Dr. Dre On Eminem's "Relapse" LP, "It's Hardcore Dark Comedy"

PAP · 05-22-2009, 08:39 PM

Dr. Dre has weighed in on the overall quality of Eminem's Relapse album and hinted at the rapper's obsessive work ethic.

In addition to the album, Doc also spoke on the young fans' anticipation for the return of Slim Shady.

"It's hardcore, it's dark comedy," Dre said in an interview about Relapse. "I talked to my son about [Em's return] and he was like 'The kids want to him act a fool. We want to hear him be crazy, we want to hear him be Slim Shady and nothing else.'...Once he makes a painting, once he lays a lyric down, it's impossible to get him to change it. If there's a couple of lines he says on a record that's not relevant today, it's 'No, that was that painting. That was for that moment.'" (New York Times)

Em's official deejay The Alchemist recently spoke on the likelihood of Relapse becoming an instant classic.

"I just got back from Detroit, was with Em for like three or four days working," Al explained in an interview. "Got a chance to listen to the whole album and man, I love my album and it's coming out in mid-June, when he played his album I wanted to throw mine away, straight up... Like when he was playing me the album, like, I didn't wanna say it 'cause I was like thinking of his whole body of work and I was like, 'This might be some of his best body of work,' in my opinion. It's 16 Dr. Dre beats, it's like Em kinda decided, I'm assuming, when was the last time you heard a full production of Dr. Dre's music through and through, minus one joint, Em did one joint. The attention Dre put on those beats is the equivalent to the attention Em put on to the writing." (The Maguire)

Known for being compared to Em due to similar flows and racial backgrounds, Asher Roth also spoke on the project's dark side.

"I've heard the Relapse album and, speaking honestly, it's very aggressive and dark and it's...it's not easy-listening," he explained in an interview. "But when you get down to it, it's a grower, because you sit here and you're witnessing somebody who's putting so much of himself out there, and it's just like, 'Whoa.' You feel the depression and you feel how upset and how crazy these last few years and the whole ride has been for him. Like I said, for somebody to keep their cool, as stressful as the everyday world is, and then try to take on the responsibilities of being a public figure, and having all the hardships he's had to deal with and to have him still come out the beautiful human being he is, there's nothing else to say but 'Bravo.' (MTV)

While an official count will not be ready until next week, one-day estimates have Marshall Mathers' fifth solo project debuting atop the charts.

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. (Hits Daily Double)
Be sure to check Sales Wrap next week to see how Relapse performs on the charts.

LooseCannon23 · 05-22-2009, 08:44 PM

people like to bitch when he's not on his crazy shit he's wack..
when he is on it he's immature and goes too far

...

black ice 07 · 05-22-2009, 09:35 PM

Catch 22 when he spit the real shit people say I want Slim Shady and the other way around.

T.Giddy · 05-23-2009, 03:08 AM

his album was great who cares what people say.. i wonder if relapse 2 will be any different or just more of the same

AIM0001 · 05-23-2009, 03:46 AM

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Originally Posted by T.Giddy

his album was great who cares what people say.. i wonder if relapse 2 will be any different or just more of the same

I think the 2nd half will be more serious. Im hopin Marshall will get a lil Eminem Show on us for the 2nd Relapse LP. I liked the Slim Shady going crazy in Relapse and he got a chance ta do that crazy shit again on songs like Insane, My mom, Medicine Ball etc. But I'd like to c some more Beautiful/Deja Vu type songs. Them joints were fuckin fyre. It got Em to talk bout some real shit again. I know he says he couldnt do a song for proof but I think he can with the help of D12. So im thinking Relapse 2 will be picking up where he left off but more serious like how he went all dark on the last track (Underground).

Naturalbornalkaholik · 05-23-2009, 05:22 AM

i think relapse is the best album out sinds the documentary

BlackBauer · 05-23-2009, 05:25 AM

I guess it's impossible to get more than 2 sentences from Dre these days

Yuri Orlov · 05-23-2009, 06:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlackBauer

I guess it's impossible to get more than 2 sentences from Dre these days

Lmao, word.

Precinct Phantom · 05-23-2009, 06:57 AM

album was heavy
i hope he duz mor serious joints on relapse 2 tho, coz they were the best tunes on this lp imo

MrF50 · 05-23-2009, 11:02 AM

i copped dat shit...fire!!!!!!!!!!!!

IbeWazir · 05-23-2009, 12:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LooseCannon23

people like to bitch when he's not on his crazy shit he's wack..
when he is on it he's immature and goes too far

...

I just want the old Marshall Mathers back, or Slim Shady from the Slim Shady LP days. What he's doin' on relapse is nothin' like the old Slim Shady but more like the Encore Eminem.

RickStyles · 05-23-2009, 12:45 PM

Relapse is tight no doubt about it =]

riskie · 05-23-2009, 01:22 PM

i hope relapse 2 is more eminem

G-uNIT!!4 LYFE · 05-23-2009, 01:32 PM

relapse is prolly album of the year

21andComptonBLVD · 05-23-2009, 01:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlackBauer

I guess it's impossible to get more than 2 sentences from Dre these days

LMFAO, so true.

Ed-ucation · 05-23-2009, 03:30 PM

My brother buy me the album and just right now I'm listening to it, it's fuckin good, album of the year i don,t think nobody for the rest of the year will beat that.

chronicvsdetox · 05-23-2009, 09:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ed-ucation

My brother buy me the album and just right now I'm listening to it, it's fuckin good, album of the year i don,t think nobody for the rest of the year will beat that.

your ears are good because you know the real vibe music i can't listen the vibe vocoder.

Three headed monster is an aftermath on billboard

chronicvsdetox · 05-23-2009, 09:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlackBauer

I guess it's impossible to get more than 2 sentences from Dre these days

lmaoo you will get more sentences with detox album in your ears

ChainUzer · 05-24-2009, 12:44 AM

i am bumpin relapse in my car right now

IronCro · 05-24-2009, 06:09 AM

Same Song And Dance, I cannot stop listening to that joint. "If you hold that pill any longer it will get sentimental value, come on I'll give you valium alley opp I'll slam dunk it into your mouth til you puke, then rape you when you pass out your alphabet soup" CLASSIC EM LOL

Lil Brizzle · 05-24-2009, 06:23 AM

Medicine Ball is on some classic shit....i cant stop bumping the joint....

Bareda · 05-24-2009, 06:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlackBauer

I guess it's impossible to get more than 2 sentences from Dre these days

bwuhahahhaaha

§lim_§hady · 05-24-2009, 06:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by IbeWazir

I just want the old Marshall Mathers back, or Slim Shady from the Slim Shady LP days. What he's doin' on relapse is nothin' like the old Slim Shady but more like the Encore Eminem.

its nothin like encore, totally different, its em back on his crazy shit

goothgone · 05-24-2009, 06:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by §lim_§hady

its nothin like encore, totally different, its em back on his crazy shit

Hakaroodi · 05-24-2009, 08:25 PM

can't fucc wid him..!!

05-22-2009, 08:39 PM	#1
PAP Super Moderator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: East London Posts: 11,678 Repped: 3 Repped 2,206 Times in 371 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 5 Times in 5 Posts	Dr. Dre On Eminem's "Relapse" LP, "It's Hardcore Dark Comedy" Dr. Dre On Eminem's "Relapse" LP, "It's Hardcore Dark Comedy" Dr. Dre has weighed in on the overall quality of Eminem's Relapse album and hinted at the rapper's obsessive work ethic. In addition to the album, Doc also spoke on the young fans' anticipation for the return of Slim Shady. "It's hardcore, it's dark comedy," Dre said in an interview about Relapse. "I talked to my son about [Em's return] and he was like 'The kids want to him act a fool. We want to hear him be crazy, we want to hear him be Slim Shady and nothing else.'...Once he makes a painting, once he lays a lyric down, it's impossible to get him to change it. If there's a couple of lines he says on a record that's not relevant today, it's 'No, that was that painting. That was for that moment.'" (New York Times) Em's official deejay The Alchemist recently spoke on the likelihood of Relapse becoming an instant classic. "I just got back from Detroit, was with Em for like three or four days working," Al explained in an interview. "Got a chance to listen to the whole album and man, I love my album and it's coming out in mid-June, when he played his album I wanted to throw mine away, straight up... Like when he was playing me the album, like, I didn't wanna say it 'cause I was like thinking of his whole body of work and I was like, 'This might be some of his best body of work,' in my opinion. It's 16 Dr. Dre beats, it's like Em kinda decided, I'm assuming, when was the last time you heard a full production of Dr. Dre's music through and through, minus one joint, Em did one joint. The attention Dre put on those beats is the equivalent to the attention Em put on to the writing." (The Maguire) Known for being compared to Em due to similar flows and racial backgrounds, Asher Roth also spoke on the project's dark side. "I've heard the Relapse album and, speaking honestly, it's very aggressive and dark and it's...it's not easy-listening," he explained in an interview. "But when you get down to it, it's a grower, because you sit here and you're witnessing somebody who's putting so much of himself out there, and it's just like, 'Whoa.' You feel the depression and you feel how upset and how crazy these last few years and the whole ride has been for him. Like I said, for somebody to keep their cool, as stressful as the everyday world is, and then try to take on the responsibilities of being a public figure, and having all the hardships he's had to deal with and to have him still come out the beautiful human being he is, there's nothing else to say but 'Bravo.' (MTV) While an official count will not be ready until next week, one-day estimates have Marshall Mathers' fifth solo project debuting atop the charts. 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. (Hits Daily Double) Be sure to check Sales Wrap next week to see how Relapse performs on the charts.

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LooseCannon23 UserUSerUsErRUSRUSUEEUSEU Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Home Posts: 3,852 Repped: 1,174 Repped 308 Times in 152 Posts Neg Reps: 170 Neg Repped at 52 Times in 39 Posts	people like to bitch when he's not on his crazy shit he's wack.. when he is on it he's immature and goes too far ... __________________

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T.Giddy MuFucken Boss Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 4,239 Repped: 950 Repped 852 Times in 209 Posts Neg Reps: 21 Neg Repped at 28 Times in 24 Posts	his album was great who cares what people say.. i wonder if relapse 2 will be any different or just more of the same __________________

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black ice 07 Veteran Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Memphis Tenn Posts: 1,916 Repped: 923 Repped 841 Times in 137 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 11 Times in 10 Posts	Catch 22 when he spit the real shit people say I want Slim Shady and the other way around.

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riskie STUNT 101 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Melb Posts: 578 Repped: 331 Repped 31 Times in 22 Posts Neg Reps: 2 Neg Repped at 6 Times in 5 Posts	i hope relapse 2 is more eminem

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IronCro Veteran Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 2,817 Repped: 1,531 Repped 283 Times in 93 Posts Neg Reps: 21 Neg Repped at 33 Times in 24 Posts	Same Song And Dance, I cannot stop listening to that joint. "If you hold that pill any longer it will get sentimental value, come on I'll give you valium alley opp I'll slam dunk it into your mouth til you puke, then rape you when you pass out your alphabet soup" CLASSIC EM LOL

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