Will the real Slim Shady please stand up origin?

There was a TV show in America called To Tell The Truth in which three people pretended to be a certain person and the panelists had to guess which was the real person. At the end, the real person was asked to stand up so he could be identified.

Why do they call it 8 Mile?

The title is derived from 8 Mile Road, the highway between the predominantly African-American city of Detroit and the largely white suburban communities to the north that Eminem originally lived in.

Who helped Eminem?

Marshall Mathers, recording as Eminem, started rapping as a teenager in Detroit, Michigan. His self-produced recording The Slim Shady EP caught the attention of famed rapper and producer Dr. Dre, who helped Eminem produce The Slim Shady LP.

What parts of 8 Mile are true?

8 Mile is largely based on Eminem’s life, most of the parts are relate-able, the parts where he had a junkie Mom and his crew and him rapping underground, and him working at a factory, him getting his girlfriend pregnant as a young age are all primary parts of his life. And 8 Mile was the place where he came from.

What is Slim Shady’s song “Stand Up” about?

The track begins with Eminem coming off as someone akin to an auditorium announcer. And what he is requesting is that “the real Slim Shady please stand up”. This would imply that there are a bunch of fake Eminems in the group – so much so that it is hard to pick out the real one.

What is the meaning of the real Slim Shady?

And as implied earlier, “The Real Slim Shady” isn’t actually an attack on people who imitate him. Rather the purpose of this track is to point out that the artist does indeed have copycats, even “a million” according to his own estimations.

When did Eminem’s ‘the real Slim Shady’ come out?

The song was later released in 2005 on Eminem’s greatest hits album Curtain Call: The Hits. “The Real Slim Shady” was Eminem’s first song to reach number one in the United Kingdom and it also peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100, giving him his biggest hit up to that point.

Is ‘the real Slim Shady’ the greatest song of all time?

“The Real Slim Shady” was placed at number 396 on NME’s 2014 compilation of “The 500 Greatest Song of All Time”. And the song, in conjunction with its music video, managed to achieve a number of notable accolades.