Ep149: Rap Legend Royce da 5-9
The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
Nate Goyer
4.7 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 11 December 2018
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Royce da 5'9" is one of the world's most respected hip-hop artists and has a new highly personal album "Book of Ryan". Today he shares his story, the challenges of his youth, the methods he uses to write rhymes, his collaborations with Eminem and answers listener questions. Enjoy!
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, Nate, you are on with Royce 59. Go ahead. |
| 0:02.7 | Hey, everyone, surprise and happy holidays. |
| 0:05.4 | This is the second vinyl guide episode this week, and today we welcome legendary hip-hop artist, Royce to 5-9 to the show. |
| 0:13.4 | He's going to talk about his career, vinyl records in his history. |
| 0:17.0 | He answers the question whether they'll repress the album Bad Meets Evil, he made with Eminem, |
| 0:21.7 | Royce takes listener questions, and even discusses his tour of Australia that is in December |
| 0:26.5 | 2018. In fact, I'm going to give two passes to see Royce to 5'9 live in Australia. I'm going to |
| 0:34.0 | give them to a lucky listener of the Vinyl Guide podcast. Here's how you could win. |
| 0:38.3 | Simply share this episode on social media. Tag the vinyl guide and the city that you're in. |
| 0:43.9 | I'll pick one winner at random to go see Royce to 5'9. It'll be two tickets to see one of the top rappers in the world. |
| 0:51.8 | Royce is playing in Sydney, Brisbane, Byron Bay, Adelaide, Melbourne, and |
| 0:56.6 | Perth. So if you're in any one of those cities, go see Royce to 5-9. Tickets and info can be had |
| 1:02.4 | at metropolis touring.com. And before we get to the interview, let me ask you a question. Did you |
| 1:09.8 | get your record friends sorted with a gift this holiday? |
| 1:12.6 | No. |
| 1:13.3 | Well, then the decision is easy. |
| 1:16.0 | Get them a groove washer record cleaning kit from groove washer.com. |
| 1:20.3 | Look, everyone needs clean records. |
| 1:22.5 | So why not get your friends one of the best cleaners on the market? |
| 1:26.3 | Starting at around 20 bucks, the groove washer record cleaning kits are the best. |
| 1:31.3 | I used groove washer daily. |
| 1:32.9 | I can totally attest to this. |
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