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Slim Shady EP
''Slim Shady EP'' is the debut extended play by American rapper Eminem, 1997 through the Detroit-based record label Web Entertainment. Unlike ''Infinite'', ''Slim Shady EP'' helped Eminem gain the interest of famous West Coast hip-hop producer Dr. Dre, who subsequently signed Eminem to his Aftermath label, and served as executive producer on his breakthrough major-label debut ''The Slim Shady LP''.
Eminem first introduced his "Slim Shady" persona on this EP, and his lyrics are a marked departure from those found on ''Infinite'', featuring constant references to drug use, sexual acts, mental instability, and over-the-top violence. Another departure was his exploration of more serious themes of dealing with poverty, his direct and self-deprecating response to criticism, and of marital and family difficulties. His flow is also noticeably different from on his debut; whereas critics claimed he sounded too much like Nas and AZ on that album. Eminem also began utilizing story telling on this EP. The production value of the music on the tracks — from previous collaborators DJ Head, The Bass Brothers, and Mr. Porter — was also noticeably higher than on prior album efforts. According to Billboard, at this point in his life Eminem had "realized his musical ambitions were the only way to escape his unhappy life".
==Background and production==
Eminem began rapping at age fourteen. In 1996, his debut album ''Infinite'', which was recorded at the Bassmint, a recording studio owned by the Bass Brothers, was released under their independent label Web Entertainment. ''Infinite'' achieved little commercial success and was largely ignored by Detroit radio stations. The disappointment from this experience greatly influenced his lyrical style: "After that record, every rhyme I wrote got angrier and angrier. A lot of it was because of the feedback I got. Motherfuckers was like, 'You're a white boy, what the fuck are you rapping for? Why don't you go into rock & roll?' All that type of shit started pissing me off." After the release of ''Infinite'', Eminem's personal struggles and abuse of drugs and alcohol culminated in an unsuccessful suicide attempt.
The disappointment of ''Infinite'' inspired Eminem to create the alter ego Slim Shady: "Boom, the name hit me, and right away I thought of all these words to rhyme with it".〔 Slim Shady served as Eminem's vent for his frustrations, and in 1997, he released the extended play entitled ''Slim Shady EP'' simultaneously on cassette, vinyl, and CD. During this time, Eminem and his wife, Kim Scott lived in a high-crime neighborhood with their newborn daughter Hailie, where their house was burglarized numerous times.〔 After being evicted from his home, Eminem traveled to Los Angeles to participate in the Rap Olympics, an annual nationwide rap battle competition. He placed second, and the staff at Interscope Records who attended the Rap Olympics sent a copy of the ''Slim Shady EP'' to company CEO Jimmy Iovine.〔 Iovine played the tape for record producer Dr. Dre, founder of Aftermath Entertainment. Dr. Dre recalled, "In my entire career in the music industry, I have never found anything from a demo tape or a CD. When Jimmy played this, I said, 'Find him. Now.'"〔 Eminem and Dr. Dre subsequently began work on his major label debut album ''The Slim Shady LP''.
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