Layers (Royce da 5'9" album)

Layers is the sixth studio album by American rapper Royce da 5'9". The album was released on April 15, 2016, by Bad Half Entertainment.^[1][2]

Layers
Studio album by Royce da 5'9"
Released	April 15, 2016
Recorded	2015
Genre	Hip hop
Length	63:02
Label	Bad Half
Producer	Royce da 5'9" (also exec.) Mr. Porter (also exec.) AntMan Wonder DJ Khalil DJ Pain 1 Daniel Smith Epikh G Koop J. Rhodes Jake One Nottz S1
Royce da 5'9" chronology
PRhyme (2014) Layers (2016) PRhyme 2 (2018)
Singles from Layers
"Tabernacle" Released: March 3, 2016 "Layers" Released: April 2, 2016

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	77/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Exclaim!	7/10[5]
HipHopDX	4.2/5[6]
Pitchfork Media	6.4/10[7]
PopMatters	[8]
XXL	(XL)[9]

Layers received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 77 based on 6 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".^[3]

Commercial performance

In the United States, the album debuted at number 22 on the Billboard 200, selling 16,749 copies in its first week.^[10] It was the eleventh best-selling album of the week.^[11] Layers was the first Royce's solo album to debut at number one on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.^[12] The album was also streamed 1.7 million times in the first week.^[13] In its second week the album fell to number 187 on the Billboard 200 chart.^[14]

Track listing

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Tabernacle"	S1 J. Rhodes	5:19
2.	"Pray"	Mr. Porter G Koop	4:05
3.	"Hard"	AntMan Wonder	5:51
4.	"Startercoat"	Mr. Porter	3:36
5.	"Wait"	Jake One	3:12
6.	"Shine (Skit)"		0:27
7.	"Shine"	Nottz	5:18
8.	"Lincoln (Skit)"		1:57
9.	"Flesh"	DJ Khalil	3:31
10.	"Hello (Skit)" (featuring Melanie Rutherford)	Daniel Smith	1:29
11.	"Misses" (featuring K. Young)	DJ Khalil	4:09
12.	"Dope!" (featuring Loren W. Oden)	DJ Pain 1	4:03
13.	"America"	S1 Epikh	4:23
14.	"Layers" (featuring Pusha T and Rick Ross)	Mr. Porter	4:20
15.	"Quiet" (featuring Tiara and Mr. Porter)	Mr. Porter	4:07
16.	"Gottaknow"	S1 Epikh	3:55
17.	"Off"	Mr. Porter	3:20
Total length:			63:02

Charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[15]	22
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[16]	4
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[17]	1