Eminem Speaks On Drug, The Death Of Proof & Praises T.I. & Lil Wayne On New XXL COVER

J-Banks · 04-14-2009, 02:06 PM

Eminem Speaks On Drugs, The Death Of Proof & Praises T.I. & Lil Wayne On New XXL Cover

Get ready to enter the Em Zone. Back from a three-year hiatus, Eminem is set to grace two XXL covers for the magazine’s June issue on stands May 5, two weeks before Em’s fifth solo album, Relapse, hits stores May 19.

A special collector’s edition, the issue showcases Eminem posing as Marvel Comics’ notorious vigilante The Punisher. In addition to the cover story written by XXL Editor-in-Chief Datwon Thomas, the issue’s entire feature well is dedicated to Marshall Mathers and documents his illustrious career. The magazine also includes an exclusive collaboration between XXL, Shady and Marvel Comics: a special edition Punisher comic book entitled Eminem/Punisher: Kill You starring Eminem and created by Marvel Comics. Part 2 of the comic will be made available on starting May 5.-Bruce Moses

Check below for choice quotes from the June cover story with Eminem and an exclusive first look of Slim Shady as The Punisher. And stay tuned for more Eminem with XXL.

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.”

Source: xxlmag

coookthvs101 · 04-14-2009, 02:17 PM

thats exactly what ti eminem and lil wayne has that 50 cent doesnt :Substance. Yeah you can sing a catchy hook with a nice beat and it'll bang for a while but theres no substance to it..50 cent and three six mafia are the same shit.. Hot beats alright flow and catchy hooks but no lyrics and deepness to the song. SUNDAY MONDAY TUES WEDNESDAY....as opposed to "coming up i was confused my mama kissing a girl"...

Wesey · 04-14-2009, 03:33 PM

cant wait for this issue to come out... But seems like a very good interview and a great issue.

Majcip · 04-14-2009, 03:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by coookthvs101

thats exactly what ti eminem and lil wayne has that 50 cent doesnt :Substance. Yeah you can sing a catchy hook with a nice beat and it'll bang for a while but theres no substance to it..50 cent and three six mafia are the same shit.. Hot beats alright flow and catchy hooks but no lyrics and deepness to the song. SUNDAY MONDAY TUES WEDNESDAY....as opposed to "coming up i was confused my mama kissing a girl"...

Ok I can admit it but if you really think about it Fif and G-Unit got some songs that got that substance. Old mxitapes and Get Rich or Die Tryin´ is still that shit.

Trizzle · 04-14-2009, 04:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by coookthvs101

thats exactly what ti eminem and lil wayne has that 50 cent doesnt :Substance. Yeah you can sing a catchy hook with a nice beat and it'll bang for a while but theres no substance to it..50 cent and three six mafia are the same shit.. Hot beats alright flow and catchy hooks but no lyrics and deepness to the song. SUNDAY MONDAY TUES WEDNESDAY....as opposed to "coming up i was confused my mama kissing a girl"...

naa, got to disagree with ya!! fif has some real good lyrics!!! he's like em, you dont catch them right away....listen to him more....

LawrenceSouljah · 04-14-2009, 04:51 PM

Yo those are some sick coveres for real.

mf973 · 04-14-2009, 05:31 PM

propzzz gonna cop disz mag

ronnier10 · 04-14-2009, 06:58 PM

okay NOW name me a rapper who didn't praise lil wayne??

hating ass bitches said wayne is killing hip hop hahahahaha...
andre3k,jayz,nas,eminem,scarface,bunb,busta.... etc. all of them niggas praised wayne... fuck yall g-unit stans

Sparks37 · 04-14-2009, 07:24 PM

Can't wait to receive this issue ; he's baaaaaaaaaaack !!!

Mr Wavez · 04-14-2009, 07:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ronnier10

okay NOW name me a rapper who didn't praise lil wayne??

hating ass bitches said wayne is killing hip hop hahahahaha...
andre3k,jayz,nas,eminem,scarface,bunb,busta.... etc. all of them niggas praised wayne... fuck yall g-unit stans

lol...for real haters take that L

lol @ no one commenting on it..they acting like they aint see that shit

Sparks37 · 04-14-2009, 07:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr Wavez

lol...for real haters take that L

lol @ no one commenting on it..they acting like they aint see that shit

Well it's not because hip hop legends like Wayne that everybody has to like him...

Ed-ucation · 04-14-2009, 09:31 PM

that cover is hot (no homo)

Ass Spelunker · 04-14-2009, 09:36 PM

what a fag.. he just tryin to get some attention for his album

DaKillahWitNoFace · 04-14-2009, 10:02 PM

eminems the shit but i still think wayne sucks ..haha

LooseCannon23 · 04-14-2009, 10:39 PM

now the em vs wayne shit can stop
.......

duel1 · 04-15-2009, 01:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaKillahWitNoFace

eminems the shit but i still think wayne sucks ..haha

and i also think wayne sucks

jg213 · 04-15-2009, 01:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sparks37

Well it's not because hip hop legends like Wayne that everybody has to like him...

yeah for the 50 stans, it dont matter what legends or they think, its upto 50 if they can like Lil Wayne.

as soon as 50 give y'll the word y'll be on his dick LMFAO........ e.g Jadakiss anyone???

T.K. aka Tha Kid Wonder · 04-15-2009, 01:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by coookthvs101

thats exactly what ti eminem and lil wayne has that 50 cent doesnt :Substance. Yeah you can sing a catchy hook with a nice beat and it'll bang for a while but theres no substance to it..50 cent and three six mafia are the same shit.. Hot beats alright flow and catchy hooks but no lyrics and deepness to the song. SUNDAY MONDAY TUES WEDNESDAY....as opposed to "coming up i was confused my mama kissing a girl"...

LOL what the fuck? Lil Wayne has no substance at all. Please tell me how he has substance in his songs. He's fucking high or drunk in most of his songs and theu usually make no sense and are just a bunch of punchlines back to back. Lil Wayne comes correct on alot of shit but substance? Hell no. I'd like to know what you consider substance if you think Wayne has any.

em50achilles · 04-15-2009, 01:58 AM

wayne aint shit ..Em too high up there..niggas take ur head out ur ass

JKO · 04-15-2009, 03:50 AM

Someone correct me if im wrong but aint Lil Wayne supposed to be on Rick Ross' side in the 50 beef? Like wasnt there a song with them dissing 50? I might be late on this but I did read like a week ago about this and if that is true I dunno why Em is praising Wayne then...Very confusing

04-14-2009, 02:06 PM	#1
J-Banks Super Moderator Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Providence, RI Posts: 21,015 Repped: 5,294 Repped 53,425 Times in 7,839 Posts Blog Entries: 1 Neg Reps: 53 Neg Repped at 93 Times in 86 Posts	Eminem Speaks On Drug, The Death Of Proof & Praises T.I. & Lil Wayne On New XXL COVER Eminem Speaks On Drug, The Death Of Proof & Praises T.I. & Lil Wayne On New XXL COVER Eminem Speaks On Drugs, The Death Of Proof & Praises T.I. & Lil Wayne On New XXL Cover Get ready to enter the Em Zone. Back from a three-year hiatus, Eminem is set to grace two XXL covers for the magazine’s June issue on stands May 5, two weeks before Em’s fifth solo album, Relapse, hits stores May 19. A special collector’s edition, the issue showcases Eminem posing as Marvel Comics’ notorious vigilante The Punisher. In addition to the cover story written by XXL Editor-in-Chief Datwon Thomas, the issue’s entire feature well is dedicated to Marshall Mathers and documents his illustrious career. The magazine also includes an exclusive collaboration between XXL, Shady and Marvel Comics: a special edition Punisher comic book entitled Eminem/Punisher: Kill You starring Eminem and created by Marvel Comics. Part 2 of the comic will be made available on starting May 5.-Bruce Moses Check below for choice quotes from the June cover story with Eminem and an exclusive first look of Slim Shady as The Punisher. And stay tuned for more Eminem with XXL. 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.” Source: xxlmag __________________ JBanksblog.com - check it out __________________

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LawrenceSouljah Veteran Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 2,206 Repped: 703 Repped 147 Times in 88 Posts Neg Reps: 2 Neg Repped at 7 Times in 5 Posts	Yo those are some sick coveres for real. __________________ I see you using an old style, I wondered where you had learned it from. You know very well, it's yours too

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Sparks37 Bootlegger Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: France/Germany Posts: 5,725 Repped: 2,519 Repped 6,538 Times in 1,285 Posts Neg Reps: 47 Neg Repped at 44 Times in 37 Posts	Can't wait to receive this issue ; he's baaaaaaaaaaack !!! __________________ In stores on December 15th.

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Ed-ucation Veteran Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Montreal Posts: 5,083 Repped: 416 Repped 98 Times in 58 Posts Neg Reps: 5 Neg Repped at 3 Times in 3 Posts	that cover is hot (no homo) __________________

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LooseCannon23 UserUSerUsErRUSRUSUEEUSEU Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Home Posts: 3,853 Repped: 1,174 Repped 310 Times in 153 Posts Neg Reps: 170 Neg Repped at 52 Times in 39 Posts	now the em vs wayne shit can stop ....... __________________

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coookthvs101 BLACkWaLLAfterMAth Join Date: May 2006 Location: MIA Posts: 2,100 Repped: 164 Repped 211 Times in 37 Posts Neg Reps: 14 Neg Repped at 6 Times in 3 Posts	thats exactly what ti eminem and lil wayne has that 50 cent doesnt :Substance. Yeah you can sing a catchy hook with a nice beat and it'll bang for a while but theres no substance to it..50 cent and three six mafia are the same shit.. Hot beats alright flow and catchy hooks but no lyrics and deepness to the song. SUNDAY MONDAY TUES WEDNESDAY....as opposed to "coming up i was confused my mama kissing a girl"...

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Wesey Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 357 Repped: 12 Repped 57 Times in 28 Posts Neg Reps: 2 Neg Repped at 10 Times in 8 Posts	cant wait for this issue to come out... But seems like a very good interview and a great issue.

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mf973 JerZ FyneSt Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: jerzey baby 973 all dayyyy Posts: 700 Repped: 274 Repped 253 Times in 75 Posts Neg Reps: 12 Neg Repped at 25 Times in 13 Posts	propzzz gonna cop disz mag

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ronnier10 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: cali Posts: 39 Repped: 0 Repped 7 Times in 6 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 13 Times in 7 Posts	okay NOW name me a rapper who didn't praise lil wayne?? hating ass bitches said wayne is killing hip hop hahahahaha... andre3k,jayz,nas,eminem,scarface,bunb,busta.... etc. all of them niggas praised wayne... fuck yall g-unit stans

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Ass Spelunker =] Join Date: May 2006 Location: Cali Posts: 1,426 Repped: 367 Repped 152 Times in 90 Posts Neg Reps: 4 Neg Repped at 66 Times in 41 Posts	what a fag.. he just tryin to get some attention for his album

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DaKillahWitNoFace Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Queen$, New York Posts: 2,538 Repped: 708 Repped 1,782 Times in 202 Posts Neg Reps: 1 Neg Repped at 7 Times in 5 Posts	eminems the shit but i still think wayne sucks ..haha

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em50achilles Veteran Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: California Posts: 6,215 Repped: 4,740 Repped 622 Times in 114 Posts Neg Reps: 162 Neg Repped at 116 Times in 56 Posts	wayne aint shit ..Em too high up there..niggas take ur head out ur ass

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JKO Jay Knocks Out Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Bronx, NYC Posts: 5,378 Repped: 989 Repped 2,742 Times in 384 Posts Neg Reps: 15 Neg Repped at 15 Times in 11 Posts	Someone correct me if im wrong but aint Lil Wayne supposed to be on Rick Ross' side in the 50 beef? Like wasnt there a song with them dissing 50? I might be late on this but I did read like a week ago about this and if that is true I dunno why Em is praising Wayne then...Very confusing __________________ Play ur cards right and dont throw down that "Ace" and stop frontin like ur "2 Fresh" because we know ur shit is ROTTEN!

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