( EW ) -- With most of the music world 's eyeballs fixed on one point â€ ” the MTV VMAs â€ ” Eminem took advantage of the moment to announce the name and release date of his upcoming eighth album . As his official site teases , the new album will be out November 5 . Eminem drops new song 'Survival ' : Hear it here . The site calls the release `` MMLP2 , '' and also announced the name of a new single , `` Berzerk , '' to be debuted this Tuesday . A rep at Interscope has confirmed that the album 's formal title is `` The Marshall Mathers LP 2 , '' and that `` Berzerk '' will be on sale via iTunes on Tuesday , 12:01am Eastern . The song was produced by Rick Rubin , who with Dr. Dre co-produced the entire album . Eminem in 'How to Make Money Selling Drugs ' : 'My name is Marshall , and I 'm an addict ' The announcement also came with a snippet of the new song , which you can hear here . See the original story at EW.com . CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly . © 2011 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights reserved .
He used the MTV VMAs to make a big announcement . The artist has a new single and album on the way . The single , ` ` Berzerk , '' will release October 30 . The album , ` ` The Marshall Mathers LP 2 , '' is due November 5 .