Shabazz Palaces returns with the psychedelic video for “Forerunner Foray” from the Lese Majesty LP, animated by Chad Vangaalen and directed by Christian Petersen. The vivid footage features some surreal animation, the best being Magic Johnson surfing through space on a slice of pizza. Check the trippy clip below to watch the official video for “Forerunner Foray.”
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Featuring new music from ILLANGELO, JUCE, Shabazz Palaces, Leather Corduroys and Iain Woods.
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Back in the summer, Seattle duo Shabazz Palaces released one of the best albums of the year, their first since 2011’s brilliant ‘Black Up’. Earlier this week, they released a new track titled “Ham Sandwich,” it’s a short but ever so sweet, two-minutes of dope goodness. As is standard for the duo, the song is choke full […]
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Here we go again as we continue to take a look back at all the year has had to offer. Today we’ll be rounding up Twistedsoul’s 20 best albums of 2014, with entries 10 -1. Obviously, some gems will not make the list, and we aren’t going to please everybody. If you think we’ve missed […]
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Experimental rap duo Shabazz Palaces have shared a cinematic visual for “Motion Sickness,” a track off their brilliant sophomore album Lese Majesty. Directed by TEAN, the video features of a single mother, who is a drug dealer and reality star struggling to support with her addictions. What’s really intriguing, though, is that the video ends somewhat in […]
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Things are moving super fast! A little too fast! We can’t keep up with all the good stuff that drops every day on the interwebs. While we try post every new track, album, mixtape, video, and MP3 download that we love on the site, it’s impossible to post everything, which means some quality newness gets […]
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With so much good music coming through thick and fast, it’s easy for an album to drop online and go unnoticed. To help prevent this, we’ve picked 5 of our current favourite new albums. Catch up and stream below, if you like what you hear, support the artist. Soundway Compilation- Ghana Soundz: Afro-Beat, Funk & […]
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Seattle-based hip hop experimentalist Shabazz Palaces have shared their new album Lese Majesty, a week ahead of its scheduled release on July 29th. The album title is a play on the term “Lèse-majesté,” a French term meaning “injured majesty”—in other words, a crime against the state. The release comes three years after they put out one of […]
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