Detroit, Michigan emcee Royce Da 5’9″ released an acclaimed 2004 album, Death Is Certain. Led by the DJ Premier-produced single, “Hip Hop,” the sophomore album – and first with Koch Records (now known as E1 Entertainment) was a critical success to the Bad Meets Evil alum.
Seven years later, Royce Da 5’9″ – now reunited with Eminem, announced that his next solo album will be called Success Is Certain. Having released two studio albums since Death Is Certain, the next effort will celebrate Royce’s persistent ascent from the underground to the mainstream. There is no word yet which label will release the album, although the Slaughterhouse member confirmed the title today.
Last year, Royce released Street Hop, which was executive produced by DJ Premier.
It ol be Death is certain part 2 but the word Death will be crossed out and under it will be Success.. Sooo.. “Success is Certain” 2011
UPDATE: Website HipHop-N-More.com has pointed out that Royceda59.BigCartel.com, Royce’s official site, has announced that the album will release on April 26, 2011.
Royce subsequently confirmed the posting and album release date via his Twitter:
http://adf.ly/Eodt <<< pre-order your copy of #SuccessIsCertain as well as other royce merch
(January 2)
UPDATE #2: Royce Da 5’9’s website has confirmed that Success Is Certain will now release on July 26, 2011. The album will likely feature Eminem, who assisted Royce on the just-leaked “Writer’s Block” 
. The site is presently featuring autographed pre-orders of the project.
that’s kind of a corny title tbh… but this album better be fucking magnificent if he’s gonna try to follow up Death is Certain.
whats so corny about it?
evolving from D.I.C. to S.I.C! lol
Growing Up Royce! From A D.I.C (Death Is Certain) 2 Being S.I.C. like we all knew you were! Success Is Certain!
HHDX please do NOT let “by Jake Paine” contribute any more articles until he can tell when someone is joking
smh @ your ass thinkin nickle was bein serious with that tweet dude was fuckin around im guessin you jus dont get royce sense of humour coz he drops tweets like that fuckin around all the time
BBEZLEBUD on Twitter Hollah at ya boy
i say at least 2 of these artists will be on this album: raekwon,eminem,drake or Joe budden and Boi-1da will produce at least one track
Boi-1da isn’t someone I see him picking, nor drake. Hell I kind of don’t even see raekwon on a track.
lol but that would be any other album nowadays.
Drake!?
Drake??
Nahh definitely not Drake. Hell if you’d even listened to any of his albums (especially BE3) you’d know he despises Drake. In a funny way nonetheless. I can’t wait for Royce’s next, his rap style + humour are second to none. I hate your pants.
“The next MC to rhyme ‘official’ with ‘ ref with a whistle’ that AIN’T young money; Ima definitely dis you…”
No Raekwon, trust me
Then you really don’t know Royce or anyone around him. Lol must not know shit because he talk so much shit about Drake.
first the album doesn’t exist the article writers a fool
second there’s no fuckin way Royce would have Raekwon on his album after Rae smacking his boy Joey around n recordin it last year
Beezlebud on Twitter
you’s a fuckin retard, i have this album. Im looking at it wit my balls on ur girls lips.
Yeah I have all of Royce’s albums and Death Is Certain is def one of em. Prolly the best one he has alongside Independence Day.
he was talkin about “sucess is certain” doesnt exist NOT “death is certain” retards…LEARN TO READ
good news
would love royce banks and em to kill a beat!! hip hop heads dream
my hip hop dream is to see eminem, royce 59,joe budden, immortal technique,jadakiss, and jin all on a song…thatd murder anything that ym could EVER produce
Get premier to do the entire album and a classic is certain…
i dont know if i like it being a sequel he should just drop a new one and not be like everyother rapper out there droping sequels
SLAUGHTER
slaughter forever, check me out, datpiff sorry i’m late
go Royce keep rippin shit up
That’s some hype to live up to. Death Is Certain is one of the sickest albums ever
I agree with you on that. Wish more people would have heard that album.
agreed. that is where royce earned his stripes for me to become a fan. and that album is (along w/ the bar exam mixtape) is why i hold royce in such a high regard as a dope emcee. his other shit (not independent’s day) was cool, but not as consistently ill as death is certain. he doesnt slack off for a second like he will on some verses on every other album. best royce da 5’9″ lp he put out.
Death Is Certain is crazy!!! mad dark and he addressed all the BS he went thru, mad deep shit. hopefully he dont rush Success is certain. fresh tho
royce bout to KILL THEM ALL in 2011
if Em could get him a contract with Interscope…this dude is willing to elbow his way to succes…watch out YM and South …
ym and the south watch out for who him lmao
Man its hard to see when he gets the time to write cos he tweets every minute of the day seiously ..
Yeah my first Royce cd was independent day and it was very medcore, street hop was redemption, near perfect. Can’t wait to hear who’s this next one.
independents day was ill fool
death is certain is also a masterpiece along with the MIC mixtape
Independents Day is my favorite rap album, ever…and I fuckin mean that…I just listened to the whole thing again 2 days ago…they shoud do a re release of that shit on shady
respectt 100%
if you support real hip hop check this out!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxEtfs36qpg
Slaughterhouse all day
No surprise there, April 25th was always gonna be a rush.
Christ…. so is it April 26 or July 26?? Lol damn make up your mind
ONLY FEATURES I WANNA SEE ON THIS IS ELZHI & BLACK MILK…SLAUGHTERHOUSE AND NOBODY ELSE
Elzhi would have one of the best verses of the whole album.
Kid Vishis is gonna be in there,Em no doubt,Slaughterhouse,some D12 members,Elzi,Yelawolf,hope he gets K Young to do a hook,hope he brings 50cent 2(that collab never been done)
Bun B is most likely goin 2 be on it also
My Nigga
royce needs to get at least one track from preem and put em on it..this would be epic
Cant wait for this to drop, hopefully Premo will be on it
ill buy it off Amazon. 9.99 and the actual disc not a download you can put on a disc ten times. i buy all my cds off amazon tho. they usually do this sale where you can buy em cheaper. and they ship release day morning. i got Lasers and stuff from it. haa i also got Stankonia for 3 bucks used. not a bad place to get Music. ima get finally famous too. sorry im rambling, pay me now Amazon
im gonna cop for real!!! royce is one of the greatest
royce…please find something to write about for this album, don’t just make an entire album about how good you think you are at rapping and how big you think your dick is, please try and write songs that are actually about something, something original and interesting
Cosign
Go listen to “shake this”
Take a listen to Street Hop, his last album. That shit was a classic..
agree Street Hop was a classic
This guy is wack as fuck. His songs have no substance or replay value. And he raps about absolutely NOTHING
@jason just like Kanye, Mos & Free said TWO WORDS
SILLY CUNT
You probably wear skinny jeans then. And i assume you didn’t like his diss song about that
were does royce get the “59” from?
I dunno if that’s a serious question, but if it is he uses the “5’9” part cause that’s his height.
he’s 5 foot 9
DRUM ROLL PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!! 5K FIRST WEEK!!!!! SLAUGHTERHOUSE AKA WAFFLEHOUSE!!! FLOPPN YEAR ROUND BABY!!
Oh my god! Another postponement? Well if it’s as dope as Street Hop, which I’m sure it will be, then it’s worth the wait. Just wish he didn’t have to postpone his shit again.
royce is so lyrical, love this guy.
and you look like a real g yo yo yo yo
LOL @Anonymous
you’re tryin too hard Jeffrey!!
ggg unit
NNNNNNIIIIIIGGGGGGGGEEEEEERRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!! Yeah I said it.
Yeah you’re a dumbass.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTDuh932VJM
check it
royce iz probably da realest doin it in 2011.whoeva says royce aint ill,desetved 2 b killed…..
@jason u must b a big pussy,gorrilla d**k f**k u…