Bad Meets Evil

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Bad Meets Evil
Origin	Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Genre(s)	Hip hop
Years active	1998 - 2002 2008 - present
Members
Eminem Royce da 5'9"

Bad Meets Evil is a 2-piece rap collaboration consisting of Detroit emcees Royce Da 5'9" ("bad") and Eminem ("evil.") The group was formed when Eminem was still in his Acid Rap / Horrorcore style, focusing on violence, suicide & the occult. Bad Meets Evil preleased a small number of tracks such as "Scary Movies", "Nuttin' to Do" and "Bad Meets Evil", with the lattermost track featuring on Eminem's album The Slim Shady LP. The track starts out with an old man telling a story of Bad and Evil ruling the town, and how the sherrifs couldn't stop them. It proceeds to go into song, and afterwards the elderly cowboy is back, saying that "On the quiet nights, you can still hear the footsteps of Slim Shady and Royce Da 5'9".

Bad Meets Evil recorded the following tracks:

• Nuttin' To Do

• Scary Movies

• Bad Meets Evil

• Rock City

• Renegade

• She's The One

• What The Beat (featuring Method Man and DJ Clue)

They have also recorded numerous freestyles together, including a 12-minute long battle. Footage of a Bad Meets Evil concert filmed in 1998 in a club in Detroit has also been leaked onto the internet.

The group was short-lived however, with an altercation occurring between Royce Da 5'9", and Eminem's clique, D12, prompting Eminem and Royce to cut off any connections.

The group has since not worked together. Royce Da 5'9" has since released some tracks dissing D12 but not Eminem. D12 (minus Eminem) have released tracks dissing Royce Da 5'9" and his M.I.C. Records Camp.

Royce & D12 have squashed their "beef", and Royce is appearing on the upcoming D12 mixtape Return of the Dozen.

Bad Meets Evil can be found on records such as Game Tight, the very best of game recordings (including Nuttin' To Do & Scary Movies) and on iTunes.