black up

We're psyched to present the return of the great Shabazz Palaces to Dallas, along with their Seattle homies/collaborators THEESatisfaction, live at the Granada Theater on May 2. We have 5 pairs of tickets to give away for this one courtesy of the venue; to enter, just leave your name in the comments below or over on Facebook, and we'll pick the winners the week before the show...

Gorgeous short film by the great Kahlil Joseph (see Belhaven Meridian, Black Up), featuring music from FlyLo's highly anticipated new LP, Until the Quiet Comes.

Shabazz Palaces play new(ish) song "Bronny on a Breakaway" for the Guardian (thanks James for the heads up).

For our first official collaboration of many with SF's yourstru.ly, Seattle's Shabazz Palaces hooked up this unreal performance at Tomcast in East Dallas when they were in town for GvsB Fest back in July. The brief session -- which went down on what was arguably the hottest day in our city's history -- was mindblowing to behold, as evidenced by this clip in which the duo transforms humble, contemp

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.

Ish of Shabazz Palaces talks jewels, cologne, and hip-hop with some lady named Maureen. mp3: