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>> 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.
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