shabazz palaces

Here are our favorite records of 2014. The general consensus seems to be that this was probably not the most amazing year of all-time for new music, and further, we just weren't feeling that many of the unanimously lauded critic/indie blog favorites this time around (many of which we wanted to love, but it just didn't work out, with a few notable and very obvious exceptions). But as always, if you

Lots going on with the Shabazz Palaces crew today: first up, Tendai Maraire unveils a beautifully shot new video from his Chimurenga Renaissance project. Directed by Kyle Seago: ________ In other SP news, the Seattle duo shouts out hometown hero Richard Sherman after a dominant performance in his squad's beatdown of the Niners last night: And finally, watch "Skaters over Razor Blade Beats&

"Forerunner Foray" is the glowing, interstellar new single from Seattle's Shabazz Palaces: straight from the center of the the Phasing Shift, the Palaceer's distinctive visionary flow and cosmically palatial production bridge past and future, bolstered by the ill Hustler's Convention sample and spectral guest vocals from Cat of SP's Black Constellation comrades THEESatisfaction... Read

These are our favorite things from the first half (roughly) of 2014, complete with an incomplete soundcloud playlist: __________ ALBUMS __________ 01 SHABAZZ PALACES - Lese Majesty 02 DOSS - Doss EP 03 LEWIS - L'Amour (reissue) 04 FEAR OF MEN - Loom 05 FREDDIE GIBBS + MADLIB - Piñata 06 YUMI ZOUMA - Yumi Zouma EP 07 THE WAR ON DRUGS - Lost in the Dream 08 ANA CAPRIX - For Seven Nights This Island

New visuals from Paris fashion label KENZO for their SS14 line, starring Shabazz Palaces' Ishmael Butler. The real draw here, though: the spot is soundtracked by the incredible, otherworldly opening track from Lese Majesty, "Dawn In Luxor"...

Here's the long-awaited first track to be unveiled from Shabazz Palaces' lush, dizzyingly brilliant new full-length, Lese Majesty. Not necessarily the most representative track on the new record, "They Come in Gold" kicks off with the kind of diamond-hard beat and ominous flow that made Black Up the best album of 2011, but the comparison with the last record ends there. When taken out o