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Recovery is the seventh studio album by American rapper Eminem, released June 18, 2010, on Polydor Records and Interscope Records. Production for the album took place during 2009 to 2010 and was handled by several record producers, including Alex da Kid, Just Blaze, Boi-1da, Jim Jonsin, DJ Khalil, and Dr. Dre.

The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 741,000 copies in its first week. It became Eminem's sixth consecutive number-one album in the United States and has produced two singles that achieved chart success, including international hits "Not Afraid" and "Love the Way You Lie". Upon its release, Recovery received generally positive reviews from most music critics.

In a press release, Eminem explained that he and Dr. Dre had recorded a considerable amount of music and thus, "Putting out Relapse 2 will let everyone get all of the best stuff."[3] According to Angela Yee's Shade 45 interview with Eminem on April 23, 2009, Relapse 2 will be a continuation of Relapse.[4] During the interview Eminem also confirmed "It's extremely close to being finished, it just depends on how many songs I want to put on it."[5] On June 25, 2009, Eminem called into Shade 45 and said he was in the studio finishing up Relapse 2

In a Shade 45 interview, Eminem explained that the album was more "emotionally driven" than the first Relapse record, which was, as he explains "[just] rap records".[7] When premiering the debut single, Eminem also let listeners know that there weren't any skits on the album, so the album would contain more songs than his previous studio albums.[8]

In an interview with The Alchemist, he confirmed a song titled "Insult to Injury" in which Eminem performs in his normal voice. He described the song as somewhat of a sequel to "Underground," the final track from the previous album, Relapse. Another confirmed song is titled "Hit Me With Your Best Shot". The song features his rap group D12, Bizarre of D12 said the new song shows the groups strength despite losing Proof, who was the founder of the group. "We're still family, but everybody's got their own situations going on," he added. "No matter what y'all do, you can't hold D12 down. We've been through a lot of shit, but we're still gonna come back and recover."[9] When speaking to MTV, affiliate DJ Whoo Kid stated he heard some songs from the album. He confirmed that the song, "The Warning," a diss record to Mariah Carey, was not as intense as the entire album would be, saying the album is 'maniacal'.[10] On October 3, 2009, Eminem appeared on Shade 45 with DJ Whoo Kid where he stated that a track with 50 Cent, in which the two rap together on verses, existed.[11] In the same interview, he also confirmed both Just Blaze and Denaun Porter as producers on the album.[11] Bizarre of D12 stated that the group recorded a song for the album tentatively titled "Hit Me With Your Best Shot".[12]

On April 13, 2010, Eminem tweeted "There is no Relapse 2" to his followers. When he tweeted this, people started to believe that he was not releasing an album at all, but it meant simply that the album would be changed to Recovery. He confirmed this by tweeting "Recovery" with a link to his website. Eminem said "I had originally planned for Relapse 2 to come out last year. But as I kept recording and working with new producers, the idea of a sequel to Relapse started to make less and less sense to me, and I wanted to make a completely new album. The music on Recovery came out very different from Relapse, and I think it deserves its own title."[13][14] On April 27, Eminem released a freestyle titled "Despicable" over "Over" by Drake and "Beamer, Benz, or Bentley" by Lloyd Banks featuring Juelz Santana as promo for the first single, "Not Afraid", which debuted on Shade 45 on April 29.[15] In a recent interview Eminem said "I must have gone through 200-300 beats, for the album and chose 100 of them and recorded it."[16]
Guests

As for guests on the album, Eminem had confirmed back when the album was still entitled Relapse 2 that he worked with both Dr. Dre and 50 Cent on the album. D12, Royce da 5'9",[17] Lloyd Banks[18] and Cashis[19] had been speculated as possible features on the album. However, none of these artists are actually featured. Recovery only featured guest appearances by rapper Lil Wayne and solo singers Kobe, Pink and Rihanna. In interview with Skyrock FM Eminem said he decided to include Pink on "Won't Back Down" after recording his parts first because he "felt like she would smash this record".[20] On the bonus track "Session One", Eminem features supergroup Slaughterhouse, signed with Shady Records.[21]
Release and promotion

His seventh studio album,[13][3][22] Recovery was confirmed during a press release by Eminem's label on March 5, 2009 and was originally titled Relapse 2. In June 2009, Eminem said that he expected a release during the fourth quarter of 2009,[6] with Rolling Stone reporting a November 2009 release date,[23] but in November 2009, he stated that he would re-release Relapse, with extra songs, to hold fans over for the release of Relapse 2 in 2010.[24] It was voted the most anticipated album of fall 2009 by XXL,[25] It was slated to be the second Eminem album released in 2009, after Relapse, but was pushed back to 2010.[24] Recovery is set to be released on June 21 in the United States and the United Kingdom, and on June 18 in the rest of Europe.[26]

Eminem has done multiple interviews such as with Red Bull in promotion of the album. A commercial for Recovery premiered during Game 6 of the 2010 NBA Finals. It featured Vince Offer from the Slap Chop commercials in a parody of his commercials.[27] Also a Call of Duty: Black Ops Advert with Eminem's song Won't Back Down was released. On June 15, Eminem appeared amongst other artists including Usher and Will.i.am for Activision's press conference during the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2010 with Rihanna where the duo performed "Love the Way You Lie". In addition, Eminem performed "Lose Yourself", "Not Afraid", and premiered "Won't Back Down" for the first time.[28] Eminem apeared on E! during their Daily 10 show in an interview. He also appeared in a skit on The Soup. Eminem also performed at the 2010 BET Awards.
Artwork

The album artwork was released through Eminem.com. The album features two covers: One with Eminem walking down a country road and another with him sitting in a transparent living room in the middle of Detroit with the Renaissance Center in the background. The albums liner features pictures of Eminem such as a picture of him "praying" and him posing without a shirt on. The album is dedicated "2 anyone who's In a dark place tryin' to 2 get out. Keep your head up... It does get better!" [sic][29]
Singles

"Not Afraid" was released on Shade 45 and has received free streaming on Eminem's website since then.[30] The song received very heavy downloads of 380,000 in its first week and debuted at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The second single was released on June 21, 2010 titled "Love the Way You Lie" which features Rihanna.[2] The song was highly successful like its predecessor and debuted at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. Songs "No Love", "25 to Life", "Won't Back Down", "Cinderella Man", "Talkin 2 Myself", "Space Bound" and "Cold Wind Blows" also debuted on the Hot 100 without release as singles.[31]
Reception
Commercial performance

The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, with first-week sales of 741,000 copies.[32] It became Eminem's sixth album to debut at number one in the United States.[33] It remained at number one in its second week of release, selling another 313,000 copies for a total of 1.1 million copies in the US.[34] It also entered at number one on Billboard's R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Rap Albums chart.[35][36] The album debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart, selling 140,000 copies in its first week in the United Kingdom.[37] It retained its number one spot in its second week of release in the UK.[38] In Canada, the album sold 85, 000 copies in it's first week and debuted at #1 on Canada's Album Chart.[39] In Japan, Oricon recorded a debut of #6 with 20,678 units sold.[40] It also went gold in its first week in New Zealand and Australia, debuting at number one in both countries.
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