PRhyme 2

As early as September 2015, Royce mentioned rappers Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, and The Game on Twitter as possible featured artists on PRhyme 2.{{cite web|last1=Hernandez|first1=Victoria|url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.35650/title.royce-da-5-9-talks-prhyme-2|title=Royce Da 5'9" Talks PRhyme 2|website=HipHopDX.com|publisher=HipHopDX|accessdate=April 21, 2018|date=September 27, 2015}} On February 18, 2016 in an interview with Vibe, Royce stated that in April of the same year that he and DJ Premier were going to begin recording songs for the album: "I can tell you that me and Preem are going in April to do PRhyme 2."{{cite web|last1=Centeno|first1=Tony|url=https://www.vibe.com/2016/02/interview-royce-da-59-drops-a-hint-about-prhyme-2/|title=Interview: Royce Da 5'9 Drops A Hint About 'PRhyme 2′ |website=Vibe.com|publisher=Vibe|accessdate=April 21, 2018|date=February 18, 2016}} A year later on March 16, 2017 in an interview with Billboard, Premier stated that PRhyme 2 was nearing completion but still needed to have features and mixing on the songs: "PRhyme 2 is almost done. I'm one song away from finishing but we still have to mix and we have features. We still got to get all the features locked down."{{cite web|last1=Centeno|first1=Tony|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/7727897/dj-premier-pete-rock-battle-prhyme-2-royce-da-59|title=Interview: DJ Premier Reflects On His Battles With Pete Rock, Talks Completing 'PRhyme 2′ with Royce Da 5'9|website=Billboard.com|publisher=Billboard|accessdate=April 21, 2018|date=March 16, 2017}} Two months later on May 18, it was revealed that Royce and Premier were in the studio working on the album.{{cite web|last1=Wallace|first1=Riley|url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.43471/title.royce-da-59-dj-premier-are-in-the-studio-finishing-prhyme-2|title=Royce Da 5'9 & DJ Premier Are In the Studio Finishing "PRhyme 2"|website=HipHopDX.com|publisher=HipHopDX|accessdate=April 21, 2018|date=May 18, 2017}} Six months later on November 3, both Royce and Premier officially announced that PRhyme 2 was completed and that they were planning a release date.{{cite web|last1=Findlay|first1=Mitch|url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/royce-da-59-and-dj-premiers-prhyme-2-is-officially-done-news.39158.html|title=Royce Da 5'9" & DJ Premier's "PRhyme 2" Is Officially Done |website=HotNewHipHop.com|publisher=HotNewHipHop|accessdate=April 21, 2018|date=November 3, 2017}} On February 25, 2018, the tracklist and cover art were released.{{cite web|last1=Mojica|first1=Nick|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2018/02/2-chainz-big-k-r-i-t-featured-on-prhyme-2-album-tracklist/|title=2 Chainz, Big K.R.I.T. and More Featured on PRhyme's 'PRhyme 2' Album Tracklist|website=XXL.com|publisher=XXL|accessdate=April 21, 2018|date=February 26, 2018}}

{{Music ratings

| MC = 74/100{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/prhyme-2/prhyme|title=Reviews for PRhyme 2 by PRhyme |work=Metacritic|accessdate=March 30, 2018}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|last=Yeung|first=Neil Z.|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/prhyme-2-mw0003140326|title=PRhyme 2 – PRhyme|work=AllMusic|publisher=All Media Network|accessdate=March 16, 2018}}

| rev2 = Consequence of Sound

| rev2Score = B−{{cite web|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/03/album-review-royce-da-59-and-dj-premier-embrace-the-next-generation-on-prhyme-2/|title=Royce da 5'9" and DJ Premier Embrace the Next Generation on PRhyme 2|work=Consequence of Sound|date=30 March 2018 |accessdate=April 4, 2018}}

| rev3 = Exclaim!

| rev3Score = 8/10{{cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/2018-03-15-prhyme-prhyme_2|title=PRhyme – PRhyme 2|work=Exclaim!|accessdate=March 22, 2018}}

| rev4 = Pitchfork

| rev4score = 6.1/10{{cite web|last=Bromwich |first=Jonah |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/prhyme-prhyme-2/ |title=PRhyme – PRhyme 2|work=Pitchfork|accessdate=March 22, 2018}}

| rev5 = XXL

| rev5score = 4/5 (XL){{cite web|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/rap-music/reviews/2018/03/prhyme-2-album-review/|title=PRhyme Puts New Tricks On Display With 'PRhyme 2' Album |work=XXL|date=27 March 2018 |accessdate=March 30, 2018}}

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PRhyme 2 received mostly favorable reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 74, based on 6 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Neil Z. Young at AllMusic commented that "combined with hard-hitting beats, old-school scratching, and a dizzying maze of dense rhymes, PRhyme 2 satisfies more than its predecessor and should please fans of Smoke DZA and Pete Rock's collaborative Don't Smoke Rock, Run the Jewels' more laid-back material, and the Dilated Peoples catalog." Scott Glaysher of XXL compared it to their previous album and noted the varying content that Royce frequently switched from: "Despite PRhyme 2 being twice as long as its nine-track predecessor, Premier never defaults to redundant sounds. "1 of the Hardest" loops a head-banging guitar riff, "Era" uses twinkly synths that rapidly alternate between left and right speaker channels, "Flirt" sports a classic New York bassline and chorus that nods to Camp Lo's "Luchini"—and that's just to name a few of the album's different flavors. Musically and lyrically, PRhyme 2 holds its own next to its precursor."

Kyle Mullin of Exclaim! praised PRhyme 2 for DJ Premier's production and Royce's subject matter on the album but criticized it for not being as sufficient of an effort as there was on the previous effort, calling CeeLo Green's hook on the track "Gotta Love It" "cloying" and "Flirt" being "laughably clunky" and "brutally sexist". Karas Lamb at Consequence of Sound appreciated the "building bridges between hip-hop's veterans and rising icons, who will predict the size and shape of the next wave", but felt that Royce's "appetite for glory also makes room for ego and showmanship to muddy the final mix". Lamb questioned the choice behind Premier's "decision to lean on other producers for the sound" for the previous album and PRhyme 2, calling it "curious and unnecessary". Jonah Bromwich of Pitchfork was also interested in the choice, stating that it was an "unusual constraint" and said that "sometimes, the veteran Detroit rapper [Royce] transcends his natural Buddenism, avoiding corny punchlines, esoteric lyrical easter eggs, and bars that lead him nowhere. At other times, he doesn't."

• All tracks are produced by DJ Premier.
• All tracks written by Ryan Montgomery, Christopher Martin, and Anthony Reid,{{efn|Real name of AntMan Wonder.}} except where noted.

{{Track listing

| title1 = Interlude 1 (Salute)

| writer1 = {{hlist|Ryan Montgomery|Christopher Martin|Anthony Reid}}

| length1 = 0:39

| title2 = Black History

| writer2 = {{hlist|Montgomery|Martin|Reid}}

| length2 = 3:42

| title3 = 1 of the Hardest

| writer3 = {{hlist|Montgomery|Martin|Reid}}

| length3 = 2:43

| title4 = Era

| note4 = featuring Dave East

| writer4 = {{hlist|Montgomery|Martin|Reid|David Brewster, Jr.}}

| length4 = 3:32

| title5 = Respect My Gun

| note5 = featuring Roc Marciano

| writer5 = {{hlist|Montgomery|Martin|Reid|Rakeem Myer}}

| length5 = 3:10

| title6 = W.O.W. (With Out Warning)

| note6 = featuring Yelawolf

| writer6 = {{hlist|Montgomery|Martin|Reid|Michael Atha}}

| length6 = 3:29

| title7 = Sunflower Seeds

| note7 = featuring Novel for Summer of '96

| writer7 = {{hlist|Montgomery|Martin|Reid|Alonzo Stevenson}}

| length7 = 3:34

| title8 = Streets at Night

| writer8 = {{hlist|Montgomery|Martin|Reid}}

| length8 = 3:31

| title9 = Rock It

| writer9 = {{hlist|Montgomery|Martin|Reid}}

| length9 = 3:49

| title10 = Loved Ones

| note10 = featuring Rapsody

| writer10 = {{hlist|Montgomery|Martin|Reid|Marlanna Evans}}

| length10 = 3:15

| title11 = My Calling

| writer11 = {{hlist|Montgomery|Martin|Reid}}

| length11 = 2:14

| title12 = Made Man

| note12 = featuring Big K.R.I.T. and Denaun Porter

| writer12 = {{hlist|Montgomery|Martin|Reid|Justin Scott|Denaun Porter}}

| length12 = 3:42

| title13 = Relationships (Skit)

| writer13 = {{hlist|Montgomery|Martin|Reid}}

| length13 = 0:43

| title14 = Flirt

| note14 = featuring 2 Chainz

| writer14 = {{hlist|Montgomery|Martin|Reid|Tauheed Epps}}

| length14 = 3:20

| title15 = Everyday Struggle

| note15 = featuring Chavis Chandler

| writer15 = {{hlist|Montgomery|Martin|Reid|Chavis Chandler}}

| length15 = 2:41

| title16 = Do Ya Thang

| writer16 = {{hlist|Montgomery|Martin|Reid}}

| length16 = 4:22

| title17 = Gotta Love It

| note17 = featuring CeeLo Green and Brady Watt

| writer17 = {{hlist|Montgomery|Martin|Reid|Thomas Callaway|Brady Watt}}

| length17 = 4:37

| total_length = 52:57

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Credits adapted from AllMusic.

PRhyme

• Ryan Montgomery - composition, A&R, executive producer
• Christopher Martin - producer (all tracks), composition, executive producer, mixing, scratching, vocal engineer

Additional personnel

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• Anthony Reid - composition, sample source
• Brady Watt - composition, bass guitar
• Parks Valley - mixing, vocal engineer
• Jason "Asar" Qualls - vocal engineer
• I.V. Duncan - vocal engineer
• Ryan Hyland - vocal engineer
• Brian "B-Jones" Jones - vocal engineer
• Tony Dawsey - mastering
• Amanda Demme - creative director, photography
• Christopher Ardell - layout

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