On Friday The Detroit Free Press reported that Slim Shady is calling it quits after his current tour.

Turns out it was just a rumor, according to John Norris on TRL today. Sorry kids.

Comments (60)
  1. Emeeme  |   Posted on Jul 18th, 2005

    First post. fweh.

  2. Barbarella  |   Posted on Jul 18th, 2005

    I’m glad he isn’t retiring, i’m not a superfan but i kinda like his work.

  3. well, that was fun while it lasted.

  4. i was really worried guys. seriously.

  5. Not-Em Fan  |   Posted on Jul 18th, 2005

    What’s your source. Seemed like the Freep had plenty of interviews, quotes, etc., to make their case that he’s likely to hang it up. You have a blog and just say it was only a rumor. How do you know?

  6. Irish  |   Posted on Jul 18th, 2005

    FUCK!!

  7. arcade mike  |   Posted on Jul 18th, 2005

    just cause you can post on a blog.. does that makes you king shit Not-em fan.. nice btw.. i bet you have all his CDs. ass.

  8. ron_mexico  |   Posted on Jul 18th, 2005

    can we say fag now?

  9. And here I was all a-flutter!

  10. I’m torn. I was hoping he’d devote more time to puppets.

  11. huffer  |   Posted on Jul 18th, 2005

    um…actually, while marshall has obviously not confirmed it himself, it’s a bit more than “just a rumor.” everyone around him is fairly certain that encore is it for him. so unless you have an actual source to back this up, why post it?

  12. Not-Em Fan  |   Posted on Jul 18th, 2005

    Arcade Mike, I don’t have a single Eminem CD. Nice try. You misinterpreted my comment. There’s no hostility on my part. I would just like to know how Stereogum comes to the conclusion that it’s only rumor. You, on the other hand, by tossing around such names as ass, are nothing more than internet trash.

  13. holy moses.

    It’s scott’s blog…he can write what he wants. Chances are, this post was made in humor, making fun of sites that do sort of jump all over the latest rumor mill concoction…

    NEF -don’t call people trash. Not nice. Tsk. :P

  14. damn, that would have been fantastic. well, maybe not b/c then we’d have to see him “act.”

  15. Irish  |   Posted on Jul 18th, 2005

    Half the shit we post on here isn’t nice, lifeordeath. I take that back. 79% (it’s a rough estimate) of the shit we post on here isn’t nice. That’s what makes it so fun. Everyone is so angry and bitter inside from being in work, and we all talk shit on each other for relief. By the way, you’re trash. Bitch…

  16. Sorry –
    Source was John Norris on TRL.

  17. SHUTUP  |   Posted on Jul 18th, 2005

    you’re all douchebags….that’s why I love you.

  18. David  |   Posted on Jul 18th, 2005

    This is a great marketing ploy… I haven’t seen this much interest in Eminem since the MMLP controversy. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if this ends up helping ticket sales.

  19. venusinfurs  |   Posted on Jul 18th, 2005

    anyone else notice pitchfork’s been retroactively modifying some review scores? stars got a .6 boost, which may not seem like a lot, but 7.8 to 8.4 is pretty big.

    http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:IjYLSRBytmwJ:www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/s/stars/set-yourself-on-fire.shtml+stars+set+yourself+on+fire+review&hl=en&client=firefox-a

    to

    http://pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/s/stars/set-yourself-on-fire.shtml

    sorry, don’t know how to insert html.

  20. it’s too bad. that last album was horrible – he should have quit after how bad it was.

  21. neil  |   Posted on Jul 18th, 2005

    it is very unlike this site not to name a source.

    anyone else think eminem is the most over-rated rapper in history? if he wasn’t white, where would he be?

  22. neil  |   Posted on Jul 18th, 2005

    let me rephrase that actually. it’s his records i think are overrated, not his actual rapping abilities.

  23. john  |   Posted on Jul 18th, 2005

    DAMN
    seriously

  24. acrade mike  |   Posted on Jul 18th, 2005

    hey Not-em fan… thats a diss.

  25. what i heard is he’s taking the dre route and stepping back from being a front man and concentrating on producing and finding new stars (like dre).

  26. Owen  |   Posted on Jul 19th, 2005

    I only fuck that fat bitch if she paid me like she does with that K Fed dude

  27. thx for the source Scott!

  28. Lordy. Obvs. comments like ‘be nice’ or ‘play nice’ are not meant to be taken seriously on message board/comment page. I even added a ‘tsk’ and a ‘:P’…haha

  29. thissucks  |   Posted on Jul 19th, 2005

    that blows….what an untalented annoying hack…

  30. oh, come on thissucks.
    you can hate em all you want, but to call him untalented is just plain wrong. his talents are obvious. what he does with them, however, can definitely be called into question…

  31. em fan  |   Posted on Jul 20th, 2005

    You all need to really listen to what Marshall has to say. He is a pure genious. You all suck

  32. Em's Biotch 69  |   Posted on Jul 22nd, 2005

    Whatever… EM is f-ing awesome and all of u need 2 shut the hell up- especially not em fan. I LOVE EMINEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BITCHES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  33. roachy  |   Posted on Jul 24th, 2005

    The Detroit Free Press reported that Mather?s latest album Encore will be his last release. Insiders told the paper that the rapper has been planning on retiring to concentrate on production and other ventures.

    Eminem?s manager Paul Rosenberg told the paper that Encore was ?certainly the cap on this part of his career? and that decision to retire was held off by the retirement of fellow Hip-Hop superstar, Jay-Z.

    ?He didn’t want to seem like one of those guys who’s playing a trick on his fans, or playing with their heads,” Rosenberg told The Detroit Free Press. “It’s part of the same struggle he goes through in his music — ‘How much of my inner thinking should I be putting out there?’?

    Rosenberg also stated he was surprised no one caught on to the possibility of Eminem retiring, due to numerous clues on the Encore album. An insider also stated that Eminem has grown weary of the spotlight and was struggling writing as ?Eminem.?

    ?Em has definitely gotten to the level where he feels like he’s accomplished everything he can accomplish in rap,” D-12 member Proof added. “He wants to kick back and get into the producing thing.”

    Insiders said Eminem?s inner-circle of friends knew in advance that Encore would be the best-selling rapper of all time?s last album.

    there ya go guys…

  34. roachy  |   Posted on Jul 24th, 2005

    oh and eminem is the shit!! so dont diss, hes talented as.. and if you dont think so then you dont no what real talent is!
    peace out:)

  35. Bree  |   Posted on Jul 27th, 2005

    ok people i went to his concert on july 19th and he said himself that hes not retiring hes just taking a break for a couple of monthes.
    i mean come on rumors start in tabloids and thats the first thing that said he was retiring and he said it himself that tabloids are a piece of shit and all they do is start rumors so ya.
    im so happy that hes not retiring cause hes my fav and im absessed i even celebrate his b-day so no hes not leaving us. all Eminem lovers email me freakish_giggles@yahoo.com
    peace out ppl

  36. Bree  |   Posted on Jul 27th, 2005

    even though we all diss each other we still are all cool with each other and we have to give props to em for that 1 c if we were not em fans then we wouldntget a long but sense we are then we all have something in common and dont say im wrong cause the only reason ur on this site is cause u like and want to knwo more about em and if if we didnt have so many haters then maby ppl will understand that hes loved and hes talentedand if stupid icp ppl think that they could kick eminmefans asses then they need to think again i mean theres so many more em fans then icp fags and yall knowim right well email me ppl freakish_giggles@yahoo.com
    and dont forget its all bout em

  37. umm ya he is actually cuz my dads best friend is friends wit him… he says he doesnt really have anything else to rap about and its really stressful to him.. i love Slim.. but he doesnt wanna do it anymore so thats his choice… i dont want him to think he has to rap to please people.. its his life leave him alone!

  38. lacey  |   Posted on Aug 8th, 2005

    Well, idk you ppl are creepin me out lol sorryz
    Anywayz EMINEM KIX SO MUCH ASS!!! i love him to death an when i heard he was quittin i completly died, now im dead inside IM CRYING!!!
    ok enough of my poor pitty problems
    Bye all
    ADD ME lacey1113@hotmail.com

  39. lacey  |   Posted on Aug 8th, 2005

    OMG!! you ppl are creepin me out!! sorry lol
    anywayz I LOVE EMINEM SO MUCH!! HE KIX SO MUCH ASS!!! and when i heard he was quittin i was crushed! i died…now im completly dead inside :’( :| IM CRYING:’(:( Well enough of my poor litL pitty problems….
    BYE
    ADD ME lacey1113@hotmail.com *OR* CrazyShadyFan13@hotmail.com

  40. Jessica  |   Posted on Aug 25th, 2005

    ok i am like the biggest eminem fan there is and you ant make a website saying hes not retiring when you only have 1 sorce of information all you have is that the dude on trl said it was a rumor huh no t alot of info there im
    and all you other peeps i dont think he is retiring but i have a lot more info than this dude he is going to produce other artists because he dosnt want to be known as a greedy artist
    duh
    ~Jessica~

  41. I love Eminem and i never want him to give up his music!!!

  42. chelsea  |   Posted on Aug 31st, 2005

    eminem you kool in all just chill and still sing like with ur puppets and all. eminem add my id i always wanted to talk to u i your biggest fanny you’ll ever i got all you pics. crazy_rooster_988
    plz add me plzs!!

  43. kate  |   Posted on Sep 13th, 2005

    hey i hope eminem doesnt retire…he is the best rapper ever!!!!!ill prob die if he does!!!im serious
    well im outtie!!
    ~kate~

  44. ryan hiley  |   Posted on Sep 20th, 2005

    im the biggest eminem fan their is and i swear this is the happiest thing i have ever read in my life i knew he wouldn’t do this to all those fans out their i wish their was more rappers out their like him im ten and im goin to move to detroit and be the new eminem,i know everything about him i have everything about him and he is going to shake my hand and thank me one day and i can’t wate

  45. king  |   Posted on Oct 13th, 2005

    eminem vicouse dont play he made d12 and 50 cent

  46. Kaylee  |   Posted on Nov 7th, 2005

    OMG!!! I hope he’s not retiring. I’d so like miss him literally. When I read that he was I seriously cried.

  47. clemtown  |   Posted on Nov 21st, 2005

    all yall hoes need 2 shut the fuck up b-cuz unlike most rappers EMINEM raps bout real life stuff… he dont rap bout other things except every once ina while

    eminem is a TRU artist!

    i love u eminem and keep it goin

  48. EMINEM MADE 50 CENT AND I LIVE IN DETROIT AND I KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT HIM!!! i love eminem so so so so much!!!

    :)

  49. Beth Boyle  |   Posted on Dec 8th, 2005

    I am so glad that the whole thing with eminem was just a rumor i love him and his songs!!!!! Me n my bf would be devistated if he did retire because he is the greatest rapper in the entire world!!!

  50. brendy  |   Posted on Dec 22nd, 2005

    Im from belfast and we fucking idolise him over here. Because as a proud catholic we are contsantly being attacked by police(the brits) and the protestants. Him and 50 cent give us something to cheer about . Aftermath rules. Up the ra!!

  51. im glad he isnt quiting he is my hero thanks you the info im 14

  52. jodena  |   Posted on Jan 7th, 2006

    i think eminem is beyond sexy an his music aint bad he has gotin far fa bein white so all yal who thinks other wise is jelious an could suck it!!!!!!

  53. Neeral  |   Posted on Jan 9th, 2006

    yo dat guy is so full of s*** wat da hell does he think of him self writing about EMINEM like dat…. dats so unfair im hes biggest fan from TANZANIA

  54. neeral  |   Posted on Jan 9th, 2006

    yo any eminem fans wanna chat wid me add me < <<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> k yo im hes biggest fan have u heard da curtail call album it so rocks dis world…..

  55. WAEL  |   Posted on Jan 14th, 2006

    I WAS GOING TO FAINT WHEN I HERD EMINEM IS GOING TO RETIRE BECAUSE IF HE RETIRE THERE WILL BE NO MORE MUSIC OFCOURSE THERE ARE MORE ARTISTS BUT EMINEM IS THE BEST ONE AND IF HE IS GOING TO RETIRE I WILL NOT HEAR ANY MUSIC BECAUSE ALL THE OTHER ARTISTS ANDTHE ARTISTS SONGSUCK!!!!!!!!!!AND I AM SO HAPPY AND AND OH I NEAD I MINUTE…… YES,WAT WAS I SAYING OH RIGHT I AM SO HAPPY AND I WISH HE NEVER THINK TO RETIRE AGAIN

  56. shayla  |   Posted on Sep 3rd, 2006

    I wouldn’t say the rest of the music artists suck, but they aint as good as Eminem is. If he retires, I may go into depression. He’s in my own oppinion is the best rapper ever. Damnit Slim don’t retire!!!!

  57. shayla  |   Posted on Sep 3rd, 2006

    some of you ppl need to get councilers. not to be really bitchy but you do.

  58. danielle  |   Posted on Jul 31st, 2007

    fuck every1 who says “fuck, i wish he actually was retiring” What da fuck, if u did’n like him why would u take time out a yo day 2 write somein’ about som1 u hate. Wheres da sourse???
    p.s. most of u wont know what i’m talkin’ bout but eminem is soooooo not like Gorge bush!!!!!!!!!!

  59. woow ppl chill out it whas just a big rumer!! shut up hes not retiring u guys r so fake im a real eminem fan unlike u ppl its pretty obvious hes not retiring when he seaid so at his concert its a wounderfull thing called GOSSIP AND RUMMERS!!

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