ishmael butler

from the looking comes the seeing. my big cousin ricky used to blast this out the corvette dippin up germantown ave in philly rocking a t-shirt that read "sworn to fun loyal to none" -- Ish

i had a cassette player that would flip over at the end to play the other side. daily op stayed endlessly flipping. -- Ish

saw omar perform at montreaux jazz festival during reachin' tours. he got on stage at 5am and murdered it. in brixton last year in a jamaican record store saw a flyer for him with a valentines day performance i know that was the move. Omar the Great -- Ish

Charles mingus is a favorite of my dad Big Reg. he used to talk about and listen to this cat often. he would talk about this movie all the time, he love when, in a later scene mingus bust the shotty through his ceiling. -- Ish

this album i was submerged in, Fully. -- Ish

To celebrate the vinyl reissue of Digable Planets' incendiary, ahead-of-its-time classic Blowout Comb, we're extremely honored to hand over the keys to one of our favorite artists of all time, DPs (and now Shabazz Palaces) visionary Ishmael Butler...

Brace yourself for our second gushing Light in the Attic post of the week: the label has announced the first vinyl reissue of our favorite hip-hop record ever, Digable Planets' still somewhat under-appreciated, ahead-of-its-time 1994 classic, Blowout Comb...

An absolutely gorgeous short film collaboration from the members of the mighty Black Constellation. Shot on location in the Methow Valley, Cascade foothills and Carnation, Washington.

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...