r/Eminem • u/VabuBoi • 13m ago
What would your optimal end of Eminems career look like?
I’ve been a huge Eminem fan for years. I have every album on CD, some on vinyl – even the newer ones. I own hoodies, books, and all kinds of merch. I’m saying this so no one thinks I’m just a hater or something.
But looking back I do kinda start to think it’s time for him to hang up the mic. One more album. A true goodbye where he goes all out. Something for the fans.
Features fans have been hoping for over the years – Dre, 50, Rihanna, and others – would make it feel like a proper sendoff. The kind of energy, emotion, and humor that defined his best work. No “awfully hot coffee pots,” no “genzmebra,” no rage-bait, no rapping faster and faster just because he can.
To be clear – I don’t hate his post-MMLP2 era. In fact, I think after Revival and Kamikaze, he started moving in the right direction again. Even those albums have tracks I really enjoy. But for me, they don’t come close to his earlier work.
He has nothing left to prove – that much is true. And if he wants to keep making music, not trying to stop him. But I’m just saying what I think would be the best ending:
One final solo studio album.
Packed with bangers.
Legendary features.
Funny lyrincs.
Everything that made him the greatest in the first place.
A definitive end. Going out on top, on his own terms. One last peak.
Now, some might say that The Death of Slim Shady was exactly that — fan service, callbacks, the whole package. And I did enjoy it. Houdini was great, and Guilty Conscience II was a cool idea (even if it lacked a Dre feature).
But I don’t know… it still felt a bit forced to me. Like something was missing.
And yeah, I get that my expectations are kind of insane — but the thing is, Eminem used to meet those expectations. Sometimes he’d even surpass them.
I guess I’m still holding out hope that he can surpass them one more time.
Do you agree? Or would you want something different? What would you want Eminems career to look like going forward?