''The Real Slim Shady,' the first single from the album, is a modest step to the mainstream-a fresh and funny, almost PG-rated swipe at everything from the Grammy Awards to shallow teen pop.' The defamation case was settled in 2001 for $25,000 as Debbie Mathers' former attorney was awarded $23,354-netting Ms. 'In the aftermath of Slim Shady, he married the girlfriend he imagined killing, while his mother, immortalized in his hit single 'My Name Is' ( I just found out my Mom does more dope than I do), sued him for $10 million for defamation of character.'

In the video, he wears a superhero costume and an insane asylum straitjacket while rapping, 'I'm sick of you little girl and boy groups, all you do is annoy me / So I have been sent here to destroy you / And there's a million of us just like me / Who cuss like me who just don't give a fuck like me / Who dress like me walk, talk and act like me / And just might be the next best thing, but not quite me!' Of course, the irony is built into the song: Eminem's signature style the bleached blond hair, pale skin, humungous T-shirt has spawned droves of lookalikes and wannabes. 'In a number of songs on the new album, including the current single, 'The Real Slim Shady,' Eminem slams his 'enemies' with comic book intensity. The first single was intended to be 'Who Knew.' Critical reception Dre, Tommy Coster and Mike Elizondo wrote 'The Real Slim Shady' just hours before the final copy of the album was due. Interscope Records's Jimmy Iovine wanted Eminem to have a song to introduce the album, similar to the way ' My Name Is' was the first single on The Slim Shady LP. 'The Real Slim Shady' was not originally intended to be part of The Marshall Mathers LP. ( June 2015) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Statements consisting only of original research should be removed. Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations.

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