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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

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.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	77/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Exclaim!	7/10
HipHopDX	4.2/5
Pitchfork Media	6.4/10
PopMatters
XXL	(XL)

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".

Commercial performance

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

Track listing

Charts

References

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• 2016 albums
• Royce da 5'9" albums
• Albums produced by Mr. Porter
• Albums produced by DJ Khalil
• Albums produced by Jake One
• Albums produced by Nottz
• Albums produced by Symbolyc One