Layers

by Royce da 5'9"

Layers cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 15 April 2016
  • Label: Bad Half
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:03:10
  • Community rating: 3.28/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Acting as a profound introspective statement, 'Layers' tackles the Detroit emcee's struggles with alcoholism and his subsequent journey into sobriety. The hardcore hip-hop release balances technically elite lyricism with deeply personal storytelling over classic boom-bap production.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic, conscious, melodic, political

Tracklist

  1. Tabernacle (5:19)
  2. Pray (4:05)
  3. Hard (5:51)
  4. Startercoat (3:36)
  5. Wait (3:12)
  6. Shine - Skit (0:27)
  7. Shine (5:18)
  8. Lincoln - Skit (1:57)
  9. Flesh (3:31)
  10. Hello (feat. Melanie Rutherford) - Skit (1:29)
  11. Misses (feat. K. Young) (4:09)
  12. Dope! (feat. Loren W. Oden) (4:03)
  13. America (4:23)
  14. Layers (feat. Pusha T and Rick Ross) (4:20)
  15. Quiet (feat. Tiara and Mr. Porter) (4:07)
  16. Gottaknow (3:55)
  17. Off (3:20)

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