Imperius Rex

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
Studio album by Sean Price
Released	August 8, 2017 (2017-08-08)
Genre	Hip hop
Length	51:13
Label	Duck Down Music
Producer	4th Disciple Alchemist Crummie Beats Dan The Man DJ Skizz Harry Fraud Joe Cutz Marco Polo Marlon Colimon Nottz Stu Bangas
Sean Price chronology
Mic Tyson (2012) Imperius Rex (2017) 86 Witness (2019)
Singles from Imperius Rex
"Rap Professor" Released: August 8, 2016 "Definition of God" Released: March 17, 2017 "Imperius Rex" Released: July 14, 2017

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	87/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Albumism	[2]
AllMusic	[3]
HipHopDX	4.1/5[4]
RapReviews	9.5/10[5]
Spectrum Culture	70%[6]
XXL	XL[7]

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]

Accolades

Publication	List	Rank	Ref.
Albumism	Albumism's 50 Best Albums of 2017	29	[8]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Imperius Rex"	Sean Price Alan Maman	Alchemist	2:29
2.	"Dead or Alive" (featuring Bernadette Price)	S. Price Bernadette Price	4th Disciple	2:55
3.	"Definition of God"	S. Price	Stu Bangas	3:09
4.	"Ape in His Apex" (featuring Ruste Juxx)	S. Price Victor Evans	Crummie Beats	2:35
5.	"Apartheid" (featuring Buckshot and General Steele)	S. Price Daryl Yates Jr. Kenyatta Blake	Crummie Beats	3:16
6.	"Lord Have Mercy" (featuring Rim P and Vic Spencer)	S. Price Karim Trejada	Joe Cutz	3:35
7.	"Negus" (featuring Ike Eyez and DOOM)	S. Price Daniel Dumile	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)	S. Price Albert Johnson David Styles Rory W. Quigley	Harry Fraud	3:36
10.	"Not97"	S. Price		1:32
11.	"Refrigerator P!"	S. Price	Dan The Man	3:15
12.	"Prisoner" (featuring Freeway)	S. Price Marco Bruno	Marco Polo	4:18
13.	"Resident Evil"	S. Price Marlon Colimon	Marlon Colimon	2:49
14.	"Clans & Clicks" (featuring Smif-N-Wessun, Rock, Method Man, Raekwon, Inspectah Deck and Foul Monday)	S. Price Yates Jr. Jamal Bush Tekomin Williams	Nottz	5:30
15.	"Rap Professor"	S. Price Zach Raemer	DJ Skizz	2:26
16.	"Price Family" (featuring Bernadette Price)	S. Price B. Price	Crummie Beats	1:40
Total length:				51:13

Charts

Chart (2017)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[9]	192
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[10]	8