On “Some Nights,” the first leak from their upcoming joint project, rapper Paradox (Denver, CO – www.paradoxhiphop.com) and Illect Recordings’ producer Imperial (Cambridge, UK – www.imperialbeats.co.uk), enlist the significant talents of heavyweight spitters nobigyl. (Murfreesboro, TN – www.nobigdyl.com) and P.A.T. Junior (Raleigh, NC – www.iampatjunior.com), as well as songbird Cataphant (Chicago, IL – www.cataphantmakes.com), to offer a series of glimpses into humanity’s daily ups and downs.

“Don’t move an inch when I open my lens. I’m trying to show you a sense that what they go through’s intense.”