It’s worth checking out if not buying all together. a reunion of Bad Meets Evil followed with the extended play Hell: The Sequel. Its definitely different from recovery, which, based on who you are and what your opinion of Em’s last LP is, is a good thing. In 1999, the duo released a double non-album singles, 'Nuttin to Do' and. You will listen to them, enjoy them for a bit, then skip over them. The rest of the songs are caught somewhere in between. The lyrics aren’t bad, but the song just doesn’t flow with the rest of the album. After squashing their old beef and joining forces once more, Eminem and Royce da 59 have reestablished Bad Meets Evil with a new EP entitled HELL: THE SEQUEL, picking up right where they left off when they originally worked together in the late 90s in their native Detroit. Lighters, featuring everyones lazy d’bag Bruno Mars, seems so out if place it’s as if it was put in just to be a single so little 14 year old girls would buy the EP. There are songs that will have you shaking your head. The duo even have some classic line that will have you laughing and repeating them over and over again, such as “Let me tell you what this pretty little dame's name is, 'cause she's kinda famous And I hope that I don't sound too heinous when I say this Nicki Minaj, but I wanna stick (My penis in your anus!).īut that’s about it. The songs on which they are able to stay focused on a subject or be funny will have you nodding your head back and forth. Royce, however, seems to be the same old rapper we heard on the original song Bad meets Evil, and it’s a good thing. Songs such as A kiss, Take from me, Welcome 2 hell, The reunion, Living Proof (bonus), Echo (bonus) and Fast lane make this an excellent little collection of songs, although the ladder does begin to get a bit boring with consecutive listens.Sure, it’s not the same Eminem we know from The Slim Shady LP, The Marshall Mathers LP or even The Eminem Show however, he does quite a good job of being funny and good lyrically.
So, after years and years of waiting, after beefs, deaths and drug addiction problems, comes an EP by the name of, you guessed it, Hell the sequel.Īs a whole, this is one enjoyable EP, almost making you wish it was an LP. The near-decade return of Eminem and Royce Da 5'9', with Hell: The Sequelan album released by Interscope Records and Shady Records (Eminem’s record label. Over a decade ago, the two made a statement. Taking a trip down memory lane, back in 1998/99, on The Slim Shady LP, fellow Detroit rappers Eminem and Royce Da 5’9 did an underrated track for the future classic. Standout tracks: Welcome 2 Hell, Fast Lane, I'm On Everything & Take From Me.Review Summary: A Sequel worth waiting a decade for. This is the official fan page of Hell: The Sequel the new collaboration album from Bad Meets Evil or Eminem and Royce Da. 2021 saw the release of his retrospective Hell art book, PSYCHOPOMP. There are a few weak tracks on the album (Lighters, Above the Law, Loud Noises) but apart from that, this is a very good EP. Currently, he has several major film screenplays in development, and the sequel to his first novel, titled THE HEART OF HELL was released in July 2019. Royce's rapping abilities are up there with some of the best in the game currently and he is one of the few rappers who is able to keep up with Em lyrically, even outperforming him in a few songs.
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User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License additional terms may. They have since reunited and released their album Hell: The Sequel on June 14, 2011, which debuted at number 1 in the Billboard 200 charts. There are serious introspective songs (Lighters, Take From Me), funny songs (A Kiss, Fast Lane), angry rants (Welcome 2 Hell, Above the Law) and the violent whore-bashing "The Reunion". Bad Meets Evil split up in early 2000s, after Royce fell out with Eminems group, D12. No longer is Eminem ranting and raging through every song (there are still a few, Above the Law and Echo for example) but he has finally seemed to put something into this album that has been lacking in his last 3: variety. The EP is very good, both lyrically and in content. Hell: The Sequel is his best work since The Eminem Show back in 2002. The EP is very good, both lyrically and in Eminem is undoubtably back. Sold by mrtopseller and sent from Amazon Fulfillment. Hell: The Sequel is his best work since The Eminem Show back in 2002. This item: Hell: The Sequel by Bad Meets Evil Audio CD £13.93.