Eminem Celebrates Book With Secret Party In NYC!!!!!!!

by **J The Kidd** Tue Oct 14, 2008 12:35 am

Rapper Eminem will host an exclusive release party in New York on October 21 in celebration of his second book, The Way I Am.

The Way I Am is a collection of Eminem’s personal stories, photographs, artwork, never before seen lyrics and reflections.

The book, which also comes with a DVD featuring unreleased interviews
and personal footage of Eminem, lands n the stores the same days is the
rapper’s event, which is being held at a secret location.

Fans will be able to listen in to the event via Eminem’s Shade 45
Sirius satellite radio station, which will broadcast from the venue
with hosts Angela Yee, Drama King DJ Kay Slay, while producer The
Alchemist will man the turntables.

According to Eminem’s longtime friend and manager Paul Rosenberg, the
book has several unique features that will be attractive to the
rapper’s fan base.

"A couple of my favorite things about the book are the cover and the
detachable lyric sheets," Rosenberg said. "The cover is a red acetate
film that slides over the traditional book print. The red jacket masks
the collage of Em's handwritten lyrics on top of the underlying
photo... you kind of have to see it to really get the effect. Also
inside the book in the back are several perforated pages which one can
pull out of the book. On these pages are reproductions of Em's actual
lyric sheets for songs like 'Stan' and 'Lose Yourself.'"

According to Rosenberg, despite Eminem’s superstar status and proven
sales record, seeing the rapper’s vision through was not an easy feat.

"I fought hard for the book to have the pages detachable because there
is something special about being able to hold the actual page in your
hand and turn it around and around to decipher what Em's semi-legible
writing is saying," Rosenberg continued. "You have to really see the
lyric sheets to fully understand what I'm describing."

Eminem’s 208-page book The Way I Am hits stores October 21 on Dutton Adult, a division of The Penguin Group.