Petey Pablo is proving he definitely still has it as he laid his own lyrics over the instrumental of Eminem and Royce Da 5’9‘s 2011 hit, “Fast Lane”
Released as part of the Smoe Show‘s freestyle series on Monday (March 18), the 50-year-old MC reasserted his dominance in Hip Hop with a series of knockout bars.
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“I’m as Black as they come/Covered by the constitution, say whatever my Black ass want!” he raps on the joint.
Check out his take on the Bad Meets Evil track below:
“Fast Lane” was released as part of Eminem and Royce Da 5’9’s Hell: The Sequel project, which they released in 2011. Initially dropped as the lead single of the EP, the song peaked at No. 32 on the Billboard Hot 100 and went on to be earn a gold certification by the RIAA.
Though the two-piece is not currently active, they’ve released music together outside the Bad Meets Evil label.
In 2018, the two heavyweights linked up for the single “Caterpillar” off Nickel Nine’s seventh studio album, Book of Ryan. In 2022, Royce partnered with music royalty marketplace Royal to allow fans to own a piece of the song, which sold out in 30 minutes. That summer, Eminem fired off a tweet in honor of Royce’s 45th birthday and included Royal’s tweet about the opportunity to invest in the song.
He wrote in the caption, “Happy bday @royceda59! What we doin to top this?”
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Royce Da 5’9 later spoke to HipHopDX about the Royal partnership and explained how Nas inspired him to dip his toe in NFT waters.
“I’ve seen Nas do it,” he said. “Nas was one of my fucking idols. I seen him do it and it was exciting just as a fan. Like when I seen him do that, that was one of the first fan moments that I had in a very long time. I just thought, ‘Wow.’ He did it with one of his last albums.
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“He’s leading away, because normally, these types of activations are done by record labels and companies that buy up everybody’s masters.”
He added: “It’s normally done by those types of companies. So when you see it done by an actual artist with their own music and having a free rein to play ball with their own music, however, I just think it sets a very positive tone for the creators.”
