Eminem Encore Original Tracklist Repack -

In his 2022 retrospective with Complex , Dr. Dre admitted, "That leak... it fucked everything up. The original album was hard. Like, really hard. Then he got in his head and wanted to be funny again."

Today, the "original Encore tracklist" remains the holy grail for Eminem fans—a glimpse of the album that could have been, buried beneath a mountain of fart jokes and celebrity parodies. It stands as one of hip-hop’s greatest "what ifs." eminem encore original tracklist

In a panicked move, Eminem and his label, Interscope Records, scrambled to salvage the project. The result was a rushed recording session that produced three new songs ("Just Lose It," "Ass Like That," and "Mockingbird") and a controversial decision to scrap several completed tracks. In his 2022 retrospective with Complex , Dr