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5. Eminem isn't exactly the first person you think of to spit a guest verse on a commercial single, but Akon did just that when he called on Slim Shady for the lead offering from his sophomore album Konvicted. The result was a summer smash that rocketed to the #2 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 and was the top downloaded song on iTunes. The clip, directed by Benny Boom, was also Em's first video appearance since the passing of D12 member Proof — check the new ink on his left arm dedicated to his fallen friend. 4. Terror Squad, "Lean Back" remix (2004) The blond bomber hopped on the remix to the hottest song in the streets and pushed the temperature of this track way past triple digits. Sandwiched between verses by Mase and Fat Joe, Em delivered one of the hardest 16 bars of his career sans his Slim Shady persona. "It'll probably be best right now if I warned Dre/ Get on the horn with him, tell him about the storm coming all our way/ So tell a pal, grab a gal, right now, get on the floor, why wait/ Shake that ass a little more my way/ But baby I don't dance, not that I can't, there's a pistol in my pants." 3. Before the silk Versace shirts and Coogi sweaters, Biggie was a black-hoodie-rocking Brooklyn hustler that would do just about anything for a dollar. Em, of course, was Slim Shady, a shocking MC with a demented sense of humor that bordered on psychopathic. On this Easy Mo Bee-produced number, from the posthumous Born Again LP, Bad Boy's baddest boy was up against the warped mind of Shady. The result? A dark, twisted face-off for the ages. 2. Jay-Z, "Renegade" (2001) Two of the greatest to ever touch a mic come together on this Eminem-produced number from Hov's classic album, The Blueprint. The original recording featured "Bad Meets Evil" duo Em and Royce Da 5'9", but clearance issues resulted in Royce having to dump the song. Jay quickly picked it up, added his own vocals and was able to secure Slim Shady's appearance on his project. Em's zigzag flow, menacing delivery, and self-anointment as "the new Ice Cube" left more than just Nas saying, "Eminem murdered you on your own sh--." 1. After being out of the spotlight for some time, the good doctor re-emerged as a solo act again with his 2001 album. But it was the second single, "Forgot About Dre," that truly established Dre and Eminem as the new dynamic duo on the hip-hop block. No costumes, gags or cartoonish videos needed — over a bouncy, string-laden beat, they took aim at haters, both old and new, and Aftermath was reborn, kick-starting the momentum that would eventually create the Shady/Aftermath juggernaut. This report is provided by MTV News
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