Shabazz Palaces - Most important musical group/moment in Seattle since Nirvana at OK Hotel?

ok i've been listening to the eps on repeat all week

― bows don't kill people, arrows do (Jordan), Friday, February 4, 2011 1:03 PM Bookmark

Perfect blend of hard beats and blunted/laid-back cali style.

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.

can never have too much kalimba

has anyone here gone back and listened to Cherrywine yet?

never tracked it down in the first place, altho I am curious

This is totally nuts so far, esp. "A treatease..."

Album of the year?

where'd you find it?

slsk

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.

Oh shit the beat on the last song :o

damn, not on what.cd yet. ish said it would be coming with a patch like the first 2 eps. hope that's true.

ok i just cackled like crazy when this ended. lovin it

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

i downloaded cherrywine but can't find the files. think they got archived somewhere without being added to itunes.

ha. no love

Wow, this is great. A Street Gospel sounds exactly like something off one of the Shabazz eps.

"Yeah You" is the evilest shit

what you wearin tonight?
shit, i'm dressin like i was at the ali-frasier fight

great line. the new album is damn good.

Yeah, I feel like ppl should be freaking out about this album more than is happening :/

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).

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.

i only got a few cherrywine tracks but really liked those, loved digable, i'm psyched to check this out

Yeah, totally copping this when it drops. xp

Yeah, I feel like ppl should be freaking out about this album more than is happening :/

― banjee trillness (The Reverend), Monday, April 18, 2011 12:44 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i'm pretty stoked. i think part of it is they don't have so many "discussion points" as OF or lil b

Ha, that reminds me of a conversation I had with a (mostly) former ilxor who was like "With Shabazz Palaces and Odd Future all we need is someone from the Bay for a trifecto of new, weird West Coast rap" and I was like "Duuuuuuuuude."

http://www.subpop.com/releases/shabazz_palaces/full_lengths/black_up

I preordered the vinyl. Looks like if you want to get the patch to go with the first 2, you'll need to preorder.

This album is seriously good.

yeah great album. "recollections of the wraith" is my shit.

my god the beat on "Swerve" is like the best thing that has ever happened to me.

Still loving this album btw.

need to hear this!

album is the shit

dont know why the thread title is about seattle tho - hes from NY

He had parents in both cities, he lives in Seattle now.

hope that just cos hes on sub pop people dont automatically dismiss it as 'rap for white indie kids'

He's not from NY. He's from Seattle, went to NY for college and formed DP while he was there, then came back after DP broke up.

hope that just cos hes on sub pop people dont automatically dismiss it as 'rap for white indie kids'

― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Tuesday, June 28, 2011 4:54 AM Bookmark

This aspect has been making me :/ btw.

this album has made me think i ignored digables unfairly

Broken record here, but Blowout Comb is a great album.

I have to get a new copy: the one I acquired last month was murky as hell.

Lol @titchy

the nights are getting stronger and the days are getting longer
the building's getting bigger, outside is getting smaller
the lies are getting truer and the truth is getting bright
things are looking blacker but black is looking whiter

^ sounds soso much like digable planets, esp the way most of the music drops out for the last line. alternate universe "cool like that".

http://www.npr.org/2011/06/20/137270759/first-listen-shabazz-palaces-black-up

album is dope as fuck

Try this instead: http://www.fuckstreamingjustgocopthealbumatyrfavoriteindependentrecordstore.com

because streaming is wrong

no because you should own something this good

and the packaging for this is seriously good