Eminem shares the making of “My Name Is” footnotes visual.
Eminem and his team celebrating 25 years of his major label debut album The Slim Shady LP, and the rapper shared some facts about the making of his single “My Name Is”. The track was the lead single of the album, and peaked at number 36 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Eminem’s first top 40 hit at the time. The song also won the Grammy for Best Rap Solo Performance in 2000. Check out the facts about making of ‘My Name Is’ below.
- This was the second song we did during my first session with Dr. Dre. He had a turntable in the studio, dropped the needle on the record and I just started saying “Hi, my name is” over that little snippet.
- Once we hit on that section of Labi Siffre’s song, Dre had the idea to make it into a beat. Dre and his musicians actually recreated Labi Siffer’s record… the interpolation made it more hip-hop.
- I went back to the apartments in Los Angeles where I was living at the time and wrote some dummy verses that night. We both thought it would be a good way to introduce me to the world.
- We shot this video a few months after recording the song – a big moment. It was only second video I had ever done and the first was real low budget.
- Gheorghe Murasan is 7 foot 7. He was the tallest guy we could think of that could play the ventriloquist so that I could sit on his lap and look like I’m the size of a dummy. I’m glad he had a sense of humor and was down to shoot it with us.
- This video was the first big budget thing I had ever done. It was such a big deal to experience a soundstage, a full crew, and all the things that come with shooting something at that scale. It was such a huge learning curve to see what a big Hollywood production looked like.
- Dre had a working relationship with with the director Phil Atwell (who also directed “The Real Slim Shady,” “Stan,” “Lose Yourself,” “Just Lose It”) They created the vision. It’s hard to imagine the song existing without that video. They perfectly complement each other.
- If you look closely at my eyes during the scene where I was dressed like Bill Clinton, it may look like I was high on ecstasy during that part of the shoot… but that’s just a rumor.
- Looking back this seems like the perfect introduction to the world, a a perfect first single for my major label debut. I don’t think I would have done it any differently, but I certainly had no idea how big it was going to become.
- I don’t think I could write an update in 2024, but maybe I’ll have them write “Bye, My Name Was” on my tombstone.
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