Royce Da 5'9" feat. Eminem - Renegade (Lyrics)

[@archilarjevanidze]

eminem kept his lyrics as it originally was even after song was given to Jay Z on of the biggest names in Rap, just shows how confident he is every time he writes

[@mcELINER]

This was recorded before it went to Jay-z which was around the time when Royce had alcohol issues and low key beefed with Em. :) it was initially for a BME project which was paused for a while

[@paddykelly1856]

@@mcELINERwatch Royce’s interview on it because that’s not why he said about it

[@iTaLyZfiNeSt08]

jay bought it.. wasnt nothing given.. lol know your history, fore you run ya gibs lmao royce n em bodied it throigh anger, jay bought it and made it commercial for the people. otherwise the record would still be unheard and unknown. #BlazeUp and im not a jay fan especoally over em n royce, no hesitations. we know lyrically whos nicer!

[@youngghost231]

Anyone notice the first part of Royce's verse is rapped the same way as Em's on Dead Wrong? lol I thought that was kinda dope i wanna hear this verse on that beat now

[@nathanp8152]

Absolutely..and the part where he rymes with neck, is just like ems verse on that song as well

[@ghettoasfuckxp]

Royce did this verse before so em took that style

[@lifecanbesoempty4443]

nope, royce copied ems style, he even said it. he liked ems verse on dead wrong so he asked him to do one like it

[@lifecanbesoempty4443]

dead wrong is 13 years ago

[@ghettoasfuckxp]

NOPE FEminem took Royce style

[@devious187]

Royce's flow on this is so fuckin legendary

[@danhopalot]

It's weird to think that this song not coming out gave us the Ether we know.

[@camronshean1758]

Originally this was gonna be for Royce Da 5'9"'s album Rock City before Eminem gave it to Jay-Z. Royce Da 5'9" & Eminem needed something for Royce Da 5'9"s Rock City album for both of them to be on. They had the song Rock City done already but Royce Da 5'9" didn’t have an Eminem verse and Eminem was executive producing the album, so they did this song together Royce Da 5'9" said “Jay-Z was at a deadline and he had been asking Em to get on something. Em didn’t want to miss Jay’s deadline because obviously he respects him. I don’t think he had time to go in and do a whole new joint, so he called me and asked if I was cool with just giving Jay that one and we’ll just do something else. I was like, ‘Yeah, that’s cool.’ “Why would I feel regret if that’s one of Em’s signature songs? That’s a great thing for him and I don’t think the song would’ve reached the potential it reached with him and Jay-Z if it was me and him because Interscope wouldn’t even clear him for that song anyways. I think it was something where they were willing to give us video rights for ‘Rock City,’ but if they cleared ‘Renegade’ we wouldn’t get single rights. It was a long time ago so I can’t really remember, but I do remember there was a little bit of politics involved to where I’m glad that he gave it to Jay because the song would never have reached the potential it was supposed to reach. It’s a good thing.”

[@wendzeg]

Niiice

[@aNotoriousPhD]

god eminem's rhyme scheme in this is out of this world

[@PaddyRomp]

this song no doubt shows that Royce is a better rapper than Jay-Z

[@SaZanJaveddKhan786]

Hahaha yeaaah I kinda agree withya😊

[@sf2explus184]

easily

[@SAURAVI71]

Perhaps but jay did it better in this song

[@godsmercenary8166]

ROYCE WAS WAAAAAAAAYYYYY BETTER!!!!!!!!!!! HE KILLED JAY

[@ceehaze9414]

Nah Hov verses was beast tho i like both versions still

[@ChrisFowskae]

Royce used the same exact flow as Eminem's part in Dead Wrong.

[@Marko98100]

royce is underrated

[@j2323j]

Facts

[@devin11007]

_Royce don't get the respect he deserves out here in this rap game. Das all I gotta say._

[@absw6129]

One of my favorite rap songs of all time.

[@melvinjoneshenry8202]

🔥🔥🔥Nah these 2 have tore this up both have a sick slow rate it

[@Beanspeasnsoup]

no buddy. em takes the cake his verse is beyond lethal.

[@wendzeg]

Deadly

[@ljmireles]

Royce's flow on this and em's on Dead wrong are exaclty alike. I feel stupid for not noticing until now

[@canderson4041]

There was room for all three. I would like to hear them on a remix.

[@metaLungiez]

Jay Z would've never risked being on a track with an at-the-time unknown Royce. But at this point in their careers it would be dope.

[@arnav5680]

@@metaLungiez what do you mean by risked?

[@metaLungiez]

@@arnav5680 I mean how many small time artists get Jay Z to be on their track? Not many. How many small time artists does Jay Z put on his tracks? Not many, not if they weren't signed to the Roc.

[@arnav5680]

@@metaLungiez true

[@arexyouxepicxenough]

royce was beast but em's veres on this song are some of the best ever. I'd say royce > Jay though.

[@aosel-gharably2236]

Nah Jay did better

[@isaacramirez8154]

Imo they both did either better than em or I just like theres more but I ain't too sure yet

[@Yukaze89]

@@aosel-gharably2236 I guess this is the joys of having an opinion but sometimes i really wonder how opinions about certain things can be so differant, for example Issac, niether jay or royce outdid em on this thats THE most popular opnion on the matter, as for jay-z i can only state my own opinion and I've just never liked him, hes boring to me and i dont see how people compare him to the likes of biggie, pac, nas or even eminem for that matter, we've go plently of rappers who dont get the respect they deserve and then we've got jay-z/kanye west who get way too much, ju st to clarify that last sentence was my opinion i dont really care if you think im wrong.

[@NPFfumbi]

@@aosel-gharably2236people just love to hate Jay. 99 percent of them haven’t even listened to much in his catalogue

[@masonridgewell8063]

​@@Yukaze89i dont think jay z is boring. Have you to reasonable doubt or blueprint? I don't see how he is boring. I agree that I don't consider him to be a goat, but he deserves more respect. Reasonable Doubt beats every Eminem album. Eminem might be more technically skilled, but Jay Z has a better catalogue than Eminem.

[@tomimpala]

Eminem - Renegade of Detroit Royce - King of Detroit Proof - Angel of Detroit

[@ricktripathi8082]

and also eminem is god of detroit he is not a renegade man wtf are u even talking about

[@77Creation]

@@ricktripathi8082 He said he's the renegade so that's what he is.

[@Beanspeasnsoup]

no. Royce da 5'9 "I went in and did the second half of the hook, laid my verse, and then we finished it from there. I did that after Em did ‘Dead Wrong,’ so I [used the same flow he used] because I was on a song with him. It was a pretty easy breezy session."

[@sf2explus184]

royce can hang with eminem on alyrical level all day

[@anundeadKYLE11]

I like this better then the jayz one

[@clauriskae1]

Respect for Royce but with Jay-z that song is not only a good vibe, he made it something referring to his early life with a cold flow.. it’s melancholic. Eminem again with his incredible rhymes skills and word play referring to how he’s seen socially. That’s rap at its best.

[@Mad4style]

I agree... This original version is too broken and disjointed. Royce and Em are rapping about two completely different things and unfortunately it never comes together. On the version with Jay Z, both men stay on overall topic of being criticized in the media for being rappers who came from nothing. Jay Z punches you in the face with his first verse and then tosses the alleyoop to Em whose verses become way more powerful due to Jay's strong opening. People quote Nas about how Em killed Jay on his own song but this version is evidence that Renegade isn't a hit without Jay. Royce verse is cool but his verses belong on another song.

[@kashaxx]

tbh, I like these lyrics the best on the beat of the main song.

[@taylorjulian1262]

Blueprint version: "Cause here we go ....ch chicka chu chicka cha chicka...im the sinister...." Now I see it's because Royce's name 🔥

[@UniVS427]

For those who said this was done anywhere between 97-99 is wrong as hell. Royce did borrow Ems flow from Dead Wrong. Plus Eminem didnt sound like this in 97-99. He had a earlier flow "Slim Shady LP Flow". This was def done in 2001. You can tell. He sound the same here just like TES and Devils Night.

[@lilkyngtuttbusha8080]

Royce murdered this tho idc

[@alva33]

2024 and about to be 2025. Regardless, I am still waiting (hoping) for Bad Meets Evil 3

[@grouphomemusic362]

Can you imagine what hip hop would be like if Royce would have got 50 Cent's deal? Terrible call, Em.

[@bigred9991]

Royce is a better rapper than 50 but he wouldn't have done even half the album sales that 50 did. When 50 was about to drop "get rich or die tryin" Jay-Z told all the artist on his label that whatever music yall are about to drop yall better hurry up and do it quick before 50 drops his new album because he's going to shut shit down for other artist because he's so good. 50 still holds the record for album sales for that album today. I'm positive Royce wouldn't have done that.

[@j2323j]

@@bigred9991 Nah sun if Dre was backing Royce like 50 hiphop would be in a better place

[@topbackpodcast2615]

50 cent made Eminem millions upon millions of dollars.... you're terrible at business

[@ReaSoNDimes]

​@@j2323j💁🏾‍♂️when dumb people talk. Silly 🐰

[@j2323j]

@@ReaSoNDimes Says the drake fan

[@EclecticCharisma]

Way better than the one wit Jay Z

[@dogger655]

This original is just so much better!

[@240vanduyne]

I like Royce's verses on this jam. Em is doing his Slim Shady flow but I love on the Jay Z version when Em says "So keep your ears glued to this stereo but here we go He's Jigga Jurrrrr Jigga Ja Jigga Mr. Sinister kiss my ass is just a Renagaaaaaade

[@tomimpala]

Hopsin is Hopsin. If anyone is like anyone Hopsin is like eminem.

[@devious187]

Royce's verses on this own Jay-Z's entire career imo

[@TDAWWWWWWWW]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@stuartsmith9575]

Love how taw rhis sounds... when Em n Jay released it on Jay-Z 's album it was obviously tweeked and produced to a higher level but personally I prefer this original version! Either version Em absolutely bodyed them both hands down ⚰👌🖕🥱

[@peteyjames1829]

It’s crazy how this track was recorded before Jay got On it and em still murdered Jay on the track

[@jaydonnell]

just heard this again up on spotify and ngl Royce goes better with it than Jay

[@notacockgobbler2054]

This isn’t on Spotify is it??

[@b-2466]

It's not even close

[@vercingetorixarverni6343]

Ehh, Jay had more to say. I'll pick substance over bars anytime

[@hataillon]

this one is better than jay-Z one... the chemistry beetween Royce n Em...

[@50000DSI]

~I heard Royce got took off Renegade ...and was replaced by Jay....I understood the play because ofcourse ...U would want the Hot Rap artist on your track...But Royce Da 5'9....is arguably "Top 5 Greatest Lyricists" to ever bless the mic....and oh yea ..he from Detroit too...LOLOL...Em from an area close over there but he still rep Detroit, so its close enough...LOLOL...its a Detroit-frenzy wit Detroit Red from the Suburbz makin his mark in the KZbin Comment Section...LOLOL...Royce & Em is like the ElderStatesmen Yin&Yang of Detroit Rap........Detroit Red from the Suburbz is the Reelist!...LOLOLOL...1LOVE & PEACE to the World & Universe

[@aliundercolor99]

I like this version of renegade better than the one with jay z

[@arexyouxepicxenough]

They were beefing because em put royce on hold for like 3 years. Royce still didn't leave. Then there was a misunderstanding in the freestyle he spit so him and d12 went at it and em sided with d12......Even though a bad meets evil project would've been amazing.

[@sachin23279]

Hi I'm from the future... I have news

[@Miguelm010]

Now I want a second 🤣

[@hurricane327]

Em, Royce murdered you on your own shit.

[@chief439]

I respect both legends equally. But I fully agree with this.

[@jsr6829]

Not at all

[@eddyzedek]

😂😂😂

[@eddyzedek]

Royce murdered him on Jay's shit

[@mulazath]

they were beefing though .. now royce got the deal with slaughterhouse

[@JPShoShift]

Proof's the Mayor of Detroit

[@MH27353]

OMG JAY Z TOOK HIS FLOW

[@himanshushinde6581]

Now his-verse feels like it can caompete with ems verse I wonder why they put jayz on there top rapper please tell me a song by him that justifies it

[@daudjacob2123]

Shit was fire

[@sweet2def]

THIS is Royce people, Jay also done a version with Em

[@ayushanand568]

0:17

[@andrewah15]

This track is way better with Royce than Jay Z. Royce’s flow and cadence was evoking Eminem in Royce’s first verse. From Dead Wrong - Biggie feat Eminem. 😎🔥

[@Joey-sr2fz]

This is the track that should have gotten released. Royce killed Jays verse plu Royce and EM is fucking magic

[@RfnziNNN]

that's real song.

[@DATeenANGER]

@InFiNiTeSkiiLL why????He made this version a classic

[@rtotdez]

The song Renegade, was officially suposed to be a song Eminem ft. Royce but it never came out because they had beef a while. So Em made the song with Jay Z and that Renegade is the official one now and winded up on Jay Z's blueprint 2 album. And this guy, JayLyricist is right. It's eminem in 2001. cause if you listen he got the same flow as he has on the track with Jay. which came out i think 2001. and as Nas has told us. Em killed Jay on this track.

[@WhiteTrash2993]

i was a little late realizing towards the end of Royce's 2nd verse bout his "dog" hes talkin bout Eminem

[@homlesscuz96]

Yeah the jay z version does seem more polished.... Still a diamond in the rough is still a diamond. This song is amazing

[@Okami27Official]

Obviously, this is just a demo. Un-mastered.

[@Devious12253]

Probably because originally it was suppose to be with Royce. Didn't want to record a new verse to the same beat, I don't know.

[@de-shaunharris1868]

did anybody realize Royce's verse is similar to Em's in Dead Wrong

[@Cloudd1Elevenn]

Thats the point

[@superaquatic2853]

You finally got a response! 9 years later.

[@waltdiesel]

I like this version better

[@Luka2023-]

Apparently this was originally royces song but him and slim shelved it, em picked it up a few years later and asked jay to get on it, jay took it for his album

[@trizzysour]

I like the jay z and em beat it was more clean. But royce had a better verse. eminem and royce is the best hop hop group out there.

[@F-Type77]

ok but youre a little wrong because if youve never noticed he always changes his tone of voice like in the MMLP compare Stan to The Real Slim Shady or Kill You to The Way I Am you can sure hear the difference.

[@madmagboy]

Too bad this wasnt the official song. Royce kept a good cadence with the beat way better than Jay Z. Jay felt clunky as fuck but royce matched the beat

[@TheCutegenius20]

its not ''hiphop portable tug of war'' its quotable tug of war

[@Aditya-pw7hm]

Em's only edit of his lyrics for the Jayz song is "jigga juu jigga jigga" because the OG verse had Royce's name in it - and that's so lazy of him, and still destroys Jayz

[@DrSwagMaster88]

I'm just saying, if Royce and Jay-Z were beefing, based on this song only.... Royce would rip Jay-Z a new asshole

[@Luka2023-]

@EminemRevenge1 this is the original but Royce couldn't finish it due to oth

[@knockdadeathstroke3799]

Jay is a fuckin gimmick but Royce was so dope and punchlines were on point. Jay Z-I predicted half of his bars for the first time I heard original Renegade. Royce-couldn't predict shit. Royce fits perfectly in this song.

[@Liamfortehwin]

Royce is definitely technically better. He slaughtered this original (no pun intended)

[@BigT5]

So this was OG version of song before jay-z got it?

[@elmo0722]

anyone notice :45 is kinda like eminem dead wrong lyrics

[@elmo76]

Hell no, Royce spits way better than Hov.

[@federatedstateskmt1041]

So you isn't going to admit that Em, used the same verse he used on the Jay Z version? lol. And why wouldn't you admit that Royce was even better than your God Eminem. You just a Stan

[@MrDoctor...]

Way better than the Jay-Z one

[@qwertyuiop241110]

Eminem-Jay Z-Royce

[@tnischamp25]

yeah em let him borrow the flow

[@ghettoasfuckxp]

Nah fEminem stole Royce flow and put it on Dead Wrong foh stan

[@taha2472]

​@@ghettoasfuckxpit was Royce who stole the flow nigga

[@pcharl01]

I doubt it. As dope as Royce has been, I'm not sure he moves the meter like 50. And he would have to follow the ja rule formula to garner that much success.

[@Luka2023-]

* so EMINEM sent the beat to jay z and ask him to make two verses

[@LILREZY01]

That makes no sense, how can you say that. Eminem is older and been out longer, so no matter how you feel towards Em and Hop, you have to say Hopsin is the black Eminem, it just makes sense like that. It's kinda like saying Tupac is like Kendrick Lamar, Tupac is older and been out longer, so you have to say Kendrick is like Tupac

[@Zay97]

no its actually ''they're''

[@DrKJProductions]

is this real?

[@OfficialFtwJim]

I wish this version was on the Re-Up instead of Jay-Z. I fucking love the Re-Up album but I don't really like Jay-Z...

[@pyral514]

Much better that Jay-Z's version.

[@alexmaldonado6079]

Eminem uses the same verse on both of them

[@hathbeenslain]

You mean Hopsin is like the black Eminem?

[@bobfg24]

no this is the original, then Jay took it and replaced Royce

[@Zay97]

i hate to be that guy corrects people on their grammar but its ''their''

[@1994ZXC]

compare royce's flow and dead wrong by em and biggie. It's similar.

[@rockingamingwiththesahit2145]

Royce used his flow from there

[@LuneticharryEdits]

So jayz stole Royce's flow

[@OrthodoxHC]

Royce is levels above Jay Z. And Jay is the next one to get exposed for some deviant shit

[@dessspicable]

no. em borrowed royces flow on this one

[@Harvey_Mod]

Both versions are solid fr. Prefer Jay's because of the contrast in cool and hot flows from Jay and Em respectively. Nonetheless, Royce went hard

[@Willie-dq8ur]

Dad Michael the archangel writing this to son Willie Michael Chester Junior inside Dad Michael the archangel msygonistic lyrics

[@nicholaimccreath]

Eminem verse was fire but royce made it seem less fire because his was almost just as good. Ill be honest jay z was trash on this in my opinion and royce was was underated

[@gvue4396]

Jay z always be stealing beats from other artist lol

[@marlonthemightysmith7836]

Em killed jay Royce killed em both

[@drwalker87]

4 people still have 2 way pagers.

[@changeisgood5484]

Naw Jay Z sound better Royce just don’t got that sound at all Eminem did the right thing 😂😂😂😂

[@1994ZXC]

lmao bye -.-

[@jolylejoly]

lol dead wrong...?

[@Shine-z4i]

I hate Jay Z and must admit he sound better then Royce on it

[@LocalBeauty09]

That doesn't even remotely make sence.

[@myamionFire]

Blah!