2017 studio album by Sean Price
Imperius Rex Released August 8, 2017 (2017-08-08 ) Genre Hip hop Length 51 :13 Label Duck Down Music Producer
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Imperius Rex is the fourth solo studio album by American rapper Sean Price . It was released on August 8, 2017, via Duck Down Music , exactly two years after his death, making it his first posthumous release. It features guest appearances from Bernadette Price, Buckshot , Foul Monday, Freeway , Ike Eyez, Inspectah Deck , Junior Reid , Method Man , MF Doom , Prodigy , Raekwon , Rim P, Rock , Ruste Juxx , Smif-N-Wessun , Styles P and Vic Spencer .
Imperius Rex was met with positive reviews. At Metacritic , which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 87, based on four reviews.[ 1] The aggregator Album of the Year has the critical consensus of the album at an 81 out of 100, based on four reviews.
Dana Scott of HipHopDX stated: "This is an impressive showcase for his fans".[ 4] Chris Gibbons of XXL said: "Imperius Rex is a worthy entry into the Sean Price canon, and proof that his voice will still live on in hip-hop well after his untimely passing".[ 7] AllMusic 's Paul Simpson said: "Nobody on the album overshadows Price, who sounds as forceful, commanding, and even as funny as ever".[ 3]
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Title Writer(s) Producer(s) 1. "Imperius Rex" Alchemist 2:29 2. "Dead or Alive" (featuring Bernadette Price) 4th Disciple 2:55 3. "Definition of God" S. Price Stu Bangas 3:09 4. "Ape in His Apex" (featuring Ruste Juxx ) Crummie Beats 2:35 5. "Apartheid" (featuring Buckshot and General Steele ) Crummie Beats 3:16 6. "Lord Have Mercy" (featuring Rim P and Vic Spencer ) Joe Cutz 3:35 7. "Negus" (featuring Ike Eyez and DOOM ) Crummie Beats 3:40 8. "Church Bells" (featuring Junior Reid ) S. Price Crummie Beats 4:28 9. "The 3 Lyrical Ps" (featuring Prodigy and Styles P ) Harry Fraud 3:36 10. "Not97" S. Price 1:32 11. "Refrigerator P!" S. Price Dan The Man 3:15 12. "Prisoner" (featuring Freeway ) Marco Polo 4:18 13. "Resident Evil" Marlon Colimon 2:49 14. "Clans & Clicks" (featuring Smif-N-Wessun , Rock , Method Man , Raekwon , Inspectah Deck and Foul Monday) Nottz 5:30 15. "Rap Professor" DJ Skizz 2:26 16. "Price Family" (featuring Bernadette Price) Crummie Beats 1:40 Total length: 51:13
^ a b "Critic Reviews for Imperius Rex - Metacritic" . Metacritic . Retrieved September 11, 2020 .
^ McIntosh, Daryl (September 2, 2017). "ALBUM REVIEW: The Late Great Sean Price's Legacy Shines On with 'Imperius Rex' " . Albumism . Retrieved September 11, 2020 .
^ a b Simpson, Paul. "Imperius Rex - Sean Price | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" . AllMusic . Retrieved September 11, 2020 .
^ a b Scott, Dana (August 20, 2017). "Sean Price's "Imperius Rex" Preserves His Legacy As One Of Brooklyn's Finest" . HipHopDX . Retrieved September 11, 2020 .
^ Shackleford, Sy (August 15, 2017). "RapReviews.com Feature for August 15, 2017 - Sean Price - "Imperius Rex" " . www.rapreviews.com . Retrieved September 11, 2020 .
^ Rindner, Grant (September 7, 2017). "Sean Price: Imperius Rex" . Spectrum Culture . Retrieved September 11, 2020 .
^ a b Gibbons, Chris (August 17, 2017). "Sean Price Lives on Through His Lyrics on Posthumous 'Imperius Rex' Album - XXL" . XXL . Retrieved September 11, 2020 .
^ "Albumism's 50 Best Albums of 2017 | #29: Sean Price's 'Imperius Rex' " . Albumism . December 4, 2017. Retrieved September 11, 2020 .
^ "Sean Price Chart History (Billboard 200)" . Billboard . Retrieved September 11, 2020.
^ "Sean Price Chart History (Independent Albums)" . Billboard . Retrieved September 11, 2020.
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