RAP lord EMINEM had to re-learn his trade after kicking the drugs.
The double MTV VMA winner reckons he'd forgotten how to write and rap with a clear head.
He said: "I didn't know if my MC skills were intact.
"That didn't feel good at first. I mean it in the literal sense.
"I had to learn to rap and write again, and I had to do it sober and 100 per cent clean.
"I actually had to learn how to say my lyrics again - how to phrase them, make them flow, how to use force so they sounded like I meant them.
"Rapping wasn't like riding a bike. It was physical as well as mental. I was relearning basic motor skills.
"I couldn't control my hand shakes. I'd get in the recording booth and tried to rap, and none of it was clever, none was witty and I wasn't saying it right.'
Em - who hooked up with RIHANNA on No1 single Live The Way You Lie - added: 'It was four or five months after I'd been clean when I started to get a glimmer of my writing skills back.
"Everything was fun and suddenly I started feeling happy. I hadn't felt happy for a long time."
It's good to have you back.
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