Royce and Em discuss Dre's absence on their EP

[Fiftys_Advocate]

While Eminem and Royce Da 5'9" have raised considerable excitement with their reunion and the subsequent announcement of their upcoming EP, Hell: The Sequel, there has also been a collaborator noticeably absent from the project: Dr. Dre.

Shady and Royce sat down with MTV's "RapFix Live" to discuss Dre's absence. "I think Dre is, like, really cracking down on getting Detox finished, so I think he's more so focused on that," said Eminem.

"I really didn't say anything to Dre till kinda like the last minute. We didn't really say anything to anybody about what was going on because we weren't sure what was going to happen with it," continued Em. "It wasn't like I said, 'Yo, Dre, can we get a beat for this project that we're workin' on?' Because it wasn't really necessarily a project yet."

Royce added that the duo didn't really reach out to any producers in particular - that they were "just cuttin' random." The album features production from Havoc, Sid Roams, Bangladesh, Mr. Porter, DJ Khalil and Supa Dups.

Eminem and Dre's collaborative history is well-documented, but Royce has worked with the renowned beatsmith as well, writing "The Message" for Dre's 2001. He was also featured on "The Way I Be Pimpin'," an early version of the song that would later become "Xxplosive."

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[Devil'sAdvocate]

lil dissapointed for a lack of Dre beat,but i dont mind it that much.

[SoldierShady]

I watched the whole interview last night. Not much was said. I hate that Em is ACTIVELY refraining from producing beats from scratch now......to focus on rapping. -_- Yeah, you can rap Em. We want more production! I miss the "Square Dance", "Don't approach" me days.

[JasonOne99]

I thought he was producing the slaughterhouse album.

[Emadyville]

I watched the whole interview last night. Not much was said. I hate that Em is ACTIVELY refraining from producing beats from scratch now......to focus on rapping. -_- Yeah, you can rap Em. We want more production! I miss the "Square Dance", "Don't approach" me days.

em fans are never satisfied

[zedzero27]

I watched the whole interview last night. Not much was said. I hate that Em is ACTIVELY refraining from producing beats from scratch now......to focus on rapping. -_- Yeah, you can rap Em. We want more production! I miss the "Square Dance", "Don't approach" me days.

and it seems like yesterday, it was just a dream. but, those days are gone.

[xxTrigger1989xx]

I watched the whole interview last night. Not much was said. I hate that Em is ACTIVELY refraining from producing beats from scratch now......to focus on rapping. -_- Yeah, you can rap Em. We want more production! I miss the "Square Dance", "Don't approach" me days.

He's still producing...not completely from scratch right now, but I'm pretty sure he's made a few from scratch beats since Recovery. After Recovery dropped, he talked about getting back into producing, I'm fairly sure we'll get production from him at least on the SH album if not Yelawolf's. I think that Young Zee song, Spinning Wheels (produced by Em) was made from scratch, because the sound quality is shit, but it's a good beat. It sounds different from Em's style, but still good, so I'm assuming that was from scratch.