The ’96 Imperial

Lord Juco

2018

The album The ’96 Imperial is an homage to the doo wop and soul era with cinematic elements sprinkled in. The production focused on doo wop and vocal soul samples is what sets it apart.

Featuring production from JMB, Ali, Four Limbs, Marvwon, Rayne Drop, AK, Vic Grimes and even Lord Juco himself on 3 tracks. The samples and beats are varied enough to remain interesting, though the theme of nostalgia and reminiscence remains intact throughout as a coherent concept album. Juco consistently delivers some clever rhymes and interesting flows on this album. On “Fealty” JMB lays a perfectly simple doo wop sample as Juco spits: