Countdown to Relapse

After once again stirring up the rap game, along with Bill O'Reilly, by releasing "Crack A Bottle" and "We Made You," Eminem released yet another single last week entitled "3 AM"(See previous entry). With three singles already out off his upcoming album , you'd think he would let those ride until the album came out right? Think again. He plans on releasing two more songs before it hits stores, which makes me wonder how many songs are actually going to be on Relapse? Does he have a large amount of tracks or is he just releasing half the album before it even comes out? I geuss we'll have to wait and see. Here is the schedule for the next two songs:

May 5th: "Old Time's Sake" Feat. Dr. Dre

May 12th: "Beautiful"

May 19th: Relapse is released

Also, the above picture is the coverart for the album...looks tight

We Made You

Sorry for the wait...I was just too damn exhausted yesterday to write with the brilliance that I usually do...ha ha ha. Anyway, I am back.

So, yesterday marked the return of Eminem and his ridiculous music videos with the second single off of his highly anticipated new album, "Relapse" after his 3 year hiatus from the rap game. His video premiered at 6 a.m. on MTV yesterday, and it seems like Em is following the same formula that brought him so much success with all his albums besides "Encore." What is that formula you ask? Releasing a single where he dresses up in ridiculous outfits and pokes fun at celebrities. Pokes seems like to soft of a word, Em doesn't really hold much back when he is talking about people he is not very fond of.

"We Made You" is reminiscent of "Without Me" and "The Real Slim Shady." All three videos contain our bleach blond white boy (although he has gone back to brown for now) dressing up as a celebrity, this time taking on Brett Michaels and even Ellen Degeneres. Following suit, each album proceeded to move from playful to very serious, with Em taking on issues in his own life and outside of it. That formula of success worked until "Encore," where Em followed up "Ass Like That" with more of the same, and people were not feeling it. It was his worst effort to date.

So the question is, where is "Relapse" headed? Although Em's video is very humorous (employing Mad TV's Bobby Lee and dressing up Dr. Dre in a Star Trek outfit) and his satirical juices, not matter how unorthodox they are, still flowing, I am getting extemely tired of the weird accent he has been putting on his voice since "Encore" came out. Em's voice is already high and a bit whiny, and putting that accent on it only heightens the annoyingness. I have read and heard that the rest of his album is going to address more serious issues, like the growth of his daughter and his family and his experiences since leaving the rap game in 05. But this song worries me a bit, I am not going to lie. It has been a long time since Em has just flat out rapped, and I hope "Relapse" will allow him to get back to that. Leave a comment and let me know how you feel about the song and the album!