The Allegory
by Royce Da 5'9"
Royce Da 5'9" bestography
The Allegory is ranked 3rd best out of 9 albums by Royce Da 5'9" on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Royce Da 5'9" is Death Is Certain which is ranked number 12072 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 96.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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The Allegory track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Allegory rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 |  Larcx13 | Top 85 Music Albums of the 2020s | 61/85 | 4 |
| 2025 |  travelful | 2020 #201-300 | 5/43 | - |
| 2025 | MatteoMerdok | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2020s | 57/100 | 5 |
| 2025 | ReelBigToph | Top 30 Music Albums of 2020 | 28/30 | 1 |
| 2025 | Larcx13 | Top 31 Music Albums of 2020 | 19/31 | 2 |
| 2024 | migl | Top 61 Music Albums of the 2020s | 21/61 | 9 |
| 2024 | migl | Top 42 Music Albums of 2020 | 9/42 | 4 |
| 2024 |  srogers900 | Best Albums Ever 601-700 | 64/100 | - |
| 2023 | srogers900 | Top 68 Music Albums of 2020 | 36/68 | 2 |
| 2023 | MatteoMerdok | Top 19 Music Albums of 2020 | 12/19 | 2 |
| 2021 | NickD89 | Top 42 Music Albums of 2020 | 26/42 | 2 |
| 2021 |  Lachapelle | Top 42 Music Albums of 2020 | 29/42 | 2 |
| 2020 | RIFF | The 75 best albums of 2020 | 41/75 | 2 |
| 2020 | amassini | Top 50 Music Albums of 2020 | 28/50 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 14 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 38 | |||
The Allegory collection
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The Allegory ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 11/01/2022 11:17 | jonny5244 | 8,422 | 63/100 |
| ! | 12/07/2021 20:18 | MatteoMerdok | 342 | 81/100 |
| ! | 01/07/2021 18:02 | Larcx13 | 2,850 | 74/100 |
| ! | 01/06/2021 19:59 | AvriZZle | 25 | 82/100 |
| ! | 11/30/2020 06:36 | srogers900 | 890 | 84/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.9/100, a mean average of 68.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 68.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.2.
The Allegory comments
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Let's look beyond the anti-vax BS lines
The Allegory is a loose concept album - while its theme and focus definitely get diluted - there are definitely some excellent moments.
This theme of “Woke” when at its best - is presented brilliantly on this project. Take the track Dope Man & Overcomer. These tracks are lyrically heavy - and carry the theme of allegory very well. I also wanted to point out that they sound really good and unique to Royce. In fact, this entire project was self-produced by him. I really enjoyed the scattered soundscape he put together. It's a very minimalist sound, that really provides space for those dense bars. But It's not perfect - there are some misses - For instance Rhinestone Doo Rag - the sampled effects sound misplaced and forced. And The production on On the Block is dull. But on the flip side, there are some very strongly produced tracks - I mentioned Dope Man and Overcomer - Young World can be added to that list - chops up and distorts multiple samples included pray by Jay Z, Hey Young World by Slick Rick among others. In these songs, he uses distorted samples as a tool to further drive home the allegory theme - and the message of re-evaluating what you think you might already know.
I know a lot of people are writing this album off due to the anti-vax lines. Those statements and claims that he made are wrong - they are incorrect and I don’t agree with it being presented as facts. However, I can understand why someone like him would have paranoia surrounding that.
So with all that - I’m not going to completely write off this project - it's flawed, sure I don’t agree with all the stances, some of the tracks are boring, and the subject matter can feel unfocused.
But to counter - it also has moments of cultural awareness, has some unique & powerful production, along with excellent features - the Griselda crew, Vince’s Staples, and overall excellent rapping by Royce.
FAVORITE TRACKS: MR & MRS GRACE / DOPE MAN / FUBU / YOUNG WORLD / OVERCOMER
Some great ideas, excellent production by Royce. A lot of filler tracks and some standpoints which I don't approve. Overall good album.
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