It was the lead single fromĮminem’s third album, “The Marshall Mathers LP”. This Eminem classic was released by Em’s own label alongsideĪftermath and Interscope Records on. For instance, the track won a Grammy Award in the category of the “ Best Rap Solo Performance”. “The Real Slim Shady” was placed at number 396 on NME’s 2014 compilation of “The 500 Greatest Song of All Time”.Īnd the song, in conjunction with its music video, managed to achieve a number of notable accolades. It also achieved multi-Platinum status in the United States Peaked at number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100. In Eminem’s home country of the United States, the track Iceland, Ireland, Scotland and Billboard’s Eurochart Hot 100. Topped the UK Singles Chart. And the song also scored a number one in “The Real Slim Shady” marked the first time Eminem ever The track’s co-producer (and Eminem’s label.The music video to “The Real Slim Shady”, which has garnered over 400 million views on YouTube, was directed by Philip G. So Eminem isn’t disturbed by having such an influence on people but rather seems proud of it. In fact all things considered, the best way to describe this song perhaps is as his ode to mass-personal anarchy, which his own celebrity has contributed to, much to the chagrin of the society at large. Rather the purpose of this track is to point out that theĪrtist does indeed have copycats, even “a million” according to his ownĪnd more to the point, this tirade is to show that a lot of people follow the rapper and in fact want to “walk, talk and act like” him. Indeed “every single person” has “a Slim Shady” – as in a mentally-disturbed persona – “lurking” in their psyche. And Slim Shady, as an artist, appeals to that particular mindset. Conclusionīut outside of the disses, the rest of the song is reallyĭedicated to Eminem touting how influential he is on mainstream society. AndĪs implied earlier, “The Real Slim Shady” isn’t actually an attack on people Parodied in the song’s award-winning music video. The boy band NSYNC, took offense to this in addition to how the group was And his tiff with her was based on comments she made during an interview (once again on MTV) where she revealed that Eminem (despite his misogynistic character) had secretly married his girlfriend, Kim Scott. Moreover Slim implies that he too had intimate relations with Aguilera.Īnd in the third verse he also throws a jab at “little girlĪnd boy groups”. And it has been known that Chris Kirkpatrick, member of He also for the most part states that songstress Christian Aguilera had intimate affairs with MTV personality Carson Daly and popular musician Fred Durst. Subsequently the most-famous parts of the songs are those where Eminem disses other celebrities. For instance, at the beginning of the second verse, he says “F him” in reference to rapper/actor Will Smith. This was reportedly due to a little-known beef between the two artists. And Shady really got offended due to critical remarks the Fresh Prince made after besting him at the MTV Video Music Awards the year prior to this song coming out.

Section ultimately climaxes with Eminem making fun of, if you will, cannibalismĪnd homosexuality. Once “humped a dead moose”, reportedly on an MTV comedy program. Mental issues. This eventually leads to the rapper speaking against unfairĬensorship of his art by referencing a slapstick comedian named Tom Green who Got a couple of screws up in (his) head loose”, meaning he likely possesses

“he’s so cute” despite his off-putting mannerisms and even admits he “probably Dre. Next he brings up the fact that women think Single from his previous album. And therein he insinuates that he murdered

Then he makes a concealed callback to “My Name Is”, the lead Those days) by comparing the situation to abuse actress Pamela AndersonĪllegedly suffered via rock star Tommy Lee, whom she was married to shortly Where he relays a metaphor about being a White rapper (they were really rare in Mentally-disturbed. This becomes evident from the onset of the first verse We all know, is not only lyrically-gifted but more notably Of proving he is indeed “the real Shady”. And his character Slim Shady, as However, Eminem does not use the verses themselves to attack One. And this is the same apparent theme which the choruses featured Shady please stand up”. This would imply that there are a bunch of fakeĮminems in the group – so much so that it is hard to pick out the real The track begins with Eminem coming off as someone akin toĪn auditorium announcer. And what he is requesting is that “the real Slim

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