Eminem sneakily announces new single, album

 

By Ray Rahman, EW.com

updated 5:39 PM EDT, Mon August 26, 2013

Eminem announced August 25 that he has a new album arriving on November 5.

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• Eminem used the MTV VMAs to make a big announcement
• The artist has a new single and album on the way
• The single, "Berzerk," will arrive August 27
• The album, "The Marshall Mathers LP 2," is due November 5

(EW) -- With most of the music world's eyeballs fixed on one point — the MTV VMAs — Eminem took advantage of the moment to announce the name and release date of his upcoming eighth album.

As his official site teases, the new album will be out November 5.

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The site calls the release "MMLP2," and also announced the name of a new single, "Berzerk," to be debuted this Tuesday.

A rep at Interscope has confirmed that the album's formal title is "The Marshall Mathers LP 2," and that "Berzerk" will be on sale via iTunes on Tuesday, 12:01am Eastern.

The song was produced by Rick Rubin, who with Dr. Dre co-produced the entire album.

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The announcement also came with a snippet of the new song, which you can hear here.

See the original story at EW.com.