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The Slim Shady EP is a Hip hop act. Their sound grew out of Nas and AZ. Those roots explain a lot about how The Slim Shady EP arrange songs and choose their tones. Their influence carried into Dr. Dre, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 3 connections around The Slim Shady EP, reaching back through Nas and forward to Dr. Dre. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Slim Shady EP is the only extended play by the American rapper Eminem, released on December 10, 1997, through WEB Entertainment. Unlike his debut album Infinite (1996), the Slim Shady EP helped Eminem gain the interest of CEO Jimmy Iovine and the West Coast rapper and producer Dr. Dre, who subsequently signed Eminem to his Aftermath Entertainment record label, and served as executive producer on his first major-label album, The Slim Shady LP (1999).
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The Slim Shady EP grew out of Nas and AZ, went on to shape Dr. Dre. 3 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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