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My Favourite Singer -Eminem

features beatwork from Aftermath CEO Dr. Dre. The N.W.A. alum handled beats for "My Name

Is" (the second single), "Guilty Conscience" and "Role Model."

Dr. Dre was so impressed after hearing Eminem freestyling on a Los Angeles radio station that

he put out a manhunt for the Michigan rhymer. Shortly thereafter, Dre signed Eminem to his

Aftermath imprint and the two began working together. Thoroughly impressed with Eminem's

previously released independent Slim Shady EP, Dre said they would include many of the EP's

tracks on the album.

"It was an honor to hear the words out of Dre's mouth that he liked my shit," Eminem says.

"Growing up, I was one of the biggest fans of N.W.A, from putting on the sunglasses and

looking in the mirror and lipsinking to wanting to be Dr. Dre, to be Ice Cube. This is the biggest

hip-hop producer ever."

But like many other rappers, Eminem's rise to stardom was far from easy. After being born in

Kansas City and traveling back and forth between KC and the Detroit metropolitan area,

Eminem and his mother moved into the Eastside of Detroit when he was 12. Switching schools

every two to three months made it difficult to make friends, graduate and to stay out of trouble.

Rap, however, became Eminem's solace. Battling schoolmates in the lunchroom brought joy to

what was otherwise a painful existence. Although he would later drop out of school and land

several minimum-wage-paying, full-time jobs, his musical focus remained constant.

Eminem released his debut album, Infinite, in 1996. Desperate to be embraced by the Motor

City's hip-hop scene, Eminem rapped in such a manner that he was accused of sounding like

Nas and AZ.

"Infinite was me trying to figure out how I wanted my rap style to be, how I wanted to sound

on the mic and present myself," he recalls. "It was a growing stage. I felt like Infinite was like a

demo that just got pressed up."

After being thoroughly disappointed and hurt by the response Infinite received, Eminem

egan working on what would later become the Slim Shady EP -- a project he made for himself.

Featuring several scathing lines about local music industry personalities as well as devious

rants about life in general, the set quickly caught the ear of hip-hop's difficult-to-please

underground.

"I had nothing to lose, but something to gain," Eminem says of that point in his life. "If I made

an album for me and it was to my satisfaction, then I succeeded. If I didn't, then my producers

were going to give up on the whole rap thing we were doing. I made some shit that I wanted to

hear. The Slim Shady EP, I lashed out on everybody who talked shit about me."

By presenting himself as himself, Eminem and his career took off. Soon after giving the Rap

Coalition's Wendy Day a copy of the Infinite album at a chance meeting, she helped the

aspiring lyrical gymnast secure a spot at the Coalition’s 1997 Rap Olympics in Los Angeles,

where he won second place in the freestyle competition. During the trip, Eminem and his

manager, Paul Rosenberg, gave a few people from Interscope Records his demo and he made

his major radio debut on the world famous Wake Up Show with Sway and Tech. Realizing that

this was the opportunity of his lifetime, Eminem delivered a furious medley of lyrics that

wowed his hosts and radio audience alike.

"I felt like it's my time to shine," Eminem says of that performance. "I have to rip this. At that

time, I felt that it was a life or death situation."

Eminem would soon record the underground classic "5 Star Generals." This record helped

establish him in Japan, New York and Los Angeles. It also helped him earn a spot on the

inaugural Lyricist Lounge tour, which took him to stages from Philadelphia to Los Angeles.

Set to take the hip-hop world by storm with his unique lyrical approach and punishing

production, Eminem and his The Slim Shady LP are sure to have listeners captivated.

"I do say things that I think will shock people," he says. "But I don't do things to shock

people. I'm not trying to be the next Tupac, but I don't know how long I'm going to be on this

planet. So while I'm here, I might as well make the most of it.

From this words we can see that Eminem is fenomenal person and thats why we like him.

The most famous song wich give him world popular:

Stan

(The Marshall Mathers, 2000)

Chorus:

My tea's gone cold I'm wondering

Why I got out of bed at all

The morning rain clouds up my window

And I can't see at all

And even if I could it'll all be gray

But your picture on my wall

It reminds me that it's not so bad

It's not so bad

Dear Slim, I wrote but you still ain't callin

I left my cell, my pager and my home phone at the bottom

I sent two letters back in autumn, you must not-a got 'em

There probably was a problem at the post office or somethin

Sometimes I scribble addresses too sloppy when I jot 'em

But anyways; fuck it, what's been up? Man how's your daughter?

My girlfriend's pregnant too, I'm bout to be a father

If I have a daughter, guess what I'ma call her?

I'ma name her Bonnie

I read about your Uncle Ronnie too I'm sorry

I had a friend kill himself over some bitch who didn't want him

I know you probably hear this everyday, but I'm your biggest fan

I even got the underground shit that you did with Skam

I got a room full of your posters and your pictures man

I like the shit you did with Rawkus too, that shit was fat

Anyways I hope you get this man, hit me back

Just to chat, truly yours, your biggest fan

This is Stan

Chorus

Dear Slim, you still ain't called or wrote, I hope you have a chance

I ain't mad - I just think it's fuched up you don't answer fans

If you didn't wanna talk to me outside your concert

You didn't have to, but you coulda signed an autograph for Matthew

That's my little brother man, he's only six years old

We waited in the blistering cold for you,

Ffour hours and you just said, "No"

That's pretty shitty man - you're like his fuckin idol