Eminem recorded a new material but the release hasn’t been set yet

22.09.08 / ENTERTAINMENT / Author: admin
Tags: Eminem, music

NEW YORK - After a few years away from the limelight, the most famous white rapper Eminem may release a new album this year.

During a recent appearance on his Sirius XM satellite radio station named Shade 45, the MC admitted that he has been producing tracks for the Shady Records artists and himself. Eminem also interviewed MC Masta Ace, who he’s long noted as an influence.

“I’m concentrating on my own stuff right now — just banging out tracks,” Eminem said. “The more I keep producing, the better it seems I get. I start knowing stuff, learning the boards like the back of my hands.”

An representative of Interscope said that “There is no official release date nor a first single”, but the confirmed that an album may arrive just before the end of the year.

Eminem’s last album, “Encore” was set for release on November 16, 2004, but was moved up to November 12, after the album was leaked to the Internet. Encore sold 711,000 copies in its shortened three day opening week and still claimed the #1 spot on the Billboard Top 200 chart for that week. The following week, Encore sold an estimated 871,000 copies, claiming the #1 another week.

50 Cent, the hip-hop artist with whom Eminem has collaborated in the past, gave an interview to BBC Radio 1 this week and said fans will be “seeing (Eminem) shortly. He is working. I spent the weekend at his house. Even though he tries to relax and stay home, it’s impossible for him to stay in.”