Released: January 1, 1999

[Dialogue: Eminem & Frantz]
**Dial tone**

Uh, this is Marshall, I call there all the time
Um, who is this? (It's Frantz) Pardon?
(Frantz, Frantz) Frantz, ok, Frantz
What I wanna do, actually
I wanna get a-eh, eh, it's called-I call it
The Slim Shady platter, it's like, with shrimp, like, around it
And inside, it's like, um
It's like a piece of liver that they give me
And they-they put like, salad on the side
(You want a dry sheem or the sheem with sauce)
Wha-wil-- Blergh-hrm-be-lay-la?
(You want a dry sheem or the sheem with sauce) Shu, shu
Schwepp-a-hrm-de-lay-la!
[mocking accent]
Uh, hmph, I needed shrimp, I needed shrimp
Around, eh, the plate, what are you talking about
Ok? The sh-Ther shrrrimp (Huh?)
Goes around (laughing) the prrrate
(I don't have a clue what he's saying)
Ther- (Sheem sog or sheem with spinach)
Yes, yes, the fuckin'- the shrrreerp
Okay? Ther shrreerp, goes arrround the sarrrad
With ther liver, liver le-(cough)-erl
Chopped Se-lim Shady, Slim Shady liver
Okay? Served, a la carrrot on the ass for mama
(I can't understand what you're saying)
(You are saying the-you have to say the English)
Alright, I'm srrrerrry, okay
The sh-(Sorry sorry, sorry sorry)
**Hangs up**
The shrimp, the shrimp, the shrimp-ah, he-he-hello?
Ah hrm-de-lay-la, fuck Mama, hrm-lay, what're you talking about
Shu-bitch, mama, shu-bitch, yeah smool, ah, smool puzy I like
She in this still, what are you talking about
Okay? I fuck mama, hello?
Listen to me or no? Excuse me

Eminem

A legendary hip-hop icon who started as an underground battle rapper in Detroit, Marshall “Eminem” Bruce Mathers III (1972 – present) has developed a career full of controversy, wild swings, and some of the most noteworthy raps in the history of the genre.

Eminem has broken countless barriers, shifting and impacting the culture in several ways. In June 2017, “Stan” was added into the Oxford Dictionary, and in 2019, to the Merriam-Webster dictionary. He was the first rapper to win the Grammy Award for Best Album for three consecutive albums. “Rap God” set the Guinness World Record for most words in a song. He was also the first rapper to win an Oscar. His albums The Marshall Mathers LP and The Eminem Show became certified Diamond by the RIAA in 2011, making him one of the few artists to have more than one Diamond album. This has helped him become the highest selling hip-hop artist of all time. In January 2020, with his 11th studio album Music to Be Murdered By debuting at #1 on the Billboard 200, Eminem became the first artist in history to have 10 consecutive #1 debuts.

Produced and co-signed by Dr. Dre, Em had an unprecedented run of success from 1999 up until 2003, releasing three well-reviewed multi-platinum albums, stealing the show on countless collaborations, and even starred in a hit movie. However, it all came crashing down around 2004, when a string of problems ranging from drug dependence to depression to the tragic death of best friend Deshaun “Proof” Holton in 2006 led to a long hiatus from music and a pair of what were, by his own admission, sub-par albums.