Eminem Says That MMLP2 Isn't A Sequel, But It Is A Revisitation

In an interview with Rolling Stone, Eminem talks his new album, working with Rick Rubin, his sound, and more. Some excerpts from the interview can be read below.

On the album:

“Calling it The Marshall Mathers LP 2, obviously I knew that there might be certain expectations. I wouldn’t want to call it that just for the sake of calling it that. I had to make sure that I had the right songs – and just when you think you got it, you listen and you’re like, ‘Fuck, man! I feel like it needs this or that,’ to paint the whole picture.” “..not necessarily a sequel, as much as it is a revisitation. So there’s not gonna be, like, continuations of every old song on there or anything like that,” he adds. “To me, it’s more about the vibe, and it’s more about the nostalgia.”

On Rick Rubin:

“Getting with him was like, ‘Holy shit!’” says Eminem. “As many genres of music that he is able to fuck with, he’s like Yoda. I couldn’t do it. You sit me there with a rock group, I don’t know the first fucking thing about banging on the drums.”

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