Royce da 5'9

Subject: Royce da 5'9 Wed 31 Aug 2011, 9:38 pm

I like Royce a lot, however, I have yet to own any of his albums. I'm going to begin with Success Is Certain, which I'll be ordering on Friday, and of course I own the tight Slaughterhouse and Bad Meets Evil albums. What other albums would you recommend in his discog?

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Subject: Re: Royce da 5'9 Wed 31 Aug 2011, 10:33 pm

About time, good sir.

Death Is Certain, The Album, Bar Exam 1&2, and Street Hop are essential. The Build & Destroy mixtape is dopealicious, too

Subject: Re: Royce da 5'9 Wed 31 Aug 2011, 10:54 pm

No love for Rock City OG or 2.0?

Subject: Re: Royce da 5'9 Wed 31 Aug 2011, 11:29 pm

I think you should get Street Hop next. Death Is Certain was forgettable to me but it has been a long time since I heard it. Rock City was very unbalanced and forgettable save for a few dope trks.

Subject: Re: Royce da 5'9 Thu 01 Sep 2011, 12:32 am

Definitely Bar Exam 1 & 2, both are crazy dope (BE2 is my GOAT mixtape... for what that's worth...).

Subject: Re: Royce da 5'9 Thu 01 Sep 2011, 8:57 pm

I'd say Street Hop and Death Is Certain are his two best. If you like Success Is Certain then you'll definitely like those two.

Subject: Re: Royce da 5'9 Thu 01 Sep 2011, 9:59 pm

T. Myers wrote:: No love for Rock City OG or 2.0?

The OG is hard to find, and 2.0 isn't too good IMO. Unless Wayne wants to go diggin' for the OG, I'd leave it for now.

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TicNitty706 wrote:: I think you should get Street Hop next. Death Is Certain was forgettable to me but it has been a long time since I heard it. Rock City was very unbalanced and forgettable save for a few dope trks.

You've said a million times you have a love/hate relationship with Death Is Certain...now it's forgettable?

Subject: Re: Royce da 5'9 Fri 02 Sep 2011, 2:23 pm

I also said it has been a long time since I heard it. What are you the statement police? And have we even discused this album 3 times let alone a million?....lol.

Subject: Re: Royce da 5'9 Fri 02 Sep 2011, 4:18 pm

If it's a love/hate relationship, wouldn't it be logical that he hates it right now? That would make it forgettable

Subject: Re: Royce da 5'9 Fri 02 Sep 2011, 6:09 pm

Rock City OG
Death is Certain
Rock City 2.0
Build & Destroy

get those

Subject: Re: Royce da 5'9 Fri 02 Sep 2011, 7:15 pm

hater

Subject: Re: Royce da 5'9 Fri 02 Sep 2011, 7:15 pm

Shaun wrote:: If it's a love/hate relationship, wouldn't it be logical that he hates it right now? That would make it forgettable

Don't know if you were making a funny or not if so never mind these comments.

Anyway I would not say I hate the album. I haven't heard it since around the time it dropped so I forgot it.

Subject: Re: Royce da 5'9 Sat 03 Sep 2011, 8:51 pm

Ok, out of curiousity, I played the snippets from this album (Success Is Certain) on amazon.com, and although I like Royce, there's something about this album I'm not feeling (can't quite put my finger on what it is). I honestly don't even think I want to give it another go around either.

Subject: Re: Royce da 5'9 Sat 03 Sep 2011, 9:37 pm

This album is 100% different from his other work, Wayne.

Subject: Re: Royce da 5'9 Sat 03 Sep 2011, 10:05 pm

I was being serious, Kev. Using sarcasm to do it

Subject: Re: Royce da 5'9 Sat 03 Sep 2011, 11:41 pm

Shaun wrote:: This album is 100% different from his other work, Wayne.

Different in a positive or negative way, in your opinion?

Subject: Re: Royce da 5'9 Sat 03 Sep 2011, 11:58 pm

Positive, IMO. This album has the Eminem stamp all over it (not necessarily a bad thing). Royce usually rock over tracks that are as mellow as Success Is Certain. The beats are generally more in your face, and flow better on his other albums. He does a lot of 'singing' on hooks here, too, which isn't something you normally hear.

Subject: Re: Royce da 5'9 Sun 04 Sep 2011, 2:43 am

You honestly can't judge an album entirely on snippets, Wayne. There have been several times in which I wasn't all that impressed by the snippets but ended up loving the songs and albums, and others in which the snippets were dope and the album turned out mediorce.

Subject: Re: Royce da 5'9 Sun 04 Sep 2011, 10:22 am

KJ Styles wrote:: You honestly can't judge an album entirely on snippets, Wayne. There have been several times in which I wasn't all that impressed by the snippets but ended up loving the songs and albums, and others in which the snippets were dope and the album turned out mediorce.

And that's true about the snippets KJ. Simply because I like Royce, I may still end up copping this one.

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I feel the same as Kevin about Death is Certain. It was the first and last Royce album I downloaded. I didn't even bother putting it to disc for the ride. Now I respect the folks I see promoting him, so I just have to assume its not for me. Nothing necessarily bad about it, just nothing that caught my ear.

This could easily be a case of unreasonable expectations.

Subject: Re: Royce da 5'9 Sun 04 Sep 2011, 12:25 pm

Parker, you should check out The Album. That is probably more your steez

Subject: Re: Royce da 5'9 Sun 04 Sep 2011, 12:26 pm

Shaun wrote:: Parker, you should check out The Album. That is probably more your steez

I still need to check out The Album. I'll be doing that soon

EDIT: It's on Spotify, clutch.

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If you have a love/hate relationship with a woman, she's definitely not forgettable. That's fucking asinine. I'm not the statement police, but I just expect consistency in statements from people that are all over everybody's asses for their opinions.

Subject: Re: Royce da 5'9 Sun 04 Sep 2011, 3:56 pm

Well then, you expect way too much

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Jeff's a stressed dude.

Subject: Re: Royce da 5'9 Fri 09 Sep 2011, 5:12 pm

Just heard The Album and it's dope, probably my favorite Royce release but it's too early to say