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35-455: SSEP may refer to: Slim Shady EP , American singer and rapper Eminem 's first extended play (1997) Somatosensory evoked potential , means of assessing the somatosensory system Student Spaceflight Experiments Program , an educational program in which student experiments are flown in space Swiss Society of Experimental Pharmacology (see Life Sciences Switzerland ) Topics referred to by

70-401: A "transmutation of horrorcore". In September 1996, Joseph Edward "Bubba" Gallegos, an 18-year-old from Bayfield , Colorado , killed his roommates after ingesting methamphetamine and listening repeatedly to horrorcore rapper Brotha Lynch Hung 's song "Locc 2 da Brain". Brotha Lynch Hung is considered a horrorcore pioneer and even created his own horrorcore sub-category called "Ripgut" which

105-477: A Juggalo a sense of pride and street credit amongst peers", although it acknowledged that the author had not "been able to find a significant source of collected data on the Juggalos" to substantiate those claims. Allegedly horrorcore-related criminal activity has, in rare cases, even included ad-hoc domestic terrorism , such as when a Juggalo-led terrorist cell calling itself the "Black Snake Militia" attempted to raid

140-452: A demo tape or a CD. When Jimmy played this, I said, 'Find him. Now.'" Eminem and Dr. Dre subsequently began work on his major-label debut album The Slim Shady LP . The cover depicts the opening intro as well as the first track, in which Slim Shady awakens Eminem and orders him to look in the mirror to see that he is "nothing without him". Eminem resists and screams in the background while Slim Shady yells back and laughs at Eminem's horror. By

175-499: A free compilation titled Devilz Nite . According to the January 2004 BBC documentary Underground USA , the subgenre "has a massive following across the US" and "is spreading to Europe". Rolling Stone in 2007 referred to it as a short-lived trend that generated "more shlock than shock". In 2019, experimental trio clipping. released There Existed an Addiction to Blood , described as

210-548: A friend of both the shooters, was a Juggalo and had introduced Klebold to Insane Clown Posse's music. Some police departments in the United States claim that Juggalo gangs have been linked to violent crimes. Arizona Department of Public Safety Detective Michelle Vasey has expressed concern at what she describes as the Juggalos' high potential for violence, stating, "The weapons, they prefer, obviously, hatchets ... We've got battle-axes, we've got machetes, anything that can make

245-528: A part of the Ultramagnetic MC's and his 1996 debut solo album Dr. Octagonecologyst . In 2024, writers at Complex described Nas ' 1994, debut studio album Illmatic as "shocking, borderline horrorcore (before horrorcore was a genre)". The album showcased Nas's early '90s style of rap and was credited with generating significant hype for the MC. The Geto Boys ' debut album, Making Trouble , contained

280-516: A rap beat, that's who I am". Horrorcore was described by Entertainment Weekly in 1995 as a "blend of hardcore rap and bloodthirsty metal ". The lyrical content of horrorcore is sometimes described as being similar to that of death metal , and some have referred to the genre as "death rap". Horrorcore artists often feature dark imagery in their music videos and base musical elements of songs upon horror film scores . LA Weekly listed Jimmy Spicer 's 1980 single "Adventures of Super Rhyme" as

315-435: Is "wide disagreement among experts over what effect--if any--music with violent content has on listeners". In 1999, horrorcore group Insane Clown Posse (ICP) was considered a potential influence on school shooters Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold . ICP responded that if the shooters had been " Juggalos " (fans of ICP), they would have "gotten the whole damn school". However, Brooks Brown, the best friend of Dylan Klebold and

350-522: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Slim Shady EP The EP introduces Eminem's alter ego Slim Shady. Since the EP was released before he was signed to Interscope and Aftermath, original copies are now highly valued. His lyrics are a marked departure from those found on Infinite , featuring constant references to drug use, sexual acts, mental instability, and over-the-top violence. Another departure

385-482: Is known for even more graphic lyrics dealing with hardcore gore, torture, and cannibalism. After attempting to kill his ex-girlfriend and taking two other students hostage, Gallegos was in turn killed by police. Gallegos was said to be a massive fan of Brotha Lynch Hung and his minister suggested that the music played a role in the killings, although he provided no evidence to back up that claim. Similar claims have been made about other violent acts and music, although there

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420-485: The Geto Boys , Gravediggaz , and Three 6 Mafia , which began to incorporate supernatural , occult , and psychological horror themes into their lyrics. Horrorcore is mostly designed to evoke fear and panic out of a listener rather than disgust. Unlike most hardcore hip hop and gangsta rap artists, horrorcore artists often push the violent content and imagery in their lyrics beyond the realm of realistic urban violence, to

455-573: The Rap Olympics , an annual nationwide rap battle competition. He placed second, and the staff at Interscope Records who attended the Rap Olympics sent a copy of the Slim Shady EP to company CEO Jimmy Iovine . Iovine played the tape for record producer Dr. Dre , founder of Aftermath Entertainment . Dr. Dre recalled, "In my entire career in the music industry, I have never found anything from

490-521: The EP were generally mixed to positive. AllMusic gave the EP two and a half out of five stars without a written review. XXL , despite originally giving the EP three out of five stars "L" rating, listed it on their "100 Most Essential Rap EPs of All Time – The Best of the Short & Sweet" list. Eminem was featured in the March 1998 edition of The Source magazine's (#102), "Unsigned Hype" column. The author of

525-491: The column highlighted two tracks from Eminem's Slim Shady EP : "Just the Two of Us", and "Murder, Murder". Horrorcore Horrorcore , also called horror hip hop , horror rap , death hip hop , death rap , or murder rap is a subgenre of hip hop music based on horror -themed and often darkly transgressive lyrical content and imagery. Its origins derived from certain hardcore hip hop and gangsta rap artists, such as

560-561: The dark and violent horror-influenced track "Assassins", which was cited by Joseph Bruce ( Violent J of the horrorcore group Insane Clown Posse ) in his book Behind the Paint as the first recorded horrorcore song. He writes that the Geto Boys continued to pioneer the style with their second release, Grip It! On That Other Level , with songs such as "Mind of a Lunatic" and "Trigga-Happy Nigga". The Geto Boys' 1991 album, We Can't Be Stopped ,

595-496: The debut album of Detroit-based rapper Esham , who would become particularly influential on Midwest horrorcore (though he rejects the term, preferring "acid rap"). Although Kool Keith claimed to have "invented horrorcore", the first use of the term appeared on the group KMC's 1991 album Three Men With the Power of Ten . Nonetheless, Kool Keith brought significant attention to horror-influenced hip hop with his lyrical content as

630-403: The film A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master and its soundtrack. 1988 is also the year Insane Poetry (at the time called His Majesti) released "Armed & Dangerous", followed by their debut single as Insane Poetry, "Twelve Strokes Till Midnight", one of the first examples of music specifically made to be horrorcore. The following year saw the release of Boomin' Words from Hell ,

665-442: The first example of "proto-horrorcore", due to a lengthy segment of the song in which Spicer recounts his experience of meeting Dracula . The group Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde specialized in horror-themed music. Dana Dane 's song "Nightmares" related a frightening narrative. Since 1986, Ganxsta N.I.P. has performed horror-themed lyrics that he has described as "Psycho Rap", but he was not commonly considered to be horrorcore until

700-561: The genre, the artist, and hip-hop as a whole. Horrorcore is generally not popular with mainstream audiences, though in some cities, like Detroit , it is the dominant style of hip-hop, with Detroit-based performers such as Insane Clown Posse and Eminem , as well as Brooklyn -based artists like Necro , having been commercially successful throughout the US. Horrorcore has thrived in Internet culture . Every Halloween since 2003, horrorcore artists worldwide have gotten together online and release

735-468: The genre. According to the book Icons of Hip Hop , horrorcore gained mainstream prominence in 1994 with the release of Flatlinerz ' U.S.A. (Under Satan's Authority) and Gravediggaz ' 6 Feet Deep (released overseas as Niggamortis ). The Flatlinerz and Gravediggaz, along with the Geto Boys and Kool Keith, remain the most important artists in the development of horrorcore as a specific genre. In 1995, an independent horror film called The Fear

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770-975: The law enforcement community asserting that the genre incites crime. Fans and artists have been blamed for numerous high-profile instances of violent criminal activity, including the Columbine High School massacre , the Farmville murders , murders of law enforcement officers, and gang activity. Horrorcore defines a style of hip hop music that focuses primarily on dark, violent, gothic , transgressive , macabre and/or horror -influenced topics such as death , psychosis , psychological horror , mental illness , satanism , self-harm , cannibalism , mutilation , suicide , murder , torture , drug abuse , and supernatural or occult themes. The lyrics are often inspired by horror movies and are performed over moody, hardcore beats. According to rapper Mars , "If you take Stephen King or Wes Craven and you throw them on

805-472: The most violent, gruesome wound", and, "Some of the homicides we're seeing with these guys are pretty nasty, gruesome, disgusting homicides, where they don't care who's around, what's around, they're just out to kill anybody". A 2017 Denver Police Department guide claimed that even Juggalos who are not affiliated with a gang are prone to commit "murder, shootings, kidnapping , rape , necrophilia , cannibalism , assault , and arson ", and that "such acts give

840-516: The name hit me, and right away I thought of all these words to rhyme with it". Slim Shady served as Eminem's vent for his frustrations, and he released the horrorcore extended play entitled Slim Shady EP simultaneously on cassette , vinyl , and CD . During this time, Eminem and his wife Kim Scott lived in a high-crime neighborhood with their newborn daughter Hailie, where their house was burglarized numerous times. After being evicted from his home, Eminem traveled to Los Angeles to participate in

875-524: The point where the violent lyrics become gruesome, ghoulish, unsettling, inspired by slasher films or splatter films . While exaggerated violence and the supernatural are common in horrorcore, the genre also frequently presents more realistic yet still disturbing portrayals of mental illness and drug abuse . Some horrorcore artists eschew supernatural themes or exaggerated violence in favor of more subtle and dark psychological horror imagery and lyrics. Horrorcore has incited controversy, with some members of

910-404: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title SSEP . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SSEP&oldid=748939953 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

945-404: The same year, contains tales of the occult throughout, specifically on songs such as "Mr. Ouija 2", "Mo' Murda", " East 1999 ", and "Da Introduction". Tension would soon rise between Bone Thugs and Three 6 over their presumed similarities in style and use of dark imagery. In 2009, dark music-themed website Fangoria named Tech N9ne 's 2001 album Anghellic as an iconic and influential album to

980-428: The second track, Eminem and Slim Shady become the same person. Eminem is also ordered by "Slim Shady" to look into the mirror, and the sound of glass breaking is heard, alluding once again to the cover. The art also bears a similarity to Black Flag 's 1981 debut album, Damaged . According to an interview with Zane Lowe , Eminem made 500 copies of the EP, but sold only slightly more than 250. Though rare, reviews of

1015-451: The term came into mainstream prominence. Ganxsta N.I.P. has written lyrics for other groups, including Geto Boys , who were also an influence on the early horrorcore sound. In 1988, DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince released " A Nightmare on My Street ", which described an encounter with Freddy Krueger , and the Fat Boys recorded the similarly-themed " Are You Ready for Freddy " for

1050-402: Was also influential on the horrorcore genre and contained themes of paranoia , depression , and psychological horror , especially in the track " Chuckie ", and " Mind Playing Tricks on Me ". While rappers in the underground scene continued to release horrorcore music, including Big L , Insane Poetry , and Insane Clown Posse , the mid-1990s brought an attempted mainstream crossover of

1085-545: Was also noticeably higher than on prior album efforts. According to Billboard , at this point in his life Eminem had "realized his musical ambitions were the only way to escape his unhappy life". In 1996, his debut album Infinite , which was recorded at the Bassmint, a recording studio owned by the Bass Brothers, was released under their independent label Web Entertainment . Infinite achieved little commercial success and

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1120-460: Was his exploration of more serious themes of dealing with poverty, his direct and self-deprecating response to criticism, and of marital and family difficulties. His flow is also noticeably different from Infinite where critics claimed he sounded too much like Nas and AZ . Eminem also began utilizing story telling on this EP. The production value of the music on the tracks — from previous collaborators DJ Head, The Bass Brothers , and Mr. Porter —

1155-470: Was largely ignored by Detroit radio stations, such as WJLB (97.9 FM in Detroit), and in specific tracks Eminem raps explicitly about this problem, like in "Just Don't Give a Fuck" "If I Had" and "Low Down, Dirty". The disappointment from this experience greatly influenced his lyrical style: "After that record, every rhyme I wrote got angrier and angrier. A lot of it was because of the feedback I got. Motherfuckers

1190-433: Was like, 'You're a white boy, what the fuck are you rapping for? Why don't you go into rock & roll?' All that type of shit started pissing me off." After the release of Infinite , Eminem's personal struggles and abuse of drugs and alcohol culminated in a suicide attempt: all these troubles became main themes of Slim Shady EP . The disappointment of Infinite inspired Eminem to create the alter ego Slim Shady: "Boom,

1225-434: Was released with a soundtrack consisting entirely of horrorcore songs, including Insane Clown Posse's biggest radio hit, "Dead Body Man" and a title track (" The Fear (Morty's Theme) ") by Esham . 1995 also saw the release of Three 6 Mafia 's debut album Mystic Stylez , which touched on heavy drug use, ritualistic sex , mass murder , torture , and Luciferianism . Bone Thugs-N-Harmony 's E. 1999 Eternal , released in

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