The Slim Shady LP is the commercial debut and second overall studio album from American rapper
Eminem, released in 1999. It was Eminem's first album released under
Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment. It is Considered a Hip-Hop classic.
The album was met with critical and commercial success. It debuted at #2 on the charts behind
TLC's
Fanmail with 283,000 sold in its opening week. The album went on to be certified 4x platinum by the RIAA. To date, it has moved over 9 million units worldwide.
Just Don't Give A Fuck was the first and only underground single from the album. The first official single was
My Name Is.
In 2003, the album was ranked number 273 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. It placed higher than Eminem's second album
The Marshall Mathers LP on the list, despite the fact that it originally received 3.5/5 stars compared to Marshall Mathers's 4/5 star rating.
