Eminem
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Manveer Hira
05/20/10
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Eminem
He was born Marshall Bruce Mathers III on October 17, 1972 in Saint Joseph, Missouri, as the son of Deborah Nelson Mathers-Briggs and Marshall Bruce Mathers, Jr. He is of the Scottish, English, German, Swiss, and Polish ancestry. His father abandoned him during this second birthday and was never was again. He was raised as an only child by his poverty-stricken mother. By the age of 12, Eminem and his mother had moved between various cities and towns in Missouri before they settled in Warren, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit.[1] Jimmy Iovine, CEO of Interscope Records, requested a demo tape of Eminems after Eminem won second place at the 1997 Rap Olympics. Lovine played the tape for record producer Dr. Dre, and Dr. Dre signed Eminem on the spot. The two began recording tracks for Eminems upcoming major-label debut The Slim Shady LP.
At this point in his life Eminem had “realized his musical ambitions were the only way to escape his unhappy life”. [1] After being signed to Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope Records in 1998, Eminem released his first major studio album, The Slim Shady LP, in 1999. Billboard Magazine praised the album as “light years ahead of the material he had been writing beforehand”. A song called “Guilty Conscience”, ends with his encouraging a man to murder his wife and her lover. In the beginning on the song is told a little story told narrator. Dr.dre was also on the track rapping along with Eminem and also produced the track. The beat is in duple meter. The tempo of the beat stayed streaky throughout the song. The melody of the song went great with Eminems voice on the track. “Guilty Conscience” also marked the beginning of the friendship and musical bond that Dr. Dre and Eminem would share.
The Marshall Mathers LP was released in May 2000. It went on to sell 1.76 million copies in its first week,