The Rehab Album: How Eminem, Bonnie Raitt and Others Brought Sobriety to Their Work - WSJ.com: "Clockwise from top left: Justin Townes Earle, Eminem, Keith Urban, Bonnie RaittHeading into the Grammy Awards Feb. 13, one-time bad boy of rap Eminem has 10 nominations and the top-selling album of 2010, with 3.4 million copies sold.
Now 38 years old, Eminem describes his tailspin with lyrics that sound like quotes from group therapy, turning his infamous verbal machine gun on himself: 'I'm wallowin,' self-loathin' and hollow. Bottoms up on the pill bottle. Maybe I'll hit my bottom tomorrow,' he raps. It may be the biggest album ever to deal explicitly with getting sober."
The record, called "Recovery," is the latest in a time-honored musical category: the rehab album. Just as drugs and alcohol have fueled much of popular music, so, more quietly, has getting straight. Many artists have flourished, commercially and artistically, after they got clean. Critics who dismissed Eminem's previous album, the aptly titled "Relapse," include the rapper himself, who pronounced it "ehhh" on "Recovery." Eminem declined to comment. read more
The record, called "Recovery," is the latest in a time-honored musical category: the rehab album. Just as drugs and alcohol have fueled much of popular music, so, more quietly, has getting straight. Many artists have flourished, commercially and artistically, after they got clean. Critics who dismissed Eminem's previous album, the aptly titled "Relapse," include the rapper himself, who pronounced it "ehhh" on "Recovery." Eminem declined to comment. read more
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Relapse was ehhh like Em states, but he really got it together with Recovery and doing collaborations with other major artists. It is nice to see him back and sober.
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