Eminem's upcoming studio album, The Marshall Mathers LP 2, will be released Nov. 5, but the final mixes aren't done yet. The rap superstar says he is working harder on this album than he ever has before.

"Right now, I'm probably working harder than I've ever worked in my life, aside from around the time of The Eminem Show, when I was also doing the 8 Mile movie and soundtrack and score and shit like that." Eminem told Rolling Stone while drinking a Red Bull. "This is probably the equivalent of that, but all focused on the record."

And the work shows. Three singles from the album have already been released with positive reviews, the platinum-selling "Berzerk," the Call of Duty: Ghosts jam "Survival" and the newest song, which again has everyone questioning Shady's possible homophobia, "Rap God."

"Calling it The Marshall Mathers LP 2, obviously I knew that there might be certain expectations," Eminem said. "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."

To make sure that MMLP2 did not disappoint, Eminem got the help of featured artists Kendrick Lamar, Skylar Grey, fun. lead singer Nate Reuss and Rihanna. Dr. Dre, the Detroit native's mentor, produced the album, as usual, but this time Rick Rubin joined the production team.

"Getting with him was like, 'Holy shit!'" Eminem said. "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."

Don't expect continuations of "Stan," "The Way I Am," "The Real Slim Shady," "Drug Ballad," or any other songs from first Marshall Mathers LP. Although Eminem often considers the 2000 release his best album, The Marshall Mathers Lp 2 will not be the second part of the CD.

"[MMLP2 is] not necessarily a sequel, as much as it is a revisitation," Eminem said. "So there's not gonna be, like, continuations of every old song on there or anything like that. To me, it's more about the vibe, and it's more about the nostalgia."