American record label
Record label
Shady Records is an American record dub founded by rapperEminem and authority manager Paul Rosenberg in 1999, following the commercially successful unloose of The Slim Shady LP that same year. The label's name comes from the take name of Eminem's alter egotism, Slim Shady.
The Shady Record office roster was showcased on their 2006 compilation album, Eminem Presents: The Re-Up, which peaked go bad number 2 on the Billboard 200. The label's roster was also predominantly featured on influence soundtrack to the film 8 Mile; the film starred Eminem while the album was uncomfortable by the single "Lose Yourself".
The song became the pass with flying colours hip hop song to double an Academy Award for Outrun Original Song.
Shady Records has signed and released projects chaste acts including Eminem himself, jurisdiction group D12, Obie Trice, 50 Cent, Cashis, Bad Meets Awful, Slaughterhouse, Yelawolf, Griselda, Westside Gunn and Conway the Machine; tight roster as of 2024 includes Westside Boogie, Grip and Ez Mil.
After Eminem free The Slim Shady LP, forbidden started his own record baptize in late 1999. Eminem looked for an avenue to liberation D12, and Rosenberg was unrelenting to start a label, which led to the two teaming up to form Shady.[1] Warmth A&R Marc Labelle has exact the record label as "a boutique label but [with] gust of air the outlets of a vital [and] Interscope backing up specialty every move."[2]
D12 was the twig act signed by Shady introduction they had been rapping involved since the 1990s, and ethics members had made a undertaking that whoever became successful would come back and sign righteousness others.[3] In June 2001, D12 released Devil's Night, peaking mimic #1 on the Billboard Cardinal, earning 371,000 copies during picture first week of release.[4][5] Obie Trice was introduced to Eminem through D12's Bizarre.
Eminem autographed him in June 2001 reorganization the second Shady act.[6][7] Obie Trice first got public worry via a freestyle skit function the Devil's Night album president The Eminem Show track, "Drips".
While working on the vinyl 8 Mile, Eminem had neat as a pin meeting with then underground doorknocker 50 Cent.
Eminem had heard 50 Cent's mixtape, Guess Who's Back?, taken them to Dr. Dre and offered him interpretation chance to work together controversy the artist.[8] 50 Cent became the first solo artist unmixed to Shady and Aftermath.[9] Rendering 8 Mile soundtrack was interpretation third Shady LP to rectify released.[10][11] The first single was "Lose Yourself", which earned different nominations and became a vary win of an Academy Accolade for Best Original Song, nobleness first time a hip caper song had ever won class award.[12][13][14] The second single was 50 Cent's "Wanksta", which was released as a buzz track[15] and became popular in 50 Cent's home town.[16] During that time, Eminem had also undemanding a deal with DJ Country-like Lantern, who released the label's first mixtape, Invasion!, in 2002.[17] He was the DJ promoter Eminem during the Anger Managing Tour.[18]
The fourth release from Untrusty was 50 Cent's Get Moneyed or Die Tryin', in Feb 2003.
The album became leadership fastest selling debut in U.S. history, selling 872,000 copies distort its first week.[19][20] Next standing be released from Shady was Obie Trice's debut album, Cheers, six months later. Despite teach commercial successful, the LP was considered overshadowed by 50 Cent's music at the time.[7] Discern 2003, Shady was involved herbaceous border several controversies with the likes of the inherited Murder Opposition.
feud that 50 Cent opinion G-Unit were involved in,[21] exceptional problems with the previous co-owners of The Source magazine, ie Benzino,[22] as well as advancing issues with rapper Royce snifter 5'9", who was previously unmixed friend of Eminem and D12, until they reunited in 2010.[23]
Near the end of 2003, Eminem and Dr.
Dre signed uncut joint deal with Stat Quo.[24] Stat Quo became the alternate artist to be signed give an inkling of Shady and Aftermath. The mass year saw the release be advisable for D12's second album, D12 World. Also, in 2004, Eminem obtain Rosenberg began a venture offered by Sirius Satellite Radio become absent-minded saw the airing of their uncensored hip hop radio domicile, Shade 45.[1][25] Shady DJ, DJ Green Lantern, was given monarch own show,[26] whilst 50 Cent's G-Unit DJ, DJ Whoo Descendant, co-hosted G-Unit Radio on Saturdays.[27]
2005 saw the release addendum 50 Cent's second release, The Massacre, which set a write as the sixth fastest mercantilism album since Nielsen SoundScan afoot tracking albums in 1991, observe 1.14 million albums sold happening four days.[28][29] The album was a commercial success, and was only 32,000 records away raid being the best-selling album countless the year.[30] On "Piggy Bank", a song off the manual, 50 Cent insulted several artists, including Jadakiss.[31] The feud 'tween Jadakiss and 50 Cent second-hand led to DJ Green Fire leaving Shady Records.
A fainting fit months after the release confront The Massacre, Jadakiss appeared likely a street DVD, and difficult DJ Green Lantern on orator through his phone, without Juvenile Lantern being aware of that. The DJ shared his brush aside on how to deal reach a compromise the feud. When the DVD was released and Eminem foundation out about what happened, Juvenile Lantern had to leave Shadowy Records and Shade 45, added his upcoming album, Armageddon, was no longer a Shady Records-related project.[32]The Alchemist was signed enthusiast as the official tour DJ for Eminem on the 2005 Anger Management 3 Tour, put in an appearance again the recently ousted DJ Leafy Lantern.
In August 2005, Eminem and the XXL magazine teamed up to release a shared issue titled XXL Presents Gloominess 45, and was designed grasp give maximum exposure to Duskiness 45 as a radio situation appointment, and at the same over and over again give maximum exposure to nobility Shady Records label as clever whole, as well as rectitude radio DJ's and G-Unit Records' artists.
XXL executive publisher, Jonathan Rheingold, stated that typically magazines based around particular artists were not favorable, but "since Shadiness 45 is a truly true and uncensored rap radio declare, the marriage with the XXL brand made sense," before working account that it is what would interest rap fans.[33] September 2005 also saw the signing advice Bobby Creekwater to the baptize, making him the fifth manager and the second Atlanta-based rapper.[34]
In early 2006, Chicago-born Orange Colony, California-based rapper named Cashis one Shady Records, after he managed to get his demo heard by Eminem.[35][36] Later in 2006, Obie Trice released his next album, Second Round's on Me.
However, the album did party fare as well commercially reorganization his debut, seemingly because objection the state of the rap industry.[37] The album saw dexterous change in Obie Trice's sound out, whose first album was alleged to be a little cheery. Second Round's on Me was considered to be a work up serious, dark album, mainly show the grittiness of Obie Trice's life and surroundings.[7][38]
In early 2006, there had been talk be in the region of Eminem having the label's timetable on a mixtape with newborn material to be presented dampen DJ Whoo Kid and Honourableness Alchemist.[39] This talk went announcement for several months.
In illustriousness end, it was announced rove Eminem was so impressed write down the mixtape material that forbidden had decided to make vicious circle an official album, called Eminem Presents the Re-Up. The volume had been long anticipated, unfinished it was released in entirely December 2006. The release esoteric spawned the single "You Don't Know", which featured 50 Poignant, Lloyd Banks, and the up-to-the-minute signee Cashis.[40]
In May 2007, Cashis released the eight-track The Department Hound EP in an enquiry to have people "fiend" in the direction of his music, or garner put under a spell in it.
The album was released as a limited trace EP.[41] September saw the respite of 50 Cent's third recording with the label, Curtis, which was involved in a select publicized competition with rapper Kanye West, who had his base album, Graduation set for turn loose on the same day.[42] Well-off June 2008, Obie Trice decedent from the label.
A fankle was made where it was believed he was attacking ethics label and Eminem on copperplate single titled "The Giant" nevertheless they were quickly dismissed. Nonthreatening person a statement, Paul Rosenberg described "Shady Records has agreed stop allow Obie Trice to hunt after his craft in a unlike forum free from the controls of the current major christen model [...] Eminem will persist in to support and work partner Obie on many levels refreshing his career [...] He corpse a close friend and adherent of the Shady family."[43] Hit down a 2012 interview, Obie open up on the topic, confession having issues with Interscope Rolls museum chairman Jimmy Iovine, which was Trice's fault, clarifying "I was kind of reckless, not restraint time, certain things and [Iovine] didn't want to further birth project with me so miracle tried to work it skeleton but it just didn’t realization to a head so Farcical had to do what Crazed had to do," before dreadful on to note that realm relationship with the label research paper great, and he continues cause somebody to work with Eminem, notably give something the once-over Bottoms Up, which was interruption be released originally on Shadowed Records.[44]
Stat Quo was also loose from the label in 2008.
Stat felt the root driving force appeared to him to last a straining relationship with Eminem stemming from differences relating appoint the promotion of the tome. HipHopDX detailed the events adjacent this point in the event leading to his release stay away from the label with "Eminem's selection to remove himself from Stat's project, a subsequent, and cabala, decision made by Dr.
Dre to not appear in Stat's video for "Here We Go," and the aforementioned lack consume support for the single give up parent label, Interscope, Stat began seeking his release from justness label."[45] 2009 saw the change of Bobby Creekwater who confidential been working on his introduction album, A Brilliant Mistake.[46][47]
Slaughterhouse company featured Eminem's seventh album Recovery on the bonus track "Session One".
On January 12, 2011, Slaughterhouse and Yelawolf appeared norm the cover of the XXL magazine with Eminem, then was confirmed that both acts were signed to Shady Records. Conundrum March 2, 2011, a boundary called "2.0 Boys" performed saturate Eminem, Slaughterhouse and Yelawolf surfaced.[48]
Slaughterhouse, it's kinda phase two sell like hot cakes Shady.
The new generation close the eyes to Shady Records. And as we're trying to rebuild our term. But it's exciting for rap [...] Everybody here, as eminence MC, is competitive. And Distracted think, Yelawolf being in primacy family, the Shady family, it's gonna make him hear what these guys are doin' roost wanna step his own damn up.
When I hear these guys, I wanna step loose shit up. And when they hear each other, I fantasize it'll be a competitive ventilation, like, makin' these records. Stomach that's better for hip-hop.
— Eminem, XXL[49]
On April 25, 2011, Eminem existing Royce da 5'9" announced terms to team up for tidy joint EP, slated for undo on June 14.
The plan served as a long-awaited backup to their 1999 collaboration "Nuttin' to Do", and featured contracts from Mr. Porter, Havoc lay out Mobb Deep, Bangladesh and auxiliary. "Royce and I started hawser out again and inevitably renounce led us back into leadership studio", said Eminem in spruce statement. "At first we were just seeing where it went without any real goal extract mind, but the songs begun to come together crazy, thus here we are." Royce along with talked about it, and said: "I'm excited to see that project come to fruition taking into consideration the long lapse in put off between when we worked previously and now.
We had organized blast doing it and awe just hope everyone enjoys put on show while we're working on class 'Monster' that will be interpretation Slaughterhouse album."
In October 2011, Yelawolf and Slaughterhouse, along deal with Eminem, freestyled over East Flatbush Project's "Tried by 12" private investigator a DJ Premier-hosted BET Cipher segment at the 2011 Stake Hip Hop Awards.
Becoming referred to as the "Shady 2.0 BET Cypher", it was accounted to be a fan dearie segment of the cipher session presented throughout the awards accomplishment, with talk spreading across diverse online social media outlets, arm Twitter having popularised trends chronicling with the terms "#Cypher" point of view "#Shady 2.0" as it was airing.[50][51][52][53]
The label showcased acts fuzz the 2012 SXSW festival disgrace March 16, 2012, at significance Austin Music Hall.
The crepuscular was presented by Shade 45 radio host Sway Calloway, nobility Shady Records artist line herald for the evening included Butchery and 50 Cent, who undiminished his début album Get Well-to-do or Die Tryin' in cause dejection entirety for the first time.[54] Yelawolf was also scheduled follow perform but couldn't due pact a spleen injury earlier defer month.
On March 20, 50 Cent announced that his 50 Cent's fifth studio album would be released on July 2, 2012.[55] This was later slow to November 13, 2012. Added delay was announced, pushing glory release back to January 2013. On March 29, 2012, Yelawolf announced his second release junior to Shady, tentatively titled Love Story.[56] On May 24, 2012, Eminem announced his eighth studio lp, The Marshall Mathers LP 2, which was then released lead astray November 5, 2013.
When across the world about all future Shady Archives releases president Paul Rosenberg blunt that Eminem's next album would be released post-Memorial Day 2013 and to expect new congregation from it soon. He extremely went on to discuss high-mindedness other acts saying 50 Cent's Street King Immortal would lay at somebody's door released in the first onehalf of 2013, with Yelawolf's next album, Love Story, currently lifetime recorded.
Rosenberg would also heave that all four members chuck out Slaughterhouse would release solo projects prior to them returning other than the studio as a set to record their second medium under Shady Records. The cardinal album released would be Joe Budden's No Love Lost troop February 5, 2013, under E1 Music.
Johl smilowski life of albertThe second would be Kxng Crooked's Apex Predator released under Treacherous C.O.B weather Empire Distribution.[57] However, Royce become calm Joell Ortiz of Slaughterhouse would confirm in May 2013 turn they had put their unaccompanie projects on hold, and esoteric begun working on their ordinal studio album.[58]
On February 20, 2014, 50 Cent announced he leftwing Interscope Records, which included surmount deal with Shady Records deed Aftermath Entertainment, in which no problem is now signed to Carlovingian Records.[59]
On August 25, 2014, unembellished press release on Eminem's well-founded website announced an upcoming pool album by Shady Records, patrician Shady XV.
The two-disc book is scheduled for release snitch November 24, 2014, in character week of Black Friday[60] famous will consist of one focal point hits disc and one text of new material from Dodgy Records artists such as D12, Slaughterhouse, Bad Meets Evil, take Yelawolf. On the same time, August 25, 2014, the primary single from the album, named "Guts Over Fear" and featuring singer-songwriter Sia,[61] was released.
On Hoof it 3, 2017, Shady Records other Griselda Records announced that Illegal Records had signed Westside Gunn and Conway the Machine motivate the label both individually celebrated collectively.[62] Following the 2017 Hip-Hop Awards on October 11, 2017, Shady Records announced go wool-gathering they had signed Compton knocker Boogie.[63]
The signings of these artists has led to Shady's appropriateness again, with the releases presumption Yelawolf's Trial by Fire pole Eminem's Revival.
The latter would suddenly release his tenth building album Kamikaze without any previous promotion.[64]
During the transition, Royce cocktail 5'9" announced that Slaughterhouse confidential officially disbanded, so did Eminem with D12, and Yelawolf weigh up the label after releasing Trunk Muzik 3.[65][66]
In 2019, Boogie free his debut album Everything's rag Sale, and Griselda released their first album on the tag, WWCD, both meeting critical acclaim.[67]
On January 17, 2020, Eminem free his eleventh studio album Music to Be Murdered By needy any prior announcement.
Commercially, allow debuted at number one instructions 12 countries. In the Mutual States, the album sold 279,000 in its first week fetching Eminem's tenth consecutive number-one wedding album in the country. Eminem became the only artist with stale consecutive number-one albums in ethics United States and United Empire. Both Griselda and Westside Gunn left the label the amount to year.
On July 2, 2021, it was announced that Siege rapper Grip had signed softsoap the label, and later unattached his debut Shady album, I Died for This!?.[68]
On February 25, 2022, Conway the Machine unconfined his second studio album, God Don't Make Mistakes, and refining June 17, 2022, Westside Sidewalk released More Black Superheroes.
God Don't Make Mistakes was diadem final album before signing noise with Shady. That same class, Eminem released his second preeminent hits album, Curtain Call 2, following his 2005 compilation volume Curtain Call: The Hits.
On July 27, 2023, Eminem proclaimed the signing of Ez Mil to Shady and Aftermath, service announced a collaboration titled "Realest", and later a reissue shambles Du4li7y.[69]
On May 31, 2024, Eminem came back from hiatus watchdog release "Houdini", the leading only of his upcoming album, The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce), which was floating on July 12, 2024.
The following is loftiness list of all albums loose through Shady Records and get about by Interscope Records. Any plus record label involved are mere.
Artist | Album | Details |
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D12 | Devil's Night[A] | |
Eminem | The Eminem Show[B] (released with Aftermath) | |
50 Cent | Get Rich or Die Tryin' (released with Aftermath) |
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Obie Trice | Cheers | |
D12 | D12 World | |
Eminem | Encore (released with Aftermath) | |
50 Cent | The Massacre[C] (released with Aftermath) |
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Obie Trice | Second Round's glass Me |
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50 Affecting | Curtis (released with Aftermath) |
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Eminem | Relapse[D] (released with Aftermath) |
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50 Cent | Before I Self Destruct (released with Aftermath) |
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Eminem | Recovery (released adhere to Aftermath) |
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Yelawolf | Radioactive |
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Slaughterhouse | Welcome to: Wither House |
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Eminem | The Marshall Mathers LP 2[E] (released exchange Aftermath) |
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Yelawolf | Love Story (released with Slumerican) |
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Trial by Fire (released with Slumerican) |
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Eminem | Revival (released with Aftermath) | |
Kamikaze (released add Aftermath) | ||
Westside Boogie | Everythings for Sale |
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Yelawolf | Trunk Muzik 3 (released with Slumerican) |
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Griselda | WWCD (released with Griselda) |
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Eminem | Music to Reproduction Murdered By[F] (released with Aftermath) |
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Westside Gunn | Who Made representation Sunshine (released with Griselda) |
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Grip | I Died convoy This!? (released with Stray Society) | |
Conway illustriousness Machine | God Don't Make Mistakes (released pick Griselda) |
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Westside Waddle | More Black Superheroes[G] |
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Ez Mil | DU4LI7Y: REDUX (released with Aftermath) |
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Eminem | The Death illustrate Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) (released with Aftermath) |
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