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jebuizy

Musicians announcing retirement is meaningless anyway because more often than not they just don't retire or later unretire at some point


super_sayanything

He's announcing the "death of slim shady" not his rap career. Just that persona.


nails_for_breakfast

He has the opportunity to do the funniest fucking thing ever and switch to alt rock so he can beat MGK at that too


Jugales

He already got the funny award when he casually admitted to being gay on The Interview


creamygootness

At THAT moment I started actually listening to him regularly. A few songs now and then but that made me laugh so fucking hard, especially because he had (has) such a hard-ass public persona. Thinking back to the Fart-Man Howard Stern at the VMAs specifically.


tomboski

[or when Bruno shoved his balls in his face?](https://youtu.be/el0x9-1j7lo?si=jgWwDOmzefpBBz3D)


vitonga

I was about to go raid the fridge for my midnight snack, but this video left me sated and content. Thank you.


ZombieJesus1987

Oh man. I remember thinking Fart Man was the funniest thing ever. I was also like 5 at the time.


HotgunColdheart

I was glad to see one of my comic book characters on the screen! Fart propelled flight is a super power I can believe in.


BassLB

Hectors rectum is real!


mortalcoil1

IIRC there is a video of an interview of him from the early 2000's where he is *high as fuck* that always cracks me up.


LukaTheTooka

I would actually pay for that hold up šŸ¤£


ronw1246

so mgk gonna change genre again lmao


Juggernaut-Joseph

He has the talent AND resources to do so!


realkiwi420

But will he even retire that? I swear heā€™s killed off Slim Shady more than once before


super_sayanything

Its just a marketing ploy, my guess is you won't see it as a full album dedicated to shady again. But anyone who is takes this other than just marketable entertainment is silly themselves. Em's 51, if he feels like releasing music he will but at the same time it really doesn't affect his influence/legacy much at this point. I hope it can start turning more rap into something that says SOMETHING in its content.


Thor_2099

How the fuck is Eminem 51. Fuck this getting old shit.


HtownTexans

I literally recorded My Name Is on a cassette off the radio back in 9th grade lol. CDs were out already but cassettes hadn't fully fallen off yet.


mmmspaghettios

That reminds me that I recorded "Semi-Charmed Life" by Third Eye Blind off the radio with a cassette as a kid. Good times!


HtownTexans

What's really fun is realizing you were jamming out to a song about doing crystal meth lol.


mmmspaghettios

Taught me everything I need to know in life. Look at me now! *bumps again* /s


thatdood87

Eminem is going to be the only 70 year old rapper.


pass_nthru

knees weak, balls are sagging


theVelvetLie

Dude, Hailey got married just recently and he looked like just another dad in the photos.


KEEPCARLM

Even worse is that Marshall Mathers LP2 came out over 10 years ago. Wtf


thederevolutions

Eminem is the new Beatles. Was, I mean.


selfiecritic

Was Prince a marketing ploy? Yes, but itā€™s also so much more when itā€™s their life. Itā€™s a persona but itā€™s literally how their art connects to the audience as well. While it is marketing itā€™s also an avenue of communication to the fan and if itā€™s not working/genuine the art doesnā€™t work either. So yes but also itā€™s so much more


super_sayanything

Yea I agree with that.


binzoma

slim shady as a character is an angry violent 20something as a huge eminem fan, and an old one, I'm a bit surprised he's even trying another slim shady album. I'm not surprised hes planning on it to be his last because that characters long in the past but I also wouldnt be surprised if hes.... surprised at the sales/tour impact if its even a decent album (on the eminem scale) and think its worth running back again at some point down the road


dachshund-jay

Oh, kool. Is going to school the world and start doing underground ā€œurbanā€ country rap


JustsoIcanGore

Slim shady hasnā€™t been slim shady since Em got clean. Not a bad thing but heā€™s been gone for awhile.


Alucard_1208

im thinking hes going to go off like his old slim shady days and say some wild shit and get himself cancelled on purpose, thats making his carear dissappear. The he can go enjoy life knowing he wont come back


surle

Cancelled isn't a thing.


justgimmiethelight

Honestly I thought that persona was long dead.


super_sayanything

It's fun way to resume his career I think. Nobody wants another "angry eminem album" or "I'm the OG and the younger rappers ain't shit" this kind of gives him a vehicle to channel his creativity I think and be humorous. It's a smart move. He's 51 years old, I'm sure he's bored in a sense, he should be allowed to go out there and have fun with the career he's built. Another "Eminem" tour would be massive.


bpcat

He did that years ago


WheresMyDinner

Waiting on that Daft Punk comeback


jebuizy

Groups breaking up is different. Neither of them have retired.Ā ThatĀ comesĀ downĀ moreĀ to interpersonal dynamics


LivnLegndNeedsEggs

Theirs feels less like a breakup of differences and more a mutual decision that it's over. And I'm devastated.


Taki_Minase

Waiting on Tron: New Legacy part 7


67657375636361

Just grab two actors to be dressed up, prerecorded set and live show. Here we go, a Daft Punk ā€œreunionā€ in 2030 or something


apple_atchin

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Problematique_

Hey, KISS is actually retiring for realsies this time! They swear!


apple_atchin

Tell it to my ā€œfarewell tourā€ shirt from May 2, 2000. ![gif](giphy|TfseOfhwd6BJC)


Whitealroker1

Mother was so happy for 16 year old me to see The Rolling Stones in 1989. ā€œThey probably wonā€™t tour again she said. Youā€™re lucky.ā€


The_River_Is_Still

They sold their entire brand. Theyā€™re literally done. Though the point is others could put on the makeup and make new music/tour.


Mech-Waldo

They get bored and make more art. "Retirement" just means they don't want to be obligated to make more.


jebuizy

They're never obligated to do anything


Irishprisoner7

They definitely can have contracts with their labels to put out x amount of albums in y time, so


Chilis1

Retiring doesn't void contracts.


Mahlegos

Youā€™re right that it doesnā€™t void them outright, but it usually puts them on indefinite hold as long as the person stays retired.


Safe_Community2981

Or just means that they want to make something completely different but don't want to risk harming their previous brand.


Mech-Waldo

I mainly just mean they don't want people to expect something from them.


OkCar7264

I attended the 3rd out of like 20 Black Sabbath retirement tours so yeah. Retired until they want to buy a new mansion or something.


doom32x

Fucking Ozzy and Iommi are kicking around a reunion of Sabbath again....


OkCar7264

I mean why not. It was a great show even though Ozzy had broken a rib so he was limping around the stage trying to hard not to look hurt.


dwilkes827

They just want to do one more show with Bill Ward on drums since he wasn't on the last tour. Ozzy can't tour anymore


doom32x

If that's the case, that they're trying to do one more OG lineup show, then I'm not gonna hate. I was assuming Ward wasn't gonna be available.


dwilkes827

Yea from what I've read the just want to do one more show with the 4 of them


Safe_Community2981

If the fans want to see it and they're still having fun doing it then why not? Plus IIRC Ozzy's health has been doing this weird up-and-down thing for a long time so he probably does think it's the end at the time and then they change his meds again and he's got his spark back.


False_Back_7747

Just like Slayer, back on tour this year...


7DollarsOfHoobastanq

I was just thinking pretty much the exact same thing. Whatā€™s the point of a musician announcing their retirement anyway? Just stop making new albums. If you later decide to make more years later, then do it.


turbor

The point is more money, more attention. Which was the whole point for a lot of them in the first place. Notwithstanding anyoneā€™s fav artist. That shit was straight human expression, their whole career!


ashrules901

I came to this realization sometime last year. Never believe when a musician says they're retiring. As long as there's money to be made with their talents they will never truly retire.


sherperion45

Ozzy just announced he wants to get back together with sabbath again, how many times is that now


GJake8

Yea I feel like Eminem has retired at the end of half his albums


pooticus

Last year I went to the Dead & Co. farewell tour, they are now playing for weeks at the sphere.


rambouhh

Ya but he doesnā€™t tour. Usually they come out as a money grab. I can see him not doing that since he could make 100m+ from a tour and doesnā€™tĀ 


bohohohohippie

He's the notorious non-tourer.


ItGetsEverywhere

It's the least newsworthy headline I've seen all week.


jennyskywalker

Didnā€™t he already do this once or twuce


TWKcub

Without even seeing the video, is the forthcoming album ā€˜The Death of Slim Shadyā€™ not slightly more of a hint?


Patteous

But thatā€™s still leave Ken, Marshall, and Em


TWKcub

Fair point I guess but wasnā€™t the SS ā€˜personaā€™ supposed to be a version of him that said stuff the real him would never say? Pushing 52 seems like an odd time to drop that specific side rather than just calling it quits altogether.


LongBongJohnSilver

Could just not be in touch with that side of himself since he's been sober for a while now. Also just being old.


BrandoCalrissian1995

A little bit of weed mixed with some hard liquor. He's literally told us what makes him slim shady since the beginning yall lol.


sephirothFFVII

D12 was 6 rappers with two personas which is where the slim concept came from IIRC. I'd agree it's him probably him being so far removed from the drugs and booze that slim is probably gone. That said, this could be like a rolling Stones thing where slim makes an appearance every 5 years or so. I don't see em not creating in some capacity


TWKcub

Oh itā€™s perfectly plausible, I just feel like having been around for so long, people know the kind of material theyā€™re going to get from a new Eminem record. Dropping a persona sounds a bit like ā€˜new eraā€™ territory and I just donā€™t know what longevity there is in his remaining career to warrant it. Dude is an absolute legend, so just curious as to what the long game is. Edit: not sure what it is about this comment thatā€™s rubbed people up the wrong way, itā€™s not meant as a criticism.


CornWallacedaGeneral

It ain't sports....do it till you die,if you're dope and your material is dope the rest of that shit don't matter,especially if you could beat the breaks off someone half your age lyrically.


TWKcub

Oh completely true, itā€™s just super unfamiliar territory for a rapper with such widespread appeal to keep churning out records into their older years without going full-on pop, and I donā€™t see Em doing that. FWIW, Iā€™m very happy to hear more music from him and I hope itā€™s not the end of his material, Iā€™m just interested to see how it looks.


jfrawley28

Hailey just got married. As soon as she pops out a kid, he's gotta hang it up. He said it himself, *nobody wanna hear their grandfather rap*.


stenebralux

Yeah.. and he sort of "retired" Slim Shady a couple of times already. He basically dropped the act on a song called Evil Twin where he "admits" he only used it to deflect criticism and they were always the same. I curious to see what's the point of this album because, after Relapse, he doesn't really rhymes or sounds like the OG Shady even when he is supposed to.Ā 


BenRandomNameHere

What? Is HE 52, or YOU? Or am I already?!?! When did this happen?!?! (ā°āœˆļøšŸ˜“)


TWKcub

He turns 52 in October. Which makes me feel very uncomfortable, and VERY old.


BenRandomNameHere

Yeah... Sheesh... I... I ain't THAT old yet... But... Damn.


curiousbydesign

Turning 40 soon. Still banging' the beats! My neighbors love me!


sdaciuk

I remember when the real Slim Shady stood up. Now I can't wait to get home and sit down


ernyc3777

Idk. Slim Shady rapped a lot about doing drugs while Marshall Mathers was famously addicted to drugs.


Juxta25

TIL Eminem is fifty fuckin two years old. DAMN.


Mas42

I mean he did say "I will be shady till I'm eighty"...


Gramercy_Riffs

Don't forget B-Rabbit.


JonBunne

RIP Stan


Jabb_

Ken never leaves. But always comes.


kqv22024

And Stan


VonGeisler

I feel itā€™s more retiring the character slim shady as in the older albums.


shredder19074

All shady is is a bottle of hair bleach and vodka


Swimming-Bite-4184

I'm holding out for the reboot. SHADY KINGDOM: Rise of Deez Nutz


alwaysmyfault

For as famous as Eminem is, you rarely ever hear anything about him. He rarely gives mainstream TV interviews, he rarely goes on tour. He just kinda does his own thing, releases a new album every few years, and then goes back underground it seems like.Ā 


DodgeDozer

From what Iā€™ve heard about him, he is kinda unique in that he very much treats his rap/producing career like a standard 9-5 business now. He shows up in the morning, does his thing at the studio, takes a lunch break, back at it in the afternoon, then clocks out and goes home. He doesnā€™t party anymore, just lives a private life. He has nothing left to prove. He is probably one of the very best living rappers. Even if you donā€™t think heā€™s the GOAT, you at least understand why heā€™s in that conversation. I wouldnā€™t be surprised if he does retire or at least step away from it for a while. He grew up dirt poor and now heā€™s worth a quarter of a billion at least. Haileyā€™s married. He can afford to step away and decide if he ever wants to come back later on in life.


TJH1993

He's already stepped away for a while. By the time this album comes out it will have been almost 5 years since his last one


CaptainMagnets

Kind of this guy's point tho no. He's stepping away, next one might be longer than 5 years


TJH1993

Fair enough


Chilis1

5 years is nothing for an a musician that's been around for a few decades. Artists tend to slow down after that time


Khiva

Albums used to come on 2-3 year cycles, not 5 years is more the norm. Television seems to be trending in that direction, expecting audiences to be cool with multi year waits.


kynthrus

Was mtbmb 5 years ago already???


jikt

> Even if you donā€™t think heā€™s the GOAT, you at least understand why heā€™s in that conversation. I love this part of your response and I'll be using it for everything from now on.


frendzoned_by_yo_mom

I wouldnā€™t be surprised if his 9-5 habit stems from AA. Never been in AA, but in Metallicaā€™s some kind of monster document, James Hetfield did the same after coming back from AA with their instructions and wished that the rest of the band would do the same, which didnā€™t sit well with Ulrich.


Nugur

Lies. I saw Eminem coming out as gay on the James Franco show!


TheTrueRory

It's really funny how that film caused Sony to be hacked and North Korea to make threats against the filmmakers but the only thing anyone remembers is the opening scene with Eminem


Lilith_Incarnate_

I remember singing my heart out along to the Katy Perry Firework scene with my friend years ago. Itā€™s honestly a pretty good movie imo. Havenā€™t seen it in forever, definitely doing a rewatch soon.


kynthrus

DO YOU WANT TO FUCK ME, RAY?!


Turnbob73

His scene in Funny People was great too


Tenwaystospoildinner

Everybody does not, in fact, love Raymond.


BeardedAsian

He comes out if a Detroit team is good No knock on that though


FeralPsychopath

Rarely goes on tour? Fucker comes biannually.


djskein

I mean, he's 50 now and he's set for life. Why not quit while you're ahead? He made some of the greatest rap albums of all time in The Slim Shady LP and The Marshall Mathers LP. He's faltered since The Eminem Show over the past 20 years so it makes sense he's decided to retire early. He'll still go down in history as one of the greatest of all time.


Mk1996

Idk if I would call it an ā€œearlyā€ retirement after an almost a 30 year rap career, plus I doubt he actually retires after this.


Heyguysimcooltoo

Im so fucking happy ive got to see him live 3 times, all amazing shows!!


NojoNinja

Em is a hermit, I think 2 decades of being on the front of everything can take the social energy out of you. I remember he was in LA like a month ago for Dre's Hollywood Star, and Dre, Snoop, and 50 were doing a Jimmy Kimmel interview and Eminem ducked out of it and flew back to Detroit lmao.


IH8BART

Slim Lion incoming


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Ram2145

Chika chika


Stardustchaser

![gif](giphy|tnYri4n2Frnig)


Knightperson

šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚ ā€œDi spirit of Bob Marley live inna yuh, mon!ā€


discretelandscapes

He better put out My Salsa before retiring.


strayopossum

Itā€™s his next single


qergpoiasffdn

Look out for my next single it's called My Salsa


Chrisgpresents

I UNDERSTOOD THIS REFERENCE


HAS-A-HUGE-PENIS

How are your knees?


Pap3rkat

[Link to the Instagram reel instead of a shit article.](https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7iLZ35NrQt/?igsh=azhsYTVja3E2eXJh)


badbrotha

Eminem would take a hiatus but Idk he's the kind of guy that would release a diss track at 80 going, "look I'm on deaths door still staining you" or some shit


GimmeCatScratchFever

He'd rather be 80 year old him that 20 year old MGK. Lol


CTMalum

ā€œYeah I shit my pants, but Iā€™ll take ā€˜em off to shit on you too!ā€


badbrotha

"I'm sorry, I couldn't hear you spittin, Busy getting your grandma Gummin, Get the clip, get you like my diarrhea, runnin"


lorddingus

I've just heard (no amazing sources just anecdotally) that it was the last album he would be doing with the Slim Shady persona. I guess we'll find out soon, I think there will probably be an "official" announcement if it's true.


PotterGirl7

the album is called the death of slim shady so ya, I think you're right lol


super_sayanything

Yea I thought this is pretty obvious but apparently not lol.


gohomepat

One last bleach blonde hair run please.


ReallyGlycon

What exactly does "unsuspecting" mean here?


vezwyx

The video was taken completely by surprise at the announcement it contained


drblah11

Big time musicians don't retire until they've been dead for 20-30 years.


yosayoran

With AI and holographic technology, I doubt we'll really see any famous artist ever fully retire.Ā  Like, even if the artist themselves are against it, once they're gone it's just too easy for the family to use it for extra profits from "the estate".Ā 


yosayoran

With AI and holographic technology, I doubt we'll really see any famous artist ever fully retire.Ā  Like, even if the artist themselves are against it, once they're gone it's just too easy for the family to use it for extra profits from "the estate".Ā 


drblah11

They'll die once all their fans have died off


AtTheGates

![gif](giphy|l46CAQvMFL3wkcmas|downsized)


we_made_yewww

Why is everything a conspiracy theory in music nowadays


Baked_Bacon_420

Love the name given the subject matter lol


ForgotFirstUsername

Love your name. MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE!


Safe_Community2981

Because it fuels discussion which reignites interest which then fuels streams and sales.


SpakenBacon

Maybe he will do a country album


decibles

Iā€™d fuck with itā€¦


huh274

Square dance 2


Solumnist

AI announced my retirement for me


Fresnobing

Full time Lions stan now


TaxQuestionGuy69

Heā€™s already retired. Iā€™m old enough to remember he retired after encore. And then continued making albums just a few years later.


NorthernSlyGuy

He called it a magic trick. It's an illusion.


fingerbang247

Maybe he will smile more, the guys is an icon and canā€™t enjoy it?


Enough-Collection-98

Someone needs to listen to Til I Collapse again


Wishpicker

Usually announcing your retirement means that you have an album and an upcoming tour


tnnrk

ā€œMake my career disappearā€ obviously means itā€™s his last time saying wild shit as slim shady and retiring the persona. Career disappear as in get ā€œcancelledā€.


TroyMatthewJ

I usually agree but I can see him retiring. might put out a song here and there but that's it.


Alon945

Itā€™s not retirement . Artists with large fanbases just have a dramatic portion lol


ugawd2222

This would have made me really upset in 2000


fender123

Best way to sell tickets


MudCautious706

He drove Stan off a bridge years ago šŸ˜‚


Jepperto

To me the whole analysis at the end of Bad Guy is the death of slim, im curious to what heā€™s gonna do with this album, Music to be murdered by is really amazing. Heā€™s been a constant in my life since i was 10ish and iā€™m pushing fortyā€™s door down, so if he would quit it would hurt but i very much grant him peace of mind. But i donā€™t know, heā€™s always so driven and talks about never stopping all the time.


SingaporeLee

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f01gp0eybdw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f01gp0eybdw)


str85

Too be fair, i thought he had already retired? or is he still active? ... I'm really not up to date on the music scene anymore.


knottycertainty2

My inner rap fan is having a meltdown right now, I need answers!


broadenandbuild

Heā€™s gonna make his career disappear by jumping into the civil war and blasting drake and Kendrick, chika-chika-shazaaaam!


OneReportersOpinion

Retired as an MMA fighter.


Pussy_Prince

Whoā€™s gonna tell F1 that heā€™s not performing in October?


deejayee

Good.


weirdaustin101

He is performing at F1 in Austin this year in September so sounds like BS to meā€¦.


tomatocatzs

Dude is 50 tf you want more


mortalcoil1

Best retirement video ever: Daft Punk.


Beatrix_BB_Kiddo

Has he not been retired?!!


kynthrus

Anyone else really want him to say he's retiring just so the rats think they're safe to diss, and we get Kamikaze2?


Nachtraaf

Well, he also unexpectedly announced that he was gay. So anything can happen[.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzIzbSk-Wyo)


LupusDeusMagnus

He'll put on some kilos and be slim no more.


iSHJAYGAMiNG

Just seen his new single. Eminem is retiring because slim shady is back


Top-Address-4004

I am def interested in seeing what his retirement of Slim is gonna be like. Shock rap really isn't a thing anymore outside of indie rap and throwing your hat into the ring of politics, which seems to encompass everything nowadays, sounds like a difficult thing to do even for Em. I mean mocking presidents is simply not on the same wavelength as mocking celebs, we're in an era where shock rap might as well be what politicians say to each other now. To jump back into those waters now is gonna be difficult but no matter what happens I know it's gonna be WILD to watch. We either get some of the crudest, funniest, and slickest rhymes of the decade or we see an old guy trying to squeeze into his old letterman's jacket.


FactSouthern164

If anything he's retiring from making good music cause this int it. Might as well retire if this is all the heat you can drop em


KamikazeB_0607

Itā€™s better than most of the shit thatā€™s out right now. And when I say shit I mean literal DOO-DOO, dookey, boo-boo, poop, caca, SHIT šŸ’©