Archive for the ‘Digable Planets’ tag
Granted that the Shabazz Palaces show at Neumos in Seattle earlier this month went off like a supernova, we figured some of the neophytes might be hungry for some past works. Dj.Alex J, cooked up this mixtape to promote the digable planets tour that kicked off in Oct.09′. The tape includes exclusive rare remixes of classic Digable Planets material, and also includes (then) unreleased music from Butterfly and Doodlebug. There is a smattering of other classic cuts mixed in, with Busta, Talib, MF DOOM, Pete Rock&CL, Chali 2na… which can’t hurt. Download Sounds from the 7th Dimensions. peace to okayplayer where I scooped this.
Aight. It’s official. Official official like. Shabazz Palaces just tore down the house over at Neumos, and if you weren’t there, I’m sorry for your loss. There’s about to be hella video, etc coming out, but in the meantime, check the vibe with these pictures, courtesy of Mr. Tang himself.
Rappers: learn a new way. The shit is here.
We would be remiss not to tell you about this show. Shabazz Palaces, the product of once and future legendary Seattle mc Ishmael Butler, aka Butterfly of Digable Planets fame, is performing live for the very first time on home turf.
Now, we’re not promoting this show officially. And we have no financial gain to be made by you showing up this Friday. But, it’s safe to say that this show will go down in history. Shabazz Palaces has been pretty much universally recognized as the best Northwest release of 2009 (sorry indie rock kids). When Larry Mizell Jr, Andrew Matson, Josh Powell and our own Wordlush all agree, you know you’ve done something special.
But don’t take my damn word for it. You should take a listen. Since we’re not in the habit of blowing up local artists’ music free to the world (support your peoples), there are some more videos below the jump (notably their live KEXP performance a few months back), but to whet your appetite, here’s the official video for Belhaven Meridian, directed by Kahlil Joseph (Update: and not Pun(c)tuation Gallery impresario Maikoiyo Alley-Barnes).
Watch it. Then come to Neumos on Friday.
