Rock City

Royce Da 5'9" | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 26, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Koch Records
• ASIN: B00006SM81
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #115,659 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Solid debut - 4 stars is what I meant to give it, November 10, 2004

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G$ "Z-Wad" (B-More, MD) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rock City (Audio CD)

Royce delivers a solid debut album, much more commercial then his next 4 but still solid. Has no real weak spots and one can easily listen through from track 1 to 15 without skipping (a couple of songs are average but there's no need to skip them). Has 1 classic, 1 near classic, 5 ok songs, and the other 8 are tight. Production is done mostly by Six July w/ a few by Red Spyda, Neptunes, and one with DJ Premier. Doesn't really feature too many people. Fans of his or fans of real lyrics should cop this one form one of hip-hop's top notch lyricists.

#1 - 8.5 (solid intro)
#2 - 8 (f/ Eminem on the chorus)
#3 - 9 (f/ Tre Little)
#4 - 7.5
#5 - 6.5 (weakest one on here)
#6 - 8 (f/ Clipse {Pusha T & malice}, Tre Little, and Neptunes)
#7 - 7.5 (f/ Twista - both rap fast on this one)
#8 - 7
#9 - 8.5 (f/ Tre Little)
#10 - 9.5
#11 - 9 (prod. by DJ Premier)
#12 - 7.5
#13 - 8
#14 - 10 (CLASSIC -- deep song f/ Amerie -- tight beat)
#15 - 8 (not on edited version)

b. Ryan Montgomery --- Detroit, MI
7 Mile --- ROCK CITY
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Now, this is what real hip-hop is all about!, April 28, 2003

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Sinless Knight "S. Knight" (Virginia Beach, VA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rock City (Audio CD)

First off, if you're one of those fans of television music shows such as: TRL, Direct Effect, or 106 and Park, please disregard investing in this album. This album is a true essential hip-hop classic. Underground hip-hop from a ridiculously underrated underground emperor. Royce's lyrics are extremely deep, and stay on one's mind for a mass amount of time. Tracks such as: Rock City, Boom, and Life, will keep one embraced from start to finish! Why great artists' like this do not get promo, while the less talented seem to hoard all attention and sales, really makes one wonder... Regardless, this album is a complete masterpiece, and any fan of underground hip-hop or of great music not commercial(true and innovating in general), cannot go wrong with it. Even the ones to whom may not even like hip-hop in general, may find themselves at home!! ...

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Debut, December 17, 2002

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"mcg2k3" (H-Town, CT USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rock City (Audio CD)

Well finally we have Royce Da 5'9"'s debut album. And its a hell of a debut. Royce is a breath of fresh air. Most of the current rappers are really terrible(Nelly, Ja Rule and other hip poppers) Royce is straight up hip-hop. Each track is good, some are great and some are "did he just say that?" caliber. So I'd drop the dough to get this. Its great from start to finish.
*Best Tracks*
Boom, Mr. Baller, Who Am I and Off Parole