It seems to add up now, the way he acts towards rap now, the way his presence is. I mean, just look at the TRShady banner right now at the top of this page. He doesn't seem completely happy. It almost seems like he's making music because we want him to.
Not to mention the fact that you have to question a lot of interviews now. Especially the one from 2008(?) where someone asked him something along the lines of "So what's it like being back?" and he went on about how he never said he was going anywhere. G.O.A.T.'s outro, and It's Been Real is as blatant of a "goodbye" as they come.
I mean, think about it logically. Em made a track like G.O.A.T. completely aware of what he was saying/doing. It's a good song. He just didn't release it. Do you think it was 100% his decision not to put that stuff out?
Look at him when he first came back, he seems so artificial. Like he's being forced and he really has no essence. No passion. No desire to be there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrfNre9PF3M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MqeaG6WFcY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xKSM004A2Y

Look at him before he "closed his book"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP89T6Wm1wc
Then look at him now
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-X5ISSCR8D8
He obviously loves hiphop. I'm not saying that he doesn't have that passion anymore. All I'm saying is that it seems like he has to force it now. As if he left in his head long ago.
Is it just me, or does anyone else see this?