![]() In spite of this failure, in a year, Eminem released a sarcastic and mocking short album called The Slim Shady Lp to feature his 'dark alter ego'. Dre himself.Īs a result, Eminem was signed by Aftermath Records, a label owed by Dr. The Slim Shady, the young man's debut long player, became a challenge to the society. Full of violence and obscene lyrics, this album turned out a commercial success thanks to tracks My Name Is and Guilty Conscience, which video versions never left MTV. The album immediately ran third in Billboard, which inspired Eminem to work hard on the following album's material. Eminem's songs terrified his mother and she brought an action against him for the rude utterances concerning her, made on The Slim Shady. She claimed 10 million dollars for the moral damage the rapper had done to her. This scandal did not affect the sales of The Marshall Mathers, Eminem's second album, as it started on the first place in the American charts in May 2000. Just like the first record, this CD brought about controversial response. Some criticized the rapper for extremely aggressive lyrics, while the others, on the contrary, praised Eminem as the best white-skin rap singer. The album featured such immense hits as The Real Slim Shady, Stan (for chorus, Eminem sampled the young British female singer Dido's vocals) and The Way I Am. Eminem proved his bad guy reputation causing chaos in Hot Rocks Cafe in Detroit as he leveled the gun at one of the visitors who kissed his wife Kimberly. Many public organizations stepped forward against Eminem. Nevertheless, he won three awards at Grammy-2001 and expressed his gratitude to those who had taken his album as music and not as a reason for a scandal. In the same year, Eminem was rewarded with Oscar for Lose Yourself as the best song for a movie. In 2004, the same song brought him two more Grammies. The next album Encore was released in November and within a couple of days flew to the tops of the charts. Afterwards, Eminem took some rest from his music activity and went into producing. In 2005, speculations emerged on Eminem's plans to wind up his career. In reply, he released a new record called Curtain Call: The Hits. ![]()
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