It’s been 4 years since Eminem’s final LP, and he pranked followers with an album announcement trailer to have a good time April Fools’ Day. Slim Shady dropped a trailer on Monday (April 1) initially soundtracked by “Crack A Bottle” and crammed with fan feedback pleading with him to drop his subsequent album.
Sadly, the Detroit legend leaned into April Fools’ Day and took it again to his missed Infinite debut album in 1996, which by no means touched the Billboard 200 charts.
“The highly-anticipated subsequent studio album goes again to the place it began. Infinite however now it’s much more infinite,” a cinematic narrator mentioned within the clip crammed with explosive drops. “Out as we speak.”
Nevertheless, not all hope is misplaced for an Eminem album, as Dr. Dre revealed that Em is planning to drop an album later this yr.
“Let me inform you one thing, let me clarify one thing to you proper now: Eminem is engaged on his personal album which is popping out this yr,” Dre mentioned throughout an look on Jimmy Kimmel Reside! final month. “And I truly talked to him and he mentioned it okay for me to make that announcement proper right here on this present. So he has an album popping out, I’ve bought songs on it and it’s fireplace. I’m truly gonna hear your complete album for the primary time for tomorrow.”
The West Coast legend continued: “[Eminem] holds his music near his chest so I haven’t heard all the things. I haven’t even heard all the things full that I’ve finished, however I’m gonna hear it, and he’s placing out an album this yr.”
Eminem’s untitled twelfth studio album will function the follow-up to 2020’s Music to Be Murdered By, which was a shock launch in January of that yr and debuted atop the Billboard 200. The LP featured visitor appearances from Ed Sheeran, Juice WRLD, Q-Tip, Anderson .Paak and extra.
Watch Em’s Infinite album prank trailer beneath.
