Royce Da 5'9 = Incredible Talent, Terrible Albums

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Book of Ryan contains some of his most exceptional work (actual songs) then trash battle records and corny records with bad beats.

Compress this into 8-12 tracks and its 4/5. Everything else is trash, skits, the pusha fab record, EVERYthing

Woke Up
Power
God Speed
Cocaine
Tabernacle (Clearly left off this album)
Life Is Fair
Bablo Boat
Anything/Everything
Stay Woke
 

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You didnt like caterpillar? Or you only hating on that record because of em?
At this level In his career it’s un necessary to have such a record on your album. He could do that on a mixtape, it served no purpose. Didn’t fit the album vibe
 

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I kinda agree with you, except I love the skits on the album. They add to the songs/story, and aren’t just there to take up time.

Death is Certain is a great album, and a personal classic of mine, and this album almost reaches that level, but falls short because of the songs that have no business being on there. Caterpillar, Legendary, Summer On Lock, Amazing, and First Of The Month are automatic skips for me, but the highs of the albums are so great, I don’t penalize it so much.

Death Is Certain - 5
Book Of Ryan - 4.0
Rock City 2.0 - 3.5

The rest of his albums are forgettable imo.
 
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I fukk with Summer on Lock, Amazing & First of the Month (even though the song sounds like it straight from 2006/07)

It's a decent album....could've been shorter but when you putting all your life experiences in to 1 album, you can't expect it to be 12 tracks :yeshrug:

Death is Certain is his best album but regardless what album he drops...its guaranteed to have a few gems on the joint.
 
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The album he had with Eminem was pretty good
It’s probably the only “Eminem” project you can actually play in the car
 

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I've never heard a Royce song worth hearing outside of "Boom", "Hip Hop" and "Shake This." He had that "Let's Grow" song with Dilla, but that beat didn't suit him. Dude is a shytty beat picker.
 

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book of ryan he stepped up.

Uh, this is just how I zone when Porter spaz, I was born at a quarter past
I was the color purple, Mom and Pop took me home in a Crown Royale bag
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I'm from the streets where the odds are not even
Robbery, thievin', ballers, debauchery, schemin'
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Better bring his A, let his single play
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You leak and get your street cred and a few streams
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Now I'm pullin' cops over, give them nikkas season tickets
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I told myself when I was 14 that she the one
Now a nikka probably got more seeds than Peter Gunz
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Used to roll the old school, four speakers and two tweeters
Ridin' with nothing but raw quarterpacks and duffels
Ryan writes heaters
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Me? I'm just all shoulder straps and muscle
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Them whippins'll go around like a tornado
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Or ales, I do the Floyd May-o's
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They playin' crazy like the Chappelle sketch, Wayne Brady ep
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Bringin' bars back to the streets like Jay and Nas beef
Broadcastin' "Ether" in HD at God speed
 
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