And I was like “Fuck it.”ĭid physically looking like that help you get back in the mindset or change the way you were recording? I haven’t had it in how many fucking years? Five, six years.” I was like, “I’m so used to it being dark,” you know. And once the songs started to come together and the picture got a little more clear of what it was gonna be, he hit me with the idea and I was like “Yo, you know I thought about that, right?” And he was like, “Well you know, why not?” And I was like “I don’t know how it’s gonna look. In the earlier stages of the record and developing this shit I had thought about it. So why did you dye your hair blonde again? Rolling Stone‘s Review of Eminem’s The Marshall Mathers LP 2 Like, if it doesn’t work, I pretty much know right away, right when I get it in the car and take it home. ‘Cause nothing ever feels the way as when you first did it.īut you’re not changing lyrics or anything like that? It’s just all mix and sound stuff? It’s just sonic shit that needs to be worked out for the most part, because when I decide to keep a song, that’s pretty much it. I guess you would say last minute jitters of “Fuck! Are the vocals loud enough? Can you hear what I’m saying on this part? Is the beat right? Are the vocals too loud?'” If I could not have to mix any songs and just take the actual two tracks that I rapped over and put them out, I would do that. In this last crunch, what have you been working on? But from the beginning, ever since my career started, I don’t know if I’ve ever been totally like, this is completely it.
Obviously if I wasn’t comfortable with it, I wouldn’t put it out. Like I hear ‘Oh fuck! I could have done this better or that better!’ And I’ll work it to death.
With every record that I put out, someone has literally got to come pry it from me because when I listen to my own music, I just hear flaws in it. But I don’t know if I ever feel totally great about a record when I put it out. In these outtakes from the upcoming Rolling Stone cover story, which will hit stands November 22nd, he talks about the recording process, going blonde, his wicked sense of humor and much more.Įminem Exclusive: Slim Shady on His New LPĪre you feeling good about the album at this point? Eminem was just a couple of days away from finishing his new album, The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (due November 5th), when we spoke in his suburban Detroit studio in early October.