Eminem Sells 600K First Week (May 19 to May 25)

Top 5 album sales for Hip Hop and R&B this week

* EMINEM - RELAPSE - 601,863
* METHOD MAN/REDMAN - BLACKOUT 2 - 59,780
* BUSTA RHYMES - BACK ON MY B.S. - 56,016
* LADY GAGA - FAME - 44,783
* RICK ROSS - DEEPER THAN RAP - 18,598

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Eminem’s Relapse Expected to Sell 600,000 First Week

He may be a homophobic, pill-popping, celeb-dissing misogynist, but there are at least 600-650k others who can relate to Eminem.

That’s the number of people we estimate will pick up the Detroit hip-hop bad boy’s Relapse, his first album for Shady/Aftermath/Interscope in almost five years, based on reports from retailers across this great nation of ours who haven’t yet hung up a “For Lease” sign.

That would give Jimmy Iovine’s IGA the year’s two biggest debuts. U2 bowed at #1 with 480k back in March. What did you think was underneath that ever-present baseball cap?
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Eminem Relapse Tracklisting Revealed

The trackilisting for Eminem’s hotly anticipated comeback album Relapse has hit the internet.

We now know the album features a cool TWENTY tracks including recent single We Made You and previous download Crack A Bottle.

Aside from Crack’ only one other track features a guest rapper. Predictably it is Em’s mentor and label boss Dr Dre who raps on Old Time’s Sake.
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Eminem - 3 A.M. Trailer

Cinemax exclusively debuts the latest, never before seen, uncensored music video from rap star Eminem, on Saturday, May 2 at 10pm ET/PT. The music video for 3 a.m., the third track to be released from Eminems forthcoming album, Relapse, was directed by Syndrome.

Eminem says Relapse 2 is ‘extremely close to being finished’

Eminem got into detail about his forthcoming album, Relapse, (due May 19) during an interview with Shade 45’s Angela Yee on “The Morning After” Sirius satellite radio show on Thursday, explaining why the album will only feature Dr. Dre and 50 Cent as collaborators.

Dre produced the majority of the album, save for one track Em did himself. The rapper said Dre’s handling the bulk of the production allowed him to experiment even more with his flow on this project, compared with his previous efforts.

“I really got a chance to step away from the boards,” Em said. “I tried to pick the [Dre beats] that challenged me, rhythm-wise. I ended up experimenting with a bunch of different flows. I try to do that every album, but this time I had a chance to go all out with it. Make every flow different and pick unique beats.”
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Eminem Releasing Two Albums in 2009

Get ready for a double dose of Slim Shady.

The long-dormant Eminem has not one but two albums slated for release in 2009, his record company announced today. The highly anticipated “Relapse” will be released May 19, and a second album of all new material, “Relapse 2,” will be released in the second half of the year.

“A lot of people were expecting ‘Relapse’ to drop last year, (and) I was one of them,” the Detroit rapper said in a statement. “Then (Dr.) Dre and I went back in the studio for a few days, and that turned into six months. We were on such a roll; we would up with a ton of new music produced by Dre. Putting out ‘Relapse 2′ will let everyone get out all of the best stuff.”
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Eminem is NOT suing Universal Music, 8 Miles Blu-Ray Coming

Universal Music has released a statement denying that Eminem is suing the record label for millions of dollars of unpaid royalty.

The rumors started earlier this week when FBT Productions allegedly acting for the rapper said they were suing Universal for not paying Eminem royalties for digital sales.

“Eminem is not a party to this suit in any way, nor is his publishing company; in fact, we enjoy a very close, creative and productive relationship with him,” the statement from Universal said.

Eminem’s new album Relapse is expected to be released in the next three months.

Universal Studios Home Entertainment will also release 8 Mile on Blu-ray on April 14 which will feature
* My Scenes
* The Making of 8 Mile
* Exclusive Rap Battles - Uncensored
* Superman Music Video - Uncensored

Eminem Talks “Relapse”, Denies working with Swizz Beatz

In the latest Billboard Interview, Eminem revealed that his upcoming “Relapse” is set to release next spring. He is currently working on the album with his mentor & long time friend Dr. Dre.

“Me and Dre are back in the lab like the old days, man,” Eminem says. “I don’t have chemistry like that with anyone else as far as producers go — not even close. Dre will end up producing the majority of the tracks on Relapse.’ We are up to our old mischievous ways … let’s just leave it at that.”

Eminem was also displeased with the leaks of unfinished songs from the album and denied rumors of working with Swizz Beatz on a sequel to his hit song “Stan”.

When asked about 50 Cent’s album , Eminem said it will be out in February and he will “have a couple of tracks on there with him. It’s sick.”

Eminem titles upcoming album, teams up with Jordan

Eminem’s has revealed the name of his upcoming album will be called “Relapse.” The rapper made the announcement last night at the launch of his new autobiography book titled “The Way I Am” and played a new track titled “I’m Having a Relapse” from the upcoming album.

Eminem finally revealed the title of the album after numerous fake titles floated around the net.
“There are a lot of fake album titles floating out there — a lot of bullsh– titles,” Eminem said. “The real title of my album that’s coming out is called Relapse.”

No official release date has been set but Eminem’s protege, 50 Cent, said it might arrive before Dec. 9th.

Eminem has also teamed up with Jordan Brand to create his own custom colorway of the Jordan II sneaker. The proceeds from the sale will go to The Marshall Mathers Foundation.

Eminem’s last studio album “Encore” has sold more than 5 million copies in the U.S.