PRhyme 2

As hip-hop’s landscape changes, it’s tempting for older heads to wonder: What happened to “real” rap? PRhyme are only concerned with leading by example. The duo of DJ Premier and Royce da 5’9” bring boom-bap beats and concrete flows with all the flavor but none of the salt. “Streets at Night” and “Rock It” will please Primo fans hungering for perfectly weighted cuts. “Flirt” examines the lost art of getting numbers. And they do all this while mining Philly producer AntMan Wonder\'s catalog for source material. On “Everyday Struggle,” Royce lays out PRhyme\'s mindset: “I’m about the youth movement, not about ‘them against us.’”

On his second LP as a duo with DJ Premier, Royce 5’9” fights mightily to offer more than corny punchlines and pointless bars.

Sunflower seeds may not spring to mind when most of us think about compelling fodder for a rap song. And yet, Royce da 5′9″ not only makes m...