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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. . User-Contributed Text Is Available Under The Creative Commons By-SA License Additional Terms May Apply. read less