May 17, 2009, 14:00 GMT
Eminem's new album is inspired by serial killers.
Eminem. He said: "I did find myself watching a lot of documentaries on serial killers. I've always been intrigued by them and watching movies like that, and I found that going back through my DVD collection and watching movies about killers sparked something in me © Lee Roth / RothStock / PR Photos
The 'We Made You' rapper said he saw lots of documentaries on notorious murderers while preparing to write his latest album 'Relapse'.
He said: "I did find myself watching a lot of documentaries on serial killers. I've always been intrigued by them and watching movies like that, and I found that going back through my DVD collection and watching movies about killers sparked something in me.
"The way a serial killer's mind works, just the psychology of them, is pretty f***ing crazy. I was definitely inspired by that."
Eminem - real name Marshall Mathers - also admitted his last record, 2004s 'Encore', wasn't his best work.
He added: "It feels a little too self-loathing to me. When I go back and listen to it - it just feels like I'm
"Maybe I did, maybe I didn't, I don't know, but to actually bring that kind of shit to the forefront like that, I just don't agree with it. I guess to me now it feels like I beat up the subject of what was me. That's what that record's overall theme feels like."
Eminem's latest album, 'Relapse', comes out on May 19
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