DOWNLOAD: Shabazz Palaces - "An echo from the hosts that profess infinitum" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Shabazz Palaces - "Swerve... The reeping of all that is worthwhile (Noir not withstanding)" (MP3) Black Sheep at Brooklyn Hip Hop Fest 2010 ( more by Brook Bobbins ) When we first announced Summerstage 's free hip hop show lineup, tonight's (6/28) free show at Soundview Park in the Bronx was listed as Funkmaster [...]
Sub Pop's little curveball this year comes by way of Shabazz Palaces and, Black Up, out today. You can read a stellar review of the album from Zach at We Listen For You - HERE . You can also stream the entire record HERE to get a feel before you click 'buy.' Although, this is probably one should just go ahead and take the gamble on. If [...]
Shabazz Palaces - Black Up MMMM 1/2 Up until the past few months, Seattle hip-hop group Shabazz Palaces had been shrouded in a fair amount of mystery. Their initial, official promotional photo featured a man with what looked like a black hole – or a galaxy – for a face, seated in a sci-fi, CGI-generated planetary landscape. The image happened to be rather apropos when it came to representing the project. Following 2009's self-released Of Light and Shabazz [...]
If this is a hip-hop album -- and that's a big "if" -- then it's the finest one yet this year. Ishmael Butler can be a bit confusing. He was once part of Digible Planets, but now -- as the front man for Shabazz Palaces -- he prefers to go by Palaceer Lazaro and act as a sort of man behind the curtain. If this shift in persona seems unnecessary, even tedious, from a performer that's been around as long as Butler has, the slippery nature of identity it presents gives us a great frame for...
As you know, every week we pair up with KCRW to bring you a musical act that we're digging more than others this week. If you wandered over to our reviews section today, you also know that Shabazz Palaces' awesome Black Up just got our highest rating of the year. So, both of those things will let you know what I'm about to tell you: Shabazz Palaces are this week's pick for Playing on Prefix over at KCRW. Read my completely tempered (not tempered at all) piece [...]
De avant-rap-act Shabazz Palaces uit Seattle is het vehikel van Ishmael Butler, die eerder actief was in Digable Planets en Cherrywine. In 2009 oogstte hij lovende kritieken met enkele ep's vol experimentele rap. Of Light And Shabazz Palace s leverde hem zelfs een deal op met het alternatieve rocklabel Sub Pop. Dat geeft al aan dat we niet met een doorsnee rapper te maken hebben. Sterker nog: Butler is geen rapper, maar een experimentele electrocomponist die ook rapt. Bepaald geen klein verschil. Met Black Up laat hij wederom zijn talent en avontuurlijke inslag zien. Binnen het rap- [...]
Raising the bar for the future of hip-hop.
When I first heard Seattle-based experimental rap crew Shabazz Palaces 's first two mini albums, Of Light and the self-titled, last summer, I immediately fell for their innovative beats and production and Ishmael Butler 's excellent rapping over top of it. As soon as I heard "Kill White T", I could tell these guys were going places and I was excited for anything they were going to come out with in the future. I don't think I fully realized their potential, or the potential of their unique sound, though. It wasn't until I [...]
Mysterious collective Shabazz Palaces break all the rap rules.
Whoa. Where did Shabazz Palaces come from? It has only been a year since they've emerged onto the scene, and in that time have managed to subtly and fundamentally stretch hip-hop and dubstep to their exaggerated conclusions; expounding on beats and soundscapes while spitting venom-filled, staccato-infused lyrics hazily above the vibrations. And while Tyler and [...]
For today, you can call Douglas Martin , Ishmael. Within the first minute of Black Up , Ishmael Butler conjures an incredibly loaded image. "I cried with Mooch at Papi's wake / Snuck an extra slice of cake / When the pigs came 'round to make they case / I looked them dead up in they face / 'I never heard of none of that,'" he raps over ominous 808s and frayed wires. With the wobbly social climate permeating throughout Seattle these days- one so rife with police brutality that [...]
On June 28, Sub Pop will release one of the most interesting and inventive hip hop albums I've heard in a really long time. Shabazz Palaces' Black Up also happens to be the historic record label's first ever rap album. More on the album when our review arrives; for now, you can stream Black Up , in full, below: Continue reading: REC'D: Shabazz Palaces - Black Up (Full Album Stream) Subscribe to the PMABLAST, a daily newsletter with free mp3s, music news and reviews sent [...]
Big up Vekta Records for giving away a free pack of remixes for Etch's RGB EP. Grab my favorites below and the whole ZIP here . Etch - Blue (Ampersand's Azure Mix) Etch - Green (Palace Remix) Etch - Green (Urulu Remix) Kyle S Filed under: [...]
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Witness the emergence of Ishmael Butler as he unravels the head scarf and whips off the sunglasses to claim the monikers Palaceer Lazaro and Shabazz Palaces in his forthcoming third LP, Black Up . Previously part of trio Digable Planets , Butler lifts the fog and fills your mind with slick and intelligent rhymes in the span of roughly half an hour, which can be heard in entirety on NPR . I previously shared the closing track , "Swerve... the reeping of all that is worthwhile (Noir not [...]
Shabazz Palaces to projekt Ishmaela "Butterfly" Butlera znanego z nowojorskiego składu Digable Planets, kiedy nikt jeszcze nie wróżył "końca hip-hopu". Jako Shabazz Palacess, Ishmael zdążyłjuż wydać dwie EP-ki (rok 2009). Mnie znany jest o dosyć niedawna za sprawą jakże über-tele-dysku Belhaven Meridian (obczajcie koniecznie!). Tymczasem, już 28 czerwca, nakładem Sub Pop wydana zostanie nowa
You've heard us say it time and again, Shabazz Palaces' Black Up album is damn near the best release we have seen in 2011 so far. With the June 28 release just one week away, Shabazz hops on the full album stream bandwagon and lets NPR have the "first listen." While most of you probably snagged a leak by now, for those of you that haven't give this brilliant project a listen, brace yourselves for pure genius. Hip-hop has never been taken in such a direction, and I hope artists in the future can start to follow suit [...]
The unique use of sound and space in Shabazz Palaces' Black Up easily makes it one of the best albums of 2011. The project helmed by Ishmael "Butterfly" Butler of Digable Planets is going to get some huge attention when that record finally drops next week via Sup Pop, but NPR is doing its usual great job of saving you some waiting time by having Black Up streaming in full over on its website. "It's a dissonant listening experience, but it's richly rewarding, revealing something new with each spin," say the notes accompanying the stream, which [...]
Listen to Shabazz Palaces ' new full-length Black Up in its entirety over at NPR . The album of the year drops next week on Sub Pop .
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