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"Fast Lane" is the lead single by hip hop duo Bad Meets Evil, a group composed of Royce da 5'9" and Eminem, from their first EP ''Hell: The Sequel''. The single was produced by Eminem, Supa Dups, and Jason "JG" Gilbert, and released on May 3, 2011 by Shady Records. Texas rapper Chamillionaire released a remix. A music video by director James Larese of music video direction group Syndrome. The music video features animated visuals and kinetic typography, with cameo appearances by Mr. Porter and Slaughterhouse. Fans and critics considered it a return to Eminem's Slim Shady alter ego. The song was well received compared to the rest of the EP and was considered a highlight of ''Hell: The Sequel''. Critics favored the song for its change from Eminem's theme in ''Recovery''. ''Rolling Stone'' called it "1999-style". Bad Meets Evil performed this song at the 2011 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival and the Lollapalooza music festival. ==Background== Bad Meets Evil first formed in 1998. The group's first single under the name was "Nuttin' to Do" / "Scary Movies".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Nuttin' to Do single by Bad Meets Evil (Royce da 5'9" and Eminem) )〕 However, the group went their own separate ways in late 2002. Royce da 5'9" and Eminem have since collaborated on other songs, but not under the name "Bad Meets Evil".〔 In late 2010, Eminem and Royce da 5'9" began collaborating as Bad Meets Evil after 11 years of inactivity within the group. "Fast Lane" was released as the lead single for their then-upcoming extended play, titled ''Hell: The Sequel''. The song was released May 3, 2011 by Shady Records. "Fast Lane" was recorded by Mike Strange at Effigy Studios, in Ferndale, Michigan. Recorded a few months before its release, the song was written by Eminem, and Sly "Pyper" Jordan (from "Seduction" and "Kush"), who also sings the chorus to the song.〔〔 According to an interview with MTV, Eminem requested that Sly perform the chorus, after hearing Dr. Dre's "Kush". Supa Dups and Jason "JG" Gilbert produced the song and Eminem and Mike Strange mixed the song.〔 JG and Supa Dups also sample their own vocals.〔 According to Supa Dups, he was asked to make a beat with JG, without knowing it was for Bad Meets Evil.〔 He said that "() didn't even have Eminem in mind (they made the beat )."〔 According to this interview with ''Mixtape Daily'', Supa Dups had little knowledge about the project, but simply submitted the beat to Eminem: I didn't even know the project was coming out. I didn't know what the beat was for; I just knew Eminem asked me for the files and I sent it to them. ... When I saw Eminem in L.A. for Grammy weekend, Eminem said, 'Yeah, he ripped the track.' Later on that day, I met Royce, and Royce was like, 'Yeah, download that track man. We ripped that track. That's the first single.' I was like, 'What?' But until then, I still wasn't sure.〔 Months after recording the song, on April 28, 2011, when it leaked onto the Internet, Supa Dups was impressed by the finished version, "I was like, 'Damn, this record is crazy.'" He was impressed by the song, lyrically, and was proud to have participated in the project.〔 "Fast Lane" is a midwestern hip hop song.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Midwestern Rap/Hip-Hop Top Tracks )〕 It has two main parts to the song. The first half of the four-minute song begins with a verse performed by Royce da 5'9", followed by Eminem's verse. After the chorus, the second half has two verses by each rapper, followed by the chorus for the final time.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fast Lane (Bad Meets Evil song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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