Bonnie and Clyde', a grim fantasy of separation from his other half, of the permanent kind. It shows at least how willing Eminem is to voice the thoughts which most of us never would. People accuse Eminem of misogyny but never bother to dig beneath the surface - of course a man whose mother didn't raise him properly has issues with women, just as a women who has a bad father would have issues with men... makes sense, really. But above all that, Eminem's love for his daughter shines through.

This is an incredlbly important album, and around album three, the grit and realism of it looked further and further away. Eminem is capable of genius, in the form of this album, and I am certain that at some point in his career, if he wants to, he can return to it.

Just realised
Upon listening to this albumn again for aboun the thounsanth time I realised how good this albumn actually is I would always have said that this albumn is amazing but this albumn should be one of the top 10 rap albumns of all time I meen not 1 song deserves less than 8 out of ten and more than 80% of this albumn is worth 10 out of 10

THE BIRTH OF A GENIUS
the slim shady LP, a look in to the dark, twisted world of eminem, this was his debut, he was broke angry, and ready to take on the world, and let me tell you this album is nothing short of brilliant, eminem proves himself as an incredible lyricist, with an amazing delivery great voice, he is brutally honest and raps about a range of subject matters, such as the struggles of being broke, hilarious storytelling songs, killing his girlfriend, vicous battle rap songs, dissing everyone from his mum to vanilla ice, in fact, the majority of the songs on this album are hilarious battle rap songs, which doesnt really matter because eminem comes up with punchlines, jokes, and multis galore, this album is mainly produced by underground producers(apart from 2 songs produced by dr dre), and the beats are amazing, theye are not heavy or commercialized but still easy on the ear, and its obvious the producers took alot of time trying to get the mood of the production to fit the songs this is the second best of eminems 3 amazing albums(encore was garbage) i would highly recommend this, if you want to hear some amazing lyricism, brutal honesty, or amazing battle rap skills, peace