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- Summary: This is the second full-length release from the Seattle-based experimental hip-hop group led by Ishmael Butler.
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- Record Label: Sub Pop
- Genre(s): Rap, Alternative Rap, Left-Field Hip-Hop
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Now you could feel all the tension Building up at the convention As the hustlers began to arrive Must have been 9000 or more That came through the... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 32 out of 36
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Mixed: 4 out of 36
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Negative: 0 out of 36
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Jul 28, 2014Hip-hop is constantly being tweaked and nudged in new directions, but rarely is it reconfigured as radically, and thrillingly, as on this second album from Shabazz Palaces.
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Jul 31, 2014Like floating from level to placid level in Monument, listening to this record prompts your imagination and encourages discourse and reflection. Not the academic kind, but the kind of communal discovery people have been doing for ages.
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Entertainment WeeklyAug 5, 2014Shabazz Palaces let a little fresh air and whimsy slip into their dense melange of whispered rhymes and slack-jawed space beats. [9 Aug 2014, p.67]
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UncutJul 18, 2014The Shabazz sound is sprawling and promiscuous, but also deep, which might make for uneasy listening. [Aug 2014, p.79]
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Jul 28, 2014As a statement of blingy opulence, it’s a big look. As gangsta move, it’s pretty potent too. At the same time, though, it proves that while Shabazz Palaces are definitely moving in hip-hop’s orbit, they’re spinning further out than most.
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Jul 24, 2014It is a record to indulge in, one melting synth note at a time.
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MojoJul 18, 2014Not so much the future of hip hop as a giant leap sideways. [Aug 2014, p.86]
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Positive: 4 out of 4
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Mixed: 0 out of 4
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Negative: 0 out of 4
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