Trivia

• Despite giving Eminem main credit, the song did not involve him directly. His vocals were lifted from Domingo’s 1999 song “Hustlers & Hardcore,” with new vocals recorded by Masta Ace and J-Black. Eminem was unaware of its existence until 2008.
• The song was released as a single in Europe in 2002, finding success in Belgium, peaking at No. 4 and No. 10 in its two regions.
• The track was later included on Masta Ace’s compilation album Hits U Missed, crediting Eminem and J-Black as featured artists.
• The “H&H” in the song’s title stands for “Hustlers & Hardcore,” the original track that served as the source for Eminem’s vocals.
• Eminem’s verse has appeared on multiple unofficial collaborations that frequently surface on official streaming platforms. It’s theorized that the rights to the vocal recording are being sold to underground artists, allowing them to market the tracks as official Eminem collaborations.

Words from Masta Ace and Eminem

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There’s a fake collabo out there, this joint called “Hellbound” - I say fake because we we weren’t in a studio together, it was like two verses thrown together or whatever. It came out on Yosumi, which is my partners and my label that I’m on now. [Em’s vocals are from] a verse that [he] had did for them for some project.

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I never heard it. Somebody needs to get it to me.