Albums Royce Da 5'9" - Book Of Ryan [Discussion Thread]

[TripleAgent]

So did Logic really wash Royce like Royce said he did

Hell no. Half of it was talking, not rapping. The rapping wasn't that good.

This album is very good to me off one listen. I will agree the production could have been better, and the singing was a bit much sometimes, but, as usual, Royce's MCing is great. Em killed it, J. Cole was REALLY good (I hate J. Cole). Jada and Fab were good, too.

 

[HiiiPower]

Woke
God Speed
Cocaine
Life Is Fair
Boblo Boat
Summer On Lock
Outside
Power


These are the tracks I fukk with, rest is ehh

So did Logic really wash Royce like Royce said he did

Not at all, it sounds like 90% of all logic verses, from the flow to the content.

 

[HiiiPower]

PROS

• Elite lyricism
• Royce showed some range by trying his hand with harmonizing and different rhyme patterns.
• Stand outs are Woke (Caterpiller, Cocaine, Boblo Boat, & Summer On Lock
• Got the best out of J. Cole, Eminem, & Logic

CONS

• Woke had no business being 1 min. 33 sec.
• Skits had too much talking to not be put in lyric form instead.
• Wanted more Boblo Beat type beats

Royce Da 5'9'': Book of Ryan 79.55%


Previously graded albums.
for reference: PERFECT 200.00%

• J. Cole: KOD 100.00%
• Royce Da 5'9'': Book of Ryan 79.55%
• Cardi B: Invasion of Privacy 76.92%
• Cambatta: Camballah, Vol. 1 66.67%
• Post Malone: beerbongs & bentleys 61.11%
• Jim Jones: Wasted Talent 52.78%

You really fukk with KOD like that? Album def isn’t trash like alotta people were saying in the thread by any means tho, it’s grown on me more recently actually.

Edit: I did only notice the 200% reference after my post tho lol

 

[theflyest]

Man these beats are terrible, but I have minimal expectations when it comes to lyricist in general when it comes to beat selection.

 

[Randy Sandchild]

So did Logic really wash Royce like Royce said he did

Like the others said, nawl. Woulda been more impressed if he was able to rap the whole ‘white part’ and make it flow instead of just talking. But I never liked logic so maybe I’m bias

 

[CEITEDMOFO]

 

[CEITEDMOFO]

Best Tracks imo: Caterpillar, Dumb, Cocaine, Boblo Boat, Legendary, Power.

Logic's remix was going so amazing, till he stopped rapping and started screaming Black White Black White.

Also like the homage to all the amazing artists on Strong Friend.

 

[We Ready]

Yep both Power and Cocaine are candidates for song of the year. Royce lifted a bit from early Em in regards to the execution on power.

Yep, thought the same thing

 

[LEEeveryday]

Cocaine is such a good song... Royce put his artist hat on with that.

 

[Sonic Boom of the South]

He need to cut out the singing

And some of the hooks trash

But def decent album

 

[Hrcules]

Power sounds like an eminem track

 

[Khalil's_Black_Excellence]

My fav tracks so far after first full, but disjointed listen are in no order:

Caterpillar
Boblo Boat
Outside
Power
Stay Woke

Also, Ionno how folks are saying the production is wack. It's quite possibly his overall best produced album. Some of the beats are a bit experimental, as is the singing on his part, which occasionally doesn't work for me, but overall, I highly like the album. One of the strangest beats on the album, has some of the best bars/flow on 'Legendary'. Very strangely enough, my 5 year old over heard it and asked to listen to it (queued it on the censored version) and she was really liking it and the Song with Jada/Pusha T. My lil girl is type awesome sometimes.

 

[dubsmith_nz]

Man "Power" is crazy, Royce is pulling everything out on this album. Potentially his most personal yet. I'm fukking with it.

 

[Cadillac]

At Strong friend album is good, is corny at times but overall pretty decent

 

[Jack Skellington]

I'm curious to know who started this halfway-attempt at singing shyt in hip hop - there seems to be a mad trajectory in the past 5 years

these nikkas sound like they doozing off on the mic when they singing and think it sounds coo