Eminem Talks Hip Hop and Fame

Eminem, the most commercially successful rapper alive, no longer seeks the massive success which has been a constant in his career.

"There's no desire to be that big again. Whatever happens, I'll take it, but that's definitely not what I'll be recording the songs for," said Em in a recent BBC interview with Zane Lowe [click to listen].

Em's reason for releasing his next album? He wants "to remind people how I rap."

"[I feel] pretty good about what I've done," said the rapper, whose accolades include multiple Grammy awards and the first Oscar ever to be award to a Hip Hop artist. "I've accomplished enough with the music that I haven't had to go out there and do other things to over-saturate. ... That's probably what I take pride in most."

The veteran emcee also took the time to speak on the Hip Hop game, which he deemed garbage - but not all of it. Em gave props to Ludacris, among other artists, saying "I don't mean everything about rap is crap. I just mean the majority of it. Actually I think T.I.'s new album is great and I've been pumping that for the last two weeks every day in my car aside from my own stuff as I record it. Andre 3000 is also incredible. So I just mean rap in general."

Eminem is currently in the studio working on his upcoming album, The Relapse, with Eminem focused on the writing, and Dr. Dre on the production.