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Universal acclaim- based on 53 Ratings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 47 out of 53
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Mixed: 2 out of 53
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Negative: 4 out of 53
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Aug 29, 2022Wonderful cosmic rap thst oozes wiith the daze of jazz and earl sweatshirt reminiscent apathetic bars. Black up is a lush call to arms, to unify.
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Sep 5, 2018It's flawless. Everything was put together very well. The lyrics, the synths: there’s nothing negative I could say about this album, but "The Kings New Clothes Was Made By His Own Hands" could’ve been longer. That’s all I have to say about "Black Up“
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Dec 3, 2012I'm a big hip hop head and I bought this album because it was recommended at a local cd store. To put it nicely, I found it relatively awful. It would be a stretch to say I really liked any of the songs on the album. Simply making noise doesn't count for music in my book. Complete waste of money.
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Sep 1, 2012A groundbreaking effort in the hip-hop genre.
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Jun 3, 2012If you want hooks or beats, look somewhere else. Interesting stuff, but also preachy without a well-communicated message...not a great combination. This is not the kind of hip-hop you play at parties or blast out your car stereo, it's for sitting down with a joint and a good pair of headphones.
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Sep 9, 2011The kind of alternative hip-hop record that deserves the name, genius lyrics and beats that both mimic, compliment and highlight them beautifully. The anonymous characters behind the album are the ones who deserve the real attention.
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Sep 2, 2011This **** is lost on me. I have tried to listen and find any assembalence of beat or rythem and cannot grasp the appeal. I liked 2 songs off the entire CD but these high marks are unwarrented and their is much better stuff available like The Weekend or The Throne
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Aug 20, 2011
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Aug 15, 2011awesome beats, awesome production overally, maginificent lyrics... many strong verses, music never been that cohesive. Butterfly show his geniality to mix and connect dubstep, jazz, african ethno music, funk and hip hop to best record of the year... At this time i feel that LP is best hiphop LP ever made
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Aug 10, 2011
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Jul 22, 2011Pretty freaking fantastic. This album plays out like Outkast when you are robotripping. Spacey, mesmerizing, destructive, disassociative, near perfect.
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Jul 18, 2011
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Jun 30, 2011
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Jun 30, 2011
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Jun 29, 2011instant classic. butterfly is back from the dead and flows as if he never left the game. this is genius and lord knows hip hop is once again going to be revolutionized by the flow of the impeccable ishmael
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Jun 28, 2011What the hell? I am so so in to this, yet so disturbed and yet... so intrigued. Great songs. Great ambience. This is the type of stuff that probably goes on inside the cells of LSD.
Awards & Rankings
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Mar 13, 2012Shabazz Palaces created an album that is deep, dense, cryptic, hypnotic, and beautiful in its own freaky way.
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MojoNov 22, 2011In the category of great rap reinventions, file it next to Daniel Dumile's post-KMD rebirth as MF Doom and Ultramagnetic's MC Kool Keith re-training as Dr. Octagon. [Aug. 2011, p. 94]
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Aug 15, 2011Reborn 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.