The Detroit rapper and his longtime manager explained how his 2007 methadone overdose affected his brain and his rapping during his appearance on Paul Rosenberg’s new Shade45 podcast “Paul Pod.” He recalled, according to People, “I remember when I first got sober, and all the s**t was out of my system, I remember just being, like, really happy, and everything was new to me again.”
Em began work on Relapse, his sixth studio album, as he was improving. Eminem reminisced, “It was like the first time I started having fun with music again, and you remember that whole process.” My brain didn’t start functioning normally again for a very long time.
🤕🧠 “Brain damage! Ever since the day i was born…” im on #PAULPOD @rosenberg @shade45 9pm ET tonight. pic.twitter.com/Z32sRkBrbG
— Marshall Mathers (@Eminem) September 7, 2022
Eminem recalled Rosenberg asking the medical staff if he had experienced brain damage after his overdose. Rosenberg said, “I thought you might have some long-term issues. “I was worried.” “Detroit Basketball” was one of the first songs Eminem recorded during the early stages of his recovery, but it fell short of his expectations.
Nobody was pushing you; you were finding your feet and moving slowly, but a record from “Detroit Basketball” leaked out wasn’t good, according to Rosenberg. Eminem recalled Rosenberg asking the medical staff if he had experienced brain damage after his overdose. Rosenberg said, “I thought you might have some long-term issues. “I was worried.”
“Detroit Basketball” was one of the first songs Eminem recorded during the early stages of his recovery, but it fell short of his expectations. Nobody was pushing you; you were finding your feet and moving slowly, but a record from “Detroit Basketball” leaked out wasn’t good, according to Rosenberg.
It was strange because Em recalled, “There were like, 20 versions of that shit. I don’t know which version leaked, but if you remember, I started going over lines like ‘Wait, that’s not good.'” To return to his creative flow, Eminem said it took “five or six months total.” He once admitted to taking “75-80 valium a night” to help him deal with his withdrawal symptoms as he started writing Relapse.
During the interview, Rosenberg questioned whether there would be enough material for a second Relapse album. Eminem said, “I mean, there’s probably enough to make another Relapse 2.” There are still many songs from Relapse that have not surfaced. But he has no plans to let them go. Though they may be numerous, the pieces are awful, he claimed.
If they didn’t even release the Relapse album, and I still feel strongly about it, that ought to tell you something. In recovery for more than 14 years, Eminem. In 2020, he proudly shared a photo of his AA medallion to mark his 12 years of sobriety. In the books, a clean dozen! I’m not scared,” he declared.
Clean dozen, in the books! I’m not afraid. pic.twitter.com/g5Ww2gKoqF
— Marshall Mathers (@Eminem) April 21, 2020
