Is Eminem coming out with an album soon?

[Hopsinshadie]

He would sell better just rapping with Gaga or Brittney spears, trust me.

Why the fuck should he care about sales.He is the highest selling rap artist of all time,he is rich as fuck and he is famous.Now for one last time he should make an album for his true fans.

I wish he would retire rather than to collaborate with those bitches.

Recovery was an album for his fans. The reason why he should try to increase his sales is because even though he's the best selling rapper he can do better. He should be compared to the other greats in other genres like Elton John or Mariah Carey.

[AbramIsaac]

Would you shut the fuck up about sales?

Seriously. Making an album that will sell well doesn't mean that you're making a great album. It means you're making an album that will appeal to a large percentage of people in a particular target audience that actually buys music. Using Britney Spears, for instance, would definitely appeal to a certain type of consumer, but it doesn't mean the song would be better than anything he's ever done without her.

You're far too concerned with what people perceive. If Eminem made the best album of all time later this year, and it only sold 100 copies because 2,000,000 people torrented it, I would be happier than if he made an album with any number of bullshit fad artists you seem obsessed with and broke every sales record from now until the end of time.

Beyond that, the fact is that Eminem is widely considered to be one of the best to ever do it. When he dies, that "one of" part of his title will be removed, and every artist in every genre will bow to him. Then will you be able to sleep at night?

[Emadyville]

^ well put. I think the problem is, because raps always debatable about whose better than who, many fans of artists like em, wayne, pac, jay, etc. use sales as sort of a physical piece of evidence that he is so great.

[J.R.]

I'm just reading through, but this thread is just full of people who think they're better than everyone.

[Hopsinshadie]

Would you shut the fuck up about sales?

Seriously. Making an album that will sell well doesn't mean that you're making a great album. It means you're making an album that will appeal to a large percentage of people in a particular target audience that actually buys music. Using Britney Spears, for instance, would definitely appeal to a certain type of consumer, but it doesn't mean the song would be better than anything he's ever done without her.

You're far too concerned with what people perceive. If Eminem made the best album of all time later this year, and it only sold 100 copies because 2,000,000 people torrented it, I would be happier than if he made an album with any number of bullshit fad artists you seem obsessed with and broke every sales record from now until the end of time.

Beyond that, the fact is that Eminem is widely considered to be one of the best to ever do it. When he dies, that "one of" part of his title will be removed, and every artist in every genre will bow to him. Then will you be able to sleep at night?

It's not just sales. Eminem always surprises us. If he made an album with Brittany Spears and Gaga it would be pretty surprising to all of us. And not only would it sell but it would be fresh content. And overtime I think true Shady fans would like it. Have Gaga on the hook, then have a raw flow like in Till I Collapse. Wiz Khafila did that in Pay phone. I think Recovery was a sign that he wants to go more mainstream. Otherwise he wouldn't have rapped with tons of other mainstream stars. Im saying once your already going in that direction, you should go all the way instead of staying in between. Im sure album sales will always be good, but if he made songs with gaga, brittany, they would still be classic songs. Don't assume they would be whack. I think Eminem knows how to pull it off.

[UofLCard]

If he puts pop singers on future albums, it won't be for sales. Eminem knows that he could have an album full of fart noises and it would still sell like hotcakes.

[Cupid Stunt]

He will sell like 10 million in the first week if he makes another "raw" album, without pop artist.

If you go to any Eminem video on Youtube, you'll see at least 10 comments sayin': "I miss the old Eminem".
So almost everyone wants Eminem to make another album like TSSLP/TMMLP/TES.
His next album will probably be a great album, he made a hardcore, violent album (Relapse) and a more serious album (Recovery), now he's probably gonna mix it all up.

Eminem's next album = Violent/Funny/Serious/IDon'tGiveAFuck/SlimShady
Release date: Early 2013 OR Late 2012.

[Hadez]

Recovery was an album for his fans.

i have a hard time believing Recovery was for the fans. he provided nothing that his fans really wanted. his fans didn't want him to use wayne punches, wayne fans did. they didn't want dumb downed rhyming, the general hip-pop (misspelling intended) wanted it that way. the fans didn't say "hey how about you scream on everything you release for the next 2 years."

[Mathers]

Recovery was an album for his fans.

i have a hard time believing Recovery was for the fans. he provided nothing that his fans really wanted. his fans didn't want him to use wayne punches, wayne fans did. they didn't want dumb downed rhyming, the general hip-pop (misspelling intended) wanted it that way. the fans didn't say "hey how about you scream on everything you release for the next 2 years."

Em never dumbed down his rhyming.

[ImHungry]

Recovery was an album for his fans.

i have a hard time believing Recovery was for the fans. he provided nothing that his fans really wanted. his fans didn't want him to use wayne punches, wayne fans did. they didn't want dumb downed rhyming, the general hip-pop (misspelling intended) wanted it that way. the fans didn't say "hey how about you scream on everything you release for the next 2 years."

He doesn't give a shit about his real fans. He did that so his kids and their friends would like him. Real fans would tell you that Recovery isn't an album worth listening.

[Mathers]

Real fans would tell you that Recovery isn't an album worth listening.

I guess I should hate Recovery then.

[Innovation]

Real fans would tell you that Recovery isn't an album worth listening.

Please do define what you consider to be a "real fan"?

[Hadez]

Recovery was an album for his fans.

i have a hard time believing Recovery was for the fans. he provided nothing that his fans really wanted. his fans didn't want him to use wayne punches, wayne fans did. they didn't want dumb downed rhyming, the general hip-pop (misspelling intended) wanted it that way. the fans didn't say "hey how about you scream on everything you release for the next 2 years."

Em never dumbed down his rhyming.

perhaps not 100%. but he use to have songs that had consistently good rhyming. on Recovery he rhymes well on part of the song but the rest is average rapper stuff. it comes in patches. not to mention some of the rhymes that could have been good on Recovery didn't work because he said them wrong.

[Amaranthine]

Who said Richard was dumbed down? Hadex just said that some of Recovery was, which I can agree with. Unless you want to break down Spacebound or something and prove me wrong, Menzo.

[Mathers]

Who said Richard was dumbed down? Hadex just said that some of Recovery was, which I can agree with. Unless you want to break down Spacebound or something and prove me wrong, Menzo.

Are you saying Spacebound was?