Statik Selektah ft. Action Bronson, Royce Da 5'9" & Black Thought - "The Imperial"

[@mmastiff734]

Black Thought with the first “No Diddy” of all time 😂😂

[@mytsoplix]

It's triple ent-Andre 3 stacks of.... Hey YA. Who else but Thought?

[@eddied80]

Sick line!

[@belak1551]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@cameronrogers8572]

That's so cold

[@spmex]

Good lord that was nasty af 🔥🔥💯

[@marzdagodofwar2291]

God!! Damn that line was clever

[@ioanpearce5793]

"It's triple ent-Andre 3 stacks of.... Hey YA" 3 references to Andre in one line!! Fair play

[@tri3pleagent]

Ioan Pearce brilliant.

[@chrishicks7529]

Ioan Pearce yea that's still one of the first lines.

[@McFlo]

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.

[@mvoogt2908]

the biggest slept on artist everyone sees him just as owe yeah the mc of the roots

[@jamaalhorton2343]

Mc Flo Biggie wasn't shit!

[@LordFerbombi]

Jamaal Horton annnd your opinion is automatically irrelevant

[@jamaalhorton2343]

Ferbombi he was shitty! He was basic and he was a homosexual! He was vastly overrated!!

[@LordFerbombi]

Jamaal Horton yes because your sexual orientation determines your skill...idiot

[@ClaytonJonesImages]

Action and Royce marinated the beat while Thought just devoured the whole thing.

[@born90cyph]

Clayton Jones I'm crying tears of joy.

[@pibbya]

black thought... Unironically the greatest emcee of all fucking time?

[@90srap73]

Dude u spot on

[@barryterry89]

💯

[@belak1551]

Black thought is the definition of an emcee.

[@CiscoSZR]

Miss this Bronson! Black Thought's a god! 5'9 Thors Bro Lo-Ki! ❤

[@skll2081]

Black Thought makes every song sound like a boss battle that can’t be won 😭 DAYUM

[@jamesbrooking2143]

Black Thought on a Statik beat is always gonna be a neck breaker

[@rjfsir]

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.

[@jamaalhorton2343]

Jack Johnson whole truth!!!

[@sunset6012]

It's not an L tho, like it's Thought what u gunna do

[@RedBanit]

royce has taken black thought a alot of there songs

[@westleywright]

black thought murdered that!!

[@TerryCarter]

Word up Homie!

[@Elmer1953]

My god man, lyrical beast!

[@TerryCarter]

Sho nuff motboy2! He got it IN!

[@cbiv79]

nobody on Thought's level these days

[@TerryCarter]

Absolutely C Biv. Not even close!

[@ioanpearce5793]

Walked form LA to NY and by the time I got there Black thought's verse was still going

[@HokiePitcher22]

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.

[@zSuRvIvoRz]

One of the best verses I've ever heard in my life. Black Thought is top 5 no doubt

[@kwesthomas]

For anyone who slept on Black Thought EVER... that verse would body most of the industry today...

[@TrevorReis]

Dr. Seuss would body most of the industry today... :(

[@WildfireWiffler44]

That might have been one of the greatest verse of ALL TIME. Forget about today.

[@m.night_schlongislong]

Trevor Reis Too true lol

[@lyrics2challenged]

@@TrevorReis 😭😭 more true than ever now

[@adambranch8692]

Mad Respect for anybody Ballsy enough to jump on a track with 5'9 and Tarik.

[@eddietalley3849]

Fuuuuuuuuhhhhhh..... royce verse was cold as polar bear balls.. thought froze this joint into a new ice age.

[@ENDEE666]

Black Thought always killing it!

[@TheMelMan]

Black Thought kills it so effortlessly.

[@uniden1059]

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

[@seasonedveteran3517]

"Roll with no entourage. But I roll with heat like I was Dwayne Wade, Lebron and Bosh." 🔥🔥🔥😱🔥🔥🔥😲🔥🔥🔥💀🔥🔥🔥🦖

[@JAA87]

"No entourage but I roll with heat like Dwayne wade,LeBron and Bosh"- ridiculous bars!!♨️💯💯

[@gigac521]

bt is THE ILLEST dude to EVER touch the mic

[@SkateSka]

One of the best songs I've heard in any genre.

[@johannsebastianmusic]

Poor Action and Rd'59, they never saw Black coming!

[@nathanaelaldred8885]

Royce is still the GOAT imo, yet to hear a single wack bar from him

[@jd5726]

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

[@Heaterz]

On the follow up album Royce has a line about getting killed by Blackthought

[@JustAgreekPassing]

@@jd5726 Action did his thing. It ain't for everyone, understandable if you don't vibe with it.

[@icicestrosehill3504]

Im here from royce interview. He said they didnt tell him black.though was in. He gave his verses first and they studied it...

[@emergematic9048]

BlackTought is 👑!

[@shogunate2]

I feel blessed to listen to black thought

[@jeremiahwoods8200]

"I'm a put a polka dot on ya dome and Kwame ya !"and the winner is 👑Black Thought again!

[@ishmammohammadadnan1525]

“No Diddy” 😭

[@CamEron-nj5qy]

Black thought went INNNNNN!!!

[@kwesthomas]

Go back and listen to Concerto of the Desperado... years ahead of its time with the lyrics

[@Temp0]

This song is so god damn good

[@BlowTorchDrizy1]

they don't make them like this no more. Instant classic and still bumping in 2020 and beyond🔥

[@isaacdelys8154]

Jesus Black Thought sounded like he could have rapped for hours. Just kills it

[@Bam2106]

Thought KILLED this joint but I gotta admit that Loki bar from Royce was pretty dope. This track is gold!

[@SKLZWL]

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

[@jamilbenton20]

Making of a Murderer

[@AA_360]

Black Thought sounds like he could go on for days and days if somebody didn't stop him.

[@born90cyph]

Techno 360 lmfao;word Sun!

[@JSalonsky]

insaneeeeeeeee verse

[@C_71]

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!

[@mvoogt2908]

fun thing is that's what royce always"brags and boasts "about of him doing

[@mvoogt2908]

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

[@khaledsarieddine2015]

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

[@nabilbereriche6333]

I love Bronson and Royce but Thought killed this shit for real

[@dynamic9016]

Great song with great lyricism... Blackthought the GOAT.

[@jayperez5166]

Black thought hands down, man how is he not spoken about much 😩

[@RozuGojo]

Black Thought and Royce killed it!

[@joepecora1601]

Oh my gawd!!!!! Thought Spazzed!!!!

[@JMCKMUSIC1]

Black Thought drops that true FIRE!!

[@filmonweldegiorgis2003]

it's a travesty that this has less than a million views. black thoughts verse is molten gold.

[@anredickerson1535]

Filmon Weldegiorgis it's best to keep your gold a secret

[@1fes323]

Couldn't agree more amd that is 100% Black

[@bakaerammutla7855]

Black Thought murdered it

[@thejayreal4931]

Everybody snapped but wen it come to Thought it ain't fair. He a different level dude.

[@ronn363]

WOWWWWWW!!! BLACK FUCKIN' THOUGHT!!! Please don't ever stop rappin'...fav MC

[@yumjuu2]

I don't usually leave a comment here but when I do, it is because of Black Thought. Wow...

[@kerritredwen588]

Black Thought is the best in the world!!!!

[@babolokimothofela4478]

Word

[@lukagotsiridze7442]

haven’t listened to black thought’s verse yet but he already devoured it

[@marieallard9860]

yo royce and black thought were always top ten but in the last 5 years they both entered the top 5

[@reggiezinnerman598]

That man Tariq is serious

[@cashjustcash.1789]

Royce is a top 5 lyricist of any genre, all time!

[@cashjustcash.1789]

Black thought killed that shit tho!

[@aboogie1212]

WOW .. HIPHOP IS ALIVE !!

[@vanks1]

is never was dead it only took a nap XD

[@hueyfreeman7184]

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.

[@snowdjagha]

Lyrically, just a hand full of mc's can touch Tariq. He's fucking crazy!

[@w.a.i8459]

Still bumping in this day n age

[@willburblunderbuss1393]

The violin sound or whatever that is absolutely Makes this song 👌🏻

[@RockRock2233]

I'm a huge Bronson fan, but simply got outshined here.

[@chatege75]

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.

[@ClaytonJonesImages]

chatege75 I would like Skyzoo on this. He is never _not_ on his A game.

[@hueyfreeman7184]

Well, it's Black Thought.

[@cbiv79]

same. I love Bronson, but hes not on a level with these 2

[@KwanDon22]

That's how I feel also

[@dannyhabetyes840]

"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"

[@tri3pleagent]

U.N.LV if you running with these Rebels...

[@habetyes]

Kevin bond yea, that's why that was the one, the UNLV running rebels pun

[@theorbization]

royce aint a tenth of black thought

[@professorXcross]

tony yates, But that's relevant to this post right?

[@theorbization]

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

[@iwrekm2365]

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..

[@leboganglegodi6811]

+i wrekm Well said

[@KtotheG]

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.

[@AJJordan]

Statik's beats are so fluid. Would love the opportunity to write bars over one of his jawns some day.

[@Starks451]

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

[@thejayreal4931]

Los

[@lyrics2challenged]

Eat? Surely he's gotten better over time, but Pun washed on Super Lyrical.

[@andymcfly]

Stink face throughout the entire song. Sick beginning to end.

[@robbiewoolsey]

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

[@kennethrosario8454]

"Put a polka dot on your head, I Kwame ya....!!" Tariq..!!!!

[@blazomeragic807]

Honestly i think royce underestimates him self in this verse. This is fire as fuck.

[@hamar5908]

I ain't listened yet but I already know this one of the best tunes of 2018

[@AnythingEverythingT.V.]

black thought had like a 2 and a half minute verse...

[@Broom2013]

+YnoRichieTV Well deserved.

[@JSalonsky]

+YnoRichieTV bout time, the guy is so underrated, saw him on the chappelle show once and loved him instantly

[@johnyleans]

Royce is out of this world good

[@tphoyas]

Black Thought of course...

[@hebrew26commandmentspower55]

I can see Big Pun destroying this beat with his flow alone!!!! rip punisher 😗😏

[@chewydavis9252]

YO! Did you hear BLACK THOUGHT! Are you tellin me that BLACK THOUGHT didn't murder that track!?!

[@leboganglegodi6811]

I know Black Thought Murdered It, but Royce Assassinated the track.. Damn!! Enjoyed his word play!!!

[@AB-nb2ic]

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

[@iLLadelph267]

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

[@jasonhall1001]

BLACK THOUGHT!!!!!! and the other guys on the song

[@tshidisomakoti3349]

I'm guessing you mean Royce

[@m.night_schlongislong]

Lol...lol. I know right.

[@jamaalhorton2343]

Jason Hall that's exactly what it is!

[@TheBenzslr]

Nice trio! especially with Black Thought the super lyricist and the illest nigga in da game, Royce.

[@brokebiz]

All three of these guys are dope, but Black thought just continues to be a man amongst boys.

[@Chris-df1or]

This song is fire

[@rekshop88]

If you dislike this, you dislike real music. Straight heat right here!

[@zackyzack2744]

this should get 100 millions vues, damn the flow is magical, classy hip hop jazz beat

[@johneger6678]

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.

[@DanielBasilicato]

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.

[@leboganglegodi6811]

+Daniel Basilicato True man.. But imagine what would have happened had Royce had more to say in his verse..

[@dannielsen2917]

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.

[@GoodxJ]

absolute fire!!!!!!! salute 🎤💎💪🏼

[@ThePharcydePhreak]

Black thought is worth listening through bronson's verse.

[@frankwhite1895]

Action’s was dope too. 6 digits on tha wizards, just don’t tell my mrs

[@timothymeyer3632]

@@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

[@problactive285]

My neck hurt after listening to this....Fiyah.

[@MikegLA310]

Happy 4th statik! Thanks for the new shit

[@absoul888]

black thought with lyricism, royce with wordplay, action with picturesque

[@deezportz]

I AM NOT Fn WORTHY OF THIS SONG... Perfection..SHOWOFF!!

[@Tomose]

Dope.

[@tshidisomakoti3349]

Ao nkosi yam uBlack Thought uba bulelani abanye abantwana??? (Oh My God why Black Thought be killing other rappers???)

[@leboganglegodi6811]

+Tshidiso Makoti O ba sharpile shem

[@Tom-q8b]

Go thaaaata banna

[@Proxy-p3x]

"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

[@authorunknown5724]

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.

[@wedoish3350]

WOW TOP 5! EASY

[@tainted2me03]

💜

[@SeanCuth89]

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.

[@emergematic9048]

Tripple Anandres 3stacks heya sheesh!

[@ICYMIKE]

Riq G is the ultimate...

[@louislogie2654]

Yo. Slept in stat. heard the name around. Now its onnn