ryaneminem
06-24-2005, 08:25 PM
Royce Da 5'9 - Independents Day
Reviewer: Ryan
Rating: 4 outta 5
After "Death Is Certain," and "MIC Mixtape," Royce is ready to be completely independent. Da 5'9 man himself takes a backseat throughout "Independents Day," while letting the independent artist's try to shine. While originally this LP was slated to be just a mixtape official release from Royce and MIC Records, the LP has moved it's way into Royce's 4th album.
Royce opens his independence with "I Owe You" a guitar banging athem, and quickly puts over "he's not to be messed with." "Yeah" is Royce spitting straight fire, "I drop names like Game, but I don't mean saying 'em, I mean spray 'em, they drop." While Royce hit's us with the usual, "Wet My Whistle" is back to the Rock City ways. Even though the club mess that Royce tired to fulfill in his debut, Royce comes a lot more solid here, but "F**k My Brains Out(1st video, think Nelly's "Tip Drill)" doesn't work.
On the guest's, "Paranoia" featuring La the Darkman, "Politics" featuring Cee-Lo, and "Chips on Pistons" featuring Blade Icewood are nice. Shallow hit's like "Looking At My Dog" and "Ride" are Royce's falls. "Meeting of the Bosses" Royce suffer's from bad beat selection.
Royce Da 5'9 is ready though declaring his "Independents Day," the title track of the LP. Although Royce gives us his gift in spitting hard, and coming off even stronger, he doesn't give us that glimpse into him like "Death Is Certain" where tracks like "T.O.D.A.Y." gives listeners the real Royce.
While a few tracks lack with the guest appearances, Royce by himself shines brighter than ever. With another LP coming soon produced by Nottz, Royce gives us something here to chew on for a few months. While the ups are a lot stronger than the downs, Royce's boys and quest's need to up their skills. Otherwise we're just seeing an MC that is so advance that they can keep up.
http://www.rapsearch.com/news/index.php?itemid=423
Reviewer: Ryan
Rating: 4 outta 5
After "Death Is Certain," and "MIC Mixtape," Royce is ready to be completely independent. Da 5'9 man himself takes a backseat throughout "Independents Day," while letting the independent artist's try to shine. While originally this LP was slated to be just a mixtape official release from Royce and MIC Records, the LP has moved it's way into Royce's 4th album.
Royce opens his independence with "I Owe You" a guitar banging athem, and quickly puts over "he's not to be messed with." "Yeah" is Royce spitting straight fire, "I drop names like Game, but I don't mean saying 'em, I mean spray 'em, they drop." While Royce hit's us with the usual, "Wet My Whistle" is back to the Rock City ways. Even though the club mess that Royce tired to fulfill in his debut, Royce comes a lot more solid here, but "F**k My Brains Out(1st video, think Nelly's "Tip Drill)" doesn't work.
On the guest's, "Paranoia" featuring La the Darkman, "Politics" featuring Cee-Lo, and "Chips on Pistons" featuring Blade Icewood are nice. Shallow hit's like "Looking At My Dog" and "Ride" are Royce's falls. "Meeting of the Bosses" Royce suffer's from bad beat selection.
Royce Da 5'9 is ready though declaring his "Independents Day," the title track of the LP. Although Royce gives us his gift in spitting hard, and coming off even stronger, he doesn't give us that glimpse into him like "Death Is Certain" where tracks like "T.O.D.A.Y." gives listeners the real Royce.
While a few tracks lack with the guest appearances, Royce by himself shines brighter than ever. With another LP coming soon produced by Nottz, Royce gives us something here to chew on for a few months. While the ups are a lot stronger than the downs, Royce's boys and quest's need to up their skills. Otherwise we're just seeing an MC that is so advance that they can keep up.
http://www.rapsearch.com/news/index.php?itemid=423