28. "Haha your last point is interesting." In response to In response to 27 Wed Mar-14-18 01:49 PM by Brew
>I marathoned ( and still do on occasion) the first album. I >still love it. Though, I didn't have as much luck getting my >friends into it. Royce can be a hard sell. For me it was >hearing those primo scratches and jabs on the first one that >hooked me in.
That's what hooked me in, too. Royce's rhymes take multiple listens to really pick up on all the nuances, so on first listen it was the vintage-yet-fresh Preemo production, and Royce's flow. Plus all the dope guest spots. Repeated listens were rewarded because Royce had peppered his rhymes with complexity and double/triple entendres. Plus the brevity made it an easy front to back listen; I could pretty much crush the entire thing every time I went to and from work.
>but this feels like a different experience all together....
It does - exactly. In some ways I probably subconsciously wanted another straight-forward boom bap offering, but ..
>Meanwhile we got roc sounding the same on every album, and he >is one cat I would LOVE to hear change it up a bit, both >cadence and beats. to each his own.
... that's the interesting part. I typically prefer artists to take risks and switch up the formula from album to album. I guess with PRhyme it was just nice to hear SOMEONE keeping it simple, keeping it gutter, keeping it 90s (while still sounding fresh and not dated) like PRhyme did the first time around. And doing it really, really well. Because make no mistake, there is plenty of great hip-hop coming out recently. What with Evidence, and Phonte, and Jericho Jackson, and a few others ... I have plenty to listen to. But PRhyme had that dose of 90s nostalgia I don't get from many hip-hop artists these last few years. And when I didn't get that again I was pissed/sad. Haha.