Eminem is gearing as much as launch his subsequent studio album, The Dying of Slim Shady, someday this summer season. To date, the diamond-selling MC has but to launch any singles from the forthcoming challenge nor verify a strong launch date.
However the rollout has undoubtedly began. Not solely did he take out a pretend obituary for Slim Shady—his longtime alter-ego—within the Detroit Free Press, however he additionally dropped a trailer for the album starring 50 Cent. Now, followers are curious what fellow Detroit native Jack White has to do with it.
On Sunday (Might 26), the White Stripes frontman shared a random submit consisting of three pictures of Eminem rocking a PRhyme hoodie. He didn’t embody a caption, leaving individuals guessing as to what the submit may really be about. Hypothesis ran wild within the remark part with feedback like, “If there’s a collab right here, the complete planet will faint all of sudden” and “What if Jack is on Eminem’s new album that’s popping out quickly.”
The notion isn’t too far fetched. Eminem has traditionally collaborated with artists who may appear a bit exterior the field for him, together with Ed Sheeran and Rihanna. White, in the meantime, is understood to be a giant Hip-Hop fan and most lately collaborated with A Tribe Known as Quest’s Q-Tip on his newest album, 2022’s Getting into Heaven Alive.
Regardless of minimal element on the album, Eminem did tease a date lately. On Monday (Might 20), he shared a cryptic tweet that included a photograph of a textual content message with the vanishing impact revealing the phrases, “…and for my final trick!” The date on the message was Might 31, 2024 at 12 a.m. (presumably Jap).
Contemplating that’s a Friday, it’s not arduous to conclude what he’s suggesting. In spite of everything, he did say the album was arriving this summer season—not spring. Now, Stans are eagerly anticipating the primary single from the album to reach that day.
Eminem introduced The Dying of Slim Shady in April shortly after he opened the 2024 NFL Draft in Detroit. The announcement, which arrived through the NFR Podcast, included a teaser for the challenge starring 50 Cent. The idea revolved round an investigation into the homicide of Slim Shady. The caption learn merely, “EMINEM-THE DEATH OF SLIM SHADY. NEW ALBUM. SUMMER 2024.”
“By way of his advanced and oft-criticized, tongue-twisting rhymes, the anti-hero referred to as Slim Shady has had no scarcity of enemies,” the reporter says within the clip. “The identical impolite lyrics and controversial antics could have finally led to his demise. Be a part of me as we recreate the occasions that led to the homicide of Slim Shady.”
50 Cent supplied, “He’s not a good friend, he’s a psychopath.”
The Dying of Slim Shady, the challenge serves because the follow-up to 2020’s Music to Be Murdered By (Shady Information, Aftermath Leisure, Interscope Information).