CULTURE CONTENT — Roxanne Shante

Shabazz Palaces - Chocolate Souffle [OFFICIAL VIDEO]

March 25, 2020 • A$AP Rocky • A-Plus • Above All • Altered Crates • Ammbaataa • ATL • Austan Found • AWGE • bang data • bay area • beat • beat tape • Beezy love Bands • Benny The Butcher • blackmoon • Brainorchestra • Cava Menzies • Chow Mane • Conway the Machine • disable planets • hiphop • instrumental • ishgoswish • JAke one • JoyFACE Records • La Costa Nostra • Lil Fame • nimsins • oakland • Oakland Faders • Odd Fututre • pete rock • pharaohe Monche • philly • Please don't be dead • portishead • psychedelic • public enemy • Rap • rapsody • roc marci • Roxanne Shante • Royce da 5'9 • RZA • san francisco • seattle • Shabazz Palaces • Shugga • smif and wesson • The Premier Hussle • Tyler the creator • Xana SoulSearcher

“Chocolate Souffle” is a scorching, electrofunk standout and the second official video from Shabazz Palaces‘ The Don of Diamond Dreams, directed by David Shields and James Nugent (Marshawn Lynch: A History). The performative visual stars Shabazz Palaces’ Ishmael Butler amid a dizzying array of images set to match the songs rapid-fire lyrics, and was compiled by Shields, Nugent, and Butler (who acts as the video’s director of photography). Shabazz Palaces The Don of Diamond Dreams will be available April 17th, 2020 worldwide on Sub Pop. The album is now available for preorder from Sub Pop over here

Video: Rapsody - Ibtihaj ft. D'Angelo, GZA

August 2, 2019 • 2 chainz • 2-Left • 36 Trap Houses • 9th Wonder • A-Plus • AC3 • Altered Crates • AON Preme • ATL • Austan Found • Beezy love Bands • D'angelo • EVE • gza • Harlem • Hempsted • Hip Hop • iLL Camille • ishgoswish • jamla • Jay Electronica • Kendrick Lamar • Lil Fame • lowrider • Mary J. Blige • North carolina • Organized Konfusion • PA • philly • production • rapsody • Roxanne Shante • RZA • The Alchemist • transistor sound studio • TRKRNR • wu tang clan • yelawolf

As Rapsody inches closer to releasing her third studio album EVE, the North Carolina-bred MC has dropped a new visual for “Ibtihaj,” which was unveiled at New York City’s Times Square on Friday (August 2). Produced by 9th Wonder, the track also features heavy hitters D’Angelo and Wu-Tang Clan’s GZA, who appear in the video alongside Mary J. Blige and Roxanne Shanté. According to the press release, the song’s title pays tribute to Ibtihaj Muhammad, a member of the United States national fencing team. In 2016, she became the first Muslim American woman to wear a hijab while competing for...