When everyone else that was working with each other and doing a lot of collabos, he stayed to himself and his team. That may work for Eminem, but as we've learned, dude ain't Em.

I remember he clowned Waybe for being a whore and working with whoever came calling, yet Waynes success seems to show, for him anyway, this was the right approach.

Now he's trying to work with a bunch of new dudes and R&B cats, and there has been some hits (that Jeremih shit blew up bigger than any of his own shit in years), but none of the so called "rap elite" right now seem to want to work with him.

It's like he's a product of yesteryear, and they don't want the stink of that on their shit.

And unlike someone like Nas, who no longer a mainstream big deal, he doesn't seem to command that widespread artistic respect that warrant inclusion. People seem to praise him more for his business accumen than his music, and that might be his legacy in this rap shit.

The dude who sold a crapload of records, and for a few years had anyone affiliated with him hot as shit as well, got an (alleged) billion from Coca Cola, and then never counted.

I would say the money took away his hunger, but he does sound somewhat hungry on some joints. However, maybe it's not sincere. Like a lot of cats, once they started getting those checks, the motivation disappears, whether they are even conscious of it or not.