Black Up

After two fine EPs, the experimental hip-hop project helmed by former Digable Planets leader Ishmael Butler steps out with a brilliant full-length debut.

Check out our album review of Artist's Black Up on Rolling Stone.com.

Shabazz Palaces score out of the blocks with their debut album.

The work of an ex-member of Digable Planets, Sub Pop's first hip-hop album is cutting edge and cryptic, writes <strong>Kitty Empire</strong>

Black Up reveals Shabazz Palaces as an artist much more in line with the future, voicing his dissatisfaction by carving his own path.

<p>Sub Pop's first hip-hop band present a thrilling, space-age vision of the genre. By<strong> Charlotte Richardson Andrews</strong></p>

Shabazz Palaces - Black Up review: Clear some space out, so we can space out.