Eminem Recovery -itunes Deluxe Edition--2010 95%

It was 12:47 AM. The download was complete. He had listened to the entire deluxe edition in one sitting. The cold wind outside the Kinko’s wasn't so cold anymore.

He scoffed at first. Corny. Then he listened to the second verse: "It was my decision to get clean / I did it for me." Eminem Recovery -iTunes Deluxe Edition--2010

But the real dagger was the live version of "Talkin’ 2 Myself." The studio cut was a confession about disappointing fans. But this live recording, from a small club in Detroit, was a church service. You could hear the crowd’s silence. You could hear Marshall Mathers’ voice crack. "I just wanted to apologize for the last album... I wasn't myself." It was 12:47 AM