He features Pink, Rihana, Lil Wayne and Kobe who are all very well known or were very well known recently.
I have been an Eminem fan ever since I was about 12 so I downloaded his album the day it came out and probably listened to it 5 times in a row before getting sick of it. I did get sick of "going through changes, Won't back down, 25 to life and Space Bound" very fast though. those songs just don't show the Eminem I liked and was used to.
His hit single "Not Afraid" is all about his recovery and how sober he is now. He hasn't stopped talking about drinking and taking drugs but he strongly states that he doesn't do them anymore and is very much in control of his life now.
From Pitchfork,
Watching Eminem attempt to re-situate himself in the pop landscape the past year or so has been a bizarre spectacle. He roared out of his post-Encore slumber in early 2009 seeming almost puppyishly eager to rap again, spitting verses for anyone who put him in front of a mic with a desperation that suggested he was making up for lost time. Relapse, his 2009 comeback album, found him trying to scratch and claw his way back into the body of 1999-era Slim Shady, but the effect was similar to Metallica trying to revisit their thrash years with 2008's Death Magnetic: The sound was there; the fury, long gone. No matter how many starlets he tortured and killed in his lyrics, Em couldn't rewrite the intervening years and the enervating effect they've had on his spirit.
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I don't agree with almost anything they say but it made me think about him a little differently so check it out
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