Ten months before Pitchfork declared Shabazz Palaces “rising,” I wrote this post imploring you to do whatever it took to listen to Seattle’s mysterious, vanguard hip-hop act.
Problem was, that was tough to do, because the Shabazz Palaces EPs weren’t particularly easy to get, and the group had a minimal presence on the web, with no MySpace, and no streaming doodads on its website.
Today, though, legendary Seattle indie label Subpop announced that it has signed Shabazz Palaces to a record deal, with a full-length “expected and anticipated” in 2011. Excellent news.
Subpop also put together a stream of five Shabazz Palaces songs, making it much easier for you to hear how great this stuff is. Don’t navigate away from this page until you’ve clicked “play” below:
Tags: Shabazz Palaces, Subpop
