专辑歌曲：
专辑介绍：
*痞子巨星阿姆与底特律嘻哈战友Royce da 5'9'联手出击
*发行首周空降告示牌流行专辑榜冠军
*葛莱美奖歌手Burno Mars跨刀单曲'Lighters'晋升英国节奏蓝调榜第9名
全球专辑热销逾8500万张的痞子巨星阿姆对于拉拔底特律同乡的嘻哈弟兄不遗余力，继成功带领D12攀登乐坛巅峰之后，阿姆在2011年夏季与底特律嘻哈高手Royce da 5'9'搭档，以嘻哈双人组Bad Meets Evil出击，亮出首张迷你专辑【Hell: The Sequel】，专辑一出惊动排行，发行首周空降全美流行专辑榜冠军。
阿姆与Royce da 5'9'在青少年时期透过共同的朋友Proof(*D12乐团成员之一)知道彼此名号，Royce Da 5'9'在经纪人引荐下于1997年造访阿姆演出的俱乐部，两人当场在俱乐部尬起嘻哈，Royce Da 5'9'与阿姆分别以Bad与Evil的角色主题，展开嘻哈擂台秀；两人在俱乐部演出后，随即进录音室灌录许多歌曲，双方所合作的歌曲'Bad Meets Evil'后来收入阿姆1999年亚军专辑‘The Slim Shady EP’。Royce da 5'9'后来在阿姆牵线下，成为恩师Dr. Dre专辑“2001”幕后捉刀的创作者。由于Royce da 5'9'拒绝Dr. Dre提出开除其经纪人的提议，再加上Royce Da 5'9'与D12乐团成员之间的对呛冲突不断，让原本进行中的“Bad Meets Evil”合作计划暂告搁浅。2006年8月，Proof在一场纷争中意外身亡，两人感念Proof在生前极力促成两人排除嫌隙的努力，在2008年公开宣布尽弃前嫌，阿姆在2011年1月与以Royce da 5'9'为首的嘻哈队伍Slaughterhouse签下唱片合约，此举让“Bad Meets Evil”计划重起炉灶。
经过半年创作，阿姆与Royce da 5'9'在2011年夏季发行迷你专辑【Hell: The Sequel】，专辑名称延续1999年合作的'Bad Meets Evil'歌曲最后呛出'see you in hell for the sequel, bad meets evil'这段歌词。首支发扬美国西岸帮派饶舌/放克精神与活力的单曲'Fast Lane'晋升全美流行单曲榜第32名，挺进数位下载单曲榜第19名。在力邀葛莱美奖歌手Burno Mars跨刀开唱的流行嘻哈单曲'Lighters'中，阿姆向所有讨厌他的人呛声，Royce Da 5'9'则是分享成名过程，单曲晋升英国节奏蓝调榜第9名。
The Bad Meets Evil teaming in the late `90s of underground Detroit MC's Eminem and Royce da 5'9 became a rap legend of unfulfilled promise. Now, a decade after they last recorded together, Eminem and Royce da 5'9 have revived their Bad Meets Evil project (Shady/Interscope Records).
'Royce and I started hanging out again and inevitably that led us back into the studio,' said Eminem. 'At first we were just seeing where it went without any real goal in mind, but the songs started to come together crazy, so here we are.'
Added Royce, 'I'm excited to see this project come to fruition considering the long lapse in time between when we worked before and now. We had a blast doing it and we just hope everyone enjoys it while we're working on the `Monster' that will be the Slaughterhouse album. #TeamShady.'
The two first met in 1997 at a concert in Detroit and soon formed Bad Meets Evil (Royce as Bad and Eminem as Evil). But they released just a few recordings, including the song 'Bad Meets Evil' on Eminem's major label debut, The Slim Shady LP and a heralded independent Bad Meets Evil 12' featuring the now underground classic, 'Scary Movies.' The pair went their separate ways in their solo careers only to be separated by a reluctant feud, thus making it the last time they would be heard together for several years. Sadness over the tragic shooting death of mutual friend Proof in 2006 led to mended fences with Eminem's group D12, which prompted an eventual reconciliation between the two rappers. Eminem and Royce were finally once again on speaking terms after Royce was featured on D12's 2008 mixtape Return Of The Dozen and later went on tour with the group.
Since then, Royce has continued his acclaimed solo career (all three of his officially released albums, most recently 2009's Street Hop, have cracked the Top 40 R&B/Hip-hop chart). With rap stalwarts Joe Budden, Crooked I and Joell Ortiz, he has also formed Slaughterhouse, recently signed to Eminem's Shady Records. In addition, Slaughterhouse contributed a bonus track to the digital deluxe edition of Eminem's blockbuster 2010 Recovery album.
The bulk of the EP's production was helmed by longtime collaborator and D12 member, Mr. Porter (a/k/a Kon Artis) and also features contributions from Mobb Deep's Havoc, DJ Khalil and Bangladesh among others.
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