Cosmic hip-hop group Shabazz Palaces and rock band Osees are on the lineup for The Broad Museum’s Intuition Festival. The two-day event is centered on themes explored in the museum’s Joseph Beuys: In Defense of Nature exhibit. The festival will use music and film to explore body healing, social change,Continue Reading
Shabazz Palaces has revealed a video for “Exotic BOP” featuring Purple Tape Nate the album’s title track. Ishmael Butler stands tall like a king with a bird resting on his hand. The dreamy echo-heavy soundscape matches the visual and fits Shabazz Palace’s penchant for creating cinematic moments instead of formulaicContinue Reading
Shabazz Palaces starts 2024 with “Angela” featuring Stas THEE Boss and Irene Barber. The foggy funk moves like a dispatch sent from some otherworldly military. Springy synthesized basslines fill the air as Stas and Barber riff and rap on the track. A foreign crime report comes through the song’s middleContinue Reading
Shabazz Palaces releases their Robed In Rareness EP. The new project comes three years after The Don Of Diamond Dreams. The EP has trap beats circulating throughout the songs, and Ishmael Butler admits to his son Lil Tracy’s influence. The Gen Z marker makes it sound like Shabazz Palaces tookContinue Reading