"Downloading is hurting the music industry" - Eminem talks piracy and the decrease of album sales

[@ShadyMediaOfficial]

Eminem interview on Shade45 with Lord Sear and Rude Jude from 2006.

[@EpicDawgYT]

Was he still on drugs during this interview?

[@peytonlong5573]

@@EpicDawgYTyes he didn’t get sober til 2008

[@peytonlong5573]

He’s right, it ruined Encore because of that kind of stuff

[@prof3ssor178]

💯% FACTS!! Doesn't matter your genre of music.. streaming/downloading is hurting the music industry.. one of the reasons there's alot of waaay more gimmicky artist today. It's too easy not kool

[@SiegiPurvisbull73]

Thank you this, Keep them coming!!!

[@aleksandergjengst782]

What use to be CD revenue turned to Consert revenue..10x the work but huge W for the consumers.

[@Ghostface_10]

People started downloading because most artists started to put no effort into their music outside of singles. They'd make an album full of filler tracks and 2 or 3 good singles and expect people to pay the full price of an album.

[@mr.thunder1219]

I would love to hear Em collab with Ludacris at some point.

[@SasaSundic-g9o]

The G.O.A.T.

[@Fanny-o4v]

❤Eminem 34.❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Me-oc7oq]

EMINƎM

[@pacewhit]

How do you do that?

[@Me-oc7oq]

@pacewhit Just search: Reversed E

[@rileyl7129]

Crazy how I thought this was new until I heard Em speak and could instantly tell cause of the lighter tone lol

[@mjLyricS23]

Its those darn hooks lol

[@luzcsz8432]

King Mathers

[@tigertiger12345]

U can have a venue in my living room but only u yourself lol❤😂

[@glowinthedark9082]

This is old but now it does give you wider reach

[@AstaIsAMonster]

But just because you get a wider reach doesn’t mean that they will be buying your music though.

[@glowinthedark9082]

@AstaIsAMonster Buying internationally has tons of problems unless you are really mainstream.

[@glowinthedark9082]

@@AstaIsAMonster i purchased music through Google Play which supported 320kbps. then KZbin music was forced which drops it to max 256kbps

[@Luv2spooge]

Em has big love for TIP he mentioned him a few times on interviews back in the day

[@Fanny-o4v]

😎🤴

[@joeconroy8297]

He is so right leaking and ppl being able to make remixes shouldn't be aloud unless it's the Artist themself with their permission and if their not involved it shouldn't be done

[@turtleanton6539]

50 came up om remixes

[@mjLyricS23]

Personally if i skip a song it has nothing to do with quality of song just a personal reason not feeling hearing at moment

[@Jcrash71]

Eminem peaked during that era lol, weird he's complaining about this now

[@AstaIsAMonster]

He’s not complaining he just answering the question and he is right.

[@waffle5489]

this is from 06 brother

[@thatdamngood901]

People started downloading music because people would place a couple fire tracks featuring a 10-pack of ass and sell the shit for $10-15 bucks and just started mailing shit in, the consumers just came to scoop what they needed and dip without being fleeced for what could’ve bought you a meal

[@dwiese1998]

I dont wanna hear from someone who charges thousands a ticket whine about piracy.

[@AstaIsAMonster]

He’s not whining he’s answering the question.

[@tomaslaskavy653]

You can tell he was on drugs

[@happybirthday1297]

Why is it hurting you?? Arent you rich enough

[@yehbuddy1005]

Exactly. Just pure greed. Try a 9 to 5 and see how that goes.

[@turtleanton6539]

Indeed.

[@nicolaslombardero3306]

@@yehbuddy1005 Em worked in a 9 to 5 until he was 26

[@turtleanton6539]

​@@yehbuddy1005not well 4 him and neither was school. Artist lose put pn cash but gets exposure

[@Iron_Mikaveli]

It hurt the business back then because instead of buying the album they would download the individual songs for free thus taking money for the artist. Back then illegal downloading was happening a lot and it affected not just music but movies as well. Online piracy was a huge issue back in the 2000s that affected musicians big time