Eminem - Rapper Of New Era

By Author: Mr James Griffith
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Eminem is an American Hip hop artist who exploded onto the Hip hop scene in 1999 with his debut album The Slim Shady LP which spawned the classic Eminem songs and classic Eminem music videos for My Name is and The Real Slim Shady. And Eminem songs and Eminem's music videos continue to sell millions of copies today making him a truly global Hip hop icon.
After appearing in the Rap Olympics and coming second Jimmy Lovine, CEO of Interscope Records requested a tape from him. Jimmy Lovine then played this tape to Dr. Dre and the two of them then began recording tracks for Eminems debut album. It was this debut album The Slim Shady LP that allowed Eminem to find his distinctive style which is still prevalent in his music today. All of the Eminem music videos released to promote this album also showed of Eminems unique style. The Eminem music videos for My Name is gained massive airplay on MTV and a star was born.
The next Eminem album to be released ...
... was The Marshall Mathers LP in March 2000 which sold 1.76 million copies in its first week. The first single to be released was The Real Slim Shady which was quickly followed by The Way I am and the classic Eminem track Stan which all enjoyed massive success on the charts helping this album to sell more than 20 million copies worldwide. Again Eminem had delivered classic Eminem songs accompanied by classic Eminem music videos making this album a huge worldwide success.
In 2002 Eminem released the second single from his album entitled "Cleaning Out My Closet". It was the second release from the "The Eminem Show" album and peaked at number 4 in the Billboard Top 100 charts. The video for "Cleaning Out My Closet" is more of a solemn affair with Eminem looking back retrospectively at his life and his relationship with his mother. More hit albums were to follow in the shape of Encore released in 2004 which spawned the hit singles Just lose it with a controversial Eminem music video which poked fun at Michael Jackson, MC Hammer and Madonna. Encore sold 700,000 copies in its first week and eventually went multi platinum selling over 15 million copies worldwide. The album Relapse followed produced by legendary Hip hop producer Dr. Dre. A single entitled We made you was released and an accompanying Eminem music video received a lot of airplay from MTV. Relapse has sold over 5 million copies to date worldwide.
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About the Author:
James Griffith is a freelance writer from London specialising in writing Hip hop and R&B music articles. Over the years he has developed an extensive knowledge of urban music and urban music artists and is considered one of the leading authorities on this subject. With a passion for Hip hop and R&B music since childhood, James Griffith brings great knowledge and a great understanding of this exciting music genre and his articles are both informative and entertaining too.