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**Frownland** · 08-20-2017, 08:08 PM

Some Notes on my Shabazz Palaces Concert Experience

PSA: See them live no matter what the fuck you think about them or their latest project. You are doing a disservice to yourself if you pass up a chance to see them. Attendance is mandatory and I will be hounding members to see them if I know they're close enough. JUST FUCKING DO IT YOU QUAZARZ HATING CUNTS!!!!!!!!

The necessary minutae:

Regent Theater
Met with my friend from college, a Chinese kung fu master capable of telepathy. He’s never listened to Shabazz Palaces.
Took a tab that had a pic of a screaming Rick Sanchez, who I later met and received a portal gun from.
We hit up a museum sober before the whole ordeal that had some rad films and a wide variety of art that we analyzed the fuck out of.

The Show
I walked in with the tab still under my tongue

Show began with a poetry reading. Derrick C. Brown. Your surprisingly compelling, wry, and insightful veteran friend that you get beers and talk politics with laying his heart out on stage to laid back piano. Funny dude too, couldn't have set the stage better imo.

Sidenote: The moral of the emperor's new clothes is that everyone's dumb as fuck.

Next up: Porter Ray

A great pairing for Shabazz

Fat, tripped out beats and lush soundscapes with nasally rhymes. I didn't get into their album Watercolor too much but I'm going to be returning to it after this. Weird one to come up on because the music is kind of unresolved, which only really left you to sway. They brought out some guest dude whose name I can’t remember because the Mic was blurry but they really lit up the joint then. Solid set that I enjoyed a lot more than I expected and again, quite a perfect way to set the stage combined with the poet.

Shabazz Palaces aka gods among men aka the captains on this trip to Quazarz

Porter Ray left the stage. The crowd grew feverish and excited. Toying with my portal gun a bit, the anticipation began to hurt my back. Sun Ra, Fela Kuti and other classics slowly begin to get washed away into a dark tense drone.
Palaceer strides onstage in quasi-Egyptian garb, looking side to side, establishing his presence as our leader on this journey. Baba stands alongside, our copilot. We have an idea but we don't fully understand what we're in for yet.
It starts and...well how do I put this.
Do you remember the first time you looked in a lover's eyes and saw that they really loved you?
Do you remember the first time you ever swam?
Do you remember being born into this world to experience it anew?
Do you remember the time you met your mother?
Ja. Not even fucking close. Fuck every memory you ever had.

Description doesn't do it justice. My god that shit was just off the fucking hook. Shabazz Palaces got a hold of my portal gun and used it to advance their space travel mechanics and the crowd was transported to a universe where we were under tyrannical control of the Palace hand. It was now clear that the spaceship runs on human energy and we're all an cogs taking new approaches to predestined movements. The bass inoculates the body and dictates our actions. The bits of venue that stuck to the outside of the ship after take off have long since disintegrated as we approach light speed.

Shabazz Palaces has some insane levels of presence, it was unreal. As he watches everyone losing their shit, he’s just nodding like “ja that’s what I thought motherfuckers. You can’t even question this shit. Now let’s make it nastier.” Every action was 100% necessary. And they kept getting more psychedelic and wild as the show progressed. They were so sneaky with their change ups and transitions. The heavy Afro-futurist beats would begin to sift and saunter for a second where it would contort and expand and confuse you as it lands hard on some raw heavy jams that they would improvise on.

This show really gave me a whole new appreciation for the Quazarz concept, and I already loved it. They played stuff from their whole discography and brought a new life to it. It was really rewarding as a fan of pretty much everything they’ve done, and it’s made me appreciate Les Majesty way more as well. This was pretty much the best concert that I’ve ever been to in my life. I was expecting something pretty awesome and insane, and I got something that redefined those words for me. I didn’t want it to end, but it had to for my own good or I would have kept going until I passed out from exhaustion. And I 100% guarantee I would have loved it sober as a kite. 20/10

A Selection of Quotes from Our Post-Show Observations

“...”
“...”
“...”
“.......”
“....”
“Fucking oh my what”
“I can’t even think”
“They’re still controlling my legs, we’re ambassadors now.”
*thinks about the show and just bursts out laughing*
“I’ve never seen you dance like that.” “Me neither.”
“How can they live like that?”
(Stranger) “They’re on some good shit man.”
“Just wow dude. I can’t believe it.”
“Every time I think about the show it brings me back ten times harder.”
“I will never miss a Shabazz Palaces show.”
“Everyone needs to hear this.”

To be continued or updated...

08-20-2017, 08:08 PM	#72 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	Some Notes on my Shabazz Palaces Concert Experience PSA: See them live no matter what the fuck you think about them or their latest project. You are doing a disservice to yourself if you pass up a chance to see them. Attendance is mandatory and I will be hounding members to see them if I know they're close enough. JUST FUCKING DO IT YOU QUAZARZ HATING CUNTS!!!!!!!! The necessary minutae: Regent Theater Met with my friend from college, a Chinese kung fu master capable of telepathy. He’s never listened to Shabazz Palaces. Took a tab that had a pic of a screaming Rick Sanchez, who I later met and received a portal gun from. We hit up a museum sober before the whole ordeal that had some rad films and a wide variety of art that we analyzed the fuck out of. The Show I walked in with the tab still under my tongue Show began with a poetry reading. Derrick C. Brown. Your surprisingly compelling, wry, and insightful veteran friend that you get beers and talk politics with laying his heart out on stage to laid back piano. Funny dude too, couldn't have set the stage better imo. Sidenote: The moral of the emperor's new clothes is that everyone's dumb as fuck. Next up: Porter Ray A great pairing for Shabazz Fat, tripped out beats and lush soundscapes with nasally rhymes. I didn't get into their album Watercolor too much but I'm going to be returning to it after this. Weird one to come up on because the music is kind of unresolved, which only really left you to sway. They brought out some guest dude whose name I can’t remember because the Mic was blurry but they really lit up the joint then. Solid set that I enjoyed a lot more than I expected and again, quite a perfect way to set the stage combined with the poet. Shabazz Palaces aka gods among men aka the captains on this trip to Quazarz Porter Ray left the stage. The crowd grew feverish and excited. Toying with my portal gun a bit, the anticipation began to hurt my back. Sun Ra, Fela Kuti and other classics slowly begin to get washed away into a dark tense drone. Palaceer strides onstage in quasi-Egyptian garb, looking side to side, establishing his presence as our leader on this journey. Baba stands alongside, our copilot. We have an idea but we don't fully understand what we're in for yet. It starts and...well how do I put this. Do you remember the first time you looked in a lover's eyes and saw that they really loved you? Do you remember the first time you ever swam? Do you remember being born into this world to experience it anew? Do you remember the time you met your mother? Ja. Not even fucking close. Fuck every memory you ever had. Description doesn't do it justice. My god that shit was just off the fucking hook. Shabazz Palaces got a hold of my portal gun and used it to advance their space travel mechanics and the crowd was transported to a universe where we were under tyrannical control of the Palace hand. It was now clear that the spaceship runs on human energy and we're all an cogs taking new approaches to predestined movements. The bass inoculates the body and dictates our actions. The bits of venue that stuck to the outside of the ship after take off have long since disintegrated as we approach light speed. Shabazz Palaces has some insane levels of presence, it was unreal. As he watches everyone losing their shit, he’s just nodding like “ja that’s what I thought motherfuckers. You can’t even question this shit. Now let’s make it nastier.” Every action was 100% necessary. And they kept getting more psychedelic and wild as the show progressed. They were so sneaky with their change ups and transitions. The heavy Afro-futurist beats would begin to sift and saunter for a second where it would contort and expand and confuse you as it lands hard on some raw heavy jams that they would improvise on. This show really gave me a whole new appreciation for the Quazarz concept, and I already loved it. They played stuff from their whole discography and brought a new life to it. It was really rewarding as a fan of pretty much everything they’ve done, and it’s made me appreciate Les Majesty way more as well. This was pretty much the best concert that I’ve ever been to in my life. I was expecting something pretty awesome and insane, and I got something that redefined those words for me. I didn’t want it to end, but it had to for my own good or I would have kept going until I passed out from exhaustion. And I 100% guarantee I would have loved it sober as a kite. 20/10 A Selection of Quotes from Our Post-Show Observations “...” “...” “...” “.......” “....” “Fucking oh my what” “I can’t even think” “They’re still controlling my legs, we’re ambassadors now.” thinks about the show and just bursts out laughing “I’ve never seen you dance like that.” “Me neither.” “How can they live like that?” (Stranger) “They’re on some good shit man.” “Just wow dude. I can’t believe it.” “Every time I think about the show it brings me back ten times harder.” “I will never miss a Shabazz Palaces show.” “Everyone needs to hear this.” To be continued or updated... __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x