royce da 5'9" - death is certain

i like 'hip-hop,' it sounds a little bit like the gangstarr song with jadakiss.

"leaving all you cats shittin' kittens"

classic....he's less 'all over the place' rhyme wise with his goofy similes/metaphors...even his voice sounds diff than it does now (though I did love Street Hop, liked the newie)

New one is good then? I was gonna check it.

So, I think it's *good*, but it's just kinda 'there' really. I mean the production is really vanilla for the most part, and his lyrics and flow are kind of what they've been the past few years (wild metaphors, lines like "I'll still cut my children's peanut and butter jelly sandwiches with a machete")...but far fewer memorable songs than on past albums. A pretty big dropoff from Street Hop imo, but still a listenable one.

"people are already calling it a classic"

i started the thread and i don't even remember hearing it

i hate royce

he's always said very nice things about YOU

what did he say in particular?

a+ poster, etc, things like that

'part of me' is still one of my favorite rap songs ever, i think because it plays off his weaknesses & then it ends all lolwtf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQyIqTYG72c

for those curious

Yeah that video is all time WTAF

all of slaughterhouse is so damn corny

i mean this w/ 0% irony: riff raff sodmg > anyone in slaughterhouse

I'd say their rep is worse than their output. Its a little self serious at times, but I enjoy some of it.

riff raff sodmg > anyone in slaughterhouse

depends on my mood, but generally otm

Royce >> the rest of Slaughterhouse

well sure, yes

royce >>> crooked i >>>>>>>>> joel ortiz >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> joe buddens

YEAH........ but but but the best song between all of them is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vIP8qxqClw

also yes

but buddens really lost the plot after that

I also liked that one w Christina Millian

i mean this w/ 0% irony: riff raff sodmg > anyone in slaughterhouse

― J0rdan S., Wednesday, November 9, 2011 10:36 PM (29 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

this is true currently but DEF not all time. all these dudes but joell ortiz had some seriously quality output

http://gfx.nrk.no/HPvfsr_DfymDhQ3IVreX8AOqoaTec8s0ZeOhbN10p6Uw.jpg
The evolution of Royce Da 5'9

is this guy's name pronounced Royce Da Five Foot Nine inches?

"royce the five nine"

Getting Kells/Macklemore storytelling vibes from new single:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4STstdvnMfU

from p4k:

On “Tabernacle,” he tells the heartbreaking story of losing his grandmother and meeting his newborn son within hours at the same hospital. But he is incapable of building suspense or changing his tone, and what should be an epic tale is reduced to the songwriting equivalent of turn-by-turn navigation—taking readable steps toward a predetermined destination. He’s prone to rapping in bulk, and thus wants to narrate every detail of a story in a linear timetable, telegraphing outcomes; sometimes it’s like a nonfiction book on tape.