The album pretty much took everything 'offensive' about The Slim Shady LP and turned it Up to Eleven, with Eminem revealing more disturbing details of his childhood, spinning darker fantasies of domestic violence, and responding more virulently to his critics. Marshall's second mainstream album was called The Marshall Mathers LP, and showed the world a more vulnerable and depressed artist trying to deal with his new found super stardom. The homophobic and brutal lyrics started a wave of moral panic, which Eminem pretty much used as an excuse to continue writing such songs. The album also caused riots with parents and Media Watchdogs alike. Admit it, even your mom knows the chorus to 'My Name Is'. The Slim Shady LP was even darker and more demented than his EP, and became a world wide hit.

Still angry and depressed, Eminem's first true studio album came out in the winter of 1999. The album gained Eminem significant attention in the world of underground hip-hop, and eventually got him signed to Dr.

The lyrics were dark and gruesome, but took a twistedly funny approach to subjects such as rape, murder, the occult, drugs, and suicide. The album focused on the Alter Ego of Eminem, 'Slim Shady'. This album was remarkably different for his previous style and a new thing to rap in general. The album, called Infinite, was not a success underground rappers and critics alike felt it was a bad imitation of the likes of Nas or Jay-Z.Īngry, poor, in a rocky relationship with his wife and with a new baby daughter to feed, Eminem made another EP a few years later- The Slim Shady EP. His first studio album was released in 1996. His early raps were heavily influenced by the popular gangsta rap of the day, and being white, he was often mocked for even trying, not to mention physically assaulted and shot at. He was often kicked out of his own house for nights, he had failed ninth grade three times, and he could never get a decent paying job, the homes he stayed in were often robbed, and had apparently tried to commit suicide a few times.ĭuring this period, Eminem discovered a love of rap and would practice it as often as he could. He was bullied to ridiculous extents for being white in an all-black ghetto once he was even put in a coma and had to re-learn all his basic functions when he woke up. The family switched homes every two months before they settled down. His father walked out on the family when he was a baby. Mathers had a troubled childhood, raised on welfare by his mother who emotionally and physically abused him. Marshall Bruce Mathers III, AKA Eminem, AKA Slim Shady (1972-) is a popular rapper from Warren, Michigan.

Eminem the slim shady lp art cover