DUBCNN: Slim Shady Is Back! "Relapse" Set For A May 19 Release; "Relapse 2" Soon

[Lil Jay]

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Eminem officially announced the street date of his eagerly awaited new album; his first original studio album in over four years. Relapse will be released on May 19 on Interscope/ Aftermath/Shady. The first single from the album and its accompanying video will see a simultaneous release on April 7.

Anticipation for Relapse has been building since the fall, when Eminem first announced the album title and debuted the freestyle, "I’m Having A Relapse" during an interview on his Shade 45 satellite radio station. Last month, the release of "Crack A Bottle" from Eminem, Dr. Dre and 50 Cent brought that anticipation to a head. The track soared to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and set a SoundScan record for opening week download sales (418,000). The recording ranked third in the history of all weekly download sales. "Crack A Bottle" will be included as an album track on Relapse.

With the announcement of the release date for Relapse also comes confirmation of something that had been rumored in recent weeks: Eminem is already working on a follow-up album, "Relapse 2", that fans can expect in the second half of 2009. "A lot of people were expecting Relapse to drop last year," said Eminem. "I was one of them. Then Dre and I went back in the studio in September for a few days, and that turned into six months. We were on such a roll; we wound up with a ton of new music produced by Dre. Putting out Relapse 2 will let everyone get all of the best stuff."

Stay tuned to Dubcnn for the latest news on "Relapse"!

[Lil Jay]

[187Proof]

Great news!

Dude does look like a serial killer now though with that hair hahaha.

[penenstamp]

May 19th is the greatest day of the year.

[Lil Jay]

May 19th is the greatest day of the year.

Yup, from what I was told he's SPITTIN again

[penenstamp]

May 19th is the greatest day of the year.

Yup, from what I was told he's SPITTIN again

I said it for a different reason, but I do like Crack A Bottle... hopefully the rest of the album is on the same level.

[JossieJ]

Finallllyyy!
Hopefully the single drops soon
What direction will he go?

[Dre-Day]

cool, i think Interscope will actually stick to this.

so two albums with mainly Dre productions 
that's unique for aftermath.

[Paul]

Em and Dre must have made a gang of good shit to split it into 2 albums 

[--Vance--]

Can't wait!

[Meho]

Looking forward to this, Crack A Bottle is on steady repeat. But there's no way he's gonna drop 2 albums in 1 year, this is Interscope we're talking about.

[Dre-Day]

Looking forward to this, Crack A Bottle is on steady repeat. But there's no way he's gonna drop 2 albums in 1 year, this is Interscope we're talking about.

i know.

but what if it sells like crack?

[jeanmiche777]

Let's just hope we hear good music from Em and Dre. The only reason I care for sale is, if Em doesn't sell much, every other aftermath album will be delayed 

[penenstamp]

Let's just hope we hear good music from Em and Dre. The only reason I care for sale is, if Em doesn't sell much, every other aftermath album will be delayed 

Would that be a bad thing?

Bishop's and 50's album will suck. Detox might not suck, but after hearing those letdowns with T.I. I'm not hyped for it anymore.

[Digital Pimpin']

I wonder what he'll rap about this time round? Kidnapping baby mamas and crazy drug abuse can get tedious after a while...