"86 Larry Bird" originally lived exclusively on the physical BarsOverBS pressing of Shamrocks & Machine Guns, the collaborative project JRoberts and IM'PERETIV put out together — a move that rewarded the diggers who went for the physical format first. Now available everywhere, the track demonstrates exactly why it functioned as a hidden gem: IM'PERETIV builds a hard-hitting, urgent instrumental that doesn't let up, and JRoberts rides it with the controlled confidence of an MC who's been sharpening this craft over years of consistent output. The Larry Bird reference isn't casual — 1986 was the year Bird was at his absolute peak, and that's the bar JRoberts is aligning himself with. Straight, purposeful, no filler.

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