Monday, November 24, 2014
Sunday, November 23, 2014
Adult Jazz - Springful (Shabazz Palaces remix) & News
When the groove kicks in halfway through, find yourself in a lush world of moist foliage and golden smiles in abundant layers with the freshest company.
I had a brief chat with Ish recently and told him how much I loved this song and how glad I was to hear him playing guitar and bass again. He said that the direction of his new stuff will indeed be more guitar/bass driven. YES!!!! Rejoice, friends.
Friday, October 17, 2014
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Thursday, October 2, 2014
Best Piece on Lese Majesty Yet
A fellow musician pens a glittering prose essay on Ish's latest masterpiece. Poetry. Dense and profound. Worthy of its subject.
Rafiq Bhatia (SonLux) Talks Shabazz Palaces' Lese Majesty
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Twitterish
Ish has finally joined one of the 'social me-diums'; it's definitely great for fans to have a direct link to the man's onlinear recommendations. so far he's posted some great songs and pics of him with stars back in the day. He announced the leap in this typically poetic piece. ANyone hae any idea what "the 167" refers to?
& now to foray into this Me-mania. To you the 167 a word from the OutPlace Palace Lands. Lese Majesty an Afri-Nowism is loaded
— Shabazz Palaces (@shabazzpalaces) June 17, 2014
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Dial 7 video shoot ~ behind the scenes
This is a german hip hop show from the 90s featuring a behind the scenes look at the filming process for Digable's "Dial 7 (Axioms of Creamy Spies)" video, and includes brief interview footage with Ish and co. Fast forward to 48:30
Thursday, August 14, 2014
Monday, July 21, 2014
Lese Majesty Review
This review is in accordance with my sentiments. If you don't already know, NPR is streaming it as of today but u really need to pre-order this from Sub Pop and get the limited edition 7 "Palace Slide" free.
Friday, May 2, 2014
Lese Majesty LP: July 29
The new LP is called Lese Majesty and is out on Sub Pop on July 29th in the USA; a few days later in Europe.
http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/whats-crappening/Content?oid=19402092
The title (meaning the crime of violating majesty, or an offence against the dignity of a reigning sovereign) seems to be a reference to what is happening in hip hop right now, and what has been happening for "all those years that thuggin went mainstream", but you might also take it more generally (what is happening in popular culture, or what we are doing to the world, or not being true to yourself) or more specifically (the recent hip hop grammy award)
Nothing else is known about it other than that illustrator Chad VanGaalen is working on a video clip. Also, it was recorded at their new self-built studio in the hometown.
Saturday, April 26, 2014
!!! Ex-clue-sive: the 1st single drops May 6th
it's called THEY COME IN GOLD. no word yet on whether that's the name of the album too. when i spoke with ish in february he told me that the arabic words on the above image are translations of his lyrics from one of the new LP's songs entitled "confirmation".
Tune: Cee Knowledge & Cosmisc Funk Orchestra - Bandits
best shit i've heard from cee know in a while. this is smooth.
blackdiVa - if I were your queen, ish (demo)
blackdiVa serenades ish using his own lyrics - the start of a new genre?!
Monday, February 24, 2014
Decent interview
Interview with literature mag The Believer from summer 2013. Thanks to Stacia for scanning and sending:
Thursday, February 6, 2014
Sunday, February 2, 2014
News ~ new LP ~
Update: I heard from Ish about a week ago and as he wrote he was "in the studio working on the new shit"... I think the recording process is coming to an end so we should be looking at a release date in the next few months, probably even summer if it's delayed like the last one. This is the year though.
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