Royce Da 5'9' Says Recording With Eminem 'Pushed' Him

[VenomBlackViper]

Royce Da 5'9' Says Recording With Eminem 'Pushed' Him (EP will have 9 tracks)

When it comes to the SoundScan, it's no secret that Eminem is a juggernaut. His 2010 album, Recovery, is fast approaching four million copies sold and earlier this week, his sophomore album, The Marshall Mathers LP, was certified diamond.

But according to Royce da 5'9," when he and Slim Shady began recording their upcoming Bad Meets Evil EP, the only thing on their minds was creating raw hip-hop.

"Me and Em, when we started hangin' again — he don't go anywhere — so we were hangin' at the studio," Royce recalls. "And we just started making records, just making 'em because we were both in the lab and we had free time."

The casual recording led to some serious heat, Royce said. So much heat, in fact, that Shady Records decided to release an EP rather than let the songs fall by the wayside.

Nickel Nine and Em first teamed up to form Bad Meets Evil more than a decade ago, releasing the songs "Nothin' to Do," "Scary Movies" and "I'm King" on Game Recordings in 1999. The pair had a falling out, but eventually reconciled. In January, it was announced that Eminem had signed Royce's rap quartet, Slaughterhouse, to his Shady Record label. And earlier this week, the duo revealed plans to release an as-yet-untitled Bad Meets Evil EP in June.

The reunion forced the already well-regarded Royce to step his game up lyrically.

"To me, [Eminem is] one of the greatest rappers ever. So if you're standing in there with him and watching him create, you can only spit on a certain level in order to even keep up," Royce said. "With me, I feel like it's good for me because I get pushed. It brings more out of me."

In the end, the veteran lyricist insisted that with Bad Meets Evil, there's no pressure to make hits. "We went in and did actually 11 records, two of 'em leaked, so we're gonna use the other nine and that was it," he explained. "We didn't go do 15 records and try to pick the best. We didn't make it an Eminem album so Eminem is under the same pressure of selling what he normally sells. We're not really thinking about that.

"We just wanted to do a raw hip-hop record that's put out on a bigger stage," Royce added. "I think that's what hip-hop is missing."

Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/166292 ... cord.jhtml

Looks like Echo & Living Proof aren't going to be on the EP.

[OMEGA]

Fuck yes, 9 songs. Go ahead and make it a full LP pretty please!

[slimfan94]

Eminem making raw hip hop? This is gonna be fucking epic.

[OMEGA]

He went *pop with Recovery, so now he's back with a vengeance.






*not

[VenomBlackViper]

He went *pop with Recovery, so now he's back with a vengeance.






*not

Yup Cold Wind Blows was so pop & don't even get me started on how many teen girls were bumping Almost Famous.

[OMEGA]

Didn't you see all your girl friends with lines from On Fire on their Facebook Wall Status?

[Trimss]

Hates gon' hate! Eminem will spit crazy again. I hope there's some funny lines like the Minaj one with Gaga (i really think it's possible in this EP), some weird wayne shout out (is it a diss or not? hehe), some name dropping and finally a track in response to canibitch.

[slimsoxshady]

Royce is gonna have a heart attack when he sees his name attached to Soundscan numbers of 6 digits first week

"Ryan and Marshall is all you get....just once"

[ShadyNarkoticz]

Might as well just call it an album, 9 tracks and I bet Living Proof and Echo will be bonus iTunes tracks. Already gonna be over 35-40 minutes long, just call it an album and it would sell more.

[Sla]

Link already posted twice:

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And yeah, would be hilarious having 9 new tracks (Fast Lane included).

[Slim Fiasco]

Good news!

[Raids-God]

Cant Wait !

[Devil'sAdvocate]

SHITDICKS

9 new tracks.

[TommiTMX]

June is set to be a pretty interesting month for music.

[DanWS]

So far everything I've heard Em do with Royce has been hugely benefiting for Royce but not so much for Eminem. I'll be glad when Em starts focusing on his own material for (hopefully) next year.