The titles of Eminem's previous albums
- Infinate (1996)
- The Slim Shady LP(1999)
- The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)
- The Eminem Show (2002)
- Encore(2004)
- Relapse(2009)
- Recovery (2010)
To help us develop a Digi pack cover, I had felt that it would be useful for me to research Eminem's previous albums in order to discover how the music in these albums relates to their titles and front covers.
In my research I had learned that the majority of the songs in these albums are reflective of Eminem's life, as his songs are inspired by the many difficult times that Eminem had experienced in his life such as his legal troubles, his drug addictions and his conflicts with his family( namely his mother, his ex-wife Kim Mathers(nee Scott) and his daughter Hailie Mathers).
Additionally to this, the titles in Eminem's album covers also represent the different stages in career as well as his personal life.
In terms of his 2009 album "Relapse" the music in this album reflects on Eminem's drug addiction that he had underwent in the mid 2000 as a result of the depression that he had endured in that time period.
In 2005, Eminem had decided to take a break from recording music and had developed an addiction to prescription sleeping drugs.
In 2006, Eminem had remarried his ex wife Kim Scott. However this had quickly resulted in their second divorce after only eleven weeks of marriage.
In the same year, Eminem's childhood friend and fellow rapper DeShaun Holton(Proof) was shot and killed. This had a massive impact on Eminem as it had caused him to go into a state of depression which led to Eminem relapsing into prescription drug abuse.
Eminem's relapse is visually portrayed in the front cover of his Relapse album through the use of the album's name and it's image. The title itself is "Relapse" which directly refers to it and the main image is Eminem's face that has been collaged by pieces of prescription medicine tablets. This shows how Eminem was severely addicted to prescription drug prior to the time of the album's release. Additionally, the tablets which illustrate Eminem's face are surrounded by many other tablets and the red and yellow colours of the medicine makes it appear as a vomit stain on the floor. Vomiting is a common symptom of a person with a prescription drug abuse problem.
Eminem's relapse is visually portrayed in the front cover of his Relapse album through the use of the album's name and it's image. The title itself is "Relapse" which directly refers to it and the main image is Eminem's face that has been collaged by pieces of prescription medicine tablets. This shows how Eminem was severely addicted to prescription drug prior to the time of the album's release. Additionally, the tablets which illustrate Eminem's face are surrounded by many other tablets and the red and yellow colours of the medicine makes it appear as a vomit stain on the floor. Vomiting is a common symptom of a person with a prescription drug abuse problem.
Eminem's following album 'Recovery' contains themes about how Eminem is recovering from his past misfortunes which had inspired the music in his Relapse album.
In order to create intertextuality between our Digi pack and Eminem's album cover, it may be a good idea to include an image in the cover which symbolises the stage of life which the protagonist is currently at. This could show how unsuccessful the protagonist is in his social and career life.
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