Includes unlimited streaming of black up via the free bandcamp app, plus highquality download in mp3, flac and more. Perhaps it was prescient, then, that seattles ishmael butler called himself butterfly nearly two decades ago, when he was the heliumvoiced street shaman at the heart of digable planets. Shabazz palaces black up full album stream youtube. If bedouins herded beats instead of goats and settled in seattle instead of the atlas.
Ishmael butler, mastermind behind the brainbendingly outre seattle rap act shabazz palaces, talks to carrie battan about the cleanest water known to man, that. Black up by shabazz palaces, released 28 june 2011 1. Sharkskin jacket features black spot gloss artwork on cover. Shabazz palaces black up official album short film.
Black light uses electromagnetic radiation to eradicate microorganisms, but shab. The saying mystery is the new hype is one that could easily be applied to shabazz palaces. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology. Shabazz palaces, then, are hardly the hiphop nirvana and black up is no nevermind. Black up is at first mindbending and perhaps confusing in its production and aesthetic, making it easy to lump in with fringe rap artists clouddead. Sonic mythmap for the trip back lese majesty is the follow up album to 2011s black up by shabazz palaces. The don of diamond dreams by shabazz palaces, released 17 april 2020 1. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. Shabazz palaces biography, albums, streaming links. Shabazz palaces the don of diamond dreams ishmael butler, the mc of the futurist hiphop duo, looks in a new direction for inspiration on his latest project.
Its definitely an indulgent lp that requires a little bit of effort from the listener, but repeating these songs until they completely unfold is worth the wait. Listen to the first of two new shabazz palaces albums, quazarz. Black up is the new sonic move from shabazz palaces. If you adhere to the corporeal limitations of space and chronology, its been roughly a decade since shabazz palaces first shook the ramparts with their debut stylistic revolution, black up which pitchfork named as one of the best of the 2010s, hailing it as an album of impossible vision. I cant think of any album that sounds like black up, or really like anything ishmael butler has created while in shabazz palaces. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from shabazz palaces at the discogs marketplace. The first hiphop crew signed to pioneering underground label sub pop, shabazz palaces have concocted a string of heady recordings with elements of avantgarde jazz, funk, and dub supporting butlers likewise mindexpanding verses mixing profundity and humor. Shabazz palaces arent spring chickens, nor are they even technically a youngergeneration act. To ishmael butler, we need not know about his age, his work with digable planets, or any of the other members who make up shabazz palaces. Working now under the moniker palaceer lazaro, ishmael provides the groups vision and vocals, while tendai employs ancient. On black up, shabazz palaces take hip hop deep into the left field with odd beats and surreal effects. Black up is the debut studio album by american hip hop duo shabazz palaces.
Black up was one of those albums i knew id love before id heard any of its contents. Black emperor lift your skinny fists like antennas to heaven full album duration. Listen to your favorite songs from black up explicit by shabazz palaces now. Shabazz palaces are percussionist tendai maraire and ishmael butler, formerly of digable planets and cherrywine. Only a little more than a year after releasing two eps a selftitled one, and of light seattles shabazz palaces signed to sub pop for their fulllength debut. Shabazz palaces is an american hip hop duo from seattle composed of ishmael butler a. Black up is a short film that portrays a fever dream induced by the music of shabazz palaces. Black up explicit by shabazz palaces on amazon music. But if shabazz palaces first phase was about building a mystique, their sub pop debut is the product of opening up. Forward thinkers but nostalgic for a sparer time when ancient astronomers only recognized five planets. Heads down, theyre quietly producing some of the most interesting hiphop of the year. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Shabazz palaces is masterminded by the mediashy palaceer lazaro, more commonly known as ishmael butterfly butler of 90. The two promising debut eps shabazz palaces first released in 2009, shabazz palaces and of light, introduced what i felt to be a very interesting and unique take on experimental hip hop.
Shabazz palaces live up to the expectations of their earlier eps, producing an excellent album that plays like a slap in the face to the stylistically linear hiphop prevalent today. Black up, their fulllength debut, connects black consciousness with the dark mysteries of deep space, synthesising tribal drums, kalimba and. Shabazz palaces shirt shabazz palaces the don of diamond dreams black tshirt sub pop buy now. With black up, the group has taken the ideas presented on those releases further, coming. It was released on june 28, 2011 in the united states on sub pop. Shabazz palaces black up lyrics and tracklist genius. Report this album or account if you like shabazz palaces, you may also like. Black up lets some sunlight in, breathes fresh air, and finds butler returning. On black up, were asked to make no reference to any of the components, to simply sit back and digest this record with no prejudiced expectations. Black up is the best hip hop album of the 2010s yes, i know mbdtf. The film features songs from shabazz palaces album black up on sub pop records, as well as various pieces of unreleased material. Even on a highprofile label, former digable planets member ishmael butler formerly butterfly maintains a shroud of mystique, rapping under the facade of palaceer lazaro and purposely avoiding publicity, interviews, and. But to do so ignores the visceral qualities of the album, both in butlers lyrics and in the production.
Ish butler now, if you talking bout it, its a show but if you move about it, then its a go now, if you talking bout it, its a show but if you move about it, then. It was released on june 28th 2011 via sub pop records. Active since 2009, they have released four studio albums on sub pop. Palaceer lazaro formerly butterfly of jazz rap group digable planets and multiinstrumentalist tendai baba maraire, son of mbira master dumisani maraire. Palaceer lazaro and multiinstrumentalist tendai baba maraire, so. Countless pop artists have attempted to reinvent themselves in the public eye, and many have failed miserably. With digable planets and shabazz palaces, ishmael butler has one foot in the past, and one in the future by dave segal.
With black up, the debut fulllength from seattle artist shabazz palaces a. Born on a gangster star ishmael butler, aka palaceer lazaro, takes on a sentient persona to illuminate hiphops darkest corners. Experimental hip hop, abstract hip hop, conscious hip hop. Ishmael butterfly butler of digable planets, were presented with an artist who has shed his past as a mid90s conscious rap icon to soldier on into fresh musical territories, and ultimately deliver experimental hiphops next. The album was produced by knife knights at gunbeat serenade studio in outplace palacelands. We use cookies for various purposes including analytics. If this is a hiphop album and thats a big if then its the finest one yet this year.
Black up is the debut album of experimental hip hop duo shabazz palaces. By continuing to use pastebin, you agree to our use of cookies as described in the cookies policy. The sense that comes from black up is, rather than using their mystique to garner popularity, theyre utilizing it to dispel any preconceptions. Where clouddead rests on its eerie, spacedout laurels, shabazz palaces emotes. Black up, an album by shabazz palaces on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. By using our website and our services, you agree to our use of cookies as described in our cookie policy.
Black up by shabazz palaces album, experimental hip hop. The film features songs from shabazz palaces album download shabazz palaces black up 20 rar from uploaded for free. Black up was the new sonic move in 2011 from shabazz palaces. After 16 years of relative silence he did some guest spots and fronted a failed. Up in the airs that everything it takes we got an entrance baby you know how we bump no if, ands, or maybes all sparkles from the jump up and down, in and out, round and round we crazy just blastit yea yea yea, we racin towards freedom. If bedouins herded beats instead of goats and settled in seattle instead of the atlas mountains, this would be their album. Listen to shabazz palaces soundcloud is an audio platform that lets you listen to what you love and share the sounds you create seattle.