Shabazz Palaces
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Shabazz Palaces are a Seattle-based hip-hop collective, led by Ishmael Butler aka 'Palaceer Lazaro' (once 'Butterfly' of Grammy award winning jazz-rap group Digable Planets
) and multi-instrumentalist Tendai Maraire, son of Mbira
master Dumisani Maraire
. The group anonymously self-released two EPs, Eagles Soar, Oil Flows and The Seven New (often referred to simply as Shabazz Palaces and Of Light) in 2009 before becoming the first hip-hop act to be signed to the Sub Pop
label and releasing their debut full-length album, Black Up
, in 2011.
Digable Planets
Digable Planets is an American alternative hip hop trio based in New York City, composed of Ishmael "Butterfly" Butler , Mary Ann "Ladybug Mecca" Vieira and Craig "Doodlebug" Irving . They released their debut album Reachin' in 1993, and their follow-up album Blowout Comb in 1994...
) and multi-instrumentalist Tendai Maraire, son of Mbira
Mbira
In African music, the mbira is a musical instrument that consists of a wooden board to which staggered metal keys have been attached. It is often fitted into a resonator...
master Dumisani Maraire
Dumisani Maraire
Abraham Dumisani Maraire , known to friends as "Dumi," was a master performer of the mbira, a traditional instrument of the Shona ethnic group of Zimbabwe. He specialized in the form of mbira called nyunga nyunga, as well as the Zimbabwean marimba...
. The group anonymously self-released two EPs, Eagles Soar, Oil Flows and The Seven New (often referred to simply as Shabazz Palaces and Of Light) in 2009 before becoming the first hip-hop act to be signed to the Sub Pop
Sub Pop
Sub Pop is a record label founded in 1986 by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman in Seattle, Washington. Sub Pop achieved fame in the late 1980s for first signing Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney and many other bands from the Seattle music scene...
label and releasing their debut full-length album, Black Up
Black Up (album)
Black Up is the debut studio album by Seattle-based Hip Hop duo Shabazz Palaces. It was released on 28 June 2011 in the United States on Sub pop. The album was produced by "Knife Knights.plcrs at Gunbeat Serenade Studio in Outplace Palacelands."...
, in 2011.
Studio Albums
| Year | Album details |
|---|---|
| 2011 | Black Up Black Up (album) Black Up is the debut studio album by Seattle-based Hip Hop duo Shabazz Palaces. It was released on 28 June 2011 in the United States on Sub pop. The album was produced by "Knife Knights.plcrs at Gunbeat Serenade Studio in Outplace Palacelands."...
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EPs
| Year | Album details |
|---|---|
| 2010 | Of Light
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| 2010 | Shabazz Palaces
Sub Pop Sub Pop is a record label founded in 1986 by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman in Seattle, Washington. Sub Pop achieved fame in the late 1980s for first signing Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney and many other bands from the Seattle music scene... |