▁his ▁favorite ▁material ▁on ▁the ▁album ▁evol ved ▁from ▁" f uck ing ▁around " ▁in ▁the ▁studio ; ▁" Mar sh all ▁Math ers " ▁developed ▁from ▁the ▁ra pper ▁watching ▁Jeff ▁Bass ▁cas ually ▁str um ming ▁a ▁guitar , ▁while ▁" C riminal " ▁was ▁based ▁on ▁a ▁piano ▁r iff ▁E min em ▁over he ard ▁Bass ▁playing ▁in ▁studio ▁next ▁door . ▁" K ill ▁You " ▁was ▁written ▁when ▁E min em ▁heard ▁the ▁track ▁playing ▁in ▁the ▁background ▁while ▁talking ▁to ▁Dr . ▁Dre ▁on ▁the ▁phone ▁and ▁developed ▁an ▁interest ▁in ▁using ▁it ▁for ▁a ▁song . ▁He ▁then ▁wrote ▁the ▁lyr ics ▁at ▁home ▁and ▁met ▁up ▁with ▁Dr . ▁Dre ▁and ▁the ▁two ▁recorded ▁the ▁song ▁together . ▁ ▁" K im " ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁song ▁the ▁ra pper ▁recorded ▁for ▁the ▁album , ▁shortly ▁after ▁finishing ▁work ▁on ▁The ▁S lim ▁Sh ady ▁LP ▁in ▁late ▁ 1 9 9 8 . ▁E min em ▁wrote ▁" K im " ▁at ▁a ▁time ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁and ▁his ▁wife ▁were ▁separated , ▁and ▁he ▁had ▁just ▁watched ▁a ▁rom antic ▁movie ▁alone ▁at ▁a ▁the ater . ▁Origin ally ▁int ending ▁to ▁write ▁a ▁love ▁song ▁for ▁her ▁while ▁using ▁ec st asy , ▁the ▁ra pper ▁hoped ▁to ▁avoid ▁over t ▁sentiment ality ▁and ▁thus ▁began ▁writing ▁a ▁song ▁of ▁hate . ▁With ▁the ▁track , ▁the ▁ra pper ▁aim ed ▁to ▁create ▁a ▁short ▁horror ▁story ▁in ▁the ▁form