| “ | I want to deliver more material for the fans this year like I originally planned. Hopefully these tracks on The Refill will tide the fans over until we put out Relapse 2 next year. | ” |
—Eminem[1] | ||
Relapse: Refill is a reissued album by American rapper Eminem, released on December 21, 2009, with nine bonus tracks (intended for a scrapped Relapse 2 project) which included the singles "Forever" (originally on More Than a Game's soundtrack), "Taking My Ball" (released with DJ Hero), and five previously unreleased tracks.
Synopsis[]
The first verse on 2009's Relapse starts with the line, "You're walkin' down a horror corridor/It's almost four in the mornin' and you're in a/Nightmare, it's horrible." Typical Eminem scenario. But students of rap history might also hear it as a sly allusion to horrorcore, a short-lived subgenre characterized by rappers saying the most extreme, violent, and generally unpalatable stuff possible. An artist with this many murder fantasies under his belt has a high bar to clear here, and Eminem does so energetically, whether it's the image of him playing ping-pong with his own eyeball on "Insane," or the unprintable details of his plans for the "two brain-dead lesbian vegetables" on "Bagpipes From Bagdad." He's sick—sick, he tells ya!
However ugly Eminem's thoughts, they had nothing on real life. He later said his pill addiction had gotten so severe that, in the months following a 2007 overdose, he had to relearn how to rap the way, say, a stroke victim might have to relearn how to talk. (His manager, Paul Rosenberg, went a step further, asking doctors if he'd suffered permanent brain damage.) A grim image. But on the other hand, a strangely hopeful one: "I remember when I first got sober and all the shit was out of my system," he told Rosenberg on a podcast several years later. "I remember just being, like, really happy. And everything was fucking new to me again." With Relapse, the sweeping societal indictments and grave self-examinations were paused to make room for strangling Lindsay Lohan with an extension cord ("Same Song & Dance") and venting yet more hatred for the mother that, according to Em, got him interested in drugs in the first place ("My Mom"). The relapse wasn't the pills—it was Slim Shady. – Apple Music
Artwork[]
Singles[]
- "Forever" (feat. Drake, Lil Wayne, Kanye West) - September 15, 2009
- "Elevator - December 15, 2009
- "Hell Breaks Loose" (feat. Dr. Dre) - December 15, 2009
Track listing[]
| # | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Dr. West (Skit)" (performed by Dominic West and Marshall Mathers) | Marshall Mathers • Paul Rosenberg | Dr. Dre • Eminem | 1:29 |
| 2. | "3 a.m." | Mathers • Andre Young • Mark Batson • Dawaun Parker • Trevor Lawrence • Mike Elizondo | Dr. Dre | 5:19 |
| 3. | "My Mom" | Mathers • Young • Batson • Parker • Lawrence | Dr. Dre | 5:19 |
| 4. | "Insane" | Mathers • Young • Batson • Parker • Lawrence • Elizondo | Dr. Dre | 3:01 |
| 5. | "Bagpipes from Baghdad" | Mathers • Young • Batson • Parker • Lawrence • Elizondo • Sean Cruse | Dr. Dre • Trevor Lawrence, Jr. | 4:43 |
| 6. | "Hello" | Mathers • Young • Batson • Parker • Lawrence | Dr. Dre • Mark Batson | 4:08 |
| 7. | "Tonya (Skit)" (performed by Elizabeth Keener) | Mathers • Rosenberg | Dr. Dre • Eminem | 0:42 |
| 8. | "Same Song & Dance" | Mathers • Young • Batson • Parker • Lawrence • Elizondo | Dr. Dre • Dawaun Parker | 4:06 |
| 9. | "We Made You" | Mathers • Young • Batson • Parker • Lawrence • Walter Egan | Dr. Dre • Eminem • Doc Ish[a] | 4:29 |
| 10. | "Medicine Ball" | Mathers • Young • Batson • Parker • Lawrence | Dr. Dre • Mark Batson | 3:57 |
| 11. | "Paul (Skit)" (performed by Paul Rosenberg) | Mathers • Rosenberg | Eminem • Bass • Luis Resto[a] | 0:19 |
| 12. | "Stay Wide Awake" | Mathers • Young • Batson • Parker • Lawrence • Elizondo | Dr. Dre | 5:19 |
| 13. | "Old Time's Sake" (featuring Dr. Dre) | Mathers • Young • Batson • Parker • Lawrence | Dr. Dre • Mark Batson | 4:38 |
| 14. | "Must Be the Ganja" | Mathers • Young • Batson • Parker • Lawrence | Dr. Dre • Mark Batson | 4:02 |
| 15. | "Mr. Mathers (Skit)" | Mathers • Rosenberg | Dr. Dre • Eminem | 0:42 |
| 16. | "Déjà Vu" | Mathers • Young • Batson • Parker • Lawrence • Cruse | Dr. Dre | 4:43 |
| 17. | "Beautiful" | Mathers • Luis Resto • Jeffrey Bass • Don Black • Andy Hill | Eminem • Jeff Bass | 6:32 |
| 18. | "Crack a Bottle" (with Dr. Dre and 50 Cent) | Mathers • Young • Curtis Jackson • Batson • Parker • Lawrence • Jean Renard | Dr. Dre | 4:57 |
| 19. | "Steve Berman (Skit)" (performed by Angela Yee, Marshall Mathers & Steve Berman) | Mathers • Rosenberg | Eminem • Resto[a] | 1:29 |
| 20. | "Underground" | Mathers • Young • Batson • Parker • Lawrence | Dr. Dre • Curtis "Sauce" Wilson (chorus vocals) | 6:11 |
| Total length: | 76:05 | |||
| Relapse: Refill | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
| 1. | "Forever" (with Drake, Kanye West and Lil Wayne) | Mathers • Aubrey Graham • Kanye West • Dwayne Carter, Jr. • Matthew Samuels | Boi-1da | 5:58 |
| 2. | "Hell Breaks Loose" (featuring Dr. Dre) | Mathers • Andre Young • Mark Batson • Dawaun Parker • Trevor Lawrence, Jr. | Dr. Dre • Mark Batson | 4:04 |
| 3. | "Buffalo Bill" | Mathers • Young • Batson • Parker • Lawrence • Mike Elizondo | Dr. Dre • Batson | 3:52 |
| 4. | "Elevator" | Mathers • Luis Resto | Eminem • Luis Resto[a] | 4:52 |
| 5. | "Taking My Ball" | Mathers • Young • Batson • Parker • Lawrence | Dr. Dre | 5:01 |
| 6. | "Music Box" | Mathers • Young • Batson • Parker • Lawrence | Dr. Dre • Dawaun Parker | 5:05 |
| 7. | "Drop the Bomb on 'Em" | Mathers • Young • Batson • Parker • Lawrence | Dr. Dre | 4:48 |
| Total length: | 33:40 | |||
Notes
- ^[a] signifies an additional producer.
- On the clean version, "Must Be The Ganja" is written as "Must Be The".
Notes[]
- The cover art for "Music Box" is fan art, though it was too good not to include. – Kris tha 6'7"
References[]
- ↑ Kreps, Daniel (November 19, 2009). "Eminem Releasing 'Relapse: The Refill' Instead of 'Relapse 2'". Rolling Stone.
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