Em featured in + on cover of new book "Heart Soul Detroit"

[EMINEM-ERA]

Is there an official photoshoot for eminem like the other artist ?

[Dr. Shady]

The book comes with a free Eminem song.

really? a new one??? is there any source???

[Trimss]

^ No he's lying.

[EminemBase]

^ No he's lying.

He ain't, the distribution publishers let it slip. Song is called "Reject Me".

[TheGentlePlayer]

It would honestly look kinda dope if Em's next album cover had a pic like the first one.

Superb.

That would the dope as fuck

[PAINKILLƎR]

I just noticed he drew that little devil next to his Shady signature on the second picture. I love that shit, he did that on a few of the BME posters right?

I'm pretty sure he's done that since forever.

[PAINKILLƎR]

I just noticed he drew that little devil next to his Shady signature on the second picture. I love that shit, he did that on a few of the BME posters right?

I'm pretty sure he's done that since forever.

Shut up fagface.

I love you too.

[Slim Fiasco]

Fucking awesome picture!

[Sam.]

^ No he's lying.

He ain't, the distribution publishers let it slip. Song is called "Reject Me".

You forgot it has Skylar on the hook.

[Amaranthine]

Interview excerpts:

DETROIT, MI - Eminem is one of 50 iconic people profiled in a new book out called "Heart Soul Detroit" that will be available for purchase online next month on the book's website.

And Slim Shady's interview with the book's creators Jenny Risher and Matt Lee definitely shows how much love and appreciation he has for the Motor City.

Eminem, whose real name is Marshall Bruce Mathers, also is featured on the book's cover.

The book is much, much more than the interviews though.

It's a must-have for anyone intrigued by Detroit and the people who thrived here. The photos show a personal side to some of the most well-known people from the area.

Below is a look at some excerpts from Eminem's interview for the book:

Career start

"I actually started jotting down and writing things when I was like 12 or 13. I started, almost, mimicking other rappers, just trying to figure out what I wanted to sound like. As years went on I got more serious with it, to the point where I felt like I might be actually good enough to do this.

It's one of those things that I'm definitely the most passionate about. Sometimes it felt like, 'I don't have anything else, so I guess I might as well do this.' Not to say that in a nonchalant way. I really didn't have anything else, or know anything else."

Experience at The Hip-Hop Shop (7 Mile and Greenfield in Detroit)

"There was just a really cool vibe; you'd walk in and beats would be playing, sometimes there would be battles. Every Saturday there would be a thing where they'd kind of pass around the mic, and anybody who wanted to rap would get on the mic.

"This was at a point in my life where I definitely thought about quitting, because nothing really seemed to work. It just seemed like, 'I don't know if this is going to happen.'"

Love for Detroit

"Absolutely, I had a lot of fun in Detroit. The most thing for me, I think, especially back then, was just the excitement of going to St. Andrews, or going to Alvin's on a Wednesday. Tuesday was Ebony Showcase, Wednesday was Alvin's, Friday would be St. Andrew's Hall, Saturday was The Hip-Hop Shop. There was C-Note, just anywhere there was music, anywhere there was rap, anywhere there was hip-hop, whether it was open mic, people battling, people got together just to network and exchange numbers. 'I make beats.' 'All right, call me.'

"You know what I'm saying? Like that, to me, was the most fun (expletive) ever. It was exciting. It was an exciting time. That was pretty much the thing for so many years of my life, religiously. Absolutely I miss it."

Dealing with fame

"I still go out. I got to Walmart and (expletive) like that, hang out. No, I've been. But obviously there's a limit to things I can do. It just depends on how much I feel like dealing with certain things, when I do go out. But I do go places, now and again."

How he got the Slim Shady name

"I don't know if you know the old story of me being on (the toilet). Oh, OK. I told this story many years ago. As graphic as it sounds, some of your best material comes from that, being on (the toilet), as you know, I'm sure.

"So the name Slim Shady literally just popped in my head. I had been toying with a bunch of names, because Proof had us in his group, D12, the Dirty Dozen. In the beginning it was called the Dirty Dozen and we all had aliases. I was thinking Dirty Dozen cowboy (expletive), like 'Should I call myself Billy The Kid?'

Everybody had different names and all these things. And one day it just hit me. That name just popped in my head and I started thinking about the things that could rhyme with it and thought, 'You know what? I might go with this.' I think probably what I was doing was toying with initials - 'M&M,' 'S&S'. Like, 'What could I make out of these letters?' Then, one day, it was just like, 'Hmmm, I'm kind of slim... I'm kind of shady...'"

More on Detroit

"I love Detroit. It's the city that I love. It's the city that I'm used to. You know what I'm saying? I'm very much a creature of habit. I moved around a lot as a kid. I think that once I got somewhere where it was , I don't know how you say it, comfortable enough, once i got comfortable I was never leaving.

"I got used to it. I got used to the people here, just everything about the city. People can say what they want about it, but I love it."

Source

[Mikey1990]

this is a good sign that we might hear some news about the album in the next month or two

how can a book about detroit/eminem be a sign for eminems next album?

hes starting to do some promotion which is a sign thats gettin ready to releas something

[Supershade]

"You know what I'm saying? Like that, to me, was the most fun (expletive) ever. It was exciting. It was an exciting time. That was pretty much the thing for so many years of my life, religiously. Absolutely I miss it."

HE'S BACK

[Trimss]

That was a fun read. Is there more or is that the full interview? Lol at Billy the Kid. Sounds like Yelawolf's nick name.

[Amaranthine]

The journalist who wrote the article and has the book says those are only excerpts, but it looks like most of the interview. There's probably not much more to it.

[momentsgolden]

That was a fun read. Is there more or is that the full interview? Lol at Billy the Kid. Sounds like Yelawolf's nick name.

he literally said NOTHING new. NOTHING!! lol Not even changing the way he said what he usually says... but guess we've been starved of news of late haha

Like everyone else, that cover photo is EPIC! Reminds me of the one Joe Budden took in his studio... it just has that larger than life feel to it which i love.