Upcoming: Shabazz Palaces September 16th

Tuesday the 16^th welcomes back Seattle’s hip-hop wunderkind Shabazz Palaces. On the tail of their most recent, excellent release, Lese Majesty, the duo of Ishmael Butler and Tendai Maraire will perform on the outdoors stage of Red 7. A combination of both traditional and more eccentric production styles, Shabazz Palaces have proven over the course of two LP’s they are not a predictable project. 2011’s critically acclaimed Black Up was a masterpiece of sound collage, subversive sampling techniques, and rapid-fire lyrical control. In the same regard, Majesty keeps pace technically, but replaces the more complicated themes of urban decay with a hand gripped tight around the history of sci-fi in pop culture. It should prove to be an interesting evening, as they will share the venue with Seattle’s doom and gloom veterans Earth on the indoor stage. Highly recommended. Buy tickets here.