Relapse: The Album

Relapse is Eminem's sixth studio album and it was released on May 15th 2009, It came out after a four year hiatus in which the rapper had drug addiction problems and writers block. The album was produced by Eminem , Dr Dre and Mark Batson. The album came soon after Eminem's drug rehabilitation, his second divorce with Kimberly Scott and the death of his close friend DeShaun 'Proof' Holton.
The album sort of follows a narrative, which talks about his drug rehabilitation, him rapping after his non-fictional relapse and the return of Slim Shady. The album starts off with a skit in which we see untrustworthy drug counselor forces Eminem back into his drug addiction and the return to his slim shady character. The album then goes to Eminem explaining the reasons behind his drug problem, the album the goes onto slag off other celebrities who have had rehab problems and also talks about controversial topics. In the skit 'Mr Mathers' we see Eminem being recovered to a hospital where he looks back at the time during his drug problem and his dependency upon the sleeping pills. Eminem then brings in the song beautiful in which Eminem gets rid of the slim shady persona and talks about there being hope when you are in a dark place.
The album had positive critical response and it went to number 1 in nine different countries however many said that this was not quite the return of form that people were expecting. the album overall still did really well within the charts.