PRhyme is an American hip hop duo composed of

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. They created their own record label PRhyme Records and released their first album, '' PRhyme'', on December 9, 2014, and its follow-up, '' PRhyme 2'', on March 16, 2018. The production of each album is based on sampling a single artist's compositions:

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for '' PRhyme'' and AntMan Wonder for '' PRhyme 2''. When the concept was originally pitched to Premier, he viewed it as a challenge since he recognized that he was previously known for his beats from obscure samples from many different sources, and this project forced him to find what he needed from a single catalogue of work. For ''PRhyme 2'', Royce described the process of receiving compositions to work off of directly from AntMan Wonder as being "like sampling from Mozart but Mozart is actually giving you the music". The duo also appeared on the ''Southpaw'' soundtrack. In 2021, DJ Premier confirmed ''PRhyme 3'' is in the works.

Discography

Studio albums

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