Eminem’s previously-announced underground mixtape project has turned into an official, full-length compilation album due Dec. 5 via his Shady Records imprint.
Titled Eminem Presents: The Re-Up, the disc features guest artists 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, D12, Obie Trice, Akon and Production From The Alchemist. The set will also introduce his Shady Records artists Stat Quo, Ca$his and Bobby Creekwater.
"So much wrong information has gotten out," said the Detroit rapper of the buzz surrounding its initial mixtape form. The project was originally intended as an unofficial, sparsely-produced CD with the sole intent of showcasing his new artists.
"But what happened is that the material was so good and the tracks were getting produced like a regular album," said Eminem. "Instead of putting it out there rough and unfinished, I thought we should add some other new tracks, make it a real album, and put it in the record stores to give these new artists a real boost."
The Re-Up was to be a tribute to Em’s slain best friend Proof from the group D12. But Eminem has changed all that and the tracks will now be released on different projects.
"The D12 album and those unreleased songs with Proof are coming," explains Eminem. "But ‘The Re-Up’ is about these new artists and these new songs. It isn't fair to them or to the memory of Proof to mix them up."
Tracks on The Re-Up are mixed by The Alchemist, who also produced several songs on the album and is best known for his work with Cypress Hill, Nas, Snoop Dogg, Mobb Deep, and Jadakiss.
In other Eminem news, it was reported that his divorce with wife Kimberley Mathers is being referred to a mediator. Macomb County Circuit Judge Antonio Viviano told reporters the news following an hour-long private hearing on Tuesday.
Eminem's lawyer Harvey Hauer and Kimberley Mathers' lawyer Michael J. Smith said they hope the case will be settled amicably. The couple filed for divorce last April 5, just 82 days after they remarried in Rochester on Jan. 14. Their first marriage lasted from 1999 to 2001.
Titled Eminem Presents: The Re-Up, the disc features guest artists 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, D12, Obie Trice, Akon and Production From The Alchemist. The set will also introduce his Shady Records artists Stat Quo, Ca$his and Bobby Creekwater.
"So much wrong information has gotten out," said the Detroit rapper of the buzz surrounding its initial mixtape form. The project was originally intended as an unofficial, sparsely-produced CD with the sole intent of showcasing his new artists.
"But what happened is that the material was so good and the tracks were getting produced like a regular album," said Eminem. "Instead of putting it out there rough and unfinished, I thought we should add some other new tracks, make it a real album, and put it in the record stores to give these new artists a real boost."
The Re-Up was to be a tribute to Em’s slain best friend Proof from the group D12. But Eminem has changed all that and the tracks will now be released on different projects.
"The D12 album and those unreleased songs with Proof are coming," explains Eminem. "But ‘The Re-Up’ is about these new artists and these new songs. It isn't fair to them or to the memory of Proof to mix them up."
Tracks on The Re-Up are mixed by The Alchemist, who also produced several songs on the album and is best known for his work with Cypress Hill, Nas, Snoop Dogg, Mobb Deep, and Jadakiss.
In other Eminem news, it was reported that his divorce with wife Kimberley Mathers is being referred to a mediator. Macomb County Circuit Judge Antonio Viviano told reporters the news following an hour-long private hearing on Tuesday.
Eminem's lawyer Harvey Hauer and Kimberley Mathers' lawyer Michael J. Smith said they hope the case will be settled amicably. The couple filed for divorce last April 5, just 82 days after they remarried in Rochester on Jan. 14. Their first marriage lasted from 1999 to 2001.
