The ever-evolving rapper, producer and musician Ishmael Butler has announced his return as Shabazz Palaces and forthcoming new album, It’s Style Sport, which will be out on Friday, October 23, worldwide through Sub Pop. It’s a Style Sport is the eighth Shabazz Palaces studio album and first since the release of sibling mini-albums 2023’s Robed In Rareness and 2024’s Exotic Birds Of Prey. The album is a bold, forthright and heavy-hitting album. Throughout, Butler compiles what he’s learned from his storied, dense career into a playful, shimmering portal, again proving himself an artist of chameleonic ambition, fuelled by curiosity, courage and a limitless imagination.
The 10 track project is preceded by the thumping meditation “Ahh World (I Won The Alpha Bet),” which is out today with a new visualizer from Jacob Kasar and edited by Leigh Riibe. The single finds Butler taking the role of an all-knowing narrator by telling the story of his own life and rise to excellence from fantasy-fuelled third-person perspective that ends with a list of directives for a successful life. Butler deals out flair,while staying grounded in what matters most: his own honor.
It’s a Style Sport Track List
1. Ahh World (I Won The Alpha Bet)
2. Field Notes
3. Show Me Missouri In Mink
4. Jheri Curl Jump
5. Deadstock Dude
6. Tongue In Chic
7. Heliocentric Immortality Manifesto H.I.M.
8. Olivia According To Touch
9. Money Can’t Save Your Mind
10. From One Future To Another
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