Eminem is "starting to toy" with his next album.
The ‘Love the way You Lie’ rapper is currently in the studio finishing the debut record with his hip-hop supergroup Slaughterhouse, but has also started gathering ideas for his next solo album.
He told New York radio station Hot 97: "Right now, I’m actually finishing up everything on the Slaughterhouse album and kind of getting into my next record a little bit.
"That’s basically the couple of things that I’ve been working on. "I’m starting to toy with a new album, yes."
Slaughterhouse sees Eminem team with fellow rappers Joel Ortiz, Joe Budden, Crooked I and Royce da 5’9" and he thinks they have are a much needed force in hip-hop.
He added: "I really feel like this group, hip-hop needs this, man, and I think people are going to see that when this album comes out man."
Royce da 5’9" has previously talked about Eminem’s role as executive producer for Slaughterhouse.
He said: "He’ll come in and say ‘Maybe change a line here, change a verse there, maybe move this around, let me add an instrument here.
"That’s just what an executive producer does. From day one, Marshall was hands-on."
Eminem released his last album, ‘Recovery’ in 2010.