Eminem On Retiring From Rap
Thursday, August 19 2010 12:06 PM EST | Posted by: B.Dot | Posted in: Blog, Newsstand Stan
Rappers never retire—or do they? In an excerpt from VIBE‘s Juice issue, Eminem speaks on the day he gracefully bows out the game. Hopefully, it’s no time soon. Issue on newsstands now.
…Honestly, I don’t know how much longer I have in this game. I’m always going to love hip-hop. But how much longer am I going to still do it? I couldn’t give you an answer. But the day that this is not better than the last will probably be the day I stop.
You sure don’t need the money. Well, I hope you don’t need the money.
I hope so too. Shit.
It’s hard to picture you quitting because you seem to really love hip-hop.
I do love it so much. But even if I was rapping at 50 [years old], I don’t now if I would put it out. I know it always makes me feel better to lay things to tape, and—”Lay the tape.” See, I’m old school. The fans might say the shit is garbage. You don’t know how long people are going to want you around…Realistically, if I don’t rap, what the fuck am I going to do? It’s too late to be unfamous at this point.





Man, miss me with the fake Jay and B quotes already. Headlines. Some of you sites will do anything for attention and traffic. You really believed B would speak to Star magazine? Tuck your tabloid in. And why would Hov need to write a letter to his daughter? Bitch please. He wrote a song! It's called "Glory" and it's pretty fuckin' revealing. He went on the record (double entendre) but you still don't get it. You may hear baby Blue's first cries but no you don't know her height, weight or what she looks like. And no you ain't gettin' a flick, fool. Can new parents get some privacy? Even if they are celebrities. Sheesh! Who raised you animals? Party at the 40/40. Paps outside. Rushin' the velvet rope. Don't trip over your integrity.
Put us here if you like. The RR store stays open 24/7. SOPA? Yeah we Showcase Our Product Always. And we're gonna continue straight ahead til somebody up there turns out the lights. Start from scratch? I'm not afraid.
Realistically, if I don’t rap, what the fuck am I going to do?”
KEEP PIMPIN’ CURLY!!!! HA!!!!
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
DON’T GIVE UP EM, WE NEED YOU!
Just Have this Quote From Jay in your head 24/7: “Can’t Leave Rap Alone the Game needs me!”
When I die so does rap – despicable
Eminem the GOAT
EMINEM MUST CONTINUE TO RAP, SO WACK ACTS LIKE OFFICER RICKY, THE NEW JAY-Z STAY IN THE SHADOW! KEEP RENEGADING BIIIIIIIITCHES!!!!!
HOV IS NO LONGER IN MY TOP 5 RAPPER EVER!!!! THE CONTEST IS BETWEEN EMINEM, PAC, BIGGIE, NAS… BUT NO CAMELFACE!!!!!!
HERE IS MY STATEMENT:
HOV IS LIKE A DISCOUNT VERSION OF NOTORIOUS BIG !!!!
★★★
HORUS IS THE TRUTH✔
Oh no! What will the Em stans have to suck on now?
…it’s just about not tarnishing your legacy at a certain point.
I love Stevie Wonder to death and back, and I know he’s playing music every day of his life… but he’s not putting it all out, because he’s in a totally different place he was when he made ‘Inner Visions’ and ‘Hotter Than July’ and stuff… your fans and your history is fine at a certain point. Eminem can stop whenever he wants. And probably SHOULD stop soon or else he’ll ‘Encore’ himself again
Prince doesn’t need to put out more albums (but I do gotta check that new one he dropped a few weeks ago) but he does it cause he wants to.
Eminem obviously doesn’t want to deal with the fame and touring madness forever. Maybe he wants to give birth to a son, and become a family man soon. Would make sense for him to gracefully bow out.
or for a better example, check the Rolling Stones. nobody wants a new album from Mick Jagger, not even Mick. he’s not stupid. they just find new ways to keep the name respected…
Eminem and Dr. Dre need to both retire within the next 5 years, and just guide the next generation up.
Em needs to retire with his wack ass lyrics
em will release another album i hope
Dr. Dre ain’t going nowhere… he’s legendary. He should just let that g@d&mn Detox go! NOW!
#deuces
I love Em’s music but y’all stans are disgusting. This nigga can shit on a stick and y’all would love it and day it smells better than everybody else’s.
When Eminem retires, I’m sure his kids will continue his legacy, or at least try and make their own mark. He’ll be there to teach them the real deal of the business.
He won’t be retiring anytime soon, he seems to be enjoying it too much at the moment.
EMINEM IS HIP HOP!!!!!!!!!
♦ ♦ ♦
SETH IS THE TRUTH
Peace out white boy!
When Eminem retires, 90% of white people will stop listening to rap music.
YO WE HAVE ONLY 2 TRUE WORLD STARS ON THIS PLANET…THE FIRST ONE WHO DIED WAS MICHAEL JACKSON…THE OTHER ONE IS EM…WHEN HE DIES…THE WORLD WILL CHANGE…
♦ ♦ ♦
SETH IS THE TRUTH
@ronnie_moe i dissagree i think alot of white people even if they like em listen to other artist also like me i am white but eminem is one of my favouite bt i listen to other artist as much as eminem
@ronnie_mo ur so fckn stupid….. 70-80% of white ppl BUY music
@craig You know how many white-people I know say Eminem is the only rapper they listen too? They don’t love Hip-Hop, they just love Eminem. The only person they support in a genre that is considered black culture, is a white guy. Thats kind of racist to me. I’m not saying Em is racist but some of his white fans have a racist mentality.
@SCC you’re worse than the Eminem stans egging them on and hurling insults just like they do
@ronnie_moe naw they do what black people SHOULD be doing….supporting their own. If black people could learn that lesson, even outside of hip hop, that would be great. You should be talking to black people that DON’T support their own instead of talking to white people that DO support their own
Top 10 rappers:
1. The Notorious B.I.G.
2. Eminem
3. Nas
4. Tupac Shakur
5. Jay-Z
6. Mos Def
7. Rakim
8. KRS-One
9. Talib Kweli
10. Raekwon
+ Big L, Ghostface Killah, GZA, Big Pun, Ice Cube
@mmkkay “70-80% of white people buy music”. NO SHIT SHERLOCK. More than half of the people in America are white. My problem is with the whites who only support Eminem and no one else. They want to se a white guy dominate in a black market so they support him to the fullest. Even though Encore was horrible white-people still brought that bullshit. That should tell you something.
And I’m white. White people don’t like Lil Wayne, Gucci Mane, Soulja Boy, Drake, etc…
@99 Problems Here’s my personal list
1. T.I.
2. Pharoahe Monch
3. Lupe
4. Eminem
5. Cassidy
6. Talib Kweli
7. Jay Electronica
8. Phonte
9. Nas
10. Rakim
I was never that much of a Biggie or Pac fan
@ronnie_moe Yeah they support their own as they should just like @I Punch Babies said. You can’t get on one race for supporting a form of music that they like. This is America!! They can do whatever they choose.
@Thank Me Hater
I forgot about Lupe Fiasco. Lupe is dope, too! I like T.I., but he is not in my top 50…
@I Punch Babies I agree with you. Blacks should start buying more albums however you gotta ask the question: How many white people are supporting Eminem because they love him as well as Hip-Hop or are they supporting him just because he’s white? Obviously, they’d be too ashamed to admit the latter.
@ronnie_moe I think there’s a combination of all races that buy his music….but definitely mostly white people. But then again Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift, etc are not gonna do numbers like Em and they have a white fan base as well. I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again. I think Em has a strong loyal black following as well. For instance Eminem has more black fans than Rick Ross IMO
@ronnie_moe Oh yeah I definitely agree with you! I believe that there are a lot of people that only listen to Eminem when listening to hip hop that are white. But I also believe that Em hits on things that they can relate to. Do you think that the average white kid knows about ridin spinners and selling drugs? The answer is no. But the average kid period does know about hating their mother, getting angry at a woman, being rebellious etc. Why would you buy something you can’t relate to?
fuckin haters and fuckin stans smh
support your favourite artist without dickriding ..
haters are just shameless groupies
eminem doesn´t give a fuck about your fuckin love or hate
“Realistically, if I don’t rap, what the fuck am I going to do?”
Myabe act? You know that thing that you did so well in 8 mile.
@ronnie_moe LOL sorry this is a good convo. It’s just like me turning on golf and checking for Tiger Woods. I hate the fucking sport but I watch because there’s a black man playing the sport. I support him because he’s black. I’m sorry to say that but that’s the truth in my case.
With each thing Em says, I become more & more fascinated. He’s ill.
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@I Punch Babies If you are Comparing Eminem to Tiger Woods then that is just stupid. Black People don’t give a fuck about golf. We ain’t give a fuck about golf before Tiger Woods, and we don’t give fuck about golf now. We don’t gather around the TV to watch the PGA tourney just cause Tiger Woods is playing. But I know a lot of white people who Watched the BET awards just to see Eminem.
WHEN EMINEM RETIRE ——>HIPHOP/RAP + MUSIC INDUSTRY *R.I.P*
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
Realistically, if I don’t rap, what the fuck am I going to do? It’s too late to be unfamous at this point.
^ Real is real.
@99Problems: not bad, but… 2Pac on 4?
@Thank me hater: 1st place goes to T.I.? WTF? T.I. is good, but… shit
Wait, wait… Me has a top 10:
1. 2Pac
2. Eminem
3. Dr. Dre (hate me for this)
4. Nas
5. Rakim
6. Kanye
7. 50 Cent (now you all gonna hate me)
8. Ludacris
9. Raekwon
10. Jay-z
“White people don’t listen lil wayne” FUCK YOU! People like you are the reason for this white vs black fans. I’m white and I liste Lil Wayne. I don’t think Weezy is the best, but he is good.
yall niggas need to quit with your stupid fuckin lists.. NOBODY CARES nigga.. EM just went double plat… apparently people still want him around… so he gonna be here for a minute.. he’s right about bein unfamous..
dave chappelle said it best.. “you can’t get unfamous… you can get infamous… but you can’t get unfamous”..
thats why all these niggas end up being so tragic.. niggas get one hit.. blow all the money.. and now u in that weird space where a nigga can’t work in the industry.. but he to famous to work at wal-mart.. ha.. niggas would be fuckin with people all day long.. like “nigga… did rich boy just help us find the dog food section??” lol
@crack yo girls jawbone
“like “nigga… did rich boy just help us find the dog food section??” lol”
DAMN LMFAO!!!!
MARSHALL THE GOAT
ALL OF YA WACK AS HELL!!!!
SPECUALLY YOU RONNIE SHIT HEAD!
SAYING 90% OF WHITE WILL STOP BUYING ALBUMS..?!?! SHIT IDK BOUT WHITES IM MEXICAN AND WHEN EMINEM RETIRES AND THERES ANOTHER BAD ASS MOTHERFUCKER WHO CAN SPIT SOME CRAZY LYRICS.. I DONT GIVE A FUCK IF HE’S BLACK WHITE OR ANY OTHER COLOR IM GETTING THAT BITCH WHEN IT COMES OUT! SO CALM UR HAPPY ASS DOWN!
AND ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO TALKN BOUT TOP 10 BEST RAPPERS AND NOT EVEN PUTTING PAC OR W.E. BCUZ “U REALLY WERENT INTO THEM” WELL NO SHIT DUMBASS U WERENT BORN AT THAT TIME OR IF U WERE U JUST A COMPLETE DUMBASS!!
TOP 5 FUCK 10 FOR ME
PAC
EMINEM
B.I.G
JAY Z
NAS
FUCK THA WORLD NIKKA!
“White people don’t like Lil Wayne, Gucci Mane, Soulja Boy, Drake, etc…”
quite possibly one of the most ignorantly retarded fucking statements ever said at this site.
white people don’t listen to lil wayne and drake? bahahaha. c’mon son! that’s their only fucking fan base!
I’m white and i hate lil wayne, i got more than 10 black buddies that say Wayne is the best rapper EVER!So…you people just hear a word and start saying it over and over with no reason.
Look at the day Drake released his album, look at the photo rapradar posted 100% of them are black people!
I love Pac and i think he’s better than Em and im white…Its funny how black people(not all of them) just say whatever the fuck they want but when white people say something we’re straight racists!
Seriously people its a shame that you still talk about races, i love my skin but it doesn’t mean i hate others!70% OF MY FRIENDS ARE BLACK!We don’t talk about races, because its not a matter and its a shame that people would talk about it…..
P.S…notice how Em haters are the first to comment, DAMN!YOU MAD?
Keep rapping Em…!
We need eminem idnt wanna hear anymore lil wayne !
@IIII ^^^^ COSIGN
THEIR ARE SOME ANGRY RACES MOTHA BLEEPERS IN HERE AND IM BLACK….THEY SO MAD THE WHITE BOY IS WINING LOL JUST LIKE TIGER WOODS
MARSHALL THE GOAT
@ronie_mo NO……………….dont exclude Eminem…………there are alot of white artists who have sold a lot of records…u really think ppl go to the store and say “oh hey that guy’s white imma get that shit” nahhh its called a fan base dummy.. why u think other white rappers are not sellin ? cos they dont have one
He wont retire until he is 40 atleast.Jay Z and EM can continue for a long time.
yall niggas need to quit with your stupid fuckin lists..
^ yeeep
like “nigga… did rich boy just help us find the dog food section??” lol haha
“White people don’t like Lil Wayne, Gucci Mane, Soulja Boy, Drake, etc…”
quite possibly one of the most ignorantly retarded fucking statements ever said at this site.
white people don’t listen to lil wayne and drake? bahahaha. c’mon son! that’s their only fucking fan base!
^ and this is the reason why RR comments > RR posts
@mmkay SMH….You obviously haven’t ran into some of the Eminem Fans I’ve encountered. Either that or you’re in denial. Truth is, there are some white people who could care-less about Hip-Hop but they absolutely adore Eminem.
@ronnie_moe: there are some people that don’t listen rap, but they like Eminem.