Black Up

by Shabazz Palaces

Black Up cover art

This debut from the Seattle duo is a futuristic, afro-centric reimagining of hip-hop. The beats are complex and off-kilter, blending jazz, dub, and electronica, while Ishmael Butler's abstract rhymes float above the mix. 'Black Up' is a challenging, visionary album that sounds like nothing else in the genre.

Genres

  • Experimental Hip Hop
  • Abstract Hip Hop

Tracklist

  1. free press and curl
  2. An echo from the hosts that profess infinitum
  3. Are you... Can you... Were you? (Felt)
  4. A treatease dedicated to The Avian Airess from North East Nubis (1000 questions, 1 answer)
  5. Youlogy
  6. Endeavors for Never (The last time we spoke you said you were not here. I saw you though.)
  7. Recollections of the wraith
  8. The King's new clothes were made by his own hands
  9. yeah you
  10. Swerve... the reeping of all that is worthwhile (Noir not withstanding)