{"product_id":"098787171525","title":"SHABAZZ PALACES – IT'S A STYLE SPORT - CD •","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC: 098787171525 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLabel: SUB POP \u003cbr\u003eFormat: CD\u003cbr\u003eRelease Date: October 23, 2026\u003cbr\u003eIn stock items ship within 48 hours\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith bravado and precision, ever-evolving musician, producer, and rapper Ishmael Butler returns as Shabazz Palaces with It's a Style Sport. It's a Style Sport stays true to Shabazz Palaces' form in it's daring show of experimental hip-hop and free-form poetry, while revealing a more reflective and upfront side of the Seattle musician. It's a Style Sport finds Butler compiling what he's learned from his storied career into a playful, shimmering portal, again proving himself an artist of chameleonic ambition, fueled by curiosity, courage, and a limitless imagination. The album is the product of a collaborative, communal effort with many of Butler's touring band members: Evan Flory-Barnes on upright and electric bass; Thaddeus Turner on guitar, keyboards, and vocals; Kassa Overall on drums; Gerald Turner on bass and vocals; Marquetta Miller on vocals; and Carlos Overall on saxophone. Butler's longtime friend and collaborator Erik Blood provided instrumentation, production, and mixing.On It's a Style Sport, a visage of Butler's past lives as a rapper and performer is flung up against his contemporary persona, taunting and illuminating. At it's core, It's a Style Sport is an ode to the rap game of years past, when the playfully competitive ambition drove the genre to always outdo, outrun, and out-finesse your peers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTRACK LIST:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"track\"\u003e1. Ahh World (I Won the Alpha Bet)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"track\"\u003e2. Field Notes\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"track\"\u003e3. Show Me Missouri in Mink\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"track\"\u003e4. Jheri Curl Jump\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"track\"\u003e5. Deadstock Dude\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"track\"\u003e6. Tongue in Chic\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"track\"\u003e7. Heliocentric Immortality Manifesto H.I.M\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"track\"\u003e8. Olivia According to Touch\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"track\"\u003e9. Money Can't Save Your Mind\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"track\"\u003e10. From One Future to Another\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"SUB POP","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":67767749345379,"sku":"098787171525","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/2553\/7123\/files\/image_33280d66-a622-450d-9f08-507779be05cc.jpg?v=1792731340","url":"https:\/\/lunchboxrecords.com\/products\/098787171525","provider":"Lunchbox Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}