Favorite tracks: FREE PRESS AND CURL, AN ECHO FROM THE HOSTS THAT PROFESS INFINITUM, SWERVE... THE REEPING OF ALL THAT WORTHWHILE, YEAH YOU, YOULOUGY
Least favorite track: ENDEAVORS FOR NEVER
fantano
Black Up
Shabazz Palaces (2011)
8.0/ 10
“On Black Up, Shabazz Palaces take hip hop deep into the left field with odd beats and surreal effects. It's definitely an indulgent LP that requires a little bit of effort from the listener, but repeating these songs until they completely unfold is worth the wait.”
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metacritic
8.3
aoty
8.2
rollingstone
In the Nineties rap trio Digable Planets, Ishmael "Butterfly" Butler typified hip-hop as a bright fantasy of Brooklyn brownstone stoops and hippiejazz vibing. Reborn as Palaceer Lazaro in Shabazz Palaces, the rapper still waxes poetic with the old boho bounce as he lounges in the club or decries the evils of American culture. But the beats are, as he says, "new off the spaceship" – noirish […]
7.0
pitchfork
After two fine EPs, the experimental hip-hop project helmed by former Digable Planets leader Ishmael Butler steps out with a brilliant full-length debut.
8.8
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