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EMINEM | Tour, CD could be the last for rap superstar

EMINEM I Tour, CD could be the last for rap superstar reign of Eminem, and his alter ego Slim Shady, will have been voluntarily vanquished. It wouldn't be a mere name game, in the hip-hop fashion that let Puff Daddy become P. Diddy, or the fanciful indulgence of a superstar toying with personas, like Prince. Nor would it be some gimmicky farewell stunt, say hometown friends and professional associates, many of whom asked not to be named in this story, citing sensitivity about the issue deep within Eminem's record label and management camps. What it would represent, say those friends, is a dramatic life shift for a celebrity grown weary of public commotion - and an artist who feels trapped by musical expectations. "Em has definitely gotten to the level where he feels like he's accomplished everything he can accomplish, in rap," said rapper Proof, Mathers' righthand man onstage. "He wants to kick back and get into the producing thing." Detroit producer Jeff Bass, who won an Academy Award for cowriting Eminem's "Lose Yourself," said while he won't rule out the possibility of further solo albums from Mathers, "the Eminem part of his career isn't going to be at the forefront anymore." If Mathers is truly set to shake things up, exactly where he goes from here is unclear. He's not doing interviews this summer, and his spokesman at Interscope Records in Los Angeles declined to comment. Manager Paul Rosenberg said there's been "no official decision" about the future. But he acknowledged that some kind of recalibration is likely, adding that Eminem's latest multiplatinum record is "certainly the cap on this part of his career." Others by his side, from business partners to fellow rappers in D12, say Mathers is ready to embark on a path like that of mentor Dr. Dre, who upon reaching his 30s eased away from the microphone for a successful career as a producer and star-maker. Such a move by Mathers would shake the tectonic plates of pop culture. At 33, he is now the best-selling hip-hop artist in history and is, by many standards, the globe's biggest music star. this is indeed final bow, From Page 1A
Article from 15 Jul 2005Detroit Free Press(Detroit, MI)
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