New Release Tuesday

Pretty easy choice today as Bad Meets Evil release their EP Hell: The Sequel. Of course you already know that Bad Meets Evil is Royce Da 5'9 and Eminem. I've already listened to the entire album and I'm pretty happy with it.

I've only had time to hear it once, so I need more time to really digest the disc, but first impression is that it's good, not great.

Lyrically, there are plenty of highlights and the production is solid. If this would've dropped in '99 when the Bad Meets Evil concept was at it's height, I'd probably be more excited, but both artists have grown so much and changed over the past 12 years that I wasn't exactly sure what to expect.

This will be one of the better releases of the year, but it'll fall somewhere in the middle of Em's catalog (again, that's only based on my first listen). It's definitely worth adding to the collection if you're on the fence.

With the Slaughterhouse EP that dropped earlier this year, this disc, Royce's solo effort Success Is Certain, Joell Ortiz's Free Agent, Crooked I's solo album and the rumored Slaughterhouse LP, and Yelawolf's album it looks like a huge year for Shady Records.