The Slim Shady LP Songwriting Credits by Eminem

The Slim Shady LP is the major-label debut studio album by Eminem, released in February 1999 on Aftermath/Interscope Records and produced primarily by Dr. Dre and the Bass Brothers (Jeff and Mark Bass). It is the album that introduced the Slim Shady alter ego to a mainstream audience and established Eminem as the most commercially disruptive voice in rap at the turn of the century. Eminem wrote all lyrics across every track, a consistent pattern he would maintain throughout his career; the Slim Shady persona functioned as a vehicle for shock comedy, grotesque violence, and social satire that was designed to be deliberately offensive and to test the limits of what major-label rap could contain. Dr. Dre's production involvement (particularly on 'My Name Is,' 'Guilty Conscience,' and '97 Bonnie & Clyde') gave the album the sonic credibility of the West Coast G-funk tradition while Eminem's fast, syllabically dense delivery was categorically different from any previous Dre-affiliated artist. The album debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 and won Eminem the Grammy for Best Rap Album, his first of multiple wins in the category; it was followed by a period of controversy over its lyrical content that generated more mainstream press coverage than the music industry had seen since the PMRC hearings. The Slim Shady LP has been certified four-times platinum in the United States and is the commercial and artistic foundation on which Eminem's entire subsequent career was built.