The Slim Shady LP [PA] (CD - 1999)

Personnel includes: Eminem, Kristie Abete Swift, Dina Rae (vocals); Richard "Segal" Huredia (spoken vocals); Jeff Bass (various instruments); Mel-Man, DJ Head, Denine Porter (drum programming); Paul "Bunyan" Rosenberg, Zoe Winkler, Marky Bass, Aristotle, Royce Da 5'9".

Producers include: Dr. Dre, M. Mathers, Marky Bass, Jeff Bass, Mel Man.

Engineers include: Blumpy, Aaron Lepley, Alan Mason.

THE SLIM SHADY LP won the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. "My Name Is" was nominated for the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance.

This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.

Personnel: Dina Rae (vocals); Mel-Man (drum programming).

Audio Mixers: Dr. Dre; Aaron Lepley; Michael Tuller; Jeff Bass; Richard Huredia; Alan Mason.

Recording information: Dr. Dre's House; Mix Room.

Photographer: Christopher McCants.

You'll need a well-developed sense of humor to fully appreciate the debut of Eminem aka Slim Shady. Produced by hip-hop super-producer Dr. Dre and released on Dre's Aftermath Records, the album features an infectious lead single, "My Name Is," a winning mixture of alternative rock and rap. One listen will have you hooked on the chorus, but future plays will reveal the lyrical gymnastics that Eminem kicks out so effortlessly.

Obsessed with fantasies of sex, violence, drugs, and a general depraved indifference to life itself, Eminem's alter ego, Slim Shady, is constantly involved in a battle of good vs. evil leavened by a high degree of irony. Dre even drops in on an mind-blowing cameo playing the shoulder angel on "Guilty Conscience" to Eminem's devil. You'll need a few listens to absorb everything that Eminem is about lyrically. SLIM SHADY might offend the faint-hearted, but that's probably Eminem's intention. minimize