Watch Eminem discuss Kamikaze and social media backlash with Sway

Eminem discussed the surprise nature of new album Kamikaze, plus the criticism from fans of his previous albums that led him to make the record, in the first part of an interview with Sway. You can check out the 12-minute clip above. Speaking about his back catalog, Em said he feels 2009 album Relapse is his worst. "I listen back to that and cringe," he says at one point.

Part 1 concludes with a preview of the second part of the interview in which Eminem will talk more about his decision to criticize Joe Budden and Machine Gun Kelly on Kamikaze. Check it out above. Kamikaze recently became Eminem's ninth No. 1 album.