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Interested in rap from a young age, Eminem began performing as early as 13, later gaining some popularity with the group Soul Intent in 1995[citation needed] and released a two track album under the same name (Soul Intent). In 1996, he released an independent underground album named Infinite. The album received no airplay and a mixed critical response, with people claiming Eminem's rapping style sounded too similar to Nas and AZ. It was after this that drugs, drama and negativity spread in his life.[citation needed] Mathers followed Infinite with The Slim Shady EP demo, which saw his lyrics take a decidedly darker turn, in songs like "No One's Iller" and "Murder Murder", the latter in which he talks about having to commit crimes to feed his daughter. He became famous in the hip-hop underground because of his distinctive, cartoon-ish style and the fact that he was white in a predominantly black genre. Fellow rapper Snoop Dogg refers to him as rap's "great white American hope" in the song "Bitch Please II" on Eminem's Marshall Mathers LP.
Eminem had done a notable amount of work with fellow Detroit MC Royce da 5'9" early in his career. They referred to themselves as Bad Meets Evil, with Eminem playing the evil and Royce playing the bad in the song of the same name on The Slim Shady LP. Royce da 5'9" and Eminem were considered to be two of the best underground MC's in Detroit and were both respected for their battling skills.[citation needed] The Jay-Z song "Renagade" uses Eminem's verses from a song originally done with Royce called "Renegade". The song's first verse ends with the words, "Royce, he's the king of Detroit..." which was replaced with Eminem making beat box noises sounding like "He's Jigga Jigga Jigga" (nickname for Jay-Z) for Jay-Z's "Renagade" (note that the two songs are spelled slightly differently). Eminem makes a reference to Jay-Z using his verses in a song when he claims "Go bring Jay-Z, tell him I'm a ghost-write for him on Dre's next cd " from "Stir Crazy" that he recorded with The Madd Rapper.
While the two were great friends and had mutual respect for one another both personally and musically, they eventually had a falling out. Royce later had an altercation with D12 and made numerous songs defaming and disrespecting the group; however, very few lines were aimed at Eminem himself, none of which were direct attacks. The relationship between the two is unknown at the moment but no talks of a collaboration have surfaced.[citation needed] Recent rumors suggest that the argument was subdued prior to Proof's death.[citation needed]
It is said that rap artist and producer Dr. Dre found Mathers' demo on Interscope Records president Jimmy Iovine's garage floor.[citation needed] While this did not directly lead to a recording contract, Dr. Dre agreed to sign Mathers when he won second place versus Otherwize, (some sources say it was, in fact, MC Juice who defeated him, but this was at Scribble Jam) at the 1997 Rap Olympics freestyle battle. Other sources state that an executive at the offices of Interscope handed the demo to Iovine who passed it to Dr. Dre, which resulted in a contract. Although, it is more likely Dr. Dre was listening to the radio when Eminem was doing a freestyle, and proceeded to contact Mathers as Dr. Dre stated himself on Born to Be (a show that appears on Much Music.) |
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