eminemIf The Fame Monster wasn’t enough for you, not to worry: there’s another re-release heading your way.

Eminem will release Relapse: The Refill – not to be confused with Relapse 2- on Dec. 21, the rapper announced on his website last week, reports rollingstone.com.

The Refill will include the entire Dr. Dre-produced Relapse album, plus seven songs that didn’t originally make the cut. The DJ Hero exclusive song “Taking My Ball,” plus the Eminem/Drake/Lil Wayne/Kanye West collaboration “Forever” will be included on The Refill, along with five other previously unreleased tracks.

Still, Eminem does promise the Relapse 2, the second album of his comeback after a hard battle with drug addiction. But with the release of The Refill, it looks like Relapse 2 is now slotted for a 2010 release.

“I want to deliver more material for the fans this year like I originally planned,’ Eminem said. “Hopefully these tracks on The Refill will tide the fans over until we put out Relapse 2 next year.”

“I got back in with Dre and a few more producers, including Just Blaze, and went in a completely different direction wich made me start from scratch,” he continued. “The new tracks started to sound very different than the tracks I originally intended to be on Relapse 2, but I still want the other stuff heard.”

The rap star has reportedly been working hard in recent months on Relapse 2, joined in the studio by producers such as Mr. Porter and Just Blaze. So the second album won’t be a straight-Dre deal.

“I definitely feel like I’m in a different space right now,” Eminem said. “With the last record, I think a lot of it had to do with me getting sober, my eyes being open again. With Relapse, I wanted to prove myself that I could still do it.”

“Now I’m at a point where I’m blessed enough to be in a position where I don’t need to put out records, but I want to,” he said.

Eminem recently performed at the American Music Awards.






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