Romeo and Juliet (Sylk-E. Fyne song) Billboard 100 and #1 on the rap charts. However, her album failed to match the single's success as "Raw Sylk" struggled sales-wise, and she was dropped from her label, RCA Records. Though her next single, 2000's "Ya Style" found some success on the rap charts (peaking at #17), "Romeo and Juliet" remains both Sylk-E. Fyne and Chill's only top 40 hit on the Billboard 200. "Romeo and Juliet" was certified gold by the RIAA on March 30, 1998 for sales of over 500,000 copies. Romeo and Juliet (Sylk-E. Fyne song) "Romeo and Juliet" was the lead single released from Sylk-E.
Romeo and Juliet the play's "twin themes of love and the total breakdown of understanding between two generations" had contemporary relevance. Recent performances often set the play in the contemporary world. For example, in 1986, the Royal Shakespeare Company set the play in modern Verona. Switchblades replaced swords, feasts and balls became drug-laden rock parties, and Romeo committed suicide by hypodermic needle. In 1997, the Folger Shakespeare Theatre produced a version set in a typical suburban world. Romeo sneaks into the Capulet barbecue to meet Juliet, and Juliet discovers Tybalt's death while in class at school. The play is sometimes given a historical