Eminem Recovery - -itunes Deluxe Edition--2010

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.

The album was Recovery .

Then he added a second line: "Don't be afraid to take a stand. Even if it's a small one." Eminem Recovery -iTunes Deluxe Edition--2010

The download bar crawled. 1%... 4%... 12%. Each percentage point felt like a pound of weight lifting off his ribcage. It was 12:47 AM

Marcus realized he had been "Talkin’ 2 Myself" for three years. Telling himself he was too old, too broke, too damaged to start over. The cold wind outside the Kinko’s wasn't so cold anymore

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.