
So purchasing the same album twice may not sit well with some. The seven song EP fortunately or unfortunately depending on your fiscal situation has been appended to the original Relapse though. In the interim though, he is releasing even more music to tide his fans and Interscope’s bottom line over just in case withdrawal sets in. He dropped one of the top selling and most debated albums of 2009 and is already preparing for its sequel in early 2010. Marshall Mathers has re-pledged his allegiance to the grind. If you’re still upset that you won’t have Relapse 2 in time for Christmas, you can hurl obscenities at your television when Eminem performs at the American Music Awards on Sunday, November 22nd.After a four year sabbatical to piece together what was turning into a tragic descent of one of the most interesting lives in the Hip Hop landscape, Mr. “Now I’m at a point where I’m blessed enough to be in a position where I don’t need to put out records, but I want to.” The zany, loony, ridiculous shit, so a lot of that album is rapid-fire punch lines,” Em previously said of Relapse 2. With Relapse, I wanted to prove myself that I could still do it. With the last record, I think a lot of it had to do with me getting sober, my eyes being open again.

“I definitely feel like I’m in a different space right now. The new tracks started to sound very different than the tracks I originally intended to be on Relapse 2, but I still want the other stuff to be heard.”Įminem has reportedly been hard at work in recent months working on Relapse 2, hitting the studio with producers like Just Blaze and Mr. “I got back in with Dre and then a few more producers, including Just Blaze, and went in a completely different direction which made me start from scratch. Hopefully these tracks on The Refill will tide the fans over until we put out Relapse 2 next year,” Eminem said. “I want to deliver more material for the fans this year like I originally planned. Dre-prescribed Relapse would be released in 2009, but with the scheduling of the first installment’s Refill, it appears Relapse 2 is now slotted for release in 2010. So essentially, it’s Slim Shady’s The Fame Monster.Ĭheck out photos of Eminem onstage at the Voodoo Festival.Īs Rolling Stone reported in March, Eminem promised not one but two doses of the Dr.

The DJ Hero exclusive “Taking My Ball” and the Drake/Lil Wayne/Kanye/Eminem collaboration “Forever” will be included on Refill, Rap-Radar reports, with the other five songs being previously unreleased. The Refill will include the entire Relapse, plus seven songs that didn’t make the album. Eminem will release Relapse: The Refill - and not Relapse 2 - on December 21st, the rapper announced on his official website today, November 19th.
