Eminmen and 'Relapse'? YES!!

For everyone out there that has been sleeping under a rock for the last 72 hours, word on the street is that Eminem is coming out with a new album.  This was announced at his book release party (yeah, he wrote a book).  The album will be called "Relapse" and it is supposedly going to drop before the end of the year.  Eminem actually played his first single from the album on his Sirius radio station Shade 45 (yeah, he has his own radio station too).  The single is called "I'm Having A Relapse" and features the same old Eminem beats and striking lyrics.  For more on the new Eminem album click here.

If this is true, this will be Eminem's first full album since 2004's Encore, which has sold a robust 5.1 million copies to date.  Yeah.  5.1 MILLION!  It is about time he decided to come out of retirement. Everything this man has touched in the music industry has turned to gold, check that, platinum. This is a transitioning time for Eminem.  He's a single man, his children are getting older and he just came out with that new book (which is called The Way I Am).  Why not cash in some more?  Plus, with the outpouring and cries for him to come back, it was only time before he decided to blow the dust off his mic.  

No one was more giddy about the news than I was when it first was announced that Eminem would be coming back into our musical lives.  Growing up, he was a forbidden artist to listen to. My parents censored anything and everything that I ever tried to hear, and of course, Eminem basically topped that list of forbidden pleasures.  This is what made listening to him even better. When I finally became old enough to listen to him around my parents, I began to appreciate the art that he actually was producing.  Sure his first two albums were very violent and it seemed as if he was one action away from being institutionalized, but when he really wanted to get an issue across to the listener- he made sure to GRAB you from his recording booth.  It didn't feel as if he was just rapping to people- he made it seem as if he was right there next to you as you listened. 

Overall, I am so excited for this album to finally drop.  As it stands now, his album will be a part of his record label's "Three-Headed Monster" of albums.  Supposedly 50 Cent will release his album in December, followed by Eminem's album and then followed by Dr. Dre's anticipated album, Detox.  It looks like the winter season has just become a lot hotter.  

Here's the first bite from Eminem's new song "I'm Having a Relapse".  Enjoy.