Worcester, Massachusetts emcee & Armed Robbery Entertainment signee Tierre Diaz gears up for his upcoming sophomore effort albeit A•R debut Maniflex by tapping in with Detroit veteran Royce da 5’9” to deliver the new single “Bad Meets Killa” produced by Johnny Slash.
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Born July 5th, Detroit rapper/songwriter Royce Da 5’9” has kicked down doors in the music industry and demanded a spot in the most talked about ‘Top Emcees List’. Known for his strategic lyrical layout and clever word rhyme, he also has a knack for vividly telling stories through song. Best known as one half of the rap duo Bad Meets Evil with Eminem and one half of the hip hop duo PRhyme with DJ Premier. He was also one quarter of the hip hop group Slaughterhouse with Joe Budden, Joell Ortiz and Kxng Crooked. Recently he added producer to his repertoire with his first two producer placements on Eminem’s new album, Music to Be Murdered By.
His recent album, The Allegory touched on several topics promoting the advancement of black businesses, family as well as mental health in urban communities. Easily one of this generation’s greatest minds, Royce continues to grow and share his ideology unapologetically with the world. With an extensive discography of classics, each project Royce puts out offers a different outlook laced with bars. His keen sense of worldly topics spills all over his lyrics and now his social media platforms. Whether he is speaking on hip hop or respecting the Black Lives Matter movement, his passion for humanity is undeniable. His friend and longtime collaborator Eminem recently announced that Royce joined his Marshall Mathers Foundation as the director of community engagement and social justice initiatives to provide privilege for the underprivileged.
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This is the 3rd EP from Detroit emcee, songwriter & producer Royce da 5’9”. Most notable for being 1/2 of Bad Meets Ǝvil with local sensation Eminem, his mark as one of the city’s illest lyricists has already been made along the way. Especially with releases such as Death is Certain, Street Hop, Success is Certain, Layers & Book of Ryan. Also can’t forget to mention his work with longtime collaborator DJ Premier as the MC/producer duo PRhyme or with the now defunct quartet of all-star wordsmiths that was once Slaughterhouse. But with his previous album The Allegory turning 3 last month, Nickel’s returning in the form of The Heaven Experience.
“Signs” is a Godly trap opener produced by STREETRUNNER dedicating this to those who fuck with him for real whereas “Out the Barrell” works in a sitar-laced instrumental from DJ Pain 1 with hi-hats cautioning those who haven’t been out here long enough to test him. “Look at This” has a more rugged sound thanks to the J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League remembering his uncle Joe while the song “Grown Ass Man” classily makes it clear that he’s about his family. The penultimate track “Royce & Reggie” with Redman finds the 2 lyricists over a soulful boom bap beat acting a fool in cyphers to the dislike of others & “Ion Wanna” sends off the EP with a somber ballad about what goes around comes around.
If this just to prelude listeners for his upcoming 9th album much like how Tabernacle: Trust the Shooter held everyone over until Layers dropped shortly after, then I think people should be more than satisfied with it. I like how Nickel took a backseat on the production by bringing in some established vets to take care of things in that department as one of the best lyricists in the D continues to elevate himself higher & higher in the ranks.
Score: 8/10
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Through hard work and dedication to his craft, GRAMMY Award-nominated, platinum-selling recording artist, activist, and producer Royce Da 5’9″ has built and maintained a cult following. Now, he is proud to announce the release of The Heaven Experience Vol 1. a compilation album available on all streaming platforms and via iTunes on Royce’s own Heaven Studios in partnership with The Orchard Enterprises on August 12, 2022.
Leading the way for the fifteen-track release will be a new visual for “I Play Forever,” featuring Grafh.
With five (5) never-heard-before tracks, the new offering also delivers some of Royce’s most popular quick-witted hits picked from his catalog, starting with his first studio album Rock City to the Grammy-nominated The Allegory.
New tracks on The Heaven Experience Vol. 1 include production by S1 (Kanye West), Jake One (Brent Faiyaz), Shndo (Justin Beiber), and collaborations with Black Thought on “Right Hand,” and Big K.R.I.T. on “Black Lives Matter.“
Previously released songs on the project include Royce, Pusha T, and Rick Ross trading verses on “Layers” (Layers), and the exceptional “Caterpillar,” featuring his Bad Meets Evil rap partner Eminem from the excellent Book of Ryan. Royce’s “Caterpillar” NFT recently sold out in less than a day.
On The Heaven Experience Vol 1., Royce reminds us of the list-topping tracks that have continued to earn him praise. Most known for his confident wordplay, revealing accounts of his life growing up in Detroit, overcoming addiction, and holding Rap peers accountable, Royce sits with Hip-Hop’s elite and remains one of hip hop’s most trusted brands.
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Detroit veteran Royce da 5’9” accompanies Brooklyn emcee Ransom to discuss “Greed” ahead of the latter’s upcoming EP 7.
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Benzino is still salty at some folks almost 20 years later after the fact. One individual is hitting him where it hurts.
As spotted on Complex the Boston native recently went on Instagram Live with Queenzflip. While the conversation originally spawned out of him calling out the emerging media personality for showing favoritism to certain artists, the talk track then pivoted to Ray’s indelible hate towards Eminem. So much so the Boston native challenged Slim Shady and his long time collaborator Royce da 5’9 to a boxing match.
“I will fight any one of these n***as. At 55-and-a-half-years-old. I will step in the ring with any of these n***as,” he revealed. “I feel like I’m in great shape. I would love to step in the ring with Royce or Eminem. And we can do it like men. We got gloves on. The f***? Then after, we can shake hands and all of this will be over with.” He would go on say that he is owed an apology by both MC’s and a gang of other figures in the Hip-Hop industry.
Naturally the video got back to the “Black Savage” rapper. While Nickel Nine did not accept the request to meet him in the squared circle he did put his Lightworks app skills to work by remixing the visual. “Ladies n Gentlemen I was bored tonight so I figured I’d work on my editing skills,” Royce captioned the heavily edited version of Benzino’s challenge. “ And without further a due, I give you @queenzflip and the Amazingly delusional, Ray “You owe me a Pology” Benzino
Enjoy …..” he wrote.
You can view the reel below.
The two previously exchanged some low blows via Twitter but you already knew that though.
I’m gon take your daughter to the park and let her ride the swings if you don’t quit spending your whole day being a twitter goon. She pussy popping on a handstand on IG. Now go hug her and tell her she’s beautiful before Drake or Trey Songz does
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Lil Wayne has been famous ever since he was a teenager and Royce da 5’9″ thinks that’s the reason that he’s disconnected from the Black community.
During a conversation with Ebro Darden, the Detroit native explained, “Cash Money, they signed their deal in 1997,” Royce stated. “So from then to now, they’ve walked billions of dollars into the Universal building. You can’t tell me that you feel like Universal has been protecting Lil Wayne.”
He continued highlighting Weezy’s ongoing legal issues. “Lil Wayne, I heard come out of his mouth in an interview that racism doesn’t exist. Being famous early for a Black person is crippling,” he continued. “My brother, you’re going to jail for the second time. The first time you went to prison, you went for a gun that wasn’t even on you. That’s racism, Lil Wayne.”
Tunechi infamously appeared on ABC’s Nightline in 2016 and boldly said denounced racism at the height of the Black Lives Matter movement.
“I don’t know that you put a name on it. It’s not a name, it’s not ‘whatever, whatever,’ it’s somebody got shot by a policeman for a fucked up reason. … I’m a young, black, rich motherfucker. If that don’t let you know that America understand,” Wayne said. “I don’t feel connected to a damn thing that ain’t got nothing to do with me. … I’m connected to this flag. I’m a gangbanger ma’am.”
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Detroit rapper Royce Da 5’9 is not one to hold back an opinion aimed at hip-hop’s biggest names. This time, the Grammy-nominated lyricist unloaded on New Orleans rap icon Lil Wayne. Royce Da 5’9 Addresses Lil Wayne’s Stance On Racism In an interview with radio host Ebro, Royce Da 5’9 was asked about Lil Wayne’s […]
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Royce Da 5’9 has had an on and off beef with Benzino for some time now. Their beef might’ve hit a new high this past week with Benzino calling Royce a “slave” for defending Eminem. Now, The Source Magazine founder Dave Mays has found himself in the middle of the beef as well.
Mays found himself in a heated Clubhouse chat with Van Lathan, Page Kennedy, Just Blaze, Punch, King Los, and others. The topic of the Snoop Dogg and Eminem beef was brought up, and May’s brought up Em’s “Foolish Pride” track.
Others in the chat tried to cement Em’s legacy in hip hop, while Dave Mays chose otherwise. “He can say what he want to say,” Mays said. That’s when Royce Da 5’9 fired back at Dave, “You can say what you want to say but that don’t mean it’s going to hold no merit. It don’t mean you dictate nothing.”
Mays then continued with his sentiments, saying “I’m going to say my piece, and you can either fuck with me or not. Muthafuckas been fucking with me for 30, 40 years because of the shit I’ve done and said, and how I am.” Someone then insinuated that maybe he and Em are the same type of person, to which Mays took offense. “We are not the same,” Mays said. Royce agreed with Mays saying he and Em are not the same.
Mays then went back to “Foolish Pride,” saying that “I don’t have none of that of that in my history. As far as fucking with the streets, fucking with authenticity in Hip Hop, it’s documented.” But Royce wasn’t with the disrespect. “Man, you fuck with Benzino! You don’t fuck with authenticity. I’ma kick your ass to the crowd. You fuck with cornballs.”
Royce, who was the moderator of the Clubhouse room, then decided to kick Mays out. After he kicked him out, he added “Enough of Dave Mays. Fuck out of here, muthafucka. Fuck he talking to, I’ll put death on your doorstep. I’m not divided, I’m not one with Dave Mays. Let’s get this shit straight. Ya’ll n-ggas in here acting like this n-gga at the cookout.”
You can listen to part of the chat below.
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Detroit rapper Royce Da 5’9″ wants smoke with the entire The Source team. After recently feuding with former co-owner Benzino, he’s now directed his aim at the hip-hop publication’s founder. Royce Da 5’9″ Takes Shots At Dave Mays Royce and Dave Mays went back and forth on the Clubhouse chat app. The pair chatted about […]
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