[Iceman]

If there's one thing we've learned by now about Eminem, it's this: Never count him out.

The 38-year-old Detroit legend seemed like he was in a career funk last year with the release of the long-awaited but unevenly dark Relapse, which chronicled his near-death experience with drug addiction and left some fans a bit worried about whether he'd finally run out of lyrical magic tricks. But what a difference a year makes. Near the end of 2009, we began getting excited about the promised, more "emotionally driven" sequel, Relapse 2. Twelve months and an entirely different album later, Eminem has the year's best-selling release, handfuls of Grammy nominations and a fresh-eyed take on life that can only bode well for his next musical adventure.

2010 Highlights: As 2010 dawned, February brought Em joining Drake, Kanye West and Lil Wayne for a rousing, bleep-tastic performance of "Forever" at the Grammys with a tease of "Drop the World," his hookup with Weezy that hit screens and iPods a month later, bringing together two of hip-hop's biggest names for a rough-and-ready cut. He killed it again with his verse on B.o.B's "Airplanes Pt. 2" and then the shocking news broke April 14 that "there is no Relapse 2." Fans were dumbstruck, but not for long, as the MC clarified later that day that he would be dropping a whole new album called Recovery on June 22.

April's release of the first single, "Not Afraid," provided proof that Slim Shady would be taking a more positive, uplifting approach on his sixth major-label album, an encouraging note hammered home by lyrics on the song in which the rapper admitted that Relapse wasn't his best work. In the run-up to the release, "Not Afraid" debuted at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and there was more cause for celebration when Jay-Z and Marshall announced a slate of hometown stadium shows, which would represent one of the few live appearances the Detroit spitter would make in 2010.

Then, despite leaking two weeks early, Recovery easily notched the highest debut of the year to date when it moved a gargantuan 741,000 copies in its first week, topping the charts for nearly two months on its way to selling more than 3 million copies to take the sales crown for 2010.

After crushing it with "Not Afraid," Em struck platinum again with an even bigger hit, his domestic-violence ballad "Love the Way You Lie," a duet with Rihanna that featured an iconic video starring Megan Fox and Dominic Monaghan as the song's protagonists.

August brought a hefty eight VMA nominations and September the long-awaited shows with Jay, which found rap's two biggest headliners torching the stage for thrilled fans in Detroit and NYC.

In between the gigs, though, Shady found time to open up the VMAs with performances of "Not Afraid" and "Love the Way You Lie" with a surprise cameo from Rihanna on a night when he took home two Moonmen.

By October, Em was talking about being in the lab with mentor Dr. Dre working on the latter's long-awaited Detox album and topping MTV News' Hottest MCs in the Game list. Eminem was also getting more shine for his duet with Nicki Minaj on "Roman's Revenge" from her Pink Friday debut and another collabo with Rihanna on her track "Love the Way You Lie (Part II)."

As 2010 came to a close, he could be heard on T.I.'s "That's All She Wrote" and had locked down a "Saturday Night Live" appearance with Lil Wayne for December 18. He wasn't done yet, as he led all artists with 10 Grammy nominations, landed at #9 on MTV News' Top Songs of 2010 with "Love the Way You Lie," took top spots on the album-sales chart on iTunes and Amazon.com and inked a deal to play a boxer in the "8 Mile" inspired "Southpaw."

Not bad, right?

[Iceman]

With only three weeks left in the chart year, Eminem is on pace to become the first artist to have the year’s best selling album twice since Nielsen/SoundScan began tracking sales for Billboard in 1991. According to Yahoo! Music, ‘Recovery’ has sold 3,146,000 copies since its release in June, nearly as many copies as last year’s sales winner, Talyor Swift’s ‘Fearless’ sold in the entire calendar year (3,217,000).

‘Recovery’ took the number one spot on September 26th when it pulled ahead of Lady Antebellum’s ‘Need You Now’ and has since gained a solid lead. The previous time Eminem held this title was for his 2002 album ‘The Eminem Show’.

In addition, those sales numbers for ‘Recovery’ include 759,000 digital copies, breaking another record for the most digital copies ever sold in a single year.

[Iceman]

EMINEM has taken Christmas to his heart after almost missing out on one yule with his family at the height of his drug haze.

The Not Afraid rapper suffered an overdose of methadone the week before Christmas in 2007 and has little recollection of the holidays, which he ruined for his family.

He says, "My whole month of December leading up to (the overdose), I don't remember s**t. All I remember is I was not able to get out of bed.

"I got up to use the bathroom. I was standing there, trying to take a p**s, and I fell. I hit the floor hard. I got back up, tried again - and boom, I fell again. And that time I couldn't get up."

The rapper blacked out and woke up in hospital.

He tells Rolling Stone, "The first thing I remember is trying to move, and I couldn't. It's like I was paralysed... (and) I couldn't speak.

"The doctors told me I'd done the equivalent of four bags of heroin. They said I was about two hours from dying."

At that point, Eminem had no idea it was Christmas Day.

He adds, "The first thing I wanted to do was call my kids. I wanted to get home, and show them that dad's OK... Being a father, wanting to be there with your kids. It's not a fun thing to deal with."

The rapper checked out of hospital a week later.

Holy ****.

[Iceman]

Cocaine ft Alicia Keys

Youtube video

I ****ing Love it.....one of his best duets!

Syllables ft Dr Dre, Jay-Z, 50 Cent, Stat Quo, Cashis

Youtube video

One of the best songs with so many people I've ever heard. last 20 secs are gold.

Topless ft Nas

Youtube video

Cant praise this enough even though it's so short.

I expect a new album or at least a re-release in the next month.

Source for songs: Smithy©

[Scarlett.]

Originally Posted by Iceman

Smithy©

[Smithy]

hehehe

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

iceman your avatar is vile

[Iceman]

A whole album of songs at least is going to be leaked in the coming days.

here is the leaker:

@Not_Afraid2Leak
i know its too soon to leak another full song...but might up something - 3 hours ago.

[Scarlett.]

I like most Eminem songs, but I always steer clear from the ones that have too many people featuring, especially if it includes 50 Cent

[Iceman]

Originally Posted by Chewy

I like most Eminem songs, but I always steer clear from the ones that have too many people featuring, especially if it includes 50 Cent

I like them, you know that he's gonna have the best verse on it (in most cases anyway, also that doesnt count any songs with Dre)

[Scarlett.]

Originally Posted by Iceman

I like them, you know that he's gonna have the best verse on it (in most cases anyway, also that doesnt count any songs with Dre)

Yeah, that's true, but it's the other rappers verses that are annoying

The most annoying was crack a bottle with 50 Cent, it sounded like this


Mmmmmmbottlemmmmmmodelmmmmmmmoney in da bankmmmmparty wi memmmmmmm

[Iceman]

Not_Afraid2Leak LoveTheWayIShare?
cocaine was supposed to be relapse 2 first single btw
4 hours ago

[Smithy]

I wonder how far back they're gonna go

[Iceman]

I dunno would love some really old school stuff to leak and some stuff about Mariah too just cause he said he aint gonna rap about her anymore.

[Iceman]

Relapse 2 and Relapse 3 are gonna be leaked apparently!

[Iceman]

Not_Afraid2Leak LoveTheWayIShare?
ppl keep asking me if am gonna leak it...you guys gonna hear the song u most want soon dont worry
2 hours ago

[Iceman]

Difficult is gonna be leaked, apparently the most emotional eminem song you'll ever hear......

[Smithy]

I don't get why he'd leak relapse2/3, relapse was awful

[Iceman]

yeah but the songs leake so far are better than relapse dont you think?

[Smithy]

I think the songs that have leaked so far were leftovers from Encore, but Cocaine > Relapse

[Iceman]

Yeah I agree, Difficult was supposedly recorded the week after Proof's funeral.

[InOne]

We don't want emotional Eminem, we've had it for 2 albums lol

[Iceman]

Originally Posted by InOne

We don't want emotional Eminem, we've had it for 2 albums lol

nah man i read a few lyrics its an emotionally drained eminem, sounds like a big FU to everyone.

[InOne]

Originally Posted by Iceman

nah man i read a few lyrics its an emotionally drained eminem, sounds like a big FU to everyone.

Why would he be emotionally drained? He's just come back big time :S

[Iceman]

Originally Posted by InOne

Why would he be emotionally drained? He's just come back big time :S

No none of these songs are new they are from relapse 2 and beforehand.

Difficult was recorded years ago but supposed to be brill, sorry if I confused you!