I feel Eminem out-lived his career. You can tell his real rap career departed when Proof died. It's like ever since his best friend died, he lost inspiration in hip hop. His style changed, his beat choice became undeniable bad, he started collabing with rappers he'd normally diss, forgot about his rap group, and kicked real hip hop in the ass with his return. I personally love what D12 were, what they stood for, and how they portrayed their characters in their songs.
To me, D12 were what Wu Tang were back in the old days, they were my favourite group, they made the best songs together, and were always there for one another on eachothers albums. Eminem never collabed with people outside of his trust zone on his albums, he only collabed with family, so listening to his music was like listening to his family, it was just so much better before. And even though he fell off undeniably (you stans are confused in what you like from him) he still makes music for you guys.
Though their horrible songs, he still performs for you guys. I miss the days when songs like How Come were on the radio. Proof was most definitely Eminem's biggest influence in hip hop. He looked up to him like he couldn't fuck up on his style in songs, because he couldn't sell out in front of his best friend, because his best friend was always there for him to direct him in the right path. Proof wasn't the only one that died that night... If our Eminem (real hip hop fans) ever came in contact with your Eminem (new age stans) you already know, our Eminem will throw the first punch...