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REVIEW: Black Up – Shabazz Palaces
Click album cover to purchase at Sub Pop Records. Two years ago… An unsolicited email from a stranger. An exchange of contact information. The arrival of a mysterious package containing two enigmatic...
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DOWNLOAD: “Wildfire (Drumma Boy Remix)”– SBTRKT (feat. Little Dragon &...
Click image to D/L. Admittedly I don’t know much about SBTRKT. You would think because I spotted this downloadable remix of their song “Wildfire” over at Pitchfork today that I would — they are favored...
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VIDEO: “The King’s new clothes were made by his own hands (Remix)”– Shabazz...
This is how the magic happens.
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VIDEO: “Black Up (Official Album Video)”– Shabazz Palaces
Another “Oh…Damn,” moment from SP. I wonder if Black Up will make 206UP.COM’s Best-Of 2011 list? (Gee, ya think?) Read more of my thoughts on this video, here. And also this:
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206UP.COM’s Top 10 SEA Hip-Hop Albums of 2011: #5 through 1
206UP.COM’s Top 10 Seattle Hip-Hop Albums of 2011 concludes today with the list below, the blog’s five favorite local releases of the year. I hope you enjoyed the list and that it generates an active...
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VIDEO: “Magnifer: Shabazz Palaces”– Interview with Google Music
More knowledge and science from SP.
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VIDEO: “Are You… Can You… Were You? (Felt)”– Shabazz Palaces (dir. by...
This just dropped from the (internet) ether. SP raising the bar again. Also, confirmed tour dates: Saturday, February 18, 2012 La Cave aux poetes, Roubaix France Sunday, February 19, 2012 Stereolux,...
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LISTEN: awE naturalE – THEESatisfaction
Photo by: David Belisle The title of THEESatisfaction’s debut album on Sub Pop Records (due March 27) is stylized to read: awE naturalE. Group members Cat and Stas have universal style in spades,...
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VIDEO: “The Taste of Heaven”– PROPS (dir. by Paul Maupoux)
Check out the latest video from area MC PROPS, “The Taste of Heaven.” The most creative, visually stunning music video from any SEA-based artist not named Shabazz Palaces. Give this a look, it’s worth...
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VIDEO: “Swerve…The reeping of all that is worthwhile (Noir not withstanding)”...
Shabazz Palaces made their triumphant return to New York City this month, performing two bill’s worth of shows at SOB’s and Brooklyn Bowl. This is an interview and performance clip from the former...
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NEW MUSIC: “A Toast to Frame and Ro”– Chimurenga Renaissance (feat. Palaceer...
Click image to get it. Chimurenga Renaissance is a side project of Tendai Maraire’s who you already know as one part of Shabazz Palaces. Do a little light internet digging to find the meaning of...
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VIDEO: “An Echo from the Hosts that Profess Infinitum”– Shabazz Palaces
Alright, enough Yeezus. Now for some soul-cleansing: the striking, beautiful new video from Shabazz Palaces.
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VIDEO: “It’s Time 4u2go”– Chimurenga Renaissance
Chimurenga Renaissance is Tendai Maraire’s “other” project. This is the one you already know him for. “It’s Time 4u2go” was filmed in the rapper/musician’s native Zimbabwe. Mother Earth politics and...
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NEW MUSIC: “The B.A.D. Is So Good”– Chimurenga Renaissance
The dream is the nightmare is the beautiful revery. Chimurenga Renaissance drops knowledge on the B.A.D. (Black American Dream). Zimbabwean harmonies collide with Bomb Squad noize and Shabazz Palaces...
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NEW MUSIC: “They Come In Gold”– Shabazz Palaces
New sounds from Shabazz Palaces means a necessary re-ordering of your earhole understanding. “They Come In Gold” is the shimmering new sample from SP’s upcoming Lese Majesty (due stateside July 29), a...
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NEW MUSIC: “#CAKE”– Shabazz Palaces
New ish from Ish and his transcendent Shabazz Palaces project. Lese Majesty arrives July 19 via Sub Pop Records.
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NEW MUSIC: “Forerunner Foray”– Shabazz Palaces
“Forerunner Foray” is the latest from Shabazz Palaces’ Lese Majesty (due July 29 on Sub Pop). It’s a spectral hip-hop jam from the future featuring frequent collaborator Catherine Harris-White of...
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NEW MUSIC: Lese Majesty – Shabazz Palaces
“Herein bumps and soars Lese Majesty, the new sonic action of Shabazz Palaces.” So states the write-up concerning SP’s newest album offering (officially out today) on their record label’s website...
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VIDEO: “#CAKE”– Shabazz Palaces (dir. by Hiro Murai)
Shabazz Palaces yet again plumb the depths of the phantasmic in their dizzying, rarefied new music video for “#CAKE,” directed by Hiro Murai. Go get SP’s essential new Lese Majesty, here.
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VIDEO: “Motion Sickness”– Shabazz Palaces (dir. by TEAN)
The new Shabazz Palaces clip, “Motion Sickness,” tugs at heartstrings and thrills the dramatic film devotee in all of us. The moment of reckoning for the video’s tragic heroine comes near the end....
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