If Proof was still alive...

[12characters]

I agree, because Proof was around during Encore. So really, would it have changed? Who knows, maybe Proof was trying to get him sober behind the scenes, we don't know. We're just the fans so we have NO idea what went down during those days up to Proof's murder. Hell, all of D12 probably tried.

or just did it with him

[JamaicanPattlez]

I agree, because Proof was around during Encore. So really, would it have changed? Who knows, maybe Proof was trying to get him sober behind the scenes, we don't know. We're just the fans so we have NO idea what went down during those days up to Proof's murder. Hell, all of D12 probably tried.

or just did it with him

If that's the case and they KNEW he had a problem, that's horrible.

[Amaranthine]

Em has said Proof and the rest of D12 had been on his ass about the drugs, but he didn't listen.

[Blu]

@Geno, I agree.

Proof's death was like God telling Em to get off the drugs.

[JamaicanPattlez]

Em has said Proof and the rest of D12 had been on his ass about the drugs, but he didn't listen.

There we go. I'm guessing once they really started harping on him about it, he started taking more in secret. Those must have been dark times..

[Emadyville]

We'd've probably got another D12 album as early as 2009 and another one would probably be in the works around this time.

something along those lines is all I can say about this, but we obviously cant and will never know

[mdemaz]

Beefs are never good...
For anyone...Musicians would rather get on with their lives.

[KingDavid]

yea i agree that proofs death is what smartened marshall up a lot. was listenin to purple pills the other day and was sad at this line:
"and when im old and grey, look for dope to smoke"
guess proof won't get to fufill that fantasy =(
but anyways, maybe he wouldnt of worked with wayne, but maybe hed be dead and wouldnt be working with anyone??? who knows man. I do believe everything happens for a reason.
Also,
in a way I think eminem might rap better without proof kuz hes so determined to spit his absolute best now. haters gon hate. Dont dwell in the past~

[Amaranthine]

On the music:

"Right now, my music would probably be the same [if Proof was still alive]," Em explained in an interview. "I think this is what Proof always wanted, was for me to go crazy again. My life would be different because I would still have him. Me and the guys, we got a bond, it's special."

'Course that was in 2009, when he was going balls out on rhyming and killing people left and right and not collaborating with anyone.

[Relapse.]

If Proof was still alive... he'd be alive.

[UofLCard]

I wonder what Encore would've sounded like if Proof died in 2004 or before then. Or would we have seen it at all?

[2PointOBoy]