The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) Songwriting Credits by Eminem

The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) is the twelfth studio album by Eminem, released in July 2024 on Aftermath/Interscope Records and produced by Eminem alongside longtime collaborators including the Bass Brothers and various Detroit-affiliated producers. It is framed as the deliberate conceptual conclusion of the Slim Shady persona that Eminem had deployed since 1997, with the premise that the alter ego is being retired and the album serves as its obituary. Eminem wrote all lyrics; the album explicitly engages with the discourse around cancel culture and social media accountability as the thematic basis for why Slim Shady, a character built on transgression of contemporary norms, has become culturally untenable, positioning the retirement as both a genuine creative decision and a commentary on the changed nature of public speech between 1997 and 2024. The production reunites Eminem with the Detroit aesthetic that defined his earliest commercial work, with several tracks featuring the Bass Brothers' signature sonic vocabulary alongside more contemporary production approaches. 'Houdini,' the lead single, samples Steve Miller Band's 'Abracadabra' and debuted at number two on the Billboard Hot 100, Eminem's highest single chart position since 'Love the Way You Lie,' while the album itself debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. The Death of Slim Shady is simultaneously a farewell to the alter ego and the opening of a question about what Eminem's creative identity looks like without the persona that has defined his most commercially dominant work for over 25 years.