Background Īs early as September 2015, Royce mentioned rappers Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, and The Game on Twitter as possible featured artists on PRhyme 2. On Februin an interview with Vibe, Royce stated that in April of the same year that he and DJ Premier were going to begin recording songs for the album: 'I can tell you that me and Preem are going in April to do PRhyme 2.' A year later on Main an interview with Billboard, Premier stated that PRhyme 2 was nearing completion but still needed to have features and mixing on the songs: 'PRhyme 2 is almost done. I’m one song away from finishing but we still have to mix and we have features. We still got to get all the features locked down.' Two months later on May 18, it was revealed that Royce and Premier were in the studio working on the album. Six months later on November 3, both Royce and Premier officially announced that PRhyme 2 was completed and that they were planning a release date.
