It was almost like PRHyme 1 was so special that we were good with just that one because no one in hip-hop has ever done this. Once I got comfortable with the first PRhyme, we didn’t know we didn’t know if we were going to do a PRhyme 2. Making an album with Royce as Royce Da 5’9 is different. I was kind of into but not into it based off of the fact that I’ve never been approached to just take one sound and make beats out of those sounds.
When Royce brought up the idea to me through Mike at Shady, who’ve I’ve known since way back as well from him being in the music business with Black Poet and Screwball and all that, he brought the idea for the album to be a Slaughterhouse project as an EP. Premier: It was similar to Adrienne Young being the one for PRhyme 1. What made you get Antman Wonder involved with the second installment of the project? Meanwhile, Royce reveals PRhyme 2’s other producer choices, describes how “Era” came to fruition, and explains his stance on America’s gun control controversy.Īntman Wonder is the fresh component when it comes to foundation of the album’s production.
Although he kept Antman’s sound as the sole inspiration, Preemo also reveals which new artists he checks on. In our conversation about PRhyme 2, DJ Premier digs deep into the concepts behind some of the album’s stand out records, and explains how Q-Tip helped him out in the beginning.
