Eminem broke up with his girlfriend, and made an unsuccessful suicide attempt. According to Billboard Magazine, "he realized his musical ambitions were the only way to escape his unhappy life".
After being signed to Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope Records, Eminem released The Slim Shady LP, a collaboration between himself and Dr. Dre.
The album was, according to the same Billboard article, "brutal" and "light years ahead of the material he had been writing beforehand."
It went on to be one of the most popular albums of 1999, going triple platinum by the end of the year. With the album's popularity came controversy surrounding many of the album's lyrics. In "'97 Bonnie and Clyde", he describes a trip with his infant daughter, disposing of the body of his wife.
Another song, "Guilty Conscience", ends with his encouraging a man to murder his wife and her lover.
"Guilty Conscience" marked the beginning of the powerful friendship and musical bond that Dr. Dre and Eminem would share. The two label-mates would later collaborate on a line of hit songs, including "Forgot About Dre" and "What's the Difference" from Dr.
Dre's album 2001, "Bitch Please II" from the Marshall Mathers LP, "Say What You Say" from The Eminem Show and "Encore/Curtains Down" from Encore. Dr. Dre has made at least one guest appearance on all of Eminem's mainstream albums.
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