“It’s time for you to start comparing me to the greats now,” Royce Da 5’9″ said in his last interview with MichiganHipHop.com (click to read). “I  got a classic album on my hands, and I can do it on that level.” It’s been years since plans for the DJ Premier-executive produced Street Hop were announced, but after hold-ups from bootlegs, mixtape releases and supergroup formations, the disc finally hit stores on October 20.  Hailed as Royce’s best project to date, the album further certified Royce as one of the most formidable emcees in the industry. Under the cut, Nickel Nine gives insight to the creative process behind songs from his masterpiece.

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Crown Nation (Quelle Life & Denmark Vessey) “Bobby Womack (Get It)”
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Off Crown Nation’s “Slut Bag Edition,” which is coming soon.

Directed by Nic Notion & Jason Matthews featuring Shiron Denise & Tony Womack

DJ Soko “The First Step” Mix
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Tracklist:

1. Gangstarr – “Intro (The First Step)”
2. The Left (Apollo Brown x Journalist 103 x Dj Soko) feat. Mu “Battle Axe”
3. Guilty Simpson “OJ Simpson”
4. Marvwon “Stomp”
5. Big Proof (RIP) feat. Journalist 103 and Mu “Broken”
6. Elzhi “Deep”
7. Waajeed feat. Guilty Simpson “Do You Ni**as Want More?”
8. Royce Da 5’9 feat. Busta Rhymes “Dinner Time”
9. Phat Kat “F.A.N.S.”
10. Random Axe “Monster Babies”
11. Miz Korona “Like A Zoo”
12. Nametag Feat. Skyzoo “Back On My Shit”
13. Fat Ray feat. Phat Kat, Elzhi, Black Milk “Get Focus”
14. Royce Da 5’9, Elzhi, Supastition “Best To Do It (Marco Polo Remix)”
15. Finale “Heat”
16. The Left (Apollo Brown x Journalist 103 x Dj Soko) “The Funeral (only 1st verse, Gas Mask album coming soon)”
17. 5 Ela feat. Finale “5 Fingaz Up”
18. Ro Spit feat. Monica Blaire “Renaissance State of Mind”

Ro Spit “Levi Denim (Peep How I Kill ‘Em) (Prod. Nino The Pelican)”
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Off Ro Spit’s “The OH S#!T Project,” which drops on November 10, 2009

Mike Posner, Big Sean & P.L. “Bring Me Down (Michigan Remix)”
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Jwan “Nothing Really Matters”
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Damu The Fudgemunk “When The Winter Comes (Feat. Buff1)
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