Music Album of the Week: Eminem, ‘Relapse’

ARTIST: Eminem

ALBUM: Relapse

SOUNDS LIKE: The lovechild of Patrick Bateman from American Psycho, Hubert Selby and Rakim.

FUN FACT: The album’s first single, “We Made You,” features a sample from Walter Egan’s “Hot Summer Nights.”

WHY COMPLEX IS CO-SIGNING IT: Because you already know what happens when a psychopath can rap his ass off–but you don’t know what happens when he wakes up and has to clean up his life…

Since Relapse leaked a couple of weeks ago, there has been much chatter on message boards and from mainstream pundits that Em is stuck in the past–that his serial-killer fantasies, dirty-laundry airing, and scorn for the world of pop celebrity were fully plumbed as of six years ago. But those arguments forget a couple of key things…
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