Eminem ProfileAt face value, the anger-fuelled raps of Eminem and the depression-driven melodies of the late Elliott Smith shouldn't be compatible listens. Anger and depression, to be fair, aren't mutually exclusive — you needn't look past bands like Cursive or The Wiggles for that proof — but they're also not the healthiest of bedfellows, in the same way that lo-fi indie-folk and hip hop generally aren't complementary if you slap them next to each other on a mixtape.
All of which makes Slim Elliott — a new mash-up created by Californian producer and musician Jake Bowman that blends the works of Shady and Smith together — all the more unsettling, entrancing and essential a prospect.
Slim Elliott is no small feat — Bowman has crafted eight distinct mash-ups to create his album, from the instantly share-worthy My Name Is Say Yes and Lose Yourself, Coast To Coast to the more hard-won rewards of tracks such as REC: Stan-2:45AM and Like Toy Soldiers On Independence Day.
Regardless of which side of the genre fence on which you sit (and, if it's both, congratulations on your versatility), you can check out the full album via the embed below and kick your Monday into weird and wonderful territory with the click of a button.
