Quazarz vs. the Jealous Machines

by Shabazz Palaces

Quazarz vs. the Jealous Machines cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 14 July 2017
  • Label: Sub Pop
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 42:15
  • Community rating: 3.37/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The companion piece to 'Quazarz: Born on a Gangster Star', this album continues the Afrofuturist narrative of an alien sent to observe Earth's technological dystopia. The record heavily criticizes smartphone addiction and digital vanity over woozy, deeply psychedelic synth-rap production. It functions as a dense, abstract, and deeply conceptual warning about humanity's reliance on screens.

Genres

Descriptors: Conscious, atmospheric, space, experimental, rap, avant-garde, sampling, synth, electronic, conceptual, genre-blending

Tracklist

  1. Welcome to Quazarz (3:48)
  2. Gorgeous Sleeper Cell (2:13)
  3. Self-Made Follownaire (4:14)
  4. Atlaantis (2:18)
  5. Effeminence (5:42)
  6. Julian's Dream (ode to a bad) (4:12)
  7. 30 Clip Extension (5:07)
  8. Love in the time of Kanye (2:18)
  9. Sabonim in the Saab on 'em (2:23)
  10. The SS Quintessence (3:39)
  11. Late night phone calls (3:25)
  12. Quazarz on 23rd (2:49)

Credits

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