Eminem graces the cover (twice) of the upcoming June issue of XXL. Hit the jump for both, a few excerpts, etc…
On His Drug Addiction
“I wasn’t really mentally. I wasn’t ready to give up drugs. I didn’t really think I had a problem. Basically, I went in, and I came out. I relapsed, and I spent the next three years struggling with it. Also, at that time, I felt like I wanted to pull back, because my drug problem had got so bad. I felt like, Maybe if I take a break, maybe this will help. I started to get into the producer role more…I can still be out there with my music, like with the Re-Up album, but I don’t have to be in the spotlight the whole time.”
On Proof’s Death
“Everyone felt his loss, from his kids, to his wife, to everyone. But, for some reason, in hindsight, the way I felt was almost like it happened to just me…Maybe at the time I was a little bit selfish with it. I think it kind of hit me so hard. It just blindsided me. I just went into such a dark place that, with everything, the drugs, my thoughts, everything. And the more drugs I consumed, and it was all depressants I was taking, the more depressed I became, the more self-loathing I became…By the way, I’m just now at the point where I’m better talking about it. It took me so long to get out of that place where I couldn’t even speak about it without crying or wanting to cry…Proof was the anchor. He was everything to D12. And not just the group-for me, personally, he was everything.”
On T.I., Lil Wayne & Hip-Hop
“I stayed up on the music, and obviously I watch TV and saw what was going on. And without naming any name, it just felt like hip-hop was going downhill. And it seemed like kinda fast. You know, in them three years, it was like everybody just cares about the hook and the beat; nobody really cares about substance. But with this new T.I. album, with this new Lil Wayne album of recent, it seems like things are looking a lot better now. You can appreciate Lil Wayne using different words to rhyme and actually rhyming words that you know. Or T.I., where you hear shit and you’re like Whoa, ah, I wish I would have thought of that! You know what I mean? Or you hear all the compound-syllable rhyming and all that. It just seems like now the craft is getting cared about more.”
Courtesy of RR (again).
Tell me you fucked with the eyes xD
“You can appreciate Lil Wayne using different words to rhyme”
Last I checked all rappers used different words to rhyme, hell Wayne is one of the few rappers who uses the SAME word to rhyme. SMH.
Yup^ Big LOL to Wayne’s and TI bringing keeping Hip Hop’s pulse pumping. New CunninLynguists album dropped, talk about that!
[s]bringing[/s] ; )
stfu haters. so annoying you know u sweat eminem probably and ur just pissed he likes someone you hate. pz
That picture is messed up, what the hell is up with his face.
Shake what the fuck did you do to his face
I really can’t stop laughing
haha… all better now.
whats with the psycho eyes???
cunninlynguist? garbage (no namers)
and ya it has been wayne keepin the shit alive keep hatin dumbass
wayne can talk shit left n right bout 50 cent or whoever and at the end of the day eminem still admits who the fuzz is on top in his absence
and ya wuts up wit the eyes thats some major photoshoppin
Their kidding with this cover right?
Love Em but this is a joke.
“we made you” and “crack a bottle” and this motherfuckers talking about how hip hop was going downhill? you aint turnin it around with that bullshit..
The Em interview seems really revealing and sincere.
I’m curious to read it in it’s entirety.
Hey, Shake I want to see that early version, you have been posted ;d
wow those covers look gay
cunninlynguist? garbage (no namers)
and ya it has been wayne keepin the shit alive keep hatin dumbass
wayne can talk shit left n right bout 50 cent or whoever and at the end of the day eminem still admits who the fuzz is on top in his absence
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Ha ha. I’m not a fan of 50Cent or Lil Wayne but a fan of Hip Hop.
That is all.
his eyes are straight black… vicious
Eminem’s terrible. Probably most overrated rapper ever. There isn’t anything good about his simple repetitive rhymes and beats. Heard it all before. I hate my mom, i’ll kill you kim, i love my daughter, i’m better than 90% of you, and celebrity diss thinking he’s any different than them.
Eminem’s terrible. Probably most overrated rapper ever. There isn’t anything good about his simple repetitive rhymes and beats. Heard it all before. I hate my mom, i’ll kill you kim, i love my daughter, i’m better than 90% of you, and celebrity diss thinking he’s any different than them.
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^Apparently only knows 4 Eminem songs
L1A if u dont like eminem why come on ere an bitch about him aint u got nothin better 2 do than that!!!! no matter who the artist is if u dont like there music why go on a topic about him an bitch. i dont like kanye west but i dont go on every post about him an bitch!!!! get a life!!!
fuck L1A
Huge eminem fan but what the hell is this? These pics/covers are horrible!!
Haha everybody’s gonna start dissin this guy now.
“stfu haters. so annoying you know u sweat eminem probably and ur just pissed he likes someone you hate. pz”
“cunninlynguist? garbage (no namers)
and ya it has been wayne keepin the shit alive keep hatin dumbass
wayne can talk shit left n right bout 50 cent or whoever and at the end of the day”
wtf is wrong with ppl,
ow the hell did 7th graders find this site
smh at no namers
honestly eminem sounds hella dumb how can you appreciate lil wayne for just being drunk and high and just say some dumb ass music that is no good like honestly they arent hip hop never will be hip hop they arent honest to their craft they worsen their craft hell lil wayne still bite others lyrics so hell em just come and dont have lil wayne on your damn album
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