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Ryan Montgomery, born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, moved to Oak Park, Michigan when he was 10 years old, later acquiring the nickname “Royce” during highschool after wearing a Turkish link chain with an R pendant resembling the Rolls Royce symbol. Royce and his best friend Jah Da 5’9” (also known as June or June Bug) began rapping at 18, and were the two shortest players on the basketball team, both standing at 5 foot and 9 inches tall.

Royce signed his first deal in 1998 with Tommy Boy Records, who was to release his much anticipated debut album Rock City. Royce left Tommy Boy Records, citing creative differences. He signed with Game Recordings, an independent label who helped him to negotiate a deal with Columbia Records. Columbia repeatedly delayed the release of Rock City, which was subsequently heavily bootlegged. Despite this, Columbia released Rock City, which quickly went out of print once Royce left the label. After leaving Columbia, Rock City was edited and re-released through Koch / Game Recordings as Rock City (Version 2.0). The album credits Eminem as executive producer, though his vocals were only featured on the title track “Rock City”, both in the chorus and ad libbing. Before the release of Version 2.0, Royce built hype with his successful underground hit “Boom”, produced by DJ Premier.

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betoonking wrote:
Friday afternoon

Something 2 Ride 2, Dinner Time, Shake This, Warriors, Hood Love <3

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niodyne wrote:
Friday morning

The Hoe-Jack part was hilarious :D

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Betterdayz502 wrote:
Friday morning

Cool,someone who likes Thing For Your Girlfriend as much as me.

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mhunke wrote:
Thursday afternoon

Gun Harmonizing, Soldier, Far Away, Part of Me, Thing For Your Girlfriend, and Hood Love are my favs

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JcA92 wrote:
Wednesday evening

Liked Warriors w/ Slaughterhouse. Might have been my favorite from the album.

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PWNdestroyPWN wrote:
Wednesday evening

I like it, I voted.

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nbajose wrote:
Wednesday evening

Dope New Image!! http://www.lastfm.es/music/Royce+da+5%279%22/+images/38450821

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PWNdestroyPWN wrote:
Wednesday evening

Gun Harmonizing, Murder and Part of Me are my fav's.

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niodyne wrote:
Wednesday morning

Far away was good but far from one of the best tracks IMO. The Warriors and Gun Harmonizing <3

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Betterdayz502 wrote:
Wednesday morning

Or maybe its just cause Royce is that SHIT!.Anyway I like all the auto-tune songs.I think they sound decent.Far Away is one the best tracks off his album.

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niodyne wrote:
Tuesday evening

holy shit that's a massive jump in plays.

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T-101 wrote:
Tuesday afternoon

It seems that all artists across the board have had a significant boost in plays. I'm assuming the good people of last fm have introduced a better filter or w/e that is combining all the duplicate tags together.

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e-mune wrote:
Tuesday morning

ok what the fuck is going on? where did all these plays come from over night?

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PWNdestroyPWN wrote:
Monday morning

The second one is to auto-tune for me. Weatherman is ridiculous, and there's a couple of other's that any me as well due to auto-tune. Other then those 2 or 3 songs though, it's great.

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Betterdayz502 wrote:
Sunday evening

Both BE's were amazing but I gotta say I enjoyed the second a little more.

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Jeeenyus wrote:
Sunday afternoon

I SAID I'M SITTIN HERE CHILLIN WITH THIS ROLLEY ON MY ARM

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PWNdestroyPWN wrote:
last week

BE1 is better then BE2 imo

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mhunke wrote:
last week

i'ma have to check out DiC and B&D too, i've only heard Street Hop (incredible) and BE2 (not bad)

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PWNdestroyPWN wrote:
last week

Alright, I'll get that as well, thanks

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Betterdayz502 wrote:
last week

V I agree B&D shouldnt be missed either. Get the 2 disc version.

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