I still vividly remember when Slaughterhouse came on to Green Lantern’s radio show and for 20 minutes proceeded to completely annihilate Hov’s “D.O.A.” record until there was nothing left but the occasional dust particle here and there. Truth be told, I still go back and play that jawn on occasion. And only two years later Funkmaster Flex got to host his own demolition site and give the four-headed monster the keys to the wrecking ball and bulldozer. Read the rest of this entry »

I remember going to P.A. Palace in Capitol Plaza Mall as a teenager and, in addition to whatever new Backyard tape that dropped, picking up all the new “NY shit.” DJ Clue, DJ Absolut, Cutmaster C, etc.–I bought it all. Sometime in the mid-90s Hip-Hop became enamored with the mafia and all of those tapes were inundated with beats all seemingly based on The Godfather Waltz. Read the rest of this entry »

There are very few people in the world better at rapping about being better than everyone else than Royce 5’9″. If it wasn’t obvious from the title, Success Is Certain finds Royce in a much better state of mind than on his 2004 opus, the dark, brooding Death Is Certain. Eschewing the anger and self-loathing that permeated the latter, Success Is Certain is a decent balance of the unbridled confidence the Detroit native unleashed on the Slaughterhouse project and the solemn self-reflection that was a trademark of his career prior to his reunion with his Shady, Detroit compatriot. Read the rest of this entry »

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A sharp contrast to the “Writer’s Block” disco inferno, Bad Meets Evil’s “Lighters” glows to a much more subtle flame. Created for the sole purpose of letting the people know Hell: The Sequel was in stores, Bruno Mars sings his little heart out as Royce sends a kite from prison and Eminem trots the globe from the outside looking in. Read the rest of this entry »

It’s been a minute since its release, but Royce is still stuck on the same stanza, frustrated with reality. With Eminem yelling in the background for motivation, the volcano erupts and all the pent up anger is released in a fiery display of lyrical dominance. There’s a clear cut reasoning for the madness, however. Read the rest of this entry »

The Bad Meets Evil union call upon the living legend himself, DJ Premier to give Success Is Certain’s first leak a last hurrah before the album drops. Consider it a traditional remix in the sense (remember those?) as only the beat gets a makeover this go ’round. Throw it at the end of your tracklist when you grab the album from iTunes. Read the rest of this entry »

Nick Nine continues to promise a victory, this time with Nottz Raw in campfire storytelling session that’s perfectly scripted for a HBO drama. Unlike most of the material he’s dropped this year, this particular record bleeds with anguish and urgency, as if the authenticity of the men who created it needed any more validation. When you’re goal-oriented and you feel like Success Is Certain, nothing can get in your way. Read the rest of this entry »

Royce calls on the drummer Travis Barker to assist on the intro for Success Is Certain, titled “Legendary.” Read the rest of this entry »

Disappointed in Bad Meets Evil’s latest endeavor? Well, Royce fans, you’re in luck. Nickel Nine is going for five–as in his fifth album, 5 Cigs and 5x platinum–with Success Is Certain. While Bruno Mars is a no-show this go around, there’s still a couple of Wu-heads, a mad drummer and the melanin-challenged rhyme maniacs of Shady Records to fill the slots. Read the rest of this entry »

For all of the bad blood that has poured out of Detroit, the reunion of Eminem and Royce Da 5’9” is a welcoming sign. Royce’s squabbles with Shady’s group D-12 have been well documented, as the former Motor City comrades spent the better part of the last decade representing two distinct camps. Although it took the death of mutual friend Proof to mend the former friendship, the two MCs are again rattling off machine gun rounds of lyricism. Together they compose the appropriately titled Bad Meets Evil, whose debut EP, Hell: The Sequel, is full of devilish malcontent. Read the rest of this entry »

Because I don’t recall ever seeing a unicorn in a rappity-rap video.

Anyone else feel like Em didn’t hit his stride on Hell: The Sequel? Read the rest of this entry »

For possibly the first time in his career, Royce Da 5’9 is noticeably in a good place. Not in public, either. But, in his music – where it counts. Read the rest of this entry »

The deadly Detroit duo delivers another one from their upcoming Hell: The Sequel EP. The song, “Lighters,” featuring another hitmaker in R&B singer Bruno Mars. Read the rest of this entry »

My, how things change. About this time two years ago, the then-recently-formed four-headed monster known as Slaughterhouse was going on a rampage, destroying anything they touched. One victim they kept in-house was Joey and Joell’s candid collabo from Ortiz’ Free Agent mixtape, “Move On,” which was reworked to add in the additional two butchers. Read the rest of this entry »