Robed in Rareness

Flanked by a close circle of collaborators, hip-hop experimentalist Ishmael Butler takes a brief, mysterious trip through rap aesthetics past and future.

Flanked by a close circle of collaborators, hip-hop experimentalist Ishmael Butler takes a brief, mysterious trip through rap aesthetics past and future.

Running at a scant 24 minutes, ‘Robed in Rareness’ is Shabazz Palaces’s least substantial release to date.

Running at a scant 24 minutes, ‘Robed in Rareness’ is Shabazz Palaces’s least substantial release to date.

On 'Robed in Rareness', Ishmael Butler aka Shabazz Palaces takes yet another step in his forward-thinking, far-sighted project of Afrofuturistic hip-hop.

On 'Robed in Rareness', Ishmael Butler aka Shabazz Palaces takes yet another step in his forward-thinking, far-sighted project of Afrofuturistic hip-hop.