Eminem made him his partner-in-rhyme.
Dr. Dre chose him as his ghost-writer.
DJ Premier is on board to executive produce his album.
Nas has flirted with signing him.
Even Diddy decided he could use a verse.
Jay Dee, Alchemist, Pharrell, Just Blaze and Track Masters have all worked with him on more than one occasion.
Hip Hop’s elite have all co-signed Royce Da 5′9″. With the exception of Jay-Z and its not possible that Jay just hasn’t come across his music.
The Royce Da 5′9″ / Def Jam rumors have persisted for a while but Jay hasn’t come out and publicly even acknowledged that Royce exists. Could it be that Jay fears a little competiton?
Could that be a reason for so many years of bickering with Nas? Could it also be the reason why you rarely see Jay do a track with an emcee on his level? It seems that his whole career the only rapper he was willing to play second fiddle to was B.I.G. He handpicked the very mediocre Memphis Bleek to be his right-hand man (granted that he was from Marcy) out of hundreds of better New York rappers.
That’s the only explanation that makes sense to me. If you know otherwise, let a dude know.
Make that signing Jay. Put out some good hip hop, and do these artists right. You are the president now. Make Def Jam relevant again. With Primo producing the album, you can’t possibly screw this one up. Overcome that ego and prove you’re more than just a figurehead.
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The original track, Renegade, was a Royce track featuring Eminem. This was to be on a Royce Da 5′9″ album but because Interscope didn’t want their valuable commodity (Eminem) to be all over a Tommy Boy release (Eminem was already on the “Rock City” single), they wouldn’t allow it. Since he couldn’t put it on one of his albums, Royce let Eminem have it who let Jay-Z use it for his Blueprint album.
Royce Da 5′9″ featuring Eminem - Renegade (original)
Royce Da 5′9″ - Feelin’ It (Royce’s version of Jay-Z’s classic)
Royce Da 5′9″ - A Million and One (Another redone Jay-Z classic)
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craigstyles | 29-Mar-07 at 5:05 pm | Permalink
Royce is so ill on the mic many nigga better fear him on tracks. Nigga need to respect Det Music, fuck it Michign Artist all together. Dont sleep on the mitten. Tru 2 U Music Group. (Ruhgali)