Experimental hip hop, abstract hip hop, conscious hip hop. Black up is a short film that portrays a fever dream induced by the music of shabazz palaces. Jul 02, 2011 so its worth noting that jensen is the former general manager of sub pop, crucible of grunge, and that the debut album by shabazz palaces, black up, is the first ever hiphop release on sub pop. Palaceer lazaro and multiinstrumentalist tendai baba maraire, so. An echo from the hosts that profess infinitum shabazz. There is such a level of character bubbling from the top. Jealous machines nods to the symbiotic relationships we develop with the various black mirrors in our lives. Black up is the debut album of experimental hip hop duo shabazz palaces. Jun 28, 2011 black up is the new sonic move from shabazz palaces. Black up is the debut studio album by american hip hop duo shabazz palaces.
Shabazz palaces black up official album short film youtube. Black up is the debut studio album by shabazz palaces, the duo consisting of palaceer lazaro formerly butterfly of digable planets and multiinstrumentalist tendai baba maraire. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. If bedouins herded beats instead of goats and settled in seattle instead of the atlas mountains, this. Black up was the new sonic move in 2011 from shabazz palaces. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. Shabazz palaces is an american hip hop duo from seattle composed of ishmael butler a. If this is a hiphop album and thats a big if then its the finest one yet this year. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology. 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. If bedouins herded beats instead of goats and settled in seattle instead of the atlas mountains, this would be their album.
The album was produced by knife knights at gunbeat serenade studio in outplace palacelands. It was released on june 28th 2011 via sub pop records. Shabazz palaces first lp black up is a revolution in the name of heron a gauntlet thrown to challenge our perceptions of hip hop, of music, of ourselves, our lives, the world, the universe. Its definitely an indulgent lp that requires a little bit of effort from the listener, but. Full album stream of shabazz palaces 062811 release, black up buy black up itunes. This album is pretty much amazing, unlike anything you have ever heard before. From the shabazz palaces 062811 release, black up itunes. Black up is a deceptively simple title to an album filled with sentencelong song names and tracks climbing over the fourminute mark.
On black up, shabazz palaces take hip hop deep into the left field with odd beats and. 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. It was released on june 28, 2011 in the united states on sub pop. Black up, their fulllength debut, connects black consciousness with the dark mysteries of deep space, synthesising tribal drums, kalimba and african. Jun 22, 2011 black up is a deceptively simple title to an album filled with sentencelong song names and tracks climbing over the fourminute mark. On black up, shabazz palaces take hip hop deep into the left field with odd beats and surreal effects. Black up by shabazz palaces album, experimental hip hop.
Shabazz palaces are ishmael butler, formerly of digable planets and cherrywine, and percussionist tendai maraire. Stream black up explicit by shabazz palaces and tens of millions of other songs on all. Jun 28, 2011 on black up, shabazz palaces take hip hop deep into the left field with odd beats and surreal effects. Black up lets some sunlight in, breathes fresh air, and finds butler returning. The pair also teamed up with hussein kalonji to create the march 2014 album rize vadzimu rize under the chimurenga renaissance moniker, before they returned that same year with a second shabazz palaces studio album, lese majesty. Shabazz palaces returns with a new project, the don of diamond dreams, this spring after spending 2019 recording. Shabazz palaces black up lyrics and tracklist genius. Allmusic described the album as a record that has complex content but is easily and confidently delivered with lyrics and a combination of jazz throngs and exquisite rhythms, and nme gives it a perfect score of five, describing it as a completely flawless record.
Includes unlimited streaming of black up via the free bandcamp app, plus highquality download in mp3, flac and more. Get a low price and free shipping on thousands of items. By using our website and our services, you agree to our use of cookies as described. Short film for shabazz palaces 062811 album, black up directed by kahlil joseph itunes. Black up is the new sonic move from shabazz palaces. In some respects, its difficult to consider the possibility that this might be the best shabazz palaces album yet. But if shabazz palaces first phase was about building a mystique, their sub pop debut is the product of opening up. Mixed with genuine and creative lyrics carried by what would be on its own. The film features songs from shabazz palaces album black up on sub pop records, as well as various pieces of unreleased material. Shabazz palaces lese majesty full album stream youtube. So its worth noting that jensen is the former general manager of sub pop, crucible of grunge, and that the debut album by shabazz palaces, black. Shabazz palaces first shook the ramparts with their debut stylistic revolution, black up.
Listen free to shabazz palaces black up free press and curl, an echo from the hosts that profess infinitum and more. Ishmael provides the groups vision and vocals, while tendai employs ancient. Although there are no singles from the album, music videos for are. Jun 29, 2011 shabazz palaces first lp black up is a revolution in the name of heron a gauntlet thrown to challenge our perceptions of hip hop, of music, of ourselves, our lives, the world, the universe. Upon first listen, shabazz palaces can be generally offputting if you dont know what to expect.
Download shabazz palaces black up 2011 album download. After 16 years of relative silence he did some guest spots and fronted a failed funkrap outfit, butler has accomplished the nighimpossible, successfully metamorphosing into the shadowy shabazz palaces, and with black up, creating a potential successor to cannibal oxs 2001 altrap masterpiece, the cold vein. Shabazz palaces forerunner foray official video youtube. Black light uses electromagnetic radiation to eradicate microorganisms, but shab. Production is superb and ishmaels lyrics are tight, although less pronounced in. Watch the video for an echo from the hosts that profess infinitum from shabazz palacess black up for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Compared to former albums by digable planets, cherrywine, camp lo butler guested on some of their tracks, or even on the prior shabazz palaces eps which were pretty dark to begin with, black up is a much harderedged album.
Where clouddead rests on its eerie, spacedout laurels, shabazz palaces emotes. Watch the video for an echo from the hosts that profess infinitum from shabazz palaces s black up for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Song an echo from the hosts that profess infinitum. The result is a 10track album that furthers the experimentation of the groups. Shabazz palaces 72914 release, lese majesty sub pop. The group is lead by palaceer lazaro aka ishmael butterfly butler yep, the former digable planets mc. Shabazz palaces shirt shabazz palaces the don of diamond dreams black tshirt sub pop preorder. Shabazzpalaces 2020 promo 10 patrickobriensmith 2100x1500 300. From the shabazz palaces 062811 release, black up itunes usalbumblackupbonustrackversionid438721093. Includes unlimited streaming of black up via the free bandcamp app, plus high quality download in mp3, flac and more. Join napster and access fulllength songs on your phone, computer or home audio device.
Shabazz palaces is masterminded by the mediashy palaceer lazaro, more commonly known as ishmael butterfly butler of 90. Forward thinkers but nostalgic for a sparer time when ancient astronomers only recognized five planets. It seems my ongoing frustrations over the state of u. Here you can find shabazz palaces black shared files. Jun 27, 2011 but if shabazz palaces first phase was about building a mystique, their sub pop debut is the product of opening up. Shabazz palaces black up official album short film.
Black up explicit by shabazz palaces on amazon music. Of course, this is a shabazz palaces song so the beat sounds like a riff on panda bear distilled through a bent futuristic boombap prism. But to do so ignores the visceral qualities of the album, both in butlers lyrics and in the production. 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. With its abstract morphing compositions, alien bubbling sounds, and abrupt time signature changes, shabazz palaces aka rapper palaceer lazaro aka ishmael butler has made the type of hiphop album which sounds like its been transmitted from some extraterrestrial planet. Jun 27, 2011 black up is the debut studio album by american hip hop duo shabazz palaces. 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. Three years later, in 2017, they returned with two further albums, quazarz. The album also comes with a digital download link including flac format. Licensed to youtube by merlin sub pop records on behalf of sub pop. After two selfreleased minialbums in 2009, the secretive force known as shabazz palaces finally drops a truly proper full length on sub pop records.
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