What day was the album released by Eminem before Slim Shady EP released?
Slim Shady EP Slim Shady EP is the 1997 debut extended play by American rapper Eminem, through the Detroit-based record label Web Entertainment. Unlike "Infinite", "Slim Shady EP" helped Eminem gain the interest of CEO Jimmy Iovine (co-founder of Interscope Records) and West Coast hip-hop producer Dr. Dre, who subsequently signed Eminem to his Aftermath Entertainment record label, and served as executive producer on his major-label debut album "The Slim Shady LP" (1999). Dre also served as executive producer on Eminem's later albums such as "The Marshall Mathers LP" (2000), "The Eminem Show" (2002), "Encore" (2004), "" (2005), "Relapse"-"Refill" (2009), "Recovery" (2010), and "The Marshall Mathers LP 2" (2013).
My Name Is "My Name Is" is a song by American rapper Eminem from his major-label debut album "The Slim Shady LP" (1999). The song samples Labi Siffre's 1975 track "I Got The...". The song was ranked at #26 on "VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the 90's". "My Name Is" also was ranked #6 on Q Magazine's "1001 Best Songs Ever". The song was placed at number 39 by "Rolling Stone" on their list of "100 Greatest Hip-Hop songs of all time" in April 2016. The recording garnered Eminem his first Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance at the 42nd Grammy Awards in 2000.