Editing The Slim Shady LP (section)

===Production===
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The album's production was handled primarily by Dr. Dre, the [[Bass Brothers]], and Eminem.<ref name="Newsroom">{{cite web|url=http://newsroom.mtv.com/2011/02/23/eminem-slim-shady-lp-anniversary/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130129185225/http://newsroom.mtv.com/2011/02/23/eminem-slim-shady-lp-anniversary/|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 29, 2013|title=Eminem's The Slim Shady LP, 12 Years Later|last=Anderson|first=Kyle|work=MTV News|publisher=Viacom|date=February 23, 2011|access-date=February 16, 2012}}</ref><ref name="AllmusicReview"/> The beats have been compared to [[West Coast hip-hop]] and [[G-funk]] musical styles.<ref name="RSReview"/> Kyle Anderson of [[MTV]] wrote that "The beats are full of bass-heavy hallucinations and create huge, scary sandboxes that allow Em to play."<ref name="Newsroom"/> According to the staff at [[IGN]], "'97 Bonnie & Clyde" is backed by the "lulling serenity of a super silky groove".<ref name="IGNReview">{{cite web|url=http://music.ign.com/articles/565/565938p1.html|title=The Slim Shady LP - Over-the top horror-core with fat beats|author=IGN Staff|work=[[IGN]]|publisher=[[News Corporation (1980–2013)|News Corporation]]|date=November 12, 2004|access-date=March 11, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101022014750/http://music.ign.com/articles/565/565938p1.html|archive-date=October 22, 2010}}</ref> "Cum on Everybody"; which features guest vocals from American singer Dina Rae<ref name="Stubbs78">Stubbs, 2006. p. 78</ref> contains an upbeat dance rhythm, while "My Name Is", which is built around a sample from British musician [[Labi Siffre]]'s "[[I Got The...]]", features a prominent [[bassline]] and [[Psychedelic music|psychedelic]]-style keyboards.<ref name="Newsroom"/><ref name="IGNReview"/><ref name="Bozza25" /> "I'm Shady" was originally written over a [[Sade (band)|Sade]] track, but after hearing a sample of [[Curtis Mayfield]]'s "Pusherman" in [[Ice-T]]'s song "[[I'm Your Pusher (Ice-T song)|I'm Your Pusher]]", Eminem decided it would be more fitting to use "Pusherman".<ref name="Stubbs84">Stubbs, 2006. p. 84</ref>

Eminem's vocal inflection on the album has been described as a "nasal whine"; Jon Pareles of ''[[The New York Times]]'' likened his "calmly sarcastic delivery" to "the early [[Beastie Boys]] turned cynical".<ref name="NYtimesrev">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/17/arts/pop-review-a-rapper-more-gauche-than-gangsta.html|title=Pop Review; A Rapper More Gauche Than Gangsta|last=Pareles|first=Jon|date=April 17, 1999|access-date=July 12, 2012|work=[[The New York Times]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113094605/http://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/17/arts/pop-review-a-rapper-more-gauche-than-gangsta.html|archive-date=November 13, 2013}}</ref> Writing for the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'', columnist [[Greg Kot]] compared the rapper's vocals to "[[Pee-wee Herman]] with a nasal Midwestern accent".<ref name="ctrev">{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1999/04/09/feeding-the-frenzy/|title=Feeding the Frenzy|last=Kot|first=Greg|work=Chicago Tribune|publisher=Tribune Company|date=April 9, 1999|access-date=July 12, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103160810/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1999-04-09/features/9904090063_1_slim-shady-lp-eminem-vanilla-ice|archive-date=November 3, 2012}}</ref> A skit entitled "Lounge" appears before "My Fault" featuring Eminem and the Bass Brothers imitating [[rat pack]] crooners. Jeff Bass came up with the line "I never meant to give you mushrooms" for the skit, which in turn inspired Eminem to write "My Fault".<ref name="Stubbs75">Stubbs, 2006. p. 75</ref>