Relapse is the sixth album released by Eminem and his producer Dr Dre, released 15th May 2009.
Addiction to sleeping pills and suffered from exhaustion
The end of drug rehabilitation
Rapping into a fictional relapse
Return of the old Eminem
Relapsed back into drugs after a friend was shot and killed
Relapsed back to his wife, 11 weeks after divorcing
Prescription drug abuse
Hospitalised for an overdose within methadone
He recovered from his addiction
Justifies personal true life, past experiences
Black background: death, authority and power
Mosaic of prescription pills conveyed in red: red to illustrate, death, blood? Danger, anger, stimulates a faster heartbeat and breathing
Collage created from prescription pills, parody like material, mimicking him self
Close up head shot of Eminem, emotionless
Sticker represents a prescription drug label,” prescribed by Dr Dre” indication to blame, Dr Dre is his producer, illustrating the pressure he was put under perhaps
Displaying personal issues within his art
CD artwork itself portrays bottle lid like qualities, again illustrating a reference to prescription pills
Challenges the convention of having the artist name within the cover, illustrates establishment and popularity