Eminem: The Real Slim Shady (Hip Hop in America)

Offering a fresh way to look at one of the best-selling hip hop artists of the early 21st century this book presents Eminems words images and music alongside comments from those who love and hate him documenting why Eminem remains a cultural spiritual and economic icon in global popular culture.Eminem: The Real Slim Shady examines the rapper songwriter record producer and actor who has become one of the most successful and well-known artists in the world. Providing far more than a biography of his life story the book provides a comprehensive description interpretation and analysis of his personas his lyrical content and the cultural and economic impact of Eminems work through media. It also contains the first in-depth content analysis of 200 of the rappers most popular songs from 1990 through 2012.The book is organized into three sections each focusing on one of the artists public personas (Slim Shady Marshall Mathers Eminem) with each section further divided into chapters that explore various aspects of Eminems cultural spiritual and economic significance. Besides being a book that every fan of Eminem and pop music will want to read the work will be valuable to researchers in the areas of race and ethnicity communication cultural and musical studies and hip hop studies.Includes never before conducted analysis of 200 of Eminems most popular lyrics presented visually with tables and chartsProvides an up-to-date combined discography videography and bibliography of the rappers work