Bad Meets Evil is an American hip-hop duo composed of Detroit-based rappers… Read Full Bio ↴Bad Meets Evil is an American hip-hop duo composed of Detroit-based rappers Royce da 5'9" (Bad) and Eminem (Evil). Bad Meets Evil was formed in 1998, thanks to the duo's mutual friend, Proof. Their discography consists of one extended play (EP) and four singles. In 1999, the duo released a double non-album single, "Nuttin' to Do" and "Scary Movies"; the former peaked at 36 on the Hot Rap Songs chart, while the latter peaked at 63 on the UK Singles Chart and was featured on the soundtrack of the 2000 horror comedy parody film Scary Movie.
The duo broke up after a feud between Royce and the members of Eminem 's group D12. The feud ended when Proof, a D12 member and Eminem 's best friend, as well as a friend of Royce's, was killed in April 2006. After Royce's super-group Slaughterhouse signed to the Eminem -founded record label Shady Records, a reunion of Bad Meets Evil followed with the extended play Hell: The Sequel (2011), which reached number one on the US Billboard 200 and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). The album is now eligible for platinum certification in the US. The EP's lead single "Fast Lane" peaked at number 32 on the Billboard Hot 100, while the second single "Lighters", featuring Bruno Mars, peaked at number four on the same chart. The duo returned in 2014 for the 15-year anniversary album of Shady Records, Shady XV, for "Vegas", and again in 2015 to record two tracks for the boxing film Southpaw, titled "All I Think About" and "Raw". The duo has recently reunited for the song "Not Alike" on Eminem 's album Kamikaze (2018). Eminem was also featured in Royce's song "Caterpillar" on his album Book of Ryan (2018). Most recently Royce featured on Eminem's album Music To Be Murdered By (2020) with three songs, "You Gon' Learn", "Yah Yah" and "I Will". On the song "Godzilla" from the same album, Eminem confirms that the duo is still active by rapping ("pack heat, but it's black ink Evil half of the Bad Meets Evil, that means take a back seat").
Music career
Foundation and subsequent break-up
Eminem met Royce da 5'9" in 1997 when Royce was opening for entertainer Usher at the Palladium. Eminem and Royce da 5'9", became quick friends before Eminem's rise to fame, and collaborated on the track which led to the duo's foundation, "Bad Meets Evil", for Eminem's 1999 major label debut The Slim Shady LP. The duo's first work, a 1999 double-single, which was originally recorded in 1998, consisting of "Nuttin' to Do" and "Scary Movies", achieved respectable chart success, peaking at 36 on the Hot Rap Songs chart, while the latter peaked at 63 on the UK Singles Chart. A year later, the song "Scary Movies" was featured on the soundtrack of the horror comedy parody film Scary Movie.
"Renegade" was originally a song featuring Eminem recorded for Royce's first studio debut album Rock City (2002), but Royce's verses were later replaced with Jay-Z's for his 2001 album The Blueprint. Jay-Z contacted Eminem for a collaboration and beat while the song was being made. Limited in time for production, Eminem sent Jay-Z the beat for "Renegade" with approval from Royce. However, Eminem was still featured on Royce's Rock City album, on the title track.
Dr. Dre heard one of Royce's mix tapes through Eminem, deciding to sign him to Aftermath Entertainment. Eminem secured him a ghostwriting position on Dre's second studio album, 2001. After his manager Kino stated: "I've seen Em sit Dre down like a pupil and coach him on rhymes" on a phone interview, Dr. Dre requested that Royce cut ties with his manager. Royce refused to fire his manager, thus his relationship with Dre ended.
After Royce turned down Eminem's offer to join his Anger Management Tour as a hype man, Proof, member of Eminem's band D12 and his best friend, also a good friend of Royce's, took the place. Later, Royce wanted to continue working with Eminem, who was busy working with D12, which led Royce to believe that D12 was "souring" his relationship with Eminem. A feud with a series of diss tracks followed, resulting in the duo's break up.
Reunion
In 2011, Royce's rap group Slaughterhouse signed to Eminem's founded label Shady Records. This led to a reunion of Bad Meets Evil with the debut extended play Hell: The Sequel, released on June 14, 2011 after 11 years of inactivity in the group. A chart success, it peaked at number one on the Billboard 200 and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA).
"Fast Lane" was released on May 3, 2011 as the lead single.It was recorded by Mike Strange at Effigy Studios (Ferndale, Michigan). Recorded a few months before its release, the song was written by Eminem, Royce da 5'9" and Sly "Pyper" Jordan, who also sings the chorus to the song with additional vocals from Denaun Porter. Eminem requested that Sly perform the chorus, after hearing Dr. Dre's hit single "Kush". Supa Dups and Jason "JG" Gilbert produced the song; Eminem and Mike Strange mixed the song. JG and Supa Dups also sample their own vocals. According to Supa Dups, he was asked to make a beat with JG, without knowing it was for Bad Meets Evil. He said that "[They] didn't even have Eminem in mind [when they made the beat]." According to this interview with Mixtape Daily, Supa Dups had little knowledge about the project, but simply submitted the beat to Eminem. Months after recording the song, on April 28, 2011, when it leaked onto the Internet, Supa Dups was impressed by the finished version, lyrically, and was proud to have participated in the project. The song peaked at number 34 on the Hot 100 chart.
The second single, "Lighters", was originally intended to be featured on Royce's fifth studio album, Success Is Certain, but the single itself had ended up on Hell: The Sequel. It was produced solely by Rochester, New York producer Battle Roy. After Royce had presented the track to Eminem, he was inspired to write and record the first verse, prompting Royce to write his the day afterwards. Bad Meets Evil then flew to Los Angeles, where R&B and pop singer Bruno Mars heard the song. Eminem and Mars then made minor changes to the musical arrangement. The song was recorded at Effigy Studios by Strange, Isolation Studios by Asar and Levcon Studios (Los Angeles, California) by Ari Levine of The Smeezingtons, a music production and songwriting group consisting of Philip Lawrence and Mars. Eminem, The Smeezingtons and Battle Roy produced the song. Battle Roy and Joe Strange also engineered the song. Luis Resto provided additional keyboards for the song. On May 25, 2011, when the track listing of Hell: The Sequel was announced, "Lighters" was revealed to the public to feature Mars. "Lighters" hit contemporary hit radio on July 5, 2011 as the second single from the EP. "Lighters" performed better on the charts than "Fast Lane", peaking at number four on the Hot 100 chart.
Bad Meets Evil released a new song, entitled "Vegas", for the compilation album Shady XV, which was released on November 24, 2014 through Shady Records.
In 2015, two new Bad Meets Evil songs were released. The two songs, "All I Think About" and "Raw" appear on the Southpaw Soundtrack, produced by Shady Records.
In 2018, two Bad Meets Evil songs were released "Caterpillar" which featured Eminem off Royce's Book of Ryan album and "Not Alike" which featured Royce off Eminem's Kamikaze album.
The duo broke up after a feud between Royce and the members of Eminem 's group D12. The feud ended when Proof, a D12 member and Eminem 's best friend, as well as a friend of Royce's, was killed in April 2006. After Royce's super-group Slaughterhouse signed to the Eminem -founded record label Shady Records, a reunion of Bad Meets Evil followed with the extended play Hell: The Sequel (2011), which reached number one on the US Billboard 200 and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). The album is now eligible for platinum certification in the US. The EP's lead single "Fast Lane" peaked at number 32 on the Billboard Hot 100, while the second single "Lighters", featuring Bruno Mars, peaked at number four on the same chart. The duo returned in 2014 for the 15-year anniversary album of Shady Records, Shady XV, for "Vegas", and again in 2015 to record two tracks for the boxing film Southpaw, titled "All I Think About" and "Raw". The duo has recently reunited for the song "Not Alike" on Eminem 's album Kamikaze (2018). Eminem was also featured in Royce's song "Caterpillar" on his album Book of Ryan (2018). Most recently Royce featured on Eminem's album Music To Be Murdered By (2020) with three songs, "You Gon' Learn", "Yah Yah" and "I Will". On the song "Godzilla" from the same album, Eminem confirms that the duo is still active by rapping ("pack heat, but it's black ink Evil half of the Bad Meets Evil, that means take a back seat").
Music career
Foundation and subsequent break-up
Eminem met Royce da 5'9" in 1997 when Royce was opening for entertainer Usher at the Palladium. Eminem and Royce da 5'9", became quick friends before Eminem's rise to fame, and collaborated on the track which led to the duo's foundation, "Bad Meets Evil", for Eminem's 1999 major label debut The Slim Shady LP. The duo's first work, a 1999 double-single, which was originally recorded in 1998, consisting of "Nuttin' to Do" and "Scary Movies", achieved respectable chart success, peaking at 36 on the Hot Rap Songs chart, while the latter peaked at 63 on the UK Singles Chart. A year later, the song "Scary Movies" was featured on the soundtrack of the horror comedy parody film Scary Movie.
"Renegade" was originally a song featuring Eminem recorded for Royce's first studio debut album Rock City (2002), but Royce's verses were later replaced with Jay-Z's for his 2001 album The Blueprint. Jay-Z contacted Eminem for a collaboration and beat while the song was being made. Limited in time for production, Eminem sent Jay-Z the beat for "Renegade" with approval from Royce. However, Eminem was still featured on Royce's Rock City album, on the title track.
Dr. Dre heard one of Royce's mix tapes through Eminem, deciding to sign him to Aftermath Entertainment. Eminem secured him a ghostwriting position on Dre's second studio album, 2001. After his manager Kino stated: "I've seen Em sit Dre down like a pupil and coach him on rhymes" on a phone interview, Dr. Dre requested that Royce cut ties with his manager. Royce refused to fire his manager, thus his relationship with Dre ended.
After Royce turned down Eminem's offer to join his Anger Management Tour as a hype man, Proof, member of Eminem's band D12 and his best friend, also a good friend of Royce's, took the place. Later, Royce wanted to continue working with Eminem, who was busy working with D12, which led Royce to believe that D12 was "souring" his relationship with Eminem. A feud with a series of diss tracks followed, resulting in the duo's break up.
Reunion
In 2011, Royce's rap group Slaughterhouse signed to Eminem's founded label Shady Records. This led to a reunion of Bad Meets Evil with the debut extended play Hell: The Sequel, released on June 14, 2011 after 11 years of inactivity in the group. A chart success, it peaked at number one on the Billboard 200 and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA).
"Fast Lane" was released on May 3, 2011 as the lead single.It was recorded by Mike Strange at Effigy Studios (Ferndale, Michigan). Recorded a few months before its release, the song was written by Eminem, Royce da 5'9" and Sly "Pyper" Jordan, who also sings the chorus to the song with additional vocals from Denaun Porter. Eminem requested that Sly perform the chorus, after hearing Dr. Dre's hit single "Kush". Supa Dups and Jason "JG" Gilbert produced the song; Eminem and Mike Strange mixed the song. JG and Supa Dups also sample their own vocals. According to Supa Dups, he was asked to make a beat with JG, without knowing it was for Bad Meets Evil. He said that "[They] didn't even have Eminem in mind [when they made the beat]." According to this interview with Mixtape Daily, Supa Dups had little knowledge about the project, but simply submitted the beat to Eminem. Months after recording the song, on April 28, 2011, when it leaked onto the Internet, Supa Dups was impressed by the finished version, lyrically, and was proud to have participated in the project. The song peaked at number 34 on the Hot 100 chart.
The second single, "Lighters", was originally intended to be featured on Royce's fifth studio album, Success Is Certain, but the single itself had ended up on Hell: The Sequel. It was produced solely by Rochester, New York producer Battle Roy. After Royce had presented the track to Eminem, he was inspired to write and record the first verse, prompting Royce to write his the day afterwards. Bad Meets Evil then flew to Los Angeles, where R&B and pop singer Bruno Mars heard the song. Eminem and Mars then made minor changes to the musical arrangement. The song was recorded at Effigy Studios by Strange, Isolation Studios by Asar and Levcon Studios (Los Angeles, California) by Ari Levine of The Smeezingtons, a music production and songwriting group consisting of Philip Lawrence and Mars. Eminem, The Smeezingtons and Battle Roy produced the song. Battle Roy and Joe Strange also engineered the song. Luis Resto provided additional keyboards for the song. On May 25, 2011, when the track listing of Hell: The Sequel was announced, "Lighters" was revealed to the public to feature Mars. "Lighters" hit contemporary hit radio on July 5, 2011 as the second single from the EP. "Lighters" performed better on the charts than "Fast Lane", peaking at number four on the Hot 100 chart.
Bad Meets Evil released a new song, entitled "Vegas", for the compilation album Shady XV, which was released on November 24, 2014 through Shady Records.
In 2015, two new Bad Meets Evil songs were released. The two songs, "All I Think About" and "Raw" appear on the Southpaw Soundtrack, produced by Shady Records.
In 2018, two Bad Meets Evil songs were released "Caterpillar" which featured Eminem off Royce's Book of Ryan album and "Not Alike" which featured Royce off Eminem's Kamikaze album.
12 minute freestyle
Bad Meets Evil Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by Bad Meets Evil:
"A Kiss" I wanna get kissed, kissed, kissed I wanna get kissed, kiss…
"Echo" Oh, all around the World, There's an echo As he takes a…
"The Reunion" Ayo, this next song, is a true story (Come here,…
1 Welcome 2 Hell Yeah, told you we'd be back Welcome to hell There's a switc…
1. Welcome 2 Hell Yeah, told you we'd be back Welcome to hell There's a sw…
A Kiss I wanna get kissed, kissed, kissed I wanna get kissed, kisse…
Above the Law Sometimes life seems so unfortunate, That's why I don't give…
All I Think About From the moment I go to bed 'till I wake…
All She Wrote Meow meow meow biatch meow meow meow meow meow meow…
Cocaine Yeah Oh This game's like cocaine I want this more than an…
Difficult 1] They ask me am I okay, They ask me if I'm…
Dudey (Feat. Obie Trice) They ask me am I ok They ask me if I'm…
Echo Oh, all around the World, There's an echo As he takes a…
Écho All, around, the world, there's an echo As, he takes, a…
Echo ) Oh, all around the World, There's an echo As he takes a…
Emulate Obie the person who came up inverted Cause of nervousness, t…
Fast Lane First verse, uh I'm on 'til I'm on a island My…
Fastlane First verse, uh, I'm on 'til I'm on a island My…
Fly Away Just Blaze - ] Some people ask me, where I′ve been…
Hello Good Morning Hello and good morning Baby i didnt mean to turn it…
I From the moment I go to bed 'till I wake…
I'm On Everything All these little young kids ain't got no direction Shit, the…
I'm The King What....wha... 5'9! I'm the king! What...yeah...what, yo..…
Im on Everything All these little young kids ain't got no direction Shit, the…
Lighter This one's for you and me, living out our dreams We're…
Living Proof Don't stop Don't stop Yeah, Bad and Evil is (back) We bout…
Loud Noises Life handed me lemons I jump back in the public eye…
Nuttin To Do [Royce] What? Uhh.. [Em] The Bad.. [Royce] Yeah.. [Em] Th…
Nuttin' To Do The very best of game recordings The finest in hip hop…
Raw Everything I say be raw (Good God) I'm hardbody, everything …
Räw Everything I say be raw (Good God) I'm hardbody, everything…
Rock City "Rock City, Royce, 5′9, Slim, Shady" *Skirt* "COME ON!!" Can…
Scary Movies (Original Instrum "What's your favorite scary movie?" (Em) Yo, Slim Shady! …
She's The One (Feat. Royce Da 5′9" & Project Paki) [Eminem] Slim Shady As…
Take from Me You're going to be okay, kid. You're going to be…
The Apple I'm a little nutty and I know it but if you…
The One From the moment I go to bed 'till I wake…
The Real Slim Shady LP Eminem Cypher May I have your attention please? May I have your attention…
The Reunion Ayo, this next song, is a true story (Come here,…
Topless My motto is "live by the bottle" So why is my…
Vegas Got a shit-eatin' grin Bitch, show me them itty-bitty tittie…
Welcome 2 Hell Yeah, told you we'd be back Welcome to hell There's a switc…
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@daREALtruestory
I’ve listened to this freestyle over a million times the past 2 decades and it’s always the same verdict
Round 1: Royce 🔥 (one of my favorite royce verses of all time)
Round 2: Royce
Round 3: Eminem (when he asked to keep the same beat his whole energy changed 🔥)
Round 4: Eminem 🔥
Round 5: Eminem 🔥
It was around that 3rd round when Em really started getting in his bag and never let up …this is such a classic song even in 2023 …there’s a clip of a “rare” Eminem freestyle from 1999 floating around and I was like wait a minute that sounds familiar lol
@johnathanquevedo9867
This 12 min freestyle is low key legendary in hip hop history
@Ishbikes
I been listening to this since ppl thought Royce was canibus
@bushwacka5187
Oh yeah, old school Em and Royce is something else 💯
@kharizmatikone1481
For anyone that wants to know the beats used.
Beat 1: D.I.T..C Themes, Dreams and Schemes
Beat 2: Ras Kass H20 Proof
Beat 3: Paula Perry Extra Extra
Beat 4: D.I.T.C Dignified Soldiers
Beat 5: Buck Fifty Dead End Street
@kazimmilgrau_
thank very much
@ThoughtsOfLyes
Thank you brother !
@eliakazanblogcom
Thank you!!!
@pllastmanstanding9716
Couldnt remember the third one. Sick. Thanks
@matthewbrock9599
i've been trying to find beat 3 for yeeeeaaarrrrrrssssss. my man, thank you!
@elliottdouglas9769
The weed lacer 97 burgundy blazer bars are arguably one of shadys best freestyles