But it wasn't the writing that was revolutionary. Shady shunned everything from women, "gave a girl herpes in exchange for syphilis", to gay males, in an amusing skit where Ken Kaniff is trying to hit on him. Yet Slim's representation wasn't the most politically correct. Slim expressed the past of a white boy living in Detroit, who's so into rap he walks miles just to get to his friends house, who had a tape recorder. ![]() Slim Shady extracted from Eminem, born Marshall Mathers III, the tough, fatherless past he had lived through. Slim would take over Eminem like Hyde over his creator. True, Eminem wrote this album while his mind was spinning circles around a creation he had created while in the washroom of a broken down flat - Slim Shady. Yet that is not the reason why this album should be given recognition. The lyrics express raw emotion, the beats are almost comical rap and the mood is deep and aggressive. To grant this album a title any less than 'masterpiece' would be a shame to hip hop and its many fans.
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