Sometimes it was on, and sometimes it wasn’t, which definitely caused a lot of confusion.įast forward to the first day of the school year, when I put down Love the Way You Lie as my favorite song on my “All About Me” poster.įast forward even more, to today, and Recovery is my favorite album of all time. So every night, I would get in the car at 8 PM, turn on the radio, ready to listen to the song again. I had no clue how the radio worked, so I thought that since I heard the song for the first time at 8 PM, that the radio would play the song every night at the same time. That first time I listened, I became absolutely obsessed with the song. It was 8 PM, and Love the Way You Lie came on. But, what I do remember is being in the car with my family and turning on the radio that night. Of course, I had no idea who Eminem was, what an album was, or any real knowledge of music outside of the Rolling Stones and Michael Jackson. I was going into another year of grade school when this album came out, in the summer. The Los Angeles Times said Eminem had made a dark, drug album that was 'packed with images of its maker bingeing on brand-name pharmaceuticals.' The singer also has managed to raise his daughter while battling drugs.īut Eminem cannot completely restrain himself from firing off a few broadsides, with the first single 'We Made You' ridiculing celebrities Kim Kardashian and Jessica Simpson, as well as drug-plagued singer Amy Winehouse.Ĭarey's husband, actor and rapper Nick Cannon, publicly criticized Eminem for calling his wife a 'whore' in the song 'Bagpipes from Baghdad.' Eminem told BBC radio the lyrics were 'a little harsh,' and wished the couple 'the best.Ten years ago today, Eminem dropped Recovery. But Relapse is reason to be glad hes still around,' Rolling Stone magazine wrote in a review that gave the album four out of a possible five stars. 'If you hate Em, he probably wouldnt blame you. His new album has generally won favourable reviews in U.S. Valium, Ambien, the numbers got so high I dont even know what I was taking,' he wrote of his penchant for the common 'If I was to give you a number of (painkiller) Vicodin I would actually take in a day? Anywhere between 10 and 20. 'Its no secret I had a drug problem, I just dont think my fans knew how bad it was,' Eminem, who has kept a low profile at his Detroit-area home in recent years, wrote in an article for the hip-hop magazine Vibe. While Eminem's albums have skewered other singers such as Britney Spears, Moby and Mariah Carey as well as his mother and ex-wife, 'Relapse' deals more with his drug addictions, overdoses, depression and stints in and out of rehabilitation. His best performer was his second album, 'The Marshall Mathers LP,' which opened with sales of almost 1.8 million copies in 2000. His previous studio album, 2004s 'Encore,' 'sold 711,000 copies in its first week. Final data will be released next Wednesday.īut the estimated sales pale against those of his previous releases, a result of the recorded-music industrys decline. Trade publication Billboard said 'Relapse' could sell as many as 650,000 copies across the United States in its first week, making it the biggest debut so far this year. pop charts next week, as have the 36-year-old hip hop stars previous four albums. 'Relapse' was released worldwide this week and is likely to debut at No. Eminem has just released his first studio album in four years entitled 'Relapse'.-Reuters/Aaron Josefczyk NEW YORK Rap singer Eminem's first studio album in four years focuses more on his drug problems than rants against celebrities and relatives, but the newfound introspection is not expected to block his rise up the charts. Eminem introduces rap pioneers Run DMC at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2009 induction ceremonies in Cleveland, Ohio in this file photo.