I’ve read Statik Selektah rave about his upcoming single “The Imperial” through social media and heard him talking about it during the Buckshot show at The Middle East last week. He raved about how Black Thought went in the booth & spit a 52 bar verse in one take & bounced 5 minutes later. Here’s the Shade 45 radio rip of “The Imperial” where Action Bronson leads off, Royce Da 5’9″ gets a double at the 2 spot but Black Thought hits a 475 foot home run on this jawn. This is Black Thought’s 2nd nominee for Verse Of The Year (“Rapid Eye Movement” off Pharoahe Monch’s “PTSD”) in 2014 and it perfectly follows up Black Thought’s virtuoso performance on “Bird’s Eye View” off last year’s “Extended Play”. Statik Selektah’s new project “#WhatGoesAround” will be released on ShowOff/Duck Down Music August 19th. This is what greatness sounds like. Get you some…
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