BZZZTTT... You are incorrect.
Everything in your first paragraph supports what I said, with the exception of the sentence that I scratched out, which is simply not true. Dre put up the money and produced a song by himself, one with Mel-Man, and one with Eminem. He had nothing to do with the other 17 songs.
I will never understand your consistent tactic of taking something that says the EXACT opposite of what you're trying to convey and seizing on it as proof of your accuracy.
Dude. Seriously.
I was studying rap tunes when honeys were wearing sassoons. Without Dre's backing -- both financial and musically -- Eminem does not exist. Without Dre he is a whiny whigger. Period.
In numerous articles he admits he does not write his own hooks. He either samples other work -- which requires nothing of him -- Dre does it himself or Dre tells the Bass Brothers what to do.
Without Dre there is no Emenim.
Here's some info for you:
The Slim Shady EP is a 1997 EP release by rapper Eminem on the Detroit-based record label Web Entertainment. The Slim Shady EP was released on cassette and CD. Eminem sold roughly 250 copies of this EP independently, according to an interview he did on Zane Lowe.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Slim_Shady_EPTracks: Intro, Lowdown Dirty, If I had, Just dont give a fuck, Mommy, Just the two of us, No one's iller, murder murder...
The songs "Just Don't Give a Fuck", "If I Had" and "97' Bonnie & Clyde" previously appeared on Eminem's independent album, The Slim Shady EP, in 1997. Dr. Dre was so impressed by the EP that he wanted to use some of the tracks on The Slim Shady LP. "Just Don't Give a Fuck" was given sharper and more impressive production, with additional instruments and sound effects, as well as cuts by Kid Rock. "97' Bonnie & Clyde" was given new keylines. The EP version, which was originally called "Just the Two of Us", featured a sample from a song of the same name by Grover Washington, Jr.
You do get that there's a difference between "produced" and "did the music for" don't you?