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Eminem's album image set in Detroit has lots of subtext With “Recovery” due June 22, the Detroit rapper released a pair of artful, cryptic cover images today, creating an inevitable stir across the Internet. The images were shot by Nigel Parry, a London-bred, New York-based photographer who has worked with many of the world’s biggest celebrities. The two shots will function as a dual front cover, which fans can flip around at their whim. In one, Eminem walks with his back to the camera down an empty road — an apparent reference to the lonely path to recovery, by an artist championing his newfound sobriety. Of more interest, though, is a striking image set in downtown Detroit that seems rife with symbolism. It’s a sleek, surreal shot portraying Eminem inside a transparent cube — a glass house? — on a deserted Hart Plaza, the Renaissance Center looming behind him. The 37-year-old star is seated on a leather couch, book in hand and glass of milk within reach. The crisply composed, modernist image will adorn what is likely to be of one of the world’s top-selling albums this year. And it’s ripe for interpretation, which Detroit art connoisseurs were happy to engage in today. Some compared it with the classic ’70s album covers of artists such as Pink Floyd as they pondered its possible messages: Perhaps it’s a nod to the economic struggles — and fragile comeback hopes — of the auto industry and Detroit. A commentary on his own fame, which has trapped him on display for the world. An allusion to the quiet solace of healing. “At some level, he seems to be drawing a parallel between his problems and the problems of the city,” said Luis Croquer, director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit. “It has this component of transparency, and Detroit is like that at the moment — everyone is looking at Detroit, which is in this bubble. It’s similar to how people look at him under the microscope. “It’s interesting that he’s picked that building, because it symbolizes times when the city thought it was going to come back, but didn’t. As much as there’s optimism, I detect a little irony there too.” Rick Manore, cofounder of the late C-Pop gallery, saw deep metaphors about the nature of celebrity. “The overall feeling is isolation,” Manore. “He’s visible, but nobody can touch him.” That touches on a theme that Eminem has explored since the song “Stan ” in 2000. “This is a guy who has trouble even going out to Taco Bell,” he said. “Here he’s in his own city, but can’t do a damned thing. He’s his own prisoner.” It wouldn’t be the first time Eminem used a cover to convey embedded messages: His 2004 album, “Encore,” portrayed him onstage taking a final bow, months before he slipped off the public radar for half a decade. Many viewers today echoed Manore, who praised the “Recovery” shot as a meaningful, complex piece of art — “a very heavy statement where I wasn’t expecting to see one.” Veteran photographer Michelle Andonian, who has shot album covers for other Detroit musicians, lauded it as “clearly the work of a mature artist” whose “commitment to Detroit is real and true.” “I love the surrealism involved,” she said. “I think there are a lot of different things people can pull out of it. Recovering from any kind of problem is hard, but especially when you have to live it out loud. With somebody of his stature, the glass box just makes so much sense.” And the photo drives home his attachment to the city that has long fueled his music. “That’s the thing about Detroit and Detroit artists — the successful ones who stay here do it because they know it’s the city that makes the artist,” Andonian said. “The inspiration you get here is something you can’t get in L.A. or New York.” 阿姆封面取景选在底特律的深层含义. 为了这次即将在6月22日发行的新专辑 底特律的一名说唱歌手在今日推出了一组具有神秘艺术感的封面照 而他的举动更是对网路造成了无法避免的轰动. 此次拍摄取景的画面 是由一位曾经同很多世界顶级大牌合作过的英国驻纽约专业摄影师NIGEL PARRY完成的 拍摄完成后的两张封面将会被用来作为一张整体的封面照同时也让粉丝们感受到他所带来的新创意 在图中EM背对着摄影机正往前方空旷的马路走着 清晰的点明了他作为一个长胜军在这次的恢复过程中孤独而却又很清醒的态度与方向 但更有趣的则是另外一组在底特律市中心拍摄的画面似乎有着更加丰富的含义 EM这次出现在一个看似光滑又带有些不真实感的方形透明玻璃房子里 身后的背景是已被遗弃却带有文艺复兴时期建筑风格的广场 这位37岁的巨星手中正拿着一本书搭配着前方轻松可取的牛奶静坐在皮革的长沙发上 如此干净简洁的制作附带具有现代感的装饰画面很有可能成为今年全球专辑的销量冠军 而底特律的专业艺术家也对这次封面的诠释成功及配合表示相当的高兴 不过这次的封面也被很多人拿来同众多经典的70年代歌手譬如PINK FLOYD的专辑封面做了比较 而让人沉思的是: 这些想法也许是体现了现如今的经济萧条 包括了底特律和这座城市拥有的汽车行业都希望能够有渐渐回转的趋势 这些评论所带动的名声问题让EM不得不为世界做一个展示而它的特殊典故就在于去抚平世界所带来的创伤 选择这次在底特律现代艺术馆拍摄封面的导演LUIS CROQUER表示: 从更高的层面上来说EM似乎是把他的私人问题和这座城市所面临的问题化成了平行线 而使问题所包含的成分也更加趋向与透明化 其实如今的底特律也正是如此正因为耀眼而让所有人更着重与这座城市以及它所带来的经济泡沫 相同的EM也和底特律一样备受世人关注 有意思的是EM选择了带有文艺复兴时期建筑风格的楼层作为背景 因为它代表了这座城市会通过时间的验证而回到最初的样貌但却并没有成功 这样的构思不仅包含了它乐观的心态更具有着讽刺的意味 底特律现代艺术馆的创建者RICK MANORE认为他有深刻感受到这些艺人隐约想要表现的: 画面的整体视觉效果是被隔离的虽然EM清晰可见但却不愿意被世人轻易触碰 其实他早在2000年推出的歌曲中已表现出了这点 EM其实是一个就连去速食店都会表现出困难重重的人虽然这座城市是他自己的家 但他似乎对这一切也无能为力了看来他已经被自己囚禁了 EM其实早已不是第一次在专辑中使用如此深刻的典故: 在2004年的专辑封面上 他在舞台中的最后一次鞠躬便已告诉我们他将会在耀眼的舞台上消失半个世纪了 近来有许多读者给与MANORE很大的认同并且称赞《RECOVERY》的拍摄效果很富有深刻含义以及艺术意境: MANORE更没有料到读者们的定论竟然是如此的沉重 其中曾为众多底特律音乐人拍摄过封面的资深摄影师MICHELLE ANDONIAN 更赞扬EM无论是对封面的选择还是他为底特律的付出及承诺都非常正确并且是一个成熟艺人该做的 ANDONIAN表示: 封面蕴含着超现实主义的思想她认为世人可以通过这次封面的主题联想到很多其他事件 人生中所出现的任何一个低潮想要恢复到原来的位置都是困难的 特别是党你已经备受瞩目时恢复的过程则会显得更意外艰难 而看似透明的玻璃外观对拥有一定身份和地位的EM来说也显的非常贴切 这次EM在底特律拍摄的新专辑封面也将会随着他的音乐一起被燃烧起来.. ANDONIAN更进一步表示: 其实这就是底特律和它所拥有的艺人因为他们知道正因为是这座城市才能够为他们带来成功 在这里产生的灵感是在洛杉矶或者纽约无法获得的，在那里和在底特律无法相提并论的。 -------------------------------- 特别推荐You're Never Over。这首歌是EM为已故挚友proof所写。 The days are cold livin’ without you The nights are long, I’m growing older I miss the days of old, thinkin’ about you You may be gone, but you’re never over If Proof could see me now, I know he’d be proud Somewhere in me deep down, there’s something in me he found That made him believe in me, now no one can beat me now You try, it’ll be them doors on Dre’s Phantom, believe me clowns That means suicide homie, you’ll never throw me Off of this course, blow me B*tch I do this all for the sport only But I want it all, I’m not just talking awards homie And the balls in my court and it’s lonely On top of the world when you’re the only One with the balls and your shorts To leave them jaws on the floor with no re-morse, remember that when they get to doggin’ you boy homie So y’all can just get to bloggin’ about bologna I’m not gonna stop the saga continues, no stoppin’ the force Obi, I’m moppin the floors with them, I keep tryna pass it, but they keep on droppin’ the torch and it won’t be, long til this sport is O-V-E-R, Just Blaze and me, we are knockin’ them doors and no we ain’t pumpkins on Halloween but we’ll show up on your porch, so be careful what you say, there ain’t no punks over here so follow me Through the fog like I’m S-N-double-O-P Let me guide you through the smoke G If only I wasn’t travellin’ down this road by my lonely No one who knew me like you will ever know me I don’t think you understand how much you meant to me And it don’t stop (oh) And it don’t quit (oh) And it don’t stop (oh) And it don’t quit (oh) And I miss you (oh) I just miss you (oh) I just miss you (oh) Homie I’ll never forget you (no) For you, I wanna write the sickest rhyme of my life So sick it’ll blow up the mic, It’ll put the dyna in mite Yeah it’ll make the dopest MC wanna jump off a bridge and shit hisself Tap dancin’ all over the beat, it’ll jump off the page and spit itself Yeah it’s the best thing I could do right now Doody for you is to rap SO Imma f*ck til I die, yeah Imma do it to death And itstead of mourning your death, I’d rather celebrate your life Elevate to new height, step on the gas and accelerate, Imma need two mics Cuz the way that I’m feelin’ tonight, everything I can just do right There’s nothing that I can do wrong, I’m too strong and I’m just too hyped Just finished the rhyme and buss it’, excuse the corny metaphor They’ll never catch up (ketchup) to all this energy that I’ve mustered (mustard) So God just help me out while I fight through this grievin’ process Tryna process this loss is makin’ me nauseous But this depression ain’t takin me hostage I’ve been patiently watchin’ this game, pacin’ these hallways You had faith in me always Proof you knew I’d come out of this slump, rise from these ashes Come right back on they asses, and go Mike Tyson on these bastards And Imma show ‘em, blow ‘em out the water slaughter ‘em homes I’mma own so many belts the only place they can hit me is below ‘em Homie I know I’m, never gonna be the same without you I never woulda came in this game, I’m going insane without you Matter of fact it was just the other night, had another dream about you You told me to get up, I got up, I spread my wings and I flew You gave me a reason to fight, I was on my way to see you You told me nah Doodi you’re not layin’ on that table I knew I was gonna make it, soon as you said think of Hailie, I knew There wasn’t no way that I was ever gonna leave them babies, and Proof not many are lucky enough to have a guardian angel like you Lord I’m so thankful, please don’t think I don’t feel grateful, I do Just grant me the strength that I need, for one more day to get through So homie this is your song, I dedicate this to you I love you Doody

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