![]() “1 of the Hardest” is one of the more noteworthy tracks for its combination of 5’9”s lethal lyricism and Preem’s heavy-hitting, classic boom-bap beat. It’s followed by the track “Black History,” which kicks off the album with an instrumental that sounds straight out of a 1970’s cop drama. Now, the duo has returned with their first album in three years, PRhyme 2, which opens with the “Interlude 1 (Salute)” a pretty basic intro track that details the thought-process behind making the album. Royce first announced the project during an interview with Vibe Magazine in 2016 for the 10-year anniversary of James “ J Dilla” Yancy’s seminal album Donuts. Unfortunately, Richard Nichols, the former manager, and producer for the band died of leukemia before they were able to record his verse. As described in the track itself, the song was recorded in July 2014 and was initially supposed to feature the lead emcee of The Roots. It also features a bevy of guest appearances, including Roc Marciano, Novel, Cee-Lo Green, and many more.Īnticipation for the project has continued to build since their cross-country tour in 2015, which they followed with the release of the non-album remix, “Wishin’ II” featuring Black Thought. Discography įeatured artists: Ab-Soul, Black Thought, Common, Dwele, Jay Electronica, Joey Bada$$, Killer Mike, Logic, Mac Miller, MF Doom, Phonte, Schoolboy Q, Slaughterhouseįeatured artists: 2 Chainz, Big K.R.I.T.Much like the original, PRhyme (2014), which was based around the instrumentation of composer Adrian Younge, the new album is built exclusively around samples from producer/composer Antman Wonder. In 2021, DJ Premier confirmed PRhyme 3 is in the works. The duo also appeared on the Southpaw soundtrack. For PRhyme 2, Royce described the process of receiving compositions to work off of directly from AntMan Wonder as being "like sampling from Mozart but Mozart is actually giving you the music". When the concept was originally pitched to Premier, he viewed it as a challenge since he recognized that he was previously known for his beats from obscure samples from many different sources, and this project forced him to find what he needed from a single catalogue of work. The production of each album is based on sampling a single artist's compositions: Adrian Younge for PRhyme and AntMan Wonder for PRhyme 2. They created their own record label PRhyme Records and released their first album, PRhyme, on December 9, 2014, and its follow-up, PRhyme 2, on March 16, 2018. PRhyme is an American hip hop duo composed of Detroit-based rapper Royce da 5'9" and New York-based record producer DJ Premier. ![]()
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