I like that little "film" although I wouldn't mind someone explaining it to me
― pithfork (Hurting 2), Friday, 15 January 2010 20:09 (fourteen years ago) link
Ok, I listened to the SP album again and thought about the whole Clipse thing. I really don't see at all how those two groups are more similar to each other than any other two randomly picked rap acts. The most notable stylistic difference between them is Clipse's fussy concision in rhyme/beat/song construction vs Shabazz's more ramshackle nature. As far as the rapping, besides their divergent subject matter, the Clipse deliver everything with a sneer, in contrast to Ish's more laconic rap style. The comparison with The Ecstatic makes more sense, but the Shabazz album(s?) is/are way better and altogether less boring than Mos' most recent.
― The Reverend, Friday, 15 January 2010 21:48 (fourteen years ago) link
Can we change this silly title already?
maybe use some iteration of the thread title for the next excelsior?
― The Book of Eli Porter (ojo), Friday, 15 January 2010 22:21 (fourteen years ago) link
New Kingdom 2010 edition
― you forgot what a hardcore blogger is (M@tt He1ges0n), Monday, 25 January 2010 20:04 (fourteen years ago) link
The CD's are at Sonic Boom for 10 bucks but if you order them from the website, they ship from 420 High Street!
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 25 January 2010 21:09 (fourteen years ago) link
This is pretty tite imo.
― pithfork (Hurting 2), Thursday, 4 February 2010 02:51 (fourteen years ago) link
into shabazz btw
― tuomascratch beat (deej), Wednesday, 26 January 2011 22:45 (thirteen years ago) link
i like almost everything i've heard, keep forgetting to dl the ep's
― bows don't kill people, arrows do (Jordan), Wednesday, 26 January 2011 22:47 (thirteen years ago) link
I love the two eps. Met Ishmael at a show. Super nice guy. If you get the chance to see them perform live, don't miss it. Can't wait for their Sub Pop debut.
― brotherlovesdub, Wednesday, 26 January 2011 22:48 (thirteen years ago) link
thetroyblog.com/2010/12/13/shabazz-palaces-re-mystifying-cool/
this is a v nice piece on shabazz places
― tuomascratch beat (deej), Wednesday, 26 January 2011 22:50 (thirteen years ago) link
also, i'd like to take back my clipse comparison. it was hastily made and ill-considered.
― brotherlovesdub, Wednesday, 26 January 2011 22:51 (thirteen years ago) link
positions him w/in a historical milieu & seems to accurately gauge precedents & how his work has changed over time, also I like the constellation of different-but-similar rap artists he describes (i would also include it was written-era nas in it tho)
― tuomascratch beat (deej), Wednesday, 26 January 2011 22:51 (thirteen years ago) link
I think "Gunbeat Falls" is my favorite track from this.
― The Reverend, Thursday, 27 January 2011 03:36 (thirteen years ago) link
ayo deej, have you read this article about Blowout Comb? http://archive.ohword.com/features/5/slicker-that-year
― The Reverend, Thursday, 27 January 2011 03:39 (thirteen years ago) link
yah thats thun too, he posts as thun on philaflava
― tuomascratch beat (deej), Thursday, 27 January 2011 03:53 (thirteen years ago) link
i checked shabazz palaces out on deej's mention in another thread—i'm really enjoying it.
I'm listening to the album right now and it's great. I wish I'd known about it sooner. Sounds kind of like if The Bug was American.
i can't really say about the bug but i do get a kind of british/international beat science vibe from the EPs—in a good way, kind of like that stuff has been improved on by being americanized. (i don't think it's just hearing an american voice, either.) it makes it sound fresher than you would expect for what is otherwise pretty traditionalist.
it's odd how many of the tracks just kind of end.
― j., Thursday, 27 January 2011 04:11 (thirteen years ago) link
lol i had no idea this was revived when i linked keyes to it. just followed my own link, listened to belllhaven film again, scrolled and here were u guys
― The Book of Eli Porter (ojo), Friday, January 15, 2010
Most important excelsior group/moment in Seattle since Nirvana at LOL Hotel
― zvookster, Thursday, 27 January 2011 04:47 (thirteen years ago) link
Just wait until LJ gets in here
― when the president talks to based god (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 27 January 2011 06:18 (thirteen years ago) link
i seriously would have never recognized him
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5214/5398811172_49bc0bca45_z.jpg
http://kjphotos.tumblr.com/post/3024965302/portraits-of-seattle-19-ishmael-butterfly-butler-aka
― jaxon, Friday, 4 February 2011 18:01 (thirteen years ago) link
ok i've been listening to the eps on repeat all week
― bows don't kill people, arrows do (Jordan), Friday, 4 February 2011 18:03 (thirteen years ago) link
man i had wu-tang idea for an excelsior thread:
I'mma Put Your LOLZ on the dresser and EXCELSIOR them shits with a spiked bat
― basedketball (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 4 February 2011 18:04 (thirteen years ago) link
probably should end with "LMAO!"
― hey boys, suppers on me, our video just went bacterial (Hurting 2), Friday, 4 February 2011 18:06 (thirteen years ago) link
haha yeah. i think weird stuff at like 3am when i've fed the lil' one and can't get back to sleep
― basedketball (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 4 February 2011 18:20 (thirteen years ago) link
― bows don't kill people, arrows do (Jordan), Friday, February 4, 2011 1:03 PM Bookmark
― The Corner Stander, The Suggest Ban Hammer (Hurting 2), Sunday, 20 February 2011 23:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Perfect blend of hard beats and blunted/laid-back cali style.
― The Corner Stander, The Suggest Ban Hammer (Hurting 2), Sunday, 20 February 2011 23:19 (thirteen years ago) link
http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/03/08/shabazz-palaces-an-echo-from-the-hosts-that-profess-infinitum
new track is great, can't wait for the album.
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 17:26 (thirteen years ago) link
can never have too much kalimba
― adult music person (Jordan), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 18:48 (thirteen years ago) link
has anyone here gone back and listened to Cherrywine yet?
― jaxon, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 19:48 (thirteen years ago) link
never tracked it down in the first place, altho I am curious
― You hurt me deeply. You hurt me deeply in my heart. (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 19:54 (thirteen years ago) link
This is totally nuts so far, esp. "A treatease..."
― banjee trillness (The Reverend), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 20:59 (thirteen years ago) link
Album of the year?
― banjee trillness (The Reverend), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 21:08 (thirteen years ago) link
where'd you find it?
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 21:11 (thirteen years ago) link
slsk
― banjee trillness (The Reverend), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 21:12 (thirteen years ago) link
One thing I'm noticing is where the eps occasionally got bogged down in murk, there's always some element in the mix here that shines through with just enough levity to keep my ears perked.
― banjee trillness (The Reverend), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 21:15 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh shit the beat on the last song :o
― banjee trillness (The Reverend), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 21:16 (thirteen years ago) link
damn, not on what.cd yet. ish said it would be coming with a patch like the first 2 eps. hope that's true.
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 21:19 (thirteen years ago) link
ok i just cackled like crazy when this ended. lovin it
― banjee trillness (The Reverend), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 21:20 (thirteen years ago) link
has anyone here gone back and listened to Cherrywine yet?― jaxon, Tuesday, March 8, 2011 7:48 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― jaxon, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 02:15 (thirteen years ago) link
i downloaded cherrywine but can't find the files. think they got archived somewhere without being added to itunes.
― brotherlovesdub, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 02:20 (thirteen years ago) link
ha. no love
― jaxon, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 02:25 (thirteen years ago) link
Wow, this is great. A Street Gospel sounds exactly like something off one of the Shabazz eps.
― brotherlovesdub, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 02:57 (thirteen years ago) link
"Yeah You" is the evilest shit
― banjee trillness (The Reverend), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 04:18 (thirteen years ago) link
what you wearin tonight?shit, i'm dressin like i was at the ali-frasier fight
― banjee trillness (The Reverend), Monday, 18 April 2011 05:07 (thirteen years ago) link
great line. the new album is damn good.
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 18 April 2011 16:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, I feel like ppl should be freaking out about this album more than is happening :/
― banjee trillness (The Reverend), Monday, 18 April 2011 17:44 (thirteen years ago) link
official release isn't for a month and a half! and i'm not seeing any easy leaks (that's fine though, i don't mind getting this legit).
― adult music person (Jordan), Monday, 18 April 2011 18:24 (thirteen years ago) link
i found it on a forum, can't remember the name of it but i think the rar is called sp - bu.rar. was hosted on mediafire. i'll buy it anyway because i have the other eps and the packaging is really nice. they come with sweet patches.
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 18 April 2011 18:29 (thirteen years ago) link
i only got a few cherrywine tracks but really liked those, loved digable, i'm psyched to check this out
― H in Addis, Monday, 18 April 2011 18:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, totally copping this when it drops. xp
― banjee trillness (The Reverend), Monday, 18 April 2011 18:53 (thirteen years ago) link
I thought lese would be cool music to have playing if your masseuse was rap inclined
― candyman, Wednesday, 10 February 2021 12:58 (three years ago) link
Hip hop spa beats
― candyman, Wednesday, 10 February 2021 12:59 (three years ago) link
best way to experience Lese Majesty is at a laser show out of your gourd on edibles. I haven't really connected with any of their post-LM material tho. I've also just had mixed feelings since Tendai was transphobic to me in person -_-
― Get Me Bodied (Extended Mix), Thursday, 11 February 2021 02:05 (three years ago) link
ugh, i'm sorry.
I should give their albums more proper listens, LM sounded really cool but didn't have tracks that were as immediately arresting as a lot of Black Up, and I don't think I heard the Quazarz albums in their entirety. The last time I tried to see them live was at the Sub Pop anniversary party on Alki and the bass was so ridiculously loud that it drowned out everything else. The show I saw a couple years earlier was excellent though.
― JoeStork, Thursday, 11 February 2021 05:08 (three years ago) link
damn i'm sorry to hear that EM
he's not in the group anymore, left sometime between the last two albums so it's just a butler solo project these days i think
― ufo, Thursday, 11 February 2021 05:16 (three years ago) link
revisiting the first two EPs now ... shit felt revolutionary at the time.
― alpine static, Thursday, 11 February 2021 23:54 (three years ago) link
and still does, kinda
― alpine static, Friday, 12 February 2021 00:37 (three years ago) link
ish butler has a new e.p. out, it’s really nice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEoE_1-Ctq4
― ludicrously capacious bag (voodoo chili), Thursday, 13 April 2023 02:49 (one year ago) link