For all of you waiting for the next Slim LP, here is something to be happy about. Word outta Detroit  Rock City is that our guy is putting out not one, but two records in 2009. We’ve got a date on the Relapse, the first major hip hop release of ’09, it drops May 19.  According to M&M, he and Dre did so much good music that there is enough for two. Relapse 2 will drop before the end of the year,

From the Detroit Free Press:

Eminem will compensate for lost time with a twofer: “Relapse” will likely be followed later this year by a sequel, featuring songs recorded with longtime collaborator Dr. Dre during a productive stretch last fall.

“We were on such a roll. We wound up with a ton of new music produced by Dre,” Eminem said in a statement. “Putting out ‘Relapse 2′ will let everyone get all of the best stuff.”

“We are up to our old mischievous ways,” he told Billboard. “Let’s just leave it at that.”

Eminem’s last studio release, 2004′s “Encore,” has sold 5.1 million copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. That compares to 10.2 million for his biggest seller, 2000′s “The Marshall Mathers LP.”

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