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This is the intro to the Flipmode Squad’s first and only studio album as a group, The Imperial. The song includes vocals from two of the members of the group, those being Spliff Star and Busta Rhymes.
Like many of Busta’s own intros, this one has multiple parts – there is a skit which shows us some...
[Part 1: Imperial No.1 Skit]
[Spliff Star]
Do me a, do me a favour, pull over by the store
I need somethin'. Pass me the [?], I'm gon' be right back
[*Walks into store*]
[Spliff Star]
Hey, Pancho! What's goin' down, what's goin' down?
[Owner]
Hey, hey, Kaypassa what's happenin' my friend?
[Spliff Star]
Chillin', no doubt baby, you know how it is, you know how it is, yeah
[Owner]
Yes, yes, what are you doin' with yourself, tell me
[Spliff Star]
I'm just chillin', Pancho, passin' on to it right now, comin' in the store, and I need a pack of Blackwoods and some CI, so hurry up wit' it
[Owner]
Yeah, you know you should be, stop smokin' that shit man
[Spliff Star]
Ahh, come on, man, don't start preachin' through me man, what, what do you want, man?
[Owner]
Yo, yo, listen to me
[Spliff Star]
What?
[Owner]
Kucha, there's an old saying
[Spliff Star]
Fuck are you talkin' about? Fuck-
[Owner]
Kucha, in the last days of the calling the coming of The Imperial will be near, you know?
[Spliff Star]
Oh yeah?
[Owner]
And at that very moment all of the weak and weakened will be left no choice but to submit to The Imperial. So you better stop smokin' that shit, Karaitto!
[Owner]
Shit, prepare yourself for the coming of that time to be a part of The Imperial, you fuckin' Narcohead! [?]
[Spliff Star]
Ayy, ayy, the fuck?
Yeah, yeah, whatever Pancho, man
[Owner]
[?]
[Spliff Star]
Motherfuckin' see y'all and shit, you crazy ass, the fuck you talkin' about man... [*Leaves store*]
[Part 2: The Imperial Intro]
[Intro: Spliff Star]
That's right, motherfuckers
All hail the arrival of The Imperial
And prepare to be fucked up with everything around you
As we make it official
Flipmode Squad, nigga
That's what I'm talkin' 'bout
The duttiest, nigga
[*Screams*]
[Spoken Interlude: Busta Rhymes]
In case you motherfuckers is doin' somethin' else
[*Explosion*]
Listen to me, motherfuckers, this shit is serious!
The Imperial, has cometh forth
Known to all forms of life as the universal Flipmode Squad
Yeah, in this family consisting of many
Lies six individuals, otherwise known as "The Imperial"
Yeah
These six individuals has come, to completely build the lethal execution designed to destroy all the wack bullshit goin' on that surround our every and any reach
These individuals consist of:
Straight from the bullpen, and the street corners
Of East Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York, be Spliff Star
The official street corner colonel, of the Flipmode Squad
Yeah
From the dark streets, and the gutter
Of the grimiest mind state, be Rampage the Last Nigga
Lyrical lieutenant of the Flipmode Squad
East Flatbush, Brooklyn
Next up, also from the dull and shadows, and dark alleys, sludge-lined snot pits of the East Flatbush ghettoes
Be the lord, Lord Have Mercy, the voice of the 10 commandments
Eiatola-kameni of the Flipmode Squad
Yeah
Next up, straight from the grains and soil
Of the Queensbridge demographics
Comes the youngest of the six Imperial
Very much known as Baby Sham, killer number 4
The life negotiator of the Flipmode Squad
Killer kid
And here, we have straight from the Cinder-Block streets of Brick City
The only woman amongst the six Imperial
Very well-known as Rah Digga
The first female, and only female Flipmodian
Of the Flipmode Squad
Outsidaz
Yeah
From the streets of the world's greatest soldiers, thugs, hip-hop niggas, crackheads, thieves, chickenhead bitches, live motherfuckers, from the 40s of East Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York
All the way to Strong Island, New York, be Busta Rhymes
The lyrical nutritionist, founder of The Imperial six
Known to every existing life form as the universal
Flipmode Squad, motherfuckers!
Now let's make it official
[*Thunder*]
The Imperial Intro was written by Busta Rhymes & Spliff Star.
The Imperial Intro was produced by Busta Rhymes.
Flipmode Squad released The Imperial Intro on Tue Sep 01 1998.