Eminem – Difficult [Dedication to Proof]

    https://media.hiphopdx.com/old/singles/20101231-Eminem_Difficult-HHDX.mp3

    As far as we know this was previously unreleased, with Em spitting some heartfelt words about his best friend’s passing. Shouts to Hurricane Jeff for the track.

    522 thoughts on “Eminem – Difficult [Dedication to Proof]

      1. You guys are the dumbest fucks on here i bet. try reading up on the shit first, better yet, just try reading. Queers

      1. dude, im from texas and i know how much proof meant to detroit. Ever seen 8 mile? Future was proof. If you read eminems book, ‘the way i am’ you’ll know how much proof meant to detroit. everyone thought that proof was the one that was gonna make it big and put detroit on the map, not eminem. em even said it himself in the book and in a song. get educated on what you are saying before you say it.

    1. Everything he touches is fire. Not many rappers can make such a wide array of songs. I like wayne and he is extremely skilled but every song is about absolutely nothing. Every verse has a new metaphor for how fat his pockets are or what the F in his name stands for. Give most rappers a topic to stay on (like this song, stan, cleaning out my closet, etc) and they fail.

    2. this is not a 5 regardless of whether its an eminem song or a dedication to proof!!

      rate it for what it is… his voice is annoying on this, the beat is nothing great, his flow suffers at points (“i look over his shirt is off im like your gonna fry yourself hes like no i wont”???), with all that aside its not finished (obv not supposed to be leaked)… but people need to start rating eminems songs for what they are

      2/5

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      1. faggot haha! your the one getting protective over an eminem song!! and if you havent noticed he happens to be a male rapper… unless your a female? – u groupie

        like i said rate the song for what it is!! i loved Infinite, SSEP, SSLP, MMLP & some of the eminem show but i dont feel obliged to give a song a biased rating because of who wrote it!… im an eminem fan ur a faggot

      2. its a tribute song to his best friend fakkit
        do you know how it feels to lose someone?

        shown some respect. i can tell your born to lose. find a knife and fall on it fukkin loner.

      3. its a dedication track retard. he wasnt tryin to spit crazy bars. recognize what kind of song it is. every song doesnt have to b spittin crazy metaphors. i think em has spoiled u to the point that thats all u expect from him. theres more to rap than just that. faggot

      4. I agree with u that the song doesnt have to be crazy punchlines, cadences etc!! but the song is not a 5!!! There is no way on earth its a 5 – whether its a dedication to proof or not!

        Im in no way being disrespectful… there is a reason eminem didnt release this – he wouldnt of been happy with it – so why are u lying saying its a 5 when its not!

        He admitted in the dedication on his album that he tried to make a diss record before but it was trash – hence this song!! I am absolutely positive he will be unhappy this is released and its a shame in a way – but stop rating his songs higher just because he made them, when he wouldnt rate them a 5 himself!!!

      5. its a 5 because of the emotion hes spilling out on the song. people can relate to losing best friend, family member etc. you have no valid point to say this song isn’t a 5 you sound like a fuckin 13 year buy the way. pay respect ya fuckin dumbass and stfu

      6. ITS FUNNY YOU SAY THE SAME BULLSHIT EVERY HATER SAYS… “I LOVE INFINITE, SSLP, MMLP BLA BLA BLA” IF YOU LOVE THEM GO LISTEN TO THEM YOU MORON INSTEAD OF TALKING ABSOLUTE SHIT

        AS I SAID BEFORE YOUR A FAGGOT

      1. joe, shut the fuck up. if you are an eminem fan, you know how much this meant to him. kinda does make you wanna cry cause you feel for em. the fuck outta here joe. i hear what your sayin SB

    3. Pretty good. Obviously this wasn’t supposed to leak and I’m almost sorry for listening to something that I don’t think was supposed to be heard by general public. I think it started out as a song for everyone but ended as a song for eminem himself. Hearing him lose it a 2:08 talking about putting the rings in Proof’s casket. Impossible to rate a song like this.

    4. i can see why this never got released its clearly a slow beat looking for some “no apologies” style rap and he cant deliver im sure it will take him timeto get back to that sort of excellence but hes on his wae big up to proof tho

      1. You know this song is dumb old right? You say he cant deliver on that excellence now when this shit was done awhile ago anyway

    5. this dj hacked eminem or what? who is he talkin when he says: “me, you and… whats his face… he betrayed our team”

      1. nah not royce, they squashed the beef because of proof dying. SO they were cool with each other before the funeral and this song was clearlt written afterwards

      2. It was royce. Someone even mentioned it to royce on twitter yesterday and he said something along the lines of he didn’t blame em or he would have punched himself too. This song was done years ago. Same with the last few em songs to leak.

    6. this is so much better than that gay tribute from Recovery. He sings like a complete faggot on that song. This song on the other hand is deep

    7. i hate that space sound effect, heard it first on i need a doctor, think it was in the cocaine song too, now this.

      RIP Proof.

      Stop leaking this shit. Em’s one artist that I can respect enough that if it’s unfinished or he ain’t releasing it just let it be, don’t be posting it just for attention.

      1. that effect is a copywrite protect thing to tryin an ruin the song so downloaders cant enjoy it. it worke din i need a doctor was fuckin annoyin lol

      1. fukin moron, its NOT about Royce, first off, royce did NOT even go to his funeral, “check your shit first” you fuckin idiot.

      1. Trad, you are a fucking idiot, why in the fuck would you say Royce? You obviously have no idea what Em is talking about.

      2. @Anonymous you dumb motherfucker he is talking about Royce you stupid cunt. D12 and Royce were beefin’ up until last year you dumbass check your shit before you start running bullshit out of your ignorant mouth faggot. Somebody even asked Royce about that shit and he was like I ain’t heard the song but I’ll bet he did want to punch me, so your post has just become another failure in your miserable ass life you fucking clown

      3. Titties, your a fucking dumbass, so is everyone else on here saying that Em is dissing Royce, why in the fuck would he do that,I know all about the history, you stupid half ass HipHop fans make me sick.
        So here ya go little internet bitch your a Hoe, Fuck your Mother & you Grandmother, Mother Fucker, That is all pussy!

      1. you say ‘your clearly a little kid’ as if to insult me or imply i am stupid.

        dumb ass nigga if i am a little kid tell me what exactly am i supposed to do to change that?

        bitch ass nigga its called growing up and i will do it one year at a time just like everybody else.

    8. come on guys, we all know proof was pussy, he was always gonna get his ass handed to him in a fight, poor lil frail ass homie

    9. Sounds like this track was a beta version of “Going Through Changes” on the Recovery album.

      The track itself sounds like it’s been slowed down a bit too, Em don’t sound too good. Still a cool leak though!

    10. You ignorant fucks reallly think he cares what you think about this song? This was clearly on some closure shit for him. Anyone who doesn’t respect Em for what he has done and gone through needs to grow the fuck up. Hands down the best rapper alive.

      1. Agreed but id say dead or alive…hes broke so many barriers and done so much that these other so called rappers only could dream of doing… Shady = GOAT

    11. HHDX do anything for some clicks. Putting this song that Em clearly aint want no one hearing on your site just because it’ll draw you guys some clicks? Shameless. This song so deep. Some people on this site need some help, talking about the dead the way some of you are.

      @TempoClash How is his voice annoying in this? He’s just talking. How you a Em fan and you hate his normal voice? Smh

      5/5

    12. I think this song is unfinished Eminem sounds like hes sluring and the song has no chorus if it was full song it’d be Great but otherwise its a really good song

    13. Better then the tribute that was on his album, alot better actually, he shoulda just finished this and used it instead, that “You’re Never Over” song was horrible

    14. the hypocricy in rap music is ridiculous.

      When Puff was making tribute songs to BIG people were saying its awesome and heart felt etc…

      em makes a couple songs about his best friend in the world being killed and he’s soft.

      you people really are pathetic.

    15. I am not a criminal nor do I participate in criminal activities or do I condone criminality…..

      But this s**tRAW as f**k

      youtube.com/watch?v=BBYRyRfeTCA

      Yall will see one light in the end of the tunnel

    16. I haven’t been touched by an eminem song like this in a long time, this is a special one, a five deservingly so.

    17. Wow Simply sad man never liked Em since 2003 but man this touched a spot in my heart my nigga dwayne got shot a week before proof

    18. You wanna know why his voice sounds different? It’s called EMOTION. And not that fake emotion he was trying so desperately to show on songs like Space Bound and Going Through Changes, you can actually tell he’s hurting throughout this song.

      Why he put You’re Never Over on the album over this… I’ll never know. His best song since Toy Soldiers.

      1. its cause he wants to celebrate proofs life and move on like proof woulda wanted him to, not mourn it and be depressed by it. this track was never suppose to be released, just something for em to remember him by.

      2. Going through changes was a good song, of all the Recovery tracks to pick on, why that one, only song ont he CD I would put on an Em greatest hits mix

        SMH, I love that song, but whatever, opinions is like…….you know how it go

    19. They ask me am i okay, they ask me if im happy
      are they asking me that because of the shit thats been thrown at me
      or am i just a little snappy and they genuinely care
      Doody, most of my life its just been me and you there
      and i continuously stare at pictures of you
      i never got to say i love you as much as i wanted to but i do
      yea, i say it now and you cant hear me
      what the fuck good does that do me now
      but somehow i know your near me, your presence
      oh i went and droped some presents of for easter to them
      2 little beautiful boys of yours to try to ease their
      minds a little and dawg youll never believe this
      but shiranda, actually talks to me now, jesus
      and everyone else is just trying to pick up the peices
      man how can you touch so many fuckin lives and just leave us
      they say grieving has its way of effecting everyone different
      if its true, how the fuck im spose to get over you? difficult as it sounds…

      Doody, thats what we call each other
      i dont know where it came from but it just stuck with us, we was always brothers
      never thought about each others, skin colours
      till one day we was walking up the block in the summer
      it was like 90 degrees i was catching a sunburn
      trying to walk under the trees just to give me some comfort
      im moaning i just want to get home and i look over and your shirt is off im like your gonna fry your like no i wont im
      black stupid, & black people they got melatonin
      in their skin, we dont burn meanwhile my face is glowing and i feel like im on fire
      and the entire time your just laughing at me, and snappin at me with your shirt bastard
      and i still have to get you back for that shit
      and by the way them playboy rings my mother stole from you, well nate finally got em back, shit
      it must of been atleast 16 years ago, well i put em in your cask-ahh im moving past it
      it still aint registered yet, but you can bet, your legacy they’ll never forget
      the motor-city mo-town hip-hop vet, hip-hop shop dreads, it dont stop there
      yeaa, as difficult as it sounds

      and this may sound a little strange but imma tell it
      i found that jacket that you left at my wedding, i picked it up to smell it
      i wrapped it up in plastic untill i put it in glass and
      hang it up in the hallway so i can always look at it
      and as for all of me & D12 we feel like fuck rap
      it feels like our general just fuckin died in our lap
      we shut off all our pagers all our cell numbers are changed our 2ways
      are in the trashes some cats’ll have to find a new way
      and i know that it feels like their dreams had died with you today
      but the truth is, their all still here and you aint
      purple gang, you gotta keep pressing on
      dont ever give up your dream dawg, i got love for you all, and Doody
      its true you brought people together who never would of been in the same room if it wasnt for you
      you were the peacemaker doody, i know sometimes you were moody
      but you hated confrontation and truely hated the fueding
      but you was down for yours whenever it came to scraping, if it had to happen it had to happen
      believe me i know your the one who taught me to throw them bo’s back on dresdan
      from egging cars to paintballin, gettin arrested
      to sittin accross from each other in cells laughing in jessin
      they tried to hit us for 5 years for that no question
      i guess them hookers and bums that we shot up didnt show up for court till we got off for the technicality left sweatin
      me you and, whats his face, i forgot his fuckin name
      shame he even came to your funeral he betrayed our team
      and if i see him again imma punch him in the fuckin face
      and thats on hailie jade whitney lane and alaina’s name
      i let the pistol bang once just to lick a shot in the air for you and pour some liquor out with obie in the parking lot
      a 54 just before we were suppose to get in cars to come and see you its more difficult as it sounds..

    20. I haven’t heard a eminem track that i have liked in a long while, this shit dope! R.I.P. Proof em needs to start fuckin’ wit real detroit rappers like Elzhi, Danny Brown, T3, guilty simpson, fat ray, etc

    21. i dnt fuck wit em come to think bout it nobody i kno fucks wit em n im from detroit not the metro area not the backwoods detroit as in southwest bmf click blacks and mexicans are but i fucks wit dis track!!

    22. You can tell this is one of those songs he wrote in his depression stage that he never wanted released. That casket line where he studders gave me chills.

    23. Is he talking about Royce 5 9 in the last verse cuz Royce was beefing with the crew.I want Em to finish this song I want to here what the hook will be.

    24. some realness on this. how come it didnt wind up on relapse or recovery? it would have made either album 10 times better than what they were with this track alone.

      1. this song wouldnt have made sense on relapse, in all honesty, beautiful kinda doesnt make sense on relapse. they both should have been on recovery. this song was amazing, true raw emotion on a track. hip hop needs to go back to that. some of the greatest songs were straight from the heart, i.e. dear mama by tupac.

    25. No One Ever Mentioned That Proof Always Held His Own If Not Bettered Em In Every Track They Where On Together, And I Ain’t Going to Say He Was Underrated Because The People Who Knew Proof Knew Just How Good He Was.

    26. Fire. Em needs to go back to rapping like this. Hes started but he needs to tone his voice down a little bit cuz he sounds the same on almost all of his new songs.

      1. @eHeavy actually, he is talking about Royce, they just became cool again last year, meanwhile Royce was beefin’ wit D12 since MMLP (they were cool during SSLP), you just move outta a barn?

      2. nah he aint talkin bout royce, they been made up before this was recorded, even though i dunno when this was recorded, but he’s never dissed royce on a song so i doubt thats about him

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    28. Em shows real emotion on this song. On Recovery, his songs had point, but the true emotion in his voice was lacking. Best song i’ve heard since Beautiful.

    29. Eminem killed proof. Eminem is evil. He belongs to the devil… no wait, he is the devil. Fuck Eminem. But Proof sucked too. Overated like Tupac. Eazy-E and Biggie are real emcees that are dead that had talent. Just because you’re dead doesn’t mean you’re good.

      It’s Gucci Time!

      1. its gucci time? man sometimes i jus feel bad for people like u. fuckin dumbass gucci aint shit but hot garbage, biggie was good, but PAC is definately > Easy, n lyrically Em kills all 3

      2. ur fuckin stupid em is the best to ever do it……hes always stayed true to himself and i will tell u to suk a dick if u dont like it…..true motherfuckin ganasta

      3. It’s Gucci Time? Wow….your post is irrelevant as you obviously know nothing about real hip hop, go do the Dougie and get the fuck outta here Soulja Boy lmfao

      4. Guys hes being saracastic. How can this guy really be a Gucci fine? Observe the way he types. No spelling errors, correct grammar, complete sentences. Come on now. He just fucking with us. I never met a smart Gucci fan before. And I never met a Gucci fan that types like that, he just tryna start shit and its obvious.

      1. You assholes should just tell him- That’s Proof. His right hand man, and the guy he’s talking about in the song. Proof got killed execution style after an argument in a club a couple years back. Around the time you stopped hearing from Eminem.

    30. Who was eminem talkin about wen he said
      hats his face, i forgot his fuckin name
      shame he even came to your funeral he betrayed our team
      and if i see him again imma punch him in the fuckin face
      and thats on hailie jade whitney lane and alaina’s name

    31. Thats the one thing i’ve always respected about eminem is when a song matters(or its a freestyle) and he has to stop selling out for a second he’ll always drop some shit that reminds me of old em.

    32. He sounds drugged up or drunk…maybe its just for the effect or maybe its from his “low point” either way its dope and real touchin

    33. This is classic Eminem shit, especially the beat. He’s spittin from the heart. I love it. Don’t love that Proof is gone though. RIP.

    34. Proof was one of the illest from D12..met him in San Diego at a concert he was real people..wish there was a finished version of this track..

    35. WOW…WOW….WOW!!
      I wanna hear wayne, TI, soulja, gucci, waka or any rapper alive today make a song like this!! it would be IMPOSSIBLE!! this is REAL sh!t!!!!! RIP Proof!! and why would anybody hate on this!? they must be out their mind!!!

      1. Wayne did do tie my hands(sure he has few songs like it) and t.i. has done some personal stuff on his last two albums but the others are incable of doing songs like this

      2. t.i. could deff match this shit,
        ‘live my life alone’ 4 starters… idk if weezy can anymore, hes gotta prove it to me 1st ‘tie my hands’ was the last real song he made, deff joe budden… im just waitin 4 em nd joey to do 1 song real hard shit could b mind blowin, dmx gets on this lvl but his shits all kinds of fuked up… this song deff 1 of a kind

    36. wow. Pretty deep and personal. That’s what I like bout em. He talks bout his life and makes you think. No rapper nowadays would do that.

      1. Of course he was on something. If your best friend in the world just got shot to shit, you would be on something too. Just saying…close friends might as well be family, that is like losing a brother. No way around it. Regardless of anyones beliefs, you gotta medicate sometimes.

    37. Not really a fan of Em, but when he’s being real, he’s being real. Not really much else to say – great song.

      1. damn it says dedication to PROOF…if yall didnt catch that all 3 of you need to go buy a taylor swift CD.

    38. dam Marshal Mathers be bringing his talent back with this one…
      Hurricane jeff you ruined this song by putting your logo into the song 3 times!
      Cant wait to hear the actual finished version of this song.
      R.i.P Proof

    39. He can’t mean Royce, if you watch the beef documentary about D-12 and Royce, Royce and Proof clearly said they squashed it and wasn’t mad at each other well before Proof died

      1. He never always screamed. You just didn’t listen to Eminem enough. You also have to take into consideration all his albums other then two were made when he was an angry young man misguided and on drugs. His music comes from emotions, his personal feelings. You can’t help but scream, cry, or show pain in your voice if you do music like that. If you hadn’t noticed unless ‘Em is making music about emotions or about proving some sort of solid point it doesn’t come out right or anywhere near his potential.

    40. that was some deep shit. fuck, that nigga is so talented and it pisses me of he aint always spittin like he can. em, u got enough platinums hanging, drop a fucking mixtape for us who want some real shit that we all now youre capable of

    41. Deep and poetic, funny how different he sounds in this song and all of the latest material, i would def pay to hear an em album with this much maturity sensibility…
      to be honest i diddnt like recovery or encore but i can def agree that hes still got it, just what direction he should move to is another twist i guess.

    42. See, I dont like this. Only because Em wrote and recorded dozens of songs about Proof, but he felt like he could never actually explain how he felt on pad&track. He didnt want them released. So fuck you, Hurricane Jeff. You dont respect the artists. What the fuck is Hurricane Jeff anyway.. smh.

    43. this is how eminem is supose to rap , you hear he’s a little under the influence but who can blame him , I haven’t heard a decent song from eminem since carefull what you wish for , now this , but this is song from way back , probably from 2006 / 2007 that eminem died with the kanye west , nicki minaj , lil wayne collabs , good to hear this track tough 5/5

      1. a song ain’t gotta have choruses all the time. a type of song like dis it ain’t necessarily required

    44. I am selfishly happy this got leaked, it shows that real emotion. But in all honesty, this shit is way too personal for all of the world to be hearing. Either way, 5 stars is underating.

    45. Although the song is amazing and a definite 5 stars, it should not have been leaked the guy who leaked this should be ashamed of himself the song was for Eminem to explain how he really felt about Proof and not for everybody around the world to hear it is too personal.
      This shows the lack of respect you have for him
      R.I.P. Proof
      Eminem you are the greatest.

      1. nah..This isnt album, or video material…this is raw, uncut, mixtape material although it stands alone..its not licensed…so therefore not a leak.

    46. this joint is sad as hell.

      god bless em and proof. real pain. heart. this is what seperates eminem from the rest. technical wizard with a story to tell. uses music to cope.

      kinda crazy, we werent sposd to hear this. its like a your therapist talking bout your problems with his homies. em got nothin to be ashamed of though. this joint only magnifies his realness.

      em is one of the most genuine people in hip hop. from day 1. that second verse made me tear up, makes me think of my homies on the other side. em doesnt like hearing the shit he did when drugs had a hold on him, but the music was incredible. add it to the highlight reel, em got another 1.

      RIP

    47. Who cares if its a f*ckin leak…You dont owe Em nothin, and he dont owe you nothin…music is music. Hurricane Jeff says “if you dont like it…then Ex the fuck out”

    48. 5/5

      This is what this music is all about. It would be too bad if this did leak without permission. But im glad i got to hear it.

      Def makes you think if you ever lost someone.

    49. damn. the realest part of this is when he’s like “I put it in your cas-ehhh” and doesn’t even finish the word casket. you can feel the raw emotion and pain. i literally said damn out loud when i heard that.

      side note-is it just me or does this beat sound a LOT like When i’m gone?

      1. i know, i thought the same thing about when im gone..and when i heard this song it makes me resent “you’re never over”. such a shitty attempt to honor proof, this song screamed “instant classic” to me..like when you think of em, you think of shit like toy soldiers, sing for the moment, stan,way i am…i think this is up there with his most classic shit IMO..wish he wouldve released it

    50. No more stupid voice, no more shouting.. .this is the voice and tone i expect Eminem to have!

      The track is moving!

    51. Ems stuff has been leaking like crazy for the last 2 months, If he has any common sense at all he’ll fire everybody who works at that studio he runs, only way to stop it cause its not like the guilty party is just gonna confess, and you keep playin it off and watch it keep happening, been like 20 leaked songs this year, time to get your Donald Trump on and tell these motherfuckers to step

    52. After u see the light

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    53. damn this shouldntve been leaked, too personal, and at the end of each verse he ends with difficult as it sounds… then the chorus is supposed to come to finish the sentence, proly a sample. so good tho one of my favorite eminem songs even if the rapping isnt amazing

    54. The guy who he talks about punching is that guy that left d12, 4got his name but him and d12 were makin diss tracks against each other so I’m sure u can find his name

    55. out of all recent leaks by eminem this is only one really good. others where ok, about 3-3.5/5 this one is 4.5/5 or 5/5 even

      R.I.P Proof

    56. Way better than that track on Recovery if you ask me… Although that joint in particular was nice as well but not as heart-felt as this one.

    57. I don’t think it’s Royce he’s talking about…. I think he’s talking about one of the guys that were with Proof that night….

    58. this site is full of lyric geeks! haha em would be pissed if he knew this song got leaked….beat not fully produced, no hook and rough recording of verses….i read comments before i listened and everyone doing back flips just cause its not mainstream. hahahahahaha

      1. Em has had plenty of songs with no hooks. theirs no doubt it not finished and ya em probably is a little upset it got leacked. But we all love it due to the emotion you can feel in it and how real the lyrics are (eminem’s best songs give you a peak into his life) has nothing to do with it not being mainstream. Fucktard

    59. this shit is real!

      You say Justin Bieber-I say Tupac

      You say Lil Wayne-I say Biggie Smalls

      You say Drake-I say Ice Cube

      You say Soulja Boy-I say Big Pun

      You say Gucci Mane-I say Rakim

      You say New school-i say shut the fuck up

      You say Pop-I scream Hip Hop!

      1. shut yo lame ass up nigga fucking ice cube doing family movies and tv shows nigga you want the fucking 90’s then build a fucking time machine you lame fuck

      2. Romaeo one word: Degrassi

        Ice Cube may be doing family movies, but he’s always been a G. Drake is a lil puss bag and always has been.

    60. The sobbing mood in his voice is like nothing I’ve ever heard before. If he finished this song and released it, then it would no doubt be a huge song.

    61. Who was eminem talkin about when he said
      “whats his face, i forgot his fuckin name
      shame he even came to your funeral he betrayed our team
      and if i see him again imma punch him in the fuckin face
      and thats on hailie jade whitney lane and alaina’s name”

      1. Its an old unrelesed song. someone prob hacked his computer to get it. Are some shitty dude from interscope leaked it. and it is talking abt royce, Em even admitted it on twitter

    62. Great song — lovin it. Does it sound like Mockingbird to anyone? And he sounds drunk — but he was going through some shit.

    63. Nice. Very nice. Should have finished it off and released it / shit must have been difficult to write. Well done on this Shady.

      1. how can u say fuck lil wayne when em likes lil wayne and endorses and performs with him…im not a huge wayne fan..but grow a fuckin brain

    64. and for the record…this sounds like an eminem still on drugs….like encore flow on drugs….i do miss when he flowed like this but eminem is so focused and spits so hard now i like it

    65. I have a correction i was wrong hes talking abt hiself when he was doped up. Slimshady is who he is talking abt. his alter ego

    66. this song is raw, directly opens the door to his life and i think he might have gotten drunk to actually be able to rap it without breaking down, just an opinion

    67. only a handful of artists have the heart to do deep tribute songs… but still the best song ever made was geto boys’ “six feet deep.” it IS BY FAR the best dedication song ever. “June 28 was the date 38.” Youngns stand up has anyone heard of the geto boys before??? haha i dare anyone to place a track above that.

      1. “to the chest”. True it is the best by far. This or any other comes no where near. Listend to it many many times.

      2. co-sign 100%. 6 feet deep gives me the chills every time I hear it. A close friend of mine passed away a few years ago in late December, so that line “it’s gonna be strange spending New Years Eve without you” really struck a cord with me.

      1. yo take a step back and literally FUCK YOUR OWN FACE IF YOU DONT LIKE EM GET OFF THIS FUCKIN PAGE AND DONT BE ON IT COMMENTING AND LISTENING IN THE FIRST PLACE

      1. Through the years I’ve heard of alot of song that never dropped.

        Proof use to post on the old d12 board back in the day and he said Em has an unreleased song from the MMLP which describes a School shooting in the first person, kinda like what Ill bill did in 04 with “Anatomy of a school shooting”

    68. wow i personally think this has been the best song em has done in the last few years it sounds like theres no walls up at all and the real em is expossed for once i think he never ment for use to hear it or it was like on the inlay of the relapse cover that he could never find the words t exress how he felt about proof but wow imagine what else he has stored away in the shady aftermath archives

    69. He is talking about himself at the end. At the funeral, Eminem was still on drugs and he looked back and was disappointed in himself. He puts it on his daughters that he wreck that “other person” if he ever sees him again. Royce and Proof already squashed the beef way, way before.

      1. @Mad – hahaha take your own advice, your an idiot. Next time think before you make yourself look even more retarded

      2. @Mad hahaha, you are a prime example of someone who knows nothing but still feels the need to make comments. Who’s the idiot?

    70. This is real as it gets, em spits real memories he had with Proof. This has gotta be therapeutic for him.

    71. this shit is DEEP. he cant even finish he word casket when he talkin bout them rings. this is the real EM, i wish he would put this much into everything he puts together. but then again this a touchy topic to him. and whoever figured out he was talkin bout himself in the end is a genius, i was stumped on that one. shit is verry hott

    72. first off this song is incredible! great song dedicated to his great friend proof! RIP
      is this old or new?…any1 knows…i feel lke he recorded this like a few months after proof died…or it was suppose to be on relapse or maybe a song on recovery but i like this 1 better then your never over.

    73. keep doing your thing EM. i understand your pain and your lost. track is nice . R.I.P. PROOF YOU WILL BE TRULY MISSED & REMEMBERED.

    74. No Eminem was talking about Royce at the end. He wasn’t talking about himself, that would be a clever spin but I doubt it’s about himself. This was recorded probably around 06 or 07 and they were still beefing then. Amazing song but I wish this was never leaked. This was most likely meant to stay in his archives of unreleased music. When he stutters on “casket”… goddamn that gave me the chills

    75. No Eminem was talking about Royce at the end. He wasn’t talking about himself, that would be a clever spin but I doubt it’s about himself. This was recorded probably around 06 or 07 and they were still beefing then. Amazing song but I wish this was never leaked. This was most likely meant to stay in his archives of unreleased music. When he stutters on “casket”… goddamn that gave me the chills

      1. Nah man, he is talking about himself because if you listen to Ems music you can learn that he would never bring beef in to this type of dedication song

      2. I don’t know Dibi, it is rather convincing he was talking about Royce. Mind you, I agree with your statement. I don’t think the reference was related to their problem in the sense of them beefin’, just a fact. Proof and Royce squashed it but it wasn’t until 2008 that it was made public they were “talking” again, especially after that Cashis video floated online.

    76. I think some of y’all are misunderstood about the ending, where Em talks about wanting to hurt someone. In an interview, Royce talks about how he and Proof had squashed their beef months before Proof had died. This track was recorded months after Proof had died.

      tl;dr: Em wasn’t dissing and/or talking about Royce.

      1. On twitter someone asked Royce if he who was em talking about and he said it was. he said he would of punched himself 2.

    77. STOP CRYING ABOUT YOUR BOYFRIEND….BEEN WHINING ABOUT PROOF FOR YEARS…. GAY FUCK EMINEM IS POP CORNY CHICK MUSIC….

      NAS GOAT FUCK EM

      1. you are a pice of shit have you ever lost your best friend in a random act of violence this is some real ass shit!!! nas is a bust sure he is good he only had one maybe 2 good cds other than that nas is crap everything em touches turns into a classic my opion em can go word for word bar for bar with anyone ANYONE in the game and come out on top EM IS THE GOAT NO QUESTIONS ABOUT IT POINT BLANK.

      2. if i knew you youda been dead long time ago homie. bitch ass nigga actin tough on a computer. fuck outta here

      3. its easy to talk disrespectful thru a computer. i bet u wouldnt talk that garbage to em’s face – i guarantee those would be the last words you ever spoke. youre a bitch homie

      4. @Anonymous, wow that’s low. Let you lose your best friend and I bet you’d know where he’s coming from. Until then don’t judge what you don’t know. That’s what we call ignorance…and speaking of ignorance, I’m putting @fuck off on blast. Who the hell are you to say NAS, of all rap legends, only had 2 good CD’s?! Let me guess, you’re thinking of Illmatic and It Was Written. Newsflash, listen to I Am, listen to God’s Sons LYRICS, listen to The Lost Tapes, listen to his Untitled Album, hell listen to Hip Hop is Dead and Street’s Disciple! Do some research before you try and call Nas out on being a “crap” artist. Yes I’m a huge Nas fan and if anything, he put out 2 crap albums rather than 2 good ones. And even the crap albums are good IMO. I don’t respect that opinion a lot of ignorance is there. And to add on, everything Eminem get’s on IS NOT classic. Big fan of Em too, but c’mon, Relapse ain’t classic, Encore ain’t classic (go ahead and argue with me on that) and the Re-Up ain’t classic. There you go

      5. Whatever mook allowed this to leak should be the one punched in the fuckin face.. this is shit Em made to relieve his own stress, not for our ears.

      6. @jonel i gotta disagree with some of that. encore is, IMO, a total classic. the feel given off by some of the tracks on that record still gives me goosebumps. give ‘spend some time’ another listen. it is without a doubt a classic

      7. @jonel gotta agree with ya, how the fuck can he hate on Nas. and btw u forgot to mention stillmatic which is another classic. Much love for em though, but imo both encore and relapse are better albums than recovery.

      8. @row yeah that’s why I said it isn’t a classic because some tracks still make me feel uneasy lolz but other than those tracks there’s some songs on there that are classic material “Mockingbird, Encore, Mosh, Like Toy Soldiers”
        @affirmative action oh man how could I forget Stillmatic! That’s one of my favorites too. Yeah I got love for Em too, but idk about those two albums being better than Recovery though (possibly Relapse, possibly). Yeah Recovery has the pop singles and consistent theme but I like his deliveries, a lot more energy.

      9. Marshall Mathers LP, Eminem Show, and Recovery are classics (arguably the biggest comeback since MJ). The rest of his body of work are “good rap albums” but not classic. Of course some of his individual singles are ‘classic’ but I think everyone is forgetting to factor in Shady’s future. He’s adding Slaughterhouse (Royce) and Detox is on the way. The potential here is uncomprehendable.

      10. I like how you came on here anonymous to say that shit . thas some real ass hoe shit . what if ya moms died dude and niggahs would tell you get over that shit . bet you wouldnt be feelin that shit . so why would you say this shit . I know if you woulda said it in front of me I would beat tha shit outta you b/c that shit is just disrespectful . smfh

    78. this is way better then the track he put out for proof on recovery, feels like he put way more emotion into it. Lyrically it isnt amazing but you can really feel how he feels

    79. Damn. This is some heavy shit. He really has recovered. I love the newer older Eminem. The emotion and down lyrics are just so….idk, different? It’s hard to explain. Eminem changed, and its for the best. Amazing song, RIP Proof.

    80. R.I.P. Big Proof mayor of detroit rap, would have been bigger then u all realize he was on the way up fasho, dude was serious, watch sum documentaries or sumthin about Proof b4 u go dissin on a guy like em or proof.

    81. The D12 Royce beef is well over by now but for those of u sayin em wasn’t talkin bout Royce he was talkin bout himself with his drug addiction when he says about punchin him in the face, be real, he was talkin bout Royce. Stop tryna get super technical and makin things up, its clearly about royce. all good now tho so fuck it. Raw emotion on this song man

      1. In an interview with Em he said the three leaked songs were recorded in 2009. He was done with the Royce bullshit long before that.

      2. ayo the interview you speakin about didnt clearly specify that this song was from 09, it was vague.. and judgin by em’s flow and voice u can tell this was 07 when he was still drugged up.. so in that case, it must be royce he talkin about

    82. this song is dope i espically feel da part about loosing sum1 and never get to tell them how much u love them there gone b4 u can R.I.P eric

    83. Man em is really killin the game right now. It’s gonna suck in about five years when we won’t have em,nas,jay,or even dre. Everyone is saying detox will be garbage believe me it will be a classic.Eminem wrote most of the album anyways so you know he’s gonna have him go out with a bang. Deep song R.I.P. BIG PROOF

      1. SHUT THE FUCK UP ASSHOLE, IN FIVE YEARS WE WONT HAVE THEM, WTF. HIP HOP IS THE ONLY GENRE IN WHICH THE FANS AND THE ARTIST PUT A AGE LIMIT ON HOW LONG YOU CAN DO IT. I CAN CARE LESS ABOUT AN ARTIST AGE, THE MAJORITY OF THESE YOUNG DUDES SUCK. HIP HOP NEEDS NAS, JAY, THE ROOTS, TALIB, KANYE, EM, AND THE LIST GOES ON OF VETERENS TO CONTINUE DOING MUSIC. THIS AINT NO FUCKING SPORT, ITS ART, WHICH SUPPOSED TO BE TIMELESS.

      2. true, I’ll listen to Em as long as he makes good music and he could be 60 all I care about is quality music

    84. Its so sad that it took him this long to write such a beautiful song. Show’s how much it hurts. Proof died for no reason. Just another nigga dead on the streets. It shouldnt be that way. It sickens me to know these kinda things happen all around us.

    85. hott track. proof was awesome. sucks he had to pass RIP Proof. shouts to EM for making this song damn son i know how it feels to lose a best friend to violence outta nowhere shit sucks.
      if you fuck with eminem then
      check out
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxEtfs36qpg

      a blunt smokin beer drinkin spic who tells it how it is

    86. why dont they release these songs this is crazy 10x better than that wack recovery!! em 50 all have mad songs they never release

    87. It’s about Proof not Royce.. Listen to him saying “dooty” in the last verse repeatedly. That’s what he calls proof. Therefore this was not in 07′ it’s a recent track.

    88. The very fact that this is number 6 for the month goes to show that there are so many out there that do not understand hip-hop.

      One of the best tracks written of recent times. There have been some classics but this is up there.

      I have often not understood those that are nostalgic for the hip-hop of yesteryear but now I understand, this will never be replaced. Just like the genius of Pac, Big and Wu will not be.

    89. I can see why this track wasn’t included on Recovery. “Difficult” wouldn’t have fit the whole recovering theme of the album, considering it’s more-so a track about him still not being able to deal with his non-presence. YNE, on the other hand, is more of a rapid up-lifting track about him recovering from his death.

      “Instead of mourning your death, I’d rather celebrate your life”

    90. Who is he talking about “i cant believe he came to your funeral, if i see em again” talkin about beefin somneone

      1. He’s talking about Royce Da 5 9 – This song was recorded when Em and royce were beefing. Royce even commented and said he doesnt blame Em & looking back at it he would’ve punched himself in the face.

      1. Death is hard on love ones and should never be wished upon any one, violence is crazy and makes no sense to me. I love this song My prayers go out to Proofs kids and family and friends.

    91. I HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE, EM HAD PROOF SACRIFICED, THEY KNEW PROOF AND EM WERE INSEPERABLE, THEY KNEW IT WOULD CAUSE EM PAIN, YOU HAVE TO SUFFER IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THIS SUCCESS. IT WASNT EM’S FAULT. THAT ILLUMINATI SHIT IS SO REAL.

      1. I really dont wanna believe that…but when they say someones connected to that shit theres always a death to someones close fam…but im not gonna believe that..i think he was just in the wrong place at the wrong time

    92. Em, as much of a legend as he is has left some CLASSIC songs off albums FOR SURE…Murder Murder (low down dirty to a lesser extent) for Slim Shady LP, Stimulate on Eminem Show (great track), Love You More/We As Americans/Ricky Ticky Tock (to lesser extent to those first 2 tight tracks), The Warning for Relapse, Difficult/Session 1 for Recovery

      1. Yo who the hell is profit?
        and the song is for proof! who else would he be talkin to…tina marie? highly doubt that

      2. @Googleman… lmfao English fail on you man. “Yo dumbasses” was not talking about anyone named “Profit”. He/She/It meant the song was not intended to be released to generate profit, or revenue, or basically it’s not to make money!

    93. R.I.P to Proof he’s one of my favourite rappers of all time and one of the craziest freestylers of all time(off the time like they used to do it back in the good ol’ days!) I can’t say I know how Em feels, but I recently just lost my bestfriend/ex-girlfriend to suicide, and it really messed me up. I’m an 18 year old rapper who just started releasing my work, and made a song dedicated for her. Just trying to get my story out…Rest in peace baby.

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe4YWAOn-t0
      and/or
      http://www.myspace.com/kennyguye

      As long as one person can relate and I can make them feel like their not alone then I’m doing good…

    94. EMINEM BLOWS………

      FUCKING EMO-NEM…….. ALL HE DOES IS WHINE ABOUT HIS WOMEN,MOM AND PROFF…2 FAGETS MOST LIKELY!

      1. are you fucking kidding me bitch… ok if your best friend died would your cocaince sniffing ass be upset too.. who the hell do you like.. lil wayne fucking fagot.. go die in a hole while masterbating to arnold schwartsaneger

    95. Shut the he’ll up you obviously have no idea about anythig you are talking about and don’t give a shot about anyone else you bitch. Go listen to the songs that don’t mean shit like three fourths of the stuff out right now

    96. Eminem is on it!!! Expressing hisself masterfully lately

      Y’all check me out I know you will like what u hear & add me on all social networks fshosaynomo I’m coming hard this year

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    97. RIP Proof. This song brought tears to my eyes. Goosebumps to my arms. Eminem is a real lyricist. From the childish Slim Shady to the grown up Em we see now. This kid is on point. D12. Shady.

      1. The world is better off without a typical ghetto gay that decides to bring a gun to a bar & then gets into a gun fight. I bet your the same way.

      2. just read your ignorant comment on syllables now I gotta read your trash here too? go choke on a dick you fucking herb

      3. Just read ur comment again, you will realize how dumb u are, just because he’s black u wish death and them, if you dnt have ne thing good to say keep ur stupid opinion 2 ur self, what next ur gonna say ur glad that earthquake happened in Haiti

      4. fuck all u haters I hope your hole family is dead. I dont give a fuck who it is as long as there not a terrorist or a seriol killa you should never be glad someone is dead. his death hurt alot of people that were close to him. just like anyone else.

      5. everyone above me who replied to this, you guys all fell into the trap…lol….come on guys, dont be so quick to jump on others…yous look terrible….

    98. to all the Eminem & D-12 fans, i hope yous havn’t forgotten about Bugz!!!

      R.I.P Bugz & Big Proof!!!…

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