Hands down the BEST ALBUM of the 00's IMO
This was the first Royce album i picked up and it CHANGED MY LIFE forever! Can't even begin to describe the day i went to best buy, the day it came out and thought to myself, should i check this dude out ive been hearing a lot about him. Never looked back ever since. That whole year i would listen to it non-step, felt his anger as i was 19 at the time dealing with BS of my own. Not to mention his flow and delivery, just made him my favorite MC afterwards. Funny how he kind of dissed Joe Budden on here "My wife don't like my album, she said it holds grudges, she rather listen to joe buddens"
funny thing is Joey became one of my faves as well right after that year and now they in the same group, poetic justice
But yeah i don't care what anyone says, this album is a CLASSIC! Premier was the icing of the cake with the "Hip Hop" lead single. "Throwback" is where he just spazzed.
funny quick story, i threw a house party that summer and right around 2 in the morning when everyone is drunk and hype, i put on this album and play "hip hop" and everyone all of sudden starts looking like
then 5 seconds later

felt like a utopia for a minute there