Eminem MMLP2 New Album 2013: Zane Lowe Interview Pt. 2 [VIDEO]
The second part of Eminem's four-part interview with BBC Radio 1's Zane Lowe has been released. The rapper discusses about his increased role as a music producer on his latest album, "The Marshall Mathers LP 2," and balancing his personal life with fame, which he has recently addressed on one of the "MMLP2" tracks, "The Monster" featuring Rihanna.
Since his 1999 debut "The Slim Shady LP," Eminem has produced on his albums. However, on 2009's "Relapse" and 2010's "Recovery," the Detroit rapper focused more on being an emcee, taking a break from producing. Em talks about his progression as a producer on his most recent project.
"It was fun to be able to just mess around with beats from scratch again," says Eminem. "I think 'Recovery' was the first time that I ever got super open to working with a lot of other producers. That was the most that I had ever done, aside from working with Dre. So on that album, kind of opened those doors a little bit, so that's kind of how early on I started approaching this record, this album."
"Sometimes, I may get something in my head, like an idea or the mood of something that I would want, and I'm not always gonna get that by going through different tracks that other people have made. They don't know what's in my head... I think maybe it helps, a little bit, with diversity, the sound of it, but also, I would get something in my head and want to be able to lay down that idea from scratch," the rapper continues.
Eminem then talks about his concern with career success, which is evident on the Rihanna-assisted track.
"Wanted to receive attention for my music / Wanted to be left alone in public excuse me," he raps on "The Monster."
"I've never been an attention-seeker, and it seems like probably a hell of a career choice, but I don't like... that's not why I do it, just to get attention," says Eminem. "I don't like to go in public and walk around and be like, 'Here I am.' That's not what I want. I just wanted... my dream was... my dream was... fuck, man, like, hear rappers that I looked up to on the radio, and be like, 'Yo, what if Jay Z, whoever, what if they heard of me? What if they thought I was dope?' That was where my mentality always was with it. So when it all went crazy, it was really hard to wrap my head around it."