Yesterday (Jan. 31), both DJ Premier and Royce Da 5’9 took to Instagram to officially launch the marketing propaganda for their highly anticipated album PRhyme 2 with a video clip of the first music video from the gem featuring Dave East for the album’s first single, “Era.” #PR2 The journey starts tomorrow… You’re welcome… @prhyme_official […]
Royce Da 5’9 is a veteran emcee who has fortunately managed to make his presence known in the era of new school hip-hop with the deed of his duo project PRhyme with the great DJ Premier along with the success of his sixth studio album, Layers, which debuted at number one on the Billboard Top […]
Royce da’ 5’9″ has spoken: he thinks that Big L is a better lyricist than Jay Z. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Appearing on Scoop B Radio Overtime, Royce broke it down, stating that Big L was very underrated. “Criminally underrated,” Royce da’ 5’9″ told Brandon ‘Scoop B’ Robinson. Advertisement “I think Big L was better […]
The dynamic rock band Faulkner is back with a smash hit featuring a verse from an unexpected guest…rap veteran Royce Da 5’9″. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information The track ‘Keep Your Enemies Closer’ features production by Wu-Tang henchman, RZA. Back in 2014 they collaborated on ‘NY Anthem‘ and linked again for another classic. This time around […]
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Royce Da 5’9″ dropped his Layers album in April, and, well, if you’ve never heard a Royce Da 5’9″ album, here’s a general synopsis of what to expect: Bars Bars Bars Bars Pretty sure we got everything. Today, we get a visual edition of some of those bars, as Royce […]
Very much credited for helping craft the revered Roc-a-Fella sound and giving the affiliated artists (JAY Z, Cam’Ron, etc) some of their biggest hits, it’s only natural Just Blaze kinda fell back from Hip Hop production after operating at such a high level for years. But that doesn’t mean Justin Smith wasn’t making music, which […]
Twenty years into his underground rap career, Royce da 5’9″ has finally checked in at the #1 spot on Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums with Layers, effectively knocking out Rihanna’s ANTI, which previously held the spot. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information The Detroit rapper met Eminem in 1997 and consequently popped up on Marshall Mathers‘ major label debut, 1999’s The Slim Shady LP. […]
Last night [Thursday, March 24], Royce Da 5’9” hosted a listening party to share some sounds from his forthcoming album, Layers, with friends, fellow musicians and music industry associates alike. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information The exclusive affair took place at One Art Space, an art gallery tucked away in the Tribeca area of Lower Manhattan. […]
Royce Da 5’9” recently stopped in to talk with DJ Vlad about the inner workings of the Hip Hop industry and the Hip Hop writing community as a whole. In the interview, Royce gives credit to Diddy, saying “I owe him a lot,” particularly in regards to re-writing. Royce worked with Diddy on “Tell Me” […]
NBA Countdown (ESPN’s NBA Pregame Show) has developed an excellent reputation for its stellar music selection—and it only added to it by selecting PRhyme (DJ Premier & Royce Da 5’9”) to deliver its new theme “Rocking With The Best” which ran for the first time on Friday night (January 8th) and included a shout out […]
One of the things that makes the Internet so special is the fact that rare gems from Hip Hop’s golden era are made available for consumption. Such is the case as DJ Eclipse was in the giving mood this Christmas and released an episode of his The Halftime Show freestyle from 1998, which features a rare […]
A year ago Royce Da 5’9″ and DJ Premier teamed up to release their debut full-length album as PRhyme, the result of extensive studio sessions between two of rap’s biggest names. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information To celebrate this first anniversary, the duo will be releasing a deluxe edition on December 11 with a handful […]
Every now and then, in our genre of music, arises a star of such eloquence, energy and charisma, that time has to be taken out to do a serious piece on them. That time has come once again, and once again from the Motor City. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Before going any further, let […]
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information An extremely talented quartet of D-Town natives join Slim Shady in the posse video Late last year, Eminem released his Shady XV compilation of greatest hits and new Shady Records music, including this posse cut–a multi-generational showcase of some of the most talented emcees the city has to offer. Big […]
Check out Primo and Royce’s doc from their exclusive PRhyme project Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Narrated by Bun B, “Raiders Of The Lost Art” details Royce and Preem’s personal and professional struggles and triumphs through the industry to come together and release their first full-length project together as PRhyme. Out December 9th, the record […]
The highly-anticipated Shady XV collab is here
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Shady 2.0 goes acapella in their latest lyrical exercise
Hip Hop’s favorite DJ/producer teams up with Detroit legend for the first visual from their new album Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information This is the latest selection chosen to be released from Royce and Premier’s PRhyme LP, which features a first time ever Preemo rhyme. PRhyme is gearing up to drop a a full-length, self-titiled […]
The concept is simple on “Giraffe P****.” Apollo Brown lays down a hard Steve Miller Band-esque beat, and then four lyricists’ lyricists rap some crossover bars about how they’re better than you. One catch. Relate it all back to the fact that they’re higher than giraffe p****. If you doubted that Rass kass, Royce, Xzibit, […]
This album is going to be crazy Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Yesterday, we brought you the first two records off DJ Premier and Royce Da 5’9″‘s new joint LP, PRhyme. The album was initially supposed to be an EP, but thankfully, these two kept working, and below we’ve attached the official tracklist of the […]
