Dre, D12, a lookalike of Kid Rock, Fred Durst, a lookalike of Carson Daly, Kathy Griffin, lookalikes of Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee, and even a stuffed Bill the Cat doll can also be seen being held in possession by one of the mental patients in the hospital scenes.Īctress and comedian Kathy Griffin, who is also known for insulting celebrities in her act, appears in the video as an attending nurse in a psychiatric ward. The video also features cameo appearances by Dr. The music video features Eminem in a psychiatric ward, a local Detroit neighborhood nearside a park, a fast-food joint, the Grammy Awards, and even in a factory where multiple clones of the rapper are produced. Poor Em, can't win for losing." Will Hermes was positive: "In the aftermath of Slim Shady, he married the girlfriend he imagined killing, while his mother, immortalized in his hit single My Name Is (I just found out my Mom does more dope than I do), sued him for $10 million for defamation of character the case is still pending." LA Times wrote: "'The Real Slim Shady,' the first single from the album, is a modest step to the mainstream-a fresh and funny, almost PG-rated swipe at everything from the Grammy Awards to shallow teen pop." In the video, he wears a superhero costume and an insane asylum straitjacket while rapping, "I'm sick of you little girl and boy groups, all you do is annoy me - So I have been sent here to destroy you." Of course, the irony is built into the song: Eminem's signature style the bleached blond hair, pale skin, humungous T-shirt has spawned droves of lookalikes and wannabes. PopMatters described this song: "In a number of songs on the new album, including the current single, 'The Real Slim Shady,' Eminem slams his 'enemies' with comic book intensity. It was a hit single, becoming Eminem's first chart topper in some countries, and garnering much attention for insulting various celebrities, including Pamela Anderson and Tom Green ( humping a deceased moose on TV).Īlthough most of the reviews were positive, there were still a couple of critics that were not so positive. The song is a critique of manufactured pop songs that were being churned out at the time. The first single was intended to be 'Who Knew'. Dre and Tommy Coster wrote 'The Real Slim Shady' just hours before the final copy of the album was due. Interscope Records's Jimmy Iovine wanted Eminem to have a song to introduce the album, similar to the way 'My Name Is' was the first single on The Slim Shady LP. The Real Slim Shady was not included on the original copy of The Marshall Mathers LP before its release. The song was also featured in 21 Jump Street during the opening of the film. In October 2011, NME placed it at number 80 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years".
It won multiple awards, including MTV Video Music Awards for Best Video and Best Male Video, as well as a Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance. The song was the 11th best selling of 2000 in the UK. The song was Em's first song to reach number one in the United Kingdom and it also peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100, giving him his biggest hit up to that point. The song was later released in 2005 on Eminem's greatest hits album Curtain Call: The Hits. It was released as the lead single a week before the album's release. Dre and Tommy Coster for Eminem's third studio album The Marshall Mathers LP. The Real Slim Shady is written by Eminem, Dr. This week, we'll listen to /u/Warlordthewinner's selection, which is the classic 'The Real Slim Shady'. Welcome everybody to yet another edition of SotW.
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