Statik Selektah ft. Action Bronson, Royce Da 5'9" & Black Thought - "The Imperial"
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- Опубликовано: 3 июл 2014
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Action Bronson, Royce Da 5'9" of Slaugtherhouse, and Black Thought of The Roots are featured on Statik Selektah's latest single from his 'What Goes Around' LP, out 8/19/2014 on Show Off Records/Duck Down Music.
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Black Thought makes every song sound like a boss battle that can’t be won 😭 DAYUM
"It's triple ent-Andre 3 stacks of.... Hey YA"
3 references to Andre in one line!! Fair play
Ioan Pearce brilliant.
Ioan Pearce yea that's still one of the first lines.
Black Thought on a Statik beat is always gonna be a neck breaker
Black Thought with the first “No Diddy” of all time 😂😂
Man, if I was a rapper, I don't think I would even want to be on a record with Thought.. He does this shit to everyone he gets on with.
Jack Johnson whole truth!!!
It's not an L tho, like it's Thought what u gunna do
Any time Black Thought is on a track, there is still AT LEAST half the song left when he gets on the track. Doesnt matter who else is on the track with him. He's that fucking good.
Walked form LA to NY and by the time I got there Black thought's verse was still going
One of the best verses I've ever heard in my life. Black Thought is top 5 no doubt
Mad Respect for anybody Ballsy enough to jump on a track with 5'9 and Tarik.
Black thought is the definition of an emcee.
Miss this Bronson! Black Thought's a god! 5'9 Thors Bro Lo-Ki! ❤
"No entourage but I roll with heat like Dwayne wade,LeBron and Bosh"- ridiculous bars!!♨️💯💯
For anyone who slept on Black Thought EVER... that verse would body most of the industry today...
Dr. Seuss would body most of the industry today... :(
That might have been one of the greatest verse of ALL TIME. Forget about today.
Trevor Reis Too true lol
@@TrevorReis 😭😭 more true than ever now
It's triple ent-Andre 3 stacks of.... Hey YA. Who else but Thought?
Sick line!
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
That's so cold
Good lord that was nasty af 🔥🔥💯
God!! Damn that line was clever
Black Thought stepped in like Biggie and owned this song as soon has he started rapping.
He gives an impression as if he is having fun and killing this beat at the same time. That and incredible rhymes.
My favorite rapper and biggest inspiration.
the biggest slept on artist everyone sees him just as owe yeah the mc of the roots
Mc Flo Biggie wasn't shit!
Jamaal Horton annnd your opinion is automatically irrelevant
Ferbombi he was shitty! He was basic and he was a homosexual! He was vastly overrated!!
Jamaal Horton yes because your sexual orientation determines your skill...idiot
"Roll with no entourage. But I roll with heat like I was Dwayne Wade, Lebron and Bosh."
🔥🔥🔥😱🔥🔥🔥😲🔥🔥🔥💀🔥🔥🔥🦖
Action and Royce marinated the beat while Thought just devoured the whole thing.
Clayton Jones I'm crying tears of joy.
black thought... Unironically the greatest emcee of all fucking time?
Dude u spot on
💯
Black Thought always killing it!
Black thought hands down, man how is he not spoken about much 😩
Black Thought kills it so effortlessly.
BlackTought is 👑!
One of the best songs I've heard in any genre.
I feel blessed to listen to black thought
"I'm a put a polka dot on ya dome and Kwame ya !"and the winner is 👑Black Thought again!
Yo who your top 5? Jay, Biggie, Pac, Nas
I ain't tryna hear another name if it's not mine
Black Thought's entire verse was dope
bt is THE ILLEST dude to EVER touch the mic
Jesus Black Thought sounded like he could have rapped for hours. Just kills it
WOWWWWWW!!! BLACK FUCKIN' THOUGHT!!! Please don't ever stop rappin'...fav MC
Great song with great lyricism... Blackthought the GOAT.
black thought murdered that!!
Word up Homie!
My god man, lyrical beast!
Sho nuff motboy2! He got it IN!
nobody on Thought's level these days
Absolutely C Biv. Not even close!
Oh my gawd!!!!! Thought Spazzed!!!!
Fuuuuuuuuhhhhhh..... royce verse was cold as polar bear balls.. thought froze this joint into a new ice age.
Thought KILLED this joint but I gotta admit that Loki bar from Royce was pretty dope. This track is gold!
Black Thought murdered it
Black Thought drops that true FIRE!!
they don't make them like this no more. Instant classic and still bumping in 2020 and beyond🔥
Everybody snapped but wen it come to Thought it ain't fair. He a different level dude.
Go back and listen to Concerto of the Desperado... years ahead of its time with the lyrics
I don't usually leave a comment here but when I do, it is because of Black Thought. Wow...
yo royce and black thought were always top ten but in the last 5 years they both entered the top 5
I said it b4 & I'll say it again.. THOUGHT BODIES EVERYTHING & EVERYONE! #TOP5ALIVE I'm glad HE finally said it! Royce def came closer than any1 I can remember tho! #PHILLYHIPHOP
Making of a Murderer
I love Bronson and Royce but Thought killed this shit for real
I know Black Thought Murdered It, but Royce Assassinated the track.. Damn!! Enjoyed his word play!!!
Black Thought and Royce killed it!
Black Thought is the best in the world!!!!
Word
This song is so god damn good
Black thought went INNNNNN!!!
Poor Action and Rd'59, they never saw Black coming!
Royce is still the GOAT imo, yet to hear a single wack bar from him
Couldn't stand Action Bronson's verse, Royce was dope as fuck but Black Thought straight murked this, and Statik Seletah produced a fire beat, I love the Star Wars vibe
On the follow up album Royce has a line about getting killed by Blackthought
@@jd5726 Action did his thing. It ain't for everyone, understandable if you don't vibe with it.
Im here from royce interview. He said they didnt tell him black.though was in. He gave his verses first and they studied it...
Damn after like 3hrs of this song on repeat!! I think black spazzed and was the best one on this track his. Delivery and lyrics are crazy sick. I still think royce got it with the Bars..
+i wrekm Well said
The violin sound or whatever that is absolutely Makes this song 👌🏻
haven’t listened to black thought’s verse yet but he already devoured it
Black Thought sounds like he could go on for days and days if somebody didn't stop him.
Techno 360 lmfao;word Sun!
insaneeeeeeeee verse
Techno 360 I saw him in Milwaukee and the band took a break and he was in the back just going off acapella until they came out for like 3 encores!
fun thing is that's what royce always"brags and boasts "about of him doing
owe and the "'marks are cause he doesnt realy brags about it but does it aswell so dont take it as hate to royce but as bt said im in a different league
Royce is a top 5 lyricist of any genre, all time!
Black thought killed that shit tho!
That man Tariq is serious
I would love to hear Black Thought and Redman on the same track. Hell, throw in Kool G. Rap and make it a trilogy attack.
it's a travesty that this has less than a million views. black thoughts verse is molten gold.
Filmon Weldegiorgis it's best to keep your gold a secret
Couldn't agree more amd that is 100% Black
Thank God for Statik keeping real hiphop alive....top album of the year...Black Thought is one of the most slept on mc's out there...he's in my top ten favs
Honestly i think royce underestimates him self in this verse. This is fire as fuck.
Nice trio! especially with Black Thought the super lyricist and the illest nigga in da game, Royce.
I'm a huge Bronson fan, but simply got outshined here.
I totally agree withu. Bronson normally gets busy, he didn't bring his A game on this cut. Maybe Statik should of went with Skyzoo or Roc Maricano. Black Thought went in overdose style like always . Black Thought killed it.
chatege75 I would like Skyzoo on this. He is never _not_ on his A game.
Well, it's Black Thought.
same. I love Bronson, but hes not on a level with these 2
That's how I feel also
Still bumping in this day n age
Black Thought is not Top 5, he's at the top then there's everyone else and has been for a while now. Name one rapper that can eat him? I'll wait.... GOAT
Los
Eat? Surely he's gotten better over time, but Pun washed on Super Lyrical.
"It's triple ent-Andre 3 stacks of.... Hey YA". VS. "The whole squad Gucci but chances are you in LV if you running with these rebels"
U.N.LV if you running with these Rebels...
Kevin bond yea, that's why that was the one, the UNLV running rebels pun
royce aint a tenth of black thought
tony yates, But that's relevant to this post right?
the post comparing a black thought line to a royce line? this one you mean? with the black thought line then the 'VS' in capitals then the royce line directly comparing the 2 mcs? yeah, yeah i think it is
YO! Did you hear BLACK THOUGHT! Are you tellin me that BLACK THOUGHT didn't murder that track!?!
Statik's beats are so fluid. Would love the opportunity to write bars over one of his jawns some day.
Listen, if Bronson can hang on a track with Royce and 'Reek like this y'all need to give him his respect too. #FUSHING #QUEENS on the map
Black Thought of course...
WOW .. HIPHOP IS ALIVE !!
is never was dead it only took a nap XD
Actually, most of the front runners for mainstream hip-hop is kicking, just don't count YMCMB and you're good. But even then, sometimes they go in too.
I can see Big Pun destroying this beat with his flow alone!!!! rip punisher 😗😏
Lyrically, just a hand full of mc's can touch Tariq. He's fucking crazy!
Royce is out of this world good
“No Diddy” 😭
"Put a polka dot on your head, I Kwame ya....!!" Tariq..!!!!
Verse 1: Action Bronson]
Yo it's the rap Scott Disick
Come through the fuckin' block with some hot lizards
Blowin' loud in the blizzard
Put 6 digits on the Wizards, shit, just don't tell my misses
Damn, she throw the dice with a red glove
Spread love, spread legs from the bed to the tub
Floor to the closet
Real sex on the Panasonic
I'm gettin' head in the pool, bitch
Bitch, I'm just better than you
Yeah, around the world like 4 times
All because a mothafucka spit raw rhymes
Yeah, more lines, more lines
Shit, feed 'em more lines and more lines
I won't dumb it down for morons
It's like shootin' big game with a small 9
[Verse 2: Royce Da 5'9"]
Bottom line of sellin' these pebbles
Get away with your life earnin's while I'm tryna dodge these devils
The whole squad Gucci, Jordans, but chances are
You in LV if you runnin' with these rebels
I'm sellin' wrapped up, capped up vials of crack
Every syllable and vowel is a fact, I throw stacks
The chick ridin' with me, she polished, she a dime
She stylish, check her HOEFAX, her mileage is back, she solid
The Desert Eagle here to better the people
Sellin' perico like there is no I or L in illegal
I hire felons, to sew up the streets, while I let you believe
That it's better to be you, baby, I call that threadin' the needle
You know me, it ain't nothin' corny in the wardrobe
I'm low key, even more so than Thor's bro
Impeccable ear, I take Braille, make it Morse Code
Then peddle it like I'm tryna make the Porsche go
[Verse 3: Black Thought]
And you say New York City
My cheapest t-shirts cost me $450
Listen for me, the call of the wild is "Go Philly!"
It's shorties in the front row flashin' both titties
The texture of my voice is coarse, it's so gritty
That I could make the people revolt with no Diddy
I used to kick it with Hex Murda, Frank Nitty
In the D where he would bring J. Dilla and Dank with him
Riq Gees for mayor, a franchise player
Yeah, you might say I'm in the book of Isaiah
The highway is when it's my way
Yeah I'ma put a polka dot on your dome, and Kwamé yah
This is the big payoff, soliloquy of Chaos
Another rapper gon' get rocked like Amadeus
Defeat'll make a nigga get ghost like a seance
It's triple entendre, three stacks of, hey ya
I plan to keep a band like Fela
Until when my career's over like A.I
It's me and the Muhammads, Ali's, bay'ah
That never played the porch or asked for mother, may I
Listen, my callin' card ball hard like armadillos
Rappers too thin to win, like cigarillos
Shakin' their hair back and forth like Willow
But need to save the soft ass talkin' for the pillows
I had a issue with a hater, now it's kinda squashed
Like a slug below the soles of the St. Laurents
My response, a steppin' razor like I'm Father Tosh
Exotic fabrics on my blazer like the Maharaja
Sick whips in my garage, roll with no entourage
But I roll with heat like I'm Dwayne Wade, Lebron and Bosh
I keep the paper stacked in layers like baklavas
Even though they give us ours free, like the Amistad
I know I'm sort of pompous, no type of moral compass
Go right the fuck up in your mouth like I'm the orthodontist
Some rappers just startin' out, but me, I'm more accomplished
The imperial Black Thought from The Foreign Objects
I created a movement not just related to music
They keep askin' me what's my take on the state of the union
All these haters is human, but I'm a different breed
They be crazy cartoonish, but I'm in a different league
Killer colloquium, kush rolled with opium
Makin' my associates act so inappropriate
I got weapons manufactured in the Soviet
Now I'm like Future on that "I just won a trophy" shit
Ayo the, the, the boss is back
Take that, and while you're at it, make my coffee black
I tried to tell you mothafuckas on Respond/React
I'm the nastiest to do it, as a matter of fact
Yo who your top 5? Jay, Biggie, Pac, Nas
I ain't tryna hear another name if it's not mine
Any side talkin', I'ma consider it shots fired
At the outlier, and start it up like a hotwire, nigga
I AM NOT Fn WORTHY OF THIS SONG... Perfection..SHOWOFF!!
Stink face throughout the entire song. Sick beginning to end.
My neck hurt after listening to this....Fiyah.
black thought with lyricism, royce with wordplay, action with picturesque
Perfect MC lineup.
Bronson the lead-off hitter, easy opposite-field single over the leaping shortstop, Bronson turns the corner like he's gonna try for second, but holds up and stays at first.
Royce bats second, makes contact on a 2-0 pitch to line a double into the alley in deep center-right. Royce runs through the sign at first and legs it out to second base just beating the throw. Bronson safe at third, runners in scoring position, two on, nobody out.
Then, fucking Black Thought steps up to the plate, batting third, hitting .480 on the season, with 20 HRs and 20 RBIs already through May.
First pitch swung on and Black Thought sends a rocket Into deep right center, and it's a no-doubter. Back, back, outta here. That shit is on the upper deck. Just like that, the Statik Selektah's break it open with a 3-run blast.
"I had a issue with a hater, now it's kinda squashed
Like a slug below the soles of the St. Laurents
My response, a steppin' razor like I'm Father Tosh
Exotic fabrics on my blazer like the Maharaja"
Goddamn XD
Black thought is worth listening through bronson's verse.
Action’s was dope too. 6 digits on tha wizards, just don’t tell my mrs
@@frankwhite1895what makes that dope? That man never made a $100,000 bet in his life, and even if he did, hiding a 6 figure gambling habit from your wife is just reckless and dumb
I must say, this track made me happy. It's hard for anyone to outshine Royce on a track, and he laid a hell of a verse. But Black Thought killed that track. He's always been slept on when it comes to "top lists" but man, dudes been killing it forever. Still on point. I'm a fan of Bronson but he was a little lazy on the track. But then again anyone can seem lazy when Royce and Black Thought killed it like that. Looking forward to this release.
+Daniel Basilicato True man.. But imagine what would have happened had Royce had more to say in his verse..
Daniel Basilicato yea they say black thought is underrated in some of the most transcendent/illest to do it, but Royce is really slept on. He rips every song ive heard with ease.
Black Thought murdered this
black thought had like a 2 and a half minute verse...
+YnoRichieTV Well deserved.
+YnoRichieTV bout time, the guy is so underrated, saw him on the chappelle show once and loved him instantly
WOW TOP 5! EASY
this man's flow sounds the same on every single track he does. Royce nice af as usual. some of the best punch lines I've ever heard have come from 5'9. he stepped his game to a new level when he was rappin with EM. crazy stuff.
Thought is the best to ever do it. this might be one of his top verses ever. don't sleep on Bronson's verse tho. and Royce may be a wannabe Eminem in the coat tails, but he definitely has a few clever lines
Riq G is the ultimate...
If you dislike this, you dislike real music. Straight heat right here!
All three of these guys are dope, but Black thought just continues to be a man amongst boys.
Tripple Anandres 3stacks heya sheesh!
BLACK THOUGHT!!!!!! and the other guys on the song
I'm guessing you mean Royce
Lol...lol. I know right.
Jason Hall that's exactly what it is!
Shit! Black Thought Killed This!!
💜
on Statik's follow up album Lucky 7, at the beginning of Royce's verse on Crystal Clear, even mentions that "Black Thought killed me man." It actually led me to check out this track which I never came across before! He destroyed this song.
This song is fire
I love Black Thought but Royces flow is untouchable
Black Thought flowed for like 3 straight minutes with no chorus. That is a REAL EMCEE right there.
Oh my
Dope.
Black Thought. Top 5 dead or alive.