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October 23rd 2026
LOSER-metallic silver vinyl
With bravado and precision, ever-evolving musician, producer, and rapper Ishmael Butler returns as Shabazz Palaces with "It's A Style Sport". The album stays true to Shabazz Palaces' form in its daring show of experimental hip-hop and free-form poetry, while revealing a more reflective and upfront side of the Seattle musician. "It's A Style Sport" finds Butler compiling what he's learned from his storied career into a playful, shimmering portal, again proving himself an artist of chameleonic ambition, fueled by curiosity, courage, and a limitless imagination.
The album is the product of a collaborative, communal effort with many of Butler's touring band members. On "It's A Style Sport", a visage of Butler's past lives as a rapper and performer is flung up against his contemporary persona, taunting and illuminating. At its core, "It's A Style Sport" is an ode to the rap game of years past, when the playfully competitive ambition drove the genre to always outdo, outrun, and out-finesse your peers.
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