PUBLISHED BY BANDINI •JULY 28, 2017
Royce 5’9 has secured a place at the top of Hip-Hop’s present day songwriters. The Detroit, Michigan MC has proven exceptional at writing from personal places and, at times, simply showing off wordplay, clever punchlines, and cunning jabs at lesser lyricists.
Now, the Bar Exam creator (volume 4 dropped last month) does just that, with his peers. He is handed cards with excerpts of verses, without knowing the identity of the artist, and asked to rate them on a 5-point scale. In the batch is his Bad Meets Evil partner Eminem, his Slaughterhouse cohort Joe Budden, foe-turned-friend Proof, and famed Em’ nemesis Benzino (including a diss verse). Also in the mix is Earl Sweatshirt, Yelawolf, Ugly God, and Lil Pump. Spoiler alert: he doles out a “5” to himself.
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