Didnt Jimmy and dres lawyers call Em? Not the other way around
Supposedly, eminem's sljm shady ep was still on the floor and unlistened to by dre.
When, supposedly iovine reportedly said dre should make him the new flagship of aftermath.
Where out of respect the ssep was supposedly retrieved from the floor of a broom closet.
This supposed broom closet was supposed to be holding past discarded demo submissions to aftermath.
Originally they dissed the ssep, to be honest.
The rest of the story is all let's save and build fake mystique in pr for the situation.
Eminem was the last real supremely skilled and culturally respected talent on a major.
After that no real actual actualized cultural emcee I can think of got on, a real major.
Oh and still to this day, I have not heard any hopeful signees with verses as good as eminem's were as well.
Art Barr