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The Slim Shady LP is a Hip hop act. Their sound grew out of N.W.A, Beastie Boys, Ice-T, Sade and Curtis Mayfield. Those roots explain a lot about how The Slim Shady LP arrange songs and choose their tones. Their influence carried into Kid Rock, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 7 connections around The Slim Shady LP, reaching back through N.W.A and forward to Kid Rock. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
The Slim Shady LP is the second studio album and major-label debut by American rapper Eminem. It was released through Aftermath Entertainment, WEB Entertainment, and Interscope Records on February 23, 1999. Recorded in Ferndale, Michigan, following Eminem's recruitment by Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine, the album features production from Eminem himself, alongside Dr. Dre and the Bass Brothers. Featuring hip-hop and horrorcore musical styles, the majority of The Slim Shady LP's lyrical content was written from the perspective of Eminem's alter ego, named Slim Shady.
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The Slim Shady LP grew out of N.W.A, Beastie Boys, Ice-T and Sade, went on to shape Kid Rock. 7 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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