Royce Da 5’9″ Drops ‘Layers’ Album a Few Days Early

Since announcing his Layers album in February, Royce Da 5'9" has been relentless with is promo, dropping numerous singles, videos and his Tabernacle: Trust the Shooter EP. Layers is due out this Friday, April 15 and the Detroit native decided to let go of the album a few days earlier. Featuring Pusha T, Rick Ross, Mr. Porter and more, the 17-track effort also has production from AntMan Wonder, Jake One, Nottz and DJ Khalil.

“This album was the first album that I spent a lot of time putting it together as a complete thought,” the rapper said in a press release. “Most of my albums reflect an emotion based off of my feelings. Death Is Certain was dark because of everything I was going through; this album reflects my emotion, but also my thoughts. That focus on Layers comes after a gold album, multiple Top 5 chart appearances, and a high profile BET Hip Hop Awards cypher performance.

“I’ve learned a lot from being apart of B.M.E, Slaughterhouse and PRhyme and I’ve had the opportunity to use all of those experiences to better myself as artist, so it’s very exciting to see how those experiences will affect my career.”

Check out the tracklist and full features below.

1. "Tabernacle"
2. "Pray"
3. "Hard"
4. "Starter Coat"
5. "Wait"
6. "Shine (Skit)"
7. "Shine"
8. "Lincoln (Skit)"
9. "Flesh"
10. "Hello (Skit)" Feat. Melanie Rutherford
11. "Misses" Feat. K Young
12. "Dope!" Feat. Loren W. Oden
13. "America"
14. "Layers" Feat. Pusha T and Rick Ross
15. "Quiet" Feat. Tiara and Mr. Porter
16. "Gottaknow"
17. "Off"

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