Mixtape; No Rating Given.      Royce has had a string of bad luck throughout the course of his career. He’s rolled in all of the right circles, first being introduced by Eminem, who later landed him a ghostwriting gig for Dr. Dre’s 2001 LP. When word got out that he was advocating the Doc’s lyric [cont.]

     You’ve gotta feel for Royce Da 5’9. Here was a man that was poised as “next to blow”, not only from being Eminem’s right-hand man, but also being more talented than anyone in D12 not named Marshall. He even got the chance to pen a few tracks for Dr. Dre’s 2001 LP, but after [cont.]

      A time comes in a MC’s career (those worth their salt at least) when he realizes that his ultimate success or lack thereof falls squarely on his shoulders. If he’s not getting the right beats, it’s his job to go out and find those heat rocks; if the record label isn’t seeing his vision, [cont.]

  It happens to every good emcee – they get on a winning streak with a few hit singles, a classic album or two, and then they decide to venture outside of the boundaries that made them such a favorite in the first place….. and they fail. Some fall harder than others (Ice Cube, Canibus , [cont.]

HHS: You really put yourself out there with Death Is Certain, as it is about as honest as an emcee is going to get; you admit your own wife thinks your music is too violent, broach the question of whether you’re a one hit wonder, put your manager on blast and even apologize to fans [cont.]

    Royce Da 5’9 is the perfect of example of what record labels can do to an incredible artist. With Royce’s street buzz climbing to an inaudible roar after his work with former compadre Eminem and noteworthy efforts with producers such as DJ Premier, Jay Dee, and Alchemist, Royce seemed as if he was destined for glory. But [cont.]

Royce Da 5’9 isn’t a megastar, at least not yet. Despite a notable, but eroded partnership with Eminem, penning memorable tunes for Dr. Dre and label deals with Tommy Boy, Game, and Columbia, a substantial level of commercial appeal has eluded him. After checking his exhaustive, but incredibly fresh double disc, Build and Destroy, it’s obvious that [cont.]

Detroit rhymer Royce Da 5’9′s had a pinball like existence after bouncing around four labels in six years. At one time or another, he’s been with Tommy Boy, Game, Columbia and Koch. At the moment, he’s signed to both Columbia and Koch. “It’s like I got two record deals,” he tells HipHopSite. Koch just dropped [cont.]

Detroit native Royce Da 5’9 has had his fair share of ups and downs in business aspect of the music industry.  After going through label problems like every seasoned Hip Hop artist has, Royce presents us with a revised version of his long-delayed opus Rock City; now appropriately titled Rock City V.2.0.  Though Rock City has been [cont.]

The story of Royce Da 5-9 is long and depressing, but it’s not over yet. After guest appearing on Eminem’s “Bad Meets Evil”, and going toe-to-toe with Shady on two tracks via Jon Shecter’s Game imprint, he proved that he’s not only down with Slim, but he can hang with him – lyrically – much more than [cont.]

Chalk this up as my vote for one of the hottest indy 12″ singles of the year. It’s usually assumed that when a dope emcee comes out and blows up, the labels do everything in their power to snatch up their lesser-talented homies, which usually end up bad albums, and sometimes even bring the artists [cont.]