Complex cover

[master360]

http://www.complex.com/blogs/2009/12/01 ... ary-issue/


relapse 2 e refill

[GiuseppeMathers]

http://www.complex.com/blogs/2009/12/01/eminem-covers-our-december-january-issue/


relapse 2 e refill

yo you should say relapse 2 and refill becaus "e" is italian XD

[shadygeneral]

To that point, all of your albums have followed certain conventions as "Eminem albums," and though Relapse was well-received, "We Made You" was the first time that the funny-lead-single formula didn't fully connect.

Eminem: Yeah, looking back on it now I don't know if that was 100 percent the way to go. I kind of liked the way the beat felt like it was slower in the chorus and then it sped up for the verses, but stepping back and looking at it as an average consumer or somebody who goes to a club, it might have been hard to figure out what the hell was going on in the song. On the other hand, it was the only option we had and the album might not even be out now if we hadn't found a song that was clean enough for radio. But am I going to go in that direction again? Probably not.

[dR3]

''Much was made earlier this year of Eminem's comeback album, Relapse. But the real story is how he's put together the best sequel since The Dark Knight.''

[firepower]

So the sequel won’t reflect your reaction to the first one and its reception?
Eminem: Well, when I finished Relapse, I had a whole album of material that didn’t make it that I wasn’t ready to throw away, so that was going to be Relapse 2. But then I got with Dre in Hawaii and started recording more, and now the new material has knocked out all the old songs. But yeah, the new material is definitely different. Making Relapse, I was still working the drugs out of my system, so there was a lot of…just jokey shit. It was a lot of punchline-y, funny, shock value—kind of going back to The Slim Shady LP. And that was cool, but I’ve kind of flipped the page. Now I’m going for songs instead of one-liners. I don’t want to make shit that you hear once and then the joke’s over; I want to make records that you could play a hundred times, a thousand times.

On “Forever”:

Speaking of being on your game, who had the second-best verse on “Forever”?
Eminem: Who had the second-best verse? [Laughs.] I don’t know, I like everybody’s verses—but I like Drake’s verse a lot. I wouldn’t say I had the best verse; everybody approached the beat different. Kanye was crazy, too, and Wayne. I just saw the beat differently than anybody else did; for some reason, I felt like the beat was a double-time beat, so I rapped faster.

On Sobriety:

So you’re stone-sober these days?
Eminem: Yeah, it’ll be 18 months on the 20th [of October]. I realized I can’t touch anything, and that’s why I’m clean right now and why I’m going to stay clean. My brain just doesn’t know when to shut off. When I do something I have to do it all the way—that goes for music, with a high-hat, a snare drum, a rhyme, everything. I have to push it to the extreme. That’s how I realized I have addictive behavior. Somebody told me this once, that the thing that makes me bad is the same thing that makes me good at other things.

On MTV’s Hottest MC’s List:

In case someone wants to put money on it. [Laughs.] Speaking of 50, he’s been venting about his placement on MTV’s “Hottest MCs” list. You were excluded.
Eminem: You know, when I heard that the other day, I didn’t really think too much of it. My only comment was, “That’s some peoples’ opinion.” It’s their opinion, and opinions can’t be wrong. As long as I’m comfortable with what I’m doing and I’m comfortable in my zone, then that’s that.

[Jens14]

Nice, thanks.

[master360]

WHERE YOU TAKE THIS INTERVIEW???? THE MAGAZINE IS OUT?

[q_shady]

the cover and the interview are really good thank you!

[B.A.D.]

great, amazing interview, thanks man

plus, daymn, he really likes lil wayne lol

[shadygeneral]

I don't mean Sunday specifically, but what do you listen to in your free time?

Eminem: Fabolous has got a great album. Jay-Z, obviously. Last year I was bumpin' T.I.'s Paper Trail for almost the whole summer. I had bought Lil Wayne's album, but I was so busy recording that it literally just sat in my CD case until like six months ago. There was the hype about him, but I didn't see what all the hype was about. I felt like he was good, certainly above average from his singles, but it was like, "Is he that dope?" Then I listened to the whole album and was like, "Wow! My man is that dope—Lil Wayne is fucking dope!" You've got to listen to a Lil Wayne song four, five, or six times to actually catch everything he's saying. We were at a video set a couple months ago and I'm bumping it in the trailer and I'm like, "Yo, Wayne is dope!" And Paul is like, "Really? You're just now figuring this out? Where the fuck have you been?" They think it's funny, but you know, being sober, my eyes have opened up to so much more shit that I was missing, that I should have been hip to.

[master360]

where i can take new photo????

[shadygeneral]

I remember talking to you back in '98 and you were like, "I don't want to be a rapper when I'm 30," and the last time we talked—

Eminem: —It was, "I don't want to be a rapper when I'm 40," and the next time we talk it will be, "I don't want to be a rapper when I'm 50." Sixty is the cut-off. I can't be no 60-year-old rapper, son!

Too bad for u guys on the forum who don't wanna see him rap past 40. haha

[Chasingtimeagain]

Thank fucking God for his "Probably Not" direction for another "We Made You" type single and how he said he's done with stupid one-liners and ready to make songs that people can replay 1,000 of times.

Gives me hope that Relapse 2 will be at least a good Em album.

[Drama Setter]

Great News , tnx for posting

[Shadizz]

Thank you for the interview and for posting the cover homie
there are some screenshots I made :