The music on Recovery came out very different from Relapse, and I think it deserves its own title." 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. 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. Eminem said: "I had originally planned for Relapse 2 to come out last year. The result appeared to be more of an individual project that deserved its own name, other than a continuation of Relapse. 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. On April 13, 2010, Eminem tweeted "There is no Relapse 2 ", thus announcing that the album had been scrapped in favour of his new project Recovery. Hopefully these tracks on The Refill will tide the fans over until we put out Relapse 2 next year." On its re-release, Eminem stated: "I want to deliver more material for the fans this year like I originally planned. During the recording process of the album, Eminem stated that "The new tracks started to sound very different than the tracks I originally intended to be on Relapse 2, but I still want the other stuff to be heard". 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. Dre, 50 Cent, D12, Royce da 5'9", Lloyd Banks and Cashis. Guest appearances were expected to come from the likes of Dr. 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." Eminem also explained that the album was more "emotionally driven" than Relapse, which was, as he explains, " rap records". According to Angela Yee's Shade 45 interview with Eminem on April 23, 2009, Relapse 2 was to be a continuation of Relapse. After staying on hiatus for so long, fellow D12 member Swift confirmed that Eminem had in fact planned to put out two albums that year, following with Relapse 2 in late 2009. The album earned Eminem American Music Awards, Billboard Music Awards and Grammy Awards.Įminem first planned the release of Relapse 2 as a sequel to Relapseĭue to Eminem recording far more material than he could use for one album, he felt that he had to offer his fans more music. At the 2011 Grammy Awards, it was nominated for Album of the Year, Song of the Year and Record of the Year the latter two were for "Love the Way You Lie". In August 2011, Recovery was certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). To promote it, Eminem performed the album's songs on televised shows, at award ceremonies, musical events and also headed The Recovery Tour. The album received generally positive reviews by critics and was regarded as an improvement to Relapse. Recovery was the best-selling album worldwide and best-selling album in the US of 2010. It spawned four singles " Not Afraid", " Love the Way You Lie", " No Love", and " Space Bound", with the former two both reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100. It also reached number one in 16 other countries. Recovery debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, with first week sales of 741,000 copies.
Recovery featured more introspective and emotional content than its predecessor and the theme of the album revolved around his positive changes, anxiety, and emotional drives.
Eminem also collaborated with artists such as Pink, Lil Wayne, Slaughterhouse and Rihanna for the album. Production of the album took place during 2009 to 2010 at several recording studios and was handled by various record producers, including Alex da Kid, Just Blaze, Boi-1da, Jim Jonsin, DJ Khalil, Mr. It serves as the follow-up to Eminem's sixth studio album Relapse (2009). It was released on June 18, 2010, by Aftermath Entertainment, Shady Records, and Interscope Records. Recovery is the seventh studio album by American rapper Eminem.
0 kommentar(er)
