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He scoffed at first. Corny. Then he listened to the second verse: "It was my decision to get clean / I did it for me."

He did one small thing.

The first piano chord of "Cold Wind Blows" hit like a punch to the sternum. This wasn't the goofy, accent-slinging Eminem of Relapse . This was a man who had nearly died from a methadone overdose, who had watched his best friend Proof get shot, who had clawed his way back from the precipice of silence. He was rapping like his jaw was wired shut and he was biting through the metal. Eminem Recovery -iTunes Deluxe Edition--2010

He skipped to the bonus tracks.

"Session One" featured Slaughterhouse—four angry, lyrical ghosts from the underground. It was a cipher about industry pressure, but Marcus heard it as a conversation with his own expectations. "Feels like I'm trapped in a box..." He scoffed at first