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After a five-year gap that saw him recover from a nasty addiction, Eminem triumphantly returned last year with Relapse. Then he surprised us a mere 13 months later with recent hit Recovery. But while this remarkable productivity signals a revitalized Marshall Mathers, the rapper, who’s approaching 38, says he’s now unsure of how much he has left in him.

In an interview with VIBE, Eminem says, “…Honestly, I don’t know how much longer I have in this game. I’m always going to love hip-hop. But how much longer am I going to still do it? I couldn’t give you an answer.”

Slim Shady says his retirement depends on when he stops loving what he’s doing.

“The day that this is not better than the last will probably be the day I stop…” he admits, adding, “I do love it so much. But even if I was rapping at 50 [years old], I don’t now if I would put it out. I know it always makes me feel better to lay things to tape, and – ‘Lay the tape.’ See, I’m old school. The fans might say the sh*t is garbage. You don’t know how long people are going to want you around.”

Em says if and when he does retire, he has no clue what would be next for him seeing as it’s almost impossible to get any more famous.

“Realistically, if I don’t rap, what the f*ck am I going to do? It’s too late to be unfamous at this point.”

Posted on Thursday, August 19th, 2010 at 3:48 pm by Cam and is filed under Blog, News.

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