Eminem spoke to VIBE before Recovery dropped. He speaks on not making MTV’s 2009′s Hottest MC’s and not completing Forever.

VIBE: How’d you feel about the response to “Forever”?
Eminem: The response was great. I didn’t really look it like I’m competing against these guys. I’m on a record with them, but I just wanted to make a good song. Certainly, the response helped, as far as me being able to feel good about myself again. It took me so long to just even be able to do that. I was pretty down for a few years. I went through some things and not just with addiction, some personal setbacks and I was down. Just being able to get back up again feels good. I think everything played a factor of where I’m at now.
Read the rest of the interview over at VIBE.com