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Royce da 5'9" & DJ Premier - PRhyme</div>

PRhyme: 4/5
-DJ Premier is probably the best producer around, so I will just say this now and stop myself from sounding like a broken record throughout; all of the beats are dope as fuck. Premo is a legend. On this particular track, Royce rides the beat very well and delivers all of his bars perfectly. I always love his flow and delivery and he does a great job here as usual. His lyrics also work well. They are not amazing, but certainly get the job done and ultimately work well with his flow and delivery. In particular, I really dug the lines, "I lost a whole bunch of money chasing bitches / But I never lost no bitches chasing money, how real is that? / Only time a woman made a man a millionaire / Was when that man was a former billionaire, how trill is that?" Not a completely unique idea, but I enjoyed the twist he added on the idea that women are, well, expensive. Overall, very dope beginning that does a great job of setting the mood for the rest of the album.

Dat Sound Good (ft. Ab-Soul & Mac Miller): 5/5
-"I got deceased contacts in my phone I never delete / I keep my cellular plugged into Heaven / Somebody nudge the reverend / Tell him I'm selling a white girl like I'm Starbucks, Uggs and leggings"...dayum son. My boy Royce went in on his first voice. Great flow/delivery, very good lyrics, and really all-around a great start to this. Ab-Soul comes in and does well on this beat as well and he keeps the bar set high for Mac Miller with lines like, "All the smoke that I inhale, I'm 'posed to be high as Hell / But that's a twisted figure of speech, Hell is below you / I'm guaranteed Heaven before I'm beneath the soil" and "Whoever gets a whiff of the base is loaded like the World Series / Steve Jobs died, now the world Siris". Very, very dope stuff from Soulo. Mac's flow and delivery are also strong, his verse does not necessarily have the standout lines that Royce and Ab-Soul had, so for that reason, his would have to be the worst here, but that is not to say it was bad, because it was a dope verse that flowed very well together. As a whole, extremely dope track that stands tall here.

U Looz: 3.75/5
-Oh God the scratches here. I know I said I didn't want to sound like a broken record, but oh man, oh man, the scratches. Not an overly complex track that, in spite of the scratches, is just too short to truly be captivating and really have a lasting impact. However, Royce has a solid verse, but it doesn't really prevent this one from sounding more like a brief interlude in the album as it kind of slows momentum a bit. Again, not a bad track, just not necessarily one that really, well, needed to be here.

You Should Know (ft. Dwele): 4.75/5
-"Allow me to put some sense on you coons / Too much success, um, here comes your doom / They told you niggas the sky's the limit / Then they turn around and tell you that there's footprints on the moon", insert Obama headwipe image here. Woo, that's a hot first four bars and really is a microcosm of just how much Royce tears this beat apart. The start to verse three, "I don't know why y'all so highly regarded / You rhyme like you're borderline mildly retarded" also stood out to me, as it gave me a nice chuckle. Great flow, delivery, and lyrics, all combine to help son just murder this thing. His verses are extremely easy to vibe to here because his flow is just silky smooth. Man is Royce and DJ Premier a great combination.

Courtesy: 4.5/5
-"Daddy taught me if the ass is so fat it's a fact / That if you with your ho, don't matter it's still appropriate to scope at it", try at your own risk. Also really loved the nod to Clipse, "All kind of clips with mo' malice than Pusha". As a continued theme with this one, Royce kills it. However, on top of the great bars throughout this one, I really dug the hook samples here. They work perfectly and while DJ Premier always kills it with his samples, I just felt the need to point that out on this track. Really fucked this one overall and while I would not call it the best track here, it certainly keeps that bar set very, very high.

Wishin (ft. Common): 4.5/5
-"Motherfuckers can't rhyme no more about rhyme no more / Cause I'm so raw" and "Kick in the door waving the .44" when Royce nods to Jay and Biggie and the beat picks up...I'd be lying if I said I didn't get at least a semi. Common's verse is dope, highlighted by the line, "Straight out of Chitown where they get that lean off / Fiends cough for serum, hitters rally rally like it's Durham". His flow and delivery work very well here as he really does his thing. Strong writing as usual when it comes to his verse too. As a whole, both rappers do their thing here and I love Royce's continued nods to hip hop legends. The beats here (yes, beats) are great as expected. Both guys do very well here over it and man oh man is this album good.

To Me, To You (ft. Jay Electronica): 4.5/5
-Before I get into the verses, the hook here is great. I love the singing on it and it blends perfectly with the song. The first real time we have a sung hook here and it works perfectly. Shocker. As for the verses, Royce goes in as expected, in particular the bars: "Long as these niggas call me GOAT / If I don't get through to you the call failed / Cause I was probably on that Wolf of Wall Street boat, I'm a hard sell / Maybe too lyrical for 'em" and "You ain't turnin' up, you're bein' backhanded like Pete Sampras", really stand out. His flow and delivery are perfect on them, as they are throughout the verses and his lyrics really work well and, ultimately, sound good. Jay Electronica is one of the better pure rappers out now and he shows that here. If only he could actually drop an album. The line, "I came from the bottoms of Hell with Jezebels / Sniffin' blow with her friends in the dens of iniquity" really stood out to me. I loved his delivery of it and it really popped and poked its head out from the rest of the verse.

Underground Kings (ft. Schoolboy Q & Killer Mike): 4.75/5
-This track goes 0 to 100 ***** real quick here, as Royce is going at a 100 miles an hour and keeps hitting you over the head with top-notch bars at a fast and furious pace. Hell, even Q turns up the speed here. For a dude who is not really known for going fast, he has no problems here. In fact, he had one of the bar that really stood out to me on this one with, "From Heaven to tHe lowest of devils / Spit every bar for tHe rebels". Now when it comes to Killer Mike, it goes without saying that he killed it (literally and figuratively) as his verse is incredibly dark, in particular the bars, "We killed the hubby and kiddies, murdered the dog and the misses / And made the maid do the dishes, now she sleep with the fishes / Now that sucka rapper's dead, I assume my position / In the place, a king, on the throne is where I'm sittin' / Yeah, the Iron Throne is mailed with the metal microphone". The hook, complete with scratches, works very well and really keeps the pace lightning quick and does its job as a short transition between verses. Here, I'd say Killer Mike did the best, followed by Royce and then Q, but I loved all three verses here, as all three MC's flexed their abilities lyrically and in terms of flow as they were all able to turn the speed up and really keep you vibing all the same.

Microphone Preem (ft. Slaughterhouse): 4.5/5
-Crooked I did well on the first verse of the track, but I didn't really love the bar, "If you are what you eat, how come I'm not pussy?". The line is just so oversaid and tired that at this point, I'm just not overly into it. However, the rest of the verse is dope. Royce, on the second verse, continues his strong performance. However, I have talked about him enough. Joell Ortiz does well, in particular the bars, "We started out as just a feature on a Joe joint / Fuck around now, you on the bleachers soon as Joe point / Brothers for real, I can honestly say / If you come at me, they'll be 3 dots on you while I'm still typin'". Joe Budden does well as expected on the closing verse. In particular, I really dug the lines, "A hundred guns, jeans big enough to tuck 'em all / Banana clips, fully automatic, you can't duck 'em all / Cause when it's gats involved, bodies'll fall / From the sky, could really be rainin' cats and dogs". So, to sum it all up, these guys all did well here. I'd say Crooked was the weakest, but as with Mac and Q on the track where they were the weakest, his verse was still dope. Royce kind of takes a backseat here, as well, though his verse still works very well. Joell Ortiz and Joe Budden really steal the show for me on this track as this beat works perfectly for them and they really killed it and knocked it out of the park. Good flow, delivery, and lyrics, throughout this track.

40.25/45 -> 4.47/5

As a whole, PRhyme may honestly be my favorite album from this year. At the very least, it certainly is a worthy counterpart to Run the Jewels 2 from RTJ and Pinata from Freddie Gibbs. DJ Premier is one of the best producers around and shows it here as every beat is just perfection. Complete with his trademark sound and trademark scratches, the production on the album is pure heaven for any fans of true hip hop. Royce is the perfect MC for this one as he really takes the opportunity to go over Premo's beats and runs with it. All of the guests here, namely Ab-Soul, Common, Joell Ortiz, and Joe Budden, have great verses and really hit a home run. For me, this is the closest any album has been to being a perfect 10 all year, but due to one track, "U Looz", that does not really do much, it is held back slightly. However, tracks such as "Dat Sound Good" and "Underground Kings" are truly amazing and really help bolster this album into being one of the best of 2014. On a final note, I really dug the length. It left me wanting more and yet still completely satisfied.