Robed in Rareness

AlbumOct 27 / 20237 songs, 24m 3s
Experimental Hip Hop Abstract Hip Hop West Coast Hip Hop
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7.1 / 10

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.

8 / 10

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