Tyler, the Creator wants to right his past wrongs and personally apologize to Eminem over his public criticism of the latter’s 2010 album, Recovery.
In a recent appearance on Mavericks with Mav Carter, the IGOR artist revealed that the Netflix drama series Painkillers showed him a different point of view. “When [Recovery] came out I f*cking hated it. Publicly was like, ‘This sh*t is wack,’” Tyler said. “Didn’t like it, and after watching [Painkillers], I felt so bad about those tweets and things like that because thinking from his perspective, someone like me publicly saying that stuff and him off drugs and being clean and getting to a point in life where that’s behind him and me implying, ‘Nah, this sh*t is wack.’”
He added, “He probably felt like I was attacking him. I thought I was just like, ‘I don’t like the music.’ He was in a different part of his life and probably felt like I was attacking him. Now I feel so bad about saying that stuff because my perspective was so limited.”
“I felt terrible,” Tyler continued. “If I ever see him, I want to tell him that in person.” He also made sure to give Em his flowers, “I love Eminem. That dude taught me how to rap. I learned how to put words together in rhythm because of some of the Eminem stuff I was hearing and storytelling and things like that.”
Recovery proved to be a deeply personal record for the Detroit rapper following a heavy drug addiction several years before. The album went on to debut at No. 1 and was nominated for Album of the Year at the GRAMMYs. The hit single “Love the Way You Lie” with Rihanna also received a nomination for Song of the Year and Record of the Year.
Watch the full interview above.
