Yesterday, original versions of some Eminem songs has surfaced online. The tracks are called: “This Is 101” (Survival) (2011), “Back And Forth” (Discombobulated) (2009) and “Careful What You Wish For” (2006).
“Survival” premiered in 2013, to promote the multiplayer trailer for the video game Call of Duty: Ghosts, and was initially released as a pre-order bonus when pre-ordering the game. The song was officially released as the second single from The Marshall Mathers LP 2 album on October 8, 2013. It features uncredited vocals in the chorus from Liz Rodrigues of the New Royales. Upon its single release, the song debuted at No. 17 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and upon the album’s release, it climbed to a new peak of No. 16. The song was originally called “This is 101” and was recorded in 2011.
“Discombobulated” (originally titled “Back And Forth”) was originally recorded in 2009 as part of the Relapse era. The track was repurposed for Music To Be Murdered By album, seeing Eminem emulate his younger self by using accents as he did throughout Relapse. On the song, the Detroit icon namedrops various rappers, such as 50 Cent, Dr. Dre, duo Tha Dogg Pound and rap-group De La Soul.
“Careful What You Wish For” is a bonus track off Relapse album. It was believed to be recorded back in 2007, during his 4 years hiatus but as recent leaks say, it was actually recorded in 2006. Unlike the rest of the Relapse album (which was executively produced by Dr. Dre) – This song was produced by Eminem, together with “Beautiful”, with additional production from Luis Resto. A year later, in 2010 Eminem made a sequel to the song, called “Almost Famous,” considering that in that song he’s talking about how he was affected by fame and in this song he’s talking about how things were prior to fame up until the point of him becoming famous.
