Eminem: Inside the comeback
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Eminem is running late: 1,200 fans are packed in front of an outdoor L.A. stage for the taping of the rapper’s May 15 “Jimmy Kimmel Live” appearance, waiting for a set that should have started 45 minutes ago. It’s Eminem’s first major U.S. music performance after a mysterious 4-year absence from public view — or at least it’s supposed to be. But hey, what’s a few more minutes when fans have been waiting for this comeback for so long, wondering where the world’s most famous rapper had disappeared to?
At last, Eminem bounds onto the stage, joined by his touring DJ, the Alchemist, and rapper (and longtime pal) Denaun Porter. The crowd chants along as he tears through a few tunes from his long-promised album, “Relapse” (which will hit stores four days later, on May 19). When Eminem finishes, they plead in vain for “one more song!”
They’re not the only ones hungry for more. In the weeks leading up to its release, “Relapse” has been hailed by critics and fans — many of whom heard it when it leaked earlier this month — as a landmark in the 36-year-old rapper’s career, a stunning return to form from the man who is arguably contemporary rap’s most talented lyricist. Even the competition is impressed. “I think that the ‘Insane’ song is genius,” Kanye West tells EW, referring to one of “Relapse’s” most outrageous tracks.
At last, Eminem bounds onto the stage, joined by his touring DJ, the Alchemist, and rapper (and longtime pal) Denaun Porter. The crowd chants along as he tears through a few tunes from his long-promised album, “Relapse” (which will hit stores four days later, on May 19). When Eminem finishes, they plead in vain for “one more song!”
They’re not the only ones hungry for more. In the weeks leading up to its release, “Relapse” has been hailed by critics and fans — many of whom heard it when it leaked earlier this month — as a landmark in the 36-year-old rapper’s career, a stunning return to form from the man who is arguably contemporary rap’s most talented lyricist. Even the competition is impressed. “I think that the ‘Insane’ song is genius,” Kanye West tells EW, referring to one of “Relapse’s” most outrageous tracks.
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