In February, Eminem's longtime manager Paul Rosenberg told Billboard, "We fully expect to be releasing a new Eminem album in 2013. He's been working on it for some
time. It's safe to say that it will be post- Memorial Day at some point, but we're not exactly sure when." He mentioned August as a possibility, but "post-Memorial Day" could mean anything: Every date from now until
eternity now falls into that category. But lo and behold, two days ago, Mr. Porter — Eminem's longtime hypeman — tweeted, "Some of these Em fans will have something
to talk about soon. Thank god cause y'all be killing my timeline." The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time:
Eminem** Eminem performed for an hour last night, taking the stage at G-Shock's 30th anniversary Shock the World event, held in an airplane-hangar-sized basketball complex in New York City. He had hits — "Cleaning Out My Closet," "Stan," "Love the Way You Lie" — and he had songs that are bigger than hits. "Lose Yourself," falling into the latter category, isn't even a piece of music, it's a
round dot on a timeline, a tattoo that never fades. Leading up to those, B-sides like "Kill You" well, killed; "Dream On" and "Toy Soldiers" sort of made sense, finally, as popular hook-y ballads for Eminem to karaoke around. But, though hints dropped like crumbs, he revealed no new music, he
let no cats out of bags, he showed no leg. Eminem doesn't make many appearances. For now, this would just be a rare — if unexpected — opportunity to go whale watching.
