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His name is Marshall MathersBorn October 17, 1972 and raised in
Detroit, MIHis dad was never around in his life, and
his only constant companion was Kim Scott
They had a daughter they named Hailie, creating a need for money.
Biography-Early Life
•Marshall started developing a name in
the underground hip-hop scene in
Detroit, and by 1997 that had
developed respect in the underground
scene.
•By 1998 he had been lucky enough to
have one of his demo tapes put into the
hands of Interscope Record label head
Jimmy Iovine.
•Jimmy quickly passed the tape on to
Dr. Dre who immediately set up a
meeting with Marshall.
•They instantly clicked, and quickly
recorded his major record debut The
Slim Shady LP.
•He was an instant star and was put on
the cover of Rolling Stone magazine
before his album even released.
•Led by his hit single, My Name Is, The
Slim Shady LP did over 750, 000
albums sold in the first week.
Getting his chance
•Following the success and media
storm caused by The Slim Shady LP,
Eminem became a lightning rod for
controversy.
•Lynne Cheney and GLAAD singled
him out as a horrible influence on the
youth of America and stated he
shouldn’t be advertised or celebrated.
•Despite the naysayers, his second
album The Marshall Mathers LP sold
over 1.75 million copies in the first
week and propelled him into
superstardom.
•While GLAAD protested outside the
2001 Grammy Awards, inside Em
shattered all stereotypes and
performed his popular hit Stan with
well known homosexual Elton John,
showing how much respect he had
among his peers in the music industry.
•By 2006 he reached a peak of
stardom after selling nearly 100
million albums over his first 4 major
albums, staring in a movie about his
life growing up named 8 Mile, and
also winning an Oscar for his song in
that movie called Lose Yourself.
Superstardom
Addiction, Depression, Recovery
•The constant demand for more left him overly stressed, and
dependent on prescription drugs.
•He also lost his lifelong best friend DeShaun “Proof” Holton
which he took extremely hard.
•In 2009 after 5 years without an album he released Relapse,
which was a collection of songs written while deep in addiction,
and also during rehab.
•In 2010 he released Recovery, his sixth studio album which gave
his listeners an inside view into his struggles with drugs and the
process of becoming sober.
Legendary Status: Solidified With the most albums ever sold by
a solo artist he is now widely considered perhaps the greatest rapper of all-time.
He recently performed live on stage with a holographic image of dead rap legend Tupac Shakur, an honor many would love to have but nobody else had the resume to deserve.
Whether you love him or you hate him; it is difficult to deny his impact on hip-hop history, and popular culture.
There will never be another Slim Shady.
This is a link to the performance with Tupac; I couldn’t download the video so it’s a YouTube link, no copyright intended. I just thought you would enjoy watching it! http://youtu.be/Huw17PgFAHc
Stan YouTube link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOMhN-hfMtY
YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJO5HU_7_1w
Compositions
The Real Slim Shady
•The idea was started by Mark
James better known as the 45
King. He was watching TV when a
commercial popped up that had
what he thought had a catchy
chorus; he also thought it would
sound better with hip-hop.
•After sending the tape to
Interscope records he heard back
from Eminem saying he loved the
hook.
•Dido is a British singer who wrote
the track, it was a song that was
initially intended to be a love song
(Left Photo).
•Yet as only Em could he found a
way to turn the love song inside
out into an obsessive letter being
written to him by a fan of his
named Stan.
Stan
•The first 3 verses of the song are Stan
writing a letter to Eminem, and the
final verse is Em writing back to Stan.
• This was at the height of the media
crucifying him for hateful lyrics, and
this was his response.
•This story was clearly exaggerated,
but it was done on purpose to tell
everyone listening to the song that
maybe they shouldn’t take his lyrics
so literally.
Back-story/ Meaning of Lyrics
Song’s Contrast and Flow•Dido’s chorus is very melodic and harmonic, and give the song it’s
contrast through out as the verses go on.
•While Em’s verses continue to increase the anger in the tone and the
volume of his voice giving a feeling of increasing anger.
•Constant switch from dissonance and consonance.
•Stan starts off very calm in the first verse and
tells Em about his life while also calling Em his
idol.
•In the second verse his tone is angrier and his
quotes are more sadistic. He is upset that Em
didn’t acknowledge him outside of a show.
•He quotes Eminem’s lyrics several times
throughout the song, including telling Em how
much relief he felt after cutting his wrists.
•The third verse is Stan’s last verse and he is
furious in it. He ties his wife up in his trunk,
which is another quote from Em’s lyrics, and
then drives her off of a bridge.
•The fourth and final verse is Em responding to
Stan. He apologizes for not seeing him and
sends an autograph.
•Em tells Stan to get help before he loses his
mind, before recalling a news report about a
guy driving his wife off of a bridge, and then he
realizes it was Stan.
Song’s Storyline
The Real Slim Shady Amidst the pressures of living up
to his first album and needing to reach a deadline Em was feeling the pressure.
Em called on his Slim Shady alter ego for one more hit.
He concocted The Real Slim Shady, which was a tongue and cheek song that poked fun at popular culture.
Despite the playful and joking nature of the song, the chorus is meant to tell everyone to be themselves, asking the real Slim Shady to stand up in all of us at the end.
Not a Pop StarThe chorus states
that he will continue to be himself, no matter what level of success he has.
In this song he basically makes fun of everyone in popular culture from NSYNC to Will Smith to Britney Spears.
“I’m sick of all you little girl, and boy groups, all you do is annoy me, so I have been sent here to destroy you. And there’s a million others just like me, who cuss like me, who just don’t give a f*** like me, who act like me, who walk talk and dress like me, it just might be, the next best thing, but not quite me…”
“Will Smith don’t gotta cuss to sell records, well I do. So f*** him, and f*** you too.”
“Ha ha, guess there’s a slim shady in all of us, f*** it, let’s all stand up.”
This song became the most popular song of the year, won him multiple Grammys and MTV VMA Awards, and catapulted the album to over 30 million copies sold; the most ever by a solo artist.
Punch lines/Effect