An Eminem–50 Cent joint album has been atop Shady and G-Unit fans’ Christmas lists for more than a decade, and there’s still hope for it to eventually happen. Eminem and Paul Rosenberg joined DJ Whoo Kidd’s Whoo’s House Podcast on Christmas Eve (Dec. 24) for a rare 30-minute interview that at one point found Em talking about the possibility of teaming up with 50 for the full-length project fans have been “Patiently Waiting” for.
“That would be great,” Eminem said. “We just gotta stop bulls–tting and just do it. I would never say it’s not possible, what the f–k?!”
It’s not like 50 Cent and Eminem haven’t teamed up recently. Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre recruited Em and 50 for their Missionary project earlier in December, which found them teaming up for album standout “Gunz N Smoke.”
Elsewhere in the interview, Em admitted Encore would’ve measured up to The Eminem Show if a handful of records hadn’t leaked before the set’s arrival.
“That album actually would’ve been right there with The Eminem Show if we didn’t have those leaks,” he said of the 2004 project. “I had seven songs from it that leaked … It would’ve been definitely a more solid project. I don’t hate that album, by the way.”
Encore arrived in November 2004 and debuted atop the Billboard 200 with 710,000 album copies earned in the first tracking week.
Listen to the full interview below. Talk of the 50 Cent joint project takes place around the 21:30 mark.
