Bad Meets Evil

Thoughts?

I still haven't heard it and I let my napster subscription lapse.

i was in best buy and passed on buying this...

Left it in the store. Royce shines and Em holds on for the ride.

It grew on me. I like it more with each listen. Would have been infinitely better if it came out a decade ago, but I'm still really glad this project happened. Royce holds it down and is the main attraction, but Em does do his thing too. The production is really nice to me as well. 4/5 (I know i put 4.5 yesterday, but I've come back down to earth a little.)

The album is worth the $9.99 for the deluxe edition. Welcome to Hell is dope, and i hope Havoc comes this hard on the new Mobb material. Fastlane, Above The Law, Take From Me, Loud Noises, Living Proof, and Echo are all good too. so that's 7 of the 11 tracks that are good IMO. Lighters and and i'm On Everything are ok too. The Reunion and A Kiss were the only songs i didn't like at all.

I got a download of this. I'll listen to it soon and give my thoughts on it.

T. Myers wrote:

The album is worth the $9.99 for the deluxe edition. Welcome to Hell is dope, and i hope Havoc comes this hard on the new Mobb material. Fastlane, Above The Law, Take From Me, Loud Noises, Living Proof, and Echo are all good too. so that's 7 of the 11 tracks that are good IMO. Lighters and and i'm On Everything are ok too. The Reunion and A Kiss were the only songs i didn't like at all.

I agree from the couple of spins I've given. I'm On Everything is pretty dope to me, though. Didn't like it at first

Fastlane sucks

You suck

Fastlane is dope as fuck, Half is on crack! In fact it's one of my favs on the album.

After two spins I've got this at 4 stars, I like 8 out of the 11 tracks.

Definitely a dope Ep. Some people just nitpick too much.

Royce and the beats were nice. The hooks and Eminem let me defecate. I won't buy this until it drops to $5

Not nitpicking, that chorus is too gay I can't listen to the whole track because of it.

That is one of the best hooks on the album. If you can't listen to Fast Lane because of the hook, I can't imagine what you would listen to on here

Shaun wrote:

That is one of the best hooks on the album. If you can't listen to Fast Lane because of the hook, I can't imagine what you would listen to on here

That's what I was worried about, thanks for letting me know. I'll still give it a try but my expectations are low.

Ready to rate it now. I'll go 4 stars for now. On a good day maybe 4.25. I really dig most of it. I don't like "Lighters" and really don't care for "A Kiss" either. The rest is on point. The production is a surprise because I really didn't expect to like it after seeing the producer line up.

Not feelin' this album. Would have preferred a Royce solo or another Slaughterhouse joint.

Ah. I did not know you haven't heard it yet, Half

What E Taylor said to a T...after 1 spin I'm willing to give this atleast a 4.25 right now. Maybe I'm just not use to hearing anything close to The Eminem show. This is also my first Royce experience and the 2 collaborated very well together. The 2 songs I don't care for are also "Lighters" and "A Kiss", but they aren't whack. "I'm On Everything" is just OK to me as well.

Yeah i'm really digging this. It's getting better with each spin to me. "I'm On Everything" is getting kind of old though. Not quite sure why some didn't like this. Maybe i'm too big a stan to hear the flaws.

Finally gave this the first spin.

Thoughts:

1. I'm On Everything is fucking dope. I love Mike Epps though and this shit is dope.
2. Lighters is annoying on the hook, verses is dope though.
3. A Kiss doesn't really bother me.
4. Overall, really happy with this CD, probably gonna love it even more with more spins.

Now on to giving the Tech a proper spin.

"Thoughts:

1. I'm On Everything is fucking dope. I love Mike Epps though and this shit is dope.
2. Lighters is annoying on the hook, verses is dope though.
3. A Kiss doesn't really bother me.
4. Overall, really happy with this CD, probably gonna love it even more with more spins."

I agree.

Em kills I'm On Everything, by the way. Rapes it, too

The Deluxe Edition has 11 tracks. Illmatic has 10. Quit with the EP nonsense, LOL!

I normally don't listen to EPs...but when I do, I prefer Illmatic.

Keep it hip hop my friends.

ILLMATIC is NOT an EP.......................

T. Myers wrote:

ILLMATIC is NOT an EP.......................

It's really hard to tell how serious you are with this...

Just in case...I was joking...

According to wiki and rateyourmusic Hell: The Sequel is an EP

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell:_The_Sequel

http://rateyourmusic.com/release/ep/bad_meets_evil/hell__the_sequel/

I was joking Halfster. It is well known that Bad Meets Evil is billed as an EP.

I was just busting Wayne's balls over the EP comment. The deluxe edition is as long as if not longer than Paid In Full, Criminal Minded, Tougher Than Leather, Doe Or Die, Illmatic, and a lot of other classic "LP's".

I have nothing good to say about this. I am sure that if I forced myself to listen to it more it would eventually become cool but to me it's not worth the effort. I respect the skills of both Royce and Em but I they're styles aren't for me, I guess. The choruses are all terrible and the album just has an overall feel of trying too hard to be something it isn't. Almost as if it is trying to be hard or edgy but still pop...idk.

Someone here said that Royce steals the show and Em is along for the ride. That's exactly how I feel about this album. I'm disapointed man. I thought I'd really enjoy this, but I'm just not feelin' it.

Shaun wrote:

Ah. I did not know you haven't heard it yet, Half

Well I finally got around to hearing this thanks to Spotify. And to my surprise I liked it after one listen. Welcome 2 Hell is a nice opener that slides into Fast Lane quite nicely. Fast Lane has grown on me a lot (the chorus doesn't annoy me that much anymore... probably b/c I heard that Tech album... lowered my expectations for choruses in "hot" hip hop albums now). I also like The Reunion even though once again there's a weird ass chorus. I actually like pretty much everything up to Lighters except for Above The Law, which is just boring. Then Lighters comes on with its , gay, stadium pop rap shit, and it brought the EP to a screeching halt. Pretty much every track after it is just ok or boring, except Living Proof isn't bad. I guess I'll give it 3.5 stars though. Royce and Em have great chemistry on almost every track and drop some hot lines. The production is pretty good too.

Highlights: Welcome 2 Hell, Fast Lane, I'm On Everything, A Kiss

I've been sitting on this ep for a month now and overall I think it's pretty decent.

Royce and Em got a long history togethor and as a fan of both I was really happy to hear them reconcile their differences and get back into the studio togethor. When I heard about this record I admit I got pretty hyped for it, but thankfully it didn't come off as forced or poorly prepared - They were smart about this and took their time on it and I think it shows.

Only track I would put as subpar (in fact, I would even put it as terrabad) is Lighters. Bruno Mars absolutely wrecks the flow of the album and it almost made me want to stop listening too it. Unforutantly the song's verses aren't that impressive from either one so I feel the song is unsavable. Deleted it from my ipod and the ep sounds a lot better without it. The other track that I thought was kind of weak was I'm On Everything, mostly because even after 5-6 listens the chorus just comes as offputting and awkwardly worded, but unlike Lighters, the verses themselves are pretty tight. As for who did a better show, I'm really surprised to hear myself say this but I kinda liked Em's spots a little better. It seems like the lyrics are a better version of what he was going for on Recovery and got the production to support it (Rec. instrumentals were what ruined the album for me btw). It's a lot wetter then Royces vocals but they're more memorable

Overall this is definitly worth a peak if you like either artist. I'd give it a 6.5/10 for an ep, 7 if you listen to it without Lighters.