Exclusive: Royce Da 5'9 Rocks Out with Travis Barker

Royce Da 5'9

Danny Hastings

Click here to listen to Royce Da 5’9's "Legendary"

Royce Da 5'9 is a busy man this summer. First, he hooked with Eminem for Bad Meets Evil's Hell: The Sequel, an EP that hit the top of the charts back in June. Next up, the rapper will drop Success Is Certain, his fifth solo album. The set will including a handful of collaborations, the most intriguing of which is Royce's team up with Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker, who adds a heavy rock beat to "Legendary," resulting in a towering arena-rap anthem. Success Is Certain won't be on sale until August 9th, but you can stream that track now.

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Song Stories

“Push It”

Salt-N-Pepa | 1987

Originating as a B side to their cover of the Stax classic “Tramp,” Cheryl “Salt” James, Sandi “Pepa” Denton and Dee Dee “DJ Spinderella” Roper came up with the goods on this career-making, Grammy-nominated platinum single about working it on the dancefloor. “Push It” has been sampled and spliced to death since it debuted in 1987, yet the original track is as fresh and fly as when SNP — among the few original women of hip-hop — debuted it. “Most men will never believe ‘Push It’ was never about sex,” said James. “And that’s why the record went to Number One,” said Denton. “Everybody thought it was about sex.”

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