Also speaks on his upcoming collaboration with DJ Premier
XXL: It’s the 15th anniversary of Shady Records, and you’ve had a long association with the label. What can you tell me about the Shady XV project?
Royce: I don’t know much about it. The way that they roll things out over there they kind of keep everything kinda tight lipped. They’re a lot like Apple over there. I know that there’s a piece of work that they’re putting out, they’re calling it a compilation, and there’s gonna be music that was released before to commemorate that first release, and then there’s gonna be new music. That’s all I know.
XXL: Paul Rosenberg told me the other day that there’s gonna be new Bad Meets Evil material as well as new Slaughterhouse material. Have you been working with Em recently?
Royce: Yes, I have been working with Em. There’s gonna be a wide mixture; I think everything is supposed to tie in to exactly what the label embodies, which is Slaughterhouse, Yelawolf, Bad Meets Evil, D12, and I think that’s it.
