Steve Berman Skit on Relapse

[tadpole25]

Refill.

[EminemBase]

Proves what I said about Relapse 2 being ready to go from the get-go too.

Which is why I keep saying obviously "Cocaine" was not for 'Relapse 2', since it was made AFTER all that material was made. You can call it a transition track but any track made beyond that point aka when he decided to go with a new style, is not Relapse, any Relapse.

[HeySamantha]

Even with Recovery, he still should have put out Relapse 2. It was played up so much and then just dropped like a hot potato. I don't think it hurt him.. but it could have hurt to release it along with Recovery shortly after, either.

Then again, he wasn't/isn't to keen on Relapse, so I guess that's why he was like "nah. I don't want that crap released".

[EminemBase]

Even with Recovery, he still should have put out Relapse 2. It was played up so much and then just dropped like a hot potato. I don't think it hurt him.. but it could have hurt to release it along with Recovery shortly after, either.

Then again, he wasn't/isn't to keen on Relapse, so I guess that's why he was like "nah. I don't want that crap released".

I think he was keen on Relapse though, he just pandered.

50 said he ditched R2 because he wasn't happy with the reaction.

Em has sly ways of re-working situations to look like he's always in control; such as not wanting to admit he made Recovery because of a bad critical and fan reaction to Relapse... but that's exactly what it was hence constantly mentioning the accents and apologizing and making it a public thing like that and then indications he really likes Relapse like on "The Reunion" etc.

Em spent years out of the spotlight and thought hard about how he was going to come back and then worked hard on a new sound, I don't think he would have come back with anything less than something he felt was THE SHIT; and at the time 50 said that too, he said Em isn't coming out until he's like THIS IS MY FAVOURITE SHIT EVER, and Em also said to Royce around the time that he had some of the best stuff he'd ever written...

I really don't think he changed his opinion of the material 360 within a month or two, he had plenty of time to sit with that work and every indication is that he loved it and you can't tailor something to such perfection without being sure and confident in it. He just couldn't accept a divided reaction to his return and felt like he was being counted out, so we got Recovery instead.