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Bad Meets EvilFast LaneLightersBad Meets Evil is an American hip hop duo from Detroit, Michigan, that consists of rappers Royce da 5'9" and Eminem. They are best known for collaborating on a self-titled song that appeared on Eminem's major-label debut album The Slim Shady LP in 1999 and their early association with Dr. Dre and his label Aftermath Entertainment. The duo recorded numerous well received underground songs including the popular song "Renegade" which would later be used on Jay-Z's The Blueprint album with Royce's verses replaced by Jay-Z. They have also recorded numerous freestyles together, including a 12-minute long battle. Footage of a Bad Meets Evil concert filmed in September 1998 in Boston at the Lyricist Lounge has also been leaked onto the internet. Bad Meets Evil split up in early 2000s, after Royce fell out with Eminem's group, D12. They have since reunited and are planning to release their EP Hell: The Sequel on June 14, 2011. Royce da 5'9" and Eminem both grew up in Detroit and were mutual friends of late rapper Proof. Royce's then manager introduced him to Eminem at a show in 1997. Their chemistry encouraged them to form a group in which Royce covers the "Bad" part and Eminem the "Evil" part. They recorded and released several tracks together. Eminem would later sign a solo deal with Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment. On his major-label debut album, The Slim Shady LP, he featured Royce on the song "Bad Meets Evil". While working on Dr. Dre's album 2001, Eminem
introduced Royce to Dr. Dre and secured him a ghostwriting position
on the album. Royce wrote and appeared on the first and original
version of "Xxplosive" (entitled "Way I Be Pimping"), he also wrote "The Message".[2] Royce wrote several tracks such as "The Throne Is Mine" and "Stay In Your Place" which were later cut from the final track list. The tracks have been leaked
later on several mixtapes, including Pretox.[3] Royce's then manager
revealed that Royce was involved in writing for Dr. Dre, he then
requested that Royce cut ties with his manager. Royce refused to
fire his manager and his relationship with Dre ended resulting
in Bad Meets Evil group work to dissolve. An altercation would later occur between Royce Da 5'9" and Eminem's childhood friends rap group D12, prompting Eminem and Royce to cut off any connections. The two have since not worked together. Royce has since released some tracks dissing D12 minus Eminem. D12 (minus Eminem) have released tracks dissing Royce Da 5'9" and his M.I.C. Records. The beef continued until 2005 and would officially be resolved in 2008. Royce and Eminem reconciled soon after the shooting
of their mutual friend and fellow rapper Proof in 2006. Before
his death, Proof had been trying to sort things out between D12
and Royce. In 2008 Royce and D12 announced that they have squashed
their "beef", and Royce has appeared on the D12 mixtapes Return of the Dozen Vol. 1 in 2008,
and Return of the Dozen Vol. 2 in 2011. He also appeared on mixtapes
and albums by D12 rappers Kuniva and Bizarre. In 2007 Royce expressed
in interviews that Eminem and himself have ended their feud and
have been talking over the phone. A song titled "See You in Hell", a planned sequel to "Bad Meets Evil", was rumored to be released either on Eminem's Relapse or Recovery. In 2010, it was announced that Eminem was in the process of signing Slaughterhouse, a rap group which Royce is a member. The group together with Royce later appeared on a bonus track for Eminem's Recovery album titled "Session One". The deal was finalized in 2011. The two rappers started rapping together and two of their songs, "Living Proof" and "Echo", were leaked. They later appeared on another song together, this time with the new Shady Records team, Slaughterhouse and Yelawolf on "2.0 Boys". Most recently a song titled "Fast Lane"[4] was leaked to the internet, it is believed to be the lead single to the upcoming EP. This came with the announcement that the two are working on an EP which is set to be released on June 14, 2011[5]. "Fast Lane" later became their first top 40 single as a group. Eminem: "Royce and I started hanging out again and inevitably that led us back into the studio. At first we were just seeing where it went without any real goal in mind, but the songs started to come together crazy, so here we are."[6] Royce da 5'9": "I'm excited to see this project come to fruition considering the long lapse in time between when we worked before and now. We had a blast doing it and we just hope everyone enjoys it while we're working on the 'Monster' that will be the Slaughterhouse album."[7] [edit] Discography 2011: Hell: The Sequel [edit] Singles 2011: Fast Lane 2011: Lighters |
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