Eminem - Encore Jun 2026

As he sat at his desk, a phrase popped into his head: "Cleanin' out my closet". He started scribbling down lyrics, the words flowing effortlessly. This was it, the spark he needed.

Encore failed commercially by his standards (still went 5x platinum, but “only”). More importantly, it failed as a follow-up to The Eminem Show . But burying it as “the bad album” misses the point. Encore is the sound of a genius hitting a wall so hard he forgot how to rhyme—because rhyming had become a cage. eminem - encore