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The Slim Shady LP

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The Slim Shady LP is the second studio album and first major release from the American rapper
Eminem. It was released on February 23, 1999, under Interscope Records and Dr. Dre's Aftermath
Entertainment. Recorded in Ferndale, Michigan. following Eminem's recruitment by Dr. Dre and
Jimmy Iovine, the album features production from Dr. Dre, the Bass Brothers, and Eminem
himself. The majority of the record's lyrical content is written from the perspective of the rapper's
alter ego Slim Shady, whom the rapper created on Slim Shady EP (1997). The lyrics are noted for
their over-the-top depictions of violence and heavy use of profanity.

The Slim Shady LP

The album was met with both critical and commercial success; critics praised Eminem for his
unique lyrical style, and the record debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart behind
TLC's FanMail with 283,000 copies sold in its opening week. The first official single, "My Name
Is", peaked at number 36 on the Billboard Hot 100. The Slim Shady LP went on to be certified
quadruple-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The record won a
Grammy Award for Best Rap Album, and in 2003, the album was ranked number 273 on Rolling
Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
The Slim Shady LP turned Eminem from an unknown rapper into a high-profile celebrity.
Interscope Records awarded him with his own record label, Shady Records, and he embarked on
an extensive touring schedule to promote the album. In the summer of 1999, the rapper frequently
performed on the Vans Warped Tour and in hip-hop clubs. He also became a highly controversial
figure due to his lyrical content, which some perceived to be misogynistic and a negative influence
on American youth. The rapper was also sued multiple times following the release of the album for
reasons including slander and unauthorized sampling.

Studio album by Eminem

Released February 23, 1999
Recorded 1997-98
Studio 8, Ferndale, Michigan
Genre

Horrorcore

Length

59:49

Label

Aftermath, Interscope, Web

Producer Dr. Dre (exec.), Eminem, Mark & Jeff

Contents
1 Background
2 Recording
3 Music
3.1 Lyrics
3.2 Production
4 Reception
4.1 Commercial response
4.2 Critical reception
4.3 Accolades
5 Aftermath
6 Lawsuits
7 Track listing
8 Charts and certifications
8.1 Weekly charts
8.2 Certifications
9 See also
10 References
10.1 Notes
10.2 Bibliography
11 External links

Bass (exec.), Mel-Man

Eminem chronology
The Slim Shady
EP
(1998)

The Slim Shady

LP
(1999)

The Marshall
Mathers LP
(2000)

Alternative cover

Special edition artwork

Singles from The Slim Shady LP
1. "My Name Is"
Released: January 25, 1999
2. "Role Model"
Released: May 26, 1999
3. "Guilty Conscience"
Released: June 8, 1999

Background
Eminem, born Marshall Bruce Mathers III, began rapping at age fourteen. In 1995, his debut album Infinite, which was recorded at the Bassmint, a
recording studio owned by the Bass Brothers, was released under their independent label Web Entertainment.[1] Infinite achieved little commercial
success and was largely ignored by Detroit radio stations. The disappointment from this experience greatly influenced his lyrical style: "After that
record, every rhyme I wrote got angrier and angrier. A lot of it was because of the feedback I got. Motherfuckers was like, 'You're a white boy, what
the fuck are you rapping for? Why don't you go into rock & roll?' All that type of shit started pissing me off."[2] After the release of Infinite,
Eminem's personal struggles and abuse of drugs and alcohol culminated in an unsuccessful suicide attempt.[3]
The disappointment of Infinite inspired Eminem to create the alter ego Slim Shady: "Boom, the name hit me, and right away I thought of all these
words to rhyme with it".[2] Slim Shady served as Eminem's vent for his frustrations, and 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.[2] After being evicted from his home, Eminem traveled to Los Angeles to participate in the Rap

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Olympics, an annual nationwide rap battle competition. He placed second, and the staff at Interscope Records who attended the Rap Olympics sent a
copy of Slim Shady EP to company CEO Jimmy Iovine.[2] Iovine played the tape for record producer Dr. Dre, founder of Aftermath Entertainment.
Dr. Dre recalled, "In my entire career in the music industry, I have never found anything from a demo tape or a CD. When Jimmy played this, I said,
'Find him. Now.'"[2] Eminem and Dr. Dre subsequently began work on his major label debut album.

Recording
The Slim Shady LP was recorded at Studio 8 at 430 8 Mile Road in Ferndale, Michigan.[4] Eminem, who had
idolized Dr. Dre since listening to his group N.W.A as a teenager, was nervous to work with him on the album: "I
didn't want to be starstruck or kiss his ass too much ... I'm just a little white boy from Detroit. I had never seen
stars, let alone Dr. Dre."[5] However, Eminem became more comfortable working with Dr. Dre after a series of
highly productive recording sessions.[6] The recording process generally began with Dr. Dre creating a beat and
Eminem using the tracks as a template for his freestyle raps; "Every beat he would make, I had a rhyme for",
Eminem recalled.[6] Much of the album was recorded when Eminem was under the influence of ecstasy; Dr. Dre
described the experience by saying "We get in there, get bugged out, stay in the studio for fuckin' two days. Then
you're dead for three days. Then you wake up, pop the tape in, like, 'Let me see what I've done.'"[2] On the first day
of recording, Eminem and Dr. Dre finished "My Name Is" in an hour.[2] Three other songs, including "Role
Model", were also recorded that day.[5]
"'97 Bonnie & Clyde", which was formerly featured on Slim Shady EP as "Just the Two of Us", was rerecorded for
The Slim Shady LP to feature his daughter Hailie's vocals. Because the song focuses on disposing of his girlfriend's
corpse, Eminem was uncomfortable with explaining the situation to Kim, and instead told her that he would be
taking Hailie to Chuck E. Cheese's.[2] He explained, "When she found out I used our daughter to write a song
Eminem had idolized The Slim
about killing her, she fucking blew. We had just got back together for a couple of weeks. Then I played her the
Shady LP co-producer Dr. Dre
song, and she bugged the fuck out."[2] The song "Guilty Conscience" contains a humorous reference to an occasion
(pictured in 2008) since he was
in which Dr. Dre assaulted rapper Dee Barnes. Having only known Dr. Dre for a few days, Eminem was anxious
a child.
about how he would react to such a line, and to his relief, Dr. Dre "fell out of his chair laughing" upon hearing the
lyric.[7] "Ken Kaniff", a skit involving a prank call to Eminem, featured fellow Detroit rapper Aristotle. After a
falling out between the two in the wake of Eminem's breakthrough success, Eminem instead played Ken Kaniff on skits on future albums.[8]

Music
Lyrics
Many of the songs from The Slim Shady LP are written from the perspective of Eminem's alter ego, Slim Shady, and contain cartoonish and over-thetop depictions of violence, which he refers to as "made-up tales of trailer-park stuff".[9] The rapper explained that this subject matter is intended for
entertainment value, likening his music to the horror film genre: "Why can't people see that records can be like movies? The only difference between
some of my raps and movies is that they aren't on a screen."[10] Some of the lyrics have also been considered to be misogynistic by critics and
commentators.[11] Eminem acknowledged the accusations, and clarified, "I have a fairly salty relationship with women ... But most of the time, when
I'm saying shit about women, when I'm saying 'bitches' and 'hoes', its so ridiculous that I'm taking the stereotypical rapper to the extreme. I don't hate
women in general. They just make me mad sometimes.'"[11] Despite the record's explicit nature, Eminem refused to say the word "nigga" on the
album, with the rapper noting, "It's not in my vocabulary."[11] The Slim Shady LP begins with a "Public Service Announcement" introduction
performed by producer Jeff Bass of the Bass Brothers, and serves as a sarcastic disclaimer discussing the album's explicit lyrical content.[12] Later in
the album, a skit entitled "Paul" features a phone call from Paul Rosenberg to Eminem telling him to "tone down" his lyrics.[13]
"Guilty Conscience" is a concept song featuring Dr. Dre. The song focuses on a series of characters who are faced with various situations, while Dr.
Dre and Eminem serve as the "angel" and "devil" sides of the characters' conscience, respectively.[14] The song draws inspiration from a scene in the
1978 comedy film National Lampoon's Animal House, in which a man takes advice from an angel and devil on his shoulder while considering raping
an unconscious girl at a party.[10] In the film, he ends up deciding not to go through with the rape, but in "Guilty Conscience", the outcome is unclear.
[10]
On "My Fault", Eminem tells the story of a girl who overdoses on psychedelic mushrooms at a rave.[15] "'97 Bonnie & Clyde" features Eminem
convincing his infant daughter to assist him in disposing of his wife's corpse. It is an epilogue to the song "Kim", although "'97 Bonnie & Clyde" was
released first. Eminem wrote the song at a time in which he felt that his girlfriend was keeping him from seeing his daughter.[10] Stephen Thomas
Erlewine of Allmusic explained that "There have been more violent songs in rap, but few more disturbing, and it's not because of what it describes,
it's how he describes it -- how the perfectly modulated phrasing enhances the horror and black humor of his words."[16] On the song "Brain Damage",
Eminem discusses his childhood experiences with bullies at school.[17]
Although many of the lyrics on the album are intended to be humorous, several songs depict Eminem's frustrations with living in poverty. When
discussing The Slim Shady LP, Anthony Bozza of Rolling Stone described Eminem as "probably the only MC in 1999 who boasts low self-esteem.
His rhymes are jaw-droppingly perverse, bespeaking a minimum-wage life devoid of hope, flushed with rage and weaned on sci-fi and slasher
flicks."[2] Eminem was inspired to write "Rock Bottom" after being fired from his cooking job at a restaurant days before his daughter's birthday.[2]
The song bemoans human dependency on money, discussing its ability to brainwash an individual.[18] He illustrates his struggles to provide for his
daughter, describing himself as "discouraged, hungry, and malnourished."[18] "If I Had" follows a similar theme, as he describes living on minimum
wage and remarks that he is "tired of jobs starting off at $5.50 an hour".[19] In the song, he expresses his irritation with fitting the "white trash"
stereotype.[20]

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Production
The album's production was handled primarily by the Bass Brothers, Dr. Dre, and Eminem.[14][16]
The beats have been compared to West Coast hip hop and G-funk musical styles.[23] Kyle
Anderson of MTV wrote that "The beats are full of bass-heavy hallucinations and create huge,
scary sandboxes that allow Em to play."[14] According to the staff at IGN, "'97 Bonnie & Clyde"
is backed by the "lulling serenity of a super silky groove".[21] "Cum On Everybody" contains an
upbeat dance rhythm, while "My Name Is", which is built around a piano sample from British
musician Labi Siffre's "I Got The", features a prominent bassline and psychedelic-style
keyboards.[14][21][22] "I'm Shady" was originally written over a Sade track, but after hearing a
sample of Curtis Mayfield's "Pusherman" in Ice-T's song "I'm Your Pusher", Eminem decided it
would be more fitting to use "Pusherman".[24]

"My Name Is"

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Name Is". The song samples British
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Eminem's vocal inflection on the record has been described as a "nasal whine"; Jon Pareles of The New York Times likened his "calmly sarcastic
delivery" to "the early Beastie Boys turned cynical".[25] Writing for the Chicago Tribune, columnist Greg Kot compared the rapper's vocals to "Peewee Herman with a nasal Midwestern accent".[26] A skit entitled "Lounge" appears before "My Fault" featuring Eminem and the Bass Brothers
imitating rat pack crooners. Jeff Bass came up with the line "I never meant to give you mushrooms" for the skit, which in turn inspired Eminem to
write "My Fault".[27]

Reception
Commercial response
In the album's first week of release, The Slim Shady LP sold 283,000 copies, debuting at number two on the Billboard 200 chart behind TLC's
FanMail.[28] The record remained on the Billboard 200 for 100 weeks.[29] It also reached number one on the R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart, staying on
the chart for 92 weeks.[29] On April 5, 1999, ten days after the album's release, The Slim Shady LP was certified platinum by the Recording Industry
Association of America for sales of over one million copies.[30] On November 15, 2000, the record was certified quadruple platinum by the RIAA.[30]
"My Name Is", the album's lead single, peaked at number 36 on the Billboard Hot 100, remaining on the chart for ten weeks.[31] The single
additionally peaked at number 18 on the magazine's R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, 29 on the Pop Songs chart, and 37 on the Alternative Songs chart.[31]
"Guilty Conscience" reached number 56 on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, while "Just Don't Give a Fuck" peaked at number 62 on the
chart.[32][33] By November, 2013, the album sold 5,437,000 copies in the United States.[34]
Outside of the United States, The Slim Shady LP reached number nine on the weekly Canadian Albums Chart and remained on the chart for twelve
weeks.[29] Additionally, the album was certified double platinum by the Canadian Recording Industry Association for shipments of over 200,000
units.[35] The record was also certified double platinum in the United Kingdom, where it peaked at number ten on the UK Albums chart and remained
on the chart for a total of 114 weeks.[36][37] In Australia, the album peaked at number 49 on the ARIA Chart, and was eventually certified platinum in
the country.[38][39] The album was also certified gold in the Netherlands and New Zealand, where it peaked at the number 20 and 23 chart positions,
respectively.[40][41][42]

Critical reception
The album was met with generally positive reviews, with many critics focusing on Eminem's
lyrical style. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic gave the album five stars out of five, praising
the rapper's "expansive vocabulary and vivid imagination", adding that "Years later, as the shock
has faded, it's those lyrical skills and the subtle mastery of the music that still resonate, and they're
what make The Slim Shady LP one of the great debuts in both hip-hop and modern pop music."[16]
David Browne of Entertainment Weekly described the album's "unapologetic outrageousness" as a
reaction to the "soul positivity" of conscious hip hop, noting that "The Slim Shady LP marks the
return of irreverent, wiseass attitude to the genre, heard throughout the album in its nonstop barrage
of crudely funny rhymes ... Even pop fans deadened to graphic lyrics are likely to flinch."[44] Soren
Baker of the Los Angeles Times gave the album three and a half stars out of four and stated that
"He isn't afraid to say anything; his lyrics are so clever that he makes murder sound as if it's a
funny act he may indulge in simply to pass the time" but lamented the "sometimes flat production
that takes away from the power of Eminem's verbal mayhem."[46]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source

Rating
[16]

Allmusic
Robert Christgau

[43]

(A)

Entertainment Weekly

(C+)[44]

IGN

7.8/10[45]

Los Angeles Times

[46]

NME

6/10[47]

RapReviews

(7.5/10)[48]
[23]

Rolling Stone
Many reviewers commented on the album's lyrical content. Gilbert Rodman of Popular
Communications states, "Eminem's music contains more than its fair share of misogynistic and
Piero Scaruffi
(7/10)[49]
homo-phobic lyrics, but simply to reduce it to these (as many critics do) doesn't help to explain
Sputnikmusic
(4/5)[50]
Eminem. It merely invokes a platitude or a sound bite to explain him away."[51] Rob Sheffield of
Rolling Stone enjoyed the record's comedic nature, writing "Simply put: Eminem will crack you up", but also felt that the misogynistic lyrics grow
tiresome, noting that "the wife-killing jokes of "97 Bonnie and Clyde' aren't any funnier than Garth Brooks', and 'My Fault' belongs on some sorry-ass
Bloodhound Gang record."[23] Nathan Rabin of The A.V. Club felt that although the album is "sophomoric and uninspired" at times, Eminem's
"surreal, ultraviolent, trailer-trash/post-gangsta-rap extremism is at least a breath of fresh air in a rap world that's despairingly low on new ideas."[52]

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Mike Rubin of Spin noted that "his scenarios are so far-fetched the songs almost never sound as ugly as they actually are."[53] Chris Dafoe of The
Globe and Mail opined that "Abused by fellow students and teachers, cheated on by his girlfriend, despised by society, Shady goes over the top now
and then - or rather way over the top - but Dre's lean production, full of strange voice and comic interjections, hold things together."[54]

Accolades
Rolling Stone ranked The Slim Shady LP number 273 on the magazine's list of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" and 33 on its list of the "100
Best Albums of the '90s".[55][56] At the 42nd Grammy Awards in 1999, the record won Best Rap Album, while "My Name Is" won Best Rap Solo
Performance.[57] "Ken Kaniff" was listed as number 15 on Complex's "50 Greatest Hip-Hop Skits" list, while the "Public Service Announcement"
introduction to the album, along with the "Public Service Announcement 2000" introduction from The Marshall Mathers LP, was listed as number 50
on the list.[12][58] It also won Outstanding National Album at the 2000 Detroit Music Awards.[59]

Aftermath
After the success of The Slim Shady LP, Eminem went from an unknown rapper to a high-profile celebrity.
Interscope Records awarded him with his own record label, Shady Records; the first artist Eminem signed
was rapper Proof.[60] Eminem, who had previously struggled to provide for his daughter, noted a drastic
change in his lifestyle: "This last Christmas, there were so many fucking presents under the tree ... My
daughter wasn't born with a silver spoon in her mouth. But she's got one now. I can't stop myself from
spoiling her."[60]

Eminem achieved a high level of

success after the release of The Slim
Shady LP.

To promote The Slim Shady LP, Eminem embarked on an extensive tour schedule. He joined the Vans
Warped Tour as a last-minute replacement for Cypress Hill, a schedule that included 31 North American dates
from June 25 to July 31, beginning in San Antonio and ending in Miami.[61] He often played a show in the
afternoon on the Warped Tour, and then drove to another location to perform at a hip hop club at night.[60]
During a performance in Hartford, Connecticut near the end of the Warped Tour, Eminem slipped on a puddle
of liquid and fell ten feet down off the stage, cracking several ribs.[61][62] He recalled that the stress of his
newfound fame led him to drink excessively, and reflected, "I knew I had to slow it down. The fall was like a
reminder."[62] However, after receiving medical attention, he was well enough to travel to New York the
following day for a performance on Total Request Live.[61]

Eminem also became a highly controversial figure due to his lyrical content. He was labeled as "misogynist, a
nihilist and an advocate of domestic violence", and in an editorial by Billboard editor in chief Timothy White, the writer accused Eminem of "making
money by exploiting the world's misery."[2] During a radio appearance in San Francisco, Eminem reportedly angered local DJ Sista Tamu due to a
freestyle about "slapping a pregnant bitch" to the extent that she broke a copy of The Slim Shady LP on-air.[62] The rapper defended himself by
saying, "My album isn't for younger kids to hear. It has an advisory sticker, and you must be eighteen to get it. That doesn't mean younger kids won't
get it, but I'm not responsible for every kid out there. I'm not a role model, and I don't claim to be."[2]

Lawsuits
On September 17, 1999, Eminem's mother, Deborah Nelson, filed a $10 million lawsuit against him for slander based on his claim that she uses drugs
in the line "I just found out my mom does more dope than I do" from "My Name Is".[63][64] After a two-year long trial, she was awarded $25,000, of
which she received $1,600 after legal fees.[63] Eminem was not surprised that his mother had filed the lawsuit against him, referring to her as a
"lawsuit queen", and alleging that "That's how she makes money. When I was five, she had a job on the cash register at a store that sold chips and
soda. Other than that, I don't remember her working a day in her life."[64] She later filed another lawsuit against him for emotional damages suffered
during the first trial, which was later dismissed.[63]
In December 2001, DeAngelo Bailey, a janitor living in Roseville, Michigan who was made the subject of the song "Brain Damage" in which he is
portrayed as a school bully, filed a $1 million lawsuit against Eminem for slander and invasion of privacy.[17] Bailey's attorney stated "Eminem is a
Caucasian male who faced criticism within the music industry that he had not suffered through difficult circumstances growing up and he was
therefore a 'pretender' in the industry ... Eminem used Bailey, his African-American childhood schoolmate, as a pawn in his effort to stem the tide of
criticism."[17] In 1982, Eminem's mother unsuccessfully sued the Roseville school district for not protecting her son, as she claimed that attacks from
bullies caused him headaches, nausea, and antisocial behavior.[17] Additionally, Bailey had previously admitted to bullying Eminem in the April 1999
issue of Rolling Stone.[2] The lawsuit was later dismissed by a judge, who, in her explanation, wrote a humorous rap verse: "Bailey thinks he's entitled
to some monetary gain/Because Eminem used his name in vain."[65]
In September 2003, 70-year-old widow Harlene Stein filed suit against Eminem and Dr. Dre on the grounds that "Guilty Conscience" contains an
unauthorized sample of "Pigs Go Home" composed for the film Getting Straight by her husband, Ronald Stein, who died in 1988.[66] Although the
album's liner notes state that the song contains an "interpolation" of "Pigs Go Home", Stein is not credited as a composer and his wife was not paid
royalties for use of the song.[66] The lawsuit requested for 5 percent of the retail list price of 90 percent of the all copies of the record sold in America,
and 2.5 percent of the retail price of 90 percent of the copies of the album sold internationally.[66]

Track listing

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No.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.

Title
"Public Service Announcement" (skit)
"My Name Is"
"Guilty Conscience" (featuring Dr. Dre)
"Brain Damage"
"Paul" (skit)
"If I Had"
"'97 Bonnie & Clyde"
"Bitch" (skit)
"Role Model"
"Lounge" (skit)
"My Fault"
"Ken Kaniff" (skit)
"Cum On Everybody"
"Rock Bottom"
"Just Don't Give a Fuck"
"Soap" (skit)
"As the World Turns"
"I'm Shady"
"Bad Meets Evil" (featuring Royce da 5'9")
"Still Don't Give a Fuck"

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Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Mathers, Jeff Bass
Mathers, Young, Siffre
Dr. Dre
Mathers, Young
Dr. Dre, Eminem
Mathers, J. Bass
Bass Brothers, Eminem (co.)
Mathers, Paul Rosenburg
Mathers, J. Bass, Mark Bass
Bass Brothers, Eminem (co.)
Mathers, J. Bass, M. Bass
Bass Brothers, Eminem (co.)
Mathers, Zoe Winkler
Mathers, Young, Melvin Breeden
Dr. Dre, Mel-Man
Mathers, J. Bass, M. Bass
Mathers, J. Bass, M. Bass
Bass Brothers, Eminem
Mathers, M. Bass, Aristotle
Mathers, J. Bass, M. Bass
Bass Brothers, Eminem (co.)
Mathers, J. Bass, M. Bass
Bass Brothers
Mathers, J. Bass, M. Bass
Bass Brothers, Eminem (co.)
Mathers, J. Bass, Ryan Montgomery
Mathers, J. Bass, M. Bass
Bass Brothers, Eminem (co.)
Mathers, J. Bass, M. Bass
Bass Brothers, Eminem (co.)
Mathers, J. Bass, M. Bass, MontgomeryBass Brothers, Eminem
Mathers, J. Bass, M. Bass
Bass Brothers, Eminem

The Slim Shady LP: Special Edition Bonus Disc[67]

No. Title
1. "Hazardous Youth" (A cappella version)
2. "Get You Mad"
3. "Greg" (A cappella version)
4. "Just Don't Give A Fuck" (Music Video)
5. "My Name Is" (Music Video)
6. "Guilty Conscience" (Music Video)
7. "Role Model" (Music Video)
8. "The Slim Shady LP" (Live & Studio Footage)

Producer(s)

Length
0:33
4:28
3:19
3:46
0:15
4:05
5:16
0:19
3:25
0:46
4:01
1:16
3:39
3:34
4:02
0:34
4:25
3:31
4:13
4:12
Length
0:47
4:21
0:53

Sample credits

"My Name Is" contains a sample of "I Got The" by Labi Siffre and "I Don't Love You" by Millie Jackson
"Guilty Conscience" contains a sample of "Pigs Go Home" by Ronald Stein
"If I Had" contains a sample of "Impeach the President" by The Honey Drippers
"Cum On Everybody" contains a sample of "Gimme What You Got" by Le Pamplemouse
"Bad Meets Evil" contains a sample of "Me & My Girlfriend" by 2Pac and "Modaji" by Dave Grusin
"Rock Bottom" contains a sample of "Summertime" by Big Brother & The Holding Company (with Janis Joplin)
"I'm Shady" is based on "Pusherman" by Curtis Mayfield and "I'm Your Pusher" by Ice-T

Notes
"Bitch", "Cum On Everybody", "Just Don't Give a Fuck" and "Still Don't Give a Fuck" are retitled "Zoe", "Come on Everybody", "Just Don't
Give" and "Still Don't Give" on the clean version of the album.
"If I Had" loosely references the melody to the chorus of "If I Had $1,000,000" by Barenaked Ladies
"'97 Bonnie & Clyde" is a merged version of Slim Shady EP 's "Mommy (skit)" and "Just the Two of Us".

Charts and certifications

Certifications
Country
Australia

Certification
Platinum[39]

Canada

2Platinum[35]

Europe

Platinum[78]

Netherlands

Gold[42]

New Zealand

Platinum[79]

Switzerland

Gold[80]

United Kingdom 3Platinum[36]

United States

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Weekly charts
Peak
position

Chart (1999)
Australian ARIA Albums Chart[38]

49

Austrian Albums Chart[68]

12
[69]

Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)

Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)

[69]

27

Canadian Albums Chart[29]

[40]

20

Dutch Albums Chart

French Albums Chart

[70]

German Albums Chart

Irish Albums Chart

52

[71]

51

[72]

22

Japanese Albums Chart[73]

39
[41]

23

New Zealand Albums Chart

[74]

Norwegian Albums Chart

25

Swedish Albums Chart[75]

40

Swiss Albums Chart

[76]

25

[77]

12

UK Albums Chart

US Billboard 200[29]
US Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
US Billboard Catalog Albums[29]

2
[29]

1
3

See also
List of number-one R&B albums of 1999 (U.S.)

References
Notes
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External links
Popular Opinions - Can It Be It Was All So Shady Then - The Slim Shady LP Revisited
(http://popularopinions.wordpress.com/2010/02/26/slimshady/), Accessed on February 26, 2010.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Grammy Award for Best Rap Album
Succeeded by
Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life
2000
The Marshall Mathers LP

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