Seattle Hip Hop duo Shabazz Palaces
by As a fan of Hip Hop who grew up in the 80s, it’s sometimes difficult to reconcile with what the genre has recently become. Few and far between are the artists who continually attempt to push the art form toward its next iteration. But they do still exist. Most recently, I’ve become enamored with the Seattle duo known as Shabazz Palaces. I think their label, Sub Pop, says it best when they say: ‘If Bedouins herded beats instead of goats and settled in Seattle instead of the Atlas Mountains, this would be their music’.
Tagged: 80s hip hop, Hip Hop, Seattle hip hop, Shabazz Palaces video, Sub Pop
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