Review: Royce Da 5'9-The Allegory, 2020 (8th Album)
By: Tristian T. Browne
Tags: Hip Hop, Album Review, Rap, Lyrics, Music

Must Listens-Mr Grace, Thou Shall, FUBU, I Don’t Age, Upside Down

Mr. Grace Intro 10/10 Royce’s lyrics insightful and educative, the excerpt spoke powerful information that he’s correct in revealing what remains hidden, he illustrates the sad fact of the reality that racism exists the same as before, except it’s behind smoke and mirrors now under a fake guise of love, much respect to the spotlight Royce always brings Dope Man 5/10 Bars always on point, although not nearly enough of them in this one I felt had to many distractions messing with the beat and excerpts rather than lyrics I Don’t Age 8/10 Love the beat choice, catchy chorus with an alternate, spitting lessons as always, and flexing his separating characteristics/factors Pendulum feat Ashley Sorrell 5/10 the beats is alright, not my favorite, surprisingly, I enjoyed Ashley Sorrell’s verse more so than Royce’s. I Play Forever Feat Grafh 8/10 Both verses were awesome although the beat could’ve been better to be more supportive to their bars On The Block Feat DJ Premier, Oswin Benjamin 9/10 Royce’s bars crazy and respectable, the beat is catchy and not too powerful, Oswin’s got bars as well as a catchy flow Overcomer Feat Westside Gunn 5/10 I didn’t like Westside Gunn’s rap voice or his lyrics or flow, the beat choice wasn’t great, Royce saves this song from being straight up bad, not great replay value though Thou Shall Feat Kid Vishis 10/10 Great beat, Royce brings the heat in flows and lyrics, Kid Vishis keeps pace and his flows are catchy. Spitting knowledge in a creative and informative way FUBU Feat Conway The Machine 10/10 Conway does a great job opening up the song, loading the bases, and Royce hits the grand slam knocking the song out of the park, the parking lot, and the city the metaphorical field was in. lyricism is intellectual, informative, and impressive Upside Down Feat Ashley Sorrell, Benny The Butcher 9/10 Slow beat however it keeps attention well as Royce comes strong with catchy and informative fact-spitting lyrics depicting problems in America people neglect to see or mention, both features brought their heat Tricked Feat Crooked I 9/10 Great catchy beat, spitting facts removing the curtain on the illusions of the music industry, the government, and Hollywood Black Savage Feat T.I. Cyhi the Prince, Sy Ara Tha Kid, White Gold 8/10 Royce comes strong with heat discussing his younger days/ties with the culture, the song is stressing the disproportionate treatment between different cultures in America Young World Feat Vince Staples, G Perico 6/10 the beat for the verses I felt was not prominent enough at all, other than that I liked all three verses on this one My People Free Feat Ashley Sorrell 6/10 Depicting injustices of the system, cultural inconsistencies/issues, and suggestions for solutions to the injustices they see in America Hero Feat White Gold 10/10 One of Royce’s songs to his father illustrating their relationship, no matter how strained Royce respects and looks up to his father

This album is a creative, informative, and skillful representation and illustration of the inequality issues currently in America

7.9/10