Pre-September 2007
Eminem is recording King Mathers at 54 Sound

September 12 2007
Em buys Effigy Studios in Ferndale

October 2007 - November 2007
Step Right Up, Old Time's Sake recorded

December 25 2007
Em overdoses

January 2008
Em relapses and enters rehab at Brighton Center for Recovery
I'm Having A Relapse, Oh No, My Darling, Careful What You Wish For recorded

February 2008 - March 2008
Em produces Beautiful

April 20, 2008
Em is sober, and has "retaught" himself how to write and rap

May 2008 - July 2008
External production is used for Bagpipes from Baghdad, Hello, Same Song & Dance, We Made You, Medicine Ball, Must Be the Ganja, Hell Breaks Loose, Forever verse, Buffalo Bill, Music box
Em produces Elevator
I Just Relapsed

August 15 2008
Recording is moved to KDS Music Studios Orlando
Dr. Dre produces 3 am, My Mom, Insane, Stay Wide Awake, Deja Vu, Crack a Bottle, Underground, Taking My Ball, Drop the Bomb on Em

September 1 2008
Recording is moved to Terry Lewis' home studio Miami Beach
Dr West, Tonya, Paul, Mr Mathers, Steve Berman

February 2 2009
Crack a Bottle released

March 1 2009
Recording is moved to the The Palms Las Vegas

April 1 2009
Recording is moved to Record One Studios Sherman Oaks
April 7 2009
We Made You released
April 23 2009
3 a.m. released
Relapse 2 announced

May 15 2009
Relapse released
May 21 2009
Chemical Warfare ft Alchemist announced
May 22 2009
Westwood 1

June 2009
Em is back at Effigy
June 20 2009
Chemical Warfare released

July 30 2009
The Warning released

August 26 2009
Forever prod. boi-1da leaks

September 2009
Nut Up recorded

October 28 2009
Psycho released

November 19 2009
Refill announced

December 15 2009
Elevator and Hell Breaks Loose released
December 21 2009
Refill released
December 22 2009
Drop the World released

January 2010
Em covers Complex

February 23 2010
European tour announced

March 1 2010
Eminem FUSE Takeover
March 23 2010
Hit Me With Your Best Shot recorded

April 13 2010
Recovery announced
Airplanes II released
April 27 2010
Despicable released
April 29 2010
Not Afraid released

May 12 2010
Home & Home Tour announced

June 7 2010
Westwood 2
June 18 2010
Recovery released
boi-1da produces not afraid and seduction
just blaze produces fly away, cold wind blows, no love, you’re never over
dj khalil produces talkin 2 myself, won’t back down, 25 To life, almost famous
on fire - mr. porter, space bound - jim jonsin, cinderella man - script shepherd, so bad - dr. dre, love the way you lie - adk, untitled - havoc

July 2010 - September 2010
Touring

October 30 2010
Roman's Revenge released

November 9 2010
Celebrity released
November 12 2010
Love The Way You Lie II released
November 15 2010
Living Proof released
November 16 2010
Echo and That's All She Wrote released
November 21 2010
Where I'm At released

December 28 2010
Cocaine leaks

January 2011
Em covers XXL

February 1 2011
I Need A Doctor released
February 24 2011
Things Get Worse released

March 2 2011
2.0 Boys released
March 29 2011
Writer's Block released

April 28 2011
Fast Lane released

May 26 2011
Die Hard released

June 14 2011
Hell The Sequel released

August 2011
Touring

October 11 2011
Shady 2.0 BET Hip-Hop Awards Cypher

November 1 2011
According to DVLP, Em is writing to the finished Rap God beat
November 11 2011
Throw It Up released

December 2011
Back on tour

2012+
Our House
Bad Meets Evil EP
MMLP2
XV

The making of Forever. This sequence of events has a lot to do with why Recovery eventually went in the particular direction it did.
boi-1da creates the beat summer 2008

drake records the hook

kardinal offishall records verses and rock city replaces drake

bring it back leaks

young money buys all rights to the song

lil wayne and kidd kidd record verses for this, and mrs officer in august

i want this forever leaks

not 4 sale is released without bring it back on september 9

i want this forever is released on the leak v mixtape on november 6

wayne knows through hit-boy, one of the soundtrack's producers alongside kanye west, that More Than a Game needs a track by next year

wayne complains publicly that em won't work with him and that em is scared of him

wayne has drake write a verse which is sent to kanye in may who writes his own verse. this version is sent back to wayne who records the first version of his verse

boi-1da plays everyone the eminem verse they were going to use, recorded in 2008

the song is leaked on august 26, in other words after just enough time for wayne and kanye to rewrite their own verses, which sadly took them the whole summer

the next day when the soundtrack finally drops, boi-1da practically trips over himself in an xxl interview about the song

on september 30, 50 cent says em didn't know about the wayne and kanye verses

hit-boy produces drop the world, which is released the day after refill

em works with boi-1da on lloyd banks' where i'm at and saughterhouse's goodbye

june 2011 kidd kidd is shot at amid being dissed by lil wayne

july 2011 50 cent signs kidd kidd