In a Rolling Stone interview, Shady opens up his 2004 album, losing his best friend, and temptation to use again."Around the tail end of Encore, the songs started getting really goofy," said Em of the album, which was his first solo release to garner anything less than near-universal acclaim. "'Rain Man,' 'Big Weenie,' 'Ass Like That' - that's when the wheels were coming off.