It's August 27, 2025, 01:41:18 PM
#7. Royce Da 5'9: "Build and Destroy"Please don't ask - the double disc version of this album is out of print, and I don't know where you can cop it. It's still worth hunting down though: "It's pretty clear listening to songs like these why no record label would touch publishing it officially - they'd probably have to fear Shady Records running up in some A&R's office with gats and shooting at whoever signed Royce to release this album in the first place. With this second disc Royce threatens to "do you like EPMD did to the heads when they broke up" but there's no reason to be depressed with tracks like the Rush produced "Running," the DJ JS-1 produced "Lights Out," and the Alchemist produced "You Don't Know Me." Why haven't these songs been heard before? Maybe there really is a conspiracy to keep Royce out of hip-hop's spotlight, or maybe he really does have a beef with Eminem and Dre. Whatever the case, snatch yourself a copy of Build and Destroy before some label snatches up all the copies and has them destroyed."