Rịba ama amaokwu a dị n'okpuru ma zaa ajụjụ ahụ mgbe e mesịrị n'otu asụsụ ahụ dị ka amaokwu ahụ:  Passage: Eminem pụtara na ọwa Shade 45 Sirius ya na Septemba 2008, na-ekwu, sị: "Ugbu a, m na-elekwasị anya na ihe nke m, maka ugbu a ma na-akụ egwu ma na-emepụta ọtụtụ ihe. Ị mara, ka m na-emepụtakwu ihe ka ọ na-adị m ka m na-akawanye mma n'ihi na m na-amalite ịmara ihe". Interscope kwadoro na a ga-ewepụta album ọhụrụ n'oge opupu ihe ubi nke afọ 2009. Na Disemba 2008, Eminem nyere nkọwa ndị ọzọ banyere album ahụ, nke akpọrọ Relapse: "Mụ na Dre laghachiri n'ụlọ nyocha dị ka oge ochie, mmadụ. Dre ga-emecha mepụta ọtụtụ n'ime egwu dị na 'Relapse'. Anyị nọ n'ụzọ ọjọọ ochie anyị... ka anyị hapụ ya na nke ahụ. "Dabere na nkwupụta mgbasa ozi nke Machị 5, 2009, Eminem ga-ewepụta ọba egwu ọhụrụ abụọ n'afọ ahụ. A tọhapụrụ Relapse, nke mbụ, na Mee 19; a tọhapụrụ abụ mbụ ya na vidiyo egwu, "We Made You", na Eprel 7. Ọ bụ ezie na Relapse ereghị nke ọma dị ka album ndị gara aga nke Eminem ma nata nyocha dịgasị iche, ọ bụ ihe ịga nke ọma na azụmaahịa ma weghachite ọnụnọ ya na ụwa hip-hop. E rere ya ihe karịrị nde ise n'ụwa nile. N'oge emume MTV Movie Awards nke afọ 2009, Sacha Baron Cohen gbadatara n'etiti ndị na-ege ntị n'uwe mmụọ ozi. O buru ụzọ gbuo Eminem, bụ onye siri n'emume ahụ pụọ; ụbọchị atọ ka e mesịrị, Eminem kwuru na a kpara arụ ahụ. N'Ọktoba 30 ọ bụ isi na Voodoo Ahụmahụ na New Orleans, ya mbụ zuru ezu arụmọrụ nke afọ. Emem mere ọtụtụ egwu site na Relapse, ọtụtụ n'ime egwu ochie ya na ọdịdị nke D12. N'abalị iri na itoolu nke ọnwa Nọvemba, o kwupụtara na webụsaịtị ya na Relapse: Refill ga-apụta na Disemba 21. Mpempe akwụkwọ ahụ bụ mbipụta nke Relapse na egwu asaa, gụnyere "Forever" na "Taking My Ball". Eminem kọwara CD ahụ:  Ajụjụ: Olee mgbe a mara ọkwa ahụ?
Mach 5, 2009