Royce da 5'9"

Released: February 21, 2020

Songwriter: Mélanie Rutherford Royce da 5'9"

Producer: Royce da 5'9"

[Skit: Mother, Son & Ice Cream Man]
Hey, mommy?
Hm?
What's a allegory?
An allegory is a story with a subliminal meaning that has a political message based off the writer's mind
Can you get me something from the ice cream truck?
Of course, baby
What's goin' on 'lil man, what can I get for you?
Now for as long as I can remember, the ice cream truck been playin' this same song
I bet you don't even know the origin of it, do you? Do you, Mr. Ice Cream Man?
Lady, what the hell are you talkin' ab—
Allow me to enlighten you, Mr. Ice Cream Man
A white man named Harry C. Brown made a racist-ass song called "Nigga Love A Watermelon"
That was in 1916 on Columbia Records
And here you are, a 100 years later, comin' through your neighborhood playin' the same fuckin' song
Way to go Mr. Ice Cream Man
Wait a minute, hold up
Ain't you neverteddy69 from Tinder?

Royce da 5'9", real name Ryan Daniel Montgomery, is undoubtedly one of the underground rap kings of Detroit. The Michigan MC is a long-time collaborator of Eminem’s, meeting him in December 1997, and is noted as one of the greatest lyricists in hip-hop’s history (in 2012, The Source ranked him as the 48th greatest lyricist of all time in their top 50, this questionable ranking unsurprisingly being scrutinized by many as a gross misjudgment).

Although critics have previously cast shade on his ability to create a well-rounded body of work, many, critics included, considered his sophomore effort, Death is Certain (2004), to be a strong album. To learn more in-depth about his solo discography, read this page (the page listed is old, so it is not updated).

Royce is the Bad half of Bad Meets Evil (with Eminem), ¼ of Slaughterhouse (alongside Crooked I KXNG CROOKED, Joe Budden and Joell Ortiz), and ½ of PRhyme (with DJ Premier). Royce currently operates a independent record label, Bad Half Entertainment.

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