PRhyme 2 has arrived in a more official capacity. After NPR offered a stream of the album a week ahead of its release, Royce Da 5’9 and DJ Premier have dropped their PRhyme 2 LP for purchase and streaming on various outlets.
The project serves as a sequel to their critically acclaimed debut, PRhyme, which dropped in 2014. Big K.R.I.T., Rapsody, 2 Chainz, Yelawolf, Roc Marciano and CeeLo Green make guest appearances on the album.
Check out the stream, cover art and tracklist for PRhyme 2 below.
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For anyone counting down the days to hear the highly anticipated PRhyme 2 project, the wait just ended early.
DJ Premier and Royce Da 5’9’s second full collaboration comes a week ahead of its official March 16 release courtesy of an NPR First Listen.
While the project features well-respected Hip Hop stalwarts like Rapsody, Big K.R.I.T. and Roc Marciano, one surprising name almost made the project too.
“[Lil] Uzi Vert was supposed to be on it with us,” Preemo told NPR.
Royce explained that the older Hip Hop guard needs to do its part in bridging the generation gap — a message that comes across on the track “Everybody Struggle.”
“The more balance in Hip Hop, the better,” he said. “When you say ‘mumble rap,’ who are you talking about? Rappers who can’t rap that well? Because there’s a such thing as being really good at what you do, but you’re not a lyricist. It doesn’t give me the authority to critique you as a lyricist if you’re not claiming to be a lyricist. It doesn’t make me an expert. It just means I do one thing; you do something else.”
Stream the album early here and scroll down for the project’s tracklist, cover art, and video releases.
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Veteran turntablist DJ Premier has revealed the tracklist for PRhyme 2, his collaborative album with PRhyme partner-in-crime Royce Da 5’9. Preemo made the big reveal via Instagram on Sunday night (February 25).
The stacked tracklist features 17 cuts and guest appearances from several notable artists, including 2 Chainz, Big K.R.I.T., Cee-Lo Green, Rapsody, Roc Marciano and Yelawolf.
PRhyme has already shared two joints from the album — “Era” featuring Dave East and “Rock It.”
The upcoming sequel serves as PRhyme’s follow-up to the tenured Hip Hop duo’s inaugural album, PRhyme, which HipHopDX rated a 4.0 out of 5.0 upon its 2014 release.
PRhyme 2 is scheduled to arrive on March 16. Pre-orders are available here.
Check out the cover art and tracklist below.
- Interlude 1 (Salute)
- Black History
- 1 Of The Hardest
- Era f. Dave East
- Respect My Gun f. Roc Marciano
- W.O.W. f. Yelawolf
- Sunflower Seeds f. Novel
- Streets At Night
- Rock It
- Loved Ones f. Rapsody
- My Calling
- Made Man f. Big K.R.I.T. & Denaun Porter
- Interlude 2 (Relationships)
- Flirt f. 2 Chainz
- Everyday Struggle f. Chavis Chandler
- Do Ya Thangs
- Gotta Love It f. Cee-Lo Green & Brady Watt
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(This article was last updated on February 22, 2018 and can be found below.)
DJ Premier and Royce Da 5’9 — collectively known as PRhyme — are roughly three weeks away from dropping their highly anticipated album, PRhyme 2. The project is the sequel to 2014’s PRhyme and expected to arrive on March 16.
To prep the release, Preemo and Nickel Nine shared the lead single “Era” featuring Dave East earlier this month and now, they’re back with “Rock It.”
Preemo made sure to confirm “it’s official” to HipHopDX.
The track is (not surprisingly) reminiscent of golden era Hip Hop and finds Preemo’s signature scratches throughout the nearly four-minute offering while Royce murders the mic.
PRhyme 2 is currently available for pre-order here.
(This article was last updated on February 2, 2018 and can be found below.)
As the release date for PRhyme 2 inches closer, masterminds DJ Premier and Royce Da 5’9 are back with a new visual for “Era” featuring Dave East. Throughout the video, we see a Ku Klux Klan member get choked out and a preacher repeatedly shout, “You supposed to be the future” as Preemo cuts it up in the middle of a crowd.
PRhyme 2 is the highly anticipated follow-up to 2014’s PRhyme and is expected to arrive on March 16.
Pre-orders are available here.
Watch the “Era” video above.
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The thirst for DJ Premier and Royce Da 5’9’s collaborative project— PRhyme 2 — has been real since the original edition dropped in 2014. After announcing a release date of March 16 last month, the Gang Starr legend and Detroit underground rap vet have unveiled the first single and cover art for the 17-track album.
Titled “Era,” the track features Dave East and quickly reminds fans why this duo has been missed. Against a sparse, bass-heavy beat, Royce and East swap verses about feeling out of place or “in the wrong era.”
(This article was last updated on January 22, 2018 and can be found below.)
DJ Premier confirmed to HipHopDX that the long awaited, almost mythical PRhyme 2 was done last November. Now, it looks like the Royce Da 5’9 and Preemo collab has a release date. As listed on the Fat Beats website, the album is expected to arrive on March 16 and pre-orders are available now.
The tracklist, cover art and featured artists will be revealed the first week of February as stated on the website.
Preemo and Nickel Nine dropped the original PRhyme in 2014 to critical acclaim. In fact, DX dubbed it Album of the Year in 2014.
DX reached out to Premier who was not immediately available for comment.
(The original version of this article was published on November 2, 2017 and can be found below.)
DJ Premier has just announced a partnership with the iconic Payday Records imprint, which helped launch the careers of Hip Hop greats like Showbiz & A.G., JAY-Z, and WC and the Maad Circle.
Helmed by Patrick Moxey, Gang Starr’s former manager, the label’s first track is a collaborative single between Preemo and A$AP Ferg, something the legendary turntablist mentioned on social media Wednesday (November 1).
But as Preemo was discussing the Payday Records endeavor with DX, he also casually mentioned PRhyme 2 with Royce Da 5’9 was, in fact, completed. The highly anticipated album serves as the sequel to the duo’s 2014 debut, PRhyme.
“I’m just helping him [Moxey] get it launched by doing a grip of singles and then he’ll take it from there since he managed me through our entire Gang Starr career,” Preemo told HipHopDX. “We had a great journey together, so I’m happy to rock with him. I’m still doing my Year Round and TTT [To The Top] labels. NYGz is next on Year Round. Well, PRhyme 2 is actually next, but me and Royce [Da 5’9] share PRhyme Records.”
He added, “We just finished it this morning.”
Although there’s no specific release date as of yet, Preemo hopes it will be released at the top of 2018.
Preemo also discussed the new MC Eiht video for “Got That,” which comes from their collaborative album, Which Way Iz West. With Preemo in the role of executive producer and Eiht in charge of enlisting a killer roster to assist on vocals, the 15-track album plays like a ’90s gangsta rap masterpiece.
Following “Heart Cold” featuring Lady of Rage, the latest visual took some clever planning to execute.
“Eiht was in New York to do the Rock Steady Anniversary, so when I saw the rough cut of ‘Heart Cold’ with Lady Of Rage, I found a freezer in the same building where my new studio is located,” Premier tells HipHopDX. “My friend DJ Poe had only a couple hours to bring his camera to shoot it because [director] Jae Synth lives in Sacramento. They let us use the freezer to shoot my parts and Eiht brought the same jacket so that it would match the Los Angeles footage.
“After we were done, Poe had less than an hour to go to work,” he continues. “So, he asked if there’s anything else to shoot before he leaves, so I threw on ‘Got That’ since we could capture me rapping the hook. He gave me what footage he had and I gave it to Jae for editing. The rest is history.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdYHWObHB58
Eiht adds, “Being able to combine that street element with working with Preemo in an actual studio was the idea. We wanted to show we have the ability to remain raw with the streets and realness of Hip Hop.”
Check out the video above as we await PRhyme 2.
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Gonna be ?
Gonna be fire
Royce is the best rapper in the world right now.
Soo slept on. Royce really on some next level shit. Everytime i hear him spit its better than the last. Prhyme was straight fire then layers dropped and tbe4 is dope af too. He really in his own league.
Yes! Hell Yes
will the “real hip hop” heads actually buy this or will they download it for free and complain about its low sales/streams like they usually do?
Yes
I was just wondering about this project earlier today
Finally a fucking rap album im exited for. 2017 is a sign that real hip hop is dead. Only good albums i can thnk of are from kendrick and joyner lucas. Logic had its monents.raps being taken over by people that cant rap. Thats like nfl being taken over by people that have never picked up a football before.
You must not be looking in the right places. I agree the commercial shit is getting too watered down, but hip hop is well and alive this year. Cunninlynguists, IDK, Jon Hope, Fashawn, Blu and Exile, Vic Mensa, B.O.B’s Ether was surprisingly good, Locksmith dropped some fire, Big Krit killed it, and I’m sure I’m forgetting some other great projects this year. Not everyone is banging Lil Pump, Lil Uzi Vert, and Migos. Lol
Migos can rap, though. Don’t be fooled byvstyle
Migos is as wack as any other garbage BS out there… mumble rap, saying nothing, clown dressing, saying whatever over a beat thats made for worn out yeast infected Thots to twerk to, period!!!
I kinda slept on prhymes first album was taking a break from hip hop for min but when I first heard the deluxe album it brought me back. One of the best hip hop albums ever made. Has that magic that very few albums get(illmatic blueprint liquid swords something newer hybrid. Hip hop at its best. The intro was first I heard on pandora then checked out album heard you should know and golden era mode 2 doesn’t get better than that.
Stop lying. Royce is nowhere near the magic of those albums you listed even with Preme on the boards. NYGZ might be, but Primo is too busy catering to people with no soul or experience to release Pros&Cons.
Agree in some forms. Though I think NYG’z album won’t come nowhere near those albums either, it’s still true that Primo’s beats aren’t as good as they were back in his golden period (’92-’00). I don’t think he’s catering to those people though, I just think he got a bit lazy, lacking imagination when it comes to his arrangements. And his mixing is horrible these days, while it used to be impeccable back then. Just my thoughts tho’.
Keep it real man Premos beat are wack these days. He’s trying to cater to theses commercial cats and its not working. I didn’t purchase the last one and I’m not looking forward to this one. To many other cats with fire these day Premo is old news.
I bet my grandfather would be excited about this old man shit if the fluid in his legs hadn’t drowned his fat ass
Lmao wtf
You have no creditable at all. You like gay ass rappers like migos. You need to take off the panties and put on underwear before you speak about hip hop music.
Nobody cares. Royce keeps d i c k riding Eminem.
hahaha…Em was scared to put Royce on his new album. Royce has held up rapping-wise so much better than Em.
Royce Da 5’9 can hold his own without Eminem and has been able to show that from countless songs. If people only keep thinking it’s do to Eminem then you don’t listen to his music closely or you’re ears are filled up with too much shit from the crap you put into it from the radio/TV (Trapshitrap). Don’t divide the two emcee it’s not about that. Both are dope in their own right. Prhyme was dope & this next one will be another dope hip hop album, with real pronounced words that make sense and not just abc simple rhymes. MCs vs rappers & #DopeLyricsMatter.
“I don’t like to aim my shit at any artist / When I’m writing I’m just generalizin’ / How am I gon’ take a shot at something I can’t even fucking identify with.”
Royce is top five alive.
Joe Budden Said it Royce and Kendrick best rappers alive . .
You even missed the mark with those bad albums. Blu and Exile was cool but here a bunch of other dope projects.
Blabbermouf, Warpath, La Mike, Ivan ave, Mankind Music Academy, Sensei & Chillow, Von Pea & The other guys, Med, Blu, Madlib, Dillion Diamond, Meyhem Lauren and DJ muggs, Your old Droog, Hex one, Edo G, Lord Lhus. Check them out if you area hip hop head.
Great news. The first PRhyme is probably one of the most slept on album EVER. I can’t wait for the second chapter 🙂
Royce is one of the best!!
Worst DJ Premier beat ever.
like u know shit…
I agree love Premier but that beat was bbo az fuuuck
How are they washed up when their music sounds better than 99% of hiphop these days? Go get high on pills and die at the age of 22 you fuckin retard
Fire!
Cover art is trash, but I’m excited for the album. Royce always kills it.
royce is way better than kendrick
Alright, I need features or remixes from Kendrick, J Cole, Nas and Eminem for this to be classic, because that cover is some Microsoft Paint Instagram Emoji shit.
shut up newbie with your back ass features.
Real Talk Microsoft Paint Instagram Emoji haha couldn’t call that wack ass cover any better but I know the album will be fire regardless
That album cover is design porn.
Real hip hop here. Royce killed that beat.. Kudos to Preemo. #Prhyme2
Ha ha ha ha if I could make a rapper ill as me
Ha ha ha ha I’d ask how come rappers ain’t ill as me
This is tight I love it
unlistenable… who the F is Dave East?
Tf you talking bout bruh.Dave East one of the best new rappers in the game.Consistent with dope bars .
Who the fuck said the beat is wack?
Love Preme, Love Royce….that being said. We not finna sit here and act like this beat isnt weak. LOL. I honestly hope this is the wackest joint on the album and every other song will be incredible. Releasing this joint first is weird. Not feeling this even a little bit. This might be one of preme’s worst beats ever, and he dont have many beats that arent incredible.
The new joint “Rock It” is great. Much Better than “Era”. Royce X Preemo did it again 🙂
“Rock it” is some Gangstarr album cut type ish. Except Royce is no GURU. As A matter of fact, Royce is wack as fuck! Can’t wait for Primo to move on from this phase of his career. I’m afraid to admit Hiphop is really dead. Still waiting on Pete Rock vs DJ Premier and NYGZ and instead we get this boring rapper shit.
Royce is the best rapper in the world right now… Guru is a legend, but c’mon. Give props to Royce.
Royce wack ? Wtf are you talking about. He’s certainly one of the best on the game right now.
This one is better than the atrocity the first single was but still meh. The issue is the person they’re using all the samples from this time, Antman Wonder. Last time they only used Adrian Younge samples only and shit came out dope as fuck. I doubt it’ll be the same this time tho i hope i’m proven wrong, ain’t feelin these beats.
Whoever said this beat is whack please stop listening to hip hop and commenting. You have no idea what the fuck your talking about. You don’t like it cause there isn’t a fast hihat ticking away. We don’t need listeners like you ruining the perception of what hip hop is. This shit is fire and I only listened for 5 seconds
Pure majesty.
top 3 rappers in the game lyrically right now
1. Royce Da 59,
2. Pusha T
3. maybe Kendrick?????
Maybe?
hard AF. Royce is criminally overlooked. Prhyme 1 and Bad Meets Evil were okay, but digging this the most.
Rock it! My nigguuuuhs , Hip Hop right here. How d fuck can these nigguhs stillll be in there prime? Hahaha. Keep Hip Hop alive Preemo & Royce ✊?✊?✊?
How did the first Prhyme get only 4 out of 5? That shit is a 5. And this one will be as well. Disappointed there is no Slaughterhouse tho
This should be good, even though i ain’t really feelin’ that Dave East track.
Why did they let Dave East stay on “Era”?? That beat is sick and then this dude comes on with no flow at all…… Ruined it.
Dave east, 2 chainz, yela!!!!!! oh hell no, but I’ll listen regardless 🙁
Dave and Chainz aren’t bad but Yela? C’mon *eyeroll*
FFFFuuuuck. This one is shaping up to be insane. I love that this article has three times more comments than anything else about arrests, colored hair, or other fuckery. HHDX, remember that your viewers are still hungry for great music, not just clickbait and gimmicks
Really excited to see Yelawolf in there. He’s so underrated. Him and Royce on a premo beat will be something to hear!
Yela raps so unique sometimes its crazy. Mad underrated. Looking foward to hearing this. Also noticed no cole feature??. Guess that song is for book of ryan
This should have a good throwback sound like the first album. Young ones and all my stuck in the 90s old heads should be able to enjoy this album.
WHAT? NO LIL DAP FEATURE? THIS WILL BE WACK JK JK. LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS! ROYCE IS THE BEST LYRICIST IN THE GAME RIGHT NOW.
No eminem feature and the reason is obvious…. is a hip hop album.
Damn, and Eminem still can’t get himself on a Premo beat, lol. Between Royce and Em, Royce has become the better, more consistent MC. It definitely started to show on the Bad Meets Evil project. The first Prhyme was fire and this is looking to be just as good. Maybe Em needs to learn from Royce.
Royce is top 5 rapper alive, but he has never made a cohesive album front to back. He Doesn’t hold a flame to Em’s albums.
Check out the Royce album “Death is Certain” – cohesive and consistent from front to back.
Death Is Certain is cohesive and an outstanding album…it just came out when that type of rap was being left behind.
disagree. em is trying to sound like royce and trying too hard with his rhymes of late. he needs to go back to the clever humorous rapper that he was and what made us like him to begin with. Royce is a way better emcee at the moment.
That’s a fact bruh I’ve been saying it since Bad Meets Evil
Sigh *unzip*
Rapsody on one of these joints jus made my life. *sigghhhs longingly* lol
they got a couple tracks on there dosent matter any way tho Royce only going to go in on half of it
iv always felt the rappers held back and shared the game
Stacked?
I’m hoping the scribbled out track is secretly the J. Cole feature. DO IT FOR HIPHOP!! So amped for this shit, and 2 Chainz has killed his verses as of late. Chloraseptic remix and X (Black Panther) were crazy.
2 chainz? Really? I can’t even anymore, thought this is supposed to be raw hip hop smh
Agreed. Seems like Royce is reachin’ at this point.. I’m not gonna sit here and say some of these songs wont be good but I even thought the first single was gonna have J. Cole on it… guess not. Turns out Eminem & Cole isn’t even on the album.
flames af
This is weak Primo has sold out his beat don’t bang and his going after the POP market.
Stfu troll
Whatever calling me a troll because this albums sucks with horrible guests and wack Premo beats. Guru is rolling in his grave Fan Boy !
Guru left Preem to work with Solar. He aint rolling over shit.
I don’t want to ever hear again how lil uzi was supposed to be on this…
Wow Uzi Vert was supposse to be on this?? SMFH. Royce always clowns these new Rappers and their generic and mediocre sounding content and then he tries to get Uzi on the Album?!
They already dropped two wack singles now their talking about Uzi Vert what tha fuck is this shit!
10 tracks with features and 2 interludes so only 5 PRhyme tracks? I’m really disappointed..
looking forward to listening to this…loved the first one…
Didn’t Uzi vert diss 90s producers? He was asked to freestyle over a 90s beat on the Rosenberg show and said that if they played one he would refuse because he doesn’t like that kind of music. I think I heard about that because Pete Rock or someone took it personally. So I don’t really see why he would get the invite
Nah that was that talent-less Lil Yachty clown that refused to rhyme over a DJ Premier beat.
Lil uzi did same thing bruh.He said he don’t like 90‘s beats.
Yeah, it was Hot 97 and they were gonna play “Mass Appeal” for him to freestyle over, but refused and said it was “old guy shit” and “nothing but drums”. Then proceeded to freestyle over a Kanye beat, which was…nothing but drums.
Dope
they have lost touch on this one . . . Adrian Younge sample were Dope . . Beats on point .. . Royce hungry AF . Prhyme 2 sound uninspired . i will wait for The Book Of Ryan . .
Half way into the album and am already disappointed. WTF is this confused shit, Royce is all over the place with his rhymes and flow smh
Incredible! classic Royce lyricism and flow, classic production from Preemo. Bangers on this album! streets at night, respect my gun, W.O.W…. my vote for best hip hop album of 2018 so far…Real Hip Hop is Back!
Am I the only one still waiting on a Nas and Premo album?
I am too fam. But i kno its a pipe dream especially with the politics of hip hop
Yeah… it was called Illmatic. Now shut up… you’re a hiphop fan and don’t know that?
I’d rather have that Nas/AZ album
The first one was better for sure but it got some great joints too especially “Streets at Night”.
Yeah, first one was way better than this bullshit and I ride hard with Preemo.
Half way through. Lyrics on point, but production is abit off. Sticking to Antman Wonder seems to be limiting Preemo. It worked better with Young so far. Not a big fan of the features either, but Royce is killing it.
pretty much a let down, Royce just rapping to rap these past few years and preemo beats? No resemblance of the preemo beats that we all know
Not as easy to vibe off as the first one. Time will tell if I really feel it.
I mean I get why a lot of people didn’t like it. Royce is about lyricism. A lot of new cats can’t vibe with it because he ain’t a catchy rapper. But if your like me, this album is gonna keep me satisfied all year. He has so many fucking bars that it’s impossible to understand it all in one sitting. Prhyme puts out albums that are timeless, they ain’t trying to make a catchy club record so they can be hot for 2 weeks and then forgotten. I’m only half way through but I’ll give it 10/10. That song flirt with 2 chains is the best song of the year so far. Can’t wait to listen to the one featuring rapsody
I feel like you’ve gotta be fairly baked to properly feel.
The constant raygun noise also feels like I’m listening to a pirated copy that’s been littered with that noise to make you buy the real deal.