Tune of the Week: Shabazz Palaces

Shabazz Palaces is a contemporary Hip Hop group…sort of. Their sound is draws heavily from electronic sound scapes, deep bass and effected vocals, but all of these elements are so heavily abstracted to the point where genre markers cease to exist. Reigning from Seattle, they are the only Hip Hop act signed to indie rock power label Sub Pop. Here is the opening track of their full length concept album “Quazarz vs. The Jealous Machines”. It takes the perspective of denizens of “Amurderca” a “gangster star” that very much resembles our own world.