The Rundown: PRhyme, PRhyme
A look at Royce da 5'9" and DJ Premier's joint album.
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The Rundown: PRhyme, PRhyme - The hip hop world was abuzz with anticipation when it was announced that hip hop producing giant DJ Premier and Detroit rhyme slayer Royce da 5'9" were becoming a team under the name of PRhyme. The result of this collaboration is the self-titled LP that boldly offers a rap music purist's dream of concrete-busting beats, '90s retro New York-style samples and unwavering kinetic rhymes. Click on and peep the breakdown of PRhyme's ambitious debut. (Photo: PRhyme Records)
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"PRhyme" - With an eye that oscillates between suspicious police officers and celeb-hungry groupies, Royce sets off the LP riding a Primo meld of plodding piano samples and a thick backbeat. "Seems like the fans be like f**k honesty," he spits. "My favorite rapper was signed to Duck Down, so they're signed to the Duck Dynasty." (Photo: Johnny Nunez/WireImage)
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"Dat Sound Good" feat. Ab-Soul and Mac Miller - Primo's signature buttery scratch sends out the chorus of this collabo between Royce, Mac Miller and Ab-Soul as the three tag team a flurry of rhymes meant to challenge the ear as will as blow ya mind. "I'm in tip-top condition with a hustler's ambition," rhymes Royce. "I'm sick and damn hot, I should be in a damn kitchen."(Photo: PRhyme Records)
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"U Looz" - "And this is for the real hip hop n***a," Royce contends, "who would never ask me if I was here to replace Guru." PRhyme flexes stylistically supreme atop Primo's thunderous horn/snare sample replete with a showcase of the DJ vet's scratch mastery.
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"You Should Know" feat. Dwele - Royce uses this head-nodding rhythm (accented with excerpts from a Malcolm X speech) to catapult another flurry of verses that confound as well as excite. "You rise to fame then die so they can say you barely won," he spits. "And they keep your masters so your children become bastards, having to ask executives for they daddy records: sounding like Blind Mellow Jelly son." (Photo: Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images)
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