Although he had initially planned for a fourth quarter release for Relapse 2, Eminem has now altered his plans and will instead re-issue Relapse with seven bonus tracks.
According to the rapper’s homepage, the re-release of Slim Shady‘s fifth solo effort will be titled Relapse: Refill, and will feature five never-before-heard songs, plus his posse cut with Drake, Lil Wayne and Kanye, “Forever,” and “Taking My Ball,” which also appeared on the “Renegade” edition of DJ Hero.
“I want to deliver more material for the fans this year like I originally planned” said Eminem. “Hopefully these tracks on The Refill will tide the fans over until we put out Relapse 2 next year“.
Eminem elaborated on his recording process for Relapse 2, indicating that the creative process has taken longer than he anticipated. “I got back in with Dre and then a few more producers, including Just Blaze, and went in a completely different direction which made me start from scratch. The new tracks started to sound very different than the tracks I originally intended to be on Relapse 2, but I still want the other stuff to be heard.“
There is no current release date set for Relapse 2. Relapse: Refill hits stores December 21.
