8/25/2023 0 Comments Royce da 59 prhyme 2 zipAfter rapping about how him and Premier are in their primes, this then leads into some boom-bap, classic-sounding hip-hop over the next few songs. The album starts out with the self-titled track, “PRhyme”, where Royce tells us to “gather round” as he immediately starts spitting some introspective raps about his former alcoholism, adultery, and money situation. PRhyme features some things we’ve never seen from either artist: Royce working with more guest artists than any other album he’s made, and Premier making the beats by only sampling one artist – Adrian Younge (who produced recent albums for Ghostface Killah and Souls of Mischief). Both Royce and DJ Premier are stepping outside of their comfort zones so that this album wouldn’t be too predictable. We got The Bar Exam mixtape in 2007, where Royce mostly rapped over old and original Premo beats, but Prhyme is the first project where the music is all original. Fifteen years later, they have numerous hits together, but have only now decided to form a group and release an album under the name PRhyme. Royce Da 5’9” and DJ Premier’s chemistry together is rooted from the beginning of Royce’s career, as Premo produced Royce’s first hit single: “ Boom”. “The police want us shot/ and you gon’ be the next to drop in front of that donut shop” -Wishin’
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