Words from Royce Da 5’9” and Eminem

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That was actually the first record we recorded, and it was going to be for my album. After we had been cool for a while and spent some time building the relationship back and I got this beat from Denaun [Porter]. What made me want him on there was that I’m such a fan of vintage Em, and I’m real Internet savvy. I pay a lot of attention to comments and shit like that, and I seen a lot of people asking for vintage Em. And I was trying to see if old Nickel could bring vintage Em out because I wanted him to actually rap about drugs. So once we talked about how serious we take his sobriety and shit like that, and I was just like, “He’ll figure out a way to pull it off.” He always does.

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It took me a second to think, “What the fuck do I want to rap about?” I had to step back from it, ’cause when I first heard the record, I was like, “Yeah, it’s dope. I like it.” He played me his verse and the hook, and I was like, “The beat is crazy. His verse is crazy. But what the fuck do I rap about?” I’m not on everything — I’m not on anything! So I had to think back, like, “Wait a minute. What about when I was on something? Let me just go back to that state of mind.” It’s a fun record too, and obviously not based on a real situation.