> is he going to stop pandering to Em's fanbase? I
>don't think it is a coincidence that his last albums have had
>features from guys like Logic (lol lol), Yelawolf (wtf?), Mac
>Miller (lol), and Em himself now.
>Just seems almost painfully obvious he is trying to ensure
>**those** numbers at any cost.

For one, the PRhyme features are just random rappers he said he liked for the beats Premier made. Yelawolf in particular, Royce has talked about him in interviews admiring his style. And tbh, every song they have been on together (quite a few actually given the Shady connection) is good to me.

Eminem, I mean...that one should be obvious. If that was about numbers, I feel like he would have asked Em for a verse a long time. So far, they have only featured on each other's album once each. Thats a pretty discretionary to me.


>I kind of feel like people pull for him because he's a rappers
>rapper, the underdog, got a raw deal initially, etc...and let
>him kind of get away with corny sh!t that others would get
>called out for.

Isnt that the point of bulding credibility over time? So that when youe artistic vision goes that way, youve built up enough trust to get a pass?

>I mean the 4:44 comparisons...how bad would this place fry
>Jay-Z for doing tracks with Logic and sh!t? Or Nas for some
>of these beats and corny hooks? Or Kweli if he tried to sing?
> Hell Cole gets fried for his singing all the time. But its
>okay for Royce?

But a bunch of people here already formed their opinions that those people are cornballs anyways. I mean..."Black Republicans" lol. It would be, "there goes jay, being a cornball again". Here, its a rapper who (as you said) is a rappers rapper being vulnerable. Royce has worked exceptionally hard to maintain the articstic integrity that gave him this pass.

>Just feels like he's getting graded on an underdog/likeable
>curve.
shrugs**

Maybe. I for one am definitely not unbiased at all. Dude's whole "thing" has always been inspirational and relatable to me since i was a teenager (Im 35). But he earned his pass by taking the long road to this point.

WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE