Shabazz Palaces – They Come In Gold

On July 29 Seattle experimental rap group Shabazz Palaces will return with new album Lese Majesty via Sub Pop. It’s their first album since 2011’s well received Black Up.

Here’s the official word from the press release:

Lese Majesty features Shabazz Palaces members Palaceer Lazaro and Tendai Maraire alongside Black Constellation collaborators THEESatisfaction’s Catherine Harris-White, Erik Blood and Thadillac. The album was produced by Shabazz Palaces and mixed by Blood at Protect and Exalt Labs in Seattle, Washington.

The album features 18 trcks that will be spread out and divided into seven “suites.” You can actually see a physical diagram of the suites here.

They’ve shared the album’s first single, the immaculate and well versed “They Come In Gold.” Man, it’s all kinds of smooth and very much on that next level. In terms of forward thinking hip-hop, you’d be hard pressed to find much better than this.

Stream “They Come In Gold” below.

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