Royce da 5'9" - The Allegory Album Review 

Snyde lol, that shit cracked me up

fake news Feefo back at it

I've noticed that too

Fr, I was expecting this to drop in a couple of weeks lol

Faster than Fantano, they fast af boiiii

It takes time to digest an album, especially as dense as this, I'd rather they take their time after letting the music sit with them lol whats the rush

I’m starting to think they getting music sent to them early.

im 15 years old ive been listening to royce since streethop

Currently their video is at 15k views and your comment is at 20 likes lol. The kids arent listening

NATE E it shows that 21 kids are listening 🤷🏻‍♂️

21

I’m 20 and not even American and damn near cried after that “Black People in America” skit. If this album is really for us, then he got us.

I LOVE I LOVE LOVE LOVE!

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Produced By Khirey Akeem oh no.

Lol people really trip off difference in opinion on the antivax thing, as if that takes away how good the music because you disagree.

@@devzeppalin its not even opinion tho the shit he was saying has been debunked and disproven years ago. Its a fact.

Same, that and the idea of a black exodus to Africa (Why give white nationalists what they want?), both small warts on an otherwise flawless album.

@@devzeppalin that's like saying me encouraging you to drink bleach is just a "difference of opinion"

It's an allegory

Thou Shall, yeah that's what I was waiting to hear them quote too. From that Russell Wilson line all the way to this👆 these bars had me on repeat

My favorite lines was simply: A rich man wrote this wit a poe man's focus/The sick man quote this but the dope man sold this. Rare that I actually feel a bar physically. My chest deadass felt pain

Will Carlson you can’t even type the n word in a quote?

Jacob Hartwell I mean I prefer not too as a white male. I’m not making a political stand by it tho. Just a personal preference.

@@willcarlson1120 I respect it.

I respect you censoring that word man. As a black male I don't say it either. But it's so prevalent these days

Jacob Hartwell it’s best to just not say it at all.

Doot Doot Doot Doot Doot 🔫💥💥💥💥💥💥

Ayo

Crowd chants: ALL WE DID WAS SLANG DOPE

@@SYMShutYoMouth god bles you bro

AHHHHH AHHHHH AHHHHH AHHHHH AHHH AHHHH AHHHH AHHH.. AHHHH

Bob Bob I get that vibe too. I think it’s because they captured a similar essence, and it was in their own way respectively. This album made me a fan of Royce

Bob Bob yes thats actually the first album I thought of midway through the album.

That's high fucking praise. Between the review and this comment, I gotta check it out

Yep, from first two tracks I started getting that vibe

Fantastic album, just kinda wish there was less anti-vax shit haha, granted I get he's coming from something that happened in his life with his family, so I see why that's in his mind

I think it's more of being conscious of the Tuskegee experiments & Henrietta Lacks, which aren't fake at all than just the flu vaccines. It's an awareness of a serious misconduct & attack on Black people by our own government

Ricardo Gonçalves yeah i agree. I wish ppl close to them will tell them how much worse it will be if not esp with this corona spreading But overall it’s harmless cause ppl should not be getting medical advice from rappers But yeah cringe

That's also his position as the father of a kid with autism, if he wholeheartedly feels that was the cause of his kids autism after doing research then that's just how he feels, agree to disagree and rock with the rest, you're never going to agree with everything someone else says lol

You're not wrong, but you saying they're fake woke because of their stance on vaccines ignores a great deal of context about the medical practices used on minorities in the US. I disagree with the position, but this isn't like when suburban moms peep a couple of blogs and think vaccines will make their kids retarded. It's a byproduct of the same historical legacy that's lead to any number of conspiracy theories popping up in hip hop over the years, and I think you should look into that aspect of it before you conclude that you cant take their views on other topics seriously

​@@ishiggy2577 Okay, maybe that's my bad and I didn't express myself in the clearest way. I'm not saying I don't take them seriously or that they're fake woke per se, I'm still a fan and I still wholeheartedly stand behind a lot of what they've brought to light, just that it always makes me reconsider all that whenever I hear that particular stance or any other that may sound completely asinine to the reality of the world today. It does get weird afterwards and I can't help it, it does come off as if you don't know what you're talking about. I am well aware of scientific and medical misconduct that was laid upon African-Americans, I had looked into the mentioned above Tuskegee and the HeLa cases before, which had international coverage, for example, and I can empathize with the distrust and the disgust, I understand those remarks having a fucked up historical background but I still don't think one thing should lead to another. Even less the "vaccines causes autism" take, which actually has a suburban mom going online tone to it. Again, I can empathize with the pain and the need to direct it somewhere but there's not even a proven correlation there, so, there's that. As of 2020, vaccines are necessary for your immune system to build the necessary antibodies to withstand most viruses, singledhandedly erasing some of them in most countries in the West since we had access to the most important ones for our survival for the longest. It is one of the main reasons why the human species managed to basically double its population in the last 3 decades or so and drastically lower child death rates. To negate it, even if it is due to past inhumane acts, is going backwards and if such remarks gain traction, you're basically setting some people up from generations to come with an even tougher time dealing not only with the threats that already exist today but also new viruses and evolved variations of older ones that regular antibiotics and shots that we already have today may be able to kill. And that's basically why I feel how I feel and I said what I said about noticing them tackle such a topic in that way. I'm not trying to beat people over the head with it or sound as if I operate in some kind of superior moral ground but it's seriously hard for me to not be bothered by it.

It holds up 2 months later lol

I wish Field Negro was on the album

FIELD NEGROSSSS yooooo I swear to god that's the first thing I thought of after seeing the tracklist bruh that track was profound asf

True facts, shout out Noveliss and csf, apollo brown, black milk, elzhi, boldy james, danny brown

To name a few

Hell yeah

He probably could’ve always produced but he was fucked up all the time man... this is incredible

Royce isn't doing anything new or innovative. He's literally doing the exact same thing that EVERY OTHER "woke" black artist has done for decades now. The only saving grace is that Royce is a dope ass rapper, and a pretty damn good producer, but you can miss me with that anti-vaxxer hotep bullshit. I'm a microbiologist who does medical research for the good of all humanity. Fuck Royce! Sad so many people are going to be influenced by this album because of Royce's position/credibility in hip hop.

@@loganleatherman7647 damn bro you must be busy now, look how quick the world changes

Album of the year so far

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Therockbestwrestler And White Gold was on AE by Danny and a few other projects they’ve reviewed

And that was an amazing hook on You Gon' Learn

Cause that album forgettable as fuck lol

Therockbestwrestler they really did sleep on it. It was top notch lyricism. But they got caught up on “a few bad hooks” and “a few corny lines”. Makes me think they didn’t catch much of anything on that album.

Especially if you make the calculations. I don't know if their stuff is really able to pay them yet. Cause they still don't have as many followers as, for example, Fantano. Thats really shame cause you can see the guys put a lot of love and effort in this. If they only would have more subscribers, this channel would even be more awesome I guess.

Del'Ray Coles real spit!!!

Del'Ray Coles I only disagree because Field Negro and I Don’t Age have the same beat so it wouldn’t mesh well. But otherwise, you 100% correct. It would’ve been perfect.

tradez401 totally agree.

Drogas fkn wave bruh. I'm glad you mentioned that classic...though comparing the 3 is an interesting debate 🤔

I really like that you mentioned those 3. Each are even more impactful when looking at who made them. Kendrick showed that he was going to remain true to him with all his success which has been a big TDE thing. He hit the world with serious topics and settled none on it. Lupe showed that when he and basically any artist can truly create the art they want, (with no hindrance from outside forces like a label or worrying about gaining new fans and instead focusing on the core fans) it can turn out as a masterpiece that demands multiple replays. And Royce showed that like Lu growth is monumental in everything including their art. Royce showed that like Layers and Book of Ryan when he has a goal in mind he will execute it to his liking and hit the nail on the head.

Top 5 most powerful albums for me is: 1. To Pimp A Butterfly 2. The Allegory 3. Tetsuo & Youth 4. Drogas: Wave 5. All Amerikkkan Bada$$

ABSOLUTELY

You Gon' Learn was meant to be here but they agreed to put it on Em's record instead

More like Royce da I'm Blind after those anti-vaxxer bars.

@Iroquois Pliskin I work in medical research. I know what goes into clinical trials for vaccine testing. The numerous studies done across different countries that show no link between vaccines and autism is more than valid and sound enough. If you're asking for 100% proof, that will never happen because nothing in medicine is proven to be 100% safe. This is what you dumbasses don't understand. It's about benefit vs. cost, and the benefits of a vaccinated population far outweigh the costs of a handful of people having bad reactions. Royce himself basically admitted that he's intellectually dishonest when it comes to this anyway because he studies "what [he] want[s] to believe." FOH with that bullshit.

@Mindya Binnus that vaccines cause autism? That's been disproved since the late 90's

2nd imo behind thou shall

Conway caught bodies with that verse 🖊💨

I 100% agree

@@millenniummind5593 word Godbless

@mac Stanford em album was very sick murdering shit on there I agree..Royce's album is just a complete album 4 me on some grown man stuff really educated me on subjects both are really good

@mac Stanford Em's album was trash

Kind of low standards but OK

@@98izzark69 nah not really. Try again tho.

@@Rassmaster Em and Wayne's projects incredible? Nah

Em's album I can see being incredible But not that Wayne shit. Mid asf

BornStellar em shit ain’t incredible relax lmao

lendra2010 saying that they would have agreed with Royce’s blatantly anti-science take just because they are black is pretty fucking dumb dude. You can acknowledge the terrible things done by the US healthcare system towards black people now and throughout history, which are very real and disgusting, without extrapolating that into promoting blatantly false propaganda that is not only not based in any scientific consensus but is also extremely harmful in general. I mean Jesus Christ, we’re in the middle of a fucking global pandemic right now, it should be pretty fucking obvious what kind of danger spreading an anti-vax ideology can have. Furthermore, at least in the US (I’m not educated on other places) COVID is disproportionately harming black people, to spread the anti-vax message will only lead to more racial injustice in terms of health outcomes in the US.

Barrel kicking like it's Snoop in Manhattan 😯😯 Really enjoyed Vince being on this album. That's real dope considering Eminem and Vince had their lil back and forth.

Nope. Everybody thought it was dope in the end :)

And prior to that layers was his best, and prior to that prhyme was his best. Royce is too illy

@@elijahblack7167 prhyme is not a solo album

@@king.ozzymandias in terms of rapping, yes, it is.

@@elijahblack7167 wtf does that even mean? That makes no sense. Just cuz he rapped on it doesnt make it his album. It's his and Premo's

This album doesn't hold a candle to Book of Ryan.

Its barely been two months

Well I'm a old man 47 not much perks my intrest these days most hip hop now is as we say in uk crap

For real. It’s so cohesive and the lyricism is excellent. The production is a great fit for Denzel too. Of course I’m a little biased because that record got my metalhead friend way more into rap. He basically hasn’t turned it off since I showed it to him.

Rahsaan bro idk why they skip denzels projects, i thought they all thought he was really good

Franklyn Perez I guess they don’t care for him anymore, they skipped Zuu and I doubt they’re gonna do unlocked since they just did allegory and that came out last Friday but unlocked came out at the beginning of the month

Rahsaan these people sometimes review big artist but most of the time it’s literally underground rappers that only they like, unlocked is so good and so was zuu but they don’t give it a shot

@@ryleighrage the lyricism is not excellent, relax.

Snyde I really loved his explanation

Haha! Was it wrong? That was always the way I understood it but I've been out of school for a minute so I may have misremembered it...

Myke C-Town Nah not at all bro. But imo the allegory of the cave by Plato is more so about the idea, that what one sees as our objective reality is filtered and edited. The cave men who sees the shadow on the wall does not understand that it is 1. a shadow of an object and 2. he himself can perceive this object, once he is outside of his cave, and by that study and understand what the shadow is/was and how it is connected to the object projecting the shadow. Royce definitely put out a project that takes A LOT of research and studying new info. Great review and album!

@@ArmLegLegArmHead47 Ah word up. I always focused more on the idea of the puppeteers behind the prisoners and how that fosters the idea that what we see at face value isn't always fact. That things can be manipulated without us knowing it, even though we do have the option to figure this stuff out. We just have to do it. But your second point was totally forgotten by me! It's been soooooo long since I've read about this stuff. So thank you for the extra info!

Myke C-Town It’s all good, you’re welcome. I definitely need to listen to the album with a focused mind...Royce is really a different level of MC at this point.