Black Up is Shabazz Palaces’ third installment of Afrofuturist dissonance that started two years ago when Ishmael Butler reinvented himself as the emcee Palaceer Lazaro. Looking something like Dr. Funkenstein’s son, an Afrika Bambaataa devotee or a Rammelzee offshoot, Lazaro defends his pro-Black stance with his longstanding jazz influences shapedContinue Reading
1 .Q-Tip Kamaal The Abstract Q-Tip does funky reflective fusion and it works. 2. Raekwon Only Built For Cuban Linx 2 More than competent return from Wu-Tang grime master. 3. Al B. Sure Honey I’m Home Classy R&B from a New Jack Swing era surviver. 4. Teena Marie Congo SquareContinue Reading
[vimeo]14561393[/vimeo] Lo-fi funk from Shabazz Palaces turned into exquisite cinema by direct Khalil Joseph. Related posts: New Music From Butterfly And Doodlebug We Said Goodbye In 2010 Get On Up (Trailer) Media Questions Of The WeekContinue Reading