"Numb/Encore" is a song by the nu metal band Linkin Park and rapper Jay-Z from their 2004 mash-up album Collision Course.
"Encore" is a song by the rapper Eminem, released in 2004 as a radio-only single in the U.S. (thus there is no official music video). It was the title track from his worldwide hit album, Encore, which was also released that year. The song is a collaboration of the biggest artists on the Shady/Aftermath record label (Eminem himself, Dr. Dre and 50 Cent). It was nominated for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group at the Grammy Awards of 2006, but lost to the Black Eyed Peas song "Don't Phunk With My Heart".
"Encore" features a line alerting listeners of Dr. Dre's upcoming album Detox. Eminem tells his audience "Don't worry about that Detox album. It's coming. We're gonna make Dre do it."
At the end of the song, Eminem returns to the stage, starts shooting at the crowd, and shoots himself through the mouth. Many critics thought that it might have meant Eminem will totally stop his music career. Others see it as him getting rid of his alter ego "Slim Shady", and coming back as a whole new rapper. Eminem has stated that, at this moment in time, he is not certain about the future but that he will still be involved in the music industry. (The edited version fades out before the shooting segment begins.)
A popular underground remix of the song Numb/Encore, a remix of Linkin Park's Numb and Jay-Z's Encore, and the song "Encore/Curtains Down" was released by Dr. Dre on his Look Out for Detox and Dretox mixtapes.
The song was also labeled "One Last Time" as an alternate name for the single.
"Encore" is a song from Jay-Z's The Black Album. "Encore" received much popularity when it was mixed with Linkin Park's hit single "Numb" on the mash-up album Collision Course as Numb/Encore and eventually went on to win a Grammy Award.
