Royce 5’9″ has been on absolute fire lately. The Detroit emcee has showcased some exceptional production chops and his bars have been at an even higher level than normal. With his new album The Allegory dropping next month, Nickel teams up with Westside Gunn for “Overcomer” in a video that depicts the 6ix9ine situation as Royce has some poignant bars for Yelawolf.
Although unfairly snubbed from the Grammys, Rapsody keeps chugging along with her excellent Eve. An ode to the late mother of Tupac Shakur, Rapsody praises black women with the superb video for “Afeni.”
Westside Gunn, Benny The Butcher and Conway The Machine spend two hours with Elliott Wilson and B. Dot to discuss everything from their wild 2019 and plans for 2020 to how they connected to Roc Nation and being the illest crew in the game.
D Smoke continues dropping visuals from his stellar Inglewood High album with a video for “Honey Jack.” The Netflix “Rhythm & Flow” winner blesses us with a vintage visual.
“’Honey Jack’ is a period piece — a journey into the mind and plight of a young, unsung artist,” Smoke says of the child.-directed visual. “As he loses himself in his day-to-day work, he finds himself coping with realities in a glass of brown liquor.”
Vado cuts loose a video for “Gotta Wait” from his Long Run project featuring the white-hot Benny The Butcher.
The man who ran off on the competition in Netflix’s first season of Rhythm & Flow is preparing a big 2020 campaign. D Smoke drops a video for “Lil Red” from his Inglewood High project to close out the year.
With Lil Fame and Sean Price’s The Price of Fame out now, an animated video for the duo’s “Peter Pop Off” featuring Rim, Teflon and I-Fresh pays tribute to the late Sean P.
As if you need more convincing, Paul Wall and Statik Selektah’s collaborative album Give Thanks is excellent. The duo will continue to send more reminders in visual form with the latest being “Are You Willin” featuring Termanology and Mia Jae.
Royce 5’9″ has been hard at work on his next album The Allegory and stops by Genius to speak with Rob Markman to discuss his follow up to Book of Ryan, the reignited beef between Nick Cannon and Eminem, whether he cares about being the best rapper alive and how drugs are affecting hip hop in 2019.
The odd couple that sounds so good together serve up a video for “Part of the Game” featuring Nems and Haile Supreme. From Paul Wall and Statik Selektah’s stellar Give Thanks, available now.