"Rap God" rapper Eminem has confirmed that he is working on his ninth studio album. What the rapper from Detroit, Michigan, did not confirm is the release date of the upcoming album.
But if Eminem follows a certain pattern when choosing a release date of an album, his ninth studio album may be released either in May or in November. Here are his eighth studio albums and their respective release dates:
1. Web released "Infinite" on Nov. 12, 1996.
2. Web, Aftermath and Interscope released "The Slim Shady LP" on Feb. 23, 1999.
3. Aftermath, Interscope, Shady and Goliath released "The Marshall Mathers LP" on May 23, 2000.
4. Aftermath, Interscope, Shady and Goliath released "The Eminem Show" on May 21, 2002.
5. Aftermath, Interscope, Shady and Goliath released "Encore" on Nov. 12, 2004.
6. Aftermath, Interscope, Shady and Goliath released "Relapse" on May 19, 2009.
7. Aftermath, Interscope, Shady and Goliath released "Recovery" on June 21, 2010.
8. Aftermath, Interscope, Shady and Goliath released "The Marshall Mathers LP 2" on Nov. 5, 2013.
Only "The Slim Shady LP" was released in February and only "Recovery" was released in June. "The Marshall Mathers LP," "The Eminem Show" and "Relapse" were all released in May while "Infinite," "Encore" and "The Marshall Mathers LP 2" were all released in November.
Two out of Eminem's eight compilation albums are also released in November. These are the mixtape album "Straight from the Lab," which was released on Nov. 7, 2003, and "Shady XV," which was released on Nov. 24, 2014.
If Eminem's ninth album does not get released until November, his fans can see him at Reading and Leeds 2017 on Aug. 25-27. Tickets are available on the rapper's official website.
Recently, Eminem was featured in a song titled "No Favors" by Big Sean, another rapper from Detroit, Michigan. The song was from Sean's fourth studio album titled "I Decided."
In an interview with Gigwise, Sean talked about the polarized responses to Eminem's verse on "No Favors." For Sean, the verse was "super fire" and he feels honored to collaborated with the "Rap God" rapper.
Watch Sean talk about "No Favors" lyrics here: