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Relapse (Eminem album)

April 11, 2024

Relapse is the sixth studio album by the American rapper Eminem. It was released on May 19, 2009, through Aftermath Entertainment, Shady Records, and Interscope Records. The album serves as Eminem's return to original material since Encore (2004), following a four-year hiatus from recording due to his writer's block and an addiction to prescription sleeping medication from 2005 and 2007. Recording sessions for the album took place between 2008 and 2009 at several recording studios, and Dr. Dre, Mark Batson, and Eminem handled production.

Relapse
Studio album by
Eminem
ReleasedMay 19, 2009 (2009-05-19)
Recorded2005–2009
Studio
Genre
Length76:05
Label
Producer
Eminem chronology
Curtain Call: The Hits
(2005) 		Relapse
(2009) 		Relapse: Refill
(2009)
Singles from Relapse
  1. "Crack a Bottle"
    Released: February 2, 2009
  2. "We Made You"
    Released: April 7, 2009
  3. "3 a.m."
    Released: April 23, 2009
  4. "Beautiful"
    Released: August 11, 2009

Relapse is a concept album that revolves around horror, drug rehabilitation and relapse. A return of his Slim Shady alter ego, Eminem stated that the album's theme was more reminiscent of The Slim Shady LP (1999) and The Marshall Mathers LP (2000).[4] In September 2007, Dr. Dre stated his intention to dedicate two months to the production of the album.[5] Working with Dr. Dre allowed Eminem to pick the beats from Dr. Dre's catalog that challenged his rhythm to experiment with different flows.[6] During the recording period, a handful of songs intended for Relapse were leaked on the Internet.[7]

One of the most anticipated albums of 2009, Relapse debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, selling 608,000 copies in its first week.[8] It also reached number one in twelve other countries. It produced three singles: "We Made You", "3 a.m.", and "Beautiful", as well as two promotional singles: "Crack a Bottle" and "Old Time's Sake". "Crack a Bottle", which features Dr. Dre and 50 Cent, reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. Relapse was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

Critically, the album received mixed reviews. Reviewers generally praised its production, but were divided in their responses towards the writing and overuse of accents throughout the album. Nonetheless, it won Eminem the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album, while "Crack a Bottle" won for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group. The album later found a strong cult following among fans and critics, establishing Relapse as a cult classic.[9][10][11][12]

Background edit

After releasing Encore in 2004, Eminem planned to take some time off from recording his own music to become a hip hop producer for other rap acts, especially for the artists signed on his own label, Shady Records.[13] However, Eminem entered his hiatus after cancelling the European leg of the Anger Management Tour in the summer of 2005 because of exhaustion and an addiction to prescription sleeping drugs.[14][15] In the following year, the rapper's remarriage to his former wife Kimberly Scott lasted only eleven weeks before a second divorce,[16] while his best friend and fellow rapper Proof was later shot and killed during an altercation outside a Detroit nightclub. Devastated, Eminem relapsed into prescription drug abuse and became increasingly reclusive.[16][17][18] In a June 2009 interview for XXL, Eminem elaborated on the impact of Proof's death on him, stating:

"Everyone felt Proof's loss, from his kids, to his wife, to everyone. But, for some reason, in hindsight, the way I felt was almost like it happened to just me... Maybe at the time I was a little bit selfish with it. I think it kind of hit me so hard. It just blindsided me. I just went into such a dark place that, with everything, the drugs, my thoughts, everything. And the more drugs I consumed, and it was all depressants I was taking, the more depressed I became, the more self-loathing I became..."[19]

Speculation on an upcoming album by Eminem which is named King Mathers comfirmed by Cashis and many different leaks, was reported since Early–2007 from announcements made by artists 50 Cent and Stat Quo, former members of Shady Records.[20][21] Also, rapper Bizarre – a member of the hip hop group D12 – stated that the release of the group's third studio album was on hold because Interscope Records wanted to release Eminem's album first.[22] By the end of the year, additional musicians associated with Shady Records – including The Alchemist, Bishop Lamont, Cashis and Obie Trice – had confirmed on different occasions that the rapper was effectively working on a new album.[23][24][25][26] On September 12, 2007, during a call at the radio station WQHT Hot 97, Eminem stated that he was in limbo and was not sure whether he would release any new material in the near future. He then elaborated that at that point he was constantly working in the recording studio and had come to terms with his personal issues.[27] However, in December 2007, he was hospitalized because of an overdose of methadone.[28] In early 2008, he began a 12-step program to recover from his addiction; in a later interview, he said that he got sober on April 20, 2008.[28] He has stayed sober since then.[29]

Recording edit

 
Dr. Dre (pictured in 2012) provided the vast majority of production for the album.

Eminem had continued recording throughout 2005, and released most of this work on his Shady Records compilation album Eminem Presents: The Re-Up. He also written half the track "Beautiful" in late 2005 after he first got out of rehab, which would later be written and recorded in Early 2008 and became the fifth and final single on Relapse, and also one of the only songs on the entire album in which Eminem recorded when he wasn't sober.[30] Eminem began the recording stages of Relapse in mid-2008, after completing a 12-step program to control his drug addiction. Record producer and long-time Detroit collaborator Jeff Bass of the Bass Brothers worked with Eminem on 25 tracks, two years after the rapper had received treatment for his sleeping pill addiction in 2005.[17][31] Depressed by Proof's death, Eminem fell into a period of "writer's block", where he felt everything he wrote was not worth recording.[19] To compensate for this, Bass chose to follow a production style that would allow the artist to rap "off the top of his head, as opposed to writing a story".[31] Eminem would then freestyle or record vocals one line at a time before interrupting and then recording another line.[19] At the same time, according to Eminem's song rights supervisor Joel Martin, the rapper began to collect additional songs without noticing it. He would often record or produce material initially intended for the musical projects of other artists, but end up with tracks he really liked.[31]

Eminem purchased the Effigy Studio in Ferndale, Michigan, in 2007, and ended his working relationship with much of his former production team of the 54 Sound recording studio, including the Bass Brothers.[31][32] In September 2007, Dr. Dre stated his intention to dedicate two months to the production of King Mathers.[5][33] Working with Dr. Dre allowed Eminem to concentrate on the processes of songwriting rather than the production, which was largely taken care of by Dre.[5] The rapper justified his choice of using Dr. Dre for the vast majority of the production due to their long collaborative history and a musical "chemistry" only he and Dr. Dre shared.[7] This allowed the rapper to pick the beats from Dr. Dre's catalog that challenged him rhythm-wise to experiment with different flows.[6] The making of the album progressed at the Effigy Studio up to a year after, as recording sessions were then moved to Orlando, Florida, in July or August 2008.[17][19] By then, Eminem had begun to start writing verses again at such a pace that he often took more time to record the lyrics than write them. He credited sobriety for his new creative run, acknowledging that his mind was free of the clutter that "blocked" him during his drug abuse in the last years.[19][28] Dr. Dre would start the song-writing process by giving a number of his beats on a CD to Eminem, who in a separate room in the studio would listen and select the ones he preferred and inspired him the most. Eminem would then write lyrics to the instrumentals, while Dr. Dre and his production staff continued to create new music. Once he felt he had written lyrics for enough songs, Eminem would dedicate an entire day to record his songs to the point that he would lose his voice for the following days. At that point, the rapper would then begin to write lyrics for new songs.[19][34] The process continued for the next six months and allowed Eminem to have enough material for a second album, initially called Relapse 2, which became Recovery.[35]

During this recording period, a handful of songs intended for Relapse were leaked on the Internet, including an incomplete version of "Crack a Bottle".[7] The song was finished in January 2009 and featured vocals from Dr. Dre and 50 Cent.[36] Despite the leak, the album was being completed in a state of near-total secrecy, according to the British newspaper The Independent.[17] Even Polydor Records, the multinational owner of Interscope, had no information on the album at the time.[17] On April 23, Eminem suggested he and possibly Dr. Dre were the only ones in possession of the final copy of Relapse; his manager Paul Rosenberg added that even Eminem's record labels were not in possession of the music less than a month before its release to prevent possible bootlegging.[37]

Music and lyrics edit

 
"3 a.m."
The song was produced by Dr. Dre and features Eminem lyrically depicting himself as a murderer of several people.
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In an interview for XXL, Eminem described the concept behind Relapse to be the ending of his drug rehabilitation and thus rap as if he was on drugs again, as well as the return of his fictional alter-ego Slim Shady.[19] According to the interviewer Datwon Thomas, Eminem's influences for the album came from his own past drug issues and from television shows and documentaries involving crime and serial killers, as the rapper was fascinated by "serial killers and their psyche and their mind states".[28][38] In a May 2009 interview for The New York Times, Eminem discussed his view of serial killers, stating:

"You listen to these people talk, or you see them, they look so regular. What does a serial killer look like? He don't look like anything. He looks like you. You could be living next door to one. If I lived next door to you, you could be."[28]

Music critic Robert Christgau interpreted the opening line to the album featuring the phrase "horror corridor" as Eminem telling listeners that it is a horrorcore album.[39] Ben Kaplan of the Vancouver Courier also categorized it as a horrorcore album.[40] Ann Powers of the Los Angeles Times said that the album's "horrorcore scenes" show Eminem as "a madman created by the hypocrisy of therapy".[41] Music journalist Rob Sheffield remarked on its sensationalist drug references and said that Relapse is "a hip-hop version" of comedian Richard Pryor's Live on the Sunset Strip (1982).[3]

Songs edit

Relapse opens with the skit "Dr. West", where actor Dominic West voices a drug counselor who becomes more creepy as the skit goes on and turns out to be Slim Shady, his Alter Ego who comes back after faking his death to possess Eminem to bring back his career..[41] The skit leads to "3 A.M.", where Eminem depicts himself as a serial killer during a murder spree.[42][43] When "3 A.M." was released as a single prior to the album's own release, Eminem noted that the song closely mirrored what he believed was the overall dark tone of the album.[6] On "My Mom", the rapper traces his addictive tendencies to his mother and shows how he became a drug addict just like her.[28][3] Eminem continues his family tales on "Insane", where he imagines himself as a victim of child sexual abuse. For Eminem, the goal of "Insane" was to make song that would disgust the listeners and "make them puke", adding that he came up with this idea after thinking of the song's first line ("I was born with a —— in my brain/Yeah, ——— in the head").[34] Mariah Carey and her then husband Nick Cannon are targeted in "Bagpipes from Baghdad", where Eminem raps over a pungi loop.[44][45]

After "Hello", where Eminem re-introduces himself after years of being absent "mentally",[34] he continues his violent fantasies on "Same Song & Dance", where he abducts and murders Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears.[3][44] The upbeat rhythm of "Same Song & Dance" reminded Eminem of a dance track, which inspired him to write something in order to "get women to dance to it and not really know what the fuck they're dancing to" without listening to the lyrics.[34] On the ninth track of the album, "We Made You", Eminem mocks several celebrities and plays the role of a "pop star serial killer".[46] Eminem noted that his various "celebrity bashings" were not meant to be seen as personal attacks, but it was rather "picking names out of a hat" that rhymed with the words he wanted to use during the writing process.[47] On "Medicine Ball" Eminem mocks and impersonates deceased actor Christopher Reeve in order to get his audience to "laugh at it, and then almost feel bad for laughing".[34][3] The next track is "Stay Wide Awake", which Eminem raps about assaulting and raping women. Dr. Dre also has a guest appearance on "Old Time's Sake", a duet Eminem described as a "fun, yet reminiscent record old times" in which he and Dre rap back and forth between each other, advocating the use of marijuana for creative and financial benefits.[34] Song "Must Be the Ganja" follows, where Eminem raps that working in the recording studio is like a drug and an addiction for him.[34]

After the skit "Mr. Mathers", where Eminem is found unconscious in bathroom by paramedics due to a drug overdose and taken to a hospital, "Déjà Vu" addresses his overdose in 2007 and drug dependency during his hiatus from music.[28][34] On the song, Eminem also explains how this has affected him in the last five years, to the point where his daughter has become scared of her father's behavior.[48] "Beautiful", a ballad which samples "Reaching Out" by Queen + Paul Rodgers, also deals with the same time period where Eminem believed he had "reached rock bottom" and lost hope for his future.[34][3] Eminem felt it was important to include "Beautiful" on the album as a reminder to himself as well as "anybody who is in a dark place [...] that you can get out of it".[34] After "Crack a Bottle", a collaboration with Dr. Dre and 50 Cent, Relapse continues the skits with “Steve Berman (Skit)”. The skit contains Steve Berman yelling at Eminem after previously shooting him, and Steve makes him leave by pulling out a gun himself. Relapse ends with "Underground". On this final track, Eminem sought to bring back his music and lyrics to the subject matter and punchlines reminiscent of "The Hiphop Shop times" (The Hiphop Shop was a clothing store in Detroit where local rappers, including Eminem, would compete in freestyle battles[49]), before he had become famous and thus did not have worry about the explicit content of his lyrics.[34]

Release and promotion edit

 
"Popsomp Hills", a fictional rehabilitation center established to promote Relapse

In 2007, Shady Records rapper Cashis discussed the album, referring to it by the title King Mathers and adding that it would be released later that year.[25] However, Eminem's publicist Dennis Dennehy would later deny this and stated that "there was no album scheduled for a 2007 release" and that, as of August 2007, there was no confirmed title.[50] No other official statement was made for over a year. It was not until September 15, 2008, at an event held by Shade 45 to celebrate the publication of Eminem's autobiography The Way I Am, the rapper confirmed his plans to release a studio album by the title of Relapse. During the party, he also previewed to the audience a song called "I'm Having a Relapse".[51]

In regards to the album's release date, Rolling Stone wrote in its October 2008 issue that Virgin Megastores had planned to distribute Relapse on November 27, 2008, in the United States.[52] On October 27, a spokesperson for Interscope explained that there was no official date at the time, and that any release dates that had been posted on any website were unfounded.[53][54] In a phone conversation during the finale of Total Request Live on November 16, 2008, Eminem asserted that Relapse would be released during the first quarter of 2009, precisely during either of the first two months of the year, explaining that he was in the process of selecting the songs for the album.[55]

Despite the leak two months before, "Crack a Bottle" was eventually released for legal paid digital download as well as a promotional single on February 2, 2009, and also reached the number one position on the US Billboard Hot 100;[56][57] according to Eminem's manager Paul Rosenberg, a music video for the song had been produced and directed by Syndrome and was released in several parts of the world from May to early June. At the time of the release, various contradicting reports disputed whether the song would be included on Relapse,[58][59] but a press release from head label Universal Music Group confirmed the single's inclusion on the album.[35] In similar press statements after March 5, Universal made public the regional release dates for Relapse: as early as May 15, 2009, in Italy and the Netherlands; most other European countries and Brazil on May 18; and the following day in the United States and Australia. Additionally, the record label also announced a second album by Eminem, then called Relapse 2 but later titled Recovery, which was to be released by the end of the year, but expected in June 2010. Eminem explained that he and Dr. Dre had recorded a considerable amount of music and thus, by releasing two albums, would allow listeners to have access to all of his music.[35]

After the release of "Crack a Bottle", the music video of the single "We Made You" was aired on April 7, and became available for purchase a week later on April 13.[60][61] The video was directed by Joseph Kahn and premiered simultaneously on several MTV channels as well as MTV's website.[62] On April 28, the third overall single for the album, "3 a.m.", was released again for paid music download.[63] A music video for "3 a.m." was directed by Syndrome and filmed in Detroit. It premiered on May 2 on Cinemax, several days after a trailer for the video was posted online.[6][64] Two more singles were distributed prior to the album's release, as "Old Time's Sake" and "Beautiful" went on sale on the iTunes Store on May 5 and 12 respectively.[65] "My Darling" and "Careful What You Wish For" were made available upon purchase of the Premium version of the album.[66][67] The track "Insane" peaked at position 85 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart on the album's release via iTunes.[68]

On April 4, 2009, CBS featured Eminem during the network's coverage of the 2009 NCAA Final Four in a segment where he recited the spoken word "Love Letter to Detroit". Later on the same day, the rapper inducted the hip hop group Run-D.M.C. to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Adam Graham of The Detroit News described this as "all part of the calculated promotional push" for Relapse.[69] The rapper performed live at the 2009 MTV Movie Awards on May 31,[70] while he appeared on the covers of hip hop magazines Vibe and XXL in their respective issues in June 2009;[19][71] the latter was created by a deal struck with Eminem and Marvel Comics, where the rapper would pose as Marvel's main vigilante The Punisher. Marvel created an issue of the comic co-starring Eminem.[72] An iPhone game to accompany the album was released on May 19, 2009.[73]

While on the Never Say Never tour, fellow group members Swifty and Kuniva (D12) along with Royce Da 5'9" stopped by KISS 100FM for a live interview and spoke on Relapse. Royce stated that the album will be a game changer and jokingly said he might have to push his own album back three years after Eminem drops his.[74] Kuniva added that D12 recorded many tracks for Relapse but wasn't sure if they would make the album or not.[74] Swifty then confirmed that Eminem would be dropping two albums in 2009, with Relapse 2 following Relapse.[74] Relapse was re-released on December 21, 2009, as Relapse: Refill, with seven bonus tracks and including the single "Forever" (originally on More Than a Game soundtrack), "Taking My Ball" (released with DJ Hero), and five previously unreleased tracks. On its re-release, Eminem stated: "I want to deliver more material for the fans this year like I originally planned. Hopefully these tracks on The Refill will tide the fans over until we put out Relapse 2 next year".[75]

Artwork edit

The album cover for Relapse was first published through Eminem's Twitter account on April 21, 2009.[18] It illustrates a head shot of the rapper composed by a mosaic of thousands of pills. A sticker on the cover resembles a prescription drug label, on which the patient is Eminem and the prescribing doctor is Dr. Dre.[18] Gil Kaufman of MTV News described the cover as a reference to the rapper's struggle and addiction to prescription drugs, adding that it follows Eminem's habit of displaying personal issues in his art.[18] The album booklet and back cover follow a pill prescription design. On the backside of the booklet is a dedication to Proof, where Eminem explains that he's sober and that he tried to write a song for him, but that he didn't find one of them good enough therefore he dedicates the whole album to him. The CD itself is meant to represent the lid on a bottle of prescription pills, grey with the big red inscription "Push Down & Turn".[76] The cover for Relapse: Refill is the same, with the background color changed from black to white. The prescription drug label is scratched out and the writing "Refill" is posed next to it.[77]

Critical reception edit

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?5.7/10[78]
Metacritic59/100[79]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [44]
The A.V. ClubC−[80]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[81]
The Guardian     [82]
The Independent     [83]
MSN Music (Consumer Guide)B−[84]
NME5/10[85]
Pitchfork4.8/10[86]
Rolling Stone     [3]
Spin4/10[87]

Relapse received a mostly mixed reception from music critics upon release.[88][89] It holds an aggregate score of 59, based on 27 reviews, at Metacritic.[89] Despite calling it an "impressively focused and clever work", Los Angeles Times writer Ann Powers felt the music was "not transcendent" and commented that "Eminem could have pulled his music into a new category. What he presents is still powerful, but narrowly cast".[90] Andy Gill of The Independent found the album to be "drably repetitive, while its dated tone is emphasised by the return of Dr. Dre as producer."[83] NME's Louis Pattison found Eminem's wordplay "wicked in the depths of its depravity", but felt that "the overriding feel is of an album just too jaded, too joyless to truly count as a return to form".[85] Slant Magazine's Eric Henderson viewed that "the further Relapse strays from narrative veracity, the more one suspects his fanbase feels he's tapping into his bottomless well for horror-show grandstanding."[81] The Times called Relapse "an album that sits square between what Eminem is theoretically still capable of and what we feared he has become."[91] Nathan Rabin, writing in The A.V. Club, panned it as "facile pre-adolescent shock mixed with gory, corpse-strewn, Fangoria-damaged horrorcore."[80] MSN Music's Robert Christgau called it a "dud" and accused Eminem of sensationalism: "this is not a Slim Shady album. Slim Shady had a lightness about him".[84]

In a positive review, Rolling Stone magazine's Rob Sheffield called the album a "more painful, honest and vital record" that is on-par or better than Eminem's 2002 album The Eminem Show.[3] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic described the album as "musically white-hot, dense, and dramatic" and said that "his flow is so good, his wordplay so sharp, it seems churlish to wish that he addressed something other than his long-standing obsessions and demons".[44] The Daily Telegraph commended its honest depiction of Eminem's drug addiction and overuse.[92] Although he found its concept "spotty", Vibe's Benjamin Meadows-Ingram praised Eminem's lyricism, writing that "Em works wonders with words, expanding the boundaries of the art of rap itself [...] the composition is experimental and abstract, a master toying with form".[93] At the 52nd Grammy Awards, the album won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album.[94]

Retrospective appraisals edit

Despite the lukewarm reviews at its release, Relapse gained a strong cult following and it is considered by many as one of Eminem's classic albums. Mark Batson, one of the co-producers with Dr. Dre, said: "When we made Relapse with Eminem, it was not well received at the moment but now it is considered to be a classic. That's how it goes."[95] Eminem's long time collaborator, Paul Rosenberg singled out the song "Underground" as one of his favorite songs.[96]

Mitch Findlay from HotNewHipHop touted Relapse as Eminem's strongest project after The Eminem Show: "Relapse is probably the strongest of Eminem's post-comeback catalog, largely in part to some excellent production from Dr. Dre, Dawaun Parker, and Mike Elizondo. Plus, Em seems to be in the zone here, especially when it comes to his flow. The concept, in which he embodies a depraved, accented serial killer, can be a little tiresome, but it also leads to a gratuitous bout of lyrical and hilarious Grand-Guignol." He singled out "Hello", "Beautiful" and "Deja Vu" as highlights.[97][98] In 2019, Findlay included "Same Song & Dance" and "Music Box" on his "Dr. Dre's Top 10 Most Haunting Beats".[99] Complex magazine's "The 100 Best Eminem Song" ranks "Stay Wide Awake" at number 86, "Elevator" at number 81, "My Darling" at number 79, "Underground" at number 74, "3 a.m." at number 67, "Insane" at number 27, and "Déjà Vu" at number 20.[100]

Drew Landry from DJBooth called Relapse a "dark, disturbing and often hilarious album" and said: "Relapse sounds like a "how many violent dick jokes can I shout before someone tries to decapitate me" science experiment. If you simply sit back and embrace the depravity, though, it's oddly glorious. Eminem wasn't trying to make radio hits nor was he trying to inspire fans; he just wanted to gross us all out. And in that regard, holy shit does he succeed." He singled out "Insane", "Stay Wide Awake", "Same Song & Dance", "Medicine Ball" and "3 a.m" as the 5 most disgusting songs on the album and referred to the album as "an episode of South Park written by Stephen King".[101]

Patrick Bierut from UDiscoverMusic named Relapse "the true marvel Of Eminem's sinister return to hip-hop" and said "Relapse remains one of the most overlooked releases not only of Eminem's career, but the mid-to-late 00s. Not only is it the Eminem album in which Dr. Dre had the truest hand in production, it's also the most remarkable demonstration of his raw ability to rap better than almost anyone else. Due to its divisive content, however, Relapse doesn't get enough credit for being the marvel it truly is."[102]

Spin also included some songs of the album on the top 100 of All 289 Eminem Songs, Ranked article, included "Déjà Vu" at 36 position, "Crack a Bottle" at number 48, "Beautiful" at number 62, "3 a.m" at number 68, "Elevator" at number 76, "Stay Wide Awake" at number 79 and "Underground" at number 82.[103] HipHopDX called Relapse a "horrorcore masterpiece" and said: "the record stands as an artistic achievement that further solidifies Eminem as one of the greatest, most creative MCs to ever pick up a microphone. The article goes on to reflect the changing fan sentiment toward the album, stating that it took "years to uncover its brilliance".[2]

Eminem's thoughts on the album edit

 
Eminem performing in support of Relapse in 2009.

On his following album Recovery (2010), Eminem made reference to Relapse and criticizes it in the second verse of the song "Not Afraid": "In fact, let's be honest/That last Relapse CD was 'ehh'/ Perhaps I ran them accents into the ground/ Relax, I ain't going back to that now".[104] He also referenced it in the song "Talkin' 2 Myself" saying he was still getting the pills out of his system at that point which led to its subpar status.[105]

He slowed down his feelings about the album after that saying "I don't hate Relapse. I don't hate it at all, but when I'm looking back at an album I do have a tendency, and especially with that album, to run things into the ground. That was one of those instances where I got in a zone, like, "Yo I just want to be this demented serial killer on this album. And part of that was a growing process to get to Recovery, working through those steps, relearning how to rap, and relearning where I need to be at."[106] He reiterates this statement during his 2013 Q&A with Rolling Stone saying "I don't hate the record. I want to rap and be able to always try to do my best lyrically, but at the same time find the right balance between that and making the right songs. And you know, I don't know if I necessarily found that balance yet, because I was just getting sober and just kind of finding my feet again and so there was a lot of songs that were just like "Ha ha this is funny!" You know, walking around and joking around with your friends and shit and it ends up on the record and you're laughing about it. Because when I got sober it was like – I've said this before – but it just was like "Oh shit! I can think straight again!" So I don't know if that record was particularly my best work as far as songs, writing songs that felt like something, that brought some kind of emotion. I ran accents into the grounds. I got stuck on that kind of serial killer, crazy vibe and just kind of went with it.[107]

In 2013, Eminem also addressed the mindstate he had while working on 2009's Relapse saying: "It was interesting, man. I don't know if before Relapse, if we're talking the Infinite album and pre-signing with Dre and all that, from that point on, I don't know if I ever did anything or did much sober at all. Relapse was the first album and first recordings that I did when the lights went on and I was sober. I was still trying to figure things out...It's interesting. Fun time. I had a fun time." He reiterated his feeling about the album "I felt Relapse was, I don't know. I don't know if people know what I really had to go through to be able to make Relapse and to be able to write again and to be able to think again and just normal everyday bodily functions and functions in my mind. I don't want to say I wasn't in a place to record again, but I needed time. I needed time to be able to figure out things. I wanted to be able to make my songs feel like something again. I know a lot of stuff on Relapse was comical and funny punchline jokes, but a lot of the songs didn't really feel like anything. I had to go back and listen to some of my older music to try to figure out what I was doing wrong. Once I felt like I figured that out, I started making songs that felt like something again."[108]

About the accents he used on the album: "I recorded at least 50 to 60 songs for that album and on each one I would get a little more drastic with the accents, trying to bend the words and make them rhyme in ways they wouldn't if you just said them regular. It was this gradual thing and I didn't even realize how accent-heavy the album got. Paul [Rosenberg] didn't realize it either until he went and played the music for somebody at Interscope and they were like, "Why is he doing all those accents?" So yeah, I don't know how much replay value that album has."[109] He reiterates his statement in 2018 during the Kamikaze four-part interview: "I have made albums that definitely, probably would not be at the top of my list — Encore, Relapse — which I believe Encore is a better album than Relapse. Relapse is something I went back to and cringed at. Like, 'Jesus Christ, I didn't realize I was doing that many accents."[110]

On his album Revival (2017), Eminem also made references to Relapse especially on the closing song "Arose": "I'm 'bout to, like a rematch, outdo Relapse/ With Recovery, Mathers LP2/ Help propel me to victory laps/ Gas toward 'em and fast forward the past".[111]

Before the YouTube premiere of the Godzilla music video on the 'Lyrical Lemonade' channel, Eminem answered questions on the live chat. Fans filled the chat with requests for Relapse 2, which Eminem addressed, "I see a lot of requests for accents!"[112]

In 2020, Eminem looks back positively on the album for the 11th anniversary of its release. Eminem also emulates his Relapse rap style in Music to be Murdered By: Side B (Deluxe Edition) on the song "Discombobulated".[113][114]

In 2022, Eminem also looks back more positively on the album during his manager and collaborator, Paul Rosenberg's podcast, although the Relapse vibe is not something he is dreaming of reviving: "I don't have a problem with some of the rhymes, and I don't have a problem with some of the verse's choices lyrically. It's just the accents. I feel like I sounded so demented in that shit, I got cemented in that shit."[115][96]

Commercial performance edit

One of the most anticipated albums of 2009,[116][117][118][119][120] Relapse was the top-selling hip hop album of the year.[121] Upon its release, the album debuted at No. 1 on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 608,000 copies in its first week.[122] In Canada, the album sold 64,000 copies in its first week and debuted at number 1 on the Canadian Albums Chart.[123] By the end of 2009, the album had sold 180,000 physical units in Canada, making it the ninth best-selling physical album in Canada of 2009.[124] Outside of North America, Relapse managed to reach the number one spot in its first week in various other countries including Australia, France, Norway, Denmark and New Zealand,[125] while climbing into the Top 5 in many other countries, including Germany, Italy, Finland, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland and Sweden.[125][126] In its second week the album stayed at number one and sold a further 211,000 copies, taking its total to 819,000 to become the fifth best-seller of the year.[127] In the third week, Relapse dropped to number two and sold another 141,000 copies, bringing the total U.S. sales to 962,000,[128] Relapse dropped to number three in its fourth week, selling 87,000 copies for a total of 1,049,000 in the U.S.[129] The next week, Relapse went down to number four and sold 72,000 copies.[130] In its sixth week, the album was at number five and sold another 47,000 copies, pushing its total sales to 1,169,000.[131] It dropped down to the number nine in its seventh week, selling 39,000 copies and taking its total U.S. sales up to 1,207,000 copies.[132] In its eighth week, it remained at number nine and sold a further 34,000 copies for a total of 1,241,000.[133] The album is known as the one that coined the phrase “tonight we are young so let’s set the world on fire, we can burn brighter than the sun”, on the album’s song “Elevator”.

Relapse became the best selling rap album of 2009.[134] As of March 2014, Relapse has sold 2.3 million copies in the United States.[135][136] The album was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America on August 27, 2010.[137]

Track listing edit

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Dr. West (Skit)" (performed by Dominic West & Marshall Mathers)
1:29
2."3 a.m."
Dr. Dre5:19
3."My Mom"
  • Mathers
  • Young
  • Batson
  • Parker
  • Lawrence
Dr. Dre5:19
4."Insane"
  • Mathers
  • Young
  • Batson
  • Parker
  • Lawrence
  • Elizondo
Dr. Dre3:01
5."Bagpipes from Baghdad"
  • Mathers
  • Young
  • Batson
  • Parker
  • Lawrence
  • Elizondo
  • Sean Cruse
  • Dr. Dre
  • Trevor Lawrence, Jr.
4:43
6."Hello"
  • Mathers
  • Young
  • Batson
  • Parker
  • Lawrence
  • Dr. Dre
  • Mark Batson
4:08
7."Tonya (Skit)" (performed by Elizabeth Keener)
  • Mathers
  • Rosenberg
  • Dr. Dre
  • Eminem
0:42
8."Same Song & Dance"
  • Mathers
  • Young
  • Batson
  • Parker
  • Lawrence
  • Elizondo
  • Dr. Dre
  • Dawaun Parker
4:06
9."We Made You"
  • Dr. Dre
  • Eminem
  • Doc Ish[a]
4:29
10."Medicine Ball"
  • Mathers
  • Young
  • Batson
  • Parker
  • Lawrence
  • Dr. Dre
  • Mark Batson
3:57
11."Paul (Skit)" (performed by Paul Rosenberg)
  • Mathers
  • Rosenberg
0:19
12."Stay Wide Awake"
  • Mathers
  • Young
  • Batson
  • Parker
  • Lawrence
  • Elizondo
Dr. Dre5:19
13."Old Time's Sake" (featuring Dr. Dre)
  • Mathers
  • Young
  • Batson
  • Parker
  • Lawrence
  • Dr. Dre
  • Mark Batson
4:38
14."Must Be the Ganja"
  • Mathers
  • Young
  • Batson
  • Parker
  • Lawrence
  • Dr. Dre
  • Mark Batson
4:02
15."Mr. Mathers (Skit)"
  • Mathers
  • Rosenberg
  • Dr. Dre
  • Eminem
0:42
16."Déjà Vu"
  • Mathers
  • Young
  • Batson
  • Parker
  • Lawrence
  • Cruse
Dr. Dre4:43
17."Beautiful"
  • Eminem
  • Jeff Bass
6:32
18."Crack a Bottle" (with Dr. Dre & 50 Cent)
Dr. Dre4:57
19."Steve Berman (Skit)" (performed by Angela Yee, Marshall Mathers & Steve Berman)
  • Mathers
  • Rosenberg
1:29
20."Underground"
  • Mathers
  • Young
  • Batson
  • Parker
  • Lawrence
  • Dr. Dre
  • Curtis "Sauce" Wilson (chorus vocals)
6:11
Total length:76:05
Deluxe edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
21."My Darling"
  • Mathers
  • Young
  • Resto
  • Mike Strange
Eminem5:20
22."Careful What You Wish For"
  • Mathers
  • Resto
  • Steve King
Eminem3:47
Total length:85:12
iTunes deluxe edition[138]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
21."My Darling"
Eminem5:20
22."Careful What You Wish For"
  • Mathers
  • Resto
  • Steve King
Eminem3:47
23."We Made You" (single version)
4:46
24."Crack a Bottle" (single version) (featuring Dr. Dre and 50 Cent)
Dr. Dre5:15
25."3 a.m." (music video)  5:31
26."We Made You" (music video)  4:53
Total length:105:48

Notes

  • ^[a] signifies an additional producer.
  • On the clean version, track 14 is written as "Must Be The".

Relapse: Refill edit

Relapse: Refill
 
Studio album (reissue) by
Eminem
ReleasedDecember 21, 2009 (2009-12-21)
Recorded2008–2009
Genre
Length118:53
Label
Producer
Eminem chronology
Relapse
(2009) 		Relapse: Refill
(2009) 		Recovery
(2010)
Singles from Relapse
  1. "Forever"
    Released: August 27, 2009

Because Eminem recorded far more material than he could use for one album and felt that he had to offer his fans more music after staying on hiatus for so long, fellow D12 member Swift confirmed that Eminem in fact had planned to put out two albums the same year, following with Relapse 2, in late 2009.[74] According to Angela Yee's Shade 45 interview with Eminem on April 23, 2009, Relapse 2 was to be a continuation of Relapse.[139] During the interview, Eminem confirmed: "It's extremely close to being finished, it just depends on how many songs I want to put on it."[140] Eminem also explained the album was more "emotionally driven" than Relapse, which was, as he explains, "[just] rap records".[141] Guest appearances were expected to come from the likes of Dr. Dre, 50 Cent, D12, Royce da 5'9",[142] Lloyd Banks[143] and Cashis.[144] The album was subsequently pushed back for an early 2010 release, so Eminem decided to re-release Relapse as Relapse: Refill, which includes a bonus disc featuring seven new tracks, including the single "Forever" (originally on More Than a Game soundtrack) and "Taking My Ball" (released with DJ Hero), as well as five previously unreleased tracks. On its re-release, Eminem stated: "I want to deliver more material for the fans this year like I originally planned. Hopefully these tracks on The Refill will tide the fans over until we put out Relapse 2 next year."[75]

On April 13, 2010, Eminem tweeted "There is no Relapse 2", thus announcing that the album has been scrapped in favor of his new project Recovery. While recording Relapse 2 and witnessing the mixed reaction of its predecessor among fans and critics alike, Eminem decided to throw away most of the recorded material and started from scratch. The result did not seem to him as continuation of Relapse but more of an individual project that deserved its own name. Eminem said: "I had originally planned for Relapse 2 to come out last year. But as I kept recording and working with new producers, the idea of a sequel to Relapse started to make less and less sense to me, and I wanted to make a completely new album. The music on Recovery came out very different from Relapse, and I think it deserves its own title."[145] The now-renamed album debuted at number 1 on the US Billboard 200 chart, with first-week sales of 741,000 copies in the United States.[146] As of September 25, 2011, the album had sold 4,040,000 copies in the United States[147] and was also the best-selling album of 2010 worldwide,[148] earning a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album.[149]

Relapse: Refill
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Forever" (with Drake, Kanye West and Lil Wayne)
Boi-1da5:58
2."Hell Breaks Loose" (featuring Dr. Dre)
4:04
3."Buffalo Bill"
  • Dr. Dre
  • Batson
3:52
4."Elevator"
4:52
5."Taking My Ball"
  • Mathers
  • Young
  • Batson
  • Parker
  • Lawrence
Dr. Dre5:01
6."Music Box"
  • Mathers
  • Young
  • Batson
  • Parker
  • Lawrence
5:05
7."Drop the Bomb on 'Em"
  • Mathers
  • Young
  • Batson
  • Parker
  • Lawrence
Dr. Dre4:48
Total length:38:27
Notes
  • ^[a] signifies an additional producer.

Personnel edit

Charts edit

Certifications and sales edit

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[196] 2× Platinum 140,000‡
Austria (IFPI Austria)[197] Gold 10,000*
Belgium (BEA)[198] Gold 15,000*
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[199] Gold 10,000‡
France (SNEP)[200] Gold 50,000*
GCC (IFPI Middle East)[201] Gold 3,000*
Germany (BVMI)[202] Gold 100,000^
Ireland (IRMA)[203] 2× Platinum 30,000^
Italy (FIMI)[204] Gold 30,000*
Japan (RIAJ)[205] Gold 100,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[206] Platinum 15,000^
Russia (NFPF)[207] Gold 10,000*
South Africa (RISA)[208] Gold 20,000*
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[209] Platinum 30,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[211] 2× Platinum 588,000[210]
United States (RIAA)[212] 3× Platinum 3,000,000‡

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history edit

Region Date Distributing label Format Catalog
Australia[213] May 15, 2009 Universal Music CD 2703216
Germany[214] CD 0602527032160
Italy[215] CD
Netherlands[216] CD 0602527032160
Denmark[217] May 18, 2009 CD
France[218] Polydor, Universal Music CD
New Zealand[219] Universal Music CD 2703216
Poland[220] CD 2708880
Portugal[221] CD
Russia[222] CD
Sweden[223] CD
United Kingdom[224] Polydor CD 2703216
Brazil[225] May 19, 2009 Universal Music CD 602527032160
Canada[226] CD B001286302
India[227] CD 0602527032160
Spain[228] CD
United States[44] Interscope CD 001286302
CD [Clean] 001286402
LP 001286301
Japan[229] May 20, 2009 Universal Music CD UICS-1190
CD + DVD UICS-9106
Argentina[230] May 28, 2009 CD

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  • Relapse at Discogs (list of releases)

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Relapse is the sixth studio album by the American rapper Eminem It was released on May 19 2009 through Aftermath Entertainment Shady Records and Interscope Records The album serves as Eminem s return to original material since Encore 2004 following a four year hiatus from recording due to his writer s block and an addiction to prescription sleeping medication from 2005 and 2007 Recording sessions for the album took place between 2008 and 2009 at several recording studios and Dr Dre Mark Batson and Eminem handled production RelapseStudio album by EminemReleasedMay 19 2009 2009 05 19 Recorded2005 2009Studio54 Sound Ferndale Michigan Effigy Ferndale Michigan KDS Orlando Phantom City Orlando Record One Los Angeles Studio at the Palms Las Vegas GenreHorrorcore 1 2 hip hop 3 Length76 05LabelAftermathShadyInterscopeProducerEminemDr Dre exec Doc IshDawaun ParkerJeff BassMark BatsonTrevor Lawrence Jr Eminem chronologyCurtain Call The Hits 2005 Relapse 2009 Relapse Refill 2009 Singles from Relapse Crack a Bottle Released February 2 2009 We Made You Released April 7 2009 3 a m Released April 23 2009 Beautiful Released August 11 2009Relapse is a concept album that revolves around horror drug rehabilitation and relapse A return of his Slim Shady alter ego Eminem stated that the album s theme was more reminiscent of The Slim Shady LP 1999 and The Marshall Mathers LP 2000 4 In September 2007 Dr Dre stated his intention to dedicate two months to the production of the album 5 Working with Dr Dre allowed Eminem to pick the beats from Dr Dre s catalog that challenged his rhythm to experiment with different flows 6 During the recording period a handful of songs intended for Relapse were leaked on the Internet 7 One of the most anticipated albums of 2009 Relapse debuted at No 1 on the Billboard 200 selling 608 000 copies in its first week 8 It also reached number one in twelve other countries It produced three singles We Made You 3 a m and Beautiful as well as two promotional singles Crack a Bottle and Old Time s Sake Crack a Bottle which features Dr Dre and 50 Cent reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 Relapse was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA Critically the album received mixed reviews Reviewers generally praised its production but were divided in their responses towards the writing and overuse of accents throughout the album Nonetheless it won Eminem the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album while Crack a Bottle won for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group The album later found a strong cult following among fans and critics establishing Relapse as a cult classic 9 10 11 12 Contents 1 Background 2 Recording 3 Music and lyrics 3 1 Songs 4 Release and promotion 4 1 Artwork 5 Critical reception 5 1 Retrospective appraisals 5 2 Eminem s thoughts on the album 6 Commercial performance 7 Track listing 8 Relapse Refill 9 Personnel 10 Charts 10 1 Weekly charts 10 2 Year end charts 11 Certifications and sales 12 Release history 13 See also 14 References 15 Further reading 16 External linksBackground editAfter releasing Encore in 2004 Eminem planned to take some time off from recording his own music to become a hip hop producer for other rap acts especially for the artists signed on his own label Shady Records 13 However Eminem entered his hiatus after cancelling the European leg of the Anger Management Tour in the summer of 2005 because of exhaustion and an addiction to prescription sleeping drugs 14 15 In the following year the rapper s remarriage to his former wife Kimberly Scott lasted only eleven weeks before a second divorce 16 while his best friend and fellow rapper Proof was later shot and killed during an altercation outside a Detroit nightclub Devastated Eminem relapsed into prescription drug abuse and became increasingly reclusive 16 17 18 In a June 2009 interview for XXL Eminem elaborated on the impact of Proof s death on him stating Everyone felt Proof s loss from his kids to his wife to everyone But for some reason in hindsight the way I felt was almost like it happened to just me Maybe at the time I was a little bit selfish with it I think it kind of hit me so hard It just blindsided me I just went into such a dark place that with everything the drugs my thoughts everything And the more drugs I consumed and it was all depressants I was taking the more depressed I became the more self loathing I became 19 Speculation on an upcoming album by Eminem which is named King Mathers comfirmed by Cashis and many different leaks was reported since Early 2007 from announcements made by artists 50 Cent and Stat Quo former members of Shady Records 20 21 Also rapper Bizarre a member of the hip hop group D12 stated that the release of the group s third studio album was on hold because Interscope Records wanted to release Eminem s album first 22 By the end of the year additional musicians associated with Shady Records including The Alchemist Bishop Lamont Cashis and Obie Trice had confirmed on different occasions that the rapper was effectively working on a new album 23 24 25 26 On September 12 2007 during a call at the radio station WQHT Hot 97 Eminem stated that he was in limbo and was not sure whether he would release any new material in the near future He then elaborated that at that point he was constantly working in the recording studio and had come to terms with his personal issues 27 However in December 2007 he was hospitalized because of an overdose of methadone 28 In early 2008 he began a 12 step program to recover from his addiction in a later interview he said that he got sober on April 20 2008 28 He has stayed sober since then 29 Recording edit nbsp Dr Dre pictured in 2012 provided the vast majority of production for the album Eminem had continued recording throughout 2005 and released most of this work on his Shady Records compilation album Eminem Presents The Re Up He also written half the track Beautiful in late 2005 after he first got out of rehab which would later be written and recorded in Early 2008 and became the fifth and final single on Relapse and also one of the only songs on the entire album in which Eminem recorded when he wasn t sober 30 Eminem began the recording stages of Relapse in mid 2008 after completing a 12 step program to control his drug addiction Record producer and long time Detroit collaborator Jeff Bass of the Bass Brothers worked with Eminem on 25 tracks two years after the rapper had received treatment for his sleeping pill addiction in 2005 17 31 Depressed by Proof s death Eminem fell into a period of writer s block where he felt everything he wrote was not worth recording 19 To compensate for this Bass chose to follow a production style that would allow the artist to rap off the top of his head as opposed to writing a story 31 Eminem would then freestyle or record vocals one line at a time before interrupting and then recording another line 19 At the same time according to Eminem s song rights supervisor Joel Martin the rapper began to collect additional songs without noticing it He would often record or produce material initially intended for the musical projects of other artists but end up with tracks he really liked 31 Eminem purchased the Effigy Studio in Ferndale Michigan in 2007 and ended his working relationship with much of his former production team of the 54 Sound recording studio including the Bass Brothers 31 32 In September 2007 Dr Dre stated his intention to dedicate two months to the production of King Mathers 5 33 Working with Dr Dre allowed Eminem to concentrate on the processes of songwriting rather than the production which was largely taken care of by Dre 5 The rapper justified his choice of using Dr Dre for the vast majority of the production due to their long collaborative history and a musical chemistry only he and Dr Dre shared 7 This allowed the rapper to pick the beats from Dr Dre s catalog that challenged him rhythm wise to experiment with different flows 6 The making of the album progressed at the Effigy Studio up to a year after as recording sessions were then moved to Orlando Florida in July or August 2008 17 19 By then Eminem had begun to start writing verses again at such a pace that he often took more time to record the lyrics than write them He credited sobriety for his new creative run acknowledging that his mind was free of the clutter that blocked him during his drug abuse in the last years 19 28 Dr Dre would start the song writing process by giving a number of his beats on a CD to Eminem who in a separate room in the studio would listen and select the ones he preferred and inspired him the most Eminem would then write lyrics to the instrumentals while Dr Dre and his production staff continued to create new music Once he felt he had written lyrics for enough songs Eminem would dedicate an entire day to record his songs to the point that he would lose his voice for the following days At that point the rapper would then begin to write lyrics for new songs 19 34 The process continued for the next six months and allowed Eminem to have enough material for a second album initially called Relapse 2 which became Recovery 35 During this recording period a handful of songs intended for Relapse were leaked on the Internet including an incomplete version of Crack a Bottle 7 The song was finished in January 2009 and featured vocals from Dr Dre and 50 Cent 36 Despite the leak the album was being completed in a state of near total secrecy according to the British newspaper The Independent 17 Even Polydor Records the multinational owner of Interscope had no information on the album at the time 17 On April 23 Eminem suggested he and possibly Dr Dre were the only ones in possession of the final copy of Relapse his manager Paul Rosenberg added that even Eminem s record labels were not in possession of the music less than a month before its release to prevent possible bootlegging 37 Music and lyrics edit nbsp 3 a m source source The song was produced by Dr Dre and features Eminem lyrically depicting himself as a murderer of several people Problems playing this file See media help In an interview for XXL Eminem described the concept behind Relapse to be the ending of his drug rehabilitation and thus rap as if he was on drugs again as well as the return of his fictional alter ego Slim Shady 19 According to the interviewer Datwon Thomas Eminem s influences for the album came from his own past drug issues and from television shows and documentaries involving crime and serial killers as the rapper was fascinated by serial killers and their psyche and their mind states 28 38 In a May 2009 interview for The New York Times Eminem discussed his view of serial killers stating You listen to these people talk or you see them they look so regular What does a serial killer look like He don t look like anything He looks like you You could be living next door to one If I lived next door to you you could be 28 Music critic Robert Christgau interpreted the opening line to the album featuring the phrase horror corridor as Eminem telling listeners that it is a horrorcore album 39 Ben Kaplan of the Vancouver Courier also categorized it as a horrorcore album 40 Ann Powers of the Los Angeles Times said that the album s horrorcore scenes show Eminem as a madman created by the hypocrisy of therapy 41 Music journalist Rob Sheffield remarked on its sensationalist drug references and said that Relapse is a hip hop version of comedian Richard Pryor s Live on the Sunset Strip 1982 3 Songs edit Relapse opens with the skit Dr West where actor Dominic West voices a drug counselor who becomes more creepy as the skit goes on and turns out to be Slim Shady his Alter Ego who comes back after faking his death to possess Eminem to bring back his career 41 The skit leads to 3 A M where Eminem depicts himself as a serial killer during a murder spree 42 43 When 3 A M was released as a single prior to the album s own release Eminem noted that the song closely mirrored what he believed was the overall dark tone of the album 6 On My Mom the rapper traces his addictive tendencies to his mother and shows how he became a drug addict just like her 28 3 Eminem continues his family tales on Insane where he imagines himself as a victim of child sexual abuse For Eminem the goal of Insane was to make song that would disgust the listeners and make them puke adding that he came up with this idea after thinking of the song s first line I was born with a in my brain Yeah in the head 34 Mariah Carey and her then husband Nick Cannon are targeted in Bagpipes from Baghdad where Eminem raps over a pungi loop 44 45 After Hello where Eminem re introduces himself after years of being absent mentally 34 he continues his violent fantasies on Same Song amp Dance where he abducts and murders Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears 3 44 The upbeat rhythm of Same Song amp Dance reminded Eminem of a dance track which inspired him to write something in order to get women to dance to it and not really know what the fuck they re dancing to without listening to the lyrics 34 On the ninth track of the album We Made You Eminem mocks several celebrities and plays the role of a pop star serial killer 46 Eminem noted that his various celebrity bashings were not meant to be seen as personal attacks but it was rather picking names out of a hat that rhymed with the words he wanted to use during the writing process 47 On Medicine Ball Eminem mocks and impersonates deceased actor Christopher Reeve in order to get his audience to laugh at it and then almost feel bad for laughing 34 3 The next track is Stay Wide Awake which Eminem raps about assaulting and raping women Dr Dre also has a guest appearance on Old Time s Sake a duet Eminem described as a fun yet reminiscent record old times in which he and Dre rap back and forth between each other advocating the use of marijuana for creative and financial benefits 34 Song Must Be the Ganja follows where Eminem raps that working in the recording studio is like a drug and an addiction for him 34 After the skit Mr Mathers where Eminem is found unconscious in bathroom by paramedics due to a drug overdose and taken to a hospital Deja Vu addresses his overdose in 2007 and drug dependency during his hiatus from music 28 34 On the song Eminem also explains how this has affected him in the last five years to the point where his daughter has become scared of her father s behavior 48 Beautiful a ballad which samples Reaching Out by Queen Paul Rodgers also deals with the same time period where Eminem believed he had reached rock bottom and lost hope for his future 34 3 Eminem felt it was important to include Beautiful on the album as a reminder to himself as well as anybody who is in a dark place that you can get out of it 34 After Crack a Bottle a collaboration with Dr Dre and 50 Cent Relapse continues the skits with Steve Berman Skit The skit contains Steve Berman yelling at Eminem after previously shooting him and Steve makes him leave by pulling out a gun himself Relapse ends with Underground On this final track Eminem sought to bring back his music and lyrics to the subject matter and punchlines reminiscent of The Hiphop Shop times The Hiphop Shop was a clothing store in Detroit where local rappers including Eminem would compete in freestyle battles 49 before he had become famous and thus did not have worry about the explicit content of his lyrics 34 Release and promotion edit nbsp Popsomp Hills a fictional rehabilitation center established to promote RelapseIn 2007 Shady Records rapper Cashis discussed the album referring to it by the title King Mathers and adding that it would be released later that year 25 However Eminem s publicist Dennis Dennehy would later deny this and stated that there was no album scheduled for a 2007 release and that as of August 2007 there was no confirmed title 50 No other official statement was made for over a year It was not until September 15 2008 at an event held by Shade 45 to celebrate the publication of Eminem s autobiography The Way I Am the rapper confirmed his plans to release a studio album by the title of Relapse During the party he also previewed to the audience a song called I m Having a Relapse 51 In regards to the album s release date Rolling Stone wrote in its October 2008 issue that Virgin Megastores had planned to distribute Relapse on November 27 2008 in the United States 52 On October 27 a spokesperson for Interscope explained that there was no official date at the time and that any release dates that had been posted on any website were unfounded 53 54 In a phone conversation during the finale of Total Request Live on November 16 2008 Eminem asserted that Relapse would be released during the first quarter of 2009 precisely during either of the first two months of the year explaining that he was in the process of selecting the songs for the album 55 Despite the leak two months before Crack a Bottle was eventually released for legal paid digital download as well as a promotional single on February 2 2009 and also reached the number one position on the US Billboard Hot 100 56 57 according to Eminem s manager Paul Rosenberg a music video for the song had been produced and directed by Syndrome and was released in several parts of the world from May to early June At the time of the release various contradicting reports disputed whether the song would be included on Relapse 58 59 but a press release from head label Universal Music Group confirmed the single s inclusion on the album 35 In similar press statements after March 5 Universal made public the regional release dates for Relapse as early as May 15 2009 in Italy and the Netherlands most other European countries and Brazil on May 18 and the following day in the United States and Australia Additionally the record label also announced a second album by Eminem then called Relapse 2 but later titled Recovery which was to be released by the end of the year but expected in June 2010 Eminem explained that he and Dr Dre had recorded a considerable amount of music and thus by releasing two albums would allow listeners to have access to all of his music 35 After the release of Crack a Bottle the music video of the single We Made You was aired on April 7 and became available for purchase a week later on April 13 60 61 The video was directed by Joseph Kahn and premiered simultaneously on several MTV channels as well as MTV s website 62 On April 28 the third overall single for the album 3 a m was released again for paid music download 63 A music video for 3 a m was directed by Syndrome and filmed in Detroit It premiered on May 2 on Cinemax several days after a trailer for the video was posted online 6 64 Two more singles were distributed prior to the album s release as Old Time s Sake and Beautiful went on sale on the iTunes Store on May 5 and 12 respectively 65 My Darling and Careful What You Wish For were made available upon purchase of the Premium version of the album 66 67 The track Insane peaked at position 85 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart on the album s release via iTunes 68 On April 4 2009 CBS featured Eminem during the network s coverage of the 2009 NCAA Final Four in a segment where he recited the spoken word Love Letter to Detroit Later on the same day the rapper inducted the hip hop group Run D M C to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Adam Graham of The Detroit News described this as all part of the calculated promotional push for Relapse 69 The rapper performed live at the 2009 MTV Movie Awards on May 31 70 while he appeared on the covers of hip hop magazines Vibe and XXL in their respective issues in June 2009 19 71 the latter was created by a deal struck with Eminem and Marvel Comics where the rapper would pose as Marvel s main vigilante The Punisher Marvel created an issue of the comic co starring Eminem 72 An iPhone game to accompany the album was released on May 19 2009 73 While on the Never Say Never tour fellow group members Swifty and Kuniva D12 along with Royce Da 5 9 stopped by KISS 100FM for a live interview and spoke on Relapse Royce stated that the album will be a game changer and jokingly said he might have to push his own album back three years after Eminem drops his 74 Kuniva added that D12 recorded many tracks for Relapse but wasn t sure if they would make the album or not 74 Swifty then confirmed that Eminem would be dropping two albums in 2009 with Relapse 2 following Relapse 74 Relapse was re released on December 21 2009 as Relapse Refill with seven bonus tracks and including the single Forever originally on More Than a Game soundtrack Taking My Ball released with DJ Hero and five previously unreleased tracks On its re release Eminem stated I want to deliver more material for the fans this year like I originally planned Hopefully these tracks on The Refill will tide the fans over until we put out Relapse 2 next year 75 Artwork edit The album cover for Relapse was first published through Eminem s Twitter account on April 21 2009 18 It illustrates a head shot of the rapper composed by a mosaic of thousands of pills A sticker on the cover resembles a prescription drug label on which the patient is Eminem and the prescribing doctor is Dr Dre 18 Gil Kaufman of MTV News described the cover as a reference to the rapper s struggle and addiction to prescription drugs adding that it follows Eminem s habit of displaying personal issues in his art 18 The album booklet and back cover follow a pill prescription design On the backside of the booklet is a dedication to Proof where Eminem explains that he s sober and that he tried to write a song for him but that he didn t find one of them good enough therefore he dedicates the whole album to him The CD itself is meant to represent the lid on a bottle of prescription pills grey with the big red inscription Push Down amp Turn 76 The cover for Relapse Refill is the same with the background color changed from black to white The prescription drug label is scratched out and the writing Refill is posed next to it 77 Critical reception editProfessional ratingsAggregate scoresSourceRatingAnyDecentMusic 5 7 10 78 Metacritic59 100 79 Review scoresSourceRatingAllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 44 The A V ClubC 80 Entertainment WeeklyA 81 The Guardian nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 82 The Independent nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 83 MSN Music Consumer Guide B 84 NME5 10 85 Pitchfork4 8 10 86 Rolling Stone nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 3 Spin4 10 87 Relapse received a mostly mixed reception from music critics upon release 88 89 It holds an aggregate score of 59 based on 27 reviews at Metacritic 89 Despite calling it an impressively focused and clever work Los Angeles Times writer Ann Powers felt the music was not transcendent and commented that Eminem could have pulled his music into a new category What he presents is still powerful but narrowly cast 90 Andy Gill of The Independent found the album to be drably repetitive while its dated tone is emphasised by the return of Dr Dre as producer 83 NME s Louis Pattison found Eminem s wordplay wicked in the depths of its depravity but felt that the overriding feel is of an album just too jaded too joyless to truly count as a return to form 85 Slant Magazine s Eric Henderson viewed that the further Relapse strays from narrative veracity the more one suspects his fanbase feels he s tapping into his bottomless well for horror show grandstanding 81 The Times called Relapse an album that sits square between what Eminem is theoretically still capable of and what we feared he has become 91 Nathan Rabin writing in The A V Club panned it as facile pre adolescent shock mixed with gory corpse strewn Fangoria damaged horrorcore 80 MSN Music s Robert Christgau called it a dud and accused Eminem of sensationalism this is not a Slim Shady album Slim Shady had a lightness about him 84 In a positive review Rolling Stone magazine s Rob Sheffield called the album a more painful honest and vital record that is on par or better than Eminem s 2002 album The Eminem Show 3 Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic described the album as musically white hot dense and dramatic and said that his flow is so good his wordplay so sharp it seems churlish to wish that he addressed something other than his long standing obsessions and demons 44 The Daily Telegraph commended its honest depiction of Eminem s drug addiction and overuse 92 Although he found its concept spotty Vibe s Benjamin Meadows Ingram praised Eminem s lyricism writing that Em works wonders with words expanding the boundaries of the art of rap itself the composition is experimental and abstract a master toying with form 93 At the 52nd Grammy Awards the album won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album 94 Retrospective appraisals edit Despite the lukewarm reviews at its release Relapse gained a strong cult following and it is considered by many as one of Eminem s classic albums Mark Batson one of the co producers with Dr Dre said When we made Relapse with Eminem it was not well received at the moment but now it is considered to be a classic That s how it goes 95 Eminem s long time collaborator Paul Rosenberg singled out the song Underground as one of his favorite songs 96 Mitch Findlay from HotNewHipHop touted Relapse as Eminem s strongest project after The Eminem Show Relapse is probably the strongest of Eminem s post comeback catalog largely in part to some excellent production from Dr Dre Dawaun Parker and Mike Elizondo Plus Em seems to be in the zone here especially when it comes to his flow The concept in which he embodies a depraved accented serial killer can be a little tiresome but it also leads to a gratuitous bout of lyrical and hilarious Grand Guignol He singled out Hello Beautiful and Deja Vu as highlights 97 98 In 2019 Findlay included Same Song amp Dance and Music Box on his Dr Dre s Top 10 Most Haunting Beats 99 Complex magazine s The 100 Best Eminem Song ranks Stay Wide Awake at number 86 Elevator at number 81 My Darling at number 79 Underground at number 74 3 a m at number 67 Insane at number 27 and Deja Vu at number 20 100 Drew Landry from DJBooth called Relapse a dark disturbing and often hilarious album and said Relapse sounds like a how many violent dick jokes can I shout before someone tries to decapitate me science experiment If you simply sit back and embrace the depravity though it s oddly glorious Eminem wasn t trying to make radio hits nor was he trying to inspire fans he just wanted to gross us all out And in that regard holy shit does he succeed He singled out Insane Stay Wide Awake Same Song amp Dance Medicine Ball and 3 a m as the 5 most disgusting songs on the album and referred to the album as an episode of South Park written by Stephen King 101 Patrick Bierut from UDiscoverMusic named Relapse the true marvel Of Eminem s sinister return to hip hop and said Relapse remains one of the most overlooked releases not only of Eminem s career but the mid to late 00s Not only is it the Eminem album in which Dr Dre had the truest hand in production it s also the most remarkable demonstration of his raw ability to rap better than almost anyone else Due to its divisive content however Relapse doesn t get enough credit for being the marvel it truly is 102 Spin also included some songs of the album on the top 100 of All 289 Eminem Songs Ranked article included Deja Vu at 36 position Crack a Bottle at number 48 Beautiful at number 62 3 a m at number 68 Elevator at number 76 Stay Wide Awake at number 79 and Underground at number 82 103 HipHopDX called Relapse a horrorcore masterpiece and said the record stands as an artistic achievement that further solidifies Eminem as one of the greatest most creative MCs to ever pick up a microphone The article goes on to reflect the changing fan sentiment toward the album stating that it took years to uncover its brilliance 2 Eminem s thoughts on the album edit nbsp Eminem performing in support of Relapse in 2009 On his following album Recovery 2010 Eminem made reference to Relapse and criticizes it in the second verse of the song Not Afraid In fact let s be honest That last Relapse CD was ehh Perhaps I ran them accents into the ground Relax I ain t going back to that now 104 He also referenced it in the song Talkin 2 Myself saying he was still getting the pills out of his system at that point which led to its subpar status 105 He slowed down his feelings about the album after that saying I don t hate Relapse I don t hate it at all but when I m looking back at an album I do have a tendency and especially with that album to run things into the ground That was one of those instances where I got in a zone like Yo I just want to be this demented serial killer on this album And part of that was a growing process to get to Recovery working through those steps relearning how to rap and relearning where I need to be at 106 He reiterates this statement during his 2013 Q amp A with Rolling Stone saying I don t hate the record I want to rap and be able to always try to do my best lyrically but at the same time find the right balance between that and making the right songs And you know I don t know if I necessarily found that balance yet because I was just getting sober and just kind of finding my feet again and so there was a lot of songs that were just like Ha ha this is funny You know walking around and joking around with your friends and shit and it ends up on the record and you re laughing about it Because when I got sober it was like I ve said this before but it just was like Oh shit I can think straight again So I don t know if that record was particularly my best work as far as songs writing songs that felt like something that brought some kind of emotion I ran accents into the grounds I got stuck on that kind of serial killer crazy vibe and just kind of went with it 107 In 2013 Eminem also addressed the mindstate he had while working on 2009 s Relapse saying It was interesting man I don t know if before Relapse if we re talking the Infinite album and pre signing with Dre and all that from that point on I don t know if I ever did anything or did much sober at all Relapse was the first album and first recordings that I did when the lights went on and I was sober I was still trying to figure things out It s interesting Fun time I had a fun time He reiterated his feeling about the album I felt Relapse was I don t know I don t know if people know what I really had to go through to be able to make Relapse and to be able to write again and to be able to think again and just normal everyday bodily functions and functions in my mind I don t want to say I wasn t in a place to record again but I needed time I needed time to be able to figure out things I wanted to be able to make my songs feel like something again I know a lot of stuff on Relapse was comical and funny punchline jokes but a lot of the songs didn t really feel like anything I had to go back and listen to some of my older music to try to figure out what I was doing wrong Once I felt like I figured that out I started making songs that felt like something again 108 About the accents he used on the album I recorded at least 50 to 60 songs for that album and on each one I would get a little more drastic with the accents trying to bend the words and make them rhyme in ways they wouldn t if you just said them regular It was this gradual thing and I didn t even realize how accent heavy the album got Paul Rosenberg didn t realize it either until he went and played the music for somebody at Interscope and they were like Why is he doing all those accents So yeah I don t know how much replay value that album has 109 He reiterates his statement in 2018 during the Kamikaze four part interview I have made albums that definitely probably would not be at the top of my list Encore Relapse which I believe Encore is a better album than Relapse Relapse is something I went back to and cringed at Like Jesus Christ I didn t realize I was doing that many accents 110 On his album Revival 2017 Eminem also made references to Relapse especially on the closing song Arose I m bout to like a rematch outdo Relapse With Recovery Mathers LP2 Help propel me to victory laps Gas toward em and fast forward the past 111 Before the YouTube premiere of the Godzilla music video on the Lyrical Lemonade channel Eminem answered questions on the live chat Fans filled the chat with requests for Relapse 2 which Eminem addressed I see a lot of requests for accents 112 In 2020 Eminem looks back positively on the album for the 11th anniversary of its release Eminem also emulates his Relapse rap style in Music to be Murdered By Side B Deluxe Edition on the song Discombobulated 113 114 In 2022 Eminem also looks back more positively on the album during his manager and collaborator Paul Rosenberg s podcast although the Relapse vibe is not something he is dreaming of reviving I don t have a problem with some of the rhymes and I don t have a problem with some of the verse s choices lyrically It s just the accents I feel like I sounded so demented in that shit I got cemented in that shit 115 96 Commercial performance editOne of the most anticipated albums of 2009 116 117 118 119 120 Relapse was the top selling hip hop album of the year 121 Upon its release the album debuted at No 1 on the US Billboard 200 chart selling 608 000 copies in its first week 122 In Canada the album sold 64 000 copies in its first week and debuted at number 1 on the Canadian Albums Chart 123 By the end of 2009 the album had sold 180 000 physical units in Canada making it the ninth best selling physical album in Canada of 2009 124 Outside of North America Relapse managed to reach the number one spot in its first week in various other countries including Australia France Norway Denmark and New Zealand 125 while climbing into the Top 5 in many other countries including Germany Italy Finland Spain Belgium the Netherlands Austria Switzerland and Sweden 125 126 In its second week the album stayed at number one and sold a further 211 000 copies taking its total to 819 000 to become the fifth best seller of the year 127 In the third week Relapse dropped to number two and sold another 141 000 copies bringing the total U S sales to 962 000 128 Relapse dropped to number three in its fourth week selling 87 000 copies for a total of 1 049 000 in the U S 129 The next week Relapse went down to number four and sold 72 000 copies 130 In its sixth week the album was at number five and sold another 47 000 copies pushing its total sales to 1 169 000 131 It dropped down to the number nine in its seventh week selling 39 000 copies and taking its total U S sales up to 1 207 000 copies 132 In its eighth week it remained at number nine and sold a further 34 000 copies for a total of 1 241 000 133 The album is known as the one that coined the phrase tonight we are young so let s set the world on fire we can burn brighter than the sun on the album s song Elevator Relapse became the best selling rap album of 2009 134 As of March 2014 Relapse has sold 2 3 million copies in the United States 135 136 The album was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America on August 27 2010 137 Track listing editNo TitleWriter s Producer s Length1 Dr West Skit performed by Dominic West amp Marshall Mathers Marshall MathersPaul RosenbergDr DreEminem1 292 3 a m MathersAndre YoungMark BatsonDawaun ParkerTrevor LawrenceMike ElizondoDr Dre5 193 My Mom MathersYoungBatsonParkerLawrenceDr Dre5 194 Insane MathersYoungBatsonParkerLawrenceElizondoDr Dre3 015 Bagpipes from Baghdad MathersYoungBatsonParkerLawrenceElizondoSean CruseDr DreTrevor Lawrence Jr 4 436 Hello MathersYoungBatsonParkerLawrenceDr DreMark Batson4 087 Tonya Skit performed by Elizabeth Keener MathersRosenbergDr DreEminem0 428 Same Song amp Dance MathersYoungBatsonParkerLawrenceElizondoDr DreDawaun Parker4 069 We Made You MathersYoungBatsonParkerLawrenceWalter EganDr DreEminemDoc Ish a 4 2910 Medicine Ball MathersYoungBatsonParkerLawrenceDr DreMark Batson3 5711 Paul Skit performed by Paul Rosenberg MathersRosenbergEminemBassLuis Resto a 0 1912 Stay Wide Awake MathersYoungBatsonParkerLawrenceElizondoDr Dre5 1913 Old Time s Sake featuring Dr Dre MathersYoungBatsonParkerLawrenceDr DreMark Batson4 3814 Must Be the Ganja MathersYoungBatsonParkerLawrenceDr DreMark Batson4 0215 Mr Mathers Skit MathersRosenbergDr DreEminem0 4216 Deja Vu MathersYoungBatsonParkerLawrenceCruseDr Dre4 4317 Beautiful MathersLuis RestoJeffrey BassDon BlackAndy HillEminemJeff Bass6 3218 Crack a Bottle with Dr Dre amp 50 Cent MathersYoungCurtis JacksonBatsonParkerLawrenceJean RenardDr Dre4 5719 Steve Berman Skit performed by Angela Yee Marshall Mathers amp Steve Berman MathersRosenbergEminemResto a 1 2920 Underground MathersYoungBatsonParkerLawrenceDr DreCurtis Sauce Wilson chorus vocals 6 11Total length 76 05 Deluxe editionNo TitleWriter s Producer s Length21 My Darling MathersYoungRestoMike StrangeEminem5 2022 Careful What You Wish For MathersRestoSteve KingEminem3 47Total length 85 12 iTunes deluxe edition 138 No TitleWriter s Producer s Length21 My Darling Marshall MathersAndre YoungLuis RestoMike StrangeEminem5 2022 Careful What You Wish For MathersRestoSteve KingEminem3 4723 We Made You single version MathersYoungMark BatsonDawaun ParkerTrevor Lawrence Jr Walter EganDr DreEminemDoc Ish a 4 4624 Crack a Bottle single version featuring Dr Dre and 50 Cent MathersCurtis JacksonYoungBatsonParkerLawrenceJean RenardDr Dre5 1525 3 a m music video 5 3126 We Made You music video 4 53Total length 105 48 Notes a signifies an additional producer On the clean version track 14 is written as Must Be The Relapse Refill editRelapse Refill nbsp Studio album reissue by EminemReleasedDecember 21 2009 2009 12 21 Recorded2008 2009GenreHip hopLength118 53LabelAftermathShadyInterscopeProducerEminemDr DreBoi 1daDawaun ParkerDoc IshLuis RestoMark BatsonEminem chronologyRelapse 2009 Relapse Refill 2009 Recovery 2010 Singles from Relapse Forever Released August 27 2009Because Eminem recorded far more material than he could use for one album and felt that he had to offer his fans more music after staying on hiatus for so long fellow D12 member Swift confirmed that Eminem in fact had planned to put out two albums the same year following with Relapse 2 in late 2009 74 According to Angela Yee s Shade 45 interview with Eminem on April 23 2009 Relapse 2 was to be a continuation of Relapse 139 During the interview Eminem confirmed It s extremely close to being finished it just depends on how many songs I want to put on it 140 Eminem also explained the album was more emotionally driven than Relapse which was as he explains just rap records 141 Guest appearances were expected to come from the likes of Dr Dre 50 Cent D12 Royce da 5 9 142 Lloyd Banks 143 and Cashis 144 The album was subsequently pushed back for an early 2010 release so Eminem decided to re release Relapse as Relapse Refill which includes a bonus disc featuring seven new tracks including the single Forever originally on More Than a Game soundtrack and Taking My Ball released with DJ Hero as well as five previously unreleased tracks On its re release Eminem stated I want to deliver more material for the fans this year like I originally planned Hopefully these tracks on The Refill will tide the fans over until we put out Relapse 2 next year 75 On April 13 2010 Eminem tweeted There is no Relapse 2 thus announcing that the album has been scrapped in favor of his new project Recovery While recording Relapse 2 and witnessing the mixed reaction of its predecessor among fans and critics alike Eminem decided to throw away most of the recorded material and started from scratch The result did not seem to him as continuation of Relapse but more of an individual project that deserved its own name Eminem said I had originally planned for Relapse 2 to come out last year But as I kept recording and working with new producers the idea of a sequel to Relapse started to make less and less sense to me and I wanted to make a completely new album The music on Recovery came out very different from Relapse and I think it deserves its own title 145 The now renamed album debuted at number 1 on the US Billboard 200 chart with first week sales of 741 000 copies in the United States 146 As of September 25 2011 the album had sold 4 040 000 copies in the United States 147 and was also the best selling album of 2010 worldwide 148 earning a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album 149 Relapse RefillNo TitleWriter s Producer s Length1 Forever with Drake Kanye West and Lil Wayne MathersAubrey GrahamKanye WestDwayne CarterMatthew SamuelsBoi 1da5 582 Hell Breaks Loose featuring Dr Dre MathersAndre YoungMark BatsonDawaun ParkerTrevor Lawrence Jr Dr DreMark Batson4 043 Buffalo Bill MathersYoungBatsonParkerLawrenceMike ElizondoDr DreBatson3 524 Elevator MathersLuis RestoEminemLuis Resto a 4 525 Taking My Ball MathersYoungBatsonParkerLawrenceDr Dre5 016 Music Box MathersYoungBatsonParkerLawrenceDr DreDawaun Parker5 057 Drop the Bomb on Em MathersYoungBatsonParkerLawrenceDr Dre4 48Total length 38 27 Notes a signifies an additional producer Personnel editMusiciansEminem vocals tracks 2 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 and 20 Mark Batson keyboards tracks 1 10 12 16 18 and 20 Dawaun Parker keyboards tracks 1 8 10 12 16 18 and 20 Trevor Lawrence Jr keyboards tracks 1 6 8 and 12 14 Mike Elizondo guitar tracks 2 4 8 and 12 keyboards tracks 2 and 4 5 bass track 2 Eric Jesus Coomes guitar tracks 3 14 and 18 bass tracks 13 14 and 18 Sean Cruse guitar tracks 5 and 16 Charmagne Tripp chorus vocals track 9 Traci Nelson backing vocals track 14 Jeff Bass keyboards bass and guitar track 17 Luis Resto keyboards track 17 ProductionDr Dre production all tracks except 17 audio mixing tracks 1 10 12 16 18 20 executive production Eminem production Tracks 1 7 9 15 17 Jeff Bass production Track 17 Mike Strange recording engineer tracks 1 6 8 10 12 20 audio mixing track 17 Mauricio Veto Iragorri recording engineer tracks 1 10 12 16 18 20 Paul Foley recording engineer tracks 15 and 20 Ruben Rivera recording engineer track 20 Robert Reyes assistant recording engineer tracks 1 10 12 16 18 20 Joe Strange assistant recording engineer tracks 1 10 12 15 20 Tommy Hicks Jr assistant recording engineer tracks 3 4 13 14 18 Conor Gilligan assistant recording engineer track 6 Lizette Rangel assistant recording engineer track 20 Brian Gardner masteringCharts editWeekly charts edit Chart 2009 PeakpositionAustralian Albums ARIA 150 1Austrian Albums O3 Austria 151 2Belgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 152 1Belgian Albums Ultratop Wallonia 153 4Canadian Albums Billboard 154 1Danish Albums Hitlisten 155 1Dutch Albums Album Top 100 156 3Finnish Albums Suomen virallinen lista 157 5French Albums SNEP 158 1German Albums Offizielle Top 100 159 2Greek Albums IFPI 160 13Hungarian Albums MAHASZ 161 14Irish Albums IRMA 162 1Italian Albums FIMI 163 4Japanese Albums Oricon 164 1Mexican Albums Top 100 Mexico 165 24New Zealand Albums RMNZ 166 1Norwegian Albums VG lista 167 1Polish Albums ZPAV 168 1South African Albums RISA 169 10Spanish Albums PROMUSICAE 170 5Swedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 171 3Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 172 2UK Albums OCC 173 1US Billboard 200 174 1US Top Catalog Albums Billboard 175 16 Year end charts edit Chart 2009 PositionAustralian Albums ARIA 176 17Australian Urban Albums ARIA 177 4Austrian Albums O3 Austria 178 50Belgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 179 43Belgian Alternative Albums Ultratop Flanders 180 22Canadian Albums Billboard 181 9Danish Albums Hitlisten 182 63Dutch Albums MegaCharts 183 72European Albums Billboard 184 38French Albums SNEP 185 73German Albums Offizielle Top 100 186 61Japanese Albums Oricon 187 70New Zealand Albums RMNZ 188 17Polish Albums ZPAV 189 96Swedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 190 Relapse Refill 79Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 191 27UK Albums OCC 192 30US Billboard 200 193 9Chart 2010 PositionAustralian Urban Albums ARIA 194 25US Billboard 200 195 43Certifications and sales editRegion Certification Certified units salesAustralia ARIA 196 2 Platinum 140 000 Austria IFPI Austria 197 Gold 10 000 Belgium BEA 198 Gold 15 000 Denmark IFPI Danmark 199 Gold 10 000 France SNEP 200 Gold 50 000 GCC IFPI Middle East 201 Gold 3 000 Germany BVMI 202 Gold 100 000 Ireland IRMA 203 2 Platinum 30 000 Italy FIMI 204 Gold 30 000 Japan RIAJ 205 Gold 100 000 New Zealand RMNZ 206 Platinum 15 000 Russia NFPF 207 Gold 10 000 South Africa RISA 208 Gold 20 000 Switzerland IFPI Switzerland 209 Platinum 30 000 United Kingdom BPI 211 2 Platinum 588 000 210 United States RIAA 212 3 Platinum 3 000 000 Sales figures based on certification alone Shipments figures based on certification alone Sales streaming figures based on certification alone Release history editRegion Date Distributing label Format CatalogAustralia 213 May 15 2009 Universal Music CD 2703216Germany 214 CD 0602527032160Italy 215 CDNetherlands 216 CD 0602527032160Denmark 217 May 18 2009 CDFrance 218 Polydor Universal Music CDNew Zealand 219 Universal Music CD 2703216Poland 220 CD 2708880Portugal 221 CDRussia 222 CDSweden 223 CDUnited Kingdom 224 Polydor CD 2703216Brazil 225 May 19 2009 Universal Music CD 602527032160Canada 226 CD B001286302India 227 CD 0602527032160Spain 228 CDUnited States 44 Interscope CD 001286302CD Clean 001286402LP 001286301Japan 229 May 20 2009 Universal Music CD UICS 1190CD DVD UICS 9106Argentina 230 May 28 2009 CDSee also editGrammy Award for Best Rap Album List of UK Albums Chart number ones of the 2000s List of number one albums of 2009 Australia List of number one albums of 2009 Canada List of number one albums of 2009 Ireland List of number one albums of 2009 Japan List of number one albums of 2009 New Zealand List of number one 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