My Name Is by Eminem (1999) - Wayback Wednesdays

Wes and Nick recount there time listening to this awesome track as a kid and laughing.

Background:

On the first day of recording, Eminem and Dr. Dre finished "My Name Is" in an hour.[5]

The song contains a sample of Labi Siffre's track "I Got The...". Siffre, who is openly gay, said in a 2012 interview that he refused to clear the sample until sexist and homophobic lyrics were removed from the song: "Dissing the victims of bigotry – women as bitches, homosexuals as faggots – is lazy writing. Diss the bigots not their victims."[6] The original uncensored version of the song with the aforementioned offending lyrics is mistakenly included on the compilation The Source Hip Hop Music Awards 1999. The bass and guitar riff used in the sample was performed by Siffre's session musicians Chas Hodges and Dave Peacock, who later became the duo Chas & Dave.[7] "My Name Is" is written in the key of F major.[8] Famous names referenced in the song include Nine Inch Nails, the Spice Girls, and Pamela Anderson (Pamela Lee).[9]

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