Do you think you could come out to LA and re-cut the vocals?вЂ™ And I just said, вЂHell yeah! Hell yeah! Hell yeah!вЂ™ And thatвЂ™s when me and Em became real tight.вЂќДЄnother standout moment on the album was the previously mentioned вЂGuilty ConscienceвЂ™, EmвЂ™s first official collaboration with Dr. вЂњHe was like, вЂWe feel like we wanna put the song on the album. вЂњEm told me he and Dre were going through the songs for the album,вЂќ Royce remembers. And thatвЂ™s precisely why Dre wanted it on the album. It was just a song that two underground kids did together.вЂќДЄ witty back and forth with complex wordplay and explosive punchlines that hears them rhyme вЂњVietnamese peopleвЂќ with вЂњSteve Seagal,вЂќ вЂBad Meets EvilвЂ™ was an early introduction into what Eminem and RoyceвЂ™s lyrical tag team was capable of. вЂњThis was before the internet and shit so it was really just a song that we were probably riding around in our neighbourhoods playing for people. вЂњIt was just a song that we had,вЂќ says Royce. Dre, it ended up being the only track that contained a named guest feature on вЂThe Slim Shady LPвЂ™. The first track Royce Da 5вЂ™9вЂќ and Eminem ever recorded together was вЂBad Meets EvilвЂ™, which later also became the name of their rap duo. Outrageous at the best of times вЂ“ on вЂIвЂ™m ShadyвЂ™ he spits: вЂњ My baby mamaвЂ™s not dead, sheвЂ™s still alive and bitchinвЂ™/And I donвЂ™t have herpes, my dickвЂ™s just itchinвЂ™/ItвЂ™s not syphilis, and as for being AIDS-infested/I donвЂ™t know yet, IвЂ™m too scared to get testedвЂќ вЂ“ youвЂ™d be forgiven for thinking you were listening to a Richard Pryor and Chevy Chase collaborative stand-up album. Think вЂRole ModelвЂ™ and the lyrics: вЂњ IвЂ™ll strangle you to death, then IвЂ™ll choke you again/And break your fucking legs вЂ™til your bones poke through your skin.вЂќДЇull of вЂdid-he-really-just-say-that?вЂ™ moments and harsh reality raps, what helped the album stand out the most was EmвЂ™s extreme sense of humour. While great music can prick up your ears and touch the soul, most of вЂThe Slim Shady LPвЂ™ can hit you in the face like a sledgehammer. вЂњThey just put it on there like that, I had nothing to do with my own credit,вЂќ he says, holding his head in his hands. The one credit Denaun did get on вЂThe Slim Shady LPвЂ™ was as pre-producer and drum programmer on вЂJust DonвЂ™t Give A FuckвЂ™, but even then his name was spelt incorrectly within the albumвЂ™s inlay вЂ“ it read вЂDenine PorterвЂ™.

And this is something I donвЂ™t even think Marshall was aware of but I know he was getting jerked around by them too so it doesnвЂ™t matter now.вЂќ I kinda got left in the wind when it came down to that because I wasnвЂ™t there and Mark and Jeff were in control. I heard a lot of nuances that resembled things IвЂ™d sent over, so I was like, вЂWait a minute!вЂ™ So I just stopped sending shit. вЂњSo I was sending them the music and I was listening to what they were making and I felt like the things that I heard Jeff playing was influenced by my shit. I was like, вЂYou go do your thing and IвЂ™ma be there and IвЂ™ll make it tooвЂ™ вЂ“ this was before we did the group thing. I wasnвЂ™t one to run up on him like, вЂSince you made it, I made it.вЂ™ Nah. When Em got the deal I was sending music over to Mark and Jeff Bass hoping they were just gonna give it to Em like normal because that was the regular thing. вЂњSo this is the first time IвЂ™ve ever told this story because I never felt comfortable telling it before. So why did Denaun not work on the album if he was so instrumental in getting Em signed?

So while I didnвЂ™t directly work on вЂThe Slim Shady LPвЂ™, because of that moment it felt like I did.вЂќ

So he turns to me and he says, вЂWell youвЂ™re the reason weвЂ™re here.вЂ™ And I couldnвЂ™t believe it. He did вЂJust DonвЂ™t Give A FuckвЂ™ and he did вЂLow Down, DirtyвЂ™.вЂ™ So this person was name checking all the shit that Dre had heard that made him wanna sign Em. вЂњSomebody introduced me to him and was like, вЂYo, this is Denaun. вЂњWhen I met Dre for the first time I was nervous,вЂќ he admits. вЂњI just remember he was knocking them down, like he was killing the songs as they were coming to him.вЂќДЄnd if it wasnвЂ™t for Denaun and his work on the вЂSlim Shady EPвЂ™ we might never have heard of Eminem, or so Dr. вЂњI wasnвЂ™t there when they were picking the tracks for the album,вЂќ Denaun explains to NME.

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