PRhyme - Raiders of the Lost Art: Part 2 lyrics

I don't care if you're old, young
Fat, skinny, pop, no pop
Underground, top ground is your rhyme
Dope? If it ain't
It don't mean shit that's the bottom line

In Hip-Hop someone has got
To set the standard
The decision to form the group PRhyme was
Something that happened organically after
Years of collaborating
With each other DJ Premier and Royce
Da 5'9" decided that they
Could only fulfill their
Artistic destiny by joining forces for a
Full length project it was a step they
Both needed to take for Hip-Hop's sake

Yeah i'm not really into, like
Everybody seeing how
I do my beats but, you know
As far as the whole aspect of how I
Program for artists that work with me
I let them see it i
Don't let them ever film it
But it's more like, "Hey
Take the memory of what you saw"

With DJ Premier, Royce da 5'9"
Was in his comfort zone
And the chemistry between
The two of them is undeniable but on
Their first project as a duo
Royce wanted to do things
A little differently that's
Where their music of Adrian Younge comes from

PRhyme started as an idea it was a
Idea that was meant for Slaughterhouse
By the group it's this new kid
He's hot everybody's sampling his music
He gets with his band and one of
His goals in his career was
To make it where everybody in Hip-Hop
Is sampling him you know
They make all of their music from scratch
He scored the whole Black Dynamite
Movie he did the soundtrack to it
His name is Adrian Younge

Though Premier had been vocal about
Staying in his own lane
The addition of Adrian Younge
Allowed the producer to
Experiment with the unique sound of a new
Generation adrian's music presented Preem
With a challenge
That he was resistant to at first

It looked different for me
Because I didn't really
Want to sample one artist and then with
Adrian Younge's music - the
Catalog that he gave me to use - I was just
Like, "How am I gonna make it sound like
We sound different with every song when
It's just one artist?" But, you know, with
Adrian's style and sound, I wasn't doubtful
I just didn't know how far I
Could pull off being different
Because Miles Davis never sounded the
Same on every record

Honestly, it's crazy because these
New versions that
You made actually make my music better
'Cause when I listen to my music now
I think of PRhyme i mean
It's hard for me just to think of my music
On it's own you made that stuff better

Musically, the production on PRhyme
Exceeds expectation the
Beats represent Hip-Hop in it's rawest form
Giving Royce more of a reason
To continue to keep the lyrical
Content ahead of the
Curve and even inspiring a
Few up-and-coming beat makers
Including Royce's own sixteen-year-old son
In the process

Yeah, I remember 'Cause I was always showing
- I was always like, "Aye
Let me play you this real quick" And
I'd play it for him in the
Car and stuff he'd be like, "yeah
This is good you know, i like it"
But I always kind of wanted him
To be like, "Wow wow" Like
Vibing and shit you know what I'm saying?

So I remember I was playing -
When I was first making music
I had the drum going with
The sample he was like
"I like that i like that" And
He went back i was
So happy 'Cause that was the first time - I
Ain't even had to ask him to listen to it he
Just automatically caught on that was
The very first time

It's that element of complexity that
Will make PRhyme stand out